Warnings: AU/ MalexMale pairing/ Language/ Yaoi content in later chapters/ Some violence (mainly towards demons.. no worries)

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Chapter Four – And As If By Magic

It had been three days since Dante returned to Capulet City and he hadn't left the shop in all that time, he never answered the phone or anybody knocking at his door, he just sat in his dusty old shop alone. He hadn't seen or spoken to Trish or Lady since he lost his temper and told them to leave him alone and for the past three days they had done just that, until now apparently.

"Lady, wait! Stop"

"No! He's been moping about in there for days. Do you realise how much money he's cost me? I'm gonna kill him if he's still sat on his ass in there!"

"Give him time and he'll come round."

"Time is money, Trish."

If Dante needed any more convincing that Lady was pissed off, he didn't have to wait long. In seconds she had shot the lock off and kicked the doors open and with her gun still in her hand, she stormed into the shop to where Dante was, sitting behind his desk facing the wall.

"I can't keep buying new doors each time you shoot them down you know." He turned his chair around to face them and it became clear to Trish and Lady that he hadn't really moved much from that spot since they last spoke.

"Well if you got off your lazy ass and did some work then you could afford it! You've been home for days and you haven't taken on a single job! Are you just made of money?" Lady held her gun high and kept a tight grip on it, still aiming at his head.

"I've never seen you act this way, Dante. You've acted miserable since the moment you set foot through that door. What's up?" Trish was trying to keep the peace, but Dante scoffed at her and mumbled something under his breath, but she was on to him, "Wait a second, it's that kid isn't it? Shit, you miss that, uhm... Whatshisname.."

"Nero!" Dante spoke before he could stop himself, giving Trish and Lady the answer they were looking for. Unintentionally he just admitted to liking some kid he had just met days earlier, thus giving him reason to be miserable.

Lady let out a small growl before dropping the sight on her gun slightly and shooting four bullets straight into Dante's stomach. His body bucked back into the chair with each shot that thumped into him. The shop went deadly quiet as Lady's gun smoked, Dante hung awkwardly off his chair, blood pooling on the floor.

"Really though?" Trish asked, putting her hands on her hips and stared at Lady judgingly.

"The guy was really pissing me off! Locking himself in here because he misses some kid in that wacko city! I mean for fuck sake, for the son of Sparda he sure is a wuss!" She placed her gun back in its holster before turned back to Dante. It was a few more seconds more before he jumped out of his seat taking a huge gulp of air, coughing and clutching his stomach in pain.

"Y'know just cos you can, doesn't mean you should. Still hurts like fuck." Dante moaned, pouting like a young child.

"You deserve it for not taking on any jobs for the past three days. You still owe me money, if you'd forgotten. Jackass."

"Have you both quite finished?" Trish interjected rather loudly, they could tell she was obviously sick and tired of hearing the two bickering.

"She started it." Dante mumbled, if he was looking for sympathy or pity, he was mistaken. He did however get Lady's gun back in his face.

"Dante, shut up and sit down. Lady put the gun away."

They both did as Trish asked, Dante sat down while putting his feet up on his desk and Lady replacing her gun once more and stepping away from the half devil. Dante knew they were just looking out for him, even Lady cared for him in her own way. He just missed Nero, it was that simple because the kid was so full of life and reminded Dante of himself when he was younger. He couldn't lie, when he found out that Nero was also part devil it kinda knocked him for six but to tell the truth it just made Dante fonder of him. If you were to ask Dante if he was into guys, he would have laughed so hard it would have rivalled hyenas, but there was something about Nero that made Dante feel different. He wasn't attracted to men, just Nero, it didn't make sense even to Dante.

"I know the concept must seem bizarre to you, but have you thought to just talk to Nero?" Trish snapped Dante out of his day dream and back into reality, a reality without Nero.

"Yeah Trish, that'd be great. Hey kid, do you want to leave Fortuna and your whole life behind and come live with me hundreds of miles away where you don't know anybody. We'll forget the fact that you're straight, all because I like you." He paused and cast Trish a sideways glance, "Something tells me that that probably won't work. And I would get a punch in the face, and if you hadn't noticed the kid's got a fucking devil arm, that thing hurts when it hits you in the face."

Dante let out a hard sigh and put his head in his hands, trying to forget that Trish and Lady had brought up the subject. Nero would still be in there Fortuna with that girl right now, probably getting very close to her. The thought sickened him to his stomach, how could he relax when he knew he had feelings for a guy who is not only straight, but probably currently holding his girlfriend in his arms.

Dante laughed inwardly and thought about his situation, who would've thought that the son of the legendary dark knight Sparda was getting all depressed and acting like a girl over some boy.

"Maybe he'll come to you?" Lady said, finally breaking the silence between them.

"Devils just don't come out of nowhere, you know!" Dante retorted, half chuckling at her.

The conversation was suddenly interrupted, as what was left of the door was creaked open. Trish and Lady looked behind them at who dared to wander into the shop when the doors were in such a bad state, and what they saw made their jaws drop. They moved out of the way to show Dante who was in the doorway.

"Nero?" Dante was absolutely shocked, did this kid have super hearing or something?

"Rich handsome men just don't come out of nowhere, you know." Trish said quite loudly and paused, looking behind Nero out into the street. The other three just looked at her with confused looks on their faces, "It worked for Dante, it was worth a try."

Nero stood in the doorway and looked straight at Dante, and Dante in turn look straight at him, time seemed to have stood still as everyone kept silent, Trish and Lady looked at one another then both looked from Nero back to Dante.

"Yeah so Lady, you definitely okay to gimme a lift? I've gotta be going now."Trish clapped her hands once then grabbed Lady before pushing her past Nero, she looked over his shoulder and gave Dante a supporting smile and wink before shutting the broken doors behind her. The two white-haired men stood awkwardly in silence for a moment longer, Dante not moving a muscle and Nero scratching his nose.

"I hope I wasn't interrupting anything?" Nero's voice cracked as he spoke, he didn't think it would be this awkward when he saw Dante again, after all he had only seen the guy a few days ago.

"Uhm, no. No of course not, sorry." Dante didn't know where to put himself, it seemed like a movie cliché moment when Nero walked through those doors and Dante couldn't help but laugh to himself. He had wanted to see the kid again, and here he was standing in the middle of his shop. "What brings you all the way out here kid? Has Kylie driven you insane already?" He was laughing about it, but Dante didn't think it was funny. The very thought of Nero in somebody else's embrace was sickening to think about, but then again he was here and not there, with him and not her. What had happened?

"Kyrie. Your memory must be failing you in your old age." Nero and Dante chuckled at each other, revelling at the playful insults, "Things between me and Kyrie aren't what I thought they would be. She's changed, all she sees is a monster. So I left Fortuna, and the only person I know outside is you. I was wondering if I could stay here for a couple days, until I sort something out."

Nero looked uncomfortable asking for help, he had never needed or wanted anybody else's help, even when he was rescuing Kyrie he was determined to do it without Dante's help. Hearing that Kyrie had rejected Nero had pissed Dante off, how could that moronic girl think he's a monster? He's just a kid, a young, handsome, half devil kid.

Dante smiled and walked over to Nero, placing a hand on his back and bringing him into the shop.

"I'll take care of ya, kid."

Awwh! Dante's a sucker really isn't he? :3

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