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Virgil walked calmly over to where he put his bag. To the outside eye, he seemed like his usual gloomy self. He's had many years to practice. He grabbed his bag throwing over his should as he spun around and avoided any and all eye contact until someone ended up stepping in his path.

“Virgil? Are you ok?” The anxious man glanced up for only a second to see the concern in those emerald eyes before side stepping and walking past him. Roman watched as he slowly disappeared, feeling this anxious knot in his gut. He walked past his teacher who gave him a knowing look before turning back to the class ignoring the fact that Virgil was leaving before class was over. All of his instructors were highly aware of Virgil's anxiety. 

He left the theater throwing his hood up as he walked out and sighed letting his feet lead the way. It was taking everything in him to keep the mask up. He walked past people running to catch a class... past those laughing in a group... past loners resting in the shade. None of it mattered any. His only concern was getting home before the mask broke down.

Roman however was a bit of a mess. He had intended on chasing after Virgil, just to make sure things were good but before he could he got swarmed by the other students. At this point class was pretty much non existent. Roman gave the teacher an apologetic smile before quickly going into 'Prince' mode as he called it. Basically the act he puts out in public so that they only ever saw the good of him. 

The other students were going crazy. It took everything in him to keep smiling but his daily social interaction was slowly getting met. Even extroverts like him get tired if too many people crowd around him. The teacher snapped them all back for what seemed like 5 minutes. It wasn't long before they were back to crowding Roman but it was just enough time to send Patton an SOS text. That was why several minutes later...

“ROMAN!” Patton yelled down the aisles making everyone jump as the moral man smiled. “We got to go Cassidy just called.” Everyone's eyes went wide as Roman laughed still putting on the Prince mask. “He's expecting you.”

“First the emo and now dad...” Roman heard someone mumble and Roman smile twitched slightly as he tried to brush of the nerves. 

“What do you expect though, Dad knows everyone.” Another commented before laughing a bit. “Plus Virgil's the loner type. You got to watch out for them... there the ones that observe everything. Smart, cunning...”

“And talented!” Roman called out cutting them off as he shot him a grin. “Don't forget talented.” The looks he was getting was already enough to send him spiralling and Patton could tell.

“Roman... My brother...” Patton pointed to an imaginary watch and Roman laughed again grateful for the excuse to run away. 

“Right you are, Popstar. Let's go.” Roman jumped off the stage quickly throwing on his shades and hat before following Patton out. The moment the theater door closed his Prince mode turned off and he just... collapsed. Not literally but still. “Thanks, Pat.”

“No problem, Kiddo. I have to do the same thing for Virgil. Although he usually just text's or says 'morality' if he needs me. It's his code word for me anyway.” Patton frowned a bit as he looked back the way they had come from. “Speaking of my dark strange son... I didn't see Virgil in there.”

“Right... actually, Pat. He walked off before things got real back. I'm... I'm a little concerned. He didn't look to good.” Patton's eyes widened a tiny bit as Roman sighed. “I might have upset him. I didn't mean to but things started happening and... he just shut down and left.”

“Ok... I need go find him then.” Roman stopped seeing the worry in his friends eyes. Patton spotted the familiar anxious glint in Roman's so he tried to offer the actor a reassuring smile. “It's ok, Roman. I'm sure Virgil is completely fine.”

“You sure?” Patton nodded as he smiled a bit brighter. “Plus I have to go find Anx to give him the phone you got him.” 

“Shit! Right I totally forgot about Anx. I was going to surprise him.” Patton shot him this confused look making the princely man laughed as he pulled out two sheets of paper. Patton's face just lit up. “I got myself a ticket too so I can go to the Halloween bash... well it more of a ball it seems... But we can talk about all that later. Here...” Roman handed one of the tickets over before Patton ran off to find Virgil.

He didn't really need to  'look' for Virgil though. Patton knew exactly were he went. Virgil doesn't trust going through an attack while on school grounds so if he can he goes home. Which was where Patton was right now, knocking on his door before carefully opening it.

“Virgil?” Patton spoke softly as he pushed his way through knowing exactly where he would be. He opened the door to the darker mans 'hideout' smiling sadly at the man curled up in his closet. “Kiddo?” Virgil didn't say anything but he did hold his arms out signaling for Patton to hold him. And he did... Patton sat down pulling the anxious one in as he hummed softly. He pulled out Princey's gift and made his way to his contacts chuckling softly at the contact names. He pushed the phone into Virgil's hands, who tensed up with clear confusion but wasted no time in pressing a little purple button.

Anxthetic: AuRa

It didn't even take a minute for a response.

GayDisneyPrince: Anx? What's wrong?
Anxthetic: prince
GayDisneyPrince: Don't worry Dark Prince. You don't have to tell me what happened? Is it your anxiety?
Anxthetic: yea
GayDisneyPrince: Anx, I'm going to ask you a few questions ok. I'm going to need you to respond the best you can. Don't worry about mistakes or how long it takes to answer.
GayDisneyPrince: I am not leaving you ok? I will stay in contact through it all.
Anxthetic: ok
GayDisneyPrince: List 5 things you enjoy doing.
Anxthetic: readumg
Anxthetic: writttong
Anxthetic: listeninh ro musc
Anxthetic: watcibg huntrs wake
Anxthetic: texting yiu *Read*

GayDisneyPrince: Good job Anx. Now list 5 things that make you smile.
Anxthetic: purle amarylkis flowes and pats smile
Anxthetic: storms
Anxthetic: kittens and the night sky *Read*

GayDisneyPrince: Your doing really good Anx. Now try listing 5 things that make you laugh.
Anxthetic: the words 'lollygag' and 'canoddle'
Anxthetic: puns and your dramatics
Anxthetic: remus's hysterics *Read* 

GayDisneyPrince: Ok Anx... Now 5 things that make you feel safe.
Anxthetic: i guess... patton?
Anxthetic: yeah, Patton. Patton, my hoodie, my closet...
Anxthetic: I guess maybe my music too and...
Anxthetic: You.
GayDisneyPrince: Feel any better?
Anxthetic: Yeah, thnx.
GayDisneyPrince: No problem, Anx. Just glad I could help. I see Patton got you your phone? Do you like it?
Anxthetic: Wait, my phone? What?
GayDisneyPrince: *Princey whistles awkwardly as if he said nothing at all *Pay no attention to the Prince behind the screen
Anxthetic: Princey? You didn't buy me a phone... right?
GayDisneyPrince: I'm sorry Anx. I just thought I would help you know. I miss when we could just chat at all times of the day.
GayDisneyPrince: I did it more for me so ha. Lolz. Can't be mad when you can blame it on selfishness. Hehehehe
Anxthetic: How much did this cost?!
GayDisneyPrince: Nothing... Well, not nothing I did get the case done and stuff but that was a phone I gotten and never used. I thought you would put it to use.
Anxthetic: You're lying... aren't you?
GayDisneyPrince: *offended princey noises !!! You dare question the prince?!
Anxthetic: Oh, no... I am sooo sorry, your royal pain-in-the-ass.. ;p
GayDisneyPrince: Hey Anx... you don't have to if you don't want to but... I was wondering what caused your attack...
Anxthetic: My own stupidity.
Anxthetic: I had some problems in class you don't have to worry about it though.
GayDisneyPrince: You sure?
Anxthetic: Yeah... Thnx again for helping Princey.
GayDisneyPrince: No problem at all, oh dark one.