Chapter IX: The Meeting

The castle has been surrounded with dark gloomy aura. Anyone could feel it even by just walking near the place. The Family was quiet. Deadly quiet. They didn't take the recent event easy. They were confused by their own thought and feeling. They were mad, no they were furious of what Selena has done. She didn't just nearly kill Trebol and Diamante, who is still unconscious in the medical room, but the worst part is she tries to slatter the Young Master. How could she do such a thing after what he already has done for her? They also can't stop missing her, they miss that small quiet little girl who always there to accompany them and always ready to help. Lao G miss seeing her nearby when he was on his morning training, drinking her morning tea with a medical kit with her to give him immediate medical attention in case his backache. Pica miss having someone actually listen to him talking without trying to hold back their laughter. They miss having someone to interrupt their argument with some dessert for them to try and with that, they completely forget what were they even arguing about. But the one who takes this the hardest is Baby 5 and the Young Master.

After a while clearing off all his meeting client and focus on looking for Selena. Exhausted, he then backrest to his chair. The thought of where she might be and how she is struggling alone with these cold cruel creatures he would like to call humans being, it's hurt him dearly. He completely stressed out by the thought. Might be just might be listening to the music box playing would calm him in some way. He turns the handle and the box open up, revealing a small gold piano in the middle turning around in a circle with a small gold figure playing it. The familiar tune comes up, the soft gentle tune combined with the cool breeze quickly sent him to sleep on his desk.

In Doffy's dream...

He was out on the open, 'flying' through the sea, this is one of the rare moment Doflamingo ever got time alone on his own. Whenever he goes anywhere, one member of the family would offer to go with him. So he sneaks out by leaving a note on his desk and sneak out through the window. Nothing in his mind on where he heading he just wanted to be far away from his work and just relax for once.

He suddenly got drag back out to reality by the sound of a bullet shot out near where he is at. He shocks and quickly looks where the billet was shot. It was from a Marine ship. Shit, they spotted him.

" Shoot down that pirate, men!"

Reply to the captain ordered, they hold up their gun and aim it straight at him. All together they start shooting him. Doflamingo quickly as he can dogging and blocking the bullet. While the man was busy destroying the bullet the Marine have time to set up their canon.

BOOM!!!

All his string and focus on everything around him stop. And Doflamingo quickly saves himself from a very close hit by destroying the whole thing. But he fails to notice the bullets that came along with the canon... He got shot on his left shoulder, his stomach and also near his heart. He at his limit now, he is in no condition to fight back all he could do then was run away. But where he had gone too far from his ship. His vision getting dizzier and dizzier. Then he finally blackout.

***

He woke up in a dark room patch up, and already got the bullet to removed. He looks around, only to see someone fell to sleep on the deck next to him. He took a closer look at them and notice it was a tiny little girl a couple of years younger than Baby 5.

" Young Mistress, Young Mistress, I brought you some sandwich." The knocking and the man voice broke the silence in the room, causing Doflamingo to jump and the little girl to wake up. He quickly runs to the hidden corner of the door as the girl only haft awake walk toward the door.

" Thank you, Ivan. I'll take this from here." She grabs the trade and yawn, returns the butler a tired smile. The butler only nodded and close the door for her, when he did so the girl soon to relies that Doflamingo was standing right next to the door. The girl jumps and lets go of the tray Doflamingo quickly stop it, and cover the young girl mouth. She struggles a bit then stop, she taps her hand on to his asking him to let go.

" Do not to scream if you do I'll end you." The young girl nodded. He didn't want to believe a stranger like her but she did patch him up instead of handing him to the navies, so he slowly let her go. When he relishes her the girl, she did as she has promise. She didn't scream instead she smile to the man. She ran to a corner of the room drag out a white wooden table and place it next to her bed. She gently took the trade from his hand and settle the stuff on it down. Doflamingo didn't know how to react to this but he then sat down on the bed. She grabs two set of teacups from the small closet next to her bed and held one out to him. He couldn't hold back his chuckled toward the girl action.

" Fufufufu~ Are you really going serve me?" The girl just smiles and nod at him. He took the teacup and inspected if there any poison. He watched as she filled it with tea. She took a chair from the other side f the bed, her blue orbs stared into his behind the shade. His grin never leaves his face.

" So tell me, why is a tiny little girl like you save and welcome a complete stranger like me?" Doflamingo chuckled again as he took a sipped from his tea, warmth and unfamiliar taste liquid filled his mouth." I'm sure If you wanted to hurt me, you would have done it when you have me in your arm." She smiles again, then quietly drank from her cup.

" What If I hurt you later?" She shrugged, " Then it clearly my fault for trusting you, but hehe why do you do it afterward when you have the perfect chance to kill me right when I close the door." Doflamingo's eyes widened, he couldn't stop but stare at the young girl. She was smart, very smart for her own age. But also at the same time, she has this air of pure and innocence around her. That something he is not used to and also dislike, but he couldn't find the heart to leave her side.

" Where are your parent?" She pointed out to the window outside. " They are outside?" She nodded.

" Do they know I'm here?" She shook her head. " Mommy doesn't know your here neither doesn't my sister or the maids."

" Why didn't you tell them then?" The more he talks to her the more interesting she gets.

" I don't know. I just have a feeling that I have too." She smiles and took another sipped from her tea. That another shocking respond he has heard yet again. " what your name little girl?"

" Selena, Selena Grace."

He woke up from the dream right away by the sound of his window crash open by the wind. He grumbles and closes it back. He remembers how he constantly visiting Selena after that day. He didn't know why he did that, but there was something about her, that he wanted to know more about. He promises to never forget her and yet he shouldn't have made a promise he can't keep.

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