soul_logs | [Closed] I won't lie, I still can say that I admit we went too far.

Yuna stood in front of the large mirror in her bedroom, adjusting her costume and regarding her appearance for a moment. Rikku had been a big help with choosing it - in fact, it had mostly been her idea. Something about looking pretty in white and the idea being good for her personality. She wasn't sure about all that, but Yuna trusted Rikku's judgment in these instances.

Her hands came up to set the headband with the attached halo on her head, making sure it wasn't lopsided before she nodded with satisfaction. Good enough!

Moving to the door to her bedroom, Yuna opened the door and stuck her head out, looking around the large living room for a sign of her roommate. "You almost ready?" she called when she didn't see him - he still hadn't told her what he was going as, and her curiosity was getting the better of her.

In terms of costume choice, while Vergil hadn't gone for something horrifying, he'd certainly chosen something he was sure to have nightmares over at least once if he hadn't already in the past. It had seemed fitting though, considering the stunt that had been pulled over the network close to two weeks before at his expense.

It felt kind of annoying looking in the mirror, though. He had a strange urge to kick his own ass at the sight.

Nonetheless, he emerged from his side of the apartment and made his way towards the sound of Yuna's voice, dressed in what was as close to genuine resemblance to his twin brother as possible. Short of stealing Dante's actual clothes, of course. He'd had to skip on the guns and harness, and Rebellion, but considering they're physically identical, it's no doubt convincing.

Edited 2011-03-27 16:34 (UTC)

Yuna's eyes widened slightly as Vergil stepped through the corridor leading to his room, the red of his coat catching her attention first, followed immediately by the fact that his hard was hanging down around his face and eyes. If she hadn't known him better, noticed his posture and the simple way he carried himself, she might have been fooled.

Which meant that, quite likely, most people would be. She did spend an awful lot of time with him, and it had still been something of a shock.

Yuna stepped out through her door as well, moving to meet him halfway, the drapes of white fabric from her costume (http://www.partycity.com/product/adult+heaven%27s+angel+costume.do?sortby=ourPicks&pp=60&size=all) billowing out around her. "Wow," she said, a little bit in awe. "I would say that you look just like him, but you probably wouldn't want to hear that, would you?" Teasing? Maybe just a little, but she's impressed.

Yuna's reaction confirmed for Vergil that his efforts had ended with something close to the desired effect. If she was convinced, then it was definitely close. He briefly entertained the notion of what amusement could be gleaned from masquerading as Dante for a night. The end result was not much. He wasn't immature enough to do something petty as revenge, and the only places his brother would be recognized would be a bar, a pizza joint, or a strip club. Or worse.

"Normally, no, but for once I'll take that as a compliment," he replied. If never again. He took a moment then to observe Yuna's choice in costume. He certainly didn't disapprove. "A devil and an angel?" he mused. Definitely not like Dante. He never looked thoughtful, and Dante would've properly leered.

"Ah," he said suddenly, raising a finger for a pause, closing his eyes. There was one thing he needed to achieve a proper likeness. In what was clearly a matter of considerable effort and the culmination of a great deal of practice, Vergil produced the pièce de résistance: Dante's stupid, irritating grin. "There." He suddenly felt unclean.

Yuna turned sideways to look over her shoulder at the glittery wings that stuck out of her back before her eyes rose back up to his, a sheepish smile on her face. "The shop keeper told me a little about what an angel was, but to be honest I'm not sure I quite get it. She and Rikku both seemed to imply that it would be appropriate for me, so I just went with their decision."

Her eyebrows rose as she turns her body back towards him, moving a bit closer, then halting as his finger rose in the air to pause her. She waited patiently, and understood as that grin spread across his face. It was...eerie almost. She quickly decided that, while the likeness was remarkable, knowing that it was him made it seem like that grin didn't belong there.

"You'll fool everyone, I think," she said, closing the rest of the distance between them in another few steps and tilting her chin up so that she could meet him eyes. "I'll be glad when you're back to looking like yourself again, though. It suits you better."

"Oh?" Yuna didn't know what an angel was? It was a strange thought, despite being aware of the fact that they came from totally different worlds. Something as common-knowledge as the concept of angels... He explained, "There's discrepancy between what they were in mythology and the more popular romanticized version. In simple terms, though, they're considered beautiful, serene and benevolent."

"It's quite fitting, I think," he mused, his voice growing more quiet as she approached. The grin faded. It felt as unnatural as it looked. His expression eased more as a result of her sudden proximity and raising her face to his, though. Fitting, indeed. The girl was beautiful, and he was quite conscious of that fact.

"...Thanks," he replied finally, at a bit of a loss for words. Was that a compliment? Ugh. Normally he wouldn't analyze something so casual, but considering recent developments... Tch. It was one night. He could keep his mind occupied for that long before returning to normality. If that was possible. Damn you, Mustang.

Yuna nodded. "The clerk was trying to explain the concept of 'heaven,'" she said, chuckling lightly. "It sounds a little like the Farplane, except we can visit there when we're alive, too."

Her steps slowed at his words and she pondered them. Had he just called her beautiful in a backwards sort of way? The thought made her cheeks warm, but she tried not to read into it. Yuna never had taken compliments well, as she tended to unconsciously not believe them.

"You're welcome," she replied jovially. The summoner was much better at giving compliments than receiving them, but that wasn't saying much. She still sputtered over them, sometime. "Where did you find this, anyway?" Long red coats weren't exactly commonplace, right?

Shrugging one shoulder, Vergil drawled, "Heaven's entirely fictional, on the other hand. Some humans believe there's another place in the afterlife called Hell, as well, where the impious are sent to suffer. Given the similarities, it's likely closer to the truth of the Demon World." Not exactly the most pleasant topics of conversation, though.

"This?" he asked, pinching at the red coat absent-mindedly, "Just got lucky, I suppose." Even with plenty of places handling costumes for Halloween, finding it had taken a while. It had apparently been intended to appeal to an anime-enthusiasts. All the same to Vergil, though.

"But you're right, I'll be glad when I'm back to the usual." He was perhaps a little uncomfortable. Dressing like Dante meant going shirtless, which was something he'd criticized his brother for more than once. It felt kind of hypocritical. And just a little awkward. Of course, he insisted that it drew attention, but that's one type of attention that Vergil's not interested in. Not from strangers, anyway.

"There is often some truth to myth, even if it isn't literal," she said, smiling thoughtfully. "In someone's world, it might be real. It's hard to say." His mention of Hell had her frowning ever so slightly. A place for people to suffer? Didn't people generally pay for their wrongdoings when they were alive? It seemed cruel to punish anyone after death, as well.

Yuna nodded when he agreed with her, grinning brightly again. "It'll still be fun though," she said. "I'm glad you decided to come with me."

The summoner turned her head to glance at the door before her gaze returned to his. "Should we go?"

Yuna was practically beaming with excitement as they made their way through the shopping district. It seemed like everyone was in costume, and the summoner was kept busy looking at all of the different outfits, commenting on them from time to time in an excited voice. She was grinning from ear to ear nearly the entire time - the brunette hadn't experienced anything like this holiday before, and she was glad that she was getting to experience it. The children they passed seemed particularly excited about Halloween, clutching their bags of candy as they ran through the streets together. Yuna couldn't help but be happy as she watched.

Up ahead, the summon spotted the familiar blonde hair of her cousin. "Oh, look," she said, glancing sideways up at Vergil. It was strange seeming him dressed like his brother, though it was still easy for her to tell the difference. No matter what he was wearing, or how his hair was laying, she knew him well enough by now not to be fooled. It was still amazing how alike they were though; twins weren't at all common in Spira.

Turning her gaze back down the street, Yuna's hand rose into the air as she waved. "Hey, Rikku!"

Granted, Vergil had spent the vast majority of his life in his old world isolated away from humans, but Halloween had been something he at least understood. While the atmosphere in itself was relatively new, it wasn't nearly as foreign to him as it seemingly was to Yuna, which is a fact he found both amusing and mildly touching. There was an almost childlike innocence to the girl's perpetual grin.

It was hard not to notice, and as was growing to be something of a standard between the two of them, it put him at ease. Not that he wasn't thoughtful from time to time, considering recent notions planted by a certain someone, but that could perhaps be attributed to Vergil being Vergil. He had been just about to slip into a brief reverie when Yuna pointed out Rikku.

"...Oh?" That brought his mind back to the present. If anyone was going to make the evening even more lively, it was probably Rikku. It suddenly occurred to him that he was doubtless going to end up being the voice of reason over the next few hours. Fantastic. He quickly amended his cool look to something a little more relaxed. Last thing he needed was Yuna noticing. Plus it probably just looked odd coming from "Dante".

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"Yunie!"

Rikku knew she'd look great in that angel costume, and...was that Dante? Why wasn't he in a costume? Oh, well, he still looked good. Rikku hurried over, fake cat-tail bouncing behind her. "You look great!" she said, hugging Yuna. Then she bounced over to "Dante", jumping a little to plant a kiss on his lips. "Hey, sexy~"

Vergil angled his gaze across curiously as the girl rapidly approached. A cat? He had to smile just a fraction. It was fitting, in a way. And he supposed, very, very privately, that it was a little cute. He'd seen plenty of people in costume so far, but hardly anyone he knew, so it-

Oh. Crap. He hadn't considered that there could possibly be consequences to dressing as Dante. At least not until-

"..."

Damn. Did his expression flush slightly? Vergil was always composed, and he did not blush. Far too belatedly he swayed back finally and coughed loudly. "Er... it's me, Rikku..." He suddenly felt extremely embarrassed - in front of Yuna, no less - and couldn't keep it out of his voice. And dammit, would he stop blushing already?! Dante definitely wouldn't blush! And he- ugh. He suddenly wanted to curl up in a ball and die.

Yuna easily returns Rikku's hug before speaking a quick 'thank you' to her compliment, finding it funny since her cousin helped her pick it out in the first place. She should have seen what happened next coming, but it didn't occur to her until it was too late that perhaps Rikku hadn't realized that Vergil was wearing a costume. And by the way she was looking at him, and the tone she was using, and the way she was about to stand on her tip-toes, Yuna probably should have said something.

She'd even gotten her mouth partway open to speak when the blonde pressed a quick kiss to his lips, and the words caught in her throat. She blinked once or twice, stunned, and more worried about Vergil's reaction than anything else. Her eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them as she attempted to figure out how this would end.

And then Vergil blushed.

Yuna couldn't help it. She really couldn't. It took absolutely every shred of willpower inside of her not to burst into uncontrollable laughter. Instead, she merely giggled, albeit with quite a bit of amusement, her shoulders shaking. "Rikku," she said, in between chuckles. "That's not Dante."

For a moment, Rikku just stood there, not believing that this was really happening. There was no way...

But he had, and she did, and it was.

Monkeywrenches.

"Warn a girl before you dress up as the twin she's dating, next time!" she said, flailing a little and stepping back from Vergil. "I mean...ack I'm so sorry, Vergil, please don't kill me I'm too cute to die!" Now she felt...dirty. Double dirty, because she'd just kissed her cousin's boyfriend-in-denial, and because she'd just kissed her sorta-boyfriend's brother.

For the love of... Between Yuna's giggles of mirth and Rikku's pleading for mercy, Vergil couldn't help but cover his face with a hand momentarily. Why? Why is it always like this?

He seriously can't get through even one social occasion without some kind of embarrassment or awkwardness.

"It's fine," he said quickly. After finally composing himself, he removed his hand and added, "I'm starting to lose track of how many times you've asked me not to kill you now." It was almost amusing, actually.

Yuna just did her best to quiet her laughter and regain composure. It had been too hard not to laugh; she didn't think Vergil had the ability to blush. Nor had she imagined that the result would be so...well...cute. The words 'Vergil' and 'cute' had previously been thought impossible to put in the same phrase. 'Handsome,' yes. But not 'cute.'

Edited 2011-03-29 17:28 (UTC)

Rikku nodded at Vergil before whirling around and grabbing Yunie's hand.

"You're not mad, right? I didn't mean to kiss him!"

She would pull out the puppy pout face if she had to. She didn't want to, but she would.

That drew out a surprised blink from Vergil. Fervent apologies to him he could understand, but to Yuna? Clearly she didn't mind, given the giggling, by why would she? It's not like-

...

No way. He slid a glance across at Yuna and gave her a querulous look, raising an eyebrow. Did she...? Or was Rikku...? That raised a question or two. Serious questions. At least one that he'd purposely avoided considering in the past couple of days. But damn, now was really not the time for it.

That was going to annoy him all night.

Yuna's laughter was halted quickly by Rikku's sudden apology to her. Her eyes slid over toward Vergil's ever so nervously, only to find him giving her a look.

Well, shoot.

"A-ah, Rikku it's fine," she sputtered for a moment, trying to quiet her cousin. "Of course I'm not mad. It was an honest mistake."

Er, that wasn't helping, was it?

To be quite honest, Dante had seen the whole thing, when he had been about to walk over and demand what the fuck Vergil was thinking when he saw Rikku appear and kiss him. Now to hell with letting everyone see his embarrassing as hell costume (Thank you Genesis)

"Not cool. You've already got your own, no need to steal mine." Dante's annoyed look was probably tempered by the fact that he was wearing a school boy's outfit. Complete with bowtie, shorts and knee high socks. In his attempt to lessen the humiliation he had actually started impersonating Vergil by slicking his hair back (again).

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"Okay, that's--Dante!" Rikku spun around to face her twin, hopping from foot to foot. He must've seen what had happened, and he sounded pretty mad about it. She debated the pros and cons of tackling Dante and apologizing; the pros outweighed the cons and Rikku tackled Dante in a hug, ignoring his costume for now. "I swear, if I'd'a known it wasn't you, I would've never kissed him!"

Tonight just got more and more awkward. She felt so stupid.

Well, that certainly succeeded in running all thoughts, good and bad, right out of his head. For a moment he'd almost felt a little light-headed between the embarrassment and Yuna's sudden reaction. He'd talk to her later, once he knew what to say. For now at least the sudden sight of his brother dispelled his own awkwardness.

Now he just needed to diffuse the situation peacefully.

...

Don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh DON'T LAUGH-

"Don't worry," he drawled as nonchalantly as possible, "Not interested." Hopefully the heat had already left his face, and hopefully that didn't annoy Rikku. Didn't see how it would, though. It was all an honest mistake anyway - it's not like he had kissed her back or anything.

But dear God, a school boy outfit? Seeing his own hair style was frustrating, but if he could get through the next few seconds without a fight on his hands, he could worry about that later.

Yuna, on the other hand, had no qualms with laughing, though at this point she was more flustered that anything. How many times did it need to be said that she and Vergil were friends? The way he'd just looked at her at Rikku's statement had confirmed that; people's insinuations must bother him.

Yeah, she didn't want to think about that anymore.

Dante's costume, at least, made it easy to smile. She hid away any lingering disappointment or worry behind her expression. Now wasn't the time to deal with that anyway.

Especially due to his costume, he rather looked like he was sulking. "I thought you said he was nothing like me!"

Even though Vergil was hiding his amusement, Dante still picked up on it. He coloured slightly as he realised he had just ran in head-first wearing the most ridiculous costume ever. "And you shut up." He hadn't said anything, but it was a warning because eventually he was going to say something and Dante didn't want to hear it.

"Hey, when your twin brother's walking around wearing your clothes, people're gonna get confused!" Rikku pointed out. She stood on her toes (again) to give the real Dante a kiss. "I'm really sorry, Dante! I'll make it up to you, promise?"

"To be fair, I did put a decent effort into it," Vergil said moderating his voice accordingly. It wasn't a perfect resemblance, but he could sound mostly like Dante. He hadn't spent nearly enough years yelling like a dumbass all the time to quite have the same timbre.

The sly grin he flashed was annoyingly familiar though. "Let's look on the plus side: two Dantes." He was a little concerned about upsetting Rikku, so that was more for her benefit.

That and he might have been mocking his twin just a little.

Edited 2011-03-31 16:52 (UTC)

Yuna shifted slightly on her feet as her cousin stood up to kiss Dante. Public displays of affection had always made her a little uneasy or nervous, and the fact that Vergil was standing beside her, looking exactly like the other twin, made her a little uncomfortable in a surreal way. She really needed to stop thinking so much.

Chuckling at Vergil's joke, Yuna turned her gaze towards his. "I dunno, I'm not so sure that's a good thing. I don't know if Death City can handle two Dantes. It might throw the entire city off-balance. You might want to change," she said, a teasing grin alighting her face as she winked one eye.

Yuna had gotten a little better at hiding things over the years. Though only a little.

The kiss improved things, but he wasn't about to just admit that. He had an image to uphold here! It wouldn't do for it to be known that Dante was easy. It would totally kill his reputation as a suave ladies man (He did actually have this reputation with the ladies in the Red Light District).

Looking suitably annoyed still, he asked. "What's that supposed to mean?" He knew when he was being the butt of all jokes.

Rikku had to agree with Yuna--two Dantes would be a little much, if only because eventually they'd have a challenge to see who could woo more of the women and that could only end badly. But she wasn't going to say that.

"I think she means there'd be too many Spardas and not enough city," she said. "Plus, yanno, Lady might actually kill one of 'em." She didn't like Lady.

Vergil snorted quietly with amusement. The city could barely handle two Spardas as is, let alone two of the same kind. Despite his best efforts, they always seemed to run into each other. Why did the city have to be so small? At least he could concede that Dante's annoyance made him look a lot more like the older twin, rather than the younger.

At mention of Lady though, they shared the same expression. "Lady is the last person we need right now," he grumbled. She would have a field day with this. That would be assuming she wouldn't be furious at mixing the two twins up and being a little too familiar with the one she fervently hated.

Yuna nodded at Rikku's correction. That's essentially what she'd meant; it hadn't been a personal dig at Vergil's brother. Though Dante did seem to cause quite a bit more trouble than his twin, in quite the same way that Rikku caused more trouble than Yuna did.

The mention of Lady caused Yuna's expression to transform into one of genuine concern. "You relaly think she'd try to do something like that?" Leave her to take something like that seriously.

"No way she wouldn't..." And then Dante remembered all the times she'd shot at him. Without warning and before she knew it wouldn't kill him. Lady didn't exactly have fond memories of Vergil, but he hoped she had calmed down enough not to try kill him on sight. "Besides twins or not, there's no way she'd mistake my handsome face for yours." Not to mention he looked like an idiot. Honestly who would think that Vergil would ever wear a costume like that?

Pausing, Rikku glanced between the twins. "Maybe it's just cuz I'm around Dante more, but he does look a little different than Vergil, when you look really close," she murmured. "From behind, though...not so much." With a shrug, Rikku wrapped an arm around Dante as best she could. "So! What were you two doing?"

[Closed] I won't lie, I still can say that I admit we went too far.

IN THE APARTMENT

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LATER, SHOPPING DISTRICT

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...and then Dante walked in.

lol

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