Grey

Chapter 9 - Terror

"I knew it! I knew it was you!" Virgil snatched Deceits arm, preventing him from running.

"I-" he tried, only to get cut off.

"I wasn't sure before, didn't get a good look at what the heck you where up to but," Virgil paused, prying the doll out of Deceits hand and holding it in the air so he couldn't snatch it back, "this proves it!".

Deceit wanted to curl up into a ball and disappear, Virgil was going to humiliate him. He was going to make all the others hate him.

"Virgil, too-tired-to-make-a nickname, what are you yelling about?" Roman opened his door, yawning and stretching slowly.

"Ro, you aren't gonna believe this-" Virgil let go of Deciets arm, rushing to Roman. He was frozen. He wanted to run but he couldn't. He wanted to cry out but he couldn't. He wanted to breathe but he couldn't.

"Whoa whoa wait, HE made these?" Roman took the doll from Virgil, looking it over in awe.

They thought he was a creep...

"I didn't believe it at first either, even when I saw him in the hall"

"Kiddos, what's all the ruckus? Is something wrong?"

Oh god they all where going to see. Tears blurred his vision. He managed to sink to the floor in absolute terror, burying his face in his arms. He couldn't watch anymore. He couldn't listen anymore. He muffled his sobs in his arms as the others gawked over the doll in Virgil's possession. Minutes crawled by like hours. It was hard to breath, tears running down his hands and dripping onto his pajama pants.

Suddenly there was a hand on his shoulder

"Kiddo? Are you ok?" Patton whispered, kneeling in front of him. He didn't move

"Oh goodness, I think we scared him." Patton gently tried to get Deceit to look up, his hand coming back wet with tears. Patton backed away and the sides whispered among themselves

They were mocking him.

It was quiet for a moment, and Deceit final got the control to look up the finest bit. A blanket was suddenly thrown over his shoulders, Virgil, sitting in front of him, pulling it tight around him.

"We aren't going to hurt you, ok?" Virgil chidded softly. Virgil looked over his shoulder at the others before continuing. "The dolls are really cool too, they uh...", virgil hesitated, thinking of what to say "they turned out really good".

"They are STUNNING-" Roman piped in. Virgil snickered a tiny bit.

"Now come on, the floor can't be very comfortable." Virgil held out his hand.

After a long moment, Deceit took it.

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Deciet was curled up on the couch, Joy in his lap and several blankets over and around him. The third or maybe fourth Disney movie began to play. Patton happily hummed in the kitchen, preparing popcorn for the group, Logan assisting him to pass out popcorn when it was ready and gathering drinks. Roman was almost bouncing in excitement for the first song in the movie to play that he could belt the lyrics along to the song. Virgil managed to perch himself on the top of the couch, occasionally glancing at Deceit as if to make sure he didn't try to run off.

He felt safe. His crying had reduced to quiet sniffling, shaking only slightly. The others occasionally checked on him, each in their own ways.

Maybe his dream could come true after all...