[piofiore no banshou] vol. 1: nicola - track three
3; affettuoso
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[00:00] Hey, signorina.
Come here.
Caught you.
Thank you for making such delicious Acqua Pazza for me tonight.
I like eating at restaurants too but your homemade food is much more delicious.
The seasoning here really is different to what we have in Italy.
I try not to make it obvious when we’re dining with others but I’m still not used to it.
The food the Visconti gave us wasn’t really to my tastes.
They’re very multinational, so they had so much American and German and other kinds of food.
I didn’t recognise half of the menu.
But, signorina, tonight’s meal wasn’t just delicious because it was Italian…
Today was so fun.
We went to the MET, as promised, wandered around Central Park and even went shopping together!
If I wasn’t a member of the mafia - if I was just a normal man - I suppose that would just be a normal day.
But to me, it was a luxury.
I don’t get to spend much of my daily life with you, after all.
This might be selfish but…
I hope no one interrupts us when we’re newlyweds.
That’s just wishful thinking, though.
If we move the main mafia base here then we have to worry about defences…
I don’t think it can really just be the two of us.
I’m the Falzone underboss.
That title may change in the future, but not yet.
It’d be easy to say I wish I wasn’t a member of the mafia.
But my past is too important to me to actually mean it.
Most importantly…
Meeting you…
Falling in love with you…
Being able to protect you like this…
I could only do all of that because I’m a Falzone.
No, I know that, I do!
But you can’t blame me for wanting to live alone with you, can you?
Even if I know it’s impossible, I’m allowed to think about it.
I’m hurt.
I still need to bring Baltro here.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot.
It’s not like we have to leave our land in Italy immediately, so I thought about leaving the management of it to him…
As long as you ignore how much nagging he does, that old man’s a pretty good worker.
And there are a few jobs I want him to do.
Considering his age too… I thought he might not want to leave the place he was born and raised.
But Giulia is determined to follow us here.
It’d be cruel to force them apart; they only just got married recently.
So, in the end, I had to bring them both.
[03:20] You’re right.
I’m sorry.
You had to leave Sister Sofia and the people from the church…
I really do feel bad for stealing your family away from you.
But I really wasn’t able to give you up.
I didn’t think I’d be able to stand being separated from you.
I know it’s not much consolation, but I’m glad we can at least hold the ceremony in Burlone.
Everyone will be able to see you in your wedding dress.
Until I met you, I had no intention of ever getting married.
As you already know, I don’t really have many good memories when it comes to my family.
I don’t mean to say there are no happy families in this world.
I just thought if I ever had a family, I’d be destined to make them unhappy.
As long as I had Falzone blood in me…
If I was a more distant relation, it might have been different.
But me and Dante get on well.
But the boss before him and the boss before that…
As soon as they took over as head, their siblings all disappeared.
They were threats to their position, after all.
It wouldn’t have been odd if I was killed before I even became an adult.
Now that I think about it, my mother was always scared of some shadow that wasn’t there.
I was quite lucky that certain circumstances allowed me to keep living, but…
The life expectancy of people in the mafia isn’t all that long.
You were born and raised there so I probably don’t need to tell you all this.
I heard that in places with more disputes like Chicago, it’s as low as late-30s, you know?
Burlone isn’t exactly safe and I was always told to hurry up and get married.
Even with Dante there, the Falzone mafia is based on blood relation.
They’d rather have my child as a spare than nothing at all.
I’d be doing it for the sake of the Falzone family.
What a joke.
I didn’t want to pass on such bad blood.
If I had a child and that child was a boy…
…One day, he might have to fight Dante’s child to the death.
I didn’t want to be another link in that hellish chain of events.
But then I met you…
And I learnt what it was like to really fall in love with someone.
That’s when I wanted to promise to spend my future, my whole life with you.
At first, I panicked.
That was why I wanted to bind you to some definite contract through marriage.
I believed that you’d never hate me and that you loved me.
But sometimes the possibility scared me…
When we weren’t together, I grew worried and I wanted proof.
I didn’t care what kind as long as it was physical.
[06:46] Hey…
Will you hear me out, signorina?
I’m used to lying.
I know that it’s possible to say anything and not mean it.
So I wanted something more solid than words.
I messed up many times because of that.
You taught me there were much more important things.
You taught me you can’t communicate all your feelings with just a kiss.
I can tell straight away when you’re lying.
I think you’re the same, aren’t you?
You can see right through me.
But even if I know you’re lying, I can’t tell what you’re hiding unless you tell me.
Imagining the possibilities is so worrying we hurt each other.
You looked so sad - so pained - in the rain in front of the church that day, it still hurts to remember it.
I can’t forget it.
I’ll never make that mistake again.
I don’t want to hurt you ever again.
I didn’t even know it myself but I think I was scared.
Scared that if I told the truth, no one would understand me.
That telling the truth might just hurt both of us.
I was convinced that the more earnest a wish was, the more likely that was to happen.
But surprisingly, I was able to tell you honestly what I was thinking and wanted to do.
And telling you didn’t ruin everything, either.
Maybe that’s because you’re an extremely lucky person, or something.
But you made me realise that I can say what I’m really thinking, that I can share my deepest wishes, if I want to.
You and I made it to 1927 alive.
We won’t be trapped by the tedious bonds of the Falzone anymore.
I’m sure the way the organisation operates will change bit by bit from now on.
And if anyone ever tries to hurt us because of our blood, I won’t just stand by and watch.
Well, I think Dante would be angrier about it than me.
I promise this, signorina.
I won’t hide anything from you again.
Um!
Did I say something odd?
Yes… I plan not to hide anything from you…
Are you still annoyed about Baltro and Giulia?
It’s nothing serious, I promise!
We didn’t fight and they’ve probably already forgotten…
It was just small talk, if anything…
Giulia asked if I’d thought hard about the future and I accidentally let it slip.
That I’d like to have a daughter.
That a son might cause a struggle…
I didn’t say it has to be a girl or anything!
It’s not something we can choose, anyway.
But Giulia took it very seriously…
She told me to grow up and said it’d be a cute baby regardless of its gender and that fate isn’t always that giving…
She was so angry.
And then Baltro came too!
If I’m being lectured, Baltro will always take her side!
Don’t you think that’s cruel?
No, I know that it’s technically my fault.
They’re just jumping the gun a bit, aren’t they?
Other people don’t really have a say in it.
And we should do things in order!
And, most importantly, your feelings matter, so—!
I know I’ll be happy if, one day, we get married and have a child.
Right now, I know that I can protect you and a child from any threats the family might throw at us.
I’m not a child anymore.
I’m strong enough for that.
[11:46] I’m happy that you’re hugging me, but I can’t see your face like this.
Here.
Look at me.
Are you crying?
You’re so cute.
Signorina.
Thank you for meeting me.
I adore you.
Let’s get along from now on.
My wife.
Make me happy, okay?
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