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Franceso's POV

"Why isn't she still here ?" Xander asked, after he cut his call. I don't have any idea to whom he was talking to earlier on the call.

Right now we were waiting for our sister who had messaged me 10 minutes ago that she will be coming out but there was no trace of her till now.

"Francesco, did you message her or not ?" Matteo asked and I looked at him being done.

"Of course, I did. Here look." I said and shoved my phone in his face where my sisy's profile was open with the message.

"Then where is she ?" Massimo asked as he looked at the entrance where very few students were coming out.

"S-She must be c-coming." Galene said as he leaned back on his car's door.

"But it's already been more than 10 minutes. She should have been here." I mumbled and noticed Xander's body tense after hearing my words as he was just standing beside me.

What's wrong with him ? I thought and before I could ask him he spoke up.

"F#ck it ! I am going inside." Saying this, he took steps towards the entrance.

Suddenly my phone began to ring and I saw Valentina calling me.

"Xander wait !" I called him and he turned to me.

"What ?!"

"Valentina is calling me." I said and watched he immediately walk back.

I was going to accept my sister's call and Xander ordered to put it on speaker and I did that.

"Hello, sisy ? Where are you ?" I asked, a bit worriedly. All my remaining brother's attention was also on my phone as they waited for our sorella's reply.

"F-Franceso, can you p-please come to the medical room ?" Comes Valentina's nervous yet polite request.

My eyes narrowed at my phone and Galene immediately stood up straight after hearing our sister's words.

"Medical room ? Why are you there, sisy ? Are you hurt ?" I asked, frantically.

"I-I..just come here. I will explain everything." Saying this she cut the call, abruptly.

We all shared a look of worry. But Xander's was intense. His fists clenched and he immediately started to walk inside back and we all quickly followed him behind.

We reached the second floor where the medical room is situated. We were just near the destined room when I heard Xander muttering something under his breath.

"I swear if they did something to her. Non li lascerò per niente."

(I will f#cking not leave them)

I frowned and before I can ask him about who these people are that he is muttering about ? We reached the medical room and Xander pushed open the door, practically barging in.

Our eyes immediately fell on our sister who was sitting on a stool near the table with her bag near her table.

Due to Xander's practically banging the door which created a loud 'thud' in the silent medical room.

Valentina flinched and almost fell from her seat but she managed herself and looked in our direction then stood straight up.

"Y-You guys--" She got cut off by Xander who kinda ran to her and held her by her shoulders.

"Are you okay ? Did they hurt you ? Tell me !" Xander said as he turned her left to right while checking for any wounds.

Matteo, Massimo, Galene & I shared a confused but worried look before we came close to Valentina & Xander.

"Just tell me ! I will deal with them if they did something to you." Xander said as he stared at our sister who widened her eyes after hearing him.

I am so confused right now. Who is actually talking about here ? Who are these people for f#ck sake ?!

"Xander, stop !" Valentina finally said as she grabbed his hands from her shoulders and held it in her small ones.

"Valentina--"

"I am absolutely fine. Nothing happened to me." She softly said, looking up at Xander with her pretty hazel eyes.

Xander visibly relaxed due to her words and I silently scoffed.

Such a bipolar brother he is ! He ignores her like she doesn't even exist back at home and look at him now he was literally running like his butt was on fire just so he could reach her.

I came out of my thoughts when Matteo asked.

"Then what are you doing here, amore ?"

"Actually--" She got cut off by a voice which came behind us.

"What are you all doing here ?"

We turned around just to see Nurse Lila. She walked towards us and in her hands she was holding a steel tray.

"You got hurt again, huh ?" Nurse Lila asked as she was near the bed beside our sister.

She asked that because she knows Moretti's brothers especially Xander gets in fights most of the time and she is used to aid our wounds.

Lila then went forward to keep the steel tray on the table beside the bed.

"Did he wake up ?" Nurse Lila asked our sister who shook her head in denial and said.

"No, he is still unconscious."

That's when we realised a boy was laying on the bed where we all stood by.

I observed the unconscious boy's face who was pretty badly beaten up.

"So Xander where are you injured this time ?" Nurse Lila asked with a kinda bored tone.

"I am not injured." Xander replied, coldly.

"Then why are you here ?" She asked, confused.

"T-They are here for me, maam." Valentina voiced out.

Nurse Lila looked confused between us so I cleared her doubt.

"She is our sister."

Lila's eyes widened in shock. "Since, when did you have a sister ? Wait--i never seen her before as well ?"

We all looked at each other. We can't possibly tell her the real answer to her questions so Matteo spoke up after clearing his throat.

"Valentina used to live with our grandparents out of the city and now she is back and is going to stay with us from onwards."

Nurse Lila slowly nodded her head. She was going to say something but her phone rang and she excused herself and went out of the room.

I turned Valentina towards me and asked the question which was mostly in all of our minds.

"Sisy, can you explain everything now ?"

"Si dove. Who is he ? how did you find him ? and where ?" Massimo asked.

Valentina nodded and began to explain what had happened actually.

Franceso's POV End's

Valentina's POV

Flashback

"Oh my god..."

There was a boy on the ground and his condition looked very bad as well.

I immediately tried to find the switch box of the light and soon found it and turn on the lights of the classroom then I immediately went towards him and kneel beside him.

"H-Hey..please look here." I said as I tapped his cheek.

The unknown boy was barely holding his eyes open.

My eyes roamed on his figure which was filled with brutal wounds.

His clothes were torn as well from the sides.

I realised his wounds were beatings marks. He was beaten up so badly.

"P-Please keep your eyes open. I will help you." I said and slowly tried to make him sit up.

He was continuously hissing in pain and I felt so bad for him.

"I-I..." he tried to say something but was cut off by his coughing, roughly.

Somehow I managed to make him sit up and make him lean on the nearby bench. I quickly got my water bottle and gratefully there was some water in it.

"Here please, drink it." I said and kept the water bottle opening near his lips.

With shaking hands he held the bottle but I didn't lose my grip and he slowly drank water.

After drinking some water, he stopped and quickly kept the water bottle back in my bag pack.

"C-Can you try to stand up ? We need to take you to the medical room so your wounds can be treated." I said.

He slowly nodded and somehow me helping & him trying from his side we reached the medical room.

Flashback Ends

"And just as we reached here. He fainted." I ended the whole earlier scenario with a glance in the unconscious boy.

A silence took over and I observed my brothers who quietly looked at the unconscious unknown boy.

Their expressions were really calm like it was nothing new they were witnessing.

"I just c-can't leave him there alone." I mumbled looking down. I clenched my fists, tightly.

Seeing this boy, my brain resurfaced how I used to be in his place too.

Back in New York when Zack & his minions were done beating me. They used to leave me in whimpering in pain.

There was no one to help. No one cared to take me to the medical room.

And honestly I didn't want anyone to because if the person who treated me gets to know about the other bruises on my body, they will eventually contact my so-called fake father who instead of taking care of me will just beat me up more for letting his cruelty be exposed.

So I used to get back home practically limping as fast as I can without anyone getting noticed by.

I blinked--twice, coming out of my painful thoughts when I felt someone holding my closed off fists.

I looked up to see Franceso's was the one doing that. A smile was playing on his face.

"You did a good deed, sisy. I am proud of you." Saying this he pecked my forehead, lovingly.

My little heart bloomed in warmth hearing those words from my brother.

I looked at others and they were smiling as well except Xander but his eyes held some softness in it which told me he was proud of me as well.

My brothers are proud of me and that's the best feeling !

Before I could say something we all heard a groan and our eyes immediately went to the unknown boy who was slowly waking up from his slumber.

I quickly turned towards him, nearing his side and watched as he slowly blinked his eyes open.

Soon his eyes fell on me and he frowned.

"Hey, you okay ?" I gently asked him as not to startled him.

Valentina's POV End's

Third Person's POV

The unknown boy looked at Valentina with confused eyes before he realised she was the one who helped him earlier.

"S-Si." He whispered, slowly nodding his head.

"Do you want to drink water ?" Valentina asked and the boy immediately nodded his head.

Valentina helped the boy to sit in a more proper upright position and made him lean back on the head rest.

"Here." She said as she took the glass of water which was kept on the table beside the bed.

The boy sipped the water while holding the glass in his trembling hands so the youngest Moretti made sure she wasn't losing the hold on the glass as well.

Suddenly the boy started to cough and

Valentina immediately took action as she kept the glass away and patted his head, gently.

"H-Hey, it's okay." She said as she continued to pat his head while her other hand was holding his one hand tightly in her small ones.

The Moretti's brothers who were still standing behind their sister frowned.

They didn't like what they were seeing right now !

They didn't like how caring their Sorella was being towards a boy ?!!

A boy who wasn't one of them nor they do know !

'Why is my amore caring about this guy so much ? I don't like it.'

'Ugh ! This b#stard is basking in my dove's care which he absolutely doesn't deserve.'

'A-Annoying prick !'

'What the f#ck ! How dare he hold my shortie's hand ?! I will break his hand !!'

'F#cker is enjoying my sisy's touch. I will strangle him if he doesn't leave her hand soon.'

Unknown to her brother's thoughts who were cursing & plotting the murder of the boy, Valentina kept making sure that the boy was fine.

"You okay, si ?" Valentina asked, once he stopped coughing.

"Si, grazie." The boy said, smiling a bit making the Moretti princess smile back and that only triggered her brothers who thought only they deserved to see that smile of their principessa.

(Yes, thank you)

Feeling many heated stares the boy finally looked behind the girl who helped him and his eyes widened seeing the famous Moretti brothers glaring at him like they would burn him alive.

A fearful look took over the young man's face and seeing this Valentina frowned and asked.

"What's wrong ?"

The boy's eyes snapped back to the pretty kind girl who was looking at him with a frown on her face.

"I-I..what are t-they doing h-here ?" He asked, glancing at the brothers who kept their eyes on him with murderous glint in them.

Valentina realised who he was talking about so replied casually with a nod.

"Ah ! They are my brothers."

Listening to this, the boy's eyes widened and his eyes darted between the Moretti's siblings.

"Fratelli ?" He whispered, confused & scared.

(Brothers ?)

Matteo stepped forward as he draped his one arm around his sister's shoulders and casually with gritted teeth said.

"Si. We are her brothers. You must know us, huh ?"

They both quickly nodded his head with parted lips. Of course he knows them. Who will not ? They practically rule this university & high-school on their fingertips.

"Bene. You are lucky that our sister found you and took you here or else who knows what must have happened to you." Massimo coldly voiced out making the unknown boy gulped hard.

(Good)

"But I can say something will happen here in the next seconds..." Xander's voice trailed off in low & dangerous voice.

The young boy followed Xander's gaze which was stuck on his hand which held Valentina's hand in his and he immediately got what Xander was applying.

The boy immediately left her hand and scooted a bit more away from Valentina to save himself.

A satisfied smirk played on the Moretti brothers faces while their sister frowned seeing the sudden weird behaviour of the boy who she helped earlier.

"Are you okay ? Is something wrong ?" Valentina asked.

The boy opened his mouth but closed it seeing the brothers passing him dangerous glares and he quickly shook his head in 'no'

Valentina frowned, deepened and she looked behind her brothers who immediately changed their expressions to normal like they were threatening the poor boy with their glares just because he was holding their sorella's hand.

Seeing the bipolar behaviours of the Moretti brothers; the young unknown boy jaw dropped.

Valentina turned back and gently asked him. "You didn't answer me. Are you okay ? Do you need me to take you to the hospital ?"

"N-No, I am fine. I will be okay here." The boy replied, slowly & steadily.

Valentina nodded, "Okay, do you remember how you ended up there ? I know someone beat you up. Who are they ? Tell me ! So we can give them their rightful punishment."

Valentina's voice was stern as she said to him like hell she will let those bad people get away.

Back then she was nobody and she doesn't have the power to punish those who had hurt her but now she has and so she will make sure that this boy could get the justice.

But Valentina got shocked hearing the next words from the wounded boy.

"N-No. Non voglio coinvolgere nessuno."

(I don't want to involve anybody)

"What ?! They beat you so badly. You should take action against them." Valentina urged.

"I don't want to."

"And why ?"

"T-They belonged to some powerful families so I-I knew they would get away from it whereas m-me I am a scholarship student in the end I-I will be the one who will get s-suspended." The boy said as he looked down with clenched jaws.

The Moretti brothers shared a look with each other knowing the young boy was right but their sister had other plans.

"No ! They will not get away from this. Me ne assicurerò. Just tell me the names who did this to you." Valentina said, firmly.

(I will make sure of it)

Her brothers looked at her who was just staring at the boy whose lips parted seeing an unknown girl trying to help him so badly.

"N-No, please I don't want to lose my scholarship here for which I worked so hard." The boy muttered out, defeatedly.

"You will not lose it but who made your condition like these deserves to be suspended from here. So tell me !" Valentina urged again.

"I-I.." The boy went silent and seeing this Valentina was again to pursue him but was stopped by her brothers

"Sisy, if he doesn't want to tell you then don't force him."

"Si dove. You are trying to help him but if he doesn't want that you can't do anything."

Valentina sighed. She can understand why the boy was so scared to speak out the truth but he had to understand that she was there to help him.

"Fine, if that's what you want." She finally mumbled out, looking away from him.

"T-Thank you, umm ?" The boy looked at her for her name.

"Valentina, you ?"

"Nicolas, you can call me Nico too." He said, smiling a bit.

Valentina smiled back, "Nico it is."

"Valentina it is." Saying this the young ones shake hands with each other.

The brothers watched the small interaction with irritation.

"Okay enough ! We should get going now." Xander said as he pulled his sister towards him and away from the boy who he found annoying. All of them do actually.

"But we can't leave Nico here just like that." Valentina voiced out, frowning.

"Why not ?" Massimo asked, rolling his eyes.

"What do you mean by 'why not' ? Look at him how injured he is. How will he get back at home ? We should help him, Massimo." Valentina said with crossed arms.

"B-But..." Massimo was cut off by his dove.

"No buts ! We are dropping him home."

The brothers glared at Nicolas who shrinked back in his seat.

'I didn't even say anything. Why are they glaring at me like that ? Their sister is the one who wants to drop me home.' Nicolas thought as he avoided the brothers angry glares.

"Tina, it's okay--" Nico was cut off.

"TINA ?!"

Nicolas & Valentina jumped in their respective places totally startled by the loud shout that came from the Moretti brothers.

"Wait a damn second--who are you to call her that ?!"

"Yes, who gives you the permission to call her with that name ?! Because we f#king didn't."

"How dare you call our sister with a nickname huh ?!"

"I dare you to call her that again !"

Valentina being shocked will be an understatement. She was bewildered seeing her brothers overreacting just because Nicolas called her with a short name from her real name.

Nicolas gulped hard and cursed himself. He unintentionally called her 'Tina' because he has a habit of calling people he knows in a short form of their respective names.

And until now no one has ever reacted to him like that the way Moretti brothers just did.

"I-I am sorry. I didn't m-mean to. It just slipped from m-my lips." Nicolas fumbled out, nervously.

"You better don't mean it or else.." Xander trailed off his warning.

"Okay, enough now !" Valentina said being done with her brother's overreaction.

"Nico, you can call me Tina. I don't mind it." Valentina said.

Her brothers made a sound of disagreement which was cut off by their dear sister.

"Stop it ! Don't be like that. He can call me that as I said before I don't mind it." Valentina said while passing a stern look to her dear brothers who huffed in annoyance as they glared at poor Nicolas who tried his best to avoid their soul shaking glares.

They all were interrupted by Nurse Lila who entered the room after attending her call.

"Oh ! you are awake now." Lila said as she got nearer to Nicolas.

"I will put some ointment on your wounds and then you are good to go your home." Lila said as she started with her work.

"And do you want me to inform our headmaster about this ?" Nurse Lila asked carefully only to receive a small shake of denial and seeing this Valentina fists her palms,tightly.

"Princess, we should go home now. Father must be waiting for us. It's late." Matteo said.

"But we can't leave Nico here, Matteo. Let's get back home after safely dropping him home, okay ?" Valentina said.

"Sisy, I am sure Nicolas will surely call someone from his home to come & pick him up from here. Am I right, Nicolas ?" Francesco voiced out with a chilling tone that sent a shiver to the addressed boy.

What Francesco actually was telling Nicolas was that, 'You better agree with me or else..'

"S-Si, Tina. He is r-right. You can go. I will be f-fine." Nicolas said, trying to sound calm whereas he was anything but calm under the heavy stares of dear Moretti brothers.

"Fine, if you say so." Valentina said and with a goodbye & telling him to care of his wounds.

Valentina turned around to leave but Nico stopped her by holding her hand in his with some little courage in him under the glares he was continuously receiving.

"T-Thank you, Tina for helping me. I will always be grateful to you." Nico said with a gratitude smile.

"It's okay, Nico. I am glad that I was there when you needed someone."

Because unfortunately when I needed someone so badly, no one was there for me.

Third Person's POV End's

Valentina's POV

Our cars reached near our mansion and one-by-one we all got down and went inside.

Our father was already waiting for us along with Luciano.

"You guys are finally here." Father said as he stood up from his seat and quickly made his way towards me and pulled me into a hug.

I was surprised at first but then hugged him back.

Something was wrong. Papa looked worried and kinda scared as he held onto me to tighten.

"What's wrong, si ?" I mumbled against his body.

Papa released me from his hug and looked down at me.

"Nothing, tesoro. I was just worried a bit."

"Why were you worried ?" I asked, tilting my head back a bit.

"You should be home 30 mins ago but you weren't..." Papa trailed off and I smiled at him.

"Sorry, we got late because of me." I said.

"It's okay, baby. I am sure there must be a reason why you are all late. How about you first fresh up then you can tell me why you got late, yeah ?" Papa said, patting my head gently.

"Si." Saying this I moved towards my room.

After changing into normal home clothes which consists of a gray hoodie with matching gray pants I moved downstairs and saw others already sitting there.

I already did online shopping even though Papa kindly offered to take me for shopping but I told him I was more comfortable with online shopping and thankfully my clothes which I ordered were of the correct size.

I reached near Papa and sat down beside him.

"So,why did you all get late, princess ?" Papa said and I began to explain whatever happened in a short brief.

As I ended, I looked at Papa who was already looking at me with a kind smile.

"I am proud of you,sweetheart. You did the right thing." Saying this he kissed my forehead, lovingly making me smile with closed eyes.

Papa was proud of me !

"Yes, doughnut. I am proud of you as well." Luciano said as he side-hugged me and pecked my temple as well.

I smiled, slightly blushing and they chuckled seeing this.

"Let's go. It's time for lunch. You must be hungry right ?" Luciano asked, holding my hand.

"Si, a little bit right." I honestly replied to him.

"That's good to hear." Luciano smiled as he pulled me towards the dining area.

Valentina's POV Ends

Leonardo's POV

Watching my princess go I turned towards my sons who looked annoyed for some reasons.

I raised my eyebrows at them, "Cosa c'è che non va con tutte queste facce irritate?"

(What's with you all irritated faces hm ?)

They all glanced among each other making me frown at their weird behaviour.

"What is it ? Speak up !" I said, sternly and Massimo spoke up.

"It's about that boy, padre."

(father)

"Which boy ?" I asked.

"The boy who our principessa helped." Matteo said.

"What about him ?" I asked, clearly confused.

"Ugh ! He was getting our princess's care." Massimo muttered out as he crossed his arms.

"Si ! He even called her with a nickame--Tina. Come osa ?!" Francesco gritted out.

(How dare he ?!)

"And he also told her to call him Nico instead of his full name. Prick !" Matteo gritted out.

"And what's his full name ?" I asked, kinda amused seeing my son's behaviour right now.

"Nicolas. Such an annoying name he got for himself that matches his vibes." Xander said or practically hissed out making me surprised.

And in addition to my surprise were the agreement groans which my remaining sons made out even Galene too.

I bit back my smile which was threatening to come out.

It's kinda cute & amusing to see my sons reacting like these towards a boy who their sister just helped.

I am sure my Nora would have smiled as well seeing this all.

"You all need to chill dow--" I got cut off by Galene.

"That g-guy even h-holds her h-hand, padre."

Amusement quickly left my body hearing those words.

"He did what ?!" I asked, coldly.

"Si ! I mean when he choked on water and Valentina helped him to calm down they both held hands together." Matteo explained the whole scenario as he sensed my change of aura.

I looked away as I tried myself.

'They just held hands. No big deal Leo !' I chanted in my mind.

I am sure Nora wouldn't appreciate seeing me react like these just for a mere gesture.

I looked at my sons who were watching me in silence.

"Still chill down. You shouldn't react like these just for a small gesture." I calmly voiced out.

"It isn't just about a small gesture, padre. We didn't like seeing our precious sorella taking care of some boy who isn't one of us nor we actually know." Francesco finally voiced out his reason behind his irritation.

But seeing others stiff positions & look away faces I get it that all my sons feel the same.

I so badly wish for their mother, my Nora would be present here. So she could have explained them nicely and removed any ounce of sadness from them.

I took a deep breath before speaking. Nora wasn't here anymore but I was here.

"Listen to me, sons. I get your feelings okay ? But you all need to understand that your sister is growing up and that she will meet new people in her life who you might know or maybe not. You can't always get annoyed just because your sister shows kindness to someone else other than you all. Our principessa is a kind angel who will help anybody who needs it but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about you. In fact, she really cares about all of us. It totally reflects in her eyes even though she got to know about our existence less than a month ago."

I observed my sons who were intently listening to me. I paused so my words can be registered in their minds then I continued to speak.

"I ain't telling you not to look out for her yet make sure you don't overwhelm her by your protectiveness. Being the only girl in our family I can understand the urge you all felt to protect her especially from boys who will f#cking have eyes for our princess." I gritted out the last words and noticed the tense aura that oozed out from my sons.

"Still we are here to kick the a** of those boys who will have a bad eye over our precious angel yeah ?" I asked with a sinister chuckle and my boys responded back with the same sinister sound.

I know better that we will do more than just a kick in the a** !

Just the thought of some sh*tty boys having their eyes on my tesoro makes me see red and the urge to torture them to death.

My sons and I shared the same mutual feelings too. No doubt about that Si !

"Of course, dad. I will have fun kicking some useless a**es very much."

"Torturing them will be fun too."

"Gauging those lusty eyes that lay on my sisy will add extra to the fun, no ?"

"A-Absolutely it will."

"Giving a slow painful death will be the best type of fun for me though."

I smirked, hearing my sons. But my wife would be upset yet she would have literally sliced the neck with a kitchen knife of a person who dared to lay a wrong eye on our precious daughter.

I stood up as I put my hands inside my pants pocket and said.

"Spero che abbiate capito il messaggio che voglio trasmettervi a tutti, si ?"

(I hope you get the message that I want to deliver to you all, yes ?)

"Sì, papà. Abbiamo ricevuto il tuo messaggio."

(Yes, dad. We got your message)

Just then we heard Luciano's voice.

"What are you all still doing there ? Come for lunch !"

We chuckled except Galene & Xander and moved towards the dinning hall where Luciano & Valentina waits for us.

My sons except Xander were walking in front of me while being back to themselves that is bickering with each other and Galene quietly listening to them as always with a small smile on his face.

Just before I entered the dinner room I heard Xander's mumbling who was walking behind me making me smile & shook my head, silently.

"Still boys aka losers are going to be 10 feet away from my little sparkle."

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Hey yo beautiful & handsome people this is Chapter 16. Hope you like it !

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