Certain Moments

The First Kiss

Ezio Auditore di Forenze: what could be said about him as he dominated the streets of Florence with his long and confident gait, gaining stares of hostility, admiration and excitement. Excitement from the women of course. They would gather and share dream filled conversations about this young Florentine noble who, it was said, knew how to treat a woman correctly. Ezio could not help but smile broadly- the thought of all these women wanting to be with him made him cocky and slightly arrogant. The young man was brought out of his stride by a leather arm brace that appeared quite beautiful in his eyes. Picking it up, he assessed it closely to assure that his attractions had been valid; he rummaged for his money but a shoulder barged into his making him stumble and the money bag fell to the floor where it would surely be stolen- the people of Florence, as well lived as they were, could not help themselves. "Maledizioni!" Ezio cursed as he scrambled to his feet and hastily made his way to where his money had landed. A passing woman, wearing a green dress adorned with white frills, stopped and gently grasped the bag- the delicacy of her movement made it clear that she was not taking it. "Please Signore, allow me." Her voice seemed so pure to Ezio, her hands appeared to be made of pale silk tipped with gleaming ivory for nails. Ezio followed her arm, bare to the elbow, up to a hidden shoulder and finally to a bare neck with equal beauty to the hand. For reasons he did not know, Ezio could not look at the face. Seeing such beauty in just an arm was new to Ezio because, despite what people thought, he had never experienced time with a woman- not even a kiss. "Thank you Signorina." Ezio replied, not realizing that his voice faltered in hesitation. Taking the bag from the fragile hand he forced himself to look to the woman's face. As he lifted his eyes he noted the features that stood before him: a small, round chin, defined cheekbones, thin lips that seemed to gleam under sunlight and skin as smooth as the hand that Ezio had observed before. However it was when he met her eyes that he was frozen in admiration: the most beautiful, grassy green eyes stared back at him and seized him in their captivating embrace. The woman seemed to return the admiring look and she too, was frozen; despite the noise generated by the crowd around them, silence was all that existed to them at that moment. Ezio broke the stare, "I should err, probably pay for this." He said as he gestured to the arm brace in his other hand.
"Ah! Good idea Signore," She laughed as she too, glanced away. "Signore. Could I have a name for you?" her voice was filled with embarrassment and admiration at the same time but she forced herself to meet Ezio's eyes again without being frozen by them. Ezio himself, however, had given into the beauty once again and replicated his hypnotized state as before. "Signore? Is everything all right? Signore!" the lady had started clicking her fingers in front of Ezio's face as if to break some sort of spell- it worked and Ezio returned, once again, to the world around him. "Si! Si, si Signorina." He hesitated as he tried to remember what he had just been asked and could not help but notice his hands had started to quiver, "Eeh…Oh! You wanted a name si?"
"Si Signore. If you don't wish to tell me then…" she was interrupted by the man in front of her who almost seemed to be going mad from something. "Ezio! My name is Ezio Auditore," he hesitated yet again, "A-and what about a name for you Signorina?" unwittingly, Ezio let loose a very charming grin that rewarded him with a mesmerizing smile and the slightest of laughs. "My name Signore? Bianca Romano." In his mind Ezio thought how heaven existed even in her name and at that very moment he knew he wanted to be with her- he wanted her to be the one he shared his first kiss with.