"Yes. Shot at all time. It happens. Just glad I'm alive right now. got shot in chest. Surgery near lung. Lightly punctured my lung. I'll be fine. Other bullet in shoulder. I'll live." TORTURE said through his breaths.
"Sure. Anything else? Anything you want." Reginald asked still holding him as if trying to shield him from the sun.
"You better," Pericolo said, "You're probably the first decent guy I've ever dated."
"You do too much for me," Alois sighed, "Just breakfast is fine."
TORTURE gave a painful laugh, "Ouch.... I'm ok... You're good too." He seemed to be slipping back and forth between awareness and sleep.
He gave an inside laugh, "I'll get right on that." he said getting up and going down stairs to fix him breakfast.
"I try to be," Pericolo said, "You should get some rest."
It was ten minutes before Alois came down, wearing a pair of black sweatpants.
He gave another painful laugh, "Ouch... No.. Someone is coming..." he said.
As soon as he finished the door opened quickly but not too quickly, "OH my baby." said TORTURE's mother rushing in. She went to his bed side and toke his hand. "Oh thank God you're alive."
Behind her walked in a man taller than anyone he had seen. He was apparently TORTURE's father by the looks of it.
"Hi mom.. Hi dad.." TORTURE said his eyes closed.
(Keep in mind that REDRUM is about 8 feet tall.)
Reginald was humming to himself as he cooked.
Pericolo tried not to stare at the extremely tall man. He was glad they seemed not to notice him.
"How are you so happy this early?" Alois asked, "Is making me happy just o watch."
"I'm ok mom... Stop-."
She cut him off, "You are not fine. You were shot. And you had surgery." she said firmly.
"BLADE dear, please calm down. Torch has gone through a lot in the past couple hours and he had barely any sleep last night. Besides, It would appear we have a guest in the room." the man said to his wife in a calming way.
BLADE stopped fussing and looked over at Pericolo. "Hm?"
"I'm happy cause I wake up next to you every day." Reginald smiled.
Pericolo waved shyly. "Hello..." he said cautiously.
"There are so many better things to be happy about," Alois said.
"Well don't be nervous kid." she said to him.
"Mom.. Dad.. This is Pericolo. I met him yesterday.. I'm seeing him." TORTURE said.
"Oh is that so." BLADE said standing up and walking over to Pericolo. She bent over looking him in the eyes and then scanning him. She had an oddly cold look in her eyes.
TORTURE's father looked Pericolo over but was trying not to laugh at his wife.
"Well you are my happiness." he said finishing up with the cooking.
"Nice to meet you," Pericolo said, looking a bit uncomfortable.
"You are too sweet to me," Alois said.
BLADE finally smiled, "It's nice to meet you too." she said skipping any handshakes and went straight for the hugs. "It's good to see that our son has finally found a good man." she let him go and stepped back, "I'm his mother BLADE."
"And I'm his father REDRUM." REDRUM introduced, "It is good to see him with someone nice. I don't see you trying to kill him in the near future like the last ones."
Reginald sat his breakfast in front of him, "Well someone has to be sweet to you." he said putting his arms around him and kissing his cheek.
"I can assure you, I don't want to kill him," Pericolo said, a smile growing on his face.
"I'm glad that someone is you," Alois replied, returning the kiss.
"We know." REDRUM said. "Sorry if we came off strong there. We thought you might have been the media. We expect them to try and come in here soon to get his story on the situation. They always do when stuff like this happens. You have to beat them off almost with a stick." he said smiling.
"I can say the same about you." Reginald said. "Enjoy your breakfast." he said going and making his own breakfast.
Pericolo nodded understandingly. "They show up in cabaret every now and them when MC does something strange," he said, "Which is often."
"What did you make?" Alois asked, looking down at it.
"Oh really?" BLADE asked curiously, "Huh. Wonder what that man is up to. He's always been a mystery. Ever since we met him years ago when he first opened up the Cabaret."
"Well if you think about it even longer then that." REDRUM started, "We actually met MC when he first started looking for a building. Guy could barely speak English at the time. No one could show him around the city cause no one could understand him. Because of that we were ask to show him around the city cause we were the only ones who could understand and translate for him."
"Oh yeah. So much has happened since then it slipped my mind. " BLADE said.
"Under.. Statement.. Of the.. Century mom." TORTURE laughed painfully and softly out.
(Hope you don't mind me doing that. If you don't like this consider it as REDRUM and BLADE hiding MC's ties to the mafia if that is a real thing.)
"I made your favorite silly." Reginald smiled, "A traditional German breakfast."
"I think he's talked about you both once or twice," Pericolo said, "He doesn't say much though."
(Nah, it's good. It works out pretty well.)
"Should have know when I saw the wurst," Alois said as he started eating.
"We're not very interesting." BLADE said smiling, "We're just humble musicians and sometimes guides around the city. I'm sure Torch had told you he plays the violin by now. But he hasn't told you he plays many instruments and can sing with the voice of an angle." she winked.
"Stooop mooooom... Don't embarrass me... When I can't do... Anything.." TORTURE managed to get out.
"It's my job to. So you'll just have to deal with it young man." she tease her son.
TORTURE grunted at her.
Reginald laughed as he cooked.
"Do you preform live?" Pericolo asked.
"You are such good cook," Alois said, "It makes me jealous, to be honest."
"We do from time to time but in the winter months it's not really a good time to tour. Not many people want to come out and see. Plus with our other son REVENGE having two little ones and a teenager a couple years older then TORTURE here he can't tour like we all used to." REDRUM explained.
"Well I had to learn. No one else could cook for me you know." he said smiling as got his breakfast and joined Alois. It was a traditional Russian breakfast.
"What do you all play?" Pericolo asked.
"I see now," Alois said, "I'm glad you can cook for both of us, I can hardly cook for myself."