~Inquisitive Fate~
Chapter 1
Lovino never knew that he had been able to feel something other than intense emotions. He had always felt immense amounts of jealousy, or hatred. Other times, annoyance, frustration. Maybe even sorrow. But for a while he had felt something different. A feeling unlike any he considered normal.
It was a sort of gentle breeze. It was pleasant. And he wanted to kill it.
There was no reason to feel such emotions. He didn't want any more pain. He didn't want this to become another intense emotion he'd have to deal with.
Not to mention this feeling made him sick. His stomach ached and his chest would rise and fall sporadically. He thought it was obvious why he didn't want to be around the person who caused this.
But they just kept coming back.
Again. And again. They were always there.
Inviting him to hang out.
Carrying out conversations with him, when it was obvious he was trying to avoid them.
Yesterday he'd even had the nerve to imagine them living together. The gall on this man was unthinkable. And his flirting technique was horrid.
No matter how many cruel things Lovino had said, no matter how many times he'd gotten angry with him, he continued to bother him. He even started calling him tomato face when he got mad.
It made Lovino want to avoid work indefinitely, but he needed money. And apparently this guy needed to get a life.
Lovino got up early one day and stepped out for some coffee before work at the station. He went to a new place today that his brother had been recommending to him for some time. He ordered and received his coffee and felt calm. Well, as calm as an angry, stressed, Italian man could be. He closed his eyes as he sipped, imagining
"Ah, could I get my usual, Lily?" Lovino spit out his coffee, and managed to attract the attention of everyone in the coffee shop. Every. Single. Person.
"Ah, Lovi! What are you doing here? This your usual place too?" Antonio's excited voice rang out. It made Lovino feel very small for a second, but he wouldn't stay like that.
"Don't call me that! And, no. This is my first time here, and I'd like to enjoy my coffee… alone." Lovino shouted at him. The right corner of Antonio's mouth curved upwards, and he paid for his coffee. Then proceeded to be annoying.
"Fine. But at least lower your voice. We are at a coffee shop at six in the morning." Lovino rolled his eyes and sipped at his coffee. It was going to be the only pleasant thing of his morning.
"I'm trying. You're the only reason I'm screaming in a coffee shop at six a.m.!" Antonio sipped at his coffee, that couldn't possibly have been cooler than lava hot.
"It's nice to know me walking into a coffee shop makes you want to scream out loud." Well when he put it that way it didn't sound like a good reason…
"Look, you bother me all day at work. You are literally my police partner. You see me every day. Yet you feel the need to find me wherever I go, and get my number from my brother. My god damn Fratello! I have no fucking idea how you even know him, but that is just weird." Lovino sputtered. Antonio sighed.
"Right… I just thought that since the chief promoted me to being your partner that I should be able to contact you. And about me inviting you to my house that was to a party. Your brother is actually a good friend of mine. He said you liked parties and that I should extend the olive branch. You don't have to come, Lovi- Lovino. I'm sorry if I crossed a personal threshold. But if we're going to be trusting each other with our own lives, isn't it normal to get to know each other?" Lovino grasped his cup of coffee hard, his nails digging into the container. This joker actually made him feel bad about his avoidance. But this couldn't have possibly been it! He had outright flirted with him just the other day! But of course pointing that out would make him seem like the interested one.
"Whatever. I guess. But know that Fratello is wrong, I hate parties. I can stand small, intimate ones, but crazy ones are too much for me." Lovino responded.
"I can tell you need more confidence. Is that the issue? Surrounded by all those fun, confident people? Is the reason why it's so horrible is because you don't know what to say?" Ouch.
"N-no. I'm a cop, cops don't have social anxiety! That would be the lamest shit ever. You have to have authority."
"You have that though. You're great at telling people what to do. You just don't have the confidence when dealing with actually decent people who want to befriend you." He casually sipped at his coffee again. "I don't mean to be insulting, but you should probably consider how you talk to people. It's not exactly normal." Lovino thrust his empty cup at Antonio, once again attracting the attention of the (now very annoyed) patrons. Antonio stood and threw both their cups away.
"See you at work Lovi. We have a busy day ahead I hear." Antonio dismissed himself with a mini salute and walked out of the small café. Lovino murmured angrily to himself, and then quieted.
He was relieved that he was gone… yet this lingering feeling of loneliness followed him after Antonio left. As if something he was meant to have, had left his life forever.
A/N: Hello everyone. Thanks so much for reading this new fic of mine. If you're also reading some of my in-progress ones, know that they will be finished but it might take me a while to get to that place where I can make them higher quality. It's been a while since my first writing, and It was a SpaMano fic. I missed the pairing dearly to be honest. So, hopefully this will satisfy two needs. Those who wanted a new soulmate Au, here we go! And those who love SpaMano, here they are. I hope the story for this one ends up okay. I'm trying to draw from my recently re-branded obsession with Danganronpa. Make sure to leave me feedback, anything is acceptable as long as it's constructive. Thanks, Cupcakes. : 3
A/N: So edit: this isnt hopefully too triggering, but remember that if you choose to read this, they are detectives. They see some stuff and deal with some topics people might not be comfortable with. So please, just keep that in mind. I should have put it in here the first time but I forgot. :3