Welcome to the thirteenth rewritten chapter!

Tw: Physical abuse, Arguing

After stargazing they went back to Logan's room. There was a silent agreement that Janus would stay the night. The bed was warm and comfy as the snake flopped down onto it. He thought it was a real shame the bed was barely used. He hoped he would be able to change that.

Before he fell asleep he rolled over onto his stomach and watched on as Logan did a puzzle on the floor in front of the bed. Janus was pretty sure he'd never felt this calm before. Lo didn't seem to notice as Jan moved closer and rested his chin on top of his head.

"Hey Logggggaann" He teased "I don't love you"

"Noted" He replied dryly "I can not love you back. I do not know how to"

"That's alright" Janus pressed a quick kiss to the top of his head "I most definitely can not love enough for the both of us"

Logan buried his head in his hands to hide the smile that formed on his face. Maybe if he had emotions he would have replied I love you too but for now he continued to lie to himself that he didn't.

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Janus was able to get a few hours of sleep before he was woken up by a nightmare. In it there'd been a shadowy figure screaming at him. It left him uneasy to say the least.

Logan had left while he was sleeping and the room felt so weird without him Deceit left too. He moved down to the couch in the living room. He was eating breakfast when he heard quiet footsteps coming up behind him. Almost like the person was dragging their feet across the floor.

It was Virgil. After all this time Janus could still recognize him from the smallest of details.

Janus forced a mischevious grin and turned towards his old friend "Anxiety! Oh what a lovely surprise! Tell me, what brings you to me today?"

"I hate to say this but we need to talk" he grabbed onto Jan's shoulder and dug his fingers down into it. When he sunk out the snake was forced to sink out with him.

They sunk up into the emo's room. Virgil grabbed onto the collar of Janus' shirt and pushed him up against a wall. Their faces were only a few inches apart and the side of anxiety had a furious look on his face.

"How homoerotic of you Anxiety. What is it you want so badly?" Deceit asked. He pretended to check his nails through his gloves while saying it.

"If you continue to manipulate my friends I will make sure you have to go back where you belong" He growled out.

"Oh my" He gasped dramatically "Are you saying that our favorite lil prince and daddy can't like me just the way I am. That is very mean of you. And I who thought you were a light side nowadays. Aren't they supposed to be kind and trust worthy"

"It's Logan I'm talking about. I saw you two last night and that was so out of fucking character of him that I thought you had forced Roman to create your own sick dream clone of him. But nooo it's reality and I want you too stop messing with reality!"

"Maybe you are the problem" Janus bit off. He pushed Virgil from him "it's not like you're afraid of change, afraid of the people around you changing. I live here and it was Logan's choice to hang out with me you can't change that"

"You're so afraid of change you didn't dare to come here when I gave you the chance!" Virgil nearly yelled out.

"That was one time! You never talk about all the things I've done for you!" Janus exclaimed while throwing his arms out. He was so angry he didn't think about lying.

"Like what!? Telling me that the only way people will listen to me is if I'm the villain. That worked so well now didn't it"

"You...You left me" Janus voice broke.

"No. I left an abusive situation. I told you you could come with me! You were just too godamn stubborn to leave!" Virgil quickly blinked away a few tears.

"And what about Envy huh? You had no thoughts about him?"

"WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT ENVY?!"

"I do!" Janus took a step closer "I do because after you left the abuse turned physical and he was the only one I had" He pointed his finger at Virgil's chest "The abuse worsening was all your fucking fault"

A tear went down Virgil's cheek. He grabbed onto Janus' wrist, making him wince, and forced his hand away "Don't you dare blame me for whatever the hell Rage has decided with his free will to do to you. It's as low as me blaming you for me ducking out"

Janus nearly flinched back "You....you..duck-"

"I want you to stop being around my friends" He interrupted. His eyes were filled with pure rage "i know you don't actually care about them. You're just using them for your own goal. You don't just want a seat at the table, you want the entire building"

"Oh yeah because you definetly know everything going on" Deceit hissed out. He clenched his hands into fists at just the thought of what would happen if he failed. The bruises upon bruises.

"I know enough. I know you're manipulating MY family and I know you're probably abusive too. All of you dark sides are the same. I'll tell them all about your manipulation and make sure you're never allowed here again"

Janus couldn't fail at his plan. He couldn't take the beatings. He couldn't lose Logan.

With a flick of his wrist Virgil's hand had been forced up to his mouth. Forced to silence himself. The anger in his eyes had been replaced with fear. Janus grabbed onto his other arm and moved it up behind his back before pushing him chest first against the wall.

"Oh my oh my. Not as bity now are you Anxiety" Janus murmured into his ear "If you tell Anyone about my plan I will reveal your dear little secret. All dark sides are the same huh? You're one of us Anxiety. I will let them all know that"

A muffled whine came from Virgil. He tried to kick his legs around to push Deceit away but he was completely stuck.

"You think your anxiety is bad now? Just wait till you have no dad friend to wrap you in blankets or prince who sings you songs to calm you down or-or Logan. You'll have no one do you really want that"

Of course Virgil couldn't respond but the tears streaming down his face and the muffled sobs was response enough.

Janus forced a smirk as he dragged Virgil over to the chair by his desk. He made the side of anxiety sit down as he quickly summoned a piece of rope. He tied it as tightly as possible while feeling worse and worse.

He leaned down to look into Virgil's tearfilled eyes. He caressed his chin while saying "One day you'll regret becoming a dirty traitor. The dark sides always win eventually"

Janus sunk out and left Virgil tied up. He needed time to think about his next move. Right now his heart was beating out of his chest and his thoughts was a flurry of panic. He couldn't believe he'd tied up his ex-best friend.

He sunk up into the dark sides' living room. One of the worst things that could have been awaiting him awaited him. Envy was no where in sight, but Rage was sitting on the couch with a soda in his hand. He was mindlessly zapping through channels.

Deceit tensed up. He couldn't tell Rage about how he'd ruined everything. He couldn't tell him why he was there.

"Where is Envy?" Janus asked. When Rage turned to look at him he nearly flinched back.

"He's having a time out day" Rage responded as if everyone knew what it meant "don't you dare ask what I mean when you haven't even said why you're here you dirty snake"

"Oh yes of course I love being called a snake! I totally don't want you to stop or anything" Janus muttered out. Rage let out a short but stiff laugh.

He stood up and walked over to Janus. He was practically towering over him. "What? I'm just telling the truth" He placed his hand on Deceit's shoulder "Just a good for nothing snake" He dug his fingers down into his skin until it hurt. "Can't you see that I'm just trying to help" His voice softened as he said it "The light sides will never actually accept you. Not when you talk like in lies or when you look like that. I'm just trying to prepare you for it"

"Liar" The red lines under Rage's eyes started to glow showing that he was becoming agitated. "Logan said my looks was something to be ashamed of"

"You shouldn't listen to him, he's not your family remember" He leaned closer and smiled "I am, Envy is. Don't think for a second that they like you. The moment they know you've been lying this whole time they'll throw you out"

"I know" Janus tried to make himself smaller to make him less angry "When we're in charge could we let Logan live with us? He doesn't need a seat at the table of Thomas' decision making but I think he might have a good idea every now and then. That's the only reason"

Rage pulled him into a hug. A bit too tight "We won't need any of the light sides after we're in control. I think we should lock them down here and never let them see sunlight again...And Virgil we can keep around chained up to hurt whenever we feel like it!" There was a sick smile on his face and the marks on his cheeks were glowing red "Then I don't need to hurt you or Envy anymore"

Janus' breathe hitched "I-I-" He didn't want that to happen to them. Not to Virgil. Not to Logan.

The hug turned tighter. So tight he could barely breathe. It felt like his ribs were being crushed "Now" Rage growled out "Why the hell are you here?"

"A light side w-was close to seeing me do something that could ruin the plan. I-I sunk out to-to not let him see"

"Oh really"

The hug turned tighter. Janus breathe was completely cut off. He tried to push Rage away but it was all for nothing. His limbs felt heavier and heavier until dots of black was filling his vision. He let out a gurgly sound from deep within his throat as he got close to passing out.

Rage let him go. Janus fell down on the ground while gasping for breathe. He coughed and sputtered as he held his hands close to his neck. The side of anger hunched down in front of him.

"You wanna say why you're actually here now or?" Rage asked but it sounded more like a threat.

"I got-" He took a few moments to breathe because he was still hyperventilating "I got real tired of being surronded by idiotic lighties"

Rage hit him right on his cheek. Janus head flung to the side and he could taste copper. He tried to move away but the other man grabbed onto his ancle and dragged him back. He leaned over Deceit so there was no way of him escaping.

"The truth"

"I wanted to get back early to make sure you hadn't hurt Envy to badly"

"Oh that's funny" Rage let out a monotone chuckle "Because if you don't tell me truth right now I will drag Envy out here and cut him up like a pig for christmas until you tell me truth!"

Janus flinched back. He looked away and tensed up, already awaiting the hurt as he admitted "I didn't come back because Virgil figured it out. He knows I'm lying to the lighties. He wanted to tell them. I didn't tie him up before panicking and coming here"

Rage looked him up and down. His smile had disappeared but there was still a playful look in his eyes "You're gonna go back there and you're gonna cut his tounge off! Or hurt him in some other way! Be creative I dunno. Just make sure he doesn't tell anyone"

His body froze. His throat suddenly felt as dry as a desert. He didn't- he couldn't hurt Virgil "I-I-"

"What? What? What?" Rage mocked in a childish tone while pouting "Aww does lil Snakey not wanna hurt the lil horrible traitor. Awww is the ugly lil snakey turning into a traitor himself"

"Yes! Of course!" He lied in panic.

"It's okay" He taunted him by patting his head "I'll help you be able to hurt him. We're family after all. We're all we have"

Just like Envy could make others extremly jelous if he was in enough emotional pain and Janus could force others to silence themself Rage could share his anger with other people by giving them marks. Just like the red marks on his face and body.

Rage put his leg on top of Janus waist so he couldn't move as he forced off his cape and unbuttoned his shirt. Deceit tried to fight back, tried to move his hands away. Hell he even tried to silence him but all he got were slaps and painful reminders he was weak.

"No! No! No!" Janus yelled out. He felt pathetic.

With a grin on his lips Rage leaned down and bit his teeth into Janus skin. Bite marks were left on his collar bones and chest. With every mark he felt more and more anger begin to burn within him. Soon he forgot how other feelings felt. All he remembered was anger. Anger at the light sides for casting him out. Anger at everyone around him. Anger at himself.

One last bite mark was left on his neck just to toy with him. The marks were glimmering bright crimson. Rage leaned back and looked at what he'd done. He didn't regret a thing.

"What are you thinking snakey?"

"I want to split your skull in two" Janus hissed out while looking into his dark red eyes.

"Heh. You can dream" He made him sit up and started to button up his shirt "What do you think about Anxiety now?"

"It's that worthless traitors fault I'm stuck with you. Every bruise you've given me is his fault. And now he's trying to take My Logan away from me. He doesn't deserve a single ounce of kindness from me"

He hung the cape back around his shoulder "Huh you don't lie when you're under someone's influence. Interesting. Now what are you gonna do?"

Janus clenched his hands into fists "Make. Sure. Anxiety. Doesn't. Tell. Anyone!"

Rage let up into a smile "Good" He stroked his thumb back and forth across the other side's cheek "Now go get him!"

Deceit sunk out and appeared in Virgil's room. With anger burning him up from the inside he looked around. Sitting besides Anxiety was Logan. Janus' entire world stopped when he saw the hurt look on his face.