Dante and Loona were hanging out in his bedroom, Loona laid on top of him as they kissed. Their tongues dancing as their hands explored each other's bodies, Loona ran her hands through his hair while Dante ran his hands down her back cutting her with his talons then grabbed her ass, Loona moaned the whole time.
"Oh Dante," she moaned in between the kisses.
"Ohh Rose," he replied absentmindedly. Before he could even realize the magnitude of his mistake Loona broke the kiss.
"WHAT!?" she shouted angrily looking down at Dante, her hand tightening around his head, her claws digging into his scalp.
Ow! ohh God she gets off on this?! Dante thought to himself as he cringed in pain as her claws dug into his skin.
"Look Loona- OW, I- I'm sorry ok it was an accident- OW!" he tried to explain through the pain but Loona wasn't having any of it.
"You're thinking of another girl while we were getting down how fucking dare you!?" she yelled growling under her breath and baring her fangs.
"I'm sorry it was an accident alright!" he replied, startled and a little aroused by this aggressive behavior from her.
Loona let go of his head and climbed off him heading for the door.
"Loona, where are you going?" Dante called out after her, Loona just ignored him and headed out of his apartment slamming the door behind her.
"Oh, fuck my life," Dante muttered pinching the bridge of his nose.
The next day
The IMP van drove up in front of his apartment, Dante walked up to the van but as he was about to get in, he saw Loona sitting in the passenger seat as usual staring at her phone.
"Hey Loona," Dante said somewhat nervously, Loona ignored him, not even bothering to look up from her phone at him. Dante sighed and got in.
Millie noticed the cold shoulder Loona had given Dante leaned over and asked, in a low whisper;
Everything ok between you two?"
"Everything's fine, Millie," Dante replied, but his tone implied anything but.
"You sure sweety I mean if you need to talk, I'm always-,"
"I'm fine alright so back off!" Dante shouted drawing everyone's attention, except Lonna's who continued to look down at her phone. Dante looked around the van embarrassed.
"Sorry," he said meekly.
At the office
The day at the office was… tense to say the least, the whole time Dante had tried to talk Loona she would just brush him off or ignore him, it was really starting to piss him off. Dante walked into the breakroom, needing some coffee, and saw Loona at the fridge chowing down on something, probably Moxxies lunch, but upon seeing Dante she put the food down and headed for the door, but as she was about to leave Dante grabbed her arm.
"Come on Loona, let's talk," Loona glared at Dante but conceded and sat down at the table, arms crossed. Dante took a deep breath.
"Look Loona, I'm sorry about last night ok, I really am, I didn't mean to call out Rose's name it just slipped out, it doesn't mean I don't enjoy being with but like I said before it's been a while since I've been in a serious relationship old habits just die hard, I guess," Dante rubbed the back of his head as he explained the situation.
Loona looked into Dante's eyes and saw the regret in them, Loona looked at the floor before looking back up at him.
"Ok maybe I did overreact a little there, I mean this was the only time you've thought about her," Loona remarked, smirking until she noticed the nervous look on Dante's face.
"This was the only time, right?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Yea- yeah of course I've never called out her name before," he said nervously.
"But you haven't thought about her while we were fucking right?" the anger rising in her.
"I mean she may have popped into my head from time to time but those thoughts usually end really quick… really, really quick," he mumbled to himself looking down at the floor, at that statement Loona began putting two and two together in her head.
"The time last week, that's why you came so quickly!" she shouted, fur bristling in anger, Dante took a step back.
In the main waiting room
Millie and Moxxie headed for the breakroom. It had been a busy day and they were ready to relax and get something to eat.
"Man, that last job was tuff," Millie said with a sigh, taking a stretch.
"It would have been easy if Dante had gotten distracted," Moxxie replied, rubbing his arm.
"Hey it's not his fault things are tense with Loona right now, you can't blame him for being upset," she said, as they approached the breakroom, they heard Loona yelling curious as to what she was saying the two imps put their ears up to the door.
"You said you were tired but you were thinking of her weren't you!?" Loona yelled loud enough to be heard in the office waiting room.
"Oohh," Millie whispered, looking at Moxxie with wide eyes.
"Who do you think she is?" she asked in a hushed tone.
"Probably Octavia," Moxxie replied, Millie doubted that but she was too busy focusing on the fight to argue.
"That's why you looked so spacy, you said you were drowsy, you said you were about to fall asleep but that was a lie you were thinking about you ex," Loona shouted at Dante, her voice filled with anger yet also sadness. Millie swore she could hear a sniffle.
"Loona I-" Dante tried to explain, but Loona did not let him. Suddenly the door to the break room flew open Millie luckily was able to get out of the way, but Moxxie was slammed into the wall.
Millie looked up and saw Loona storm out of the room, makeup running down her face as she headed out of the office to who knows where. Looking into the breakroom Millie saw Dante sitting at the table head in his hands. Millie walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Everything alright sweetheart?" she asked in a motherly tone. Dante looked at her and scowled.
"What do you think," he replied venomously. Millie threw up her hands defensively.
"Whoa, whoa, easy there no need to bite my head off," she replied, Dante looked away with a guilty expression.
"Sorry Millie," he said.
"It's alright now why don't you explain to me what's going on," she said in a motherly tone.
Blitzo's apartment later that night
Loona laid atop her bed face buried in her pillow sobbing, normally Loona would never let herself be seen in such a vulnerable way but it was the full moon so Blitzo was over at Stolas' so she could be as loud as she wanted. As she laid in bed crying her eyes out she thought about her relationship with Dante.
Loona enjoyed the time she spent with Dante, she thought he was amazing. Dante was funny, exciting, caring, and amazing in bed, but he also had his issues. Bouts of depression, heavy drinking, keeping secrets, and now she's realizing just how hung up he is on his late GF Rose. He told her when they first started to go out that he was still trying to move on from Rose. She had told him that was fine mainly because she was certain she could help him get over her, but it looks like she was wrong. Sometimes she wonders if she and Dante should even be together, that they had taken things too far too fast.
Maybe we should have stayed friends with benefits, life was so much simpler then, she thought to herself once more crying into her pillow.
Suddenly she heard a knock at her door, getting up she headed towards her door not sure who it could be since Blitzo wasn't supposed to be home till tomorrow morning. She opened the door and to her surprise stood none other than Dante.
"Hey Loonie, can I come in?" he asked sheepishly. Loona scowled at him
"NO, fuck off!" Loona tried to slam the door on him but he caught it.
She then tried to force it closed but he held it in place, she pushed with all her might but the door did not budge an inch. Suddenly Dante pushed the door wide open forcing Loona back, she looked at him in surprise not realizing just how strong he really was.
"Look Loona-'' Dante started before getting cut off.
"I don't want to hear it alright," she said, turning away from him.
Suddenly Dante reached out and grabbed her arm and squeezed it tightly, so tightly that it actually hurt. Dante pulled Loona closer to him, their faces inches from each other.
"Loona I'm sorry I hurt you, I didn't intend to think about Rose while with you it was an accident I swear," he said his voice filled with regret.
"Bullshit, it wasn't an accident, hell you probably didn't even make an effort to stop yourself when it happened," she said, turning her head away not wanting to look into his blood red eyes.
"We've been together for a while now and she's still all you think about," her voice revealed how much this hurt her, how his continued clinging to thoughts of his lost love broke her heart.
Dante noticed the streams of mascara that ran down her face and he could hear her sniffling. Dante pulled Loona into a tight embrace, at first, she tried to break free from his embrace but eventually succumbed and buried her face in his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Loona, I truly am," he said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Just tell me why do you still think about her so much?" she asked, lifting her head and wiping her eyes.
"Because she was everything to me," he said matter of factly.
"Because she pulled me from my deepest darkest despair, she took me in, she saw my pain when no one else couldn't have been bothered, she helped me see the light, she gave me a reason to live, a reason to enjoy life," he said, happy nostalgia filled his voice.
Loona felt him tense up and his grip on her tightened his talons digging into her skin.
"When Rose died it hurt, it hurt more than anything I had ever experienced," his voice took on a pained tone.
"I felt lost, I felt like I had been sent back to square one, her death left me with a hole in my heart, a hole that has yet to be filled. I miss her more than anything," he pressed Loona tighter to him, and she swore she could feel a tear land on her shoulder.
Loona wrapped her arms around Dante patting his back and nuzzling his neck, she didn't realize just how much Rose meant to him, he never talked about her and he certainly never let himself be this vulnerable before. She felt sorry for Dante, but she had a question that she had been meaning to ask him for a long time.
"Why the hell are you with me then?" she asked genuinely curious as to why he's dating her when his heart seems set on Rose.
"Why, because I like being with you that's why," he said, patting her on the back.
"So, am I just a fill in, for Rose?" she asked, choking back her tears.
"If you were just a fill in for Rose, I would have dumped you after two weeks like I did with all the others," Dante grabbed Loona's shoulders and positioned her so they were making eye contact.
"Loona, I like being with you, you're funny, you're sweet, you're always willing to help me when I need it, not to mention you're a total bombshell," Loona laughed at the last part.
"I'm with you, because I'm happy around you, I actually feel something when I'm around you, in you I see a chance to move on I see a chance to be happy again," as Dante finished his explanation, Loona looked into his eyes and she didn't see any deceit, no lies, no tricks.
"Do you really mean that?" she asked, her voice filled with aw, Dante just smiled.
"Yes, I do," he said, wiping away her tears with his sleeve. Loona smiled, hugging Dante and burying her face in his shoulder.
Pushing her back Dante lifted her chin and asked;
"Would you like me to prove it to you?"
Loona smiled and pulled Dante into a deep kiss, the two fell back onto Loona's bed.
Later at Millie and Moxxie's apartment
Millie and Moxxie both sat in bed. Moxxie was polishing his sniper rifle while Millie was going through her phone, suddenly she got a text opening it and saw a picture of Dante and Loona snuggling in bed.
"Aww look Moxxie," she said, showing the picture to her husband who smiled.
"Well, I'm glad those two kids worked things out," he said, going back to his rifle.
"Me too those two are just so cute together, they're gonna get married I just know it," she said determined.
Epilogue
Dante laid on his back in Loona's bed looking up at her ceiling, light from the city poured through her broken blinds. Dante looked down at the Loona who was laid next to him resting her head on his chest, Dante smiled and gave her a kiss on top of her head. Loona smiled warmly.
"I love you," she said in a soft voice.
Dante's eyes went wide in surprise he looked down at Loona and asked;
"What did you say?" but Loona had already fallen asleep.
Dante let his head fall back onto her pillow, Loona had just told him she loved him, she had just said she loved him, she had never said anything like that before.
Dante wanted to say "I love you" back he wanted too with all his might but he just couldn't every time he tried it just got caught in his throat, sighing, Dante rubbed Loona's back.
"I'm sorry Loona I guess I'm not there yet," he thought to himself sadly, he continued to stare up at the ceiling.
End
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