conversations // prinxiety ✔

♥ 29 - kill the snake ♥

(a/n: is anyone who reads my books a multi-shipper? bc other than my two favorites, prinxiety & logicality, i really like logince and analogical and idk if anyone who reads my books like those two haha not that i had a cool idea for one of those ships *cough* analogical *cough* or anything)

That gorgeous, brave, caring idiot.

He should've just let me get injured. He didn't die, so I wouldn't have! But now we're both hurt because he had to go all out.

The door opened and I expected Patton to walk in with a glass of water, but it was Logan.

"Hello, Virgil," he said. "How are you feeling?"

"I mean, pretty gosh darn diggity dang shitty if you wanted honesty."

"Oh... Well... I'm sorry you feel that way. I hope you get better soon."

"Thanks."

"Where's Patton?"

"Downstairs, but he's coming back here soon. He went to get me some water."

"Okay. I'll see you later."

"See ya."

♥

*tw: very very brief mention of rape*

"Hey, Patt?" I asked, taking a sip of water. I didn't call him that too much anymore. It only really stuck when we were dating.

"Hm?"

"Will anything be good ever again?"

Patton shifted uncomfortably, like he wasn't sure either. "Well, yeah. There are good times and bad times. There have just been... more bad times for you than good recently."

"I just... I feel like I fucked up another relationship."

"Another? Virgil, you know I didn't want to break up with you and it was not your fault. Stop blaming everything on yourself! That was Roman's mistake."

I sighed. "I mean, I guess. But what's happening with Roman is all my fault. I let Deceit control me because I'm weak and then he ruined all your lives too. And Thomas is feeling worse every day!"

"Hey, you can talk to Roman when he wakes up-"

"My boyfriend thinks I raped him! And 'I' broke his heart and then I was manipulated so easily and stepped right out of a window, only for him to come after me and get really badly injured! He deserves so much better."

"Virgil. Listen to me. None of that was you. It might seem like your fault, but we should feel more guilty, since we were the ones who were manipulated too! We convinced you to jump out of a window! And I couldn't stop Roman from jumping out after you so that was my fault."

"But you're a good person so that's different."

"I'm not that good of a person actually... I wish I was..." He laughed nervously and chewed his bottom lip.

"...what do you mean?"

"Well... I don't like admitting it but I can't really pretend to be happy now... So... Okay. I started dating someone else very soon after I broke up with you and you were still heartbroken and you were the good guy by letting me and wanting me to be happy even though I hurt you."

"No, but you didn't mean to hurt me and that wasn't your fault-"

"See? That's what I don't get! You make yourself look like a bad person! But not to anyone around you, but to yourself! It's like you're trying to convince yourself that everything is your fault! You take the blame for everything, but when other people take the blame for things, you tell them what you're not listening to them tell you!"

"...you're so right. Fuck, I'm so stupid. I'm sorry."

"And there you go apologizing again! Quit it!"

He grabbed my hand.

"Can you just..." I said slowly, "hold me for a little while?"

"Anything for my best friend," he said and gave me a friendly smile. I smiled back. "Do you want to watch a show too? To distract yourself?"

I nodded and he turned on my favorite show, Parks and Rec.

"Thanks."

♥

*logan's pov*

That annoying, reckless, dramatic idiot.

He did keep Virgil from more harm than he could've gone through, yes. But now Thomas is a wreck!

He had finally woken up and soon started clinging onto my arm like a koala and mumbling things about Virgil, like he wasn't fully awake yet.

"Virgil?"

"I'm not Virgil. I am Logan."

"Oh... Virgil is a cutie."

"You can tell him that when you're fully conscious."

"I'm tired."

"Then sleep."

"No."

"Why?"

"Wanna see Virgil."

I groaned. "Him and Patton are catching up. You'll see him soon."

When I didn't receive a response, I realized that Roman had fallen asleep leaning against my shoulder.

Patton would lecture me if I left him alone, so I set Roman on his bed with a couple of pillows and sat at his desk and listened to podcasts.

♥

*virgil's pov*

Patton stood by my side as I got out of bed a couple hours after binging Parks and Rec.

I wanted to go see Roman so we knocked on his bedroom door. Logan answered.

"Oh, thank God," he said. "Take him." He gestured to Roman, who was crying.

"Logan! What did you do?" Patton gasped.

"Nothing! He just started crying and I tried to calm him down but he isn't getting any better!"

I ran to Roman's side and once he saw me, he stopped crying and gave me a big hug.

"I'm so tired..." Logan groaned.

"Rest for a little while. You deserve it," Patton said.

Roman buried his face into the crook of my neck. I was used to being the one to do that to him... but a lot had changed.

But nobody gets to hurt Roman.

"Hey, Ro?"

"Yes?"

"Where's your sword?"

"In my closet... Why?"

"I'm gonna kill the snake."