A Shoulder To Cry On

Chapter 13- Finally Snapped

Warning:
Violence (a tiny bit)
Mention of blood (not much)

Patton's POV

I've been getting worried about Anxiety. He usually likes to show he's tough but is still really shy but lately, he's been on edge. He said something that made Roman laugh and Roman exlaimed,
"Good one!"
And tried to high-five Anxiety, only for Anxiety to look petrified and breathe rapidly. He looked at Roman's hand so he put it down slowly and Anxiety left.

Then, we were playing a quiz and it came to like, really smart stuff so Roman said we could pick teammates. Roman instantly picked Logan and I held up Anxiety's arm and yelled,
"You can't beat the dream-"
before I could finish, he winced out in pain and wriggled free. I turned to face him in confusion and his cheeks flushed and his eyes began to water.

Everyone turned to look at him and this only made him more nervous and yet again, he sunk out.

I sighed and I could feel tears pricking at my eyes because whenever someone else (especially Anxiety) is sad, I'm sad. I didn't want to be seen as an attention hog so I just went to my room.

I decided to look through my memory book. I haven't opened it in ages.
I flicked to the first page, with me and Sadness. I wondered how he was doing. It was our first day of existence. But the more I stared at the picture, the more I saw a figure appear in the backround.
"It couldn't be," I said.

I flicked to when Logan appeared. He was there. Roman's appearance. There. First words. There. First day of school. There. Birthdays, school parties, relationships. There. But the weirdest thing was, in most of them, he was smiling.

Logan's POV

Anxiety has been acting very peculiar lately. He has been breathing heavily, sweating, eyes darting around, the list could go on. These are the symptoms of high levels of stress. I'm not great with Anxiety or emotions and Roman can get on his nerves a lot so naturally, I turned to Patton.
"Can you talk to him please?"
"Sure thing kiddo!"

Patton's POV

I knocked on his door, waiting for the thump, the crash, the nervous Anxiety I loved. There was no thump. There was no crash. There was no Anxiety.
"Kiddo?"
"Anxiety?"
"Please, I just wanna talk,"
I slumped against his door and sat there for hours.

Virgil's POV

Crash.
Thud.
Punch.
Dodge.
Smash.
Darkness.

Roman's POV

I know I make out that I hate Anxiety but as Patton says, hate is a strong word, and he does make me laugh sometimes but every time I'm around him he seems...Scared. But he says horrible stuff to me!

Patton's POV

I sat there, doing nothing. What would get him out of his room? What does he love? I thought for ages. After a while, I gave up. I felt like nothing knowing he's hurting and I'm not helping him. I was ready to give up when I saw a farmilliar figure coming down the corridor.

He was limping and his lip was bleeding. He hadn't saw me yet.
"A-Anxiety?" I asked on the brink of tears.
"Patton?! I-" he looked like he had given up as he said,
"I thought you'd be with the others."
"What happened?"
"I *cough* fell,"
"It looks worse than that, let me look at you in the light,"
"N-no! I'm *cough* fine!"
"Anxiety..." I walked towards him but he yelled,
"Stay away!"
"Kiddo,"
"Go away Patton I'm fine!"
"You're not fine ki-"
"Stop calling me kiddo!"
"OK, I'm sorry, just let me help you,"
"I don't need help!"
He was breathing rapidly. The best thing to do was to calm him down nicely which didn't seem to work so, reluctantly, I tried to hold him still.

Big mistake.

"AAAAA GET OFF ME!"
"It's for the best," I said, my heart breaking.
"NO! GET OFF ME! AAAA. Please!" his tone changed,
"Don't hurt me, please."
"I'm not gonna hurt you, I just want to help,"
He wriggled free.
"W-why would you want to help me?"
"Because I'm your friend,"
"STOP LYING TO ME! I-I CAN'T TAKE THESE LIES ANYMORE!" he yelled pulling at his hair.
"I'm not lying to you,"
I reached out my hand to him.
"AAAAA!"
"I'm not gonna hurt you,"
"GET AWAY FROM ME!"
"Let me help!"
"NO!"
"CALM DOWN YOU IDIOT!"
He stopped struggling. He looked at me, tears spilling.
"I didn't mean that,"
"You think you're so great and nice don't you?" he said, his voice sounding like one of an insane person's.
"Anxiety?"
"You make Thomas and his fans beleive you're so good and nice, but you're not. N-now let me past,"
"But-"
"NO BUTS! I-if you touch me again you'll regret it,"
"A-are you threatening me?'
"Well no sh-"
"Language!"
"Whatever," he said as he walked past me, knocking into me on purpose. He slammed his door in my face and I slid down the wall and cried into my knees.

Virgil's POV

My whole body was shaking. I shouldn't have taken it out on Patton. He's done nothing wrong. I put my hand on the handle only to stop myself.
Help them, befriend them, I'll know, you don't want this to happen again, do you?

I slumped against my wall, sweating, breathing rapidly. I was clutching onto my hair and screaming,
"No! No! No!"
Punch
"Please,"
Kick
"Stop,"
"So this is the supposed side that took down Roman?"
I looked down in shame. I've let Deceit walk all over me for so long I've lost the ability and motivation to fight.

I buried my head into my knees and wished I was invisible again.

Patton's POV

I could hear him crying. I just wanted to help him. What had happened that would make him afraid of me? I cried. He cried. We both cried. Seperated by a wall. I loved him. I just wanted to see his beautiful smile. I just wanted to hug him. I just wanted to tell him everything's ok but for once, I wasn't sure it was.

Logan's POV

I hadn't heard back from Patton. I went to Anxiety's room and I saw him crying, a rare thing indeed for Patton. I knelt down beside him.
"Patton?"
He sniffed.
"Logan! Right I was supposesed to get back to you,"
"Yes,"
"He's-um-fine,"
"Patton, I can tell fact from fiction, and you are obviously being less than truthful,"
"He's-"
"No! No! No!"
It was coming from Anxiety's room. I went to knock on his door.
"No!" It was Patton, "he's watching a scary movie and he doesn't want to be disturbed."

It wasn't like Patton to lie twice so I believed him and went back to my room.

Patton's POV

I can't believe I lied to Logan. I can't believe I hurt Anxiety. I can't believe I'm such a horrible person. Maybe it would be better if I never existed.

Wow, that was depressing. Virgil finally snapped (hence the name of this chapter), Patton slipped up a bit with his words and Logan's using his touch. Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and as always,

Peace Out Homesickles!.