Sanders Sides School For The Troubled Youth

Glitter, Butterflies and depression is what Pattons are made of

Song: Arcade by Duncan Laurence (I'm a Eurovision stan first and vampire second)

Patton was sitting in bed with his cat hoodie on. It had been a quiet day or well for him every day was quiet but it had been calm. If he focused he could hear distant talking from another room. A strum of a bass. The leaves outside rustling as Dee closed the window and screwed it shut again so no authority figure would know he had a screwdriver to open it in the first place. He says fuck the rules and fuck society and that is probably the most valid thing about him.

The snake sat down next to his boyfriend who was focused on his notebook. He tried to draw a cute dog but he'd never been the best at art. He'd asked Remus to show him how to but his dog had been a bit too scary for him. Patton looked up when the string of his hoodie was dragged.

"Where did you get this from?" Dee asked looking at the hoodie. It didn't look like something one could buy at a store. 

Patton generally tried to lie as little as possible so he quickly scribbled down 'Logan gave it to me. He sewed on the ears and all' Immediately when he saw the shift in the other's expression he wished he'd lied.

"Thought you didn't like him anymore"

The pen hovered over the paper as Patton got unsure of how to respond. Did he...he probably should. He moved his closed fist in a circle around his heart which was the sign for sorry.

"We can go shopping for a new hoodie" Dee stood up reaching his hand out to help the other boy up. "I have nothing to do today anyway"

He honestly didn't want to get rid of the hoodie but he nodded anyway. As they walked through the hallway his shoulders slumped and he subconsciously tried to make himself as small as possible. There was a looming feeling of worry in the pit of his stomach. Wasn't it a thing that if his partner made him anxious that was a bad sign? To be fair when he first came to the school everyone had made him anxious. He had barely been able to interact with Remy and did his best to hide from Logan. Maybe his brain was just losing some progress and it was nobody's but his fault he was feeling this way. Maybe he was just oversensitive.

Patton started to bite on his nails overhearing some of the things Dee said but not really listening. He jerked his head up when he saw Remy walk towards them seemingly coming back from being out. He ran up to them wrapping his arms around their waist.

"Sup babes" They patted Patton's back noticing how he held onto their jacket with a harsh grip. "Whatcha up too?"

"Nothing. We were just going to get rid of some unwanted things whic-" Dee started.

"There is a joke about me being unwanted in there somewhere so I will stop you before you say it kay" Remy interrupted before glancing down at Patton who was still holding onto them "Are you going to like let go?"

He wanted to shake his head. If he let go the hoodie would be taken and he couldn't take more comfort being taken away from him right now.

"Why are you expecting an answer from him. It's not like he'll say anything" There was a hint of a smirk on Decan's lips.

"That's not funny" Remy replied.

"Since when did you take anything seriously. That was a rhetoric question and if you were going to actually answer here's some advice, don't try and fool yourself dear" He looked somewhere between bored and eternally tired.

"Luv u too gal" They made loud kiss noises. Remy looked down at Patton glad that the sunglasses hid their worried expression. They had known him longer than anyone else, they could tell when something was wrong "Hey I've been meaning to ask you for a while if you want to go out and get a coffee or something?" Remy asked really just looking for an excuse to talk to Patton alone. He nodded hesitantly unsure of what would happen if he didn't. "Great. Let's go. No time to waste am I right"