Vergil didn't care about holidays of any kind, they were trivialities that he had no time to endure but unfortunately, now that he had Nero, he had to at least pretend to celebrate them. He could always drop Nero off in Dante's house and make him celebrate with his bubbly pest, but today the last thing he wanted to do was keep those two together.
Nero burst into his room at around six am to give him a secret present, even if Vergil knew what it was all along he kept quiet. He didn't have a cellphone, but Nero's preschool required a number in case of emergency and he'd given them Dante's. They had a meeting of sorts to acquire funds for the gifts and Dante didn't have second doubts to give them the 10 dollars they were asking for. After explaining what it was in a mocking tone, he claimed that he would've given them double if needed.
The gift was a square wooden key holder with Nero's picture in the middle, nothing too fancy or complicated. His child was proud of his work, even if all he did was trace the word 'Daddy' at the top with some kind of colorful glue
Vergil would've preferred that it said father, daddy sounded too…pretentious.
Still, he hung it next to the front door after Nero's continuous whining that almost turned into a tearful hissy fit just to keep his mouth shut.
Vergil barely used it, but never took it down.
"Do not touch it." Vergil's words surprised Nero. It was just an old handcraft and Vergil wasn't the kind of guy to hold sentimental value over things, let alone objects Nero knew he disliked.
"It's trash." Nero's attempts to comprehend Vergil's protectiveness over the damn thing came to an end when he saw the devilish smirk forming on his father's lips.
"You cried when I mentioned I desired to get rid of it. I fear what would happen to you if I took it down."
Nero snorted, finding his father's words unamusing. Vergil was one to hold grudges.
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