In The Middle (Prinxiety)

Blood-Four

Death and talk of panic attacks in this chapter

I'm only halfway through Dying in LA by P!ATD when I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn to meet a very pissed off Roman. I'm assuming he tried talking to me, but I couldn't hear him.

I reach into my pocket to grab my phone, once I've retrieved the item, I pause the music and pull out my earbuds. Then I put my phone back into my pocket with my earbuds this time.

"Yes Roman?" I say slightly annoyed that he interrupted a good song.

"Why were you ignoring me. Plus how could you upset Patton."

"I was listening to music and making food. Also, how on Earth did I upset Patton. I didn't even see him I only talked to him through a door."

"Whatever mister emo nightmare. He said that he came into your room?"

"Once again not gonna work on me," I say with a wink, and  blood rushes to Roman's face. I fight the urge to bite his neck, I might ask Deceit and Depression if we can go out tonight. "Plus, I was hiding in my bathroom at the time."

"Whatever."

"Now what did you want with me." 

"I wanted to know what you did to Thomas?"

"What do you mean?" I ask, cocking my head mockingly.

"You did something that made him burst out in tears. And now he refuses to leave his room."

I snicker, "I don't think that's really my fault."

"What do you mean. You're the only one that can cause a panic attack."

I lean close to the prince, "And what you think must happen for me to cause those?" Shock fills his eyes and I snicker.

"Y-You had a panic attack?" Roman yells almost angrily, which attracts Patton's attention. I wince at the noise as the dad figure rushes up to us.

"Anxiety, kiddo are you okay? Did you really have a panic attack." Patton asks with a really concerned voice. I hate the attention, as now Logan joins the two. I start to breath heavily.

"Please..." I whisper, "I don't like the attention. There's too much..." At that they all back off. I grab my food and run into my room, taking really heavy breaths that I don't need. I'm greeted by a back pat from Depression.

"You did great bud." Depression assures. I nod shakily.

"Where's Deceit?"

"He's getting ready to go hunting."

"How did he know."

"He just wants blood. What do you mean?"

"I made one of the other sides blush and it made me hungry."

"Well then throw on your hunting jacket and sit down."

I smile and head to my closet. When I open the door, you can see my drawings.

"Nice drawings Virge." Depression and Deceit compliment at the same time.

I smile, "Thanks Markus, thanks Leo."

"I like the one with the three of us. The detail is exquisite. I love the detail in my snake scales." Deceit compliments inspecting the most recent drawing I pinned to my door.

(I might not have mentioned this, but Deceit lies when he wants. And when he is around Virgil and Depression, he doesn't lie.)

"Thanks Leo." I say throwing off my usual black jacket with one that has dark spots from blood stains. I walk out of my closet and gesture for us to travel to the dark-side part of Thomas' mind. We do and end up in my old room which looks identical to my other room. 

This is only way I can go out with Deceit and Depression, we have to go through the dark-side world, but that's fine with us. 

"I heard there is a party in one of the houses near us." Deceit tells us. 

"Fuck yes! Let's go there. Blood with alcohol in it tastes delicious." I say with eagerness.

"Alright follow me."

In moments we are at a house with loud blasting music and people wandering all over. Deceit and I let Depression claw at people and draw their blood to bag it up for each of us while we find good humans. We hide behind a dumpster and drink their blood, not caring if they die or not. Deceit kills his human and throws their corpse into the dumpster then wipes his face. Mine is near dead.

"You will not remember any of this and you will have been throwing a beer can away." I say hypnotizing the girl I chose. She nods, repeats what I said and strolls away like nothing happened.

We run back to our home and go hide back in our rooms. Markus going with Leo, and me going back into my light-side room. 

As soon as I grab a few paint brushes and a bucket of plum purple paint then pick out a place with one earbud in and my music on I hear a knock. I shrug and put everything down on my way to the door. When I open it a crack I can see Logan.

"What do you want Logan?" I ask, which startles the logical side.

"Oh. Hello Anxiety. Patton sent me to check on you after earlier. He claimed to have come earlier but he didn't get a response."

"Oh. I'm fine, and I was taking a nap a while ago, I woke up just recently."

"Alright. If you need anything you know where my room is."

"Alright thank you Logan." I say trying to sound polite. Logan nods and walks away, I shut my door and go back to the wall with my paint bucket and paint brushes.

"Hmm. What do paint?" I ask myself. I look around at my other paintings, I have pictures of dragons, wolves, crows, and I also have lyrics and song titles around my walls. The area I'm painting is right above the head of my bed so I figure I'll put my name.

I write Virgil very delicately on the wall making sure I have curvy designs and sharp corners. Once I'm done with that, I connect a bat-looking line that starts the V and do a few swirly lines to connect it with the end of the r. I then connect the bottom of the g with a few swirly lines to the end of the l. I then take a thinner brush and a bucket of paint that's a shade lighter and add details such as thunder clouds, lightning bolts, and a lot more. Once it's finished I find a black cloth and pin it to the wall with small, black pins. 

I then roll up the cloth so I can see my name and let it dry, but if someone knocks, I'm going to roll it down.