In the Afterlife (Sanders Sides)

Running far away.

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"I'll go with you." ~ TØP, My blood.

Chapters: 1/29
Date: 9/17/18
Sept. 17, Monday, 2018.
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Virgil's P.O.V.

I glanced at the clock that rested on my wall, staring at it for moments before truly understanding what time it was. It was five in the morning and yet, I'm no where near sleep. My eyes drift to my phone, laying discarded beside me as I picked it up, turning it on and letting the blinding screen light hit my face as I unlocked my phone, beginning to scroll through Tumblr. It's not like I had anything better to do..then, my stomach grumbled, expressing it's need for food of some sorts. I slowly sat up, looking around the dark room and the small night light in the corner. I let my body move on autopilot as my feet dragged me to my closet, grabbing a black MCR shirt and some black shorts, putting them on. I walked towards my door, opening it as I felt the cold metal knob under my warm palm. I walked out, looking around as I listened to the dead silence that filled the mind space like home. I began to walk, listening to the sound of my steps bounce off the walls as I made my way to the kitchen. I couldn't tell the difference from tired or sick anymore. I felt...emotionless. My skin was pale and my eyes were dull with leftover emotion, my steps felt like I was walking on moonlight and hot pavement. I looked around the kitchen, making my way over to the cabinets, opening it and looking at what was in it. None of it peaked my interest, causing me to grunt a bit and close the cabinets. I walked slowly to the living room, collapsing on the couch once I was there. I closed my eyes, not sleeping but just laying there in silence. I hadn't eaten in months..almost a year but it's the constant feeling of dread like a pit in your stomach, feeling like the food you just had was going to be thrown up. If you don't know me yet then..Hello, I'm Virgil. Virge or Virgil is fine..I represent Thomas' Anxiety and I'm not too 'bright' as the others. Welcome to my story, I'll be telling you how exactly I got here to being an emotionless nothing. Now, before you ask, I'm still with this mystery guy. Moving on, Enjoy. So, let's jump back to the beginning. The first ever time I actually appeared..yikes, highschool. Highschool was an extreme issue for all the sides, seeing as I am claimed the youngest. It went like this.

Third Person P.O.V

"Who is he?"
"I don't know..no one ever has dared spoken to him."
"He dresses so dark.."

Virgil walked through the halls of a mind space like highschool, his headphones on as he sung along to Youngblood by 5 seconds of summer. Virgil then accidentally bumped into someone, The someone being Creativity or Roman. Roman glanced away from his group of friends, narrowing his eyes at him. Virgil glanced up, meeting the flamboyant prince-like side's eyes, slightly taking off his headphones, mumbling a silent sorry for bumping into him then continuing his walk. Roman scoffed a bit, looking away but he couldn't help but feel intrigued by this dark dressed boy, all the black gave him that intimidated feeling but also gave him a feeling of interest..like looking at a night sky. Virgil was walking off to a room that he went to during school to sing and just have his own down time. Roman bit his lip, thinking to himself before hurrying after the dark emo Side and peeked into the room. Virgil was taking off his dark jacket, tying it around his waist as he took a seat on the bench within the room then took out a bluetooth speaker from his backpack and linked it up to his phone, unplugging his headphones as he listened to the sound drift around the room, beginning to sing. "Youngblood! So you want me, so you want me out of your life? Youngblood! So you need me? So you need me? Back into your life!" Roman listened with wide eyes before walking in, walking over to Virgil, offering a hand to him. Virgil stopped singing, glancing at him then his hand and got up, grabbing his hand. Roman gave a smile at the darkly dressed side, mumbling a bit. "Mind singing again? We can dance during it..your voice was truly enchanting." Virgil couldn't help but blush at the compliment as he stuttered nervously, cursing himself for the stutter. "I-I don't know how to d-dance.." Roman chuckled a bit. "Just follow my lead.." The two then began to dance as Virgil sung, avoiding eye contact from the other male in front of him. Virgil then tripped forwards, causing Roman to catch him as they met eyes. It felt like the world had stopped for so long yet it had only been a second.

Virgil's P.O.V

That is how me and Roman met. We met in comfortable silence yet it was a good type of silence..one that could sweep you off your feet if you weren't careful, it was like Anxiety and Creativity existed in perfect harmony for just a blissful second. Roman was the person, after so long, who understood me perfectly. He remembered every look, every sound, my habits and everything else about me, which was helpful in some situations where I would 'shut down' as Logan or Patton would say. Now, you may ask, "what is shutting down?" and I shall explain to you what it is. Shutting down is like..my every emotion and function just stops and I become a walking corpse almost, Roman expressed how terrifying it was to see me like this. I must agree though, when you are emotionless, it can't be terrifying but then again, I am the walking embodiment of anxiety itself. It never occurred to me how some of the others actually cared, worried or even felt sorry for me. I was the youngest out of them all, making the older sides (Patton, Logan and Roman) fear for me. Roman classified me as a dark side because of how I dress and my dark thoughts I bring to the table, Logan didn't care much for me because none of them knew what I had been through, Patton called me his dark strange son which made me feel...hopeful, like someone shot me in the heart with an arrow of hopefulness. Then, he was back, and boy, was he excited to see me.

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Hey everyone! I hope this chapter was good! Sorry if it is short- I wanted to get the book published and out there before I didn't have time.

Questions? Ask Virge or ask me!

Words: 1162

Chapter published: 10/1/18 (or 9/30/18)

~Peace Out~