Express Delivery || Jacob

It was appreciated the way Alessandro did not question the fact Jacob didn’t share his name, points for him. It was little things like that that were accumulating and made his opinion on the man grow. Who knew, perhaps he would grow to enjoy the other’s company, very unlikely, but he wished most Bianchi were as easy to get along with. As it was, more often than not Jacob got the short end of the stick as far as meeting the decent people went, there was Valeria, but he only talked to her twice, and she was just a civilian who knew too much, he could do with someone on his side who was also capable to take care of himself, even if Alessandro wasn’t very experienced, that could be fixed, after all.

Alessandro chose to call him Mask, it was a fitting nickname that most people used, if not very original. But then again, not everyone was like Max, who gave people a hundred and one nicknames to everyone he met. Jacob just nodded at the choice.

The man seemed nervous once Jacob brought up the impending report, causing Jacob’s smirk to widen, amused by his reaction. He watched as Alessandro went ahead, following in a slower pace, since the newbie was the one who was supposed to go and do his job. He didn’t expected him to turn around and ask if Jacob would come with him, the light chuckle that escaped him was impossible to hold back, it reminded him of a child on their first day of school. “Yes? Unless you want me to go. I would totally understand if you rather do it by yourself.” Jacob was well aware Alessandro would prefer the moral support from Jacob, or whatever it was the man expected from him. Lucky for him, Jacob was having too much fun watching him struggle to do a simple task, and had no intention of leaving, even if Alessandro told him to. He looked expectantly to what the man would reply, ready to keep following him inside the mansion.

It was like Alessandro suddenly remembered he just met Jacob, and that it wasn’t really wise to go trusting any strangers, even if they were supposedly on the same side. He met the man’s suspicious stare head on, tilting his head slightly, wondering what Alessandro would do. Nothing changed, and the man just agreed to go. Jacob followed closely behind, the mansion had a few people lounging around, who looked up almost as soon as they entered, before resuming whatever they were doing. What did they expect? Enigma to come knocking?

At any case, Jacob and Alessandro just ignored those people, and in turn , they were ignored as they made their way to the same office they had used to get the instructions for the job. They soon arrived in front of a closed wooden door, and his companion knocked shortly, and soon enough, a deep voice told them to enter, Alessandro took the lead, entering the room before Jacob. Inside there was a long desk with a few people, and he was honestly surprised by that, perhaps the mission was a bit more important that he first expected, if all this people were interested in hearing about it.

As expected, one of the men asked about the mission, and Jacob crossed his arms and let Alessandro explain, looking in disinterest for all intents and purposes. He could see why it would be intimidating for someone not used by all the power plays and how much of a dick people who paid you could be, so he couldn’t fault Alessandro for hesitating before speaking. For a moment Jacob thought the Bianchi would be really mad when it was explained the package was opened before its time, and he was about to interfere and say it wasn’t their fault, and even stepped forward, but Alessandro explained further, and even kept his cool while doing so, which was a bonus. It was enough to calm their employer down, clearly he wasn’t much satisfied with how things played out, but it was enough, thankfully.

They were dismissed soon after, and Jacob exited the room as silently as he had entered, he would count this mission as a win, though, he noticed the man failed to mention they didn’t stay to see if the woman survived, but she probably wouldn’t for very long, blood loos wasn’t something to laugh at, and he doubted she had a way to seek for help. “You did fine, even managed to avoid a scolding when you said things didn’t go as expected.” He nodded with a satisfied tone of voice, tapping Alessandro lightly on the shoulder. “Mission successful, I’d say, and now, I’m off.” He got to see what he wanted, there was no reason to stay any longer, he shot a look towards Alessandro and raised his hand in a small wave. “It was nice to meet you Alessandro.” He shot him a smile the man couldn’t see, but his vice was light and friendly. And with that, he left the Bianchi Mansion.