Chapter 8: Breakfast & Favors

Chapter 8

"So is it a boy or a girl?", asked Anne trying to cheer Kyrie up a little bit with some small talk. The girl had to have her mind on something else. Everything would be alright in the end.

"I don't really know, I haven't had an ultrasound done yet, I need one soon though."

"I see...would you like to have a boy or a little girl?"

"I don't have a preference on gender, but I hope whatever comes to be healthy, and to have Nero's eyes.", she smiled to herself, kind of daydreaming.

"So I figure Nero is the dad, then?...Sorry if it sounded rude to nose into your personal life."

"No, no problem, do not worry...Yes he's the dad.", she sighed, "I just wish he was here, with me and his baby...", she said caressing her tummy and getting sad all over again. Truth be told she had absolutely no idea how Nero would react.

"Ohh, don't worry he'll, unh, come around." Anne said trying to improve the mood.

"Yeah, I just hope so, if he sets foot at my former house, my brother will kill him, no doubt about that."

"Don't worry, everything will turn out to be ok.", she needed something to help assure the poor girl her boyfriend would be safe, so she thought about every possible thing that could happen for him to know she wasn't home anymore, but nothing came to mind, so then Anne suddenly blurted out:

"Maybe Dante could find him, and tell him about your baby and your brother's...situation, that might help you both out."

"Do you really think so?, I just don't want to bother Dante more than I already have."

"Oh, don't worry, he surely would do it without a complaint, since he is friends with..."

"Nero", Kyrie returned.

"Yes, with Nero."

Gosh, now Anne was indeed utterly screwed.

"Tomorrow I'll ask him, if he could do that I would be so relieved, just knowing he would know about my brother's intentions towards him, Dante's been an angel to me."

"Yeah, unh, he's...kind."

"Yes.", Kyrie whispered.

"Now let me help you settle in, and take care of those bruises."

xxx the following afternoon xxx

Kyrie didn't get that much sleep, and since it was 5.a.m, she figured she could make some coffee and maybe some other cooking for breakfast.

"It is the least I can do to repay generosity", she thought.

Little did she know 5.a.m was just WAY TOO early for someone such as Dante to be up drinking coffee.

Then she headed to the kitchen and noticed it was so neat and tidy, so organized and cozy, that she almost felt afraid to break anything in there.

"It definitely is Anne's doing, surely it is", since a guy like Dante just didn't seem like the type to be organized, especially when it came to the kitchen.

She decided to start with coffee, so she took the coffee pot that was over the counter and started rummaging through the kitchen's various items. It was when she noticed a silhouette on the far side of the kitchen, sitting on a chair by the window book in hand.

She figured it was Dante because of the white hair and blue eyes, even though the hair was styled differently comparing to the previous night.

"Maybe yesterday it was messy because he was sleeping", she thought to herself.

She then decided to start a conversation, since he had yet to acknowledge her presence.

"Good morning Dante, would you like some coffee?", she casually said.

"Dante's sleeping.", the white haired figure dryly retorted not moving his eyes off from the book in hand.

Kyrie was just dumbfounded, but managed to ask again "Would you like some, then?"

"No, I already had mine.", Vergil said as he exited the room not even looking at her or even thanking her for the offer.

At that exact moment, Anne was going to the kitchen to start making breakfast. It was early but she figured getting an early start would prove itself to be most valuable, after all that day would be atypical having the girl in and all. She decided to leave her bed, that was currently on the space below the staircase to move to the kitchen. As she stepped into the kitchen she saw Vergil exiting with a book in hand, wearing nothing but a royal blue silk robe. She then automatically started wondering what would be under that robe, if he had the same six pack his brother had, if he had any freckles or something, if his chest was muscular, if his skin was soft, and if his lips were soft..."Stop it Anne, he's your boss...well one of them, wake up!", she shouted to herself in her mind.

"Good morning mister Vergil."

He only nodded his head, not making eye contact once more.

She decided to shrug it off and do what she had to do, not lust over a guy who didn't even talk to her, let alone see her as something more than a puny little maid. It was just his mysterious ways, dark and all...It was what made her drawn to him for some weird reason. She was getting used to her routine as a maid, wake up, work, sleep. She was still a hot blooded woman that knew how to appreciate the fine and unique…even in men. Both brothers were very interesting, however there was something unique about that one. He was quiet, composed, neat and tidy…and a bookworm. He kept to himself most of the time and mostly worked it seemed. She never had much to do when it came to cleaning his premises, she needn't have to worry about his business.

"Come on Anne, you need to read a book or something, your mind is acting stupid…"

Arriving at the kitchen she spotted Kyrie organizing the table, ready to serve freshly brewed coffee, which by the way smelled wonderful, as well as some minute cookies she found on the cupboard.

"Good morning Kyrie, why up so early?, even making breakfast, you know you didn't have to, you should rest, you're expecting after all."

"Don't worry, I just couldn't get any more sleep, so I decided to make myself useful and get started with breakfast.", Kyrie stated.

"Well, thank you then.", Anne said with a smile.

"It was a pleasure. Help yourself with some, just be careful not to get burnt! It's still pretty hot."

"Ok, thanks again.", Anne said as she got comfortable on a chair.

"Miss Anne, who's that sir who was here a while back? I mistook him for Dante, but then he said that Dante was sleeping and left. He didn't even want any breakfast."

"Ahh, he's Dante's twin, Vergil. He's not the chitty-chatty type, actually I never had a real conversation with him."

"Oh I see, they're just so similar. Hope he didn't take it as an offense, mistaking him and all."

"Don't worry."

When both girls were to begin a new subject guess who burst into the kitchen?...Yeah you got it right, Dante.

"Hey babes I could smell it from upstairs, so I came to party as well."

"Oh, good morning mister Dante.", said Anne followed by Kyrie's own greetings.

"Morning, you two. So the both of you did this?", he said already attacking the poor cookies.

"Actually this is all Kyrie's doing, I arrived shortly after she was done here."

"Whoa if I knew a pregnant girl would be this helpful around the house, I would have already impregnated a bunch and brought them here to do it for me.", he said innocently not even considering if Kyrie would take the comment in a bad way.

"Glad that you liked it.", said a very, very embarrassed Kyrie.

Anne was now between the two in that awkward situation, so she tried to make conversation.

"Umn...Kyrie would like to ask you a favour mister Dante, if it is possible.", not the wisest thing to do, but it was the only thing that came into her mind.

"Go ahead."

"Dante, I know you've already done a lot, you don't have to do it, I don't want to bother you even further...", she was going to go with a long way of excuses...way too much politeness.

"Chill out, just say it.". he said having his hand while devouring the remaining cookies. Sometimes, having more than pizza for once is a good change.

"Well, I'm really concerned about Nero's safety (she thought he couldn't fend for himself, just as if he were a child...nonono XD), so I wanted to ask you, of course only if you had nothing else planned to do, if you could find him and tell him all about the baby and my brother, please."

"And where would Nero dearest be, if I may ask?"

"I don't know exactly, but somewhere near Conrad's mountains, on the outskirts of Fortuna."

"So, you want me to go find Nero, and tell him he knocked you up and that your brother wants to rip his balls off?"

Now Kyrie was not expecting him to put it in that way. "Ummm, I suppose so?, If you don't have other matters to attend to..."

"I'll do it.", he blurted out, not even taking a second to rethink the situation.

"Really?"

"Yep…sucks he doesn't have a cellphone though…would save me the trip…"

"Thank you so much, I don't know how to thank you enough!", she said eagerly.

"Making some more cookies would be just fine by me.", he said while raising from the chair, ready to leave the kitchen.

"Surely I'll make some more right away!"

As Dante exited the room to accomplish his little 'mission' Kyrie went to the sink to start cleaning the dishes. It was when Anne shoved her off to do it herself.

"I'm so glad he could do this one more favour for me.", Kyrie said.

"Didn't I say so, don't worry... I guess, he likes these tasks, I believe your boyfriend is his friend after all."

"Yes, in some ways they turned out to be somewhat friends."

"So, just wait, he'll be back soon with your boyfriend in one piece."

"I hope he does, really hope so..."