Author's note: I always imagined that when the twins were in school, Vergil was the smart one, the bookworm, who was good at every subject, whereas Dante, wasn't nessciarly the dumb one, he was well lazy. I imagined that Dante didn't read a book unless he had to, and even then he might come of up an excuse not to read it, maybe he might just read the cliff notes or something. I also imagined that he probably copied Vergil's homework...:lol:
Also I would like to clear a few things up, about Setesh. Setesh is NOT Vergil's wife, nor is she Persephone's mother. Setesh is Vergil's on and off again girlfriend. The impiled joke about Setesh is that she hangs around with the wrong son of Sparda. She a lot more like Dante. She never shuts up, she has truck driver or potty mouth, and she's way more of a gunslinger than a swordswoman, yet she can barely stand Dante. Hey, I guess you could say opposites attract. The reason Vergil and Setesh are on and off is because Setesh annoys Vergil quite a lot but she has her good qualities too. I just wanted to clear that up, in case I had confused anyone.
Chapter 12:
"Sh*t, f***k, ass-b*tch, motherf**ker, ass waffle, b*tch whore!!" Cried Setesh, slaming the phone down.
Vergil looked up from his book. "Tesh? How many times have I asked not to swear around, Persephone?"
"Um," said Setesh. "ah a lot? I don't really remember."
"I believe, if my calculation is correct then I have asked sixty-six times not to swear around my daughter," Vergil said, going back to his book.
"Well, sorry. But last time I checked she wasn't in the room."
"Yes. True, she isn't in the room, but she isn't deaf. And you did scream those swear words, pretty loudly. And also maybe you could tell me what an ass-bitch and an ass waffle is?"
"Hell, Vergil, I don't even know. Ass- bitch, just kinda came out of my mouth. As for ass waffle, I think I heard it somewhere, cause if you've been living in New York City as long as I have you just kinda hear **** and it sticks in your head."
"Yeah, whatever. I was just wondering."
"I thought so. Anyway what are you reading?" Setesh, asked plopping down on the couch next to him.
"The DaVinci Code."
"Why?"
"Because it looked interesting."
"I see."
"Seriously Setesh, what was the last book you read?"
"What was the last book I read?"
"Yes."
"The last book I read was the Disney version of Cinderella."
"And you read that to Persephone, right?"
"Yeah."
"That's pretty much her favorite book right now. But I meant, what was the last book you read to yourself?"
"Um, I think I read Hamlet my senior year in High School."
"That's seriously the last book you read?"
"Yeah, other than what I read to Persephone on occassion."
"That's kind of pathetic."
"What? Well honestly, Vergil...not everyone is a bookworm like you. It's not as if I don't read. I read Cosmopolitan, Lucky and People. And I read children's books to your daughter."
"Cosmopolitan, Lucky and People are magazines, they don't count as literature."
"Well they're better than what your brother reads."
"I didn't say they were worse. I said they didn't count as literature."
"And I am saying that what Dante reads would never in a million years count as literature."
"I don't think I'm on the same page as you, Tesh. You might want to fill me in on what Dante reads. I don't see him everyday anymore."
"Porn magazines, like Playboy."
"Yes, then you are correct, those do not count as literature."
~~~~~~~Meanwhile, back at Devil May Cry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since bussiness had been slow, so Dante had moved to the couch and Trish had crawled onto his lap. The couple was full on making out, when Nero burst through the doors.
"She broke up with me!" he wailed.
Dante and Trish either did not hear Nero or they had chosen to inorge him.
Nero assumed that the couple didn't hear him. So he repeated himself.
"Kryie, broke up with me!"
Dante and Trish broke apart.
"We heard you the first time, kid." said Dante.
"You did?" asked Nero, looking a little perplexed.
"Yes, we did," said Trish. "But we chose to inorge you."
"Why?" Nero asked.
"Well, kiddo," said Dante. "one reason might be that you bursted through those doors, and anounced rather loudly that Kryie broke up with you, when you could clearly see that Trish and I were busy."
"Yeah, so you were kissing. What's the big deal?"
"The big deal, Nero, is that Dante and I wanted to be alone together," said Trish, folding her arms across her chest.
"Look I'm sorry, I interupted you guys."
"But? There's a but, isn't there, Nero?" asked Trish, her arms still folded across her chest.
"Yeah, kinda," said Nero.
"Out with it, kid." said Dante
"Well, the truth is that Kryie and I probably will get back together in a few weeks, but we decided we needed to spend sometime apart and I let her stay in the apartment, so I was wondering..."
"If you could crash on our couch?" asked Trish.
"Yeah, could I?"
"I don't know. What do you think, Dante?"
Dante thought for a minute.
"For how long,kid?"
"A week or two?"
"Yeah, okay. You can crash, but under our terms."
"And what would your terms be?"
"You buy your own food..."
"Okay."
"You don't complain about my morning sickness..." said Trish.
"Okay."
"You don't complain that your bored..." said Dante.
"Alright."
"You don't call out P.D.A, if Dante and I kiss or something..."
"Alright."
"And I think that's it," said Dante.
"Any questions?" asked Trish.
"Yeah, can I swear?" Nero asked, perhaps trying to be funny.
"Why would you ask that?" asked Trish.
"Well, I asked because your pregnant, Trish. I wasn't sure if I could cause if the baby hears..."
Trish laughed. "Honestly, Nero don't worry about it. I don't give a **** if you swear. And please, if I asked you not to swear, I's have to ask Dante, not to and we both know Dante has really bad truck driver mouth. And to tell you the truth, Nero so do I."
"Alright then," said Nero. "I'm gonna go get my stuff. I'll be back in a few hours."
"Can you give me an actual number of hours?" Trish, asked.
"Four hours?"
"Okay, see you then, kid." said Dante.
"Thanks, you guys." said Nero. He left.
"Why did you ask for actual number of hours?"
"I have my reasons, Dante."
"What was your reason?"
"I want you."
"Time and place, babe..."
"The bedroom and now..."
Dante responed by picking up his wife, and carrying upstairs bridal style.
*******
"DADDY!!!!" Presphone screamed at the top of her lungs. Vergil put his bookmark in, dropped his book, grabbed Yamato, and ran as fast as could up to his daughter's bedroom. He knew exactly what was wrong. Persephone had a nightmare.
"It's okay, baby." he said, kneeling by her bed. She immediaetly wrapped her little arms around him.
"I had a bad dream, Daddy." she said. "It was so scary, Daddy!"
"Shhh...it's okay, honey. Daddy's here now. I'm never going to let anything happen to you, you know that right, Sephy?"
"I know, Daddy. In the dream there was this big scary monster chasing me."
"Go back to sleep, sweetheart. I'll stay here with you, and I'll slice that monster in half if he comes back."
"Okay."
Persephone crawled under her covers and fell back asleep a few moments later. Vergil stayed with her. He had no idea how long he had been sitting where he was, awake,until he heard a soft tap at the door. It was Setesh. From what Vergil could make out, as the only light in the room, was coming from Persephone's Disney Princesses nightlite, Setesh was dressed for bed and her long red hair pulled back in a ponytail.
"Are you going to come to bed, Vergil? It's half past 2, in the morning."
Vergil shook his head. "I promised I'd stay with her."
"Well then, the father of the year award, diffently has your name on it. I mean that sincerely, Vergil. I wish my father would have stayed with me, when I had a bad dream."
"He didn't?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I you asked him, he would claim that he has too many children."
"Too many children?"
"Yeah, my father has seven wives, and at least 5 or 6 children with each of them, with the expection of my mother, he only had me and my twin sister with her."
"Oh I see."
"Well, I'm gonna go back to bed."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Vergil."