Special Delivery

Chapter 4: Daddy's Little Girl

A/N: I figured that this story will be pretty long. I wanted to stop the whole story when October turned 21. So this will probably have about a bazillion chapters. XD

Dante shot up in the middle of the night after hearing the baby screaming over the radio. He looked over at the clock and realized that he only slept for two hours.

Sleepless nights, here I come…

Dante sat up and sighed, practically pissed off. He gets out of bed and sleep walks to October's room. The baby was kicking and crying under the blanket. He flipped the light on and realized that she was practically buried under the blanket. He made his way over to the crib and pulled the blanket off of her.

October's crying died down and turned to small whimpers.

"How'd you get under there?" Dante asked her, knowing that she wouldn't respond.

October heard the sound of her father's voice and turned her tiny head towards him. She whimpered some more and began kicking again. He didn't really know what she needed. Babies cry, don't they; and sometimes for no reason, right? Dante reached in the crib and felt her head to see if she wasn't feeling well. But she didn't have a fever… this left one more area to check… her diaper.

Dante died a little inside as he reached down to see if her diaper was wet. He never put his hands in this area on females younger than 21 so it was pretty awkward for him. The diaper was dry though, thankfully, and she smelt clean. This brought Dante's mind at ease, but then concerned him at the same time. She was still whimpering and tears came from her eyes.

What the hell do I do?

A light bulb went off in Dante's head, she could be hungry again. He picked up the baby and bought her downstairs to the kitchen. October didn't stop whimpering and kicking, making Dante a little annoyed. All he wanted was to sleep.

"C'mon Rose, gimme a break, will ya?"

October whined some more. Dante had made another bottle for her and tried to make her eat it. But she would move her head out of the way and shut her mouth.

"What's wrong? I want to go to bed." He sighed.

She wasn't hungry, she didn't have a fever and she had a clean diaper. What's wrong with her? Dante began to grow impatient. He put the bottle down and put her over his shoulder, patting her back.

"Just go to sleep… please."

October grew silent. Her whimpers turned to curious coos. Those curious coos made Dante sigh with relief. October was absorbed in her surroundings, forgetting what she was crying about. Dante kept her against his chest while she peeked over his shoulder. He walked to the office and paced until October fell back to sleep. She only wanted to be held all along. Her father's touch was what she needed. He made his way back upstairs and in her room. He placed her in her crib on her back and went to his room and collapsed in bed.

After waking up three more times that night to tend to October, his alarm finally went off for him to wake up that morning. He rolled over on the bed, mumbling and fell off.

"DAMMIT!" He sighed, getting up from the hard floor.

He stood up from his bed and made his way to the bathroom, checking on October before he did so. Stripping down to nothing, Dante stepped in the shower, running himself a cool one to wake him up. He noticed that he had an erection as well, but was too tired to relieve himself at the moment. After letting the water trickle down his hard, masculine body, he stepped out and quickly dressed and did all his other routines.

Dante dragged his feet across the floor and downstairs to his desk. He lay his head down on his desk and sighed, closing his eyes for a while, completely exhausted.

"Hey Dante, how's it goin?" Nero said, coming in the office.

Dante groaned and looked up.

"Damn, did you get any sleep last night?"

Dante slammed his head on the desk and groaned again.

"I take that as a no. But anyway, Lady had a job for you. It's an extermination job right downtown. An overabundance of demons is wreaking havoc down there and she has more of the info if you're interested. You accept?"

Dante took a deep breath. Nero made his way over to the desk and poked Dante's head a couple of times. He swatted Nero away with his arms, with his head still on the desk.

"C'mon Dante, don't you need the money? You have an addition to the family, right? So I take that as a yes."

Dante groaned really loud and stomped his foot.

"That sounded like a buffalo orgasm." Nero laughed and poked him some more.

Dante looked up with droopy looking eyes. A little anger showed in them as well.

"Want me to tell Lady you're in or…?"

"Does it look like I feel like it?" Dante moaned.

"Yep, you're beaming with excitement." Nero said sarcastically.

Dante shook his head and leaned it back on the desk, being disturbed yet again by October crying. He sighed and whined again.

"You need a girlfriend."

"Ya think?"

"Why don't you ask Lady or Trish out?"

"You can't mix work and pleasure together. Office romances never work out anyway. I'm just trying to steer clear of that one."

"What about a babysitter?"

"You're hired."

"Wait what?"

"I'm gonna go to bed. Wake me up after a few hours. She's all yours."

"But…"

"I'll take the job too. I'll leave whenever."

"But…"

"See ya kid."

Dante went upstairs and into his room, shutting off the radio and laying in bed. Nero stood downstairs, shocked and confused.

I don't know how to care for a baby…

October cried some more and Nero shuddered. Trish entered the office shortly.

"Hey, is Dante gonna go for the job?" she asked.

"Not now… I'm babysitting." Nero frowned, heading upstairs.

"What?"

Trish followed him upstairs and grabbed him by the collar. "One second." She said, "Where's Dante?"

"He's asleep."

"I'll fix that."

She went to his bedroom door and knocked first. After hearing no reply, she entered with her hands on her hips. Nero came to the doorway with October in his arms.

"Dante… Wake up!" Trish said, kicking her heel into his back.

"What did I do?" Dante whined.

Trish took the baby from Nero and handed her to Dante, "She's wet and she doesn't smell very well. Change her."

Dante frowned. "But…"

"I don't wanna hear it, mister. It was all fun and games making her, wasn't it? You can't just push her onto someone else like that. Take responsibility." Trish lectured.

Dante sighed and rolled his eyes. This was something he never wanted to do, ever. He stood up with his crying daughter and went to her bedroom. He placed her on the changing table and reached down for a diaper, the wipes and powder. Trish was beside him, making sure he knew what he was doing. He hesitantly undid her diaper and pulled it down.

"OH MAN!"

"Ugh… stop complaining."

"This is so awkward…"

Trish instructed him through his first diaper change and he was doing exceptionally well. He held her tiny legs up and wiped from front to back, gently. He rolled up the soiled diaper and tossed it in the trash, sliding a new one under the baby. He powdered her well and strapped the diaper on. It took him a while, but he got it done.

"See? It's not hard, is it? You're lucky you don't have a little boy."

"That was disgusting."

Dante looked at her with an annoyed look in his eye and handed her the baby. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed."

Trish shook her head and took the baby. Dante went back in his room and locked the door this time, which was a warning not to disturb him. He'd always do this if he was angry, tired, or just needed that 'privacy'. God knows what'll happen if he were disturbed.

Nero was downstairs listening to his music and playing on his Nintendo 3DS. Trish came downstairs with October and sat at Dante's desk. October cuddled against her breasts to keep warm, along with a small blanket that she was wrapped in.

"I swear that man gets lazier and lazier everyday."

Nero moved his headphones down and nodded. "He'll get used to it though."

"I sure hope so."

As the days went by, Dante became more knowledgeable of October's needs. She had a certain cry or whimper for certain things she needed. The balance between work, play and October were evening out. His fatherly instincts were kicking in very well. He even developed a cute little baby talk when he handled her. She grew and grew and grew, very wonderfully at that. October turned seven months and was sitting in the floor in the middle of the office, chewing on one of her play things.

Dante came from downstairs, "Hello there, missy." He greeted with his baby voice.

October laughed and reached for him. Dante bent down to pick her up,

"You're getting heavy, fatso." He laughed.

October continued to gnaw on her toy and stare at her father, grinning. It was apparently lunch time and he took her to her highchair to feed her. She slammed her hands on the tray and made raspberry noises, dropping her toy to the floor. Dante got her food, as well as his, ready. He sat across from her with his pizza and her fruit salad, feeding her a spoonful at a time. He occasionally took a bite out of his pizza, so it wouldn't get too cold. October moved the spoon out of the way and slammed her hands on the tray again.

"What?"

He looked at her and saw that she was eyeing his pizza slice. He laughed, "I don't think you can have this, kid."

She began to whine, still slamming her hands and kicking her feet.

"No no no." Dante said. But October wouldn't stop. He sighed, "Okay, I'll give you some if you be good for the rest of the day." He bribed.

October stopped throwing her fit and looked at him, opening her mouth. Dante ripped a small piece of his pizza for her and placed it in her mouth. She had four teeth already and she began to chew.

She swallowed the Italian goodness and laughed. "You like it?" Dante chuckled.

She wanted more, slamming her hands and kicking her feet, but this time breathing excitedly. Dante shook his head and ripped off another piece for her.

"No more, kay?"

October began to whine again and Dante interrupted her.

"No! You promised me that you'd be good. I don't wanna hear it."

October stopped and stared, laughing afterwards. "Good. You keep your promises." He stood up and took the bowl and plate, putting it in the sink.

October waited to be set out of her highchair. Dante picked up the toy from the floor and cleaned it off, as well as the highchair tray and October's face. He picked her up and brought her back to the office, placing her on her play pad with the toy he cleaned off for her. He sat at his desk and opened up a magazine.

The front doors opened shortly. It was Nero, stopping by to say hi.

"Hey kid. What's up?"

"I was just dropping by. I was down this way so I figured I'd come see how you were doing. Making sure you didn't have a heart attack."

"Shut up."

October waved her arms and reached up for Nero.

"Hey October, how's it goin' darlin?"

He reached down and picked her up. October had developed a relationship with them all, seeing them almost everyday. Nero treated her like a little sister and played with her when Dante couldn't. It was that moment when Dante also realized that he had what he had lost so long ago… a family. It may not be a normal or perfect family, but hell, it worked. And it felt good.

He placed her back down on the floor and came over to Dante.

"I have a feeling you want something from me." Dante sighed, looking up from his magazine.

Nero laughed, "What made you think that?"

"I can just tell, kid."

"Fine… I… was wondering… uhh…"

"Get out with it already."

"I was wondering if you had any… condoms to spare."

Dante laughed incredibly hard. It was the hardest he had ever laughed in months. "Finally decided to become active?"

Nero blushed, "Shut up. I always have been… I just ran out."

"Yeah, SURE you did."

"You have them or not?"

"Yeah, hold on." Dante chuckled and got up from the desk.

"Keep an eye on missy for me, will ya?"

Nero nodded and knelt next to her, playing along with her. Dante came back downstairs with a pack of condoms. "You sure these aren't too big?" Dante teased.

"Shut up." Nero laughed, snatching them from him and hiding them in his pocket. He was already embarrassed about the matter.

"I just don't wanna end up with a baby." Nero sassed back. Dante took him to a corner and spoke low. Who knows if babies understand what adults are talking about?

"Hey, the condom broke alright? And besides, I regretted it at first, but now, she's the apple of my eye. If you 'accidentally' have one, you won't regret it."

Nero sighed and scratched his head. He looked nervous.

"It's tonight huh?"

"W-what's tonight?"

Dante raised an eyebrow, "Who is she?"

"She's none of your business." Nero chuckled.

"So IT IS tonight?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Have fun. They're strawberry flavored." Dante smiled, patting him on the back. Nero shook his head and laughed, "Thanks."

"No problem. Don't make this a habit though. I need em too."

Nero nodded and patted October on the head before leaving.

October looked over at Dante and smiled, "Da-dee."