[When Vergil says he wants to apologize to Kyrie, Nero's face lights up like it hasn't since well before the spar that day. It's one thing to acknowledge that Kyrie might not be ready to meet him straight out the gate. But it's quite another to say, of his own volition, that he wants to apologize to her.
After all, the direct harm was done to Nero, but he passed out so fast he barely had time to be register what happened, much less be frightened. Kyrie (and Nico, too) had to find him facedown in a pool of his own blood, tourniquet his arm, get him to the hospital, and spend over a week terrified he was going to die. That Vergil considers that, that he's thought about it more than not at all, that he wants her to feel safe around him before all else...
That right there? That's fucking progress, baby. And he couldn't be more proud of Vergil for making that jump on his own volition. He's genuinely smiling as he speaks.]
I won't lie, she's gonna want to give you an earful. But I'll talk to her first. Once she's spoken her mind she'll be as warm as ever. And oh my god, her cooking is so good...
[He's getting that gooey soft look in his eyes again. But it's not all directed at Kyrie this time. He looks genuinely put at ease by this conversational revelation, like the last of the foul mood he was in has been banished.
(It is slightly fucked up, he thinks, that he's going to have to talk his girlfriend down from being pissed at the father who ripped his fucking arm off. But in a "this sure is my family" kind of fucked up way that he's starting to get more used to.)]
She'll be happy our family has grown above everything else.
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After all, the direct harm was done to Nero, but he passed out so fast he barely had time to be register what happened, much less be frightened. Kyrie (and Nico, too) had to find him facedown in a pool of his own blood, tourniquet his arm, get him to the hospital, and spend over a week terrified he was going to die. That Vergil considers that, that he's thought about it more than not at all, that he wants her to feel safe around him before all else...
That right there? That's fucking progress, baby. And he couldn't be more proud of Vergil for making that jump on his own volition. He's genuinely smiling as he speaks.]
I won't lie, she's gonna want to give you an earful. But I'll talk to her first. Once she's spoken her mind she'll be as warm as ever. And oh my god, her cooking is so good...
[He's getting that gooey soft look in his eyes again. But it's not all directed at Kyrie this time. He looks genuinely put at ease by this conversational revelation, like the last of the foul mood he was in has been banished.
(It is slightly fucked up, he thinks, that he's going to have to talk his girlfriend down from being pissed at the father who ripped his fucking arm off. But in a "this sure is my family" kind of fucked up way that he's starting to get more used to.)]
She'll be happy our family has grown above everything else.