Back again! Yes! Lol! Did you miss me Simi? Well did ya? Did anyone else?
...*Sulks* No fair man! *Pouts* No one reviews this! It's not THAT bad
surly! Well even if it is please! Don't hesitate to tell me!
Arson: Don't worry mistress you have me! *Hugs me*
Me: Awwwww *Hugs back* At least I know SOMEONE loves me! ^^ (Mega hint or what?)
Vincent: Reiko...I love you *Kisses Reiko*
Reiko: O.o *Moans*
Me: *Claps hands* Oh! Dante! Camera now! *Dante hands over the camera and I begin recording the Vincent/Reiko kissing scene* this will be PERFECT blackmail material!
Dante: *Snickers* Yep! *Tries to get a closer look but is held back*
Cole: Hey you don't wander off! *Grabs Dante and gropes him*
Dante: o.O *Groans and kisses Cole*
Me: Ahhhh it's going on everywhere! Lol Simi, does this remind you of our conversations on MSN or what! Lol! Happy Birthday Simi this is just for you! Enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 6 Weaponry and Wings
"GOD DAMN IT!" Cole cursed angrily as he rubbed the same spot on his leg for the sixth time; since the griffon had attacked them and slammed into the front of the building, Cole couldn't see a thing in the abandoned bar and kept banging into things and tripping over disused tables and chairs; it was really beginning to piss Cole off. "Grr I so wish I had a flashlight right now..." the younger man heard Dante chuckle in amusement behind him, as he stepped carefully out of the way of the tables with ease.
Cole shot him a heated glare in annoyance that Dante happened to find it so amusing "It's NOT funny Dante, it's alright for you! You can see with your extra enhanced vision, I however am a mere mortal and..." Cole sighed and felt he's way to one of the couches in the bar and sat down "...It's annoying and really depressing" Dante shook his head before he followed the younger man and sat down next to him.
"No mere mortal can see ghosts Cole, you have a unique gift, be grateful of it, you never know, it might save your life one day" Cole nodded in the darkness and sighed leaning his head back on the dusty couch and closing his eyes, oblivious to the longing but short look Dante gave his throat, before the brunette nodded in agreement opening his eyes and looking at Dante.
"I know, I know, but everything in this bar is annoying the hell out of me right now, my leg is killing me, believe me, I just wish I could see as well as you" Dante smiled shaking his head, then he stood, pulling Cole up with him; Cole having no idea that he was going to be forced to get up, stumbled in surprise and landed right into Dante's lap.
Dante resisted the urge to laugh out loud at Cole's sheepish expression 'He is just too cute for his own good...' Dante though as Cole pulled himself up and sighed, allowing himself to be dragged by Dante again, but safely around the tables and chairs, before leading Cole behind the bar, Cole frowned, wondering why. "Don't tell me you want to see if there's any alcohol worth drinking!"
Dante didn't answer at first, he just rolled his eyes as he looked behind the bar; dusty glasses were still on there shelves, quite a few broken or chipped. "Not really, drink doesn't do much for me" Cole rolled his eyes and began examining the fridges, which were dark, the bottles of beer also dusty and many of those were shattered too. Dante's boots crunched on the scattered glass as he kept looking for something Cole could use as a weapon.
"Hey Dante! How about in here?" Dante turned to see Cole stood outside a scratched and bloodied door; Dante nodded and walked over to him as Cole tried to open the door. "Nng...Damn! It's stuck fast!" Both Dante and Cole struggled with the door, which though not locked, wouldn't budge and inch; it seemed someone didn't want anything to get in or out of this room. "I'll use my devil trigger and knock it down" Dante said in amusement as he watched Cole struggle with the door. Cole just nodded and stepped back; As Dante changed into his Devil form and with one well aimed punch, knocked the door clean off its hinges.
Cole raised an eyebrow and whistled, obviously impressed, Dante, still in his devil form grinned victoriously at him and Cole rolled his eyes as Dante morphed back to normal. "You're such a smart ass Dante" Dante nodded and chuckled, before he suddenly grabbed Cole's arms and pinned them to his sides Cole frowned wondering what was going on. "Yeah I am, but, I know you like it" Dante whispered into the brunette's ear.
Cole's eyes widened at the closeness of Dante's body next to his, and resisting the urge to shiver and tilt his head back, at the feeling of Dante's breathe tickling his neck. "Y...Yeah sure whatever you say Dante" Cole managed to get out without stuttering too much, while trying to pull away from Dante, But the older man still had a firm grip on his arms. "Dante...L...let me go!" Cole asked, he was beginning to panic, and Dante must have sensed this, because he let him go a moment later.
Dante laughed "I don't believe you almost fell for it" he joked, Cole scowled now knowing that Dante was just joking, but now he felt...well a bit disappointed that it didn't go any further. Dante however was screaming inside. 'I nearly...oh shit! What would he have said if I kissed his neck?' Dante shook it off and stepped through the broken door, it seemed to be the manager who used to work here used this place as an office.
"The guy who owned this place didn't tidy up much did he?" Cole said as he looked at the messy office, papers were scattered everywhere, or stacked on top of the filing cabinets that took up one wall. The chair and desk in the middle of the room were empty, and Dante began rummaging in the draws of the desk to see if there was a gun or a knife or something of use. Cole looked around the room and sighed, many people had died here, he could see them a man, probably the manager of the bar, asleep, and a little girl of about 7 years of age, with red hair and green eyes, blood was splattered across her dress, and she had a large chunk taken from her side. She turned to him and giggled before she pressed a finger to her lips. /Shh! we have to be quite or they will come/ Cole knelt down to the little ghost and frowned.
"What will come?" Cole whispered to her, she smiled sadly and lowered her head in shame, like she was being told off for something; she leaned over to Cole ear and whispered. /The ghosts with masks and blades, the ones who haunt the graves/ Cole looked at her surprised, she smiled. /Don't be afraid, he'll protect you, like my daddy will protect me/ the girl pointed to Dante, before she skipped back to her father, and cuddled up to him as he slept on.
Cole frowned at what the girl had said and noticed something glinting dully from underneath some of the fallen papers and debris, upon closer inspection; it was found to be a sword, a Katana. "Hey Dante look at this" Dante turned and looked at the sword, before he took it off Cole and smoothly slid the sword out of its sheath, slicing at the air a few times before putting the sword back and handing it back to Cole.
"Good sword, light and quick, think you can handle it?" Cole looked at the sword then back at Dante before he shrugged and tied the katana to his belt, Dante rose and eyebrow at this, Cole noticed his look and rolled his eyes. "I've never handled a sword before okay? Wanna give me a few lessons?" Dante chuckled, his dark eyes twinkling.
"Sure, but not now, let's stick to what you know best" Dante said before he threw Cole a rifle "I found some ammo for that shotgun of yours too". Cole smiled and nodded in thanks before he turned his attention back to looking at the gun; checking for its ammo and looked at Dante his eyebrow's raised. "Nice, should pack some damage to the demons" Dante nodded and headed out of the door and back to the bar. Cole quickly re-loaded his shotgun strapped both guns to his legs, stuffed a few boxes of ammo into his backpack, and followed him.
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"Okay so I'm armed, and ready to face whatever those demons can throw at us...and were stuck here" Cole sighed as he sat down on the dusty floor of the bar, feeling utterly miserable; he and Dante, now fully armed and ready, realized that they hadn't found a way out of the bar yet, they tried the back entrance, but it was so full of bits of rubble broken from the roof and the other buildings nearby, that there was no way that they could get through.
Dante shot Cole an irritated look but didn't say anything, he knew they were stuck, there was little light, both were hungry, and he knew he was sick of being stuck in here. "Just hang on Cole alright? There has to be a way out of here" Cole sighed and nodded miserably before he lay on his back frustrated and looked up at the roof, Cole could see sky in the holes in the roof, it was getting dark, and Cole could see the stars coming from out of the blackness.
'Wait a minute...Dante's half demon right? He has wings therefore can...THATS IT!' Cole shot up from then floor and ran to Dante. "Dante! I know the way out we have to..."Then Cole stopped, he was sure he heard a laugh, not a normal laugh; but a high pitched laugh that sent shivers of dread up and down Cole's spine. Dante turned to face Cole and listened to the sound for a few seconds, before he pulled out Ebony and Ivory, pointing them straight at Cole. "D...Dante, w...what are y...you doing!" Cole cried eyes wide in surprise at Dante's actions.
"Cole, do you trust me?" Dante asked calmly, Cole blinked, the question catching him off guard; he had not expected any of this, and Cole, for the first time, felt truly afraid Dante. He didn't know how to answer a question like that. 'Do I trust you?...yes...yes I do or I wouldn't be working with you right now' Cole swallowed hard and nodded in reply; his mouth felt to dry to speak. Dante nodded at this, his aim right at Cole's head. "Then do exactly as I say and don't move"
Cole gulped and nodded, closing his eyes and waiting, while inside he forced himself to calm down. 'I...I think I love him...I'll die for him...but he won't let me, no...I trust him' Cole hardened his resolve and stood completely still...
...and a shot was fired...
Cole waited for the pain...but maybe you didn't feel any when you were shot in the head. After a few seconds, Cole wondered if he really was dead, and he cracked open an eye, and saw Dante staring at a mass of what looked like black rags which were slowly sinking away into the floor. "What the hell...is that?" Cole managed to ask, his eyes wide. Dante looked up at him and smiled at him, obviously relived that Cole was okay.
"That..." he nudged the rags with his boot "Was a Sin scissor, there like ghosts but they can't be detected unless they show themselves, there like the grim reaper, but instead of taking people to the underworld when there dead...they prefer to chop people's heads off when there still alive" Dante turned to him and smiled. "That one thought it was being clever, it was hiding on you, using you as a sort of shield, it must have thought I wouldn't kill you to get to it"
Cole just nodded, it explained why Dante acted so strangely towards him, and Cole felt his whole body relax, he was safe for now. "I'm sorry Cole; I must have scared the shit out of you..." Cole blinked, the last thing he expected as an apology from Dante, who looked like he was ashamed of something; he refused to look Cole in the eye the brunette placed a hand on Dante's shoulder and smiled reassuringly at him "It's okay Dante, I'm not hurt, yeah you scared me a little...but I'm alright now"
Dante sighed and nodded "Alright, now you were saying something about a way out?" Cole blinked, confused for a second; after the shock of Dante pulling out his guns on him, he'd totally forgotten about his plan to escape. "Well there are holes in the roof right? And you can fly in your devil form right? Well, you could fly us out of here!" Dante blinked and thought about this for a moment, and then he smiled. "Cole you're a genius, just leave it to me" Cole nodded, glad that Dante actually agreed with his plan.
Dante looked up at the roof and smiled before he morphed into his devil form, then without another word he grabbed hold of Cole. "Hold on" Dante's devil form said its voice rough and seductive. Cole just nodded and wrapped his arms around Dante's waist, and closing his eyes. All he heard was the rushing sound of wings, and Dante's breathe on his neck.
Cole closed his eyes tighter when he knew his feet had left the ground; Cole never did have a thing for heights, but he felt Dante's grip on him tighten slightly. "Don't be afraid Cole, I'm here, and I won't drop you" Cole looked up at Dante's demon face; it was smiling down at him as they rose higher and higher into the sky. Cole just nodded before he leaned his head on Dante's shoulder feeling safer than he had felt in a while, then once Dante was flying the two away, Cole closed his eyes and drifted to sleep in Dante's arms.
Dante didn't notice that Cole was asleep until he had landed in the next village and returned to normal. Dante smiled and lay the younger man down gently on the ground before breaking into one of the abandoned cottages and checking it carefully, and then he picked the brunette back up and laid him on one of the old sofas. Dante sat on the edge of the sofa and watched him closely. 'He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, not when he's awake, always alert, watching, waiting, for something to happen...I like him like this...' Dante sighed and reached out to stroke Cole's pale cheek, then the elder man stopped, mere millimetres from Cole's face. 'No...I can't, what if he remembers? What if I do and he wakes up? What will happen between us then? Will he hate me?' then, quite reluctantly, Dante withdrew his hand from Coles face and stood up. "...Dante?" Dante turned around to see Cole sitting up slowly, a tired look on his face. "Where are we? What time is it?"
Dante smiled and sat back down next to Cole. "It's almost 10pm and where in the next village to the north" Cole nodded tiredly and Dante forced him to lie back on the sofa. "Get some sleep Cole, well be safe here" Cole nodded as he closed his eyes "I'm not going anywhere..." Dante whispered, hoping that Cole didn't hear him, but when Dante looked back at the younger man, he was already fast asleep.
Dante knelt by Cole and sighed sadly, he stared at Cole's pale frame for a long time, before he finally let his fingers wander to the brunette's face; Dante didn't realize what he was doing until he heard Cole mutter something in his sleep, making Dante withdraw his hand quickly. 'Damn! It's getting more and more difficult to hide these feelings from him! Eventually it's going to end up in a VERY nasty situation, I don't want that to happen, I have to say something soon...'
Dante lowered his head as he stood back up, taking one last look at the sleeping figure before he walked to the other die of the room. "I guess Trish and Lucia were right in a way, these feelings...I think...I love you" as soon as it was said instead of thought, Dante cursed himself mentally as he made himself comfortable in the armchair across the room. 'What are you trying to do Dante? You idiot! You may as well have an 'I love you' sign painted on your head!, if he heard it, god knows what's going to happen, this mission is a long one...and I don't think I can hold these emotions in for much longer' Dante sighed and shook his head, before he leaned back and closed his eyes, within 5 minutes he was asleep too.
Across the room, Cole smiled happily in his sleep...
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YAY! Finished once again! And just in time for your birthday Simi! Lol! This is for you! I did better than 6 pages too 7 PAGES I TELL YOU! 7! AND I was this *Indicates her thumb and finger almost touching* close to getting them kissing, but I thought, more character development first, they might kiss in the next chapter... *Evil grin* maybe!
Arson: That was so good! Lol! Happy birthday Simi-kun I made you a cake shaped like a strawberry! ^_^
Vincent: Reiko...you know I love you right? *Reiko nods slowly* good well... *Hand cuffs Reiko to him* you're my boyfriend and for Simi's Birthday, You're MINE!
Reiko: O.o ...okay Vinnie ^_^;
Me; Awwwww see the cuteness! Lol! Okay R&R please! Simi! Where's those other reviewers god damned it! Lol j/k! Happy Birthday Simi! *Throws confetti*
Arson: Don't worry mistress you have me! *Hugs me*
Me: Awwwww *Hugs back* At least I know SOMEONE loves me! ^^ (Mega hint or what?)
Vincent: Reiko...I love you *Kisses Reiko*
Reiko: O.o *Moans*
Me: *Claps hands* Oh! Dante! Camera now! *Dante hands over the camera and I begin recording the Vincent/Reiko kissing scene* this will be PERFECT blackmail material!
Dante: *Snickers* Yep! *Tries to get a closer look but is held back*
Cole: Hey you don't wander off! *Grabs Dante and gropes him*
Dante: o.O *Groans and kisses Cole*
Me: Ahhhh it's going on everywhere! Lol Simi, does this remind you of our conversations on MSN or what! Lol! Happy Birthday Simi this is just for you! Enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 6 Weaponry and Wings
"GOD DAMN IT!" Cole cursed angrily as he rubbed the same spot on his leg for the sixth time; since the griffon had attacked them and slammed into the front of the building, Cole couldn't see a thing in the abandoned bar and kept banging into things and tripping over disused tables and chairs; it was really beginning to piss Cole off. "Grr I so wish I had a flashlight right now..." the younger man heard Dante chuckle in amusement behind him, as he stepped carefully out of the way of the tables with ease.
Cole shot him a heated glare in annoyance that Dante happened to find it so amusing "It's NOT funny Dante, it's alright for you! You can see with your extra enhanced vision, I however am a mere mortal and..." Cole sighed and felt he's way to one of the couches in the bar and sat down "...It's annoying and really depressing" Dante shook his head before he followed the younger man and sat down next to him.
"No mere mortal can see ghosts Cole, you have a unique gift, be grateful of it, you never know, it might save your life one day" Cole nodded in the darkness and sighed leaning his head back on the dusty couch and closing his eyes, oblivious to the longing but short look Dante gave his throat, before the brunette nodded in agreement opening his eyes and looking at Dante.
"I know, I know, but everything in this bar is annoying the hell out of me right now, my leg is killing me, believe me, I just wish I could see as well as you" Dante smiled shaking his head, then he stood, pulling Cole up with him; Cole having no idea that he was going to be forced to get up, stumbled in surprise and landed right into Dante's lap.
Dante resisted the urge to laugh out loud at Cole's sheepish expression 'He is just too cute for his own good...' Dante though as Cole pulled himself up and sighed, allowing himself to be dragged by Dante again, but safely around the tables and chairs, before leading Cole behind the bar, Cole frowned, wondering why. "Don't tell me you want to see if there's any alcohol worth drinking!"
Dante didn't answer at first, he just rolled his eyes as he looked behind the bar; dusty glasses were still on there shelves, quite a few broken or chipped. "Not really, drink doesn't do much for me" Cole rolled his eyes and began examining the fridges, which were dark, the bottles of beer also dusty and many of those were shattered too. Dante's boots crunched on the scattered glass as he kept looking for something Cole could use as a weapon.
"Hey Dante! How about in here?" Dante turned to see Cole stood outside a scratched and bloodied door; Dante nodded and walked over to him as Cole tried to open the door. "Nng...Damn! It's stuck fast!" Both Dante and Cole struggled with the door, which though not locked, wouldn't budge and inch; it seemed someone didn't want anything to get in or out of this room. "I'll use my devil trigger and knock it down" Dante said in amusement as he watched Cole struggle with the door. Cole just nodded and stepped back; As Dante changed into his Devil form and with one well aimed punch, knocked the door clean off its hinges.
Cole raised an eyebrow and whistled, obviously impressed, Dante, still in his devil form grinned victoriously at him and Cole rolled his eyes as Dante morphed back to normal. "You're such a smart ass Dante" Dante nodded and chuckled, before he suddenly grabbed Cole's arms and pinned them to his sides Cole frowned wondering what was going on. "Yeah I am, but, I know you like it" Dante whispered into the brunette's ear.
Cole's eyes widened at the closeness of Dante's body next to his, and resisting the urge to shiver and tilt his head back, at the feeling of Dante's breathe tickling his neck. "Y...Yeah sure whatever you say Dante" Cole managed to get out without stuttering too much, while trying to pull away from Dante, But the older man still had a firm grip on his arms. "Dante...L...let me go!" Cole asked, he was beginning to panic, and Dante must have sensed this, because he let him go a moment later.
Dante laughed "I don't believe you almost fell for it" he joked, Cole scowled now knowing that Dante was just joking, but now he felt...well a bit disappointed that it didn't go any further. Dante however was screaming inside. 'I nearly...oh shit! What would he have said if I kissed his neck?' Dante shook it off and stepped through the broken door, it seemed to be the manager who used to work here used this place as an office.
"The guy who owned this place didn't tidy up much did he?" Cole said as he looked at the messy office, papers were scattered everywhere, or stacked on top of the filing cabinets that took up one wall. The chair and desk in the middle of the room were empty, and Dante began rummaging in the draws of the desk to see if there was a gun or a knife or something of use. Cole looked around the room and sighed, many people had died here, he could see them a man, probably the manager of the bar, asleep, and a little girl of about 7 years of age, with red hair and green eyes, blood was splattered across her dress, and she had a large chunk taken from her side. She turned to him and giggled before she pressed a finger to her lips. /Shh! we have to be quite or they will come/ Cole knelt down to the little ghost and frowned.
"What will come?" Cole whispered to her, she smiled sadly and lowered her head in shame, like she was being told off for something; she leaned over to Cole ear and whispered. /The ghosts with masks and blades, the ones who haunt the graves/ Cole looked at her surprised, she smiled. /Don't be afraid, he'll protect you, like my daddy will protect me/ the girl pointed to Dante, before she skipped back to her father, and cuddled up to him as he slept on.
Cole frowned at what the girl had said and noticed something glinting dully from underneath some of the fallen papers and debris, upon closer inspection; it was found to be a sword, a Katana. "Hey Dante look at this" Dante turned and looked at the sword, before he took it off Cole and smoothly slid the sword out of its sheath, slicing at the air a few times before putting the sword back and handing it back to Cole.
"Good sword, light and quick, think you can handle it?" Cole looked at the sword then back at Dante before he shrugged and tied the katana to his belt, Dante rose and eyebrow at this, Cole noticed his look and rolled his eyes. "I've never handled a sword before okay? Wanna give me a few lessons?" Dante chuckled, his dark eyes twinkling.
"Sure, but not now, let's stick to what you know best" Dante said before he threw Cole a rifle "I found some ammo for that shotgun of yours too". Cole smiled and nodded in thanks before he turned his attention back to looking at the gun; checking for its ammo and looked at Dante his eyebrow's raised. "Nice, should pack some damage to the demons" Dante nodded and headed out of the door and back to the bar. Cole quickly re-loaded his shotgun strapped both guns to his legs, stuffed a few boxes of ammo into his backpack, and followed him.
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"Okay so I'm armed, and ready to face whatever those demons can throw at us...and were stuck here" Cole sighed as he sat down on the dusty floor of the bar, feeling utterly miserable; he and Dante, now fully armed and ready, realized that they hadn't found a way out of the bar yet, they tried the back entrance, but it was so full of bits of rubble broken from the roof and the other buildings nearby, that there was no way that they could get through.
Dante shot Cole an irritated look but didn't say anything, he knew they were stuck, there was little light, both were hungry, and he knew he was sick of being stuck in here. "Just hang on Cole alright? There has to be a way out of here" Cole sighed and nodded miserably before he lay on his back frustrated and looked up at the roof, Cole could see sky in the holes in the roof, it was getting dark, and Cole could see the stars coming from out of the blackness.
'Wait a minute...Dante's half demon right? He has wings therefore can...THATS IT!' Cole shot up from then floor and ran to Dante. "Dante! I know the way out we have to..."Then Cole stopped, he was sure he heard a laugh, not a normal laugh; but a high pitched laugh that sent shivers of dread up and down Cole's spine. Dante turned to face Cole and listened to the sound for a few seconds, before he pulled out Ebony and Ivory, pointing them straight at Cole. "D...Dante, w...what are y...you doing!" Cole cried eyes wide in surprise at Dante's actions.
"Cole, do you trust me?" Dante asked calmly, Cole blinked, the question catching him off guard; he had not expected any of this, and Cole, for the first time, felt truly afraid Dante. He didn't know how to answer a question like that. 'Do I trust you?...yes...yes I do or I wouldn't be working with you right now' Cole swallowed hard and nodded in reply; his mouth felt to dry to speak. Dante nodded at this, his aim right at Cole's head. "Then do exactly as I say and don't move"
Cole gulped and nodded, closing his eyes and waiting, while inside he forced himself to calm down. 'I...I think I love him...I'll die for him...but he won't let me, no...I trust him' Cole hardened his resolve and stood completely still...
...and a shot was fired...
Cole waited for the pain...but maybe you didn't feel any when you were shot in the head. After a few seconds, Cole wondered if he really was dead, and he cracked open an eye, and saw Dante staring at a mass of what looked like black rags which were slowly sinking away into the floor. "What the hell...is that?" Cole managed to ask, his eyes wide. Dante looked up at him and smiled at him, obviously relived that Cole was okay.
"That..." he nudged the rags with his boot "Was a Sin scissor, there like ghosts but they can't be detected unless they show themselves, there like the grim reaper, but instead of taking people to the underworld when there dead...they prefer to chop people's heads off when there still alive" Dante turned to him and smiled. "That one thought it was being clever, it was hiding on you, using you as a sort of shield, it must have thought I wouldn't kill you to get to it"
Cole just nodded, it explained why Dante acted so strangely towards him, and Cole felt his whole body relax, he was safe for now. "I'm sorry Cole; I must have scared the shit out of you..." Cole blinked, the last thing he expected as an apology from Dante, who looked like he was ashamed of something; he refused to look Cole in the eye the brunette placed a hand on Dante's shoulder and smiled reassuringly at him "It's okay Dante, I'm not hurt, yeah you scared me a little...but I'm alright now"
Dante sighed and nodded "Alright, now you were saying something about a way out?" Cole blinked, confused for a second; after the shock of Dante pulling out his guns on him, he'd totally forgotten about his plan to escape. "Well there are holes in the roof right? And you can fly in your devil form right? Well, you could fly us out of here!" Dante blinked and thought about this for a moment, and then he smiled. "Cole you're a genius, just leave it to me" Cole nodded, glad that Dante actually agreed with his plan.
Dante looked up at the roof and smiled before he morphed into his devil form, then without another word he grabbed hold of Cole. "Hold on" Dante's devil form said its voice rough and seductive. Cole just nodded and wrapped his arms around Dante's waist, and closing his eyes. All he heard was the rushing sound of wings, and Dante's breathe on his neck.
Cole closed his eyes tighter when he knew his feet had left the ground; Cole never did have a thing for heights, but he felt Dante's grip on him tighten slightly. "Don't be afraid Cole, I'm here, and I won't drop you" Cole looked up at Dante's demon face; it was smiling down at him as they rose higher and higher into the sky. Cole just nodded before he leaned his head on Dante's shoulder feeling safer than he had felt in a while, then once Dante was flying the two away, Cole closed his eyes and drifted to sleep in Dante's arms.
Dante didn't notice that Cole was asleep until he had landed in the next village and returned to normal. Dante smiled and lay the younger man down gently on the ground before breaking into one of the abandoned cottages and checking it carefully, and then he picked the brunette back up and laid him on one of the old sofas. Dante sat on the edge of the sofa and watched him closely. 'He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, not when he's awake, always alert, watching, waiting, for something to happen...I like him like this...' Dante sighed and reached out to stroke Cole's pale cheek, then the elder man stopped, mere millimetres from Cole's face. 'No...I can't, what if he remembers? What if I do and he wakes up? What will happen between us then? Will he hate me?' then, quite reluctantly, Dante withdrew his hand from Coles face and stood up. "...Dante?" Dante turned around to see Cole sitting up slowly, a tired look on his face. "Where are we? What time is it?"
Dante smiled and sat back down next to Cole. "It's almost 10pm and where in the next village to the north" Cole nodded tiredly and Dante forced him to lie back on the sofa. "Get some sleep Cole, well be safe here" Cole nodded as he closed his eyes "I'm not going anywhere..." Dante whispered, hoping that Cole didn't hear him, but when Dante looked back at the younger man, he was already fast asleep.
Dante knelt by Cole and sighed sadly, he stared at Cole's pale frame for a long time, before he finally let his fingers wander to the brunette's face; Dante didn't realize what he was doing until he heard Cole mutter something in his sleep, making Dante withdraw his hand quickly. 'Damn! It's getting more and more difficult to hide these feelings from him! Eventually it's going to end up in a VERY nasty situation, I don't want that to happen, I have to say something soon...'
Dante lowered his head as he stood back up, taking one last look at the sleeping figure before he walked to the other die of the room. "I guess Trish and Lucia were right in a way, these feelings...I think...I love you" as soon as it was said instead of thought, Dante cursed himself mentally as he made himself comfortable in the armchair across the room. 'What are you trying to do Dante? You idiot! You may as well have an 'I love you' sign painted on your head!, if he heard it, god knows what's going to happen, this mission is a long one...and I don't think I can hold these emotions in for much longer' Dante sighed and shook his head, before he leaned back and closed his eyes, within 5 minutes he was asleep too.
Across the room, Cole smiled happily in his sleep...
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YAY! Finished once again! And just in time for your birthday Simi! Lol! This is for you! I did better than 6 pages too 7 PAGES I TELL YOU! 7! AND I was this *Indicates her thumb and finger almost touching* close to getting them kissing, but I thought, more character development first, they might kiss in the next chapter... *Evil grin* maybe!
Arson: That was so good! Lol! Happy birthday Simi-kun I made you a cake shaped like a strawberry! ^_^
Vincent: Reiko...you know I love you right? *Reiko nods slowly* good well... *Hand cuffs Reiko to him* you're my boyfriend and for Simi's Birthday, You're MINE!
Reiko: O.o ...okay Vinnie ^_^;
Me; Awwwww see the cuteness! Lol! Okay R&R please! Simi! Where's those other reviewers god damned it! Lol j/k! Happy Birthday Simi! *Throws confetti*