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Penta was very reserved, in all his promotions you could see how he liked to socialize with his fans but with the other wrestlers it wasn't like that.
He never spoke to anyone, it was weird, the only one he spoke to was his brother. It was as if his brother didn't want him to talk to anyone but him. Dominik was puzzled by that.
He's never met a person so quiet yet so outgoing, it was as if the only reason he talked was his fans.
Dominik was attracted to it, Damn it was so hot watching him change clothes after the matches and how not a word came out of him, ever.
Whether he needed help or asked for something, he wouldn't speak up. He'd wait for someone to notice and offer him help, he'd figure it out on his own or his brother would help him.
Thinking about it, Dominik always saw him glued to Fenix. And when he saw him alone and dared to approach him and talk to him, he seemed nervous and looked around.
Scared.
Scared of someone.
Who?
He began to suspect Fenix more, he never left his brother's side, answering for him when Penta was asked something, no matter what.
Maybe that's why Penta was so happy to be with his fans, maybe they were the only people he could talk to without fear.
They were just assumptions, but Dominik was always thinking about that, about the reasons.
He always looked where Penta was, Fenix was always there. Backstage waiting for him after a match, in interviews behind the camera crew, eating together, hw even saw him outside the bathrooms when Penta was inside. It was ridiculous to see how he cared for him so much, as if he were 5 years old.
It was still cute - in a way - But the times Dominik wanted to get closer to Penta so they could flirt in peace, suddenly a phoenix would come out of nowhere to interrupt him.
He would have to wait for the ideal moment to be able to talk to him.
And that moment came when he least expected it.
Fenix injured his shoulder in a match, he would be out for a few weeks because of that.
When Dominik found out, he was overjoyed. He seemed to hate Fenix, but in reality, he felt bad. He had barely signed with WWE and had already dislocated his shoulder. How bad.
But Dominik wouldn't miss this opportunity to finally talk to Penta.
His heart was pounding, he was sweating, it was as if he were having a heart attack. But he was really just deciding whether or not to go talk to Penta; after all, he had him right in front of him. All this time, Penta had no friends, so he was eating alone. It was a bit sad to see him so depressed about his brother. Dominik swallowed hard, trying to get closer to Penta.
“Hey, how's your brother doin’?”
Penta's eyes were like those of a lost puppy, bright and large. So deep that if Dominik looked too long, he'd get lost in them.
So he got even more nervous. Penta opened his lips to say something, but not a word came out. He just stared at Dominik, like a deer in the middle of the road. It was so cute.
“He's good”
Penta said, his accent so thick, it was clear that he barely knew English since Fenix did everything for him. Still he did his best to communicate.
“Really? That's good to hear. And how are you?”
Dominik smiled as he sat next to him, looking into his eyes. Penta stepped back, still seated, his nerves palpable. His blank gaze shifted to what he was eating. Pozole, how yummy. Dominik thought.
“Im…good”
His crappy english It's going to be a problem.
Dominik just smiled even wider, making Penta feel even more uncomfortable. Penta bit his lip to start packing his things quickly, all he wanted was to get away from Dominik quickly. He noticed it.
“Hey hey, I'm not going to bite you, are you okay? You can talk to me.”
Dominik approached him, his now gentler smile making Penta feel weird. He sighed as he stopped putting away his things and looked at Dominik again.
“Yo…realmente no entiendo casi lo que dices”
”(I…really don't understand most of what you're saying.”)
Dominik was perplexed. Of course, he didn't know what he was talking about.
“Lo siento, solo supuse que sabías inglés.”
“(Sorry, I just assumed you knew English.)”
Penta's eyes lit up when she saw Dominik speaking Spanish, like a little kid seeing candy. Now Penta's smile was one of genuine happiness.
“¡No te preocupes! Fenix dijo que nadie de aquí sabía español, supuse que los…latinos…de aquí no sabían español y solo lo hablaban para promos…me alegra saber que alguien habla español aquí!”
“(Don’t worry! Fenix said no one here knew Spanish. I assumed the…Latinos…here didn’t know Spanish and only spoke it for promos…I’m glad to know someone speaks Spanish here!)”
Penta spoke quickly, excited, almost impossible to understand, his accent made it even more impossible.
“Hey hey, habla más lento, te vas a quedar sin aire”
“(Hey hey, slow down, you're going to run out of air.)”
Dominik jokes to laugh. He looked at Penta, hoping he'd get the joke, when he heard the most beautiful thing he'd ever heard in his entire life. His laugh was like music to his ears, his smile was so cute, His eyes closed when he smiled. It made Dominik blush and his heart skipped a beat.
Penta stopped laughing, He looked at Dominik and got nervous.
“Lo siento, mi risa es fea”
“(Sorry, My laugh is ugly)”
Dominik blushed more and started moving his hands.
“No no! Para nada! Tu risa es muy linda! Te vería reir todos los días y nunca me cansaría!”
“(No! No! Not at all! Your laugh is so beautiful! I could see you laughing every day and never get tired of it!)”
Dominik said without thinking, seeing Penta's shocked look and how he started to blush slightly made him want to hit himself on the head repeatedly.
“En serio piensas eso?”
“(Do you really think that?)”
Penta muttered, Dominik nodded, He couldn't believe this was happening, that he was actually talking about Penta's beautiful smile.
From that conversation they started talking more, And since Fenix wasnt around to interrupt, Dominik started to get closer to him.
Most of the time they just talked about whatever, their lives, their tastes, matches, but especially practicing English with him.
It was fun talking to Penta, or so Dominik thought. It had been two weeks since they first spoke, but for Dominik it felt like months.
Although Penta looked somewhat different lately, it looked like he wanted to say something to him but couldn't.
“Penta, For two days now you've been saying you want to tell me something, but in the end you don't say anything. Are you sure you're okay?”
Penta looked at Dominik, his black eyes like two abysses looking directly at him.
“It's just that…”
Penta shifted uncomfortably in his place, to grab Dominik's hand and lead him to his hotel room.
They walked through the halls, Dominik's hand was sweating since he didn't thought about this contact, he walked nervously without knowing what to expect, what to do or what to think since penta didn't say a word.
Dominik didn't know what had happened in those minutes when they entered the room, the sound of the door closing and locking, suddenly penta was in front of him taking off his shirt.
Dominik was agitated, His breathing quickened, Penta was completely naked in front of him.
It wasn't in an erotic way, Penta looked humiliated.
Dominik's eyes were scanning Penta's entire body, but instead of a predatory look, it was one of surprise. Penta's body was full of scars, some from burns, as if cigarettes had been put out on his body, as well as a large burn on his chest.
Dominik was worried. Who would do something like that to Penta? He was the sweetest, kindest, and most caring person he knew.
It was unthinkable, he would kill the person who had done that to his loved one.
“Who did thi-”
“My mom”
Penta's words interrupted Dominik's every thought, How could a mother do that to her own son?
“Fenix was always the favorite one, you know. When Fenix turned 18 we ran away from home, although she never did anything to Fenix. It was as if Fenix wanted to protect me despite everything.”
Penta said while smiling, it was obvious the devotion that Penta felt towards his younger brother.
“But, this was…because of someone else”
Penta moved his hand to the large burn in the middle of his chest, touching it gently.
“I was 12 and he was 19…I really thought he would be the love of my life, it's stupid now that I think about it”
Penta looked towards Dominik. Deeply into his eyes.
“I told him to stop, and he got angry and started hitting me. When I fought back and ran away, I thought that was it. But suddenly he came to my house and threw acid at me.”
Dominik was surprised to hear all that, Without even thinking, he lunged at Penta and hugged him tightly, as if he never wanted to let go, as if he wanted to protect him from the memory he had told him, Dominik pulled away from him to watch as tears streamed down Penta's cheeks, his usually bright and wide gaze now dull.
He quickly grabbed the edge of his shirt to take it off, as well as his pants to be just like Penta.
It was different, Dominik didn't have a single scar, but he still felt the need to be like Penta despite that.
Dominik hugged Penta again, feeling Penta's skin against his, There came a moment where they both remained hugging each other in silence lying on the bed in the room.
They hadn't said a word, you could just hear Penta's sobs around the room, his face against Dominik's chest, the need to bring their bodies closer together, be one.
It broke Dominik's heart to see Penta like that, so broken, so devastated.
Maybe it was the situation, the environment, or just him, but he really felt a restlessness, something he couldn't shake.
He wanted to make everything Penta went through disappear, that he had never felt like that, it was what he wanted most at that moment.
He didn't know how much time had passed since they got there, Not that he minds. But time really went by slowly when he was with Penta.
He stopped crying a while ago.
They just lay there, cuddling in the silence of the hotel. A comfortable silence, not the kind that makes you want to kill yourself. A silence that calmed you. A silence that let you know everything would be okay.
But Dominik really couldn't go a minute without saying something.
“Your eyes without contact lenses look like tapioca pearls”
Dominik said as he looked at him, Dominik really knew how to break the silence with a stupid thing.
“Really?”
Penta said, his eyes shining as always, and as Dominik said, they looked like a galaxy, a black abyss with small flashes, like stars.
“Yeah, i wanna eat them”
“I think im into idiots”
Penta said, laughing softly, moving his body, to be closer to Dominik's face, inches away from touching their lips. But he stopped and swerved to kiss his cheek.
“So I think that you're into me.”
Dominik smiled as he placed his hands on Penta's cheeks, who pouted as he felt Dominik squeeze them.
“Unfortunately”
“Aw, come on don't say that.”
Dominik said in a sad tone, obviously faking it. To get closer and press his forehead against Penta's
“I love you”
Dominik's eyes opened quickly as he smiled like an idiot, excited he began to kiss Penta's face except for his lips.
“I love you too, penta”