“Shh, shh, shh, shh… I know you do sweetie, I know…” she said, now tearing up her as she placed a soft kiss on the top of her head. “Can… can I see it please?”
Savanna pulled away from her and anxiously moved into the bedroom, taking her camera out from under the bed and pulling up the most recent video before showing it to Shimmer.
It seemed to be late at night, and Nero was being filmed, his arms crossed together and teeth grinding. He looked furious.
“W-Why’re you so mad? Wasn’t Dante cool~? What if he comes back?!”
“… Yeah, you seem real happy with him. Couldn’t seem to give a damn about me.”
“… I-I asked you to hold the camera …”
Nero sighed heavily. “And yelled at me for trying to join in on a group picture. Let me just – let me just get something straight, do you think he’s better than me?”
“.. Y-Yes?”
His expression shifted to one of hurt, and then back to anger. “And you’ve only known him, what, twenty minutes?”
“Well, he’s.. th-the son of Sparda…” Savanna croaked awkwardly. “You’re.. kinda just a descendant, y’know? Nobody really knows if you’re-”
“–That’s what it comes down to?! … You don’t even like me for who I am, do you? It’s all about goddamn Sparda and his fucking bloodline! I’ve been with you for months, almost a year, and you almost completely ignore me over a guy you’ve known less than a day because he’s the son of– what the hell?!”
“N-Nero, it’s just–”
“And here I actually thought we were friends … no, gotta make sure – so let me just ask you something,” Nero interrupted, trying to push the camera down as she forced it back up. “Stop filming this shit – … if I were completely human, would I mean anything to you at all?”
“…” Savanna went silent, only her voice cracking being heard.
“Would I? …” He gave her a few more moments to respond before his lip curled up in a disgusted scowl. “Right. Okay. You know what? … If you love demons so much, you can just go to hell. I’m done here.” He could be seen flipping off the camera before it violently jolted and fell to the ground, apparently smacked by the hunter before he went storming off.
“Nero?! .. N-N-N– N-N–”
The video ended.
Shimmer watches the video in ernest, her face devoid of emotion in the beginning, but slowly it turned to curiosity, then shock, and then… anger. She sucked in deep breath through her nose before turning away from Savannah to exhale it out, hot steam coming out of her nose.
She turned back to Savannah, a serious expression on her face. “Sav,” she said, “I want you to be completely honest with me ok? Why would say that you care about me the way you just did?”
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