TW:Mentions of bullying, a knife and blood, Swearing

I start to write my final letter

Virgil,

I'm sorry. I can't tell you enough that I'm sorry. If you don't want to ever see me fine. But please what happened? I don't know what they did but it wasn't me. Just text me I promise I'll make it up. Again, here's my number ***-***-****. I'm sorry text me and I'll explain it all. I'm sorry please answer Pat, he has nothing to do with any of this he just delivered your notes. I didn't even know what the other had planned. Please V I'm sorry. Just let me tell you my side then you can do whatever you want. Maybe it will make me feel better about all my mistakes and hopefully help you feel better about this all. I'm sorry. I don't have the right to say I love you, so I won't but I wish I could because I truly do.

I cried while writing, it at first was just to vent. I was tempted to just rip it up but I didn't have the guts. I needed to give it to him. Try one more time.

I step up onto the porch. Just like I did the first time. I was nervous again. I set down the note and walk back to my house. I sit in the kitchen, finally being out of my room in a few days.

"How are you holding up sweet pea?" My mom says walking into the kitchen.

"Okay, just wish he'd talk with me, Patton, even Logan!" I took a death breath, "just with someone" She sat with me and started to talk but my phone went off. I look over to my phone. Who the heck is texting me? Did Patton or Logan get ahold of him? I grab my phone and find it's a new number. I recognize the number but I'm not sure from where.

***-***-****: It's Virgil, what did you want to explain?

Roman Prince: Omg you actually text me thank you Virgil.

Virgil: What did you want to say Roman, I don't want your excuses.

Roman Prince: I want to say I'm sorry, but I can't do anything to prove that unless you tell me what my 'friends' did to you.

Virgil: Like you don't already know

Roman Prince: I don't please Virgil tell me.

Virgil: Fine, they texted me and acted like you, asked to come to my house. When they came I found that it was your friends. They attacked me and beat me up, keeping the bruises under my clothes to make sure no one would see. They said some things how I was unloveable and you couldnt find anything you liked about me. How you sent them to beat me. One pulled out a knife and I blacked out, they cut me up and I woke up in a pool of blood. So yeah, I'm on great fucking ground with you.

Roman Prince: Oh my god, are you okay Love?

Virgil: Don't fucking call me that!

Virgil: besides I'm fine

Roman Prince: I'm sorry, but can I tell you my part?

Roman Prince:Virgil?

I began to get worried, why wouldn't he answer?

"It's okay Roman, maybe his phone died?" My mother said looking at the texts.

"I'm going over"

"What?" My mother asked, "You can't just enter the house!"

"Never said I was going to, just going to knock, if he lets me in he lets me in, if he doesn't he doesn't" I left before she could say anything else. Running out the door and to the road, I checked for cars of course but I didn't see any. I run across the street to Virgil's.

"Virgil?" I yell stepping up to the door. I knock on the door.

"What?" I hear a scratchy voice ask. I think it was Virgil.

"What's wrong? Can I come in?" I ask worried.

"No! Please don't"

I respect that and sit at his door instead. I pull out my phone.

Roman Prince: Virgil, I don't know what's wrong but, breath okay? Not for me but for yourself, or Patton?

Roman Prince: It's okay V. You're going to be okay

Roman Prince: Breath in for four seconds

Roman Prince: Hold it for seven seconds

Roman Prince: Exhale for Eight seconds

Roman Prince: It's okay if you mess up, just keep trying okay?

Roman Prince: Can you name Five things you can see?

Virgil: My floor

Roman Prince: okay what else?

Virgil: the door

Roman Prince: good keep going

Virgil: death

Roman: Name another

Virgil: the table

Virgil: my phone

Roman Prince: Great job, now name four things you can feel

Virgil: the rubber on my phone case

Virgil: my clothes sticking to me

Virgil: the carpet

Virgil: the wall

Roman Prince: Amazing V, you doing awesome, name three things you can hear

Virgil: the tv

Virgil: the clicking of my phone keyboard

Virgil: the fan

Roman Prince: You doing good two things you can smell.

Virgil: The pasta I made earlier

Virgil: The air freshener

Roman Prince: one more thing, one thing you can taste

Virgil: Pasta

Roman Prince: Very good, how do you feel now?

Virgil: better

I hear the soft click of the door and look up to see a disheveled Virgil. I slowly stand up.

"Can I hug you V?" I ask gently. He slowly nods his head and I give him a gentle hug.

"Thank you Roman" He says quietly.

"Of course my dark prince" I break away from the hug. "What happened?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it" he smiles gently. "Wanna have some pasta?" I smile and nod walking into his house. He hands me a bowl of pasta.

"Can we talk about what they did?" He looks down but nods his head. "I didn't send them V, I didn't even know they were gonna text you so fast. When I got home I had written a note for you after I stopped freaking out. But I hadn't given it to you because I was scared. Then I gave it to you. But it seemed like I wasn't fast enough. I'm sorry Virgil. I should have been around to help." I shake my head being so mad at myself.

"I-It's okay Sword Guy" I look up and see he has a smirk on his face, "I shouldn't have assumed you were up to it" He looked down. I moved across the table and engulfed him in a hug.

"It's okay V, you just went with what you thought was true" I continued to hug him.

"Roman," He said sternly. "Let go" I quickly release him.

"I-I'm sorry" I sat back down across the table. "God I'm just being a douche" I say quietly. He took a deep breath.

"No, no you're not, I am" he sighed "I'm being a jerk" he shook his head. "I can't even say those three stupid words to you. I can't because everyone who gets to close to the flame, gets burned. In this case, like most, I'm the flame." He looked close to tears. I wanted to hug him but he wasn't happy with it last time.

"How about this, give me until New Years. If you still don't want to say it because you're uncomfortable then I'll leave you be and won't bother you again okay?" I offered.

"Fine, but first we need trust. I'll trust you with a special thing or two, and you keep it a secret. That would help me trust you not to get burned" he smiled softly at me. The smile wasn't of mockery, or disinterest, he truly wanted to try. "I'm ready to try"

"Okay, lets start then"

We had been walking for a good 20 minutes. We came upon a small clearing, a single tree in it with a tree house. There was also wood below the tree along with a bag poking though the wood. The clearing was beautiful I saw many flowers all of different shades.

"Woah"

"The tree house isn't done but is close, just need some walls and a roof." He looked down and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Can I help?" I ask.

"Uh, sure?"

An hour later, we had build the back wall. He had soon realized we need a saw of some sort to make a entry way and also windows. We decided to go to the Hardware store. We made small talk while we walked there.

We made it back to the tree house with a battery operated saw. The store said the battery was pre charged. I got to work making a wall with a window with Virgil putting together the pieces making a wall. I stopped sawing having enough cut pieces.

"Need help V?"

"Roman, I don't have another hammer" he said look up at me.

"Oh yeah sorry"

"I don't know why your apologizing" he said look back down to hammer in another nail. I saw him fix his bangs again. I pulled a Bobby pin out of my hair.

"Hey Virgil? Can you look at me?" I asked, he looked up at me fixing his bangs once more. I showed him the booby pin and pinned back his bangs.

"Oh, thanks Princey" he said his face turning a light shade of red.

"Of course mi amor" I said smiling. He went back to work and I climbed up to the tree house. I sat on the floor and waited for him to finish so we could get it up here. The wood is pretty heavy, while we were at the store I said we should get rope so we can hoist it up. He refused saying it wasn't the way it was built originally so it won't be built that way this time.

"Roman! It's coming up!" For such a scrawny boy, he can push the wall close enough for me to reach, Virgil is only probably around 5' 2"and I'm 5' 7".

We managed to get the wall up and Virgil is currently nailing the wall in place.

"Alright this wall is done" he said standing proudly.

"Hey Virgil when did you make this place originally?"

He went though a long explanation saying his brother had made it when they were young with help from their parents but they hadn't had enough time to finish it so him and his brother had just made the walls with sticks. He looked nervous during it and I had worried. I couldn't find a reason for him to be nervous but it could have been the height getting to him.

"Thanks for telling me Verge" I smiled an idea forming in my head "wanna go get some food?"