Warning for surgical complications (not fatal), life threatening illness (not fatal), drunkenness, and brief cheating.
[name_m]Silvio[/name_m] [name_f]Amata[/name_f] [name_u]Royce[/name_u] (24) is the youngest member of Viās siblings, having just turned 24. He felt a lot of pressure as a sibling to find a āroleā in Viās life. It didnāt help that Viās other brother found [name_f]Vi[/name_f] a boyfriend who ended up being toxic and dangerous and that Viās sister tried to get [name_f]Vi[/name_f] out. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] tried what he could to help [name_f]Vi[/name_f] but always felt a little left out and truthfully felt uncomfortable by the drama but knew helping [name_f]Vi[/name_f] was important. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] was the type to often stay quiet when he felt inconvenienced but would get super upset if he was pushed too hard or felt mistreated enough.
The other struggle [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] had in his life was his girlfriend. Heād been dating her for quite some time, even asking her to dance when they were teenagers, and kept on their relationship in young adulthood. Things hit a hard bump in the road when they were 19 and Silvioās girlfriend desperately needed a kidney transplant. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] agreed to donate and things were looking well until complications arose ā not for his girlfriend but for him. His temperature was high and body was reacting very poorly to the lost organ and he was kept in the hospital. He nearly died when his heart stopped but he was successfully defillibrated. His condition was very unstable but eventually he would stabilise and slowly recover. He actually didnāt tell his girlfriend how close he was to death because he didnāt want to scare her or make her blame herself, instead he just stated he was āresting and recovering after surgeryā which technically wasnāt wrong. The thing that really angered [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] was when he walked in and saw his girlfriend one day drunkenly kissing another guy. He grabbed the bottle of alcohol and smashed it on the floor, then yelling, āI almost died saving your life! [name_f]Do[/name_f] you want me to tell you how close I was to losing it all? And this is how you treat me? Well go ahead, just keep kissing that guy like I never mattered!ā He angrily stormed off.
[name_m]Silvio[/name_m] wanted to get away and started studying in [name_u]Rome[/name_u]. He contacted his family a lot but was confused why [name_f]Vi[/name_f] wouldnāt contact him. He didnāt know that the shelter was strict on outside contact. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] texted the rest of his family and they said they didnāt have a clue either. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] was also starting to think [name_f]Vi[/name_f] was dead or missing but the rest of the family didnāt want to tell him what they thought. So any time [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] asked if [name_f]Vi[/name_f] was okay, they wouldnāt respond, and [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] reluctantly stopped asking. Things got awkward and contact between [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] and the rest of the family diminished. This bothered him but he didnāt say this to anyone. He loved being in [name_u]Rome[/name_u] but without his family talking to him, it didnāt have that same warm feeling as it did when he and the family used to take trips together.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] a few weeks ago recently, [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] returned from [name_u]Rome[/name_u] and saw [name_f]Vi[/name_f] again. All his anguish melted away when he saw how happy she was and to meet his nephew [name_m]Enzo[/name_m]. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] was grateful everything was good again and he briefly looked at the shelter his sister went to. He noticed a familiar face of someone leaving the shelter ā his former girlfriend whom he hadnāt spoke to since the day he stormed off on her. But why was she there? How did she become a single mother? And why did she stay in the shelter? [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] did not approach her but was no longer angry at her, instead feeling worry and some guilt at the way he reamed her before. He got closer with [name_f]Vi[/name_f] but didnāt state anything about his former girlfriend. However he felt Viās personal experience could help lead him in the right path about how to talk to his ex-girlfriend and being around [name_f]Vi[/name_f] made [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] feel happier and better about the knowledge.
[name_m]Silvio[/name_m] was bonding with the rest of the family and they were cleaning up the house together to make it presentable when [name_f]Vi[/name_f] was moving back in with her parents. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] had done a lot of the work but he made an error by putting the wrong type of wood polish on the wood floor. His brother claimed, āSilvio, youāre using the wrong wood polish! It doesnāt go with that type of wood! You know what, never mind. Iāll just polish the floor myself.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] hated that he had done the most work with the house and was not being credited for that but was being scolded the moment he made a mistake. Later on, their brother realised the TV remote was missing. He asked, āSilvio, get off what youāre doing. Why arenāt you even trying to help find the remote?ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] responded, āBecause Iāve been busy cleaning up the basement.ā Silvioās sister stated, āNobody even goes in the basement.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] replied, āWe were still told to clean it though. And I was the only one who did it.ā The two just meered, āFine clean the basement. We can handle the remote control issue without you.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] stated, āNo need. I already finished it. And the bathrooms. And the hallway. I even washed the sheets and pillows in the bedroom and you people just act like I never did anything.ā They replied, āCalm down [name_m]Silvio[/name_m], you know weāre not like that and you know we wonāt stop caring about you.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] asked, āThen how come you stopped responding while I was studying in [name_u]Rome[/name_u]? I understand why [name_f]Vi[/name_f] stopped but you just threw me out when I repeatedly asked about her. [name_m]Even[/name_m] when I stopped, you still didnāt answer anything from me. Our parents barely even contacted me but I still cleaned up their house.ā
The moment it seemed like they would respond, [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] just walked out of the house outside in the pouring rain. His brother and sister felt bad now truly and apologised, āSilvio, Iām sorry. We really are.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] walked and didnāt look back. They followed and asked, āItās raining buckets and youāre just walking away without a jacket?ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] sneered, āWhatever, at least it will wash off my smell of cleaning supplies.ā They asked, āArenāt you going to get sick out there?ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] shrugged, āIām already coming down with something so mind your business.ā His brother and sister asked, āOh okay but just one more question please, where are you going?ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] just scoffed, āI said mind your business.ā [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] just kept walking until he was a speck in the distance. Truthfully, he didnāt have a place in mind he was planning to go. But he saw something he noticed he was getting close to and rather than going away, he only went closer. His ex-girlfriendās house, the house she moved back to after leaving the shelter. [name_m]Silvio[/name_m] wasnāt trying to pick a fight with her though, he actually just wanted to apologise for how he yelled at her. Yeah, this felt impromptu and if it didnāt work out, heād understand. But he finally felt like he wasnāt reluctant anymore. He was finally standing outside the door and before he could turn back, he rung the doorbell.