(Art not by me! Obviously...)

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~1 week later~

~Virgil's POV~

It's been like a week of living here. I guess it's going somewhere... my eye hasn't healed completely yet.

I have guitar and piano lessons set-up. I just need violin lessons. I searched for some. Either they were expensive or they were booked. I let out a frustrated sigh.

"Is everything alright, Virgil?" Emile asked. He was going over something on his clipboard.

"Everything's fine, Em..." I put my head in my hands. I was sitting at my desk under my bed with my laptop and journal.

"Okay... I'll be... right back." Emile said. I heard him shift off his chair and exit the room.

~Emile's POV~

I needed to do something about Virgil. He's been frustrated lately and I worry about him too much.

I walked into the living area. I saw Logan reading, Patton on his laptop, Roman watching TV, and Remy in the kitchen making coffee even though it was the evening... eh, I've seen weirder. I walked up to Remy.

"Hey, Remy? Can I talk to you?" I asked him. He nodded, took his coffee, and led me into his and Roman's room. Remy put down the coffee on his desk and turned to me.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Well... it's about Virgil. I'm worried about him... and I just don't know what to do." I explained and pushed my glasses up.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Nothing. He just seems more frustrated and distant." I said.

"He's always distant," Remy said and sipped his coffee.

"Not with me... he would talk to me about everything." I sighed.

"Well, people change-"

"Virgil could never change!" I yelled, then I put a hand over my mouth. Remy looked shocked. I dropped my hand. "Virgil would always tell self-deprecating jokes about himself in any state he's in."

"I..." Remy sighed. "I guess we should do something about Virgil's frustration."

"I'm sorry for yelling, Remy. Virgil's just the only friend I've ever had. I don't have any family I know since I'm an orphan. Virgil didn't make fun of me or anything. He accepted me..." I said and looked down at the carpet.

I heard some shuffles and felt arms wrapping around me.

"It's fine, Emile..." I heard Remy whisper. I hesitantly returned the hug.

~Roman's POV~

I was bored. I was scrolling through my phone, just looking at random stuff. I gave up on watching TV. My eyes gazed off my phone. I saw Patton on his laptop, but his eyes were somewhere else. I followed his gaze and saw that he was staring at Logan. I smirked.

Then Logan's eyes glanced at Patton's. Patton turned his eyes back to the laptop, fast. I held in a laugh. Then I got a thought.

'Why don't I check on Virgil?' I thought. I got up from the couch and walked to Virgil and Emile's room. I knocked on the door.

"Come in." I heard Virgil say. I opened the door and saw that Virgil was sitting at his desk. He glanced back on me. "What do you need?"

"Nothing. I was just checking on you. You've been in here ever since this morning." I said.

"Well, as you can see... I'm fine. You can leave now." He said, clearly grumpy. I just chuckled, closed the door and sat in Emile's desk chair. I heard Virgil groan softly. "What do you want from me...?"

"I just want to hang out with someone. Patton is busy glancing at Logan, Logan's reading, and Remy pulled Emile somewhere."

"...Fine. I guess you can stay and chat here." Virgil said and he turned around to face me. "I was gonna find some violin lessons, but I guess it could wait..."

"You can play the violin? My mom is great at it." I smiled. I saw Virgil's eyes brighten for a moment.

"Yeah. I can play, but I'm not that great." He muttered. We were both silent for a few minutes. I decided to speak up.

"So... what's your favorite color?" I asked. Virgil looked at me for a second.

"Oh, um. Purple." He answered.

"Cool. Mine is red. What's your favorite time of day? Mine is sunset."

"Midnight. It's very peaceful."

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~Emile's POV~

Remy and I went back into the living area. Roman wasn't there anymore.

"Where's Roman?" Remy asked. Patton and Logan looked at us and shrugged.

"He just got up all of a sudden. That was about almost 2 hours ago." Patton said, closing his laptop. Logan placed his bookmark in his book and put it on the table next to him.

"He's probably with Virgil then," Logan said.

Out of curiosity, we all went together down to Virgil and mine's room. We heard laughing and a groan coming from inside.

"Why would you tell me that!?" A voice exclaimed. Most likely Roman. "How dare you tell me that about my darling babies!"

"Oh come on, I'm just telling you that the Grimm Brothers were just the original people who wrote fairy tales! Very gruesome fairy tales." Another voice said.

"Now you ruined Disney movies for me!"

"Grow up, Princey. It's not like you'll stop watching them or something."

We looked at each other, confused. Princey? Where did that nickname come from?

"Yeah, you are right, Emo Nightmare." Roman sighed.

"See? Now, you need to get out. I have to be looking for violin lessons." Virgil said.

We immediately ran to the living area and pretended we were there for a while. Patton got some ingredients out and began to work on dinner. Logan helped him. I sat next to Remy on the couch and browsed on my phone.

Roman came into the living area and sat on the chair. He took out his phone. Remy's shoulder was touching mine. Not like I hated it or anything, of course.

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