Deep Regret: Dante x Male Reader
Summary:
Younger Dante was a much different man than he is now; things that are forever burned into your mind. Things that bubble back up to the surface and you tried to suppress; but this time, you are unable to quell your inner turmoil.
Beginning Notes:
Originally this was a Nero fic. but the further I got the more I felt this fit Dante better.
Minor blood warning; it's only for the first paragraph.
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Male reader x Dante
Unestablished relationship; however, there is talk of being friends with benefits--although it is not mentioned, it was during the time between DMC 2 and 4.*
Angry fluff?
Dante is a fucking idiot; seriously.
Minor internalized homophobia (Dante)
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Today’s contract had been long and grueling; not only were you out of bullets, but you were also running out of patience.
With a swift kick, you knocked a Hell Cania to the ground and kneeled on its back. A loud growling shout left your lips as you pulled back on the demon’s neck, followed by the sound of tearing flesh and tendons. Blood spurted from the demon as you yanked harder; ripping its head from its body. With a slight twitch of irritation on your lips, you tossed the disembodied head from the corpse and stood up.
Dante watched with a wide-eyed confused expression at your sudden animalistic aggression. If you had been in a better mood, the red devil would have made a playful remark about how that was semi-arousing; but the two of you just continued forwards in an uncomfortable powder keg of silence.
Generally speaking, you didn’t consider yourself an angry person but you’d reached your breaking point. The worst part was, you didn’t even have the right to be this pissed off with the legendary hunter; only making your annoyance worsen.
Not being able to stand the silence any longer, Dante finally spoke, “So… You wake up on the wrong side of the bed or..?”
With gritted teeth, you clenched your fists in a vain attempt to stay calm, “No.”
Dante pursed his lips, “Then what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” you answered him curtly.
“Come on,” he sighed and walked faster to catch up to you, “I know something’s up--Did Verge say something rude again?”
“No,” with an audible swallow, you grumbled, “Just leave it be.”
“Nope, sorry I can’t do that,” with a bright laugh, he playfully shoved your shoulder.
Without thinking, you turned and socked him right in the nose; breaking it.
“Hey!” the red devil yanked his nose back in place as it healed quickly, “What the fuck is your problem?!” he threw his hands up in frustration.
“My problem?” your tone was angry enough that it had circled back around and become an uncanny calm.
“Yeah, your problem!” Dante’s lip twitched as he scowled.
With violently angry steps, you turned to approach your partner, “You-!” you jabbed your pointer finger harshly into his chest, “You are my fucking problem, Dante!”
“The fuck did I do?” he hit your hand away from him.
“Don’t play stupid,” you shoved him harshly, making him stumble back a bit, “You know exactly what I am talking about!”
Silence had re-emerged as the two of you stood staring at one another Dante had a confused hardened glare and you had a large enraged scowl. That’s when you fully allowed yourself to snap; taking him by surprise.
You tackled him by the hips to the ground and pinned him down. Dante squirmed a bit before shoving you off him. Using the momentum from the shove, you stood back upright. Still unsure of what was going on, Dante stood back up as well. The two of you got into a small scuff; which only confused Dante more. The red devil did his best to not hurt you (since he could quite easily break your bones or worse) while you didn't hold back in the slightest. Seeing an opening, you used a Muay Thai sweep and knocked him back onto the ground. Then you pinned him underneath you, harshly digging your elbow into his throat--staring deeply into his turquoise eyes.
He put his hands up in defeat, “Alright- Alright, I yield,” it was then that he noticed your pained stare and decided to take a calmer tone with you, “Just tell me what I did.”
A tremble found its way to your lip as you dug harder into him before removing yourself from his neck. You stood up and moved your jaw side to side in thought. With a purse of your lips, you shook your head and turned from him; not only ashamed of what you just instigated but of why your mood was soured in the first place.
However, the red devil wasn’t having that nonsense and he bolted upright. Quickly, he grabbed your shoulder and turned you to him, “No- we are talking about this; right here, right now. I want to understand so I can make it bet--”
“There is no making this better,” you hissed at him and scowled, doing your best to hold in your tears.
“Just tell me,” Dante’s grip tightened as he frowned slightly, “please..?”
You just stared back at him in silence, not knowing where to start or even if you should tell him.
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This feeling started to grow out of control around a month ago.
The two of you were finishing up an evacuation job; nothing new. Except, today one of the civilians decided to personally thank Dante.
When evacuating, you had watched her interact with the red devil. She was a petite young lady--maybe in her late twenties--and she had long pearl-beige hair with deep brown eyes. Along with that, she was very soft-spoken and seemed very sweet; a perfect woman for a brash man like Dante.
You didn’t quite hear everything that was said but when you looked over at your partner, the young lady was kissing his cheek and handed him a slip of paper. It wasn’t uncommon for people to be overly grateful and friendly with the two of you--especially Dante--but this was a whole new ballpark.
With a confused but happy smile, Dante waltzed over to you, “Hey, you’ll never guess what just--”
“You finally experienced the touch of a woman?” a grin decorated your face, despite the slightly sad feeling stirring in your gut.
“How did you..?” he furrowed his brow.
“I saw you,” you knelt and tightened your bootlaces, trying to ignore the growing lump in your throat, “She seems nice; you got her number too, right?”
The red devil gave you a toothy grin, not realizing your discomfort, “Yep! I think I’m gonna call her and go out on a date.”
“Ah,” you stood back up and slapped his shoulder lightly, “The 40-year-old virgin is finally getting some action, good for you man.”
The two of you shared a small laugh; knowing that was far from the truth. No, in reality, being his first was something that you had the privilege of taking--as he did yours. Although you’d never tell him, it still hurt you that Dante didn’t want to pursue an established relationship with you; unable to get over the fact that you were both men sharing long intimate nights with one another.
Thankfully, that horrible mindset had been long abandoned, nowadays, Dante was completely straightforward with his universal attraction.
The occurrence with the young lady turned out to be nothing special; hell, you weren’t even sure if Dante ever went out with her, but it still bothered you. Things only got worse as this kept happening.
At first, it was only after jobs where the two of you would save civilians or run into other non-DMC hunters. Then it was every time the two of you went anywhere; out to eat, shopping, or even hanging out--people just kept hitting on Dante.
After a while, he started to hit on them back, blatantly flirting with them right in front of you with no regard for how much it hurt you. It drove you nuts. All you have ever wanted was to have just a chance with the red devil, and now, you were watching dozens of others shoot their shot and Dante was enjoying it.
You never said anything to him. What could you even say? The two of you had discussed the fact that Dante was only into you because of the sex; that’s it. So why had you allowed yourself to grow attached to your long-time friend in that kind of way?
It ate you up inside and out as the month went on, slowly turning you into the bitter person you are now.
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Your face was expressionless as you let a few stray tears fall, finally coming up with some sort of answer. You whispered with a slightly strained voice, “I think that I am going to switch partners…” a pit formed in your gut at the thought, however, you couldn’t keep bringing up the past to him; not like this.
“What?” Dante’s eyes went wide, “No, hey-- We can talk about this--”
Without saying anything, you pushed his hands from your shoulders and turned from him; not wanting to let him see that you weren’t able to keep your eyes from weeping any longer.
His voice was soft as he went to reach out for you again, “Baby, I--”
You whipped your head around fast enough that it made you lightheaded, “That! Right fucking there! That’s the goddamned problem, Dante!” you balled your hand up into a fist and shoved him; a mix of red-hot anger and tears adorning your face.
He shook his head a bit with a furrowed brow in confusion, “Wha-” that’s when it clicked, “That’s what this is, isn’t it?”
Once more, you didn’t say anything and turned away. In the past, Dante had blamed you for loving him; that it was your fault for growing attached to him. You stood stiffly and braced for the same unbridled angry lecture you had gotten all those years ago; however, it never came.
Softly, Dante sighed through his nose and quietly spoke, “I’m sorry.”
You tensed your shoulders upward in confusion.
Using one of his hands, Dante gently grabbed your wrist, “Look, I know that I have said some… pretty bad shit to you about… us,” he leaned his forehead on your shoulder blades, “I am sorry.”
Your body shook as you let out a shuddering breath, not believing what you were hearing.
He moved down to your hand, holding it as if it would break from the slightest of breezes, “I shouldn’t have treated you like that,” his voice cracked a bit as he tried to figure out what he wanted to say, “and I know that it hurt you… and I,” Dante furrowed his brow and spoke quieter with every word, “I didn’t mean any of it… I know that we are- that I,” his voice trailed off before he sighed again and returned to an audible whisper, “I love you, please don’t go.”
With a whimper, you looked up at the sky in hopes that he wasn’t just lying to you. A tremble formed in your lips and jaw as you took heavy slow breaths through your mouth; unsure what to say.
“I know that you probably don’t believe me,” he leaned harder into you, “but if it is any consolation… I never did call any of those people.”
You stuttered out a croak of a response, “Bullshit,” you barely could speak through the lump of mixed emotions in your throat.
“No,” Dante removed himself from your back with a shake of his head, “No, I am serious. I didn’t go out with anyone, there was no point.”
A small noise of disbelief is all you could manage in response.
The red devil let go of your hand and moved to stand in front of you. Although you did your best, you couldn’t help but look down from the heavens at the less-than-angelic devil in front of you. Dante's expression was a mixture of pained and pleading; one that you had never seen before.
He slowly moved closer to you and pulled you into a tight hug, setting the side of his face against your neck, “I’m sorry.”
Your hands wrapped around him and grasped his coat as you cried. Although you know he wouldn’t admit it, you could feel Dante let loose a few stray tears against your neck. The two of you just stood together and forgot about the world for a moment.
With a gentle whisper, Dante buried his face into the crook of your neck, “I can’t lose you, please.”
At this point, you weren’t sure if you wanted to kick him in the nuts or kiss him, giving your tone a slight sound of frustration, “How do I know that you aren’t-?” your voice cracked which left your thought half-spoken.
Dante pulled back out of the hug and grabbed your hands, “All I can offer is my word; which I know probably doesn’t mean much…” he sighed, “but I really do care about you--I always have. I was just,” Dante looked downwards with a small amount of shame on his face, “ afraid .”
You broke eye contact and shook your head as you moved your jaw around in thought, “You’re an asshole, you know that?” despite your expression, your voice sounded disingenuous.
With a whisper and nod, Dante smiled slightly, “Yeah, I know.”
Your lips were still trembling when you turned back to face him, “Why didn’t you say anything-?” because of your crying, your voice was muddled and thick; which sent a sharp stabbing sadness through Dante’s heart.
“I thought that after what I did--what I said--that you didn’t,” he moved one shoulder in a shrug, “didn’t have feelings for me anymore; figured it was for the best, ya know?”
You shook your head slightly, “If you pull the same bullshit as before…” you moved your jaw to the side, “ I will kick your ass; you got that Dante?”
The red devil chuckled lightly, “If that’s all then there’s nothing to be concerned about,” he moved closer to you, leaving only a few inches between you both, “Cause it’ll never happen.”
Despite your upset nature, you couldn’t help but laugh at his out-of-character actions from him.
“What?” Dante gave you a confused tilt and a small smirk.
“Just weird hearing you be so,” you shook your head, “nice.”
“Well, you’d better get used to it,” the red devil leaned down so he was at eye level with you, “cause I am gonna be so nice to ya that you won’t even remember all those bad things.”
“Oh god,” you laughed, “That feels like a threat.”
Dante smirked, “In a way,” he moved to place his lips right above yours, resting the side of his nose against yours, “it kind of is.”
“Mn, how scary,” you gently smiled.
It wasn’t clear who moved first, but the two of you interconnected lips. Dante’s hands moved to your sides and grabbed you tightly; using that to help pour every ounce of how much he loved you and will love you within that single moment. The kiss was fervourous and passionate, and yet, it was somehow sweet and innocent all that the same time. Long languid slow movements of his firey lips made you tremble; forgetting how much you missed his burning touch. Your hands moved his chest and grabbed his shirt tightly, making him smirk. Dante decided to knead into your sides with his fingers, deeply massaging your muscles; making you moan quietly.
The legendary hunter devoured those sweet melodic noises as he pushed his tongue very cautiously into your mouth; not wanting to overstep his bounds. However, you gladly welcomed him with your own. Feeling your passion, Dante’s grip tightened harder into your sides and made you groan more. Using one of your hands, you gently ran your fingers through his silken locks, making him shudder and moan loudly.
Slowly, the two of you parted lips and stayed with foreheads touching, a small faint purring could be heard through each of Dante’s breaths. Both of you just stood together, holding one another; enjoying the warming comfort of a flame long since tended to. One which you never wanted to leave again and neither did he.
However, all good things must come to an end. A loud shuffling noise accompanied by distorted growling quickly reminded you both that you were still on a job. With a smirk and one long last look into your eyes, Dante parted from your grasp and took care of the mini-horde that had appeared. Leaving you to process what happened. To process that Dante was finally yours.
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Ending Notes:
*Just to clear things up a bit: because Dante only wants a physical relationship with you, the pair of you did not become a mated set.
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He's a little OOC; but whatever lmao. I might do a follow-up on this one (or maybe an angsty prequel about the time between 2 and 4).
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What to expect next:
"Tainted Purity" Vergil x Male Reader
"What Do You Call Me?" Vergil x Male reader
"Uncontrolled Instincts" Vergil x Male Reader
"Stubborn and Old" Vergil x Reader
"You Can't Leave Me Here" Nero x Reader
"A Part of Me" ??? x Reader (it's a surprise)
(These are all in my WIP folder; I don't know what will be done first or if there will be others that will come before these)
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today i’m thinking about “different first meeting” kuwagami scenario where kuwana is acquainted with kaito beforehand, BUT not as friends, but as fuckbuddies at most. maybe, even just as a one night stand.
yagami comes to kaito’s apartment because he couldn’t reach him or something, and sees another new guy coming out of his shower; this isn’t news for him that kaito occasionally hooked up with random women and men alike, with preference in the former. yagami pays kuwana no mind and actively deflects any advances from him, thinking that kuwana sees him as another fuckbuddy of kaito. yagami doesn’t fuck around that much, and definitely isn’t in the mood to find somebody to stay the night with: they have an urgent case, and there isn’t any other thing on his mind at the moment.
while kuwana falls in love with yagami at the first sight. sure it’s weird to fall for a business partner of the guy he just fucked and isn’t going to remember for long. but, yagami is perfect, in some stupid way. kuwana says something dumb, gets rejected, and his hurting heart tells him he can’t let yagami go. he hasn’t felt this way about anyone in years.
so, he starts to hang around kaito much more frequently, they may even be called friends at some point. yagami thinks they are dating; this is the last thing kuwana wants him to think.
although, they click with each other pretty quickly; with all the annoyance, it’s fun to bicker with him, rarely being serious, picking on him and being picked on in turn. but it also frustrates yagami, because he sees that kuwana doesn’t really care about kaito (the amount he'd expect of the guy kaito is together with). while kuwana sees that yagami worries for kaito, and thinks that it’s in that way. once, he, heartbroken and losing hope, asks what yagami sees in kaito (as a possible romantic partner), but words it badly and is understood even worse. yagami falls out with kuwana, and they stop talking altogether.
yagami sulks and is very upset, because he thought they had something special going there, even if it was just a mutual interest, which wouldn’t turn into anything else. kuwana stops talking to kaito, explaining to him that it was because he couldn’t bear to be with yagami in one room when he hates him so much. his words kind of insinuate of kuwana’s feelings for yagami, but kaito doesn’t catch the hint.
some time passes, and yagami and kaito talk about kuwana. yagami says that he regrets so much cutting kuwana off from his life. kaito remembers what kuwana said, tells it to yagami as word for word as he could remember, and though he doesn’t understand what’s wrong, yagami sees kuwana’s message clearly.
yagami can’t reach him by his number (it’s out of service), so he comes to his house in ijincho. he isn’t home, but yagami waits for him. approaching his house, kuwana sees him sitting on the steps and asks, “did you not cuss me enough?” and everything he says is openly antagonizing. yagami tries to talk to him calmly, but with time kuwana, unyielding, starts to piss him off. yagami says something along, “and here i thought you’d want me to apologize to you” and storms out the house with an intention to drink this anger away and come back.
kuwana isn’t able to stop him (when he tries, yagami punches him in the nose so hard kuwana sees stars, and it starts bleeding), but he finds him leaning on the railing in the nearby parking lot, with cheep beer in his hands. “you didn’t escape far. feeling guilty?”, kuwana asks, meaning his injury. “yes,” yagami answers, meaning the argument that lead them to stop talking with each other.
kuwana asks to share his beer with him, to which yagami complies, and jokes about them having an indirect kiss. “so childish,” yagami says, “we are long past the age of indirect kisses.” “do you want an ‘adult’ kiss?” kuwana jokingly asks, falling into their playful type of talking naturally. “yes,” yagami answers, and kuwana hears no ridicule in turn. he kisses him and tries to say that he wanted to kiss him for as long as they know each other.
“i knew that all this time,” yagami interrupts him, “but i didn’t want a kiss from somebody who isn’t serious about it.” after kuwana’s question of what has changed, yagami answers, “because now i also know you want more from me than this, or sex, or whatever. makes kissing you a lot less disgusting.” kuwana laughs, and yagami steals this sound with another kiss.
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