"Tony!" cried a shrill childish voice as the door was pushed open and Dante winced and sought the closest cover, behind the Christmas tree.
"Patty, he's listening to Dante now, don't forget that." an older voice calmly trying to talk to the child about what he had brought to the Devil May Cry.
"Where is he now? DANTE!" Patty shouted now very loudly and Dante tried to make himself even smaller behind the tree, he didn't feel like meeting Patty. Why did Morrison bring Patty with him? Patty hadn't been invited, how could he explain this to Vergil? She was a kid, but an annoying kid. One reason he hadn't wanted children until Vergil came back into his life.
He could still remember how he had to take care of Patty. Shouldn't she be with her mother?
"Who is calling so loudly?" could be heard from above and Dante swore quietly, that was Vergil's voice.
"Dante! Finally I see you again!" called the child and he could literally see his brother winced, just came from the fact that they were twins, Vergil was taken for him.
"I am not my brother." Uh Vergil sounded icy and he peered between the branches of the tree and saw Patty halfway up the stairs at the statement.
"But ... where is my fiance?" Patty asked and Dante really had enough. He had to straighten things out quickly before his brother would kill anyone.
"Fiance?" he heard his brother ask and he could literally feel how it was getting colder in the room.
"Eh .. here I am." said Dante and came out from behind the tree and he felt everyone in the room looking at him. Meanwhile he also felt how Lady, Amedeo and Nero looked at him together with the rest.
"Get the girl away." Vergil's cold words and he watched his brother disappear into the apartment. He had once again messed up explaining everything to Vergil, but he knew exactly that he had said at some point that he had taken care of a girl. Only that Patty imagined himself as his alleged fiancee ... he sighed. When did the girl decide? He had joked at the time that she could come back in ten years to go on a date, but nothing else.
The girl would be responsible for his death, he could already feel it.
"Morrison why did you bring her with you?" he hissed at his good friend who had made himself comfortable on the sofa.
"She showed up at my place today, wanted to invite me to spend Christmas with her. I explained that I was invited to your place. She joined me." Dante could read between the lines that Morrison hadn't gotten rid of her, fine. How was he supposed to deal with it now?
"Lady? Could you talk to Vergil? You know Patty too." he asked, looking up at the railing on which Lady was leaning.
"You mean I should be killed first even though you messed up? You know what condition Vergil is in, you should clarify that, not me." Lady's words and she crossed her arms over her chest. He looked at Nero and Amedeo who were still standing next to Lady and earned confused looks from both.
"Then you take care of Patty, I'll talk to my brother." If Dante's words were and he walked past Patty up the stairs, stopped at Nero and Amedeo.
"I'll explain this to your mom, I'll be right back." quieter words to the children and he felt critical looks from both of them. He would clarify this with both of them later, for now Vergil was more important.
"Vergil?" he asked when he was in the apartment and looked around for his brother, finally he found him sitting on the bed in the bedroom, Yamato next to him. Not a good sign for him.
"Fiancee?" Vergil asked, pulling Yamato out of his sheath and aiming at him. Dante was just able to evade but now he had his back to the wardrobe.
"What's next, Dante? More women I don't know about? Any children that are yours? What, Dante, what?" Vergil hissed at him and he swallowed, considering his words. His brother had been in such a good mood today and Patty had screwed it up.
"I told you about her, where we spoke, about the girl I was watching out for, that's Patty." he told Vergil in a calm tone and hoped it would calm his brother down a bit.
"Sometimes she's a little overzealous. She once decorated my entire office in pink when I wasn't there, stuffed animals everywhere and pink." The worst had been anyway, she had also eaten his Strawberry Sundae, only that would be less reassuring to his brother. It had been a year or two since he'd seen her, he couldn't remember it that well. His mood hadn't been in the best then; it had only improved since he'd had Vergil and Nero with him.
Dante watched as Vergil had still drawn Yamato and wondered whether he would use it again or not. He really didn't hope Vergil would do it and finally he put Yamato back in the sheath and Dante sighed in relief.
"Vergil ... she is really just a child. You know very well that there is only you for me, no matter what was in the past. She is just cheeky, apparently this character trait has not changed in her." he explained slowly and very carefully approached his brother, he wanted to try to take him in his arms and to hug him. His brother eyed it suspiciously but finally let him pull him into his arms.
"Do you know what is cute about you? No matter which woman has been messing in here so far, you wanted to kill her, and they were never a danger. Even if I like your jealous manner, you don't need to be afraid, Vergil." he said calmly, looking his brother in the eye at his words.
"I'm not jealous." Vergil hissed at him and Dante just grinned.
"Of course, that's why you wanted to kill Lady. I still remember how angry and scared you were at the same time. As you thought she would be one of my bed stories." his brother just scowled at him and maybe it wasn't so smart to mention that, after all, he had screwed up a lot afterwards and it was Lady who got Vergil out of the tub.
"As I said then, it's not my business." Vergil said icily and Dante only pulled his brother closer to him.
"Please believe me. There was never anything, she is like a sister to me. But Lady doesn't matter now." said Dante and distributed very loving kisses on Vergil's cheek and corner of his mouth, his brother just watched him suspiciously.
"Sister? You sleep with your Twin, but keep talking." Vergil grumbled and Dante rolled his eyes briefly, his brother should finally relax!
"Vergil." he managed to complain, his brother could get on his nerves sometimes.
"What should I say? She is just a child that I protected and saved several times, she was a reason why I didn't want children." he explained and put both hands on Vergil's cheeks.
"But, since I've had you, I'm glad that there are Nero and Amedeo. They are great children and I'm really happy that Nero calls me dad. I love being able to be her dad. But what I love even more is you Vergil. You actually know that ...and I'm looking forward to our little devil that grows in you." Dante grumbled back the last words to his brother and simply kissed him. Vergil refused to give in to the kiss for a few moments, but finally he kissed him back and clung to Dante.
Dante felt how desperate Vergil felt, how helpless and he hated it. As if Vergil still feared somewhere inside that he would not be enough for Dante, which was not true at all. He loved Vergil with every fiber of his being, he didn't want anyone else. It was his Omega, he didn't want any other. He had understood that himself when he was Rosso Angelo that Vergil was his and nobody else's.
"Bite me, mark me as yours." therefore he only whispered in Vergil's ear when he broke away from his lips to gasp for air. He had wanted to change anyway, so he quickly took off his shirt and presented his naked upper body to Vergil.
Vergil pulled on his arm, pushed him onto the bed and sat astride him, leaned forward and looked at him with glowing blue eyes for a moment before biting his neck.
"Fuck." gasped Dante, putting both arms around Vergil and caressing his back. Let his brother make his ownership claims clear, his brother belonged to him as he belonged to Vergil. He blinked briefly, confused, when Vergil pulled away from his neck again, but when he saw that Vergil only changed the side of the neck to bite him again, he could only smile. Should his brother bite him wherever he wanted, he didn't even care if Vergil insisted if he later sat topless all the time so he could show everyone who he belonged to. He didn't really care.
"If you nibble on me more dear brother, I'll get a boner." he whispered to him and continued to stroke his back.
Dante only heard his brother growl at his last words and ran his hands under the light blue sweater his brother was wearing, stroking his fingertips over the skin of him. He felt Vergil get goosebumps and finally his brother pulled away from his neck and licked his bloody lips.
"You belong to Me." growled words and Vergil kissed him longingly and he was only too happy to give in and turned around with his brother so that Vergil was on his back. He used one hand to support himself and the second he used to stroke Vergil's chest. Dante didn't mind belonging to his brother, not at all.
"Um ... I don't want to disturb you both but ..." Lady's words made Dante think about the here and now again and even Vergil composed himself and went red in the face.
"You could at least have closed the door if you were fumbling around to calm down. Be glad that it's me and not one of the children." more words and Dante slowly broke away from his brother and sat down next to him on the bed.
"We'll come to you in a moment, thank you Lady." Dante muttered and she just grinned at him.
"Don't forget the blood on your neck and Vergil thinks the sweater needs to be changed." amused words before she closed the door and left them alone.
Vergil also sat up slowly and looked at Dante, embarrassed.
"Now that that's settled." he muttered to himself and Dante couldn't help but lean over and kiss Vergil again.
"What do you think of giving us a little more time?" he asked after he had released Vergil's lips again, grinning mischievously. Dante could follow Vergil's gaze exactly as his brother looked into his crotch and saw the bump there; it looked similar with his beloved brother.
"How about using our mouths for fun ..." Dante mused and watched as Vergil took off his sweater and threw it carelessly from the bed. Dante just grinned and pounced on Vergil's lips again with his.
Nero and Amedeo had stopped at the top of the door and followed Dante with their eyes. Now they turned their eyes to the girl who had made sure that her mother was no longer in a good mood. Ame and Nero had long agreed that when their mother was happy, everyone was happy, only this girl had managed to make her mother sad. So this girl was an enemy.
"May I kill her?" Amedeo asked softly to Nero who looked at him shaking his head.
"No, even if she made mom sad, we can't just kill humans like that." Amedeo fell silent again and Nero looked at the girl with the pink dress and the long blond hair. He didn't like her, he had met other girls in the playground during the time he was often there with Lady, they had been nicer.
"Who are you two? I don't know you." asked the girl and Nero and Amedeo just stared at her in silence.
"Come on guys, you can at least introduce yourself. Where are your manners?" Lady's words and they both looked at her before they fixed the girl again.
"Nero and this is my brother Amedeo." Amedeo nodded when Nero introduced them both and then they were silent again and watched the girl sit down next to the older man.
"Hello Morrison." Nero greeted him from above and waved down at him.
"Hello Nero." there were friendly words in return and after that Nero didn't know what to do. They were freshly bathed and properly dressed, so actually they had done everything they should.
"Shall we play something, Nero?" Amedeo finally asked his little brother and Nero looked up at Ame and nodded.
"Sounds like a plan, dinosaurs or the cars this time?" Nero's question and Ame cocked his head slightly and considered.
"Both? Is that possible?" Nero just giggled at his brother's question and nodded.
"Sure, come on let's get the toys. Let's play in front of the tree, there is plenty of space and we don't disturb mom and dad." Nero's words, who briefly disappeared inside followed by Amedeo to then make himself comfortable with the toys in front of the tree to play.
"Can I play with you?" Patty asked after a while and Nero and Amedeo looked at each other and considered and Nero finally nodded.
"Only if you promise not to make mom unhappy anymore." his words and Patty looked at him confused. What did this girl not understand?
"Mom? Do you mean Lady?" Nero sighed theatrically, still someone who didn't understand.
"No, Lady is not our mother. Dante's brother is our mom." explained Nero so that every child could understand it. He knew what he was talking about and just put a dinosaur in Patty's hand and just started to play with his own dinosaurs.
"But how?" was Patty's question and the usually shy Amedeo answered this time.
"It's none of your business, you're an outsider." he explained matter-of-factly and then just played with his brother. Patty just dropped the topic for the moment and played with the boys, she would just ask Dante about it later.
Lady was glad that the boys had made up with Patty for the moment. She didn't feel like having to explain anything to the twins later if this had gone wrong. Fortunately the children were brought up well enough that they weren't really angry with Patty for long, at least it didn't seem like that when she was watching the boys and Patty.
So she went to look after the twins and was really glad that it had only been her. As if Dante and Vergil were about to be finished, somehow she doubted what they had looked like. Dante's necks were completely bloody, Vergil's red mouth, some demon things were going on and she wasn't interested. She just stayed out of that.
She couldn't help but upset the two of them, but who wouldn't do that if you caught someone red-handed? She had just amused it damn well and inside she was really glad that the two had made up again, especially after she knew that Vergil was pregnant. Stress was definitely not good, especially if you had already experienced difficult pregnancies, which was the case with Vergil.
She didn't even want to imagine what fear he felt when he noticed it. That must have been very difficult for him and the rest of them. She would try to be a really good aunt, she would also take care of the baby when Vergil and Dante needed a good night's sleep or some alone time later. But of course, she would charge Dante, some routine had to be maintained.
"How are mom and dad?" was Nero's question when Lady came back downstairs and she smirked.
"They feel better again, they talk a little longer and then they come to us." was her answer, although at the thought that the two would come down, she really had to hold back not to grin. She just had to think suggestively and she hoped Trish would finally show up soon. And speaking of the devil, Trish kicked in the door to the Devil May Cry a few seconds after she sat down next to Morrison on the sofa.
"Speaking of the devil ... hey Trish just thought of you." Lady greeted her with a laugh and nudged Morrison.
"Where are your presents old man, for the family and us?" she asked once and got up again to go to the mini fridge and nodded satisfied when she found the alcohol there. Good Dante.
"Why are there so many people outside? They really stopped me and my motorcycle, this stupid traffic." Trish grumbled dissatisfied and tossed her coat over Dante's desk after putting down the bag she came in with.
"It's Christmas Trish, it's normal for people to be out and about, more than usual." Morrison explained and got up to go to Dante's bar here to get glasses for them all, as if he didn't know his way around here too. Especially in the tidy state like now he found his way around quickly and gave Lady the glasses. Which she filled with the sparkling wine she had brought with her, red wine and even stronger ones in the fridge for later.
"I want a glass of wine too." Patty's words and Lady just looked at her and shook her head.
"No, you are too young for that young lady, what would your mother say? Why are you not with her?" was Lady's question as she sat down and made herself comfortable in the middle of the sofa, Trish on her left and Morrison on her right.
"My mother is with her new boyfriend and his kids, I don't like them. So I went to Morrison and then I went here with him." she explained and Lady sighed, sometimes it wasn't hard not to like Patty. But somewhere she could understand Patty, luckily her mother was sociable and allowed her daughter a lot.
Lady wondered where she sipped from her glass, what would Vergil's baby be, whether girl or boy, but it would take a while before that happened. How long was a half-demon pregnancy actually? She had to ask Vergil that later when they had a little more peace to talk. But now she just took care of the children while she watched Trish get up after emptying her glass to unpack her bag. She conjured up wrapped presents and simply put them under the tree.
"Because of Dante I really had to buy something on the last minute, woe to him not like it." Trish's words as she sat down on the sofa again and crossed one leg over the other.
"Do you know how annoying it was to squeeze through a pack of smelly people? Who is this child there, another child of Vergil?" Trish asked, eyeing the girl more closely.
"No, completely forgot that you don't know her Trish. That was a previous case of Dante taking care of her." Morrison explained friendly and Trish just nodded, walked to the refrigerator and took the open bottle of sparkling wine out to the sofa and filled her glass there and kept the bottle with her.
"Could have been, after all, one of his tiny demons is blond too." she said and drank some of the glass again and continued to fixate the children playing. Lady just reached for the bottle to refill her own glass.
"Do I have to disappoint you Trish, Patty is not Vergil's child." she said and looked at Patty who was looking back and forth between the three of them and the brothers.
"Demons?" she asked and looked again at the boys who paused with their game and also eyed her.
"Sure demons. I'm one and so are the kids." Trish said and had fun teasing Patty a little, she was just damn bored. She didn't understand all of Christmas, she would have preferred to be in clubs and parties than here in a family environment. This old-fashioned music, this tree, in addition to which she really had to buy gifts, maybe a few clubs were open later that she could make unsafe with Lady.
"But why didn't Dante kill you?" Patty asked and sounded visibly shaken and you could even hear a trace of fear in her voice. She had a lot of experience with demons for her age, but they weren't the best.
"Because they're family, Patty." Dante's words from above, freshly changed, he was wearing a red plaid shirt that Vergil had chosen for him at the time, with blue jeans.
"I don't kill my family. Why should I kill my kids and one of my friends?" Dante added to his words from before and went down the stairs followed by Vergil.
Vergil wore a blue cardigan, with a simple white shirt underneath, and black skinny jeans. If you looked more closely at the necks of Dante and him, you could see fresh hickeys and bite marks.
"You took some time to talk." Lady threw in and Vergil just smiled and clicked his tongue.
"Just enough for all the guests to arrive. If it's suitable anyway, we can eat right away if you're hungry." Nero and Amedeo rose to go to Vergil and were hugged by him and words were quietly exchanged that were only intended for the three of them. Dante himself ruffled Patty's hair.
"You can always leave if you don't like it here." his words, which were perhaps a bit pointed, but he didn't let anything come off his friends and certainly nothing on his family.
"No no, it's okay. I was just wondering." Patty immediately appeased and got up from the floor where she had played with the boys before.
"Dante? Can I ask you something in private?" Dante looked at Vergil first, he nodded and then Dante looked at Patty again.
"If you have to." he mumbled, and he noticed Morrison and the rest of them standing up.
"Where do we eat later? Up or here?" Morrison's question.
"Above. We put the chairs and the table from the kitchen into the living room so that we can all find space. Everything else is provided down here." Vergil explained who gave way to Morrison and the rest as they all went upstairs.
"Come on, let's go Nero and Amedeo, let's leave Dante and Patty alone for a moment. Lady would like to help me in the kitchen again?" asked Vergil who took his children by the hand and went upstairs again.
"Sure, just tell me what to do again."
Dante sat on the sofa and propped himself up with his elbows on his knees as he looked at Patty.
"What do you want to know, make it short, I want to help my brother in the kitchen." he asked Patty and watched her sit down next to him.
"You didn't tell me that you had a brother who looked just like you." Dante sighed, the subject was not important then. It was just as unimportant now that he didn't want to explain everything to Patty.
"It didn't matter at the time, I thought he was dead." He summed it up briefly anyway and she nodded and probably considered further questions.
"But you could have told me, we're friends." Dante just sighed and just waited for her to continue.
"What I wanted to know, however, is how can your brother be the mother of both of them? Of Amedeo and Nero?" she asked and Dante got up, paced up and down in front of the Christmas tree.
"I don't want to explain this to you, you are too young for that too. Just accept it like Morrison and be kind to Vergil and his children or you fly." he grumbled to himself. Somehow he just fell back into his old pattern, the only thing missing was that he started to play poker again or gamble for money. Damn it, had that been a depressive phase of his, he was just wondering how he had endured Patty around him for so long.
"Are you finished now, or something else?" he asked now and put his hands in his pocket and made the perfect impression that he wanted to get rid of Patty. Patty was also reminding him of bad times, the whole chaos in Capulet City, not to mention Morris Island, it hadn't been a good time for him a few years ago, not to forget the destruction of an entire city by the demon who possessed Abigail's power. Another reason why he didn't want to invite her. It was enough for Dante that Bradley and his wife wrote him regularly on holidays, telling him how they were doing. That at some point last year they even gave birth to a little devil who came after his father. The knowledge was enough for him, he didn't want to go into it further.
"Dante, you're rude today." Patty complained and he came back from his thoughts and looked at her again, before he had been staring at the Christmas tree.
"That's how I am, do you know me differently?" he asked, walking slowly to the stairs, he didn't want to be in his past anymore, he wanted to go to Vergil and the children, to his future.
"No. You were always in a bad mood and didn't seem interested in anything except pizza and strawberry sundae." Patty commented and he just grunted in agreement and went up the stairs.
"Then live with it, behave as I said, then you can stay today. Only you can't stay here overnight, we don't have any space." Dante said before Patty invited herself in. He didn't want to catch Vergil killing Patty, he didn't want to risk that, otherwise it might affect Vergil's health.
Once at the top he also entered his apartment and just went straight into the kitchen and pulled Vergil close to him. He wanted to get rid of his bad mood and he knew the perfect way to do it. He didn't care about the others, only Vergil's closeness counted.
"What's the matter Dante?" the quiet voice of his brother and he snuggled closer to him, pulled him away from the stove and left it to Lady to see that the dumplings were ready and the red cabbage. Dante waited briefly until his brother turned to him in his embrace before kissing him, ignoring the disgusted sound Patty was making about it.
"Now I'm in a bad mood, but it's just getting better." he said after he had released himself from Vergil's lips and leaned his head on his brother's shoulder.
"Patty reminded me of a bad time a few years ago, I was pretty depressed and I didn't really care. It wasn't a good time." he muttered in his brother's ear who just held him tight and didn't let go.
"We can still kick her out to make you feel better Dante." quietly serious mumbled words back to him and he really wondered if it might not be better.
"Then Morrison would have to go and I don't want that. I think after the meal and the presents, Morrison will go and take Patty with him, until then I will hold out." his words and he looked around the kitchen, Lady ignored him and Vergil and otherwise he saw no one here anymore, just Amedeo for a moment, who fetched plates and cutlery.
"We're great, we're actually the hosts, but we're busy with ourselves most of the time." Dante slowly found more to himself as he uttered the words and Vergil laughed softly.
"You're right, then we should all eat together now. Even I feel hungry and that means something to me, Dante." Vergil's words and he gently pulled Dante's head to him again to kiss him dearly before he broke away from him and went to help Lady who was just about to get the turkey out of the oven.
"Dante, you can take the dumplings and the red cabbage, both have already been poured into bowls. The bread is also ready on the counter, just take everything that is on my left." Lady's words and Dante made himself useful by helping out.
Vergil watched his brother who gradually carried everything to the living room table and let Lady carry the turkey over while he was still preparing the sauce. This was done quickly and by the time Dante and Lady were serving everything he had prepared the sauce perfectly. That's why he carried it over after putting a sauce spoon in the pot.
"So we have everything as I see it. I hope you like it. Since yesterday I have been in the kitchen almost all the time to get everything done. Fortunately, my boys were a great help to me." Vergil said as he put the pot down and took the last free chair next to Dante.
"Please take the food yourself, if you need something, just ask. Dante, would you take care of the turkey? You have experience with dividing things up." Vergil's words and Dante got up and started to cut the bird apart with the scissors.
Fortunately, the mood was quite lively during dinner, someone had turned on the radio up here and Christmas music was playing in the background. Vergil really enjoyed it and was only too happy to pass his plate to Dante, who put a piece of turkey on his plate. Perhaps he should have written down bigger plates on the shopping list where he saw the mountains that Dante put on his plate, Nero wasn't really better there. But even Lady and Trish got plenty of food and Morrison had closed his eyes while enjoying chewing. Everyone seemed to like it really well, even Patty was silent and ate in peace. A quick glance at Amedeo, he was probably the only one with him who had little on his plate, but even Amedeo's appetite had increased lately, he was slowly getting used to human food and he was happy about that.
But now he finally concentrated on eating and even he ate more than usual for his usual circumstances. It was somehow still a successful Christmas with all of Dante's friends, even if an uninvited person was there. But even Patty was somehow at least somewhat friends with Dante, even if she had made it easy for Dante and him to want to keep her here. Vergil just hoped that the rest of the time would go by as pleasantly as it is now.
Fortunately, the whole meal stayed calm, Lady just disappeared downstairs to bring the red wine upstairs for dinner. Vergil didn't mind, but refused when she asked him, he knew anyway that she just wanted to tease him with it. But he didn't want to risk anything. So far there have been no complications that he noticed, everything went well, but Vergil was still very careful. Even after the cozy meal, he also listened to Dante who said he should rest, he would do the washing up with the children later. Vergil listened and sat down on the sofa in front of the television, somehow they were all upstairs instead of downstairs, but it didn't really bother him, sooner or later they would have to go down for the gifts anyway.
"When did you both want to tell me, Vergil?" Trish asked with a glass of red wine in hand before she sat down next to him and he blinked at her in confusion until he understood the question.
"Oh. Today, we just haven't found the time. You can feel it, don't you?" he asked and Trish hummed in agreement.
"Congratulations, did it happen in hell or when do you guess?" her next question and Vergil himself had already thought about it several times.
"In terms of time, I would guess hell. I can't really estimate it." Words from him and he looked at Dante who was just talking to Lady and Morrison, his children had confiscated Patty that she couldn't do any more stupid things. He was very grateful for that.
"Lady already knows? At least she looks like that." the next question from Trish and he nodded in agreement.
"Since she was there earlier to help me in the kitchen, I told her." Vergil said, wondering since when he got along with Trish so well that he told her these things. Must really be because of all the shared experiences they had together.
"I hope then that Dante will take good care of you. Pregnant omegas are easy prey, so it's good that the demons are still busy with the aftermath of Amdusia's death." Trish's words and she patted Vergil on the shoulder, he just nodded silently and stared at Dante for a moment before looking back at Trish.
"I'm no longer defenseless myself, the demons should just try, I won't be easy prey." were his words. He would not let someone take this child away from him, it was Dantes and his child and he would do anything to protect it no matter how much fear and concern he had.
"That's the right attitude." Trish's more words before she got up from the sofa and went to the stereo system and played around on the radio until she had found suitable, not so boring music for herself. It was still Christmas music but so that you could dance to it, which Trish took advantage of when she grabbed Lady and began to dance with her. Morrison and Dante watched them both before they came to the sofa with a smile.
"Well, what did you talk about?" Vergil asked as Dante pulled him close so he could lean back and Morrison sat down too.
"About work, Morrison believes that I am slowly owing enough to him and that I should slowly reduce the mountain of debt." said Dante and let a hand wander to Vergil's neck and then caressed it.
"I don't want to appear stingy, but the conversation is slowly necessary my reserves don't last forever, you two. Dante and Lady have also explained your special situation to me, Vergil. Congratulations on that. But I find jobs that are in town, Dante can take over as long as there is no greater danger here." Morrison's diplomatic words and Vergil nodded, he had already wondered how long they could call on his help.
"As long as it really stays in this city and nothing dangerous, I don't mind." He would like to keep Dante to himself all the time, but somehow money had to be made. The logical and rational part knew that it had to be, only the Omega in him wanted to keep his Alpha with him for the whole months, he didn't want to be far away from him.
That was his vulnerable part in him, he still knew that at some point he had begged Amdusias to stay with him. Vergil had hated himself so much for it, but at the same time after Amdusias had complied with his request, he had felt better. He just needed the presence of an alpha to feel calm and relaxed. Only since he and Dante were inseparable, he really hoped it didn't have to come to that. Dante still lived here and he would only be gone for a few hours, he would manage that.
"I won't be gone forever and I'll only take light jobs, Vergil." Dante promised him just now and he nodded, relaxed his hands again, which had clenched into fists.
"We'll manage it." words of encouragement and he nodded. They would do it together.
"Mother?" Amedeo came into view and next to him Nero.
"Yes sweetheart?" he asked, eyeing his children, they wanted something.
"When can we have our presents?" was now Nero's question and Dante had to start laughing and even he had to join in.
"It must be time to go down to the Christmas tree." Vergil giggled slightly when he uttered the words and saw how his children were happy, he saw the sparkle in their eyes.
Arriving downstairs in the office, Nero stormed immediately followed by Amedeo to the Christmas tree and Vergil only noticed again how much child Ame could be if no one prevented him. His big one had to age far too quickly, but now nobody forced him to. "Mom! What gifts are ours?" whined Nero and he just smiled to himself as he sat down on the floor with his children. Dante sat behind him and threw his arms around him.
"So impatient kid, you'll get them soon enough. Friends sit down." Dante's request and Vergil leaned against his brother before reaching for the first present.
"For Lady," he read aloud and passed the present on.
"Oh perfume, exactly what I was talking about the other day." she said and Trish just grinned.
"Your gift was the easiest one to find, sweetie." Now Vergil reached for a present again and this time it was a present for Nero. Nero didn't even bother to carefully open the gift, rather tore the paper from the big package as quickly as possible and was amazed when he saw a car racing track with cars depicted on it.
"Uhh I saw her with Dad in the toy store." Dante laughed.
"Hope you like it, you can play with us when we build it up later." Vergil could remember the Carrera Go thing, Nero had told him about it and knew how enthusiastic his son had been about it. Dante really bought a good present, he thought.
Next, Lady pulled two packages of the same size from under the tree.
"Oh for you two kids." she explained and handed over the packages. The children happily unpack them and then present their wooden swords.
"Wow, a sword!" Nero was very enthusiastic and looked over at Amedeo.
"Let's play with it Ame!" The other presents had just been written off when he pulled his brother's arm and dragged him to the open space.
"Mother?" Amedeo asked, slightly desperate, and Vergil giggled.
"You can, but it's a game, Amedeo. It's about having fun and not necessarily about winning. You shouldn't hurt yourself either." he explained to his son and he seemed relieved at the explanation. Amedeo then also concentrated on playing with Nero.
Vergil himself watched the two of them a little before he looked back at the presents and saw how Trish had just received a present from Lady. Inside were earrings and as happy as Lady looked because Trish liked the earrings, he knew that it must have been from her the gift.
Morrison was next three times in a row, twice it was expensive cigars, Dante and Lady gave each other a high five and once it was a hideous Christmas sweater from Trish. Dante was next with his two presents, one of which was a sweater, slowly you could see a pattern which presents Trish had gotten and once it was a small box with vouchers from Lady. On these pieces of paper it was written, for example: I'll take your job, I'll take care of your children, I'll go shopping for you and so on …
"Thank you both, I think I can use both of them." Dante said happily and even afterwards pulled up a present and pressed it into his brother's hand. Vergil was not like his children, slowly and carefully he opened the gift and the more he could guess what it was, the more he had to blink.
"Oh Dante .." he mumbled softly when he finally completely exposed the violin case. He had owned a violin when he was a child, but sadly he hadn't had much time to practice with it. Her house had been attacked a few months later after he had the violin.
"This time you don't throw the violin in the fireplace." Vergil admonished his brother who laughed.
"No, no need to. I hope you find plenty of time to practice." Dante whispered in Vergil's ear and the women giggled when they saw Vergil's nose go red.
"Here's another one for you." said Lady and Vergil opened it and found a terrible sweater.
"Thank you Trish ..." Vergil mumbled enthusiastically as best he could. Then sorted the children's presents aside and then picked up a smaller present for Lady.
"Ah that must be from you ... woe are socks." Lady's words and when she opened it, her expression darkened.
"Dante ... honestly? Even my gift is more useful than yours." she complained and presented socks, only when she picked up the pair of socks a note fell to the floor.
"There you will find your present." was Dante's answer when he handed her the note.
"That ... seriously, Dante? You have to queue for months with this guy to get an appointment." Vergil turned his head to one side, curious, what had Dante given Lady?
"For you Trish there is the same present. Be glad that I once saved the guy's life, one of his customers was once possessed by a demon and raged in his shop. That's why he owed me something. Say my name, then make an appointment, I've announced you both. Hope this hairdresser meets your requirements." Otherwise, Dante had no idea what to give the women, that's why he had settled something with the guy.
"The bills are not on me, I've already clarified that with him." added Dante.
Since Amedeo and Nero were still not in the mood for their other presents, Vergil opened the remaining ones. Once there were books that went with the violin and once it was a small box with vouchers from Lady. Going shopping together, a wellness day with Lady ... there were funny vouchers in it and Vergil really liked them.
"Thank you, really very nice of you." he thanked him and looked at Patty who had been sitting quietly on the sofa and sighed softly.
"Patty, you will get your Christmas present next time. But call ahead and tell us when you will come over so we can be there and have time." he explained to her with a smile and Vergil saw how happy she was.
"Thank you, I promise." Patty's happy words and he nodded to her and then looked at Morrison who cleared his throat.
"Now that all the gifts have been distributed, you will get your presents from me." his words when he took out his checkbook shortly afterwards and gradually pushed a check into each hand.
"Morrison, that much was ... thank you man." were Dante's words and he showed Vergil the check they had received. The sum of money had five digits, that was a hell of a lot of money.
"Since you have to expand, I think some costs will be covered with it. In addition, new clothes, furniture, paint ... but does not mean that I will cancel your debts." Morrison explained and then slowly rose from the floor.
"And since I'm an old man, I'll apologize now. Patty, come on let's go." he said and went to his coat. The rest got up too, even the boys stopped playing and came over to them, both sweaty.
Everyone said goodbye to each other in a friendly manner. All guests thanked Vergil again for the delicious food.
"Really call ahead, uninvited guests are never great, little one." Vergil also said when he knelt in front of Patty and helped her with her coat to button it. Then gently straighten a few strands behind her ear.
"I'll do it and thank you for letting me stay." her words, and Vergil just had to give her a hug. Dante then hugged her again.
"See you next time, all of you." was then repeated by everyone and finally the door fell shut and there were only four of them left. Dante immediately locked the front door too.
The boys unpacked their other presents, including a sweater for everyone who couldn't be missing. From Lady there were again boxes with vouchers and the last present for Amedeo was an additional package for the Carrera Go from Nero so that more people could play.
Dante actually found his last present very good, so the whole family could play and no one had to argue later, only he thought that he should rather postpone it until tomorrow when he saw a little tired Nero who was half asleep on the sofa. Amedeo looked no less tired and when he thought about how much Vergil had worked, it was high time for him to relax. With all the food and gifts, it was already quite late when he looked at the clock, it was after nine o'clock in the evening, almost ten o'clock even.
"Come on, let's go upstairs, children, you're going to bed in a moment." he said and took Nero in his arms while he watched as Vergil collected the presents as best he could with Amedeo so that they could come upstairs.
"We'll move the rest up tomorrow." Dante said and Vergil and Amedeo nodded, but both tried to take everything with them.
Why didn't Dante wonder about that? He just went upstairs and helped Nero get ready for bed. Finally, when he came out of the bathroom with him, Vergil and Amedeo were also upstairs. He put Nero in bed and kissed him goodnight on the forehead before he made himself comfortable in the living room. Here Dante would tidy up even after sleeping, the leftover food was already in the refrigerator, only all the glasses and plates and all that, tomorrow ...
"Dante?" Reluctantly his name was pronounced by Amedeo.
"Yup?" he asked back and saw Amedeo getting closer.
"I had talked to Nero about it before ... he said you wouldn't mind ... may I call you Dad too?" It took Dante a moment to understand Amedeo's words and then he grinned and got up again and just pulled Ame into his arms.
"Of course you can do that. You guys are my boys." he just hugged him for another moment before pulling away from him.
"But now for you too, off to bed with you."
Amedeo nodded happily and Dante looked after him, saw Vergil come out of the children's room and went to meet his brother.
"Come on, let's cuddle up in bed and talk a little more and relax." He took Vergil by the hand after his brother had also said goodnight to Amedeo and gently pulled him behind him.
"You know, Ame just asked me if he could call me Dad. And today was really a nice Christmas. But I just want to rest now, what do you think, dear brother?" asked Dante and looked at his brother who was taking off his cardigan and then his jeans.
"Today was really nice, Patty was also a nice child after we had talked. I think the children had a lot of fun together, they don't often get to know someone new, especially Patty theoretically should be at Amedeo's age. Maybe if she comes to visit often, that's not so bad. But that Amedeo asked you, that's really wonderful." the words of his brother and he took off his clothes too. Watched how his brother put on his pajamas, he really didn't have anything for it, but somehow he found this sexy on Vergil.
Dante stayed with his boxer shorts and a T-shirt for the night, only that was just what his brother snatched from under his nose.
"Without?" he asked and only got a playful smile from Vergil. "Okay, you know I don't mind." he said, amused, and went to bed. Vergil followed him shortly afterwards and snuggled up to him.
"Thanks again for the violin and the nice presents for the children." Vergil muttered to his chest and he just pulled him closer.
"You know, I'll do everything for you and the children to make you happy. I love you." approving hum from Vergil and a sleepy "I love you more." and a little later he noticed how his brother had fallen asleep. Someone was probably very exhausted, Dante himself yawned and snuggled even more to his loved one before he slipped into the land of dreams.