Tw: Mentions of eating disorders (like the names nothing more)

Virgil stared into the mirror while trying to fix his purple hair. He let out a huff as he saw that the the clock was almost 12 pm which meant the therapy sessions would start soon. He straightened his dark hoodie to look somewhat presentable. It was his first time after all he didn't want to make a bad impression. He hoped the purple pj bottoms he was wearing looked like sweatpants because he didn't want anyone to judge him on choosing sleepwear for daytime. It was the baggiest clothing he owned and he felt like keeping his body shape a mystery for as long as he could. Chubby was an incorrect to describe him, Really thick is more accurate.

The walls in the hallway were painted a light kind of beige and the lights were the kind that made his eye sting when he looked at them too hard. 

When he got to the door there was a tall quite young looking person right outside beside it leaning against the wall. They were 22 at most and wore a loose leather jacket. Their eyes were hidden behind sunglasses and they had a cocky smile on as they talked to the therapist dr. Emile Picani.

 "For the who knows how many times Remy you're not allowed to bring food in here" Emile said gesturing to the bag of jelly beans the person apparently named Remy was holding.

"Yeah well these are tots tasty so like gurl chill" They replied before throwing a few into their mouth.

Virgil took the hood on and stared down into the floor as he walked past them. There were 5 other people in the cozy lit room. The air smelled of a cheap strawberry scented candle and in the middle of the room stood a group of chairs in a circle. On the walls were posters from different cartoons hung as well as a few cute cat pictures.

The moment the strangers saw him they stopped talking. Virgil was pretty sure his heart stopped as well. One of them waved excidetly before running up to him. Oh no not the cursed social interaction

 "Hi kiddo!" He greeted with a big warm smile. "You want a hug? I know it can be rough coming here for the first time and-" He rambled on completely forgetting to introduce himself or give Virgil time to reply.

The emo breathed out when he heard Picani close the door because that's when the cheery man stopped talking.

The therapist sat down and so did everyone else so Virgil of course did as well. He tried to scoot his chair away. On his left was the cheery man and on his right an elegant looking man with an elegant  looking red jacket. He glanced over at Virgil and when their eyes met he smiled.

"Session begun!" Picani exclaimed dramatically "Hello everyone" A few of them greeted back "Nice to see that everyone is here for once. Can't be the crystal gems if not everyone's here am I right"

"We're humans, it is literally impossible for us to become crystals and or gems" Someone with a monotone voice said.

"You'll get one of my references one day Lo. I swear on it. Anyway! seems like there's a new gem here!" He looked at Virgil and the emo wanted to run out of the room right then and there "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

He shook his head frantically.

"Ooookay. How about we take a round and introduce ourself. As an extra challenge how about stating your disorder since-"

"Admitting you have like a problem is the first step to getting better. Dearly noted girl. No need for repetition" Remy interrupted. They weren't even trying to hide the fact that they were texting on their phone.

"Exactly" Picani said "Anyone want to start?" 

"Oh OH I can!" A man in green exclaimed. He was laying with his legs against the back seat of the chair and his head was hanging of the edge seat. He was a perfectly normal healthy weight though that was probably the most healthy thing about him.

"I'm Remus! Aka the most interesting person here...also I have a great talent for shoving food into my mouthhole and then spewing it out via the same hole. It's all verrrry sophisticated" He laughed. That might just be the most disgusting way to say that he had bulimia.

The man in the chair to the right of Virgil's continued with a coinfident voice "I am Roman. The prince! The knight!-"

"The idiot" Remus cut in. 

"Not okay bro I was doing my cool introduction. Anyway I am here to take down a mighty dragon that goes by the foul name of ana (anorexia) and hopefully save a prince or princess in the process" He was on the edge between being a normal weight and being underweight.

"Aww that sounds awesome kiddo" The guy he spoke to briefly earlier said. He wore big round rose tinted glasses and freckles littered his squishy cheeks. He had a grey cat hoodie on with a baby blue sweater underneath. He looked like the oldest patient, maybe 28 or so. He was also the chubbiest so his hug-ability was unmesurable, same with his cuteness.

"I never did say my name did I. Heh silly me. I'm Patton and I'm currently recovering from binge eating disorder. I've actually been doing a lot better lately, just so you know it can and will get better" 

"Hah bullshit" the youngest looking (19 to be exact) man chuckled into his gloved hand.

"that kind of negative thinking isn't good for you or anyone else" Picani cut in "I don't want to have to go over this every week"

"Fine of course of course. Will never happen again doc. Promise" He lied in a silky smooth voice "My name is Ethel I mean Cassidy I mean Ernest" He took a deep breath trying not to lie as he continued "Janus, it's Janus. But a lot of people call me Deceit. If you're not an idiot you should get why. I have no diagnosis at all. I am completely sane and honestly I have no idea why I keep coming here"

That was also a lie, he knew exactly why he kept going. At the end of his first session he was about to tell Picani he wouldn't come there ever again but then he'd met Remus and he'd seemed so excited to meet Janus again so he couldn't bring himself to let him down. After that he never stopped going.

Remus held up his hand half asking half yelling "If he can say that he doesn't have a problem can I say that vomiting is just my kink"

"No you can not" Picani answered before turning back to Janus "Admitting that you have a problem is the first step mr.Khadae, give it a try"

Janus groaned before saying "Fine. The psychiatrists says that I have the sickening syndrome known as shut-your-mouthia but for some reason they call it eating-disorder-not-otherwise-specified, shortened ednos. Think anorexia or bulimia but I'm so bad at being sick they can't say I have them. I'm too overweight to actually be considered anorexic" It was true that he was chubby but that didn't take away from him having a serious disorder.

"It's a....start" The therapist chimed in with a cheery expression. "Mr. Lyon do you want to introduce yourself?"

The so called mr.Lyon had sat quiet the entire time in his chair next to Patton's. He was sitting with his back straight and had an oversized navy sweater on and a pair of matching suspenders that held up his jeans which were also oversized. From the small amount of his actual body he showed he looked skeleton thin as if he was a cliche poster about ed shown during school while the teacher talked about it (If not all those posters depicted girls). His hair was black and shaved on the sides but on the top it was a dark blue, so dark it was nearly black which matched his glasses. Under his eyes there were purple bags from exhaustion.

"Salutations, my name is Logan. I have been told that my diagnosis is anorexia" The man said. He was 26 years old and quite tall. Actually the only one taller than him was Remy.

The enby with sunglasses shut their phone off and started fixing their half shaved on one side and half wavy on the other side hair as they said "Great I'm last. The best bitch is always introduced last. I'm Remy and I'm a fucking mess and girl that's all you need to know"

To add on is that they had 5 ear piercings including one detacatchable one that went from their mouth to their ear and also a nose ring. They were lanky but the kind of skinny were stupid little bitches would joke about how 'omg do they even eat lol' and not the kind of skinny were people would actually be worried and ask 'Do they even eat?' 

Virgil gazed down at his hands not able to look at everyone staring at him. Was he supposed to talk now??? Why wasn't anyone saying anything???

"Hi" He began while already regretting being born "uh I'm Virgil....and I uh this is really embarrassing with you all knowing your problems and everything but I don't know what's wrong with me. I guess I sometimes start eating a lot and then I can't stop and then I feel guilty about it Oh this sounds so stupid and now I'm rambling great"

"Girl it fine" Remy said "I don't know what's wrong with me either, I'm literally just here cause Rere was all teary eyed about me going on diets" They laughed which earned them a look(™) from Remus aka their boyfriend.

"Ok well it's still weird to be here. I mean you mostly think of eating disorders being eating to little not eating too much. I mean I weigh like-"

"Eating disorders are about having an unhealthy relationship with food, whether that relationship is built on eating too much or too little doesn't change that it's a disorder. Also we have a rule not to discuss weight here" The therapist chimed in .

"Which is also fucking bullshit" Janus said while crossing his arms "The only reason for that rule is so that fat fucks like me won't want to hang ourself the moment we hear that Logan weighs like a leaf"

Remus sat up before leaning over to Janus. He lightly ran his hand up and down Janus' arm while whispering something to him.

".....Sorry Lo I suppose that was kind of rude" The snake sighed afterwards. Remus continued to pat his arm while grinning.

"Nice done" Picani stated before shining up in an even bigger smile "We should try doing a quiz to see which element y'all would bend if you were in avatar next time. That would be fun"

The rest of the session was more relaxed than Virgil expected. He wasn't forced to talk again instead he could calmly listen on as whoever wanted to talk about their week did so. When it got quiet Picani would ask some questions but none of them were the kind that made Virgil's heart race from anxiety.

Once the session had ended Patton quickly went around and asked everyone if they wanted to go to a cafe and relax. He always asked everyone if they wanted to do anything afterwards to lift their spirits in case the sessions had been hard or stressful.

Almost everyone said yes including Logan but he quickly threw out a lie about work when he heard they would go to a cafe. He knew no one would force him to eat but he couldn't risk it. He left the building soon after.

"Hiya kiddo. Don't feel pressured at all but if you want to we can go hang out" The dad like man asked after skipping over to Virgil. 

The emo stared down into the ground. For some reason his normal anxiety lightened up just a bit and he quietly answered "...Sure..."

"OH GOodie!" Patton exclaimed. He went in for a hug but stopped himself mid air. He didn't want to infer on personal space after all.

Instead he shone a big smile to him before going over to Janus and asking the same thing.

"Darling if I wanted to waste my time I would go and watch paint dry" Was his answer. He rolled his eyes as he decided to try and be nice "Though I supposed I should thank you for the invitation. Have a lovely week"

"You too kiddo!"

Virgil glanced around absentmindledly when he saw Remus and Janus standing in the doorway. It looked like the man in green was talking while doing puppy eyes. In response he got eye rolls and a shaking head. Remus shrugged before leaning down and kissing Jan who snaked his arms around his waist to keep him close. 

The moment was broken when Janus' gaze caught with Virgil's. The emo quickly turned away pretending like he hadn't seen anything while the snake pushed Remus away in turn breaking the kiss. The duke was confused but still waved happily with a grin while Jan left. Then he skipped over to the rest of the group and took Remy's hand before kissing their cheek.

5 minutes later the group was walking towards the cafe. Roman leaned closer to Virgil and said with a smug expression "I like your make up, it's a very nice raccoon impression"

Virgil glanced up and down at him before replying with "Thanks, you look like if Santa went to highschool and became an incredibly annoying jock"

Roman did a weird offended noise while putting his hand against his forehead "Well looks aside I hope you'll feel at home in this strange lil group" He took Virgil's hand and pressed a short kiss to it "I'm an ever so graceful prince at your service if you need anything" 

Yes he was extra enough to do this to everyone. Janus had bitten him when he tried to kiss his gloved hand.

"Ehm thanks?" 

"Time for nickname!" The prince continued as his face lit up with a smile. "Panic! at the everywhere? No too long. I know! How about prince of darkness"

He couldn't help but smile back just a little "That does sounds dark and edgy, just how I like it" 

"Nice! I've given everyone a prince themed nickname. Expect Remus, he's the duke because he's beneath me" 

"Kiss my ass, prince pretentious" Remus said while sticking out his tongue.

"Oh so that's what you call your Saturdays activities" Roman instantly replied while crossing his arms.

The demented brother got ready to start a playful brawl when Remy tightly gripped their arms around his arm and rested their head against his shoulder "Love to see ye girls fight but none of that shit today. I'm like sooo tired and I need my dukeybear to rest on"

"I'm more octopus than bear, or tentacle monster or kraken!"Remus said with a grin. He quickly moved them so he was carrying them bridal style. They felt lighter than the last time he carried them but he pushed that thought away.

"No" Remy pouted while rubbing their face against the soft fabric of his shirt. "Warm dukeybear"

"More like warm dukey right out of the disgusting whatever you come from" Roman muttered while rolling his eyes.

"We literally came from the same disgusting whatever but whatever. I know my existence is such a mistake!" Remus exclaimed. He wanted to dramatically put his hand against his forehead but he didn't want to make Remy fall "OOOoooOOh Daddy quickly ostracize me and do it Roughly!"

"I don't even know what ostra-ostracize means" Patton replied. He was completely oblivious to the fact that he hadn't been referred to.

"It's when you banish someone from a land but it sounds like a dangerous medical procedure so I like it!" The duke explained.

"I wish I could banish you from the apartment" The prince cut in.

"Mood" Remy agreed.

"HEY! Why must you always gang up on me like this!" Remus said while doing puppy eyes.

Patton nodded along "Yeah. Kiddos, play nice!"

"Ok ok girl listen there's only like a few amount of times my boyfriend can come back from the graveyard stinking like a fucking zombie before I start clowning on him with his brother" 

"GRAVEYARD?" Virgil exclaimed while half thinking that he was surrounded by murderers and or doctor Frankenstein wannabes. Immediately after he clamped his hand over his mouth because he had not meant to say it that loud. 

"I'm a demon stripper" Remus said with a completely straight (gay) face, Remy nodded in agreement. When Virgil looked at them with a confused expression they both started to laugh "Just kidding. I clean and dig graveyards for a living"

"Have you ever tried to wake the spirits?" Virgil (Who's 100% into haunted stuff) asked as his eyes lit up with curiosity. 

Remus grinned while responding "Oh yeah. Me, Deecy and Remy once tried. We sneaked in late at night and tried to speak to the dead in enochian. That's the language of angels. Didn't work. Bummer am I right"

"Enochian is stupid" Remy groaned "Apparently only men can cast spells and stuff in that language. Like just cause I'm nonbinary I'm not allowed to perform magic" They squinted their eyes at the emo right after they'd said it.

"Yeah sucks" Virgil agreed making a mental note to look it up when he got home. Remy breathed out when they knew for sure that he wasn't a transphobic threat.

It was quiet for a few moments before Patton let out a squeal and lightly bounced up and down on his feet while walking next to his new dark strange son "Can I hug you??? I've been waiting kind of a while to ask. I just like hugging my kiddos"

"Kiddos?" The emo asked. He was 23 so Patton certainly wasn't old enough to be his father.

"Yeah! Kiddo! I have figuratively adopted you already because you deserve all the love you wonderful shadow being! If you want to of course" 

"I uh..sure?"

"Great" He exclaimed with a bright smile "Now a hug!" 

Virgil tensed up as warm hands closed around his waist and a just as warm head rested on his shoulder. At first his heart raced from anxiety but it slowly slowed down until he was calm enough to hug back.

"Group hug!" Roman said before wrapping his arms around the emo's shoulders.

Soon after Remus and Remy joined in until Virgil was nearly being crushed in a weirdly comfortable hug. This wasn't how he imagined that the day would end but to be honest he wasn't complaining. Instead he smiled.