Love is a Two-Sided Coin
Chapter 6
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"No! It isn't what it looks like! Rossiu-"
"So you did it with him! After all that nonsense you spout to me about not going back to him!" Viral hissed as he stepped around the couch and grabbed the other before he could escape him and lifted him clear from his seat with both hands. "Please, Viral...let me explain..." Simon whispered before gasping as he felt a hand wrap around his throat. "Why should I? I told you that dire consequences would fall upon you if you ever betrayed me. And you picked a wonderful time to go fuck someone else when it was supposed to be me that had first claim as your mate." he snarled as he began to squeeze. Simon coughed and choked, ready to reach up and try to pry the beastman's hand from around his neck before the situation finally weighed down on him.
No matter how much he could explain himself, to tell Viral that it wasn't him that instigated Rossiu but the fact that Rossiu did it just to get him separated from the beastman, he still betrayed him either way that no excuse could fix. He didn't fight back hard enough, didn't shove the other away before he could do what he did. He allowed it to happen and that's all that Viral could see.
"You're right...I deserve this...for betraying you..." he murmured as he looked into the beastman's eyes and accepted his fate. Rossiu said he wouldn't die by the other's hand but Viral was enraged enough that he'll prove the second in command's words wrong. "Good that you know your place." he murmured as he squeezed again, ready to choke the life out of the commander then realized that killing him, as much as it would satisfy him after what he caught him doing, would mean that Rossiu would take over and he was already on his list of people to despise heatedly after his behavior.
He didn't like the idea of being led around by him and snarled as he tossed the other back onto the couch before making his way back to the door.
"Viral?"
"Don't speak. You have avoided your death only because that means that naked ape that poses as your second in command would take charge. And I don't like him any more than I do you. So from here on, do not speak to me, don't even look at me for you have betrayed me for your malicious deeds tonight. I trusted you that you would keep to your word as you always have but for the first time, you have broken it. Now I remembered why I didn't love." he murmured as he left the flat, slamming the door shut behind him. Simon watched him go before collapsing into a heap on the couch. He lost the best thing ever thanks to a jealous man and there was no way of rectifying a chance with him ever again.
"I'm sorry, Viral..."
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When Rossiu returned home, he thought he would feel happy that he finally rid Viral's influence over Simon but he only felt shame. Simon was right, it was low of him to rape him just to prove a point. Now he thought to himself whether he went too far. He stumbled into the living room and sat down on the couch head buried in his hands as the guilt began to encroach on his mind. He stayed like that for hours, ignoring calls before eventually, a knock on the door got him up. He opened it to reveal Kinon there. "Rossiu...what's going on?" she asked softly. "I...I did something terrible. Something that neither I nor Simon will recover from." Her eyes widened before she stepped into the apartment and brought Rossiu with her before the two sat on the couch.
"Now, tell me from the beginning what has been going on. I haven't seen you at all lately since Simon asked me about you a few weeks ago." He sighed as he rubbed his hands together. "Well, when he asked you about looking for me that day, it was because he wanted someone to take the ache from his heart. But I rebuffed him harshly and therefore went looking for someone else. That someone else was...Viral." he spoke and she blinked. "And he agreed to it?"
"He did. And it got me so jealous cause of the fact he was a beastman. He would only be hurting Simon cause he didn't know love. So I've been trying to convince Simon to not stay with him but he kept telling me otherwise, that he was willing to deal with Viral's animal instincts and his possessive ways. It peeved me so much that he didn't want to listen to reason...that I did something horrible to him tonight to prove that Viral won't take anyone else's scent on him. And now I feel so dirty and terrible." he explained and his ducked his head down. Kinon gasped.
"Rossiu...you didn't...you didn't rape him did you?" she asked but when she got no negative answer, she stood and Rossiu was expecting her to leave, to find him disgusting but sat up sharply when a smack met his cheek hard.
"How can you do such a thing?!" she cried. "I'm sure those two were happy and now you ruined it! Viral will never take Simon back even if he explains everything and Simon was so happy that he finally found someone to love him after Nia's death! But now you ruined that for both. No one will love a beastman and Simon was moping for a good long while after Nia's death so he needed someone in his life!" she continued and since everything was true, it made the second feel even worse for what he had done out of spite and jealousy. "Rossiu, you're going to have to be the one to fix this." she spoke and he nodded.
"I know. But the problem is Viral will \ kill me if not maul me close to death before I can get a word out."
"Then you better figure out something. Cause if something happens to Simon because of what you did, only you will be to blame by everyone else. Leeron told us about Viral getting together with Simon and he was happy to see it. We didn't know how deep it went though. Now you think Viral is bad, try handling Leeron at his worst." Rossiu shivered at the idea, knowing that the man wouldn't just grill him but probably give him a slap worse than Kinon if he told him about the rape that separated Simon and Viral.
"I know. I need to make it up to so many people but Viral is probably home now and Simon wouldn't want to see me period after tonight." he murmured. "Then take care of it at work tomorrow. I want to see better things about you and I never want you to ever think that just because someone acts a certain way, they aren't worth the person they're dating. Unless they were abusive, then we would step in." she spoke and he nodded. "I know."
"Good. Now you best think of your course of action if you're going to encounter Viral first." she spoke before she left and he groaned.
"I'm not looking forward to meeting him first."
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But Rossiu meeting up with Viral was the least of their worries for the longer the male strayed from going face to face with the beastman, signs of depression began to show in Simon. The commander showed up for work but virtually talked to no one and was usually out of the room whenever Rossiu was scheduled to bring in his paperwork. But as the days went by, the less frequent the other began to show until he just didn't come in. Finally, Rossiu knew he had to do something and he strode to Viral's office only to find the door locked. "Where can he be?" he murmured before he remembered what the day was and cursed as he ran for the docking bay.
At the bay, Viral sighed as he watched the crew get their things together for the lengthy trip heading up to the destination for the Spiral Conference. He looked to his hand, remembering the soft touch of Simon's whenever it grabbed it. Then he flashed back to the night where that same hand was wrapped around his skinny throat and growled as he clenched his fist. "That damn naked ape shouldn't even be in my thoughts right now..." he grumbled.
"He betrayed me...there is no more chances..." he muttered before looking up as someone told him that they were only a few minutes away from departure and he nodded, telling someone to call for him once they were ready. He left out a door of the docking bay to stand outside and cool down a bit. After he left it was only a few minutes later when Rossiu ran in and breathed a sigh of relief when he found the crew was still there and ran over to one. "Where's your captain?" he asked.
"He went outside to think until departure. He went out that door." he answered, pointing to said door. Rossiu thanked him before making his way for the door. He gripped the handle and knew there was no turning back. He steeled himself before walking through the door, causing Viral to turn back before baring his teeth. "I should destroy you right here and now for showing your face around me." he growled. "I know and honestly, I would allow it but first let me explain something to you." he spoke.
"Don't bother. You wanted him so bad, you can have him." he snipped as he turned away from the other. "No, it isn't that..." Rossiu began. "Then what?! What the fuck do you want with me?! You took my mate away from me and now you're bothering me for something else. Haven't you done enough? Or do you have a sick fetish for making my life hell after all I've done for you damn hairless monkeys." he snarled, turning back to him and before the other could retaliate, he was pinned against the wall while Viral looked at him with a murderous gleam. "You have five minutes to explain yourself. If I don't like it, someone will find your dead body out here after I depart for the Spiral Conference." he growled.
"Ok, ok!" Rossiu whispered quickly. "It...wasn't Simon's fault that he betrayed you. It was mine. I got too jealous that he wouldn't leave you and go for someone like me. So that night...I...I..."
"Spit it out! What the fuck did you do?!" he snarled, hackles rising the more he listened.
"I...I raped Simon to drench him in my scent and show him that you weren't going to take things coolly." he murmured. There was silence for a minute and before Rossiu could look up, a claw reached, gripping his uniform tightly as he shoved the second into the wall again. "You dirty hairless monkey! How dare you rape him out of jealousy?!" Viral roared as he slammed the other into the wall a third time. "I lost the best thing my pathetic immortal life could've granted me cause of you and now, Simon would never come back to me cause I told him that I might just kill the next time I see his face! You on the other hand is a liability and I would gladly drag your guts out for what you have done!" he hissed.
"Punch me if it will make you feel better but I didn't come here to get myself killed. I just came here to right a wrong and hopefully find a way to get you two back together." Rossiu murmured and gave a pained groan as a fist met his stomach hard before he was released. "When is the last time you saw Simon?" Viral questioned. "A week ago at best. He was showing some signs of depression. For the last few days, he hasn't come in and no one has been up to check on him last I heard." Rossiu wheezed as he looked to him Viral growled before kicking the second over.
"Until I claim my mate back, you will keep away from both of us cause next time, I won't hesitate to kill you." he spoke darkly before running back into the docking bay and called for someone to call someone up in the other ship and tell them to hold off the meeting for another week.
"But sir! This is too short notice!" One worker called. "Then go up there and have someone play my co-representative! I have important matters to attend to that can't wait and I'm not going to waste my time talking to otherworld representatives when someone's life could be on the line right now!" he snapped back as he left the hangar and bolted for Simon's flat, hoping that the scenario in mind doesn't come to happen or Rossiu will lose his own for repentance.
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When he arrived, he found Gimmy and Darry standing at the door and calling for Simon only to receive no response from the commander. "How long have you two been out here?" he asked as he walked over to them. "Viral! What are you doing here?! Super Galaxy Dai Gurren left minutes ago!" Darry gasped. "I told them to go without me cause of this very reason. Now tell me how long you've been out here."
"We've been out here for at least an hour or two every day since he stopped coming into work. Everyone's getting worried that he might've killed himself and we could never find you to ask what had happened." Gimmy spoke. Viral growled before moving the other two from the door before slamming into it with force. The metal door held fast but the persistent beastman hadn't given up yet. Eventually, much to the amazement of the two standing behind him, the metal door dented enough to leave a gap that he could use and slid his fingers in, prying the door open after a few.
He slipped inside and looked around, taking experimental sniffs of the air to make sure that the scent of blood wasn't on it. He went in further with Gimmy and Darry following behind him since they too were worried about the commander. Eventually the group of three made their way to Simon's bedroom and with relief, heard the other's quiet sniffling from within.
"Stay." he commanded the two before opening the door and stepped inside. He looked to the bed which had a lump hiding under the blankets, more sniffling heard from the figure underneath. He sighed before walking over to the bedside and stood beside it as he looked down to the lump. "I thought my mate wasn't a sniveling little runt." he murmured and the sniffling stopped but the person underneath didn't move to remove the blanket.
"Why are you here, Viral? I betrayed you so you shouldn't care to know what had happened to me." Simon muttered softly. "I would but Rossiu confessed and while I didn't kill the little bastard, things were made clear and my anger was misplaced. I shouldn't have been angry with you. I should've known better that you wouldn't intentionally betray me. You're too good for such a thing." he spoke. "My instincts spoke before my brain could."
"It doesn't matter, you broke it off with me and I respect you decision. I was supposed to show you love and it all fell apart in only a couple weeks." Viral frowned before kneeling beside the bed, resting his hands on the edge. "Sure it may have fallen apart but those weeks I had with you were the best my immortal life has had. You were a godsend, Simon, and I want it back. Beastmen aren't particular into taking a mate back after betrayal but I'm doing it differently. I know no one else is out to claim you so I can claim you back." he murmured softly so that only Simon would hear the rare sweet words coming from him. The other was silent for a moment before the lump shift and the blanket moved a little to reveal heavily bloodshot and red rimmed eyes looking into yellow hues. "Do...do you really want me back...after all I did?" he asked.
"Of course. Besides, we have established you weren't at fault. Certain people just can't resist that extraordinary body you possess. But that body belongs to me now and the next one to touch it inappropriately will lose a limb." he growled as Simon slowly began to emerge from the blankets. When they pooled at his hips, Viral hissed in disdain at the state of his lover. He was horribly malnourished, not to a point where it could become fatal but he had definitely deteriorated over the couple days no one was able to get to him. "Damn it, Simon...I didn't think you would take it this bad but then again, at least you didn't take the suicide route." he murmured as he moved to stand.
"I've considered it. You don't know how much I wanted to...or even leave the city to a place where even you couldn't find me." he murmured, running a hand through knotted hair. "I'm glad you didn't. It would be hell trying to find you a second time. Now get dressed and let's go. You need to address your friends that you're alive and well and then we're going to get you back to normal. I don't want my mate to be nothing but skin and bones before I begin my rut." he commented. Simon blushed as he slipped out from the bed and went to get some fresh clothes and a shower since he occupied the bed since his unannounced leave from work over the past couple days.
Darry poked her head into the room, hearing the shower go off and she smiled. "Is he ok now?"
"Better than ok now that he has a reason to keep living again. But he will be taking another leave with me the moment we get some food back into him and bring his weight back up."
"Why's that?"
"A reason that you don't need to know off until your older, pup."
"Hey, no fair!"