Title: Mistletoe Blues, or is it?
Pairing: Reboot Dante and Nero
Approx chapters: 4-ish maybe 5.
Description: Christmas antics with Dante, Nero, Kat and Vergil. all fluff and cuteness. Very ooc for some parts its just how I imagine the characters in my head if they weren't so sad.
Disclaimer: I don't own Devil May Cry in any way, shape or form. If I did the games wouldn't be so sad and you would be able to play as the girl characters. I would also try to make Kyrie more bad-ass rather than being captured by a giant statue.
A/N: So this story was meant to be up for Christmas but, yeah that never really happened did it… oops :D so here it is my first multi-chaptered fic, hopefully it's not too bad, but hey. Also I'm planning another long fic where Dante and Nero meet, so once I finish this story I will start typing up the next one. if there are any mistakes or if things don't make sense don't be afraid to tell me what's wrong.
Chapter one: Preparing for the inevitable.
Nero ducked through the house, constantly looking at the ceiling making sure any unwanted mistletoe wouldn't suddenly appear above his head. Dante, his roommate and his best friend, was deciding to have his friends, which consisted of Kat and Vergil, to come over for Christmas dinner the next night. Nero would have liked to invite people over however besides Kyrie, there would be no one else to invite. He thought to invite Kyrie, but Fortuna is too far away from Limbo City, where he and Dante lived.
Nero wasn't as accustomed to Christmas as everyone else he knew, because they didn't celebrate it in Fortuna. They instead saw it as a day of repentance of sins and for time to be with family. There was no gift giving or Santa Claus, no lights or tinsel decorating the streets at all. No stockings or wreaths hanging over fireplaces or doors. They had none of what Dante called, "Christmas Spirit". However they had incorporated the mistletoe into their traditions. It took Dante a while to explain all the traditions, but Nero knew from the beginning to stay as far away from mistletoe as possible. He had always bad luck with mistletoe and he knew he couldn't get anywhere near it.
Nero headed over to Dante, who was currently decorating the Christmas tree, in all varying baubles, lights and other trinkets he had found all around. Apparently some of the decorations were from when he was a kid, and some he had bought himself recently.
"So the Grinch finally came down from Mt. Crumpet to steal all the presents from the children of Whoville, hey?" Dante said sarcastically. Nero stared at him and blinked a couple of times, not understanding the reference Dante was making at all. He just nodded and headed to the fridge to find some food. "Ugh this food looks so good, please, please, please can I have at least one piece of the Christmas ham or something!" Nero pleaded, giving Dante puppy dog eyes.
"Nope, because we have to share that with others tomorrow and knowing you, you'd eat it all! Verge eats about as much as I do so we have to somehow split it evenly between us all tomorrow." Dante replied, feeling sorry as Nero hadn't much other choice of food, except for two-minute noodles.
"I guess there's noodles then." Nero commented somewhat sadly, trying to make Dante feel guilty as he walked over to where the ancient noodles were hidden in the cupboard. That food looked really good, but instead he had to eat crummy two-minute noodles that have been sitting around for god knows how long. He filled the kettle with water and turned it on, waiting for his water to boil.
Dante smirked and glanced over at Nero whose back was facing him. He giggled and Nero noticed that he was staring at him. "Ok what are you planning?" Nero didn't like the look Dante was giving him and just ignored it as the kettle boiled.
As Nero turned his back, Dante quickly hung the mistletoe up in a doorway and went back to putting decorations around the lounge room of their apartment.
Nero made his noodles and walked back to the lounge room watching Dante as he pulled noodles into his mouth using his fork. "Don't you think this is all a bit over the top?" Nero asked, as Dante hung tinsel from the picture railings along the walls. "Oh Nero, you should see some of the Christmas lights people put on the outsides of their homes! Alternating patterns, even sometimes in tune with a song!" Dante said excitedly. Nero smiled, seeing his friend act so childishly happy was a rare sight, they were demon hunters after all and they had both been through some pretty rough shit, so being happy like this was a rare occurrence.
Just as Nero ate the last few noodles, he got a text, saying that there was a job nearby. A couple of demons had popped out in an amusement park. "What is it?" Dante asked, not wanting to stop his decorating. "Hm? Oh just a job. If you want I can handle it on my own while you decorate? It's only a couple of lesser demons, nothing I can't handle on my own." Dante eyed him suspiciously but let Nero go on his own; Nero wasn't a kid, and he knew how to fight. "Just be careful ok. Don't do anything reckless." Dante emphasised the last statement, staring Nero directly in his eyes. Nero just shrugged it off and walked to his room to get his gear. "Hey, you don't think I can take a couple of little demons? Trust me, if I can beat a giant flying statue, I can beat a few tiny pieces of shit." That didn't calm Dante one bit, but he acted like he was calm and waved the other off as he headed out the door.
When Nero returned, he saw Dante on the couch and fiddling with his guns, polishing them and cleaning them, making sure they were in working order. It was a nervous habit they both had, disassembling and cleaning their weapons when they were stressed.
Nero walked over and patted Dante's head to signal he was home before heading over to the bathroom to have a shower. Dante ordered some pizza so that it would arrive just as Nero hopped out of the shower.
When Nero came back out, he saw the fresh pizza cooling off on the coffee table with Dante in the kitchen making coffee. "Okay, what's wrong? Because you usually would never do something like this for anyone. Were you that worried about me while I was gone?" Nero had a serious expression, walking over to the other and placing a hand on Dante's shoulder. "It's just, I felt like I couldn't help you at all. I mean here I am decorating the house and putting on a dinner tomorrow night, which frankly I can tell you're not that big on Christmas so I know you're not enjoying it… I'm sorry I'll just call it all off…" Dante shrugged Nero's hand off his shoulder and went to grab the phone.
"Wait no! No it's nothing like that at all!" Nero dashed in front of the other snatching the phone out of his hands. "Ok, it's not that I don't like Christmas, I just don't fully understand it yet. And I am looking forward to having other people over! Don't worry about me going alone to handle missions, I do it all the time! I mean we have both killed a lot of much more serious assholes by ourselves, I think I can handle a few shit lickers on my own." He gave Dante a caring smile and then did something he thought he'd never do, he hugged him.
Dante tensed for a second, then relaxed. "Shh, stop stressing, everything's ok." Nero said quietly. Dante pulled out of the hug then gestured to the coffee table, blushing softly as he was surprised by the hug. "Well, I guess we should eat or something." Dante smiled, feeling bad that he worried so much over nothing.
They both sat down and enjoyed the pizza and coffee, then watched some TV before they both went to bed.
Dante couldn't sleep that night, wondering what that hug meant. Had it been because Nero is just an affectionate person, or was it something more? Moreover, did he start feeling things for Nero? Was it his smile when he drinks a cup of coffee on cold mornings and look out the window to see snow gently falling? Was it when Nero would pass out on the couch after being exhausted after a mission, he would mumble stupid things in his sleep? Dante wouldn't know and at this point his mind wouldn't stop reeling, his thoughts racing of the possibility of having a crush on the other, and that Nero also might have a crush on him in return.
It was all too much for Dante to think about this late and so he grabbed his mp3 and blasted some heavy metal into his headphones to drown out the outside world and his own plaguing thoughts.
No "Verge" isnt a spelling mistake, its just what i think dante would call his brother. So that concludes chapter one. i have the other chapters mostly written up i just need to double check over a few things first. Also im sorry its short, i feel like if i write too much i ramble on about nothing important.