Bruno Bencivenga/Introduction

### Namesake

Bruno: German name meaning "brown", in reference to Bruno Bucciarati. Paolo: Italian variation of Paul, meaning "small, humble", in reference to the original Paolo Bucciarati.Bencivenga: Italian surname, meaning "welcome"

### Family

Paolo Bucciarati (father, deceased), Unnamed mother (alive), Ceci Mariposa (half-sister, deceased)

### Status

Dead

Bruno Bencivenga is a minor posthumous character in Fate of Zephyr. He is the only son of Paolo Bucciarati and half-brother of Ceci Mariposa. In Vento Aureo, Bruno is Bruno Bucciarati of Team Bucciarati.

## Appearance

Bruno is a teenager and appears to have a slim build. Like the original Bruno when he was younger, he sports a black haired bob with bangs and wears a white shirt with blue overalls. He is often wearing brown work boots, due to his willingness to work with his father whenever he can. According to his mother, he always had callouses on his fingers and palms as a result of working with his father.

During his hospital stay, he appears to wear a simple white hospital tunic and pants with blue accents, and his body appeared to be thinner due to the effects of medical treatment. He also has various machines attached to him, varying from a simple IV to multiple connections.

## Personality

Despite his age, Bruno is shown to be relatively mature, respecting and upholds several values he believed in- even as a young boy. He deeply cares for his family, but especially his father, who he looked up to as an honest, good man despite his emotional distance and human errors. When his parents decided to divorce, Bruno strongly stood his ground to stay with his father, believing that his father didn't deserve to be alone and knowing his mother had been unhappy with her marriage and, while not aware of the situation between his parents, knew that the marriage was hurting her more than him; at the same time, he shared no resentment towards his mother, believing that having the two of them divorce would make everyone happier than keeping them together, and understands her absence in his life even though she vowed to visit him often after the divorce. Even though Paolo suggested Bruno to go with his mother and discouraged him from doing any work beyond school, Bruno remained with his father and secretly did what he can to financially support what remained of his family. Once, he used some of his money he earned on the side as a newspaper boy to buy his father a new shirt when his old one was torn but lied about how he received it.

Like the original Bruno, Bruno is naturally kind and is dedicated to taking the most honorable course of action, even if he puts his life at risk. He is shown to be loyal to his father, willing to exert or put himself in danger if necessary. The latter is unfortunately shown when Bruno was shot by drug dealers in order to save his father from harm and showed direct disobedience for the first time in his life by sneaking onto the boat prior despite his father telling him to not do so. During his long hospital stay, Bruno tried his best to hide any pain and suffering he feels from Paolo whenever he can, not wanting his father to further worry about him despite the injuries he sustained, and keeping snide comments and insults he hears about his father to himself- even when hearing the comments causes him to cry in his sleep when they become too much.

Bruno is also well aware of his father's involvement in the mafia and knew that Passione is allowing his family to be protected and paying his treatment. Bruno's ability to quickly deduce also meant that he knew his health is merely a bargaining chip that could be used against the family at any time- something that Paolo tried to keep his son ignorant of. Bruno spent the rest of his life mentally preparing himself for the day that he would either be permanently incapacitated or killed under the guise of botched medical treatment in order to keep his father in line or punish him for whatever reason necessary, but kept a cheery mood when he is with his father to avoid him from further worrying. This became a reality when Team Bucciarati's punishment involved killing off Bruno in his next operation. Despite knowing this truth and able to see Passione as merely a criminal syndicate pretending to be good, he accepted his death and finds his father's decision to join the mafia as a means to provide for his family honorable.

## References

* Bruno Bucciarati Backstory Part 1 and Part 2:
	+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9jxK-NbOgc
	+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMQOhsemww

Anime reference of Bruno with his mother.

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