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His eyes screamed that he needed to rest. His motions slowed and he swayed as the five year old tried to make his stack of blocks stay up. Vergil had tried to put him to bed over an hour that was around eight; he glanced at the clock next to Dante’s desk to check the time now. He cringed realizing it was now eleven at night, if Mary came back to see Nero still awake she would nag the eldest son of Sparda to death. The sound of the plastic block tower crashed against the floor near Nero is resting head. The child was still awake. He’d catch himself when he felt his eyes want to shut and when they did he would shake his head to act as if he just blinked for a long time, kind of the way he had seen Vergil do when he would talk to Dante.
Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away
Into a Land of
Enchantment
“Nero,” Vergil called setting his large leather bound book on the busted coffee table.
“No! I’m not sleepy!” The small human said swiping at Vergil’s hands as they tried to pick Nero up.
Despite the small protest’s Vergil lifted Nero into his arms making his way up the stairs to Nero’s room. Vergil let his mind wander to an old memory. It was like this, Sparda once put Vergil to bed because Eva was gone with Dante somewhere, he really did not remember. Much of his memory was damaged thanks to that damn tower. He was luck that Dante was able to help restore much of it. For a week he forgot that Nero was his child and thought that, he was Dante and Mary’s son.
Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Magic
Sparda was never really a family man to be honest, then again he wasn’t a very good husband either, bur Eva was a patient woman and was willing to show Sparda how. Her gentle voice reminded him that she would be gone until the next day. She took Dante because Sparda could not handle the twins. Dante and Vergil always argued and fought, there was never any peace between them.
Vergil loved to read. He could read until the end of time however, he was four and had a bedtime. He was never a disobedient child, especially when it came to his all-powerful father. When told he placed his book back on the bookcase. He came face with his father, seeing his ageless face. A little pressure behind his neck told him to lay his head down. Vergil did as told with his eyes close, sighing a bit as his way of telling his father that he would go to sleep.
Follow Sweet Children
I'll Show Thee the Way
Through All the Pain and
The Sorrows
He could hear the change between rooms. The floor creaking changed to echoes, then to heavy stomps. The ascend to the second floor Vergil heard the man is deep demanding voice sing a soft sweet melody. After that, everything was black.
The male stood at the top of the stairs.
Had he sang that song aloud instead of just remembering it? Last, he checked he was not much of a singer never the less it put Nero to sleep.
Weep Not Poor Children
For Life is This Way
Murdering Beauty
And Passion
Continuing to walk down the hall Vergil did not care if anyone heard him. He stepped foot into Nero’s room placing the small child down to search for the boy’s pajamas.
Hush Now Dear Children
It Must Be This Way
To Weary of Life and
Deceptions
Vergil lifted Nero up slightly to slide off the grey t-shirt covered in dirt and Sparda knows what. Probably paint, Vergil was told that Nero liked to paint a lot and would spend much of his time drawing rather than interacting with the other children.
Rest Now My Children
For Soon We'll Away
into the Calm And
The Quiet
With his clothes changed, Nero properly tucked into his bed; Vergil sneaked out of the room trying to make the least amount of sound possible. The door clicked shut and he made his way back down stairs. He tossed all the blocks back in the bag to place them into the corner where the two sofas touched. Rather than Dante shove trash there, Vergil used it to store his nestling’s toys.
Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away,
Into a Land of
Enchantment
Lady waited until she did not hear Vergil anymore to enter the shop and lock up for the night. Dante had his own key so it was not as if she was locking the half devil out of his own shop. Still how was it that Vergil knew that song? It pegged her and ate at her. That song brought back the memories of her mother’s death and when she killed her own father, it was obvious he did not know that. She wouldn’t blame him for it.
Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here in My Garden
Of Shadows