Anger Management [Meloghia]

Chapter 2: Don't Touch

Melone sat in the quiet room waiting for his turn with the therapist. He was at least glad that the person was a stand user. Risotto had made sure to arrange that. It's hard to talk to someone when they can't understand something fundamental about you. A man opened the door and looked into the waiting room.

"Melone Bellucci?" Melone stood up. "The doctor is ready for you."

He took a deep breath and followed the man into the therapist's office. He really didn't know what to expect but he was incredibly nervous. As he opened the door to the room, there was a pink haze. It smelled sweet, a mix of sugar and apples with a hint of mint. It caught him off guard.

"Come on in, please, don't be nervous. I'm Dr. Florence." A woman waved him into the room. He felt his muscles relax. He continued to look around at the haze hanging over the room. "That's my stand, The Machine. Its ability, Shake It Out, helps to relax people and make them more comfortable talking." She held a small device in her hand. It was emitting the pink substance into the air. "Is it okay if I use it? If it makes you uncomfortable I can put it away. It won't make you say anything you don't want to say. It just makes you more open to saying what you want."

"I guess that's fine." He walked into the room and she gestured for him to sit. He obliged with a nod. He was feeling a lot more comfortable than when he'd walked in. His nerves were dissipating.

"May I call you Melone?" She asked. He nodded. "Okay, Melone. So tell me. Why are you here?"

"Well, I'm here cause my boss made me come. But it's really because of my partner. He told my boss I need help."

"Okay. Do you think you need help?"

"I don't know," Melone said honestly.

"Okay, well. You said your partner..."

"He's my partner at work. I think he did it to get me back."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, I went to our boss first about his anger issues and the boss put him in Anger Management. So I think it was revenge," Melone sighed.

"If it was just revenge, why would your boss have agreed to it?"

"Yeah, well I guess maybe I should be here. I need to be fixed."

"Therapy isn't about fixing a person. It's about talking things out and recognizing things we can work on. So why do you think you need fixing?" She looked at him earnestly.

"My partner said a lot of stuff about me. I think the rest of my team agrees with it even though none of them ever said anything. I think they're scared of me." Melone couldn't believe he was being so candid. It must be her stand, but that would mean these were all things he really wanted to say out loud, right? Maybe he just really wanted someone to listen since Ghiaccio wouldn't. Did he even want to talk about this to Ghiaccio?

Yes, he did. The smoke even made his mind honest to himself.

"Do you feel comfortable telling me what happened?" She tilted her head and smiled. He did feel comfortable like he trusted telling her anything. He didn't even know her, yet he felt prepared to tell her everything about the last two months. This stand ability was incredible. It would be an incredible ability in Passione's intelligence. They wouldn't need to torture people, they would probably just willingly spill their souls.

"I usually don't care what people think. I've always been called a freak cause I'm just so open about what I like. Feet really turn me on and that disgusts my team members. My partner, in particular, has really hot feet." Melone licked his lips thinking about them.