Never in his long life did Aldo think he would end up falling for a human. He had really only meant to take you away from the Gallo family to get revenge—to use you as a token to make them look bad. But now that you've been by his side for so long, now that you've finally grown comfortable by his side, under his protection, he finds himself feeling things he'd rather not admit to. Yet, as he looks towards your sleepy form sitting expectantly on the bed as you wait for him to return with the clothes he's picked you out for the day, he'd be lying if he said the sight didn't make his chest throb with affection.

You just look so sweet—so vulnerable, so impossibly trusting of the violent creature of the night that he's supposed to be. Aldo sighs softly and shakes his head as his dress shoes pad across the carpet to your side, and then he finds himself kneeling before you with a gentle caress of his cold hands against your bare calf. "Are you awake, mio dulce amore? I will dress you," he states in a voice that's all too smitten to be coming from him. The vampire is starkly aware of the fact that he should be embarrassed about letting such emotion show, yet as he observes at the way you cast a groggy look to the black night through the window, he realizes that this is what he's been craving all his long life.

His lips curve up into a teasing smirk as he takes your leg in his hands and begins to slip on your stockings before you can respond. "You will like today's outfit, caro," he continues as he pulls the fabric up over your thighs, only to move on to slipping a ruffled cotton dress over your head. Allowing his hands to wander for just a moment, Aldo cups your chin between his index finger and thumb to turn your attention back to him, a gentle caress that's strikingly different from how he is with anyone else. "Sei davvero la cosa più bella su cui abbia mai posato lo sguardo... assolutamente mozzafiato."