The Awakening

Chapter 3

When Nero arrived home Kyrie was busy making notes and reading, books and papers spread over most of the kitchen table. He took off his coat and hung it behind the door. He noticed it was after 9pm, Kyrie would no doubt be tired, she worked long hours between studying and being on placement at the hospital, soon to be a fully qualified nurse. Between that and spending most of her free time helping out to rebuild a town community, organising events and functions that would get everyone back together again and having ‘fun’, as she put it. Nero worked late and rarely attended any of the community activities, unless she asked him too, Nero still felt uncomfortable in large groups, he would never be considered a social butterfly, not that he cared. As such they had become similar to passing ships in the night, especially over the last few weeks.

“Hi, sorry I’ll put all this away” She quickly started tidying up her notes.

“No, no. Leave it.” He reached over and stilled her hands. She looked up at him, a question on her lips, he leaned down and kiss her, she kissed him back, when he pulled away she was smiling up at him, god she was so beautiful.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah” He sat down across from her.

“Are you hungry? I can make you something?”

“No, I’m fine. Thanks”

“How was work? Any luck?” She always asked in such an optimistic way, it still amazed him that after everything they had been through she was still so cheerful and positive.

“Well, maybe, it’s in Kerberos”

“Kerberos? How did someone find you from Kerberos?

“Um, well I don’t know exactly, i didn’t ask” He looked away sheepishly, because of course, that never occurred to him.

“OK, so what do you know?” She sounded amused, she reach across the table and took his hand, smiling that small smile, that always melted away every single negative thought and feeling that was inside him.

He smiled back “Well it’s in Kerberos, it’ll be about two weeks, maybe, it probably won’t pay well. The client is paying for transport there and back as well as sorting out somewhere for me to stay. He says there are possibilities for extra work, made it seem like they have a heavy demon problem up there”

She was nodding along as he spoke, paying attention to everything he had said, he realised he could learn a thing or two from her. “Do you think it’s genuine?”

He was taken aback, once again, that had never occurred to him, Kerberos was thousands of miles away, why did Akira come to him if he had to go through Teivel, surely it would have been easier to get Dante to do it, maybe he did and Dante sent Akira his way. He thought it over, “well he never gave me any reason to doubt him, he would also be covering the train fares, which would be quite expensive for...bullshit. I can’t think of any reason why he or anyone else would want me in Kerberos, unless it was to get me out the way, out of Fortuna.” That made him uneasy, there was a hell-gate under the old cathedral, but they would need yamato to open it, they would need to get that from him first, seemed unlikely the best way to do that would be in Kerberos.
“But i doubt it too, wouldn't make much sense...and if it wasn’t legit, the worst that would probably happen, is being at the train station at some time stupid like 5:30 in the morning.”

She was nodding in agreement as he spoke, she looked at him her face serious,“So..are you going to take it?”

“I don't know, I don't know if I should”

“What's holding you back?”

“You”

“Me!?

“What I mean is that I don't want to leave you, on your own for so long. What if some demons attack, who will protect you or the town?”

“Nero, there haven’t been any demon reports or sightings in over two months. And if something did attack, chances are it would be small, the hell-gate is closed, right? Nothing can get through, so it would have to be a leftover, which I doubt as it would have been spotted and you would have dealt with it by now or it would have to come from somewhere else, something big and nasty killing and destroying in other nearby towns would have been reported on the news, we’d already know about it, right?”

“s’posse” he shrugged feeling a bit dejected and stupid.

“So the city and I will be fine and we will be safe, something small turns up, some of the orders guards still reside here, they could deal with it or stall it till you get back or we could call Dante, if it came to it.”

That got Nero’s back up, he didn't want to rely on Dante, Kyrie could see the anger crossing Nero’s face.
She let go of his hand, sat back and quickly added before he could become unreasonable“Only as a last resort, a back up plan of sorts, I mean..isn’t he in Teivel? It would be faster for him to get here than it would for you from Kerberos, right?... Why does that upset you? He sent you the sign so you could start up own business. I thought you two were on good terms? ”

“We are, it’s just...i don’t know..complicated” He tried to calm down, he didn't want to argue, if he went it would be the next morning, he hadn't told her that yet and he didn't want to leave after an argument.

“So what else is stopping you?”

“I don't wanna leave you, I don't know if I could..., you know, not see you for that length of time..I..”

She let out a small breath of air, cutting him off, she stood up and walked around the table and sat on his lap, smiling at him again, his heart started to pound, “You don’t want to go because you will miss me? Nero you are the sweetest man ever” She kissed him, his body instantly started to burn, he reached up and pulled her closer trying to deepen the kiss. He push up and back till he was on his feet and pressing her against the table, his desire growing, he wanted her with a familiar desperation that was just starting to claw through him. He sat her on the table and roughly pushed her legs apart and thrust himself against her, she pulled away from him and gently pushed him aside, eyes cast to the floor, avoiding him, she moved around to the other side of the kitchen.

“I’m sorry, I love you. I just...don’t know..ho” He said it full of regret.

“I know..I love you too” she said, closing the subject.

The room filled with a heavy silence, neither of them looking at the other“So what do you think? Should I go? I would have to leave tomorrow” He asked, happy to avoid dealing with what had just gone on between them.

Kyrie was stunned and took a few moments to think about it.

“I think you should go” Nero felt his heart sink, she looked at him and smiled again “I think it would be good for you, I know you’ve been agitated and restless since things got back to normal here and you would be helping people, they must need your help, no one would come this far if they didn’t, I don't think it would be good if you left them to the mercy of demons specifically because you don’t want to leave me.” She had walked towards him, she reached up and touched his face with both her hands demanding he look her in the eyes. “Besides, we can talk everyday on the phone and when you’re back, we’ll do something special, fun, just the two of us, sound good?”

Nero smiled back at her despite his disappointment that she told him to go, but she was right, they both knew he needed to let off some steam. She kissed him again, but ended it before he could respond.

“It’s getting late and I still have some work to do for tomorrow and I have to get up early” She pouted, looking completely adorable, he let out a small laugh.

“I’ll leave you too it... I should go pack my shit ” She playfully punched his arm as he walked past her leaving the room. He though about what he needed, blue rose, red queen, yamato, some clothes and toiletries, easy, but first he had to call Akira.

He answered after the first ring, “Hello?”

“Hey, it’s Nero, you know, the guy you spoke to earlier, just to let you know..I’m up for it”

“Cool, meet me at the train station tomorrow, it leaves at 6, so say 5:45 at the main entrance?”

“Sure..but are you sure you can still get tickets? I would be pissed to find out when I get there, that there were none left”

“ahhhhm...s’not a problem...after I left you earlier I went and got them, so nothing to worry about. I’ll see you tomorrow” And with that he hung up, Nero was slightly confused, too slow to get in any of the questions that were clogging his mind. He already bought the tickets, so either Akira took a risk or as irritating as the though was, he already knew Nero would go.

Nero packed some clothes and toiletries into a holdall, pondering whether or not Akira was psychic, he heard Kyrie take a shower after packing up her books for tomorrow. He thought about joining her, the heat from earlier still lingering in his blood, then thought better of it, there was no point in both of them feeling like shit, he could live with blue balls for another few weeks, but the guilt of upsetting her, hurting her, that he couldn't live with.

She came out the bathroom, dressed and ready for bed.

“Will you be long?” she asked from the door way of their room.

“I still have some stuff to do, you go to bed.”

She yawned and looked embarrassed, “Sorry...I’ll probably be asleep once my head touches the pillow, you’re up early right? I’ll see you off before I go to work”

Nero smiled “Don’t, you have enough to do, I’ll wake you up before I go, OK? You can see me off at the door”

“You sure?” Nero nodded, she padded over to him and kissed him briefly on the lips and padded off back towards the bedroom, yawning again “goodnight” She called out to him.
“night” he replied, she turned off the light and closed the door.

Nero went back to getting ready, he went over his equipment, making sure everything was clean and in working order. As he was checking over blue rose, his mind drifted back to the last time he and Kyrie had tried to have sex.

He wanted to make her happy, the idea of her climaxing, him making her cum made him painfully hard. He wanted to satisfy her. Nero wasn't certain if he had ever managed it, he figured that as he wasn’t sure, probably meant he hadn’t. They were in bed, making out, his hands all over her naked body, touching and squeezing her thighs, ass, breasts, her hands were in his hair, moving over his shoulders, down his arms and back up again. He knew he had to stay in control, the time before he squeezed her too tight, so much so that he had left bruises on her hips, scratch marks down her back and a deep bite mark on her shoulder, she tried to hide the tears that were threatening to fall, as she pushed him off and went to the bathroom. He wouldn't do it again, he’d promised. This time he’d try to get her to take the lead, he rolled onto his back, pulling her on top of him, his hips unwittingly thrust upwards as her body made contact with his throbbing erection, she looked embarrassed and rolled off to his side, pulling the covers over her, she kissed his shoulder and ran her hand over his chest. He rolled onto his side to face her, running his hand up her waist, staring down at her ample size chest, he thought about ejaculating over them, his dick twitched in response, but this time he wanted to make sure she came. He ran his hand back down her waist over her hip down the back of her thigh, pulling her leg over his hip. He kissed her, pushing his tongue inside her mouth and slid his hand between her legs, his dick pulsed when he felt her, but she quickly moved his hand placing it back on her hip and breaking off the kiss, she used her leg to pull him closer. Nero knew he wouldn't last long, he wanted to make her cum first, he pushed her onto her back, kissing down her neck, over her chest, down her stomach, he sat up, guiding her legs apart. She reached over to get a condom from the bedside cabinet, he bent over and ran his tongue between her legs, “No!” she yelped, scrambling out of bed, running to the bathroom, he called out her name, apologising, but she wouldn’t answer.

Nero didn’t understand what he did wrong or was doing wrong, she wouldn’t talk to him about it, besides he wasn't good at talking about normal things, never mind approaching the matter of sex. He’d heard people say that you should just be honest and say how you feel, but Nero didn’t need to be a conversation expert to know that telling her, that he wanted to watch her finger herself while he jerked off, or bury his face between her legs feeling her convulse while he trust his tongue in and out of her, would solve anything. He was sure all of that would send her running to the hills.

He sighed, everything was ready and good to go, including his cock, thinking about sex with Kyrie always made him hard . He looked at the time, it was 1am, he tutted, to get to the station in time he would have to get up around 4:30, he set the alarm on his phone. He sat down on the couch, trying to decide if he should shower now or in a few hours, he rested his head on the back of couch trying to make a decision he closed his eyes.

He reopened them, there was no way he would be getting any sleep, his eyes were tired but his body was brimming with energy, decision made, shower now.

Nero ran the shower, stripping off while waiting for it to heat up, he was still hard, he leaned back against the door, shutting his eyes and running his hand lightly down his stomach, putting his devil bringer arm behind his head, pulling tightly at his hair. He touched himself. He started stroking, but it wasn’t working, it wasn’t satisfying, wasn’t the touch he craved, he opened his eyes, staring in the the mirror, “fuck sake”, he stopped and got in the shower, wondering what the fuck was wrong with him.

He turned his face up to the shower, the water and heat helping his mind to wander. He thought about Kyrie again, what he wanted to do to her, his body responding as it always did, until an errant reminder of how he had hurt her, the look on her face, he shame he felt, barged to the front of his mind. He was fucked up, he looked down his erection had faded but the dissatisfaction burnt through him like an accusation. He tried to ignore it, and got on with his shower.

He finished up, tidying up after himself, brushed his teeth and settled down on the couch, he didn't see the point of maybe waking Kyrie up, for three hours, he would try to get some sleep on the couch, besides, he had eight hours to Teivel, he could sleep then. He turned off the light and stretch out over the couch. He was asleep in minutes.

Nero was walking though a forest, along a path and was flanked by trees and plants, he was surrounded by the most vivid shades of green he had ever seen, it was beautiful, as he walked, an old building came into view, he was at the entrance, the sky turned, gone from a clear light blue instantly into black, Nero felt fear.
“Hey, don’t worry kiddo, I got this”
He looked up and saw Dante, smirking down at him from one of the windows, anger and rage engulfed Nero, he ran into the building, seeking out the other hunter, he was frustrated, he moved so slowly he panicked that he would lose him.
He heard laughter from behind, he turned and there he was, walking towards him, Nero backed up straight into a wall. Dante chucked, he was right in front of him, “aw, kiddo. You missed me”
The older man looked Nero up and down, eyes settling on his crotch.
Nero looked down to see he was hard, he reached out and pull Dante into him, grinding against the other man.
Dante’s hand was in his pants, stroking his member , the other slid under his waist band and over his ass. “Nice to be appreciated every once and while. Don’t cha think?”
And with that Dante got on his knees taking Nero’s pants down with him, he took Nero’s cock into his mouth and sucked hard, Nero felt his legs quiver, his body was electrified. Dante’s head bobbed up and down, kneading his backside at the same time, Nero couldn’t remember ever feeling so good, his body was no longer under his control, his hips started thrusting into the others mouth, he was panting hard, finishing each breath with an unintelligible noise.
“nngh”
“ugh”
“ffuu”
“mmhh”
Dante moved faster and Nero barley had time grasp he was about to cum, when the wave hit him, his body convulsed and his back arched.

Nero opened his eyes, he was confused before seeing the familiar features of his living room, his pulse was racing and he was sweating, he looked down and felt the dampness between his legs. He groaned and rolled his eyes at himself, “the fuck is wrong with me?”
Who the dream had featured, made him angry. Nero couldn't understand what was going on in his brain, this wasn't the first time he’d woke up covered in cum after dreaming about Dante either.

He felt like he had just shut his eyes, he looked at the time, it was 4:17, fuck off, he felt like shit, he turned off the alarm and headed back to the bathroom, he needed another shower.

He woke Kyrie up just after five, to say goodbye, and to tell her he had left Dante’s number on the fridge just in case, she got up even after her told her to stay in bed, asking him a million questions, making sure he had everything he needed. They kissed as he was about to leave and a sudden thought popped into her head, “You’ll be in Teivel for a while right?”

“yeah, around four hours, I think”

“Could you stop in, and let Dante know, that if the worst happened I might call him for help”

Nero felt his stomach drop, but he couldn't think of an excuse to say no “Maybe, if we have time, I can’t guarantee anything” was the best he could come up with. He felt guilty, like he had actually cheated on her, after the dream, meeting up with son of Sparda, was defiantly not sitting well with him, he really felt he could do without that.

“Great, thanks! I would feel bad if I called him out of the blue, you know, just expecting him to run down here and save us all. But don't worry if you don’t have time or you can’t make it, it’s unlikely to happen anyway” She kissed him again hugging him tight.

“You’d better hurry or you’ll be late” Pulling away from him

“Yeah....see you in a few weeks. I’ll call when i get there”

She smiled, “Thanks. Now hurry up!...and Nero, be safe”

He nodded and walked out the door, he looked at his watch, “shit!”he was late in leaving, he had to run most of the way to the train station and still arrived five minutes late.
Akira waved, after he had spotted him, he quickly mumbled out an apology for being late, Akira smiled at him “Don’t worry about it, you’re here now, lets go”

They headed over to the platform and boarded the train.