The Academy of S.I.D.E.

No. 27: Some Chaotic Bonding

"I must admit, I never would've pegged you as someone who'd be into Ten Things I Hate About You," Janus remarked. "Little too chick-flick-y for an emo."

"It's an amazing movie, shithead," Virgil said, taking a sip of tea while keeping his eyes fixed on the television. "Don't judge me."

"Oh, no, I'm not judging you. I enjoy it, too."

"It's kind of our movie," Remus added. "That, and the Addams Family movies."

"Why am I not surprised," Virgil muttered.

When the credits started rolling, Janus picked up the remote. "Would you like to watch something else, or would you rather I turn it off?"

"You mentioned Addams Family. We're watching both movies."

"Noted." Janus keyed it into the search bar. "Is this helping?"

"Yeah, it is, actually," Virgil admitted, tugging the blanket around him. "I don't feel like I'm going to throw my tea up, at least."

He smirked. "See? Maybe don't protest the next time we tell you to take care of yourself."

"Oh, shut up."

"I will when you eat the scrambled eggs that Remus so graciously stole for you."

"I told you, I don't feel like I'm ready to eat eggs yet," Virgil said.

"Are you ready to admit that the vomiting was because you were nervous?" Remus asked, propping his elbows on his knees.

Virgil sighed. "Yeah, I'm ready to admit it. Dunno how I'm gonna get over it, though."

Remus patted him on the back. "First step's admitting it. Trust me on this. I had a lot of anxiety issues when I was younger, too."

Virgil gave him a curious look. "You?"

"Mostly 'cause of my sexuality, and the stress of keeping that from my parents. Plus, I'm a little wacky... up here." Remus tapped his head. "I have weird thoughts sometimes. Thoughts that I really don't have any control over, and a lot of them are pretty gory."

"Intrusive thoughts," Virgil said, nodding. "I'm familiar."

"Yeah, those. Thing is, I didn't know what the fuck an intrusive thought was, so for the longest time I thought that I was some sorta psychopath. And I was majorly stressed that I'd eventually snap and start killing people." He cracked a small smile. "The fact that I legit killed someone didn't help."

"One of the necromancer ops brought him back," Janus reminded him. "Not that the man deserved it, but still."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Remus exhaled. "I eventually told Roman about it, and Logan happened to be in the room, and he looked at me like I was the biggest idiot to walk the earth, and then he sat me down and explained how intrusive thinking worked. That's the one time he's ever tried to help me, actually, but it made me feel a lot better knowing that my craziness was something I could control."

"It was also what made you crush on him for a brief period of time," Janus muttered.

Virgil did a spittake. "I'm sorry---what."

Remus waved his hand flippantly. "Only for a few months. It pretty much went away when I realized that he was always gonna find me annoying, and that wasn't gonna change." He blew a kiss towards Janus. "And then I ended up meeting mi serpiente a few months after that, and I was only interested in him from that point."

Janus smirked. "And there was also the little factor that once Logan met Patton, nobody else even had a chance."

"No, hey, you stole my heart first!" Remus protested, flopping over on the bed and taking one of Janus's hands.