The Mershark ch10

The loneliness in a dark cell cam make anyone depressed even a mythical folk. The heavy, deep depression in Pucci's heart caused him to turn into the neko cat again. He began to believe he would be in this hell hole for the rest of his days.

One day a sign of hope appears. A man in black and white shows up with one of the guards. The frightened prisoner hid himself until he was clam and turned back to normal. The only thing he had to cover himself was a dirty sheet. "Tell me when you see the one you want, Father." The one called father looked over at Pucci before pointing at him.

Pucci recognized the man from LisaLisa's old photos. He knows he's the one called Justin Law. The guard opens the gate and lets him out. Justin pays for Pucci and a set of cloths for him before leaving the building and the ground it stands on.

They're in a small black car that's driven by another man. "I've heard quiet a bit about you, Pucci."

"I wish I can say the same."

"It doesn't matter, we can really get to know each other now."

"I guess you're right."

"That sounded corny, Justin." The other guy commented.

"The man driving is my friend and partner, Giriko. He's heard about you too." Giriko waved one hand in the air, Pucci waved back.

They come up to a small, white building. It has a porch decorated with vases of red roses. "It's not much but it's home." They got out of the car and went inside. In the home there was one kitchen, one room for studies, one room for entertaining a few guests, and two bed rooms. There's a smelling building out in the backyard, an out house. The walls were decorated with paintings of angels, flowers, and mountains with clouds surrounding them.

Justin shows him around the cozy home. "You can have the room on the right." He points to the empty room.

"There's only two."

"Giriko and I share the other room." Pucci nodded.

That night after a small evening meal they spoke. "LisaLisa only taught you the basic human functions?"

"Yes."

"There's more to living than just moving around properly. You're gonna need to learn how to do chores. In your case if you can't do any chores than you'll-."

"End up being killed." Justin interrupted with a lie Giriko saw through. Pucci on the other hand just nodded, believed it. He still doesn't know many things of slavery.

"I guess I have more things to learn…"

"Yes yes all in due time of course."  

"What are chores?"

"The things you do to keep a house in order." Justin answers, "We'll show you tomorrow."

"Of course. If you'll excuse me I would like to turn in for the night." Pucci gets up from the chair he was sitting on.

"Sleep well."

"Thank you." Pucci leaves the room.

The room was quiet after he left. Giriko brakes the long period of silence with a question, "Why did you lie about him being killed for not know how to do chores?"

"The reason why Mañana kept him under the ocean was to protect him from many things, that includes a live of being someone's…. toy."

"Hiding things isn't always a good idea, Justin."

"I know…"

"Don't rush it, just say it when it's right. Alright?"

"Alright."  

During his stay at the home of Justin Law and Giriko, he learned how to do some chores, not all, just the ones people would expect him to do; painting, fixing broken things, and other labor work mostly. In his free time he brushes up on his reading. Justin teaches him how to write and cook. Mean while, Dio moves from the state Florida to New York New York after loosing hope of seeing Pucci again.

"Justin can you tell me one thing about him, the man who raised me?"

"Sure, I'll tell you two things. First off, you and your siblings called him "Nanna" because he was your nanny and he was the only known man to raise children without women around. Secondly, he turns into a purple cat. Keep an eye out for a purple cat and you might meet him."

-TBC-