Once Flames Now Flowers

Chapter Seventeen

Virgil woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. Upon looking at the screen he saw that it was Carlos. They hadn’t the day prior so Virgil wasn’t surprised that Carlos had called. They were rekindling their friendship.

“Hello?” Virgil answered as he quietly left his room and went into the back yard.

Virgil found that he liked their beautiful backyard. There were a lot of flowers and their dog was usually in her dog house, ready to be pet. The entire place was mystical and full of beauty. It was peaceful.

“Hey Vee, I was just wondering if you’d want to hand out later. We can go to public space so you don’t feel threatened,” Carlos asked.

Rudy had walked over and laid her head on Virgil lap and Virgil had begun to twirl his fingers through her long fur. Virgil didn’t want to go out but he didn’t want to hurt Carlos’ feelings so he agreed and set a time. Now he just had to think of what he was going to tell the boys inside.

“Rudy! Breakfast,” Patton called from the door. Virgil looked up to see Patton wearing pyjamas.

Virgil thought that Patton was the most beautiful human he had ever seen. Everything about Patton was enthralling. The way the boy's eyes gleamed with joy and the way his curly hair looked like sunshine. Patton’s smile was a diamond in sunlight. The freckles that littered his face were like stars. Patton was like the entire universe in Virgil’s eyes.

“Good morning Pat, sorry if I woke you,” Virgil smiled as he stood and brushed off his pants.

“You didn't, I have work today so I had to get up early. Speaking of, do you have work today or not?” Patton asked.

Virgil took that question as an opportunity. He didn’t have to think of something to tell them if they thought he was working. He could just say he was working and then nothing else would be said. He would just text Carlos and tell the male that he was going to be at the cafe rather than the boys house.

“Yeah I do at noon. I was hoping that Janus and Remus would take me when they headed back home,” Virgil shrugged.

“That sounds good to me. You’ll have to ask them though. They might not want to go home today. If they don’t, I am sure they won’t mind taking you anyway,” Patton stated as both he and Virgil headed inside.

Rudy started to eat her dog food while Virgil began to cook breakfast. He was more awake than Patton and missed cooking. He happily made pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and hashbrowns for everyone.

“I have to go wake up Logan and Roman. Janus is probably in the living room in case you need anything,” Patton said before skipping out of the room.

Of course the second Patton left Virgil needed something from a high shelf. So the boy went into the living to find that both Remus and Janus were watching a disney movie. They both turned their heads upon seeing Virgil enter.

“Um, I can’t reach the top shelves and I need to get the plates down. If you’re busy I can just get a chair but I didn’t want to fall. I got it, nevermind. Sorry for bothering you,” Virgil muttered before heading back into the kitchen.

Before Virgil made it to the kitchen, Remus had grabbed his arm. Virgil turned and saw that both of the males had stood and walked over.

“Well we don’t want the emo to fall and break a limb now do we?” Remus grinned as he strutted over to the kitchen to grab the plates.

“Thank you, Remus,” Virgil muttered.

“I only do it so I can rub it in your face that you’re short, but you’re welcome,” Remus shrugged then sat at the table next to Janus.

“You can go back to your movie now, I think I have it from here,” Virgil stated as he started to make plates.

“We were kind of hoping to eat breakfast,” Janus said, gesturing to the plates that Virgil was making.

“Oh right, yeah, sorry,” Virgil bowed his head slightly before continuing.

They all sat in silence as Virgil made breakfast then set all of the plates on the table. IN that moment, Patton came downstairs leading four sleepy boys behind him. Immediately though, everyone was excited to eat. Virgil gave everyone coffee or hot chocolate before sitting himself at the table to eat.

“Hey Jan, will you take Virgil to work at noon?” Patton asked between bites.

“Sure, are we ok to stay another night? I don’t want to drive back today,” Janus nodded.

“You’re always welcome. Remy when are you and Emile leaving?” Patton questioned.

“I don’t know. We talked to the people about buying that lot, and we have blueprints. We just have to get the ok on the building. We might rent out an apartment and start looking for jobs out here,” Remy stated.

“Well, you can stay with us as long as you need,” Roman sleepily stated.

“You ok, Lo?” Virgil asked the quiet male.

Remus was being quiet too, but he had also been shovelling all of the food in his mouth and most of Roman’s too. It was kind of funny to watch, but Logan was just sitting there. The intellectual usually commented on the conversation.

“Yeah, I was just thinking about some of the projects i have to do today at work. We have started to work on a new system of programming that will hopefully be installed in most phones and it’s a big deal for the company. I was just running numbers through my head,” Logan explained.

“Oh, do you use codes for it?” Virgil asked.

“Yeah we usually use Java coding but lately we have been using a code that I installed that is less confusing and it works faster,” Logan stated.

Virgil loved how Logan’s eyes lit up when he talked about his job. It was something that Logan genuinely enjoyed and Virgil could tell. Virgil may have no clue what Logan was saying, but he would sure as heck pretend like he didn just to listen to him ramble.

“You made your own code?” Patton asked.

“Yeah it is basically a fusion of binary and java but it also has some unique installments that I interpreted from python,” Logan explained.

“I like your funny words,” Remus cackled.

“They are not funny words, in fact I would call them intellectual words, but thank you,” Logan smiled and then he stood. He pushed his non-eaten food over to Remus (who happily devoured it) and he rinsed his coffee cup.

Virgil did the same shortly after, but he had finished his food so he just rinsed his dishes and then started washing the dishes from cooking. Everyone started to get ready for their days and because Virgil still had four hours before he went to “work” he just started cleaning.

“Virgil what are you doing?” Patton asked as Virgil wiped down surfaces in the kitchen.

“Oh, I was just cleaning. I do that when I don’t have anything to do,” Virgil shrugged.

“Oh ok, you know you don’t have to though, right?” Patton asked.

“Yeah I know, but I want to. Have a good day at work,” Virgil waved.

The three males left and they didn’t know that that was the last thing they would hear from Virgil for a while. If they had known, they would have said something back.