Sanders Sides Oneshots

Lemon Boy

I wanted to do a songfic, I did a songfic.

Suggested this song and ship for this.

Requested: Kinda? I mean, I asked for a song by Cavetown and a ship and got this suggestion.

Ship: Platonic Mociet

TW: Angst, like major angst, cutting, anorexia mention, suicide mention, suicide, major character death(twice). 

(let me know if I forgot anything)

Italics mean singing

Normal means writing

Here goes nothing!

Patton's POV

I grabbed my guitar and started recording.

There once was a bittersweet man and they called him, 'Lemon Boy'.

Deceit was not well-liked in the mind palace.

He was growing in the garden and I pulled him out by his hair, 

like a weed.

He tried to become a light side, as Virgil did, but I said he couldn't stay here, and turned him back towards his area of the mindscape.

And like weeds do he only came and grew back again.

But he kept on coming back to get a better life for himself.

So I figured this time I might as well let him be. 

So, being the Dad I was, I let him stay.

Lemon boy and me started to get along together,

We started to become friends, balancing each other out.

I helped him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather.

He was actually more shy than I thought, so I decided to help him become more outgoing and step out of his comfort zone a little.

It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him, 

He was actually very easy to get along with, he had so many little quirks that made him a very interesting side to get to know.

so I got myself a citrus friend.

He said I was his first real friend.

But soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me,

I soon picked up a few of his habits, like lounging in the sun, because being a cold-blooded creature, he couldn't generate his own heat. 

you'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat.

We would sit in the sun and talk for hours at a time.

I found out that my friends were more of the savory type,

Logan, Roman, and Virgil didn't like Dee being around me. They said he was a bad influence on me.

and they weren't too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie.

They weren't willing to let him have a chance to prove that he was better than they thought.

So, Lemon boy and me started to get along together,

I helped him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather.

It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him,

so I got myself a citrus friend.

But I let him stay around. He just needed a friend. That's all. 

But what if I run out of fertilizer?

Some days he became very tired of me.

what if the clouds run out of rain?

Some days he would feel as if he wasn't a good enough friend.

what if lemon boy won't grow no longer?

Some days he wished he could just disappear.

what if beaches dry of sugar cane?

He believed that I would be better off without him.

Oh well

The whales start to beach themselves.

He stopped eating.

The tortoise shells tear away from their spines.

He started cutting.

It happens all the time, it happens all the time.

He wouldn't stop. 
I got worried.
I tried to help him.
I tried to get others to help him.
I tried so hard, and when he left, I broke. 

It was my fault that he took his life.
I didn't show him how loved he was.
He wasn't just a friend,
He was like a brother.
And I loved him so much.
But I couldn't save him.

Lemon boy and I, we're gonna live forever,

And now I can stay with him forever.

Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever.

We can see the world through a new set of eyes.

Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever

Now we can be together,

Like Snufkin and Little My we'll get around wherever.

As brothers.

It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him,

He was, and always will be, my best friend.

'Cause we're the bitterest boys in town,

Yeah, we're the bitterest guys around,

And I got myself a citrus friend.

He stopped recording, added the letter, and clicked send.

I did not mean for that to become angst, but there it is. I hope you liked it. 

Here's a summary for those who don't understand what happened:

Deceit became Patton's friend, the other sides didn't like him, he struggled with depression, he commits suicide, and Patton followed soon after because he blamed himself for his friend's death.