Art not by me! Obviously...)

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~2 days later~

~Virgil's POV~

I walked down the hallway. I didn't see Circe at music practice, which is a good thing. It makes me have one thing less to worry about.

In these 2 days, I also saw a girl who looked 7 years old while going to a coffee shop. She looked like she was homeless. Her clothing was ripped and her dark brown hair messy. She looked like a lost puppy trying to find a home. But, I just left her be and went back to campus.

I was thinking about one of FOB's songs and I ran into someone. I kept my balance and looked at the person I bumped into. I gasped when I noticed it was Deceit.

He always wore a jacket and gloves for some reason. I thought it was weird. But he just might have a condition. He also had Vitiligo. A disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches.

"Ugh... it's bad enough that I have to deal with you now." Deceit scowled. I raised an eyebrow.

"What? Who else did you have to deal with?" I asked.

"My so-called 'friends' kicked me out of their group!" He yelled.

"So they were talking about you..." I muttered.

"Wait, you knew!? Who else knew, those losers you hang out with?"

"They are not losers! No, they didn't know..."

"Good... it... ruin... tation..." He mumbled something, but I couldn't hear it.

"What?" I asked. He looked at me.

"Hm? Oh! Nothing. I have to go..." Deceit walked past me, brushing his shoulder against mine.

I shrugged it off and just walked back to my dorm with my guitar case on my back.

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I got back to my room inside the dorm room. Very confusing, I know. I put down my guitar and got to work on my homework and music project.

Yeah, I know. It's way too early in the year to already have a project. But, this one was big, apparently.

It was all we knew about instruments put into one thing. There was another music group that was in a different room. They would be joining us. And Circe just so happened to be in mine...

I sit in the back of the room and I could just hear someone playing the piano. I had to hand it to them, they were very talented.

I heard the door open. I looked over and saw Roman.

"Hey, Princey. What are doing here?" I asked him.

"Well, I just wanted to see how you were doing." He said and sat in Emile's desk chair. "So, how's it going?"

"Okay, surprisingly... I just have a project for music." I sighed.

"A project? Already?"

"Yep... this one involves our music class with the other one. We're going to see how good we sound together. I just need to practice this song on guitar." I explained.

"Oh... I don't know how I could help you with that..." He muttered.

"You want to help me?" I asked him, shocked.

"Yes, I can't really play the guitar or how to help you."

"Well, there is something you can do."

"What is it?"

"Get my songbook from my bed. You can look at the songs in it." I said. Roman got up and climbed to my bed. After a few seconds, he climbed back down and sat down again, this time with my songbook.

He flipped to the first page. He looked mesmerized. I smiled slightly and turned back to my work.

After a few minutes, Roman spoke.

"You also write poems?" He asked.

"Oh, yeah. Whenever I have something on my mind and it rhymes, I write it down." I said, eliminating an answer on my paper. I was doing a test about music. Roman hummed in response. I heard him flip a page. Then he spoke again.

"Did you know Deceit got kicked out of his group?" Roman asked.

"Oh... yeah. I actually ran into him earlier... literally." I said, thinking about how it went. "I actually somehow knew it was going to end up with him kicked out."

"How did you know?"

"I overheard my brother and Synn talking about how they didn't want to invite the 'pathetic liar' Deceit to their meeting," I said, using air quotes. I also remember that Synn called Bane 'babe'. I shuddered at the thought. I didn't know people like them can love each other.

"Oh wow..." Roman muttered and continued reading my songs.

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~Virgil's POV~

It was after dinner and I was just sat crisscrossed on the couch. Thinking.

'I mean... if you call someone babe, it technically means that they are your significant other, right?' I asked myself. 'It's not normal to call someone that's not your boy or girlfriend, babe. Unless it's their name.'

"Virgil, you okay?" I heard Remy ask next to me. I jumped a little. When did he get here? I looked around and everyone was staring at me, concerned.

"I'm fine. Why?" I asked.

"You seem out of it. I tried waving my hand in front of you and snapping my fingers, but it didn't work. Usually, you're not like this. What are you thinking about?" Remy explained.

"Okay, don't think I'm stupid. When do you usually call someone 'babe'?" I asked. "I know the question is weird. Don't question me."

Emile was the first to answer. "Well. Mostly you use it for your significant other. Or if it's someone's name."

"I knew I wasn't crazy..." I mumbled.

"Crazy? Virgil, what are talking about?" Remy asked.

"Okay... here goes. IthinkmybrotherandSynnaregay!" I said, quickly.

"What!?" Everyone exclaimed.

"You think who is gay now?" Remy asked, his sunglasses failing to stay on.

"I think... Bane and Synn... are gay." I said again. "2 days ago, before Deceit got kicked out of his group, I overheard my brother and Synn talking. Synn called my brother 'babe'."

"Did they say anything else?" Emile asked.

"Well, I was having a seizure and then Circe just appeared behind me and surprised me. So no." I said.

Remy just sunk back into the couch. I did the same. We both sighed, looked at each other and said,

"Oh, brother... literally."