Suspect Of Love

Dante couldn’t believe it.

Someone in Japan could actually go toe-to-toe with him, and not just on the court, but with presence and energy. Being an enigma was rare enough. alpha's and their ranked sub gender taking up 70% of the Alphan Sub gender, Leaving the Enigma's and it's ranked counterpart with 30%.

The first time he saw him, he was standing next to Maya.

At first, Dante felt... hurt.

An odd emotion for someone like him. After all, he was the one who ended things. He’d done it because Maya refused to attend the same high school. It was petty. Childish. He could admit that now. But still, Dante had never stopped loving him.

He’d been around. Slept around. Hookups, yes. But dating? Never. Not since Maya.

And now? Maya was standing beside someone new, Worse, the guy was undeniably good-looking. If he weren’t with Maya, Dante might have shamelessly tried to sleep with him. Hell, who was he kidding—he still might if the guy asked.

But there was something strange about him. Dante had tried to pick up a scent, anything to guess his secondary gender, but there was... nothing.

Weird.

He considered asking Maya about him, but with the Winter Cup around the corner, there wasn’t time. And Maya’s new boyfriend, Taiga, was going to be his opponent in the finals. Great.

Then, before the Winter Cup, he saw him again.

Dante had no intention to be civil. He wanted to Size up the guy then leave. Maybe brag a little about the fact that he used to date his boyfriend. So, of course, he did what he always did, defaulted to arrogance and sarcasm.

“Yo. What are you doing here? ....Can you even afford the stuff in this place?” his signature smirk plastered on his face.

Taiga’s looked away from the shoes he was looking at, shocked to see Dante. But not pleased witg his rude approach.

“Who the hell do you think you are, broke-shaming people, asshole?” Taiga had shot back.

Dante hadn’t expected that.

It didn’t anger him the way it should have. In fact, it made something in his chest twist, Was it... shame?

he smirked. Trying to salvage the moment. “You don’t look it. Can’t blame me.”

Taiga didn’t bother with a response. Just rolled his eyes and walked away like Dante wasn’t even worth the effort.

It stung more than it should have.

As Taiga’s back receded, Dante found himself frozen. He wanted to follow. To say sorry. To fix... something. And that was weird. Why did it hurt to be rude to his ex's boyfriend?.

He stared at Taiga’s profile for a long moment, then muttered to himself under his breath, "What the fuck is wrong with me?".

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Taiga couldn’t believe it either.

There was actually someone as talented as he was.

He remembered Maya had introduced him reluctantly.

“This is Dante,” he’d said. “We... used to be close.”

Used to be close. That explained the uncertainty in Maya’s voice. The way his scent spiked slightly. It also explained why Dante had looked at him not like he wanted to challenge him.

Dante didn’t say much during that first meeting. Just looked at Taiga and... smirked.

Taiga didn’t like it.

He also didn’t like how attractive the guy was. Two or three inches taller, solid build, darker complexion. His hair was a deep ocean blue, darker than Maya’s light sky hue, and his eyes matched. Taiga could sell the potent Enigma pheromones pouring out of him. No wonder Maya was uneasy.

Taiga would never admit it, but he found him attractive. That was a secret he intended to take to his grave.

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It had been two weeks since Maya saw Dante at the shoe store, and he still couldn’t sleep.

He was still in love with Dante. That part wasn’t a mystery.

The real problem?

He was also in love with Taiga.

He couldn’t choose. He didn’t want to. But trying to keep both in his heart felt like trying to balance fire and water in the same cup. He needed advice. Desperately.

So he called Hido.

Hido had been his best friend since childhood.

When Maya explained the situation, Hido wasn't shocked.

“I want to date both of them?” he said, Hido went quite on the line

Hido gasped, “I—what? Maya, that’s—”

“A bad idea?” Maya asked dryly. “Is it? I love them both. I don’t want to lie to either of them. I should have them both.”

Hido sighed, rubbing his face. “If you already know what you wanted why call me? It's 1:00am Maya”

“Don't you think it would be great if we all dated eachother? Maya says ignoring Hido's complaint “It’d be open and consensual, I mean, assuming they’re not trying to murder each other.”

“That’s the problem,” Hido groaned. “They hate each other. From what you've told me, They’d never go for it.”

"That's the problem Hido, they act like they hate eachother, while sneakily flirting...right infront of me...the way Dante stares at him and Taiga stares right back...its....flirty." Maya says, sitting upright.

"Flirty?...Maya they are both Enigma's...dont be delusional. Hido says, before pleading to go back to sleep.

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The heat was brutal, turning the court into a sticky slab of steam and sweat. His teammates were exhausted but still running drills. Taiga was throwing baskets from the far end of the court, shirt half-tucked, arms gleaming with sweat, muscles coiled in every motion.

Maya couldn’t stop watching him.

Taiga jogged over, wiping his forehead with a towel.

“Hey, babe,” he said, concerned. “You okay? Need water?...its hot as hell” he says, dabbing the towel on his face.

"yeah I'm okay...at this point i could drown myself in ice" he says, wiping sweat from his face, listening to Taiga chuckle.

"let me get you something cool" Taiga says, leaving, Maya watchs him leave, questions swirling in his mind.

That night, as soon as he got home, he called Hido again.

“Is it possible for two Enigmas to be in a relationship?” Maya asked as soon as Hido picked up. “ I’d be the connection between them, but wouldn’t they just kill each other?”

“They’re both Enigmas?” Hido asked, "if they're both Enigma's then it's impossible" he adds.

“ Taiga...well he told me he's an enigma but i noticed something weird from him today” Maya says, his voice dropping “He dosent smell of anything.” he says, "doesn't smell of anything?, how so?" Hido asks "we've only been dating for about 3 months and i haven't picked up a scent from him" Maya admitts.

Hido made a thoughtful sound on the other end of the line. ”How Your sex life?" He asks, he listens to Maya hum.

"we've made out a few times but haven't really gone all the way...he says he's waiting for our relationship to be stronger".

Hido sighs, Maya could here the tsk sound coming from the other end of his phone.

"I think you might be dealing with a Luna Maya"

Maya blinked, sitting up straighter in bed. “Luna?”

“Yeah. They’re even rarer than Enigmas. And they rank above every other secondary gender. Luna, Prime Luna, Elite Prime Luna... if Taiga is a Luna, that would explain why you can't get a scent off him, and why he's avoiding sex, Enigma's would never turn down sex.”

"it would also help your situation...bonding the both of them like you want would become possible" he adds.

It made sense. Enigmas were powerful and dominant. Their scent, especially the mark scent, was often too much for most Omegas to handle. Dante was an Elite Prime Enigma, the type that would usually be paired with a Luna to balance his intensity. That had been one of the reasons Maya accepted to brake things off. He wasn’t strong enough to handle Dante’s mark.

But if Taiga was a Luna? It would mean he could balance things out for them.

Taiga’s secondary gender had always been a mystery. People assumed he was an Enigma, and he never corrected them. But just because he looked the part didn’t mean he was one.

“I think I have an idea,” he says, smiling to himself.

“Be careful, Enigma to Luna relationship can be toxic,” Hido warned, and hung up.

If there was a chance he could have them both without breaking either of their hearts, he's willing to do anything.