Sanders Sides high school au

Part 7

By the end of the day everyone had heard of the story of "the guy who got beat up in the theatre", the story spread like wildfire. Roman stayed with Virgil all day skipping his rehearsal which he never did. As the day progressed Roman got more worried, he was going to beat the shit out of his brother when he got home. After a while Roman let go of Virgil's hand and walked around stretching his legs. Virgil's arm laid limply over the side of the bed the sleeve rolled up a bit. Roman couldn't help but notice. He sat by Virgil again and pulled the sleeve up more. His arm was covered in bruises and burns. Seeing it roman was close to crying. "What happened?" He whispered to himself.
Virgil woke up towards the end of the day. Roman had went to go and get something and he hadn't returned yet. He noticed him hoodie sleeves were rolled up and be quickly pulled them down hoping no one saw. His head and wrists hurt and he curled up. He couldn't go home looking like this. Grabbing his phone he looked at himself in the camera. "Don't worry, you still look cute." Roman said standing in the doorway. "I need to borrow some makeup to hide this. Virgil said putting his phone in his pocket. "Why? Everyone knows already."
"I can't go home looking like this." Virgil said quickly.
"Why not?" Roman asked sitting down beside him.
"I just can't- they're going to ask questions. They're going to kill me if they find out I've been around you." Virgil said close to tears.
"Is this about last night?" Roman asked sling his hand. Virgil nodded. "Keep it simple" he thought to himself. Roman sighed. "I'm sorry." He said.
"It's not your fault." Virgil said. "It's my parents- they don't like the idea of me liking guys- they freak out."
"You should've told me." Roman said feeling guilty. "I wouldn't have kissed you."
"No it's fine- I thought that were working anyway."
"Did they freak out on you?" Virgil nodded. Roman hugged him. "What did they say?" He asked.
"They didn't say anything."
"Did they do something." Virgil nodded slightly. Roman hugged him again. "I saw your arms Virge. Who did that to you?" Virgil remained quiet. The nurse cane in and pulled roman aside. "I'm sorry but you can't be here anymore." She said. "Why not?" Roman replies not moving. "His parents told me to keep you away."
"But I found him. I was the one who bought him here. Please, can I stay until the end of the day." Roman begged.
"I'm sorry but you need to leave. Like now." The nurse pushed him out of the room. "Please, there are things about him-" the door was shut in his face before he could finish his sentence. Virgil sat up and hopped down from the bed. "I'm fine to leave." He said grabbing his bag. "No you have to stay. You've been out most of the day. I need you to answer a couple of questions first." Virgil sat back on the bed. "How are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine."

Meanwhile, Patton was in biology and his lab partner Emile was trying to calm him down. "He'll be fine pat. Trust me."
"But he's been out all day."
"People survive collapsing. They couldn't have hit him that hard he'd die. You're overthinking this. Go after class and see how he is."
"Ok... how long left?" Emile looked at his watch. "35 minutes." He said going back to his work. "Ok...". The door suddenly burst open and roman came running in, grabbed Patton and pulled him out of the class before him or the teacher could say anything. "Patton I need a favour." He said stopping outside the nurses office. "I was going to do that anyway but it seems like I'm going to do it now." Roman smiled a bit. "Here's my phone number, update me." He said walking away. Hesitating Patton knocked on the door. He walked in and sat with Virgil.
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Virgil walked out of the nurses office with Patton. "How are you feeling kiddo?" He asked. Virgil looked at him a smiles weakly. "Fine." He replied. Roman ran up to them. "I'll take you both home." He said. The two agreed and went to Romans car. Virgil was at the back curled up across the seats. Patton kept looking back anxiously. "Apparently I'm not allowed to be around Virgil so I have to park a bit away from the house." He sad helping Virgil out of the car. "Ok thank you roman, for everything." Patton gave him a small smile before walking to Virgil's house. Patton laid Virgil on the sofa and took out his phone.
Roman: how is he? What did the nurse say?
Patton: if he gets any worse he might need to go to hospital.
Roman: oh god
Patton: he doesn't want to go
Roman: why not
Patton: he's scared
Roman: of who?
Patton: I shouldn't be talking about this without him knowing.
Roman: please. Is this about his parents?
Patton: how did you know about them?
Roman: his parents freaked out on him after I kissed him last night. I swear I didn't know.
Patton: how much do you know?
Roman: look at his arms. No way my brother did that. He wouldn't leave a lasting scar. Neither would Deceit.
Patton: oh my god, I knew the situation was bad but I didn't know about his arms.
Roman: how bad is the situation?
Patton: you should ask him yourself.
Roman: I can't, I'm not allowed and I don't want Virgil to get into trouble.
Patton: ok fine.
Roman: thank you
Patton: so you've seen the burns and bruises so I think you can imagine what they do to him. They're also against him liking guys. They nearly kicked him out of the house. He's scared he's going to be kicked out of the house if he gets a boyfriend/ fails a test/ is out late etc.
Roman: can I help at all
Patton: keep him happy