Sick (A Sanders Sides Story)

Tested Positive

Today was the day.

The day when he finally makes a decision to hold on or to let go of everything he held dear. Or whatever was left of it.

Looking at the mirror, he was back into his usual outfit along with the iconic capelet and the bowler hat. The sincere and soft smile was no longer there and in place was the devilish expression he often let on when the others are around. It perfectly covered up the smile he had just for the past few days, including yesterday. This is going to be how he looks when he finally faces him.

When he faces Vir– No. Anxiety.

It was a long time ago when he lost the right to even call his former friend by his real name, and it was a mistake when he continued to call him by that name again when he decided to show up to him in one of Thomas's videos for the first time after so many years. Now, he has to avoid making the same mistake again, even at least for the last time.

Deceit felt he was starting to shake again like a crumbling stone wall, and he immediately pulled himself together into total composure, quickly wiping away the tears that dared to form in his eyes and inhaling and exhaling slowly but surely to calm his nerves. After so, he went out of his bathroom, eyes unreadable and cold again as he soon stepped out of the room after.

His dread and nervousness grew with each step he took towards the living room where he knew Anxiety is. Nevertheless, the expression on his face remained and he kept his hold on the gate that barred his inner emotions strong and desperate, not letting a single one come to surface.

It's all going to be alright.

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It would have been a lie if Virgil said that everything is alright. Everything is not okay.

All the details about the past few days were so muddled and made little to no sense. Until now, there is no definite answer to the question whether or not Deceit is really sick or just playing with their empathy for him so that he could manipulate them and possibly hurt Thomas.

It also didn't make sense that he was the only one affected by something. Normally, if Thomas is going through something, all of them would've felt effects from it. This further added to the fire of the belief that Deceit lied, and still can lie.