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Secco x Mariah
Secco plugged in the camera and quickly went to the corner of his room where he kept his desktop. He finally had a night off and could talk to her. His online role play girlfriend, M4r14hIsMagentic69. His face broke into a smile as he logged onto IMVU and quickly sent her a dm. Her reply was almost immediate
“Hey there big boy, it’s been a while.” Sexco giggled and shifted onto his feet in a squat. It had been a few days, Cioccolata had been keeping secco busy.
“yeah, the doc has been running me regged”
“ragged*” Secco wasn’t the best at typing but it was better than his broken speech pattern. A few times Mariah had wanted to video call but secco always denied saying he was too shy.
“You have enough energy for me tonight, puppy?”
Secco blushed and quickly responded, “yEAH! can we do the dog rp agin?”
“Actually I wanted to talk about something important. Secco, we’ve been talking for months now and I still haven’t seen your face. Would it be alright if we met? You know, irl. ❤️ ”
His heart dropped as Secco read, then reread, the message that popped up on his screen. She wanted to meet? In person? No, no no no, that would be catastrophic. She would see him and be immediately disgusted.
“I want to pet you for real puppy,” Secco blushed harder. Mariah had that effect on him. He loved Cioccolata, but Mariah was able to pull reactions out of Secco he didn’t think was possible.
“idk, i mean, going all the way to egypt seems like a lot, or you coming to italy! how would that even work :(“
“I have a job in Italy in a couple of weeks, I figured we could get coffee ☕️ “
Secco didn’t know how to respond. Maybe....maybe meeting his online role play girlfriend wouldn’t be so bad.
“ok,,,,if you reaaaaally want to and it wouldnt be to much trouble :3”
“That’s my puppy. Now sit boy, we’re role playing sailor moon tonight...” and they did. And it was awesome.
-A few weeks later-
Secco still hadn’t told Cioccolata about his coffee date. It wasn’t that big of a deal, was it?
“SECCO!” Cioccolata’s voice boomer throughout their small italian home. Secco rushed out the door and came to sit in front of Cioccolata.
“We have a job to do, please get the camera and let’s head out. It’s probably going to be a rush job. The boss knows I hate being rushe-“
“N-no! I mean, I c-can’t. I have a.....I have a date.” Secco put on his best puppy dog eyes hoping it would be enough.
“Then reschedule- ah, what do you mean ‘a date’?” Cioccolata’s eyes narrowed as he crossed his arms.
“‘m gettin’ coffeeeee, with a, uhhh friend?” Secco started to shy away, wondering if he should just use Oasis to book it to the café.
Cioccolata tried removing his menacing aura from the air and clapped his hands, “When were you going to tell me you made a friend that’s wonderful kitten! Can I also meet...”
Secco immediately jumped at the opportunity to finally tell Cioccolata about his online rp girlfriend.
“Her name is Mariah! And she’s really nice and talks to me a lot and plays with me on IMVU and...” Secco went on gushing about how wonderful his friend Mariah is, not noticing the blood vessel about to pop in Cioccolata’s head or neck.
“That’s wonderful darling, bring the camera let’s go meet her.” Cioccolata said with a forced smile.
“Ah.....I might have...wanted to meet her, alone?” Secco tried to explain.
“Absolutely not! Have you not heard of stranger danger! Well, I suppose you may get coffee with her alone but I want to be in the same restaurant at least.” Secco nodded slowly, that sounded reasonable.
“Well since we’re in agreement let’s not be late.” Cioccolata was going to tear this Mariah apart piece by piece.
-timeskip, king crimson or w/e-
At the café Mariah was waiting patiently. Secco still refused to send a picture of his face, but she’d sent a couple of selfies so he’d know who to look for. She was waiting to order a drink until Secco was there, considering she couldn’t read half the menu. Still, she found herself being charmed by this little town in Italy.
Just before she could check her watch for the third time, a timid voice came from behind her, “M-Mariah?”
“Secco! Is that you?” She looked at the relatively small man. Mariah was a whole 10 cm taller than the man. Adorable.
The cute little man nodded excitedly, “It’s me! Y-you didn’t wait long did you?”
“No not at all, come sit let’s talk. It’s so nice to finally meet you, pupp-“ There was suddenly a hand on her shoulder.
“I think I should introduce myself as well, seeing as you’ve been chatting up my....boyfriend for months now. Dolcio Cioccolata at your service.” The green haired man held out his hand. Mariah was hesitant, he smelled funny and she didn’t want it to linger on her, but she did have hand sanitizer in her bag so perhaps it was okay.
“Mariah. A, uh, pleasure. You must be the good doctor secco talks about frequently.” Mariah pulled her face into a tight smile, almost enjoying the look of surprise and slight blush on the mans face.
“Ahem, yes that would be me. Shall I order you two drinks? Yes, I’ll be right back” The Doctor shuffled off leaving the two alone.
Mariah and Secco proceeded to talk excitedly about, well, everything. It seemed like no time at all when Cioccolata returned with three drinks.
“I promised Secco that you two would get some alone time. I’ll be reading the paper over there if you need me,” Cioccolata left in a huff, plopped down and read the morning paper as he said he would.
Mariah took a sip out of the drink Cioccolata provided. It was sweet, with a slightly bitter after taste. Definitely not the black coffee she prefers, but when in Rome.
Secco and Mariah continued to talk about the dynamic relationship between sonic and shadow when suddenly Mariah became a little light headed.
“I’m so sorry, I think, I need, to...” Mariah’s speech became slurred and her vision blurred. Secco immediately knew what was going on and looked back at Cioccolata, who wore a terrifying smile.
“No! Cioccolata you p-promised!” Secco rushed to Mariah’s side, catching the beautiful woman before she could slide out of her chair.
“Now, my love, it just so happens,” Cioccolata pulled out a picture, “ that this happens to be our target- perhaps we should take this elsewhere.” Cioccolata mentioned as concerned patrons began to look their way. Secco nodded helping Mariah out of the café.
When in a nearby alleyway, Cioccolata continued, “Darling, you found out target, now let’s return home and finish the job,” Cioccolata began to reach for Mariah and Secco pulled back almost immediately.
“N-no! You can’t! She’s my friend!!”
“Secco there’s no reason to shout, just hand her ove-“
Secco summoned Oasis and started swimming with the Amazon of a woman tucked gently into his side.
“SECCO YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE WHEN YOU GET HOME.”
-uhhhh later-
When Mariah woke she was in a hotel room. Suspicious, she summoned her stand.
“Ah, you’re awake! D-drink water it’ll h-help flush the medicine out of your s-system.” Secco crawled with a glass of water. Mariah took it and set it down, still nervous about being drugged earlier that day.
“Are you going to explain why your jealous boyfriend decided to drug me Secco?” Mariah asked folding her arms and raising an eyebrow.
“The b-boss put a hit on you, you s-should probably leave assss ssssooon as you can,” Secco kept his distance and rubbed his arm.
“Ah, boss? Never mind, perhaps you are correct. Maybe you should come with me,” Mariah said looking at Secco out of the corner of her eye.
“NO! I mean, I can’t, Cioccolata n-needs me,” Secco tried explaining. Mariah put her hand up to stop him.
“The offer will remain open. Feel free to visit me in Egypt at anytime, you know how to reach me.
Secco smiled wide and called Oasis again, “I will! And I-I’ll leave Cioccolata at home n-next time.”
With that Secco began his journey back home, and Mariah decided maybe she should be more cautious when meeting strangers from the internet.