I was listening to It's been a long, long time

And suddenly a Vanoé headcanon appeared

Sometime in the early 1950's, Noé is still living in Paris and now owning his own bookshop.

Closing for the day, Noé puts on his favourite vinyl record, outside the rain has scared away the pedestrians. He hums along to familiar tunes when the bell signalling someone entering rings, he must have forgotten to turn the closed/open sign.

"Ah, I'm sorry but we have closed for the da-"

"The lights were still on, everything else around the area is closed so I figured this would be my only chance of refuge from the rain."

Noé froze where he stood, that voice, a voice he hadn't heard in many years. A voice he was sure to never hear ever again.

Yet there by the entrance a young man no more than 20 was standing before him, black coat drenched from the rain. Face covered by an ungloved hand reaching for his hat, a hand no longer covered in blue marks. Under it presented ebony hair slicked back, no longer the messy locks that would so dramatically flow in the wind. And then, their eyes met. A pair of eyes that were no longer Astermite blue, yet held everything Noé had ever loved. This very being was still very much him. And the Vampire felt every emotion at once arise, yet every word leave.

Never thought that you would be

Standing here so close to me

There's so much I feel that I should say

But words can wait until some other day

Kiss me once and kiss me twice, then kiss once again

It's been a long, long time

Haven’t felt like this my dear since can’t remember when

It’s been a long, long time

You’ll never know how many dreams I dream about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me one and kiss me twice, then kiss me once again

It’s been a long, long time

Saw a sketch from Jun a while ago and I let my mind get the best of me, oops🏃🏽

The lump further back on his neck is Noes mark cause I say so

Coming back from the dead just to randomly say that Something There from beauty and the beast could be a Vanoé song (slightly modified)

Noé: There's something sweet, and almost kind

But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined

And now he's dear, and so unsure

I wonder why I didn't see it there before

Vanitas: He glanced this way, I thought I saw

And when he saw them, he didn't shudder at my scars

No, it can't be, I'll just ignore

But then he's never looked at me that way before

Noé: New, and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True, that he's no Prince Charming

But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

Dante: Well, who'd have thought? Well, bless my soul, Well, who'd have known?

Johan: Well, who indeed? And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

Dante/Johan: It's so peculiar, wait and see, we'll wait and see a few days more

Riche: There may be something there that wasn't there before

Okey bye 🏃

The fact that no one in this fandom has used this masterpiece of a song to edits of VNC, now that its out is a crime

Come on Vanoé Nation were yall at ?