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Chapter 3- Anger

Tw: Arguing, angst, crying.

     "Hey, welcome back!" Wilbur greeted, Phil closing the door behind him. He plucked his hat off the rack and placed it back on his head. He smiled kindly and walked over to eat dinner. All three of them were sat around the table eating some pizza. Nobody wanted to really cook, so they took the lazy route of just ordering food. Phil took a seat and grabbed some for himself. Wilbur looked at him curiously, still wondering what had bothered Phil. So much so to make him go on a 'I need a break' flight. Or that what Will called it.
     "Where'd you go?" Techno asked. Phil's eyes shot up to him, not expecting a question.
     "Oh, I was just flying around to clear my head a bit. I'm a little stressed." This seemed to worry everyone at the table. Phil cringing at his excuse.
     "Stressed about what?" Tommy asked, Phil didn't seem too stressed the last time he saw him. Everyone kinda knew that Phil tended to worry over them and then proceed to stress about it. But none of them have even done anything dangerous. He didn't answer and just shrugged, avoiding eye contact. He clearly didn't want to talk about it. So they decided to drop it and just continue eating. There was no need to force his hand.

     Phil yawned as he stretched and got up to go to bed. It wasn't that late, but for some reason he felt very tired. His body sluggish and slow, wings dragging ever so slightly on the floor.
     "You're going to bed this early?" Asked Tommy, who was fiddling on his phone. He nodded,
     "Tired." Phil stated as he went off to bed. Techno and Wilbur were cleaning up the table and glanced at each other.
     "There's definitely something wrong with him." Wilbur whispered as Techno just stayed silent. He didn't really know what to do to help their friend. And it was odd to see Phil so down and.... Pissed. His whole demeanor seemed to scream 'fuck off,' even if he smile and acted nice. But for now, they just have to wait and see.

One month later.....

     Phil hadn't gotten any better. He is way aggressive and often got into arguments. Something that he didn't do often. But now became the norm. He no longer made breakfast and sometimes even skipped meals. Every time Wilbur asked if something was wrong he would just snap at them or lie. A ever constant snarl drawn across his face. Techno still believed that nothing was wrong and Phil was just being a bit grumpy. Was he always this bad at reading people? Even Tommy started to notice a bit.
     "Woah!" Wilbur blocked Phil's sword, eyes wide at the harsh attack. Fear shot through him when he looked at his eyes. They held no mercy and complete malice, as if he was intending to kill him. But Phil wouldn't do that, right? He ran attack after attack not letting him breath once. Was Phil always this strong? Sure, he is a strong person. Having amazing survival skills and decent at PvP. But he never was this aggressive when training. Through was this training? It felt like a battle. He saw an opening and attempted to jab him in the stomach but he stepped to the side and wacked him. "Ow! A bit softer next time?" He complained, Phil just huffing and knocked him on his back.
     "I win." He stated, walking away to take off the armor. What was up with him, you would've thought he wanted to murder him.
     "I thought you were trying to kill me there!" He laughed getting up. Phil stopped walking, his back to him. Will laid a hand on his shoulder, "but you wouldn't do that. Right?" He turned his head,
     "Right." Phil walked away, Wilbur's hand falling back to his side. What was wrong with him? He had been trying to figure it out for a month but Phil just kept on getting worse and worse. He would go out during the night with little armor to kill mobs. He would take every opportunity to train with one of them, Will always refused to let Tommy train with him. He kept on hiting too hard and went too ruff on them. And everytime someone questioned his behavior, he just snapped at them. This had to stop, enough was enough. He took off his helmet and glanced at Techno and Tommy. They were sat in the grass talking. Maybe now was his chance to have a talk with Phil.
     "Hey Phil, can we talk for a sec?" He walked into the house to see him sitting on the couch on his phone. He looked up with slight annoyance.
     "Sure, what's up?" He put his phone down as Wilbur sat down next to him.
     "Whats been going on with you lately? You've been acting all mean and aggressive. Is something going on?" Phil huffed and rolled his eyes.
     "No. Just leave it." Wilbur clenched his fist, this was always his answer.
     "I know something is wrong. Why are you hiding it from us? We can help!" He pleaded but Phil didn't seem impressed. Leaning back away from him.
     "No thank you. Bye!" He got up to walk out the house but Will grabbed his wrist. "Let go-"
     "Phil, you need to stop doing this!" He gripped tightly on his wrist as he too stood up. "You're scaring me, I can't even let Tommy train with you because you're way too aggressive! This isn't like you!" Their voices raised as he wrenched his arm from Wilbur's grip. At this point, Techno and Tommy would hear.
     "I'm still the same!" He shouted, fury in his eyes.
     "No you aren't! You're like some... Mean and evil version of you! That's not you!" Tears brimmed his eyes, he just wanted Phil to understand. His eyes widened as he looked away. Phil quickly turned his back and walked out of the house, slamming the door.
     "Woah, what happened?" Techno asked as both of them stood there is shock. Had they seen the whole fight?
     "Techno! There's something off about Phil!" He turned to his friend as he looked slightly confused.
     "He seemed fine to me."
      "Are you blind!?" He yelled tears threatening to flow. Tommy just stood there, frightened at the fighting. His hands reaching down and fiddling with his shirt. The two argued, the house filling with their yells as he just stood there, scared. What had happened? He should definitely stop this before it gets out of hand.
     "Guys, calm down!" The two stopped and looked at Tommy. Wilbur was full on crying and his eyes were also watering a bit, his voice coming out shakey. Wilbur quickly wiped his tears away as Techno's gaze softened.
     "Sorry..." Techno apologized looking a little ashamed. "Maybe there is something off..."
      "What do we do?" Wilbur asked as Tommy grabbed some tissues for him.
     "I guess... Wait until he opens up. There's nothing else we can do." Techno replied, Will nodded as they waited for Phil to come back.