Chapter 2.
Nero woke up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He looked around, noticing he was in his father's room. He sighed and remembered last night. He got out of bed and headed towards the stairs. When he heard his father and uncle Dante talking downstairs, he was excited, but when he heard what they were talking about he got scared.
"I'm not sure if it would be a good idea for Nero to spend the weekend at your place." Vergil said,
"Why? What's wrong?" Dante asked. Nero knew his father was going to explain the nightmares and even the bed wetting. He had to stop him. He tried to run downstairs before his father could say anything else, but instead of running, he tripped and fell down the stairs.
Dante and Vergil got up from their seats and sprinted towards the stairs as soon as they heard the tumbling. When they got there, Nero lay on the ground, wailing from his broken leg.
"Oh my god! Nero, are you okay?" Vergil asked and tried to pick up his son but he ended up moving Nero's leg, causing the little four year old to wail louder. Vergil immediately set Nero back down and grabbed his phone from his pocket, dialing 911. He had to leave the room because of Nero's wailing. It hurt to leave his son when he was in this much pain but he had to.
Dante lifted Nero's upper half so it was resting against him. He stroked his nephew's hair and said "It's okay, daddy's calling an ambulance to come get you. They'll help you and take the pain away." Nero tried to calm down but couldn't, his leg hurt immensely and because he was so young, the pain felt a hundred times worse. Vergil came back in the room with a bottle of gummy melatonin. He opened the bottle and said "Okay, Nero, I'm gonna give you some melatonin, it'll help you calm down." He put three gummies in Nero's mouth. Three is not dangerous, not in gummy form.
Nero chewed on the gummies and swallowed them quickly. Dante stroked his hair and Vergil held his hand as he started to slip into unconsciousness. Being so little, he thought this injury would kill him and when he fell asleep he wouldn't wake up. Nero whimpered loudly before falling asleep. When the two adults heard the siren of the ambulance wailing outside, Dante picked Nero up and rushed him outside. The paramedics gave Nero an IV to help dull the pain, fearing he would wake up soon. Vergil held one of Nero's hands while Dante held the other, both hoping he would be okay.
When Nero woke up, he was laying in a hospital bed dressed in shorts and an opened back gown. He shivered, noticing how cold it is in the room. He opened his eyes and saw Dante leaving the room. Nero frowned but then looked to see if his father was here. He turned his head to his right and saw him sitting in a chair.
"How are you doing?" Vergil asked in a gentle, caring voice. Nero quickly responded with "I'm cold. I heard you talking to uncle Dante, did you tell him about me.... wetting the bed?" he hesitated at the last part, very embarrassed. Vergil shook his head and said "No. I didn't. I only told him you had a nightmare and were scared from it." Nero sighed in relief, glad his uncle wouldn't tease or embarrass him.
Dante soon came back in the room with a warm blanket. He covered Nero with it and tucked him in with it.
"Better?" Dante asked with a light smile, Nero nodded and smiled in return, saying "Thank you, uncle." A nurse had come in behind Dante and said "How are you feeling sweetie?"
"I'm okay." Nero said. The nurse smiled and said "Do you feel good enough to go home?" Nero nodded and Dante said "I hope so, I wanted you to spend the weekend at my place." Nero smiled despite wanting to frown. He didn't want to spend the weekend with Dante because he was scared he would have another accident. The nurse handed Vergil some papers and a pen, saying "Sign these and your son can leave."
As Vergil signed, the nurse looked at Dante and said "So you'll be watching over him for the weekend?" Dante nodded and said "Of course." The nurse handed Dante a pill bottle and said "Give him one every 6 hours. The pills are two big for him to swallow but this is all we have. You can either cut the pill or crush it and put it in some apple sauce, or other fruit sauce." Dante nodded and put the pill bottle on his coat pocket. Vergil finished signing the papers and handed them back to the nurse, who smiled, took the papers and said "Okay, he can leave."
Nero tried to get off the bed but just now realized there is a cast on his leg. Dante picked up his nephew and said "Come on, let's get out of here and get breakfast." Nero smiled and said "Okay!" Vergil walked over and kissed Nero's forehead, saying "Have fun with your uncle Dante." the little 4-year-old smiled and said "I will." Vergil then hugged his brother and said "Have fun and take care of him" Dante nodded and left the room. He took him to the bathroom and got the gown off and slipped a black and blue shirt on him, he smiled and picked up his nephew again and left the bathroom.Dante walked over to the vending machines, looking down at his nephew and saying "Want a candy bar?" Nero bounced excitedly in Dante's arms and said "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Dante pulled out some money from his pocket and said "What would you like?"
Nero looked at all the candy, it all looked so good. His father never gave him candy cause he was too young. Nero didn't know what to choose. He looked up at Dante and said "I don't know what to pick. I've never had any of these before so I don't know what's good." Dante smiled and said "Well how 'bout a Crunch bar? It's simple yet tasty." Nero smiled and said sure. Dante put the money in the vending machine and pushed the proper buttons. The metal rings twirled till the desired candy bar was free from it's grip and fell. Dante grabbed it from the slot and said "Sorry, kiddo, but you can't have it till after breakfast."
"Okay, uncle." Nero said but kept his eyes on the Crunch bar. He wanted it really badly, he has never had candy and he wants it badly.
Dante called for a taxi. He got in the back and settled Nero on the other side so he could use Dante's lap to prop up his leg. Nero looked at the cast on his leg and sighed. He looked up at Dante and said "Uncle" he looked over at Nero and said "Yeah?"
"How long does my leg have to be in the cast?" Nero asked.
"Six weeks. It wasn't too bad of a break." At hearing Dante's answer, Nero's eyes filled with tears. Dante noticed it immediately and said "Hey, it ain't that bad. Doctor said if it was any worse you would have to get rods in your leg and that cast would be on for months." Nero looked up and said "Really?" Dante nodded and said "Yep. Now let's get off this subject. We're heading back to your daddy's house so I can get my car, then we're heading to Taco Bell for breakfast." Nero bounced excitedly, Vergil never let him have that stuff because he is so young and it's not good for him, he needs better food. Nero doesn't get mad at his father for doing this, he knows he's trying to take good care of him.
Nero's eyelids started to grow heavy, he yawned and leaned against the seat, trying to stay awake. Dante patted his nephew's head and said "Go ahead and take a nap. It's gonna take awhile till we get my car." Nero responded by closing his eyes and being silent. He's scared about spending the weekend at Dante's house. He's scared he's gonna have another horrible nightmare that will make him wet himself. Dante likes to tease him occasionally but he knew Dante would tease him even more if he knew he wets the bed. Nero closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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