After Raphaeline's tears stopped, Vergil remained silent, absorbed in his own thoughts.
He wasn't someone who regretted things easily, but at that moment, he realized something that bothered him deeply.
"I was cruel to her."
Not just for ignoring her or keeping her at a distance, but for never really seeing how hard she was trying. For not noticing her pain, her desire to connect with him. And now that he knew all this... he couldn't just pretend that nothing had changed.
Vergil let out a sigh and, with a calmness he hadn't expected, spoke:
"I'm staying with you."
Raphaeline looked up quickly in surprise. Her eyes still shone with traces of tears, but the intensity of her gaze was different now.
