They say they can break you again and again

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WHO: Dante and chums/acquaintances
WHEN: February
WHERE: Here, there and everywhere.
WHAT: A collection of encounters and events
NOTES\WARNINGS: The forecast predicts a high chance of shenanigans and tomfoolery but may also include scenes of an adult nature and/or Devil May Cry adjacent over the top injuries and violence


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Valentines Day - Closed to Selina

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It's just another date on a normal February evening. Dante is too old and too jaded to get something as cliche and ridiculous as the jitters as he finishes shaving, passes a comb through his hair and applies just the tiniest bit of newly purchased cologne on his shower damp skin before dressing for his evening. Does he feel bad about leaving Nero to his own devices? Maybe just a little, but the kid has assured his uncle that he'll be fine and with the jumbo sized bucket of fried chicken he's arranged to have delivered and the Greatest Hits of Wrestlemania vhs he's managed to get his hands on, Dante's made sure he's at least left him something to occupy himself instead of moping about on the couch missing Kyrie.

So what if it's Valentine's day? It's just another day. There's no need to put any undue pressure on himself to make it extra special, even if it's starting to feel like it is. Even if the person he's planning to spend the evening with is becoming someone pretty special to him.

So, dressed nicely in black jeans and a black turtle neck- he'd even managed to find a red leather vest that wasn't all that different to one he'd worn years ago - and with his hair partially tied away from his face with an elastic band, Dante heads to Selina's to take her out for their date.

When she comes to the door, he holds up his gift for her in front of his face.

"Did someone order a Valentine?"

[catscratching]

Any day can be special if you make it so. Just like you don't need a reason to dress up for the evening. The world might have its rules and expectations for certain behaviors or actions, but Selina's never subscribed to society's whims out of obligation or pressure. It would be a waste, though, not to embrace the day and give someone special to her a chance to enjoy it.

And really, why waste any opportunity to spend time with Dante? She'd learned the hard way how quickly something you want can be ripped away from you for good, and she won't make that mistake again.

She takes her time getting ready, filling time in between with attending to the growing kittens who stumble over one another just as much as they stalk after her for more and more attention. But she works around them - slips into her crimson lingerie and smooths the dark dress over it. Only a little jewelry tonight, tasteful make up, a spritz of perfume, and simple heels. There's no use in wearing anything too formal, not when she hopes all of it will end up on the floor before the night is over. And the sound of him at her door as her pulling on her coat, finishing closing it up by the time she reaches the door.

Opening the door, her gaze is drawn immediately to the plush, and her lips spread into a fond smile as she looks up at him.

"I did," she purrs in greeting, reaching up to gently place her hands on his wrists, easing his arms down so she can lean up to leave a sweet kiss on his cheek. "How kind of you to deliver it." But instead of taking the gift, she reaches to the table near the door, gathering up the elegant little tin of chocolates - filled with various types of strawberry filling - to present to him. And tied neatly atop it within a satin ribbon is a small stack of what appears to be slips of cardstock. But closer inspection shows what seems to be some sort of coupon book - filled with various acts of physical affection and intimacy. A little joke but something she thinks he'll enjoy as much as she will.