(COMPLETE) Out Of Mind, By Your Side - Thomas Sanders Fanfiction

Telling Joan

When Thomas got dressed he hoped his roommate, Joan, hadn't woken up yet. Their door was closed, a good sign, but Thomas' Sides had already dispersed around the house. Knowing Patton, which he did, he could have decided to wake Joan up and give them the rainbow cupcakes that were left on their bed.

The first Side Thomas encountered was Virgil, sitting on the landing of the steps as Thomas would when playing him. He leaned against the wall with a frown on his face, looking at his nails and occasionally biting them. "You alright Virgil?" It felt unusual for Thomas to call someone else by the name he created, let alone someone that looked exactly like him.

"I don't know. I just need to get my mind off things." Thomas nodded, sitting next to Virgil and patting him on the back. "What if they're out to hurt you? Or me, or any of us?" Thomas could only nod, Anxiety causing his anxiety to heighten. "I don't know what they look like, their name, their age... they could be hiding in your cupboards for all I know." Virgil sat staring at the kitchen cupboards, watching them as if Deceit and Remus would climb out of them. Thomas' heart started to beat as it slowly opened, he sat in silence with Virgil staring and waiting, only to realise what opened it was Roman.

"Where's the Crofter's?" Roman searched through the cupboards with Logan summoned close behind him holding a spoon and tapping it against his palm.

"I haven't got any." Thomas mumbled, causing Roman to moan and collapse on the sofa. Logan still followed, calmly sitting next to him and bringing out a book from his pocket. "I'll buy some for you once Joan's up. I can't risk Joan finding you all without a lengthy explanation."

"Let's go together!" Patton screamed before stopping at the top of the steps, chucking the half-eaten cupcake he held in his mouth and riding down the bannister. Luckily Virgil and Thomas escaped quickly enough to watch Patton flop on his side with a smile on his face. "I always wanted to do that."

"Woah, you alright Thomas?"

"Yep!" Patton said as he looked up the steps. Joan came walking down, eating a cupcake, still in their pyjamas. It was only when they turned that they realised that their roommate had multiplied by five. They ate their cupcake in silence as they looked around, Thomas left them this time to process.

"Thomas... Virgil... Roman... Logan... Patton..." Joan murmured, pointing at each person as they said their name. "I thought you were just in cosplay!" Joan quickly finished their cupcake and laughed. "Is this real or what?" Thomas nodded, raising an eyebrow as Joan nonchalantly went to the kitchen to prepare themselves a piece of toast.

"You're not scared, confused, anything?" Thomas walked over to Joan as they smiled at each of the Sides.

"Well yes, but look at the positives! Our time editing the Sanders Sides videos would be halved, because - as long as they're as good as you at remembering lines - we already have all the roles covered." Thomas nodded along, still without a response of why the initial fight or flight didn't seem to kick in.

"When can we start? I need either Crofters or to act or I'll die." Roman stood, his words of acting causing both Logan and Virgil to sigh.

"I'll start." Joan nodded excitedly, taking a bite of their bread and rushing upstairs.

"I'll get the Crofters."

A/N - Sorry if I got Joan's pronouns wrong at all, I mean no offence, it'll just be a typo as Joan is my first non-binary 'character'.