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“Can't we go there via portal?” Vergil asked as he fastened his seatbelt. It felt strange to sit in the passenger seat of this same car he had.
“Excited much, Pres?” Vergil2 teased as he started driving.
“Stop calling me that.”
Vergil2 laughed before explaining, “We might scare the kids; they are everywhere in that place. It already happened once, so she made me promise not to portal-pop there again.”
“Your way of speaking is odd.”
“Well I’m OOC, remember?”
Vergil then narrowed his eyes at his look-alike and asked, “How were you able to do it behind my back?”
“Don’t say it like we have betrayed you, Pres,” Vergil2 whined. But Vergil just huffed, so he explained, “She called me with her Mini-Yamato and told me everything. You should be proud of how much she trusts us. She ran away with a Vergil just to protect a Vergil.”
Vergil remained quiet, so the peeper was compelled to add, “Seriously though, she must have known that I’m someone who can relate to how she’s feeling. You know my story, Pres. I gave up my wife just to keep her safe. I even once let Dante have her, remember?”
“Since you mentioned Dante, are you not concerned that the prediction on her would apply in your universe?”
“We don’t have a V in here. There’s just three of us hybrids around her here, while the prediction mentioned four.” Vergil2 smiled wistfully upon saying that. He must be feeling a little-- “Yeah, I’m bummed about not having a child with her,” the OOC peeper interrupted Vergil’s thoughts. “Next time introduce me to V. The kid, I mean,” he added, grinning.
Vergil couldn’t help but wonder how this man interacted with his Dante and Nero, with all his non-Vergil behavior. But then again, maybe Vergil2 was just like this when with his wife, which extended to you and then to him when this man had visited his universe before. Vergil himself had his walls down when with you.
“How’d you realize she was with me?” Vergil2 then asked, bringing Vergil back from his thoughts.
“Your peeping portal,” Vergil stated with a hint of aversion, making Vergil2 laugh.
“Why are you like that, Pres? Peeping portals are great! Want me to teach you?” Vergil2 teased, before realizing, “Her Mini-Yamato is actually perfect for that, with all its mini-capabilities.”
“What did you do to her Mini-Yamato? I can sense that it is no longer drawing power from me,” Vergil then asked.
“Well it’s in my jurisdiction now so...” He flashed a sly smile when he added, “That and of course, to hide it from you. You know how a Vergil does things. We plan well and plug all holes. We're unstoppable when we’re motivated.”
Vergil just hissed.
“Are you not going to ask how I hid her presence?” Vergil2 seemed excited to reveal it.
“Using Jin’s blood spell?” Vergil told of his best guess, but he had doubts about this because that spell would make your body untouchable.
“Who’s Jin?” Vergil2 asked, making Vergil realize that this peeper had never met the fake Vergil. So their timelines were the same just in the roommate days? Perhaps one day he should have tea with this guy and talk about their timeline differences. “But I think I know what blood spell you are talking about,” Vergil2 continued. “That one’s outdated though. I used an item to channel the spell, instead of casting it on her directly. I call them Concearrings!” He grinned, and when Vergil just kept his uninterested look, he over-explained, “Because they are earrings that conceal her presence! But she has to wear them all the time. Cool, isn’t it? Gave you a hard time locating her, right? I just came up with that spell variation. Want me to teach you how to do it?”
Hearing all that and Vergil2’s smirk made Vergil want to stab this annoying OOC version of himself even more. One time he would challenge this man to a sparring, and that would be of higher priority than the tea, for all the pent-up urge to stab. Though this made him realize that Vergil2, having experienced losing his you a lot of times, must be someone who was more overprotective than he was. This man probably did more nighttime experiments or worse.
“You’re awfully quiet, Pres. You still mad at me for cock-blocking you when I called before? That was a long time ago.” Vergil2 laughed. “Though truly, for me it has been so long. You know the time difference?”
“Tell me.”
“Well I’m curious too,” Vergil2 stated before chuckling, which made Vergil want to just hit him with anything really, if only he wasn’t driving. “It’s about time we figure out, right? Isn’t that an exciting multiverse thing? Do you have other Vergil friends? I heard you met a model one.”
“Just...” It was Vergil’s turn to pinch the bridge of his nose. It was probably even long due.
Vergil2 just laughed and said, “Well she’s been here for a month and a half. How long was she gone in yours?”
“A week.”
“Ooh, so 1 is to 6 then.” Vergil2 then realized, “That means I’m older than you! Or will be older than you eventually. You should show some respect.” He laughed yet again.
“How far is this school we are going to? I cannot stand another minute here with you.” Vergil sounded so irritated, making Vergil2 laugh some more.
“We were here five minutes ago. I just circled around the area because we were still catching up.”
“Damn you.”
“Love you too, Pres.” Vergil2 couldn’t stop laughing even while the grumpy Vergil was getting out of the car.
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The moment Vergil saw you —his real you— his heart raced.
The two Vergils watched, or peeped in your class, from afar, through the big glass part of the door. Apparently, you had been working here as a pre-school teacher too. You looked happy and content, with that beautiful, energetic smile. And that quick sequence of nervous look then sheepish grin you wore when you almost dropped the item you were showing your students, he missed seeing that.
“She really is a bit clumsy, isn’t she?” Vergil2 remarked.
“A bit?” At least in this regard, Vergil found his other version agreeable.
Vergil2 then explained, “You know how overprotective I am, but she insisted that I don’t have to house-arrest her. So I just gave her those four uh, guardian demons. Protection for each direction.”
“Yes, I can see them. Don’t they scare her or the children?”
“She cannot see them. I made them invisible to human eyes, but they are always alert.” Vergil2 sounded a bit serious now that he was doing shoptalk. “Your Proto Angelo is good but he takes a few seconds to transform, compared to these guardian demons who are just out in the open. They cannot be seen but they can catch her and the like when needed. But I told her to keep wearing the bracelet, since a backup won’t hurt. And that way, it will be under the Concearrings’ spell so you cannot track it too.”
“You are this overprotective.”
“Well...” Vergil2 chuckled, now seeming a bit humble. “You know what I've been through. And I’m still kind of the demon king to some in here so I made use—er, gave purpose to those who have sworn loyalty.”
“Perhaps you are the demon lord in the prediction… You took her and ended the happy lives of us four,” Vergil mumbled.
“What’s that? Sorry, I got distracted with those cute kids.” Vergil2 looked as though he had hearts as eyes. What a pitiful man. He was probably in that period Vergil had experienced before... that period of wanting a child with you, which had started when he'd spent time with the little you and ended— Well it had not ended, as he still wanted some more. "What’d you say, Pres?” Vergil2 repeated, disrupting Vergil’s thoughts.
“Nothing.”
The class then ended, and the children went out of the room. The two Vergils, however, remained peeping in place.
“What’s taking you so long, Pres? You made me bring you here but you seem to be chickening out,” Vergil2 remarked, glancing at him. “Ah, I get it. I know that look. I was that. You see her happy and safe now, so you’re hesitating to take her back to where you know she will be in danger. That is how you are feeling right now, isn’t it?”
“You really are an OOC Vergil, aren’t you? You’re even revealing the thought process of a Vergil.”
“Well you know me.” Vergil2 shrugged. To Vergil’s surprise, the peeper maxed his being OOC and pushed Vergil towards the open classroom door, saying, “Now you pretend to be the OOC one.” Then he teleported away.
Of course you noticed this. A tall man nearly stumbled outside your door. The few remaining children in the hallway even laughed, so it made you look. But you welcomed him with a smile and asked, “What brings you here, Peeping Vergil?”