Paranoia

Chapter 6

The group rose up in Thomas' bedroom to find an asleep Thomas being tucked into the bad by Logan. Hearing the sound of the others appearing Logan looked up. He placed a finger to his lips signaling the others to be quiet before he gestured for them to follow him. They went down to the living room and placed Virgil onto the couch gently. The group quickly explained what happened to him, asking what he thought was wrong with him now.

"I would imagine he collapsed due to exhaustion. Not unlike what Thomas did. They were both experiencing high levels of stress wearing them to thin, and when the stressors went away the adrenaline diminished leaving them drained causing them to pass out. They should wake up after some rest." Logan said. He walked over to Virgil and carted his hand through his once again brown hair. He was so happy to see him as his normal self once again. The others noticed and smiled. Even the nerd was worried about the emo boy.

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Thomas and Virgil didn't wake up until the next day. The others didn't want to leave either of their sides all night so they took turns rotating between the two. Even Deceit and Remus were there, but they always had to be supervised. They may have helped but they were still the ones to create the issue in the first place.

Surprisingly it was Virgil who woke up first. It was Roman and Patton's turn to watch him so they were the only ones there. Virgil shot up into a sitting position and looked around his surroundings. He was very confused as to how he had managed to get to Thomas's living room.

"Virgil!" Roman and Patton said excitedly in unison.

"How ya feeling kiddo?" Patton asked curiously.

"Um, fine... I had a really weird dream last night." Virgil said not recalling all of what transpired the night before.

"Hate to tell you this Hot Topic, but I don't think it was a dream." Roman cringe telling him.

Virgil thought on it for a minute, before it all came rushing back to him. His eyes widened and he immediately looked guilty. "I'm sorry." He said.

"There is no need to apologize. It wasn't your fault." Roman said firmly leaving no room for argument.

Suddenly they heard footsteps making their way down to them from the staircase. looked up to see Thomas was now up as well. The others following behind him.

Thomas stilled seeing Virgil on the couch. Virgil curled in on himself feeling guilty knowing how his actions must have affected Thomas.

"Virge we need to talk," Thomas said simply.

Virgil nodded. The others sank out to give the two privately.

"So you used to be Paranoia?" Thomas said.

Wow really getting right to the point. "Yeah," Virgil said cautiously.

"And you used to be a dark side?"

"Yeah." Virgil cringed. He felt so horrible at this moment he wished he could just run away.

Thomas let out a soft sigh. Here it comes the anger, the fear, the yelling. "Okay." Wait, what?

"Okay, so that is who you used to be. That isn't why are now. You are anxiety and you always are trying to help me." Thomas said, giving a shy smile.

"I guess..."

"Then I have nothing to worry about. Dark side or not. I trust you, Virge." Thomas said as he walked over and sat next to the anxious trait. He wrapped around him squeezed his shoulder reassuringly.

"I thought you would hate me," Virgil said honestly.

"Virgil none of us could hate you," Thomas said almost surprised.

"Why not," Virgil said defeated.

"Because we all love you."

The End