He's not certain if it's frustration or disappointment that she speaks with when she notes that scent is not as long-lasting as she would like. Whichever it is—assuming that it is either of them—Vergil finds the presence of such an emotion difficult to ignore. Vergil's smile fades a little upon hearing it. He likes to think that he does well in navigating Mizu's emotions when they arise. Their similar temperaments allows him to have a better sense of what may alleviate the distress or discomfort she's experiencing from them. But this is not one that Vergil knows even in the vaguest sense could be helpful for her in soothing whatever it is she feels over the impermanence.
So, he continues tracing her skin and he answers her question.
"It varies, depending on the circumstances," he says, turning his head slightly to press a kiss to her shoulder. "For example, on mornings I wake uncertain if I will see you that day, I wish I was with you so we could waste hours of the morning in whatever manner we pleased. But the closest I can be is imagining the weight and warmth of you on the bed beside me."
Vergil pulls back from resting his head against her shoulder to look at her properly. It's plain that he is looking at her that same way before they got into the bath together, but Vergil also holds in his mind's eye the image of her that he describes.
"The gentle sound of your breath and that look of peace on your face when you're still sound asleep, neither of which I possess the heart to ever willingly disturb because if I did not know it was a gift you've unwittingly given to me countless times, I would think it mere fantasy for all the calm and peace I feel within myself." The hand at her back slips away in favor of intertwining fingers with one of her hands. "But if I know I am to see you, I've no need for such visions to act as comfort in staving off a lonely morning. I've all my thoughts of what is to come even if it is a great test of my patience to have to wait and fill my time with other things between waking and when I see you again because all I can think of is what I wish to do with you, to say to you, to share with you.
"Mizu, you are among my first and last thoughts each day. There are reminders of you for me littered throughout each day I am not at your side that I'm sure you would find foolish. But you bring me peace and happiness each time I think of you, and I think of you often."
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So, he continues tracing her skin and he answers her question.
"It varies, depending on the circumstances," he says, turning his head slightly to press a kiss to her shoulder. "For example, on mornings I wake uncertain if I will see you that day, I wish I was with you so we could waste hours of the morning in whatever manner we pleased. But the closest I can be is imagining the weight and warmth of you on the bed beside me."
Vergil pulls back from resting his head against her shoulder to look at her properly. It's plain that he is looking at her that same way before they got into the bath together, but Vergil also holds in his mind's eye the image of her that he describes.
"The gentle sound of your breath and that look of peace on your face when you're still sound asleep, neither of which I possess the heart to ever willingly disturb because if I did not know it was a gift you've unwittingly given to me countless times, I would think it mere fantasy for all the calm and peace I feel within myself." The hand at her back slips away in favor of intertwining fingers with one of her hands. "But if I know I am to see you, I've no need for such visions to act as comfort in staving off a lonely morning. I've all my thoughts of what is to come even if it is a great test of my patience to have to wait and fill my time with other things between waking and when I see you again because all I can think of is what I wish to do with you, to say to you, to share with you.
"Mizu, you are among my first and last thoughts each day. There are reminders of you for me littered throughout each day I am not at your side that I'm sure you would find foolish. But you bring me peace and happiness each time I think of you, and I think of you often."