Sign of the Zodiac: Taurus
Del Monte

The young man polished the wine glass diligently. Customers will be arriving soon. The bar will soon be crowded by the Torero, bullfighters, who have just had a bullfight. Not to mention the dozens of spectators who will also be juggling to talk about the tense match.

The young man let out a long sigh while observing the dimly lit bar where he worked the past fifteen years. He started his job at the place as a janitor. Mopping wood floors with dirty mops to clean up customer vomit is no longer new to him. Now, after a long career, he managed to become a bartender in charge of preparing drinks behind the bar table.

Wooden chairs with round tables are neatly arranged. Angelo, the homeless boy he picked up a month ago is already working well as the janitor of the place. The child may become like him. Stuck in a slave job for life in a bar belonging to the Manolette family,. His fate would probably be luckier than his if the child did not fall into a drug addiction.

Unfortunately, the young man's life was ruined. In addition to being forced to work without proper pay, he also became a drug addict. The only thing keeping the young man afloat is his love for Beatrisa, the daughter of the owner of the DelMonte Bar where he works.

“Bianco, give me your best drink,” said Andres, his partner as a bar worker in charge of security.

“The barbarians are coming soon. I can't work in a conscious state. Those people are driving me crazy. At least I have to be as crazy to deal with them,” continued Andres half-shoot.

The young man named Bianco was snorting short. Even without drinking any alcohol, Andres had already lost half of his consciousness. I don't know what medicine he's been taking since this morning. It was already late at night and Andres' consciousness had not even fully recovered. Even so Bianco still concocted a simple drink for his co-worker. It's good to make Andres more drunk. This person is much more dangerous when conscious than being stoned.

Deftly Bianco poured the ingredients of his drink. Two and a half oz gin plus a little lime juice and simple syrup. Bianco skipped the fresh blackberry fruit and just added enough ice cubes. There is no need to throw away valuable ingredients for people who drink without paying.

“Where is Baltazar?” ask Bianco while thrusting his Gin Gilmeti.

“She has brought her own whisky bottle. But I want a sweet drink today. My life has been too bitter to taste whiskey,” replied Andres as he sipped his drink in one breath.

Andres groaned softly, enjoying the remnants of the taste of alcohol in his mouth.

“Hopefully it didn't rain today. Blood was everywhere in the rain. And the smell of the vomit of those people became even more nauseating when exposed to water. By the way, that homeless boy you brought is pretty useful. I saw he could still work even though Baltazar had him covered in cocaine. Looks like the boy is already trained,” comments Andres as he thrust his empty glass at Bianco, asking to be refilled.

Bianco received the glass as he cursed in his heart, imagining the cost of materials spent by humans like Andres.

“And this is your last glass tonight. Try to be friendly with Baltazar whiskey if you really want to run,” continued fierce.

Andres chuckled softly while receiving a Bianco cocktail. “You're the only worker who's still sane in this dump. No wonder Miss Beatrisia chose you to be Manager. Are you satisfied with that, Bianco? Though you are just like us,” snapped Andres while standing up.

“Restore the glass when finished. Don't try to use it to throw a pellet. Use the whiskey bottle alone,” exclaimed Bianco to his colleague who had walked away.

Andres simply raised his cocktail glass with one hand without answering anything. Bianco again let out a long breath. From the beginning of his life was like shit. That's why he has to hang out with people who are his type.

Bianco was born from the womb of a prostitute. His mother worked in a brothel in the same alley as the bar where he worked. The most famous prostitution area and district in Nuchas. The area is also owned by the Manolette family, the drug cartel mafia, as well as human trafficking. All the dark businesses in Nuchas are controlled by the family. And Bianco is one of their hundreds of workers.

After his mother died of lung disease – his mother was a very active marijuana smoker – Bianco small brought by Gusto who was none other than Bar DelMonte's previous manager. He was seven years old when he finally ended up being a janitor at the place. From then on he made friends with mockery, swearing, illegal drugs to fights that several times almost killed him.

He had almost given up his life when fate finally reunited Bianco with Beatrice. At that time she was only fourteen years old, while the daughter of the business owner was five years older than him. Beatris who was celebrating a birthday party at the bar was finally drunk to unconsciousness. The party was completely chaotic and everyone had to take care of Beatris' friends who started to damage the property.

Gusto who saw Bianco still looking fine, immediately had the young man take their young miss to his private room on the second floor. Bianco complied and carried Beatris with his own body. At that time he was so young and did not know about the female body. His life revolves around work, booze and occasional narcotics.

So when he saw Beatris who was drooping weakly with clothes so open, inevitably the body of the teenager Bianco also reacted. He had never touched a woman before. Even so, the body of Bianco teenagers is actually quite good because it is trained with heavy work. He tried hard to refrain from doing anything bad to the young lady and hurried to leave after successfully laying Beatris on the bed.

But suddenly Beatris' hand reached for him. Bianco turned his head and found the young lady smiling while looking at him half-consciously. Beatris seduced the young man with words and gestures. Bianco barely wavered, but he subtly refused everything the young lady might offer. Beatris is drunk.

Beatris insisted. And with all that effort, Bianco fell asleep that night, on Beatris' nineteenth birthday, he took the only thing that was still preserved from Bianco: his holiness. Until after that night and the nights that followed, what Beatris snatched away was not only the virginity of Bianco, but also the young man's heart.