Dante stood in the breakroom, grabbing the pot from the coffee machine he poured some into a mug until it was half full, he then put the pot back and reached into his jacket pulling out a flask, from which he filled the rest of the mug. Mixing the concoction with a spoon he took a sip, enjoying the soothing taste of coffee and vodka. He needed this, the past few weeks have been stressful as hell, work, bills, and having to deal with Octavia's thirsty ass, was bad enough but right now his main source of stress has been Loona. Ever since that double date with Vortex and his bitch of a girlfriend, things have been… different between him and Loona. The night they shared together was filled with so much emotion and passion it scared him. It's been years since he lost the love of his life, he'd been trying to move on for a while but it's been difficult, Dante took another sip from his Russian coffee, booze only did so much to dull the pain. That's why what happened with Loona has him so stressed out he wasn't sure he was ready to get into another serious relationship again. Dante sighted and took a big gulp of his coffee when Loona walked in they both stared at each other awkwardly before looking away blushing.
"Hi," Loona said awkwardly looking towards the floor.
"Hi," Dante replied the same way.
They stood there neither one saying anything, finally Loona spoke up.
"Look Dante I think we need to-" she was interrupted by Blitzo shouting with his megaphone.
"M&M, Dante, Loona we got a new client, get your asses over here!" he shouted cheerfully.
"Sorry Loona we'll talk later," Dante said quickly before rushing out the door before Loona could reply.
She was pissed she was sick and tired of Dante continuing to weasel out of talking about their relationship. Loona growled angrily punching the wall in frustration, she was done, next chance she got she and Dante were going to work their shit out whether he wants to or not. Loona stormed out of the break room slamming the door so hard the wall around the frame actually cracked.
Dante stood with the rest of IMP listening to Blitzo explain the target, a greedy CEO of an international conglomerate who murdered his business partner for his half of the business. It was a simple job, and shouldn't take more than an hour or two. Loona opened up a portal which Blitzo, Millie, and Moxxie all went through, Dante was about to follow suite, when he suddenly felt someone yanking on his tail. Turning around he saw Loona, holding his tail and glaring at him intensely.
"I think it's time we talked," she said. The look on her face made it clear Dante couldn't weasel out this time.
"Fine," he said with a sigh.
"What do you want to talk about?" he asked, his tone clearly showing he wanted to be anywhere but here.
"Well first I'd like to know what the Fuck are we?" she demanded putting her hands on her hips.
"What do you mean?" Dante asked, confused, Loona pinched the bridge of her nose.
"What's our relationship, you jackass!" she said frustration clear in her voice.
"Were friends with benefits are we not?" Dante replied frustration beginning to seep into his tone as well.
"Are we? Ever since the double date there's been emotions that weren't there before, and I think it's time we stop ignoring them alright?" Loona said, approaching Dante and reaching out to touch Dante who just moved away.
"What oh come on things got a little heated that night and we both got carried away, I don't think there's any new emotions between us any more than there was before," he said with a nervous laugh, Loona could tell he was lying he felt the same way he just didn't want to admit it.
"That's bullshit and you know it, come on, spill it, what's the real reason you're trying to keep our relationship from moving to the next level?" she asked, no she demanded she saw Dante tense up.
It's nothing," he said nervously.
"It's not nothing, come on, do you like someone else?"
"No,"
"Am I just a toy to you?"
"No!"
"Are- are you embarrassed of me?" Dante could hear pain in her voice and saw tears begin to well up in her eyes.
"NO!"
"Then what is it!?"
"It's that I've already lost one woman I cared about, I can't lose another!" Dante shouted, leaving Loona stunned.
"What?" she asked in stunned voice.
"I… before I came here to IMP, I was in a relationship with a woman named Rose, she was the kindest woman I've ever met," he said with nostalgic smile on his face.
"She helped me, before I met her, I was depressed, filled with despair, hell I was even planning on hanging myself," he said Loona covered her mouth in horror, the fact that he was so miserable that he was thinking of ending his life terrified her. reaching forward and placing a hand on his shoulder, he shrugged her off.
"She helped me work through my issues, she helped me overcome my depression she made me feel complete like I belonged and wasn't just some orphan they yanked out of the gutter," sat down on the couch across from her desk, the smile on his face quickly faded.
"Her death hurt, with her gone I've felt nothing but despair and loneliness, that's why I've been avoiding commitment, I just, I can't go through that pain again," he said softly looking down at the ground, Loona sat down next to him placing a hand on his knee.
"Hey I'm not going anywhere," she said.
"Rose said the same thing," he replied in a voice filled with despair. Loona grabbed him by the head and held him up to face her.
"I'm not Rose alright! I'm not going to leave you ok, I'm staying here with you. I'm sorry you've been through this shit but that's no reason to give up on us," she said gently, running her fingers through his curly black hair.
"I get you've been through a lot but you've helped me when I needed you, now let me help you,"
Loona's words echoed in Dante's head. They sounded so familiar to Rose's, they hurt, but upon looking into Loona's eyes he saw something he has missed for a long, long time, compassion and love, real genuine love not the shit he pretended to feel with those other girls.
A tear rolled down Dante's cheek only for Loona to wipe it away with her thumb, he smiled.
"Can we take it slow, ok?" he asked, Loona just smiled at him and leaned in to kiss him.
Their lips met in a passionate embrace; Dante fell backwards with Loona wrapped around him. Their clothes flew through the air as they discarded them one by one. They let out moans of passion and pleasure as they enjoyed each other's bodies, but more than that they enjoyed each other's company. They finally talked through they're issues and have embraced their emotions and feelings for each other.
Dante and Loona laid back on the couch both basking in the afterglow, Dante laid on his back while Loona laid atop him arms wrapped around his neck nuzzling him. Dante rubbed her back with his hands feeling the long cuts and scratches he had made, she flinched when his finger grazed a particularly raw cut.
"Sorry," he said sheepishly, moving his hands away from the area.
"Don't apologize, I love the pain," she said in a sultry tone, Dante smiled and dug his talons into her skin. She moaned in pleasure.
"You like?" he asked in a flirty tone.
"Oh yes I like, god How do you have such sharp talons? I've met plenty of imps and none have had claws like yours?" she asked genuinely curious, about her favorite feature on Dante.
"I don't know I've just always had these," he stated looking at the talons on his left hand.
"You know honestly you have a lot of weird features for an Imp no offense," she said, sitting up on his lap to get a better view of him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, his attention quickly falling on her tits where they were now in clear view.
"Well for one your hair, its black when like 99% of male Imps have white, plus your eyes their black and red every Imp I've met has yellow and red, and your horns you have fin white stripes instead of thick ones, like lady Imps," she explained grabbing his head and moving him around to get a better look of his strange features.
"Yeah, I know I guess I was just born different," he said with a nervous laugh.
"You wouldn't happen to be a sinner who's pretending to be an Imp, are you?" Loona asked jokingly, Dante's eyes went wide and looked worried.
"W-what no why would you say that?" he asked defensively, startling Loona.
"Jeez calm down I was only joking," she said confused by this sudden outburst.
"Well, I'm not, I'm a pureblooded Imp if I was a sinner what the hell would I be doing in this shithole," he laughed nervously, Loona raised an eyebrow at Dante's strange behavior, she was about to say something when her phone chimed.
Picking up her phone she saw a text from Blitzo, wanting her to open a portal home.
"Dammit," she said under her breath she was hoping for another round with Dante but that would have to wait.
The two started to get dressed. Loona bent down to pick up her shorts but stopped when she felt Dante give her a smack on the ass. Letting out a yelp she turned and saw Dante looking away with an innocent smile on his face, smiling back she gave him a soft punch in the arm. As the two finished getting dressed Loona opened the portal and out walked Blitzo, Millie, and Moxxie.
"Where the hell were you, Dante?" Blitzo asked, looking annoyed.
"Uhh, I had to take a shit," he said nervously rubbing the back of his head, Blitzo just glared. Dante and Loona shared nervous glances. Millie noticed these glances and upon realizing what they meant a sly smile spread across her face.
"Oh, come on Blitzo shit happens doesn't it, it's not like the job was particularly hard, so just let it go," she said patting Blitzo on the back.
"Alright fine, if you guys need me, I'll be in my office," Blitzo said heading towards his office, upon entering Millie turned to Dante and Loona and asked.
"So, you guys work out whatever shit was going on between you two?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"I don't think that's any of your-" Loona stopped when Dante grabbed her hand.
"Yeah, we did," he said, giving Loona's hand a squeeze. Loona smiled and gave Dante a kiss on the cheek.
"Aww" Millie cooed, clasping her hands together.
"I'm guessing Octavia is out of the picture?" Moxxie asked, crossing his arms.
Dante looked startled and gulped.
"That's a problem I'll deal with later," he said nervously.
"I just have to figure out how," he said under his breath, he gulped again. This was not gonna be fun, but hey that's for later.
Epilogue
Octavia was laying on her bed pen in hand writing in a notebook, she was writing a song for Dante she's been taking song writing classes and she feels her writing skills have greatly improved. She wanted to show off her skills for Dante, and planned to sing to him maybe on his birthday or their anniversary.
Picking up her phone she looked at the screen saver which was a picture of her and Dante together, smiling when suddenly she sneezed.
Huh someone's talking about me, maybe its Dante, she thought with a smile before going back to her song.
Alright guys another chapter down I hope you enjoy, and if you haven't noticed I've changed my avatar this is a commission of Dante drawn by Loveart23 an amazing artist on Instagram, you should all check her out.