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</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Luca stretched out across the bed, wearing only his jeans. He'd washed his shirt in the shower as well and left it to dry in the bathroom. A light humming noise came from the bathroom as the vent was on, but the door was closed. Luca shifted to look over at the vampire briefly. He considered the questions before he began answering them. The silence stretched as he thought over his responses. With a sigh, he put his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling as he spoke. <br/>
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"Yes, I meant exactly that -how boys like girls. Doesn't matter that we couldn't have kids. There's always an orphanage. Plenty of children there. And yes, of course it's alright for boys to like other boys. Just like it's alright for girls to like other girls. It's not different. The feelings are all the same," Luca answered with a bit of a clip to his tone. It wasn't directed at Aries, but rather from past experiences. He let out a soft sigh as he pushed those thoughts away and continued on with the last question; and perhaps the most difficult to answer.<br/>
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Luca swallowed hard, clearing his throat lightly as he prepared to talk. "I... did have someone. A long time ago. We met at a hunter headquarters, I'd been attacked -no surprise there..." he added with a roll of his eyes and an irritated sigh. "He helped heal me, even stayed with me while I was laid up in bed. I tried not to. I really did, but he just... had a certain charm that had me warming up to him in no time. Soon, he was following me around, and then with him came another -a friend, that is, not... anyway. We went from city to city, the three of us. And as time passed, he and I developed feelings. I probably fell harder than he did, but that wasn't important. I was in love with him," Luca paused, his chest tight. "And then one night it all shattered. I got separated from him. My friend and I fought hard, but I lost her too. Tore her apart like a damn rag doll. Honestly, I'm not sure how I survived that night. I don't remember what happened after they killed her and turned on me. All I know is I woke up in the hunter's headquarters and I was told her and my lover were killed by a group of vampires." Luca gave a shrug and let the silence take over after he'd finished. It was one of a few things he didn't enjoy talking about, but for Aries, it felt as if he could talk about it without it hurting too much. And it was almost nice to have someone else to hear it rather than his own thoughts that usually ended up with a million 'what ifs' of how he could have done better, he <i>should</i> have done better.<br/>
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"It's all in the past now though," Luca added softly.</span>