•Prinxiety•
•Angst•
•Trigger Warning: Cutting•

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Roman sat in his room, the normally egoistic attitude has disappeared. Tears filled his eyes as millions of bad thoughts swarmed in his head.

"I'm not good enough... What if they realize I'm not good at my job and banish me?" Roman asked his reflection in his full body mirror.

Cut.
What?
You heard me; cut.
Why?
Because it'll numb the pain. Or at least, it'll trick you into thinking it numbs the pain until you realize that it's just hurting you more...
And you're telling me this because...?
It is my job, unfortunately. I don't like it but I have no choice but to tell you to cut. So... Yeah. Just snap a rubber band against your wrist or something.
O-Ok...

Roman looked around for a rubber band but found a small dagger instead. He had the sudden urge to use it. The Prince of Creativity rolled up his bleach white sleeve and held the blade against his wrist. He was about to slice it when a hand grabbed his.

"You're doing it wrong. If you do it that way, you'll kill yourself. That would cause pain and grief to the ones who love you," a shaky voice said. Roman looked up to see a side younger than Virgil there. The side showed him how to cut without killing himself. "Only the top two layers of skin, any deeper and it'll be a risk."

"How do you-"
"I'm the embodiment of depression. I can't stay long though, someone's coming and I don't want to go back to Insanity's room..."

The young side disappeared and there was a knock on the door. "Roman? It's me, Virgil."

"G-go away!" Roman yelled out shakily. He out the blade back on his wrist and cut the way Depression had showed him. It hurt. A lot. But it did somewhat numb the pain.

"Roman, I'm coming in."
"I s-said go away!"

The door opened and Virgil came in. He quickly rushed over and took the dagger away from Roman, then quickly hugged him. Roman felt his walls break and began to cry his heart out.

Virgil rubbed his back and let the prince cry. "That's it, let it all out Ro... I know how it feels, but cutting isn't the way to make those feelings go away."

"I-I know but it was so tempting..." Roman replied quietly. He was very slowly calming down.

Virgil began humming a disney song and rubbed the Prince's back. He felt the prince calm down fully and laid him on his bed, then he went to grab the first aid kit.

"I'm gonna kill Depression later..." Virgil muttered as he disinfected and wrapped the cuts.