Baby Cambion. Devil May Cry.

Chapter 5.

Nero woke with a start, looking around. It was dark in the room, the lights were off and it was nighttime outside so there was no light coming from the windows but they were open and for some reason cold air was coming through, leaving the room ice cold. He sat up and called for Dante. He waited for a minute before calling out for him again. There was nothing.
"DANTE!" Nero shouted, annoyed and scared, he screamed his uncle's name at the top of his lungs, hoping that if Dante isn't here then someone nearby would hear him. Suddenly it hit Nero, Dante wasn't here, he was alone, no one was in the apartment, and that means Dante broke his promise and left him all alone. The baby cambion felt tears well up in his eyes, he screamed for his uncle, again and again, not wanting to believe he left him there.

The baby kept screaming for him until he had exhausted himself. He then laid down and started crying. Dante broke his promise, he lied and left Nero alone in the dark and freezing apartment. The baby cambion kept crying until all of a sudden he was picked up and held in loving arms. He opened his eyes and saw Dante was holding him, the window was closed, there was light coming from outside, and the room was pleasantly cool instead of freezing.
"Are you okay?" Dante asked his baby nephew, wiping away his tears.
"I dreamed you left me alone here, it was dark and freezing and it felt like it lasted for hours." Nero said, Dante bounced him lightly and said: "Don't worry, I promised I would never leave you all alone again."  The baby cambion rested his head on his uncle's shoulder and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

Suddenly, somewhere in the apartment, a random rock song started playing loudly, it sounded like it was coming from Dante's room.
"Well, that's the alarm," The elder cambion said and carried Nero into the kitchen. The baby had a confused look and he said: "What's the alarm for?"
"So I would remember to feed you."
"But you do feed me."
"Not as often as I should."
"But that is bull- Did you forget what I said already?" Nero glared at his uncle for interrupting him, but he did forget what he said so he nodded.
"Babies, which is what you are, need to eat every few hours," Dante said and set Nero in his highchair before going to turn the alarm off.

Nero sighed, that can't be true, it has to be bullshit. But he did notice something, he didn't know how long he had been sleeping but he knew it wasn't for long. Before he fell asleep he had drunk two bottles of formula and ate three jars of the baby food. For some reason, he was hungry already. Hmm, maybe Dante is right. Nero was about to climb out of his high chair but Dante came back in the room. He reached into the fridge and pulled out a bag, it was the one from McDonald's. He pulled something covered in paper wrapping and handed it to Nero.
"I know babies shouldn't be eating this kind of stuff but you needed to eat and by the time we got home it would be really late so I got this but you weren't able to eat. I also thought it would make you feel better about being sick." Nero thanked his uncle and unwrapped the food item he was handed, he smiled when he saw it was a sausage and cheese McGriddle. It didn't have the egg because neither he or Dante eat the egg products from McDonald's. They all have the texture and taste of a dirty sponge.

Suddenly Dante started laughing. Nero looked up at his uncle and said: "What's so funny?"
"I just realized, it's too big for your little mouth," Dante said and grabbed a knife from a drawer, he cut the McGriddle into small pieces.
"I could have eaten it the way it was." Nero said, Dante grinned and said: "Oh really?" When the baby nodded, Dante grabbed another McGriddle from the bag and unwrapped it, handing it to his nephew. The baby cambion tried to bite it but realized Dante was right. He tried harder but all of a sudden there was a popping noise. Nero dropped the sandwich and held his jaw. Dante laughed again and said "See? Told you. You were too stubborn to admit it so you tried to prove me wrong but couldn't do it and you popped your jaw in the process." Nero glared and threw the McGriddle at his uncle.

Dante glared and said, "Oh, so that's how it's gonna be?" His glare then turned into a grin, he picked up one of the tiny pancakes keeping the McGriddle together and threw it at Nero. The baby cambion ducked his head and said: "Missed me, old man!"
"Yeah, but next time you throw something at me you're gonna miss too," Dante said and picked up the rest of the sandwich on the floor and threw it away. Nero picked up a piece of his McGriddle and threw it at Dante, who immediately turned around and caught it. Nero's eyes went wide, how did he know he threw it at him? The baby had been completely quiet and he did it when he wasn't even looking, but somehow he still knew.