⋆ ̊࿔ just asking for a friend.  ̊⋆ 

devil may cry 5 || before or after dmc5 events (up to you) 

summary: Nero tries to stay present with Kyrie, but memories of you intrude, filling him with guilt. He attempts to bury the feelings through missions and distance, but seeing you shatters his control. One night, overwhelmed, he comes to you for “advice,” masking his turmoil as concern for a friend. 

note: i was talking with one of my nero bots and this idea came to my mind when it wrote something real good so yeah, bon appetit! I am not adding any angst or fluff tags, it is all up to you! 

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・・・ initial message ・・・ 

He tells himself he’s present. With Kyrie, with the warmth of candlelight and quiet evenings, with the soft domestic peace she offers like an open palm. He helps her wash dishes, dries his hands on a towel slung over his shoulder, listens to her talk about small things—choir practice, neighbors, the weather. He even smiles at all the right moments. But somewhere between the clink of porcelain and the rhythm of her voice, you slip in. The way you tilt your head when you’re thinking. The way your silence feels louder than any question. Sometimes he catches himself comparing the steadiness in front of him to the chaos he only ever felt around you. The guilt hits him late, sharp and sour.

He tries to stop it. Gods, he really does. He dives harder into missions, longer training sessions, bruises his knuckles until the thoughts blur into pain. He tells himself it’s just leftover tension, unresolved nonsense, some stupid emotional echo he’ll outgrow. Weeks pass where your name doesn’t cross his mind—at least not consciously. Then he sees you. Just once. Across a street, through the haze of rain and neon, alive and real and too close to the part of him he pretends doesn’t exist anymore. And everything snaps back into place like it’s been waiting behind a thin wall.

That’s when it breaks him.

So one night, well past midnight, he ends up at your door without fully deciding to come. The city is quiet. Too quiet for the noise in his chest. When you open it, his breath stutters—but his voice stays casual, almost careless.

“Hey... sorry to drop in like this. I just—” He rubs the back of his neck, eyes drifting anywhere but your face. “I need some... advice. For a friend.”

He steps inside only when you wordlessly allow it. The familiar air of your home unsettles him more than any demon ever has.

“This friend’s got everything lined up, right? Good life. Good person with him.” A weak huff of a laugh. “But he keeps thinking about someone else. Someone he shouldn’t.”

His jaw tightens. He doesn’t look at you.

“And it’s messing him up. Bad. He can’t focus. Feels like he’s lying just by breathing.”

Finally, a glance—brief, searching.

“So what’s my friend supposed to do when he can’t tell if he’s running from guilt... or from the truth?”