(TW: Needle/blood mention)

*Roman's POV*

Patton: So Roman... Who is that guy?
Patton looks cautiously around the room.

Patton: That guy... Where'd he go?

Maybe he was just looking in a random place and Vee happened to be in that spot... Wishful thinking.

Roman: Who... exactly did you see?

Patton: I don't know. Purple hair, patched jacket...

Roman: Oh my stars you did see him.

Virgil: Told you.

Roman: But how?

Virgil: That's what I've been wondering.
Well this is definitely not how I thought Patton was gonna find out about Virgil.

I look to Virgil for confirmation and he nods.
Here goes nothing.

Patton: Who is he?

Roman: He's right here.
I point at Virgil and he waves even though Pat can't see him right now.

Roman: His name is Virgil and he's uh... he's a ghost.
Patton looked skeptical.

Patton: A ghost? You're... joking right? If he was a ghost then why did I see him earlier?

Roman: I don't know... Vee, did anything weird happen before Pat saw you?
Pat looks like the most confused person on the planet right now.

I don't blame him though, to him, I'm talking to air.

Virgil: Well, you were, ya know, and he walked in and asked if you were ok...

He thinks for a second and I swear if he was a cartoon a lightbulb would've just appeared above his head.

Virgil: Oh! He touched your hand, maybe that's it.

Roman: Maybe... Ok Pat, I don't know if this'll work but give me your hand.
He looks at me confused then hesitantly gives me his hand.

*Patton's POV*

As soon as I'm touching Roman's skin, the guy from before was suddenly sitting there in the couch. Right where Ro said he was. Looking at me expectantly.
I pull my hand away and he disappears.

Patton: What the...

I place my hand back on Roman's and the guy is back.

Patton: How?

Virgil: You can see me?
I nod, still confused on what's happening.

Roman: Ok, well I didn't think I would ever be able to properly introduce you two but... Patton this is Virgil. Virgil this is Patton.

Virgil gives a two-fingered salute and I wave back awkwardly.

Patton: How is this happening?

Roman: Well, I've known Virgil all my life. No other human had been able to see him. As for you... I don't know, we'll have to ask Logan.

Patton: Only human? Do you know other ghosts? And whose Logan?
This is crazy. Ghosts are real and my best friend grew up with one.

Virgil: Logan is your guardian. He's the only other ghost we know.

Patton: Wait, you don't even know other ghosts?
He shakes his head.

Virgil: Nope. And we also literally just met Logan yesterday so there's that.

I sit back a second to let all this sink in.
This is crazy. I have a ghost guardian. Wait.

Patton: What is a ghost guardian anyway?

Roman: Logan says that every child is supposed to have one until they turn 18.

Patton: And Virgil is yours?

R and V: Apparently. We just learned this yesterday.

Do they have telepathy with each other too or something?
Either way, ghosts are real, I have a ghost guardian, and Roman can see them.

Cool.

Patton: So where is Logan?

Roman: With FairyGodmother.

Virgil: Whoever that is.
He kinda mumbled under his breath but I still understood him.

Virgil: She's this all-knowing powerful spirit person. Or at least that's what I gather from what Logan has said. Bottom line, she apparently knows alot more about me then I do.

He leans back on the couch, seemingly at ease now with what's happening.

Patton: Alright. So I learned something new about my best friend, and now I have a new dark, strange, ghost son!

Virgil raises an eyebrow and Roman laughs.

Roman: Of course you would adopt a ghost.

*Time Skip*
*Virgil's POV*

Virgil: Oh come on!
We were currently playing video games, me against Roman, and let's just say things weren't going well for me.

Virgil: You have an advantage, you have working thumbs.
Roman shrugs and hands the controller to Pat.

Roman: Sorry Vee, you're just gonna have to practice when we get home.

Patton looks a little lost, only having heard one side of the conversation. I don't think he's bothered by it too much though.

Patton: Alright, there has got to be a way to see Virgil without having to hold hands all the time.

Guess I was wrong.

Roman: Hmm... maybe if you had part of my DNA or something with you all the time then you could see him. I'm guessing that's the science behind this.

Virgil: Is there actually anything scientific about ghosts?

Roman: I mean, probably.
By now, Patton grabbed Roman's hand again so he could hear the whole conversation.

Patton: How would I hold your DNA?

Roman: If we had like a necklace or something with an airtight charm.

Logan made a chair from literally no where earlier. Maybe I could figure out how to do that even if he isn't here to teach me.

Virgil: I could make one. Possibly.
Roman gives me a confused look.

Virgil: According to Logan, ghosts can conjure stuff. So maybe I can make it.

Roman: That's awesome!
He stands and runs off into the kitchen, a moment later he's back with something I can't see in his hand.

Ro and Pat rejoins hands and Ro gestures for me to try.

I stand and take a deep breath then focus on making a necklace appear like I did when I was learning about the fire.

After a minute I falter backwards onto the couch, opening my eyes that I didn't realize I had closed.

Patton: You ok Virge?

Virgil: I'm fine.
I was actually suddenly REALLY tired for some reason. Which was weird cuz that shouldn't happen. Right? Ghosts don't need sleep so I shouldn't get tired... I'll ask Logan later.

I can tell Roman noticed something was off cuz his eyes were filled with concern. Either way, it worked.

Now in my hand was a silver chain necklace with a paw-print charm. I hand it to Roman silently praying it'll work between the realms of reality.

Luckily, it does and Ro turns the charm around in his fingers a moment before opening it.

Roman: I think this'll work.
He sets the open necklace on the table in front of the couch and sits down. He lets go of Patton's hand to grab hold of a small needle in his palm.

Patton: Uh... What exactly are you doing?

Roman: You'll see.
He takes the needle and pricks his finger, squeezing it till it bleeds.

Virgil: Ro, what are you doing?
He ignores me and puts a few drops of blood in the open necklace then closes it.

Roman: Put this on.
He hands it to Patton, who takes it hesitantly.

Patton: Ok...
He puts on the necklace and when he looks up he's looking directly at me.

Patton: It worked!

Roman: Yes!

Patton: This is awesome and all but did you really need to use your blood?
He could've easily used saliva but the blood makes it theatric.

Virgil: You know Roman. Always choosing the most dramatic option.
Pat nods in agreement as Roman's text tone goes off.

Roman: Its Mom, she said dinner's almost ready and we should head back.

Patton: Oh it is kinda late, looks like the time just ghosted by.

R and V: Really?
Pat just laughs.

*Time Skip*
*Back At Roman's House*

I thought surely by now that this weird tired wave would be gone but it isn't.

Roman told Alex and Pat what happened today then formally introduced me to them. They were really sweet and wanted to hug me, which of course, they couldn't.

Right now, Roman and I were watching Nightmare Before Christmas and I was fighting to keep my eyes open. I didn't want Ro to worry about me if I fell asleep in front of him. I'll go to sleep after he does.

About halfway through the movie, To suddenly paused it and turned to me.

Roman: Alright. Spill. You've been off ever since you made the necklace, what's wrong?

Uh-Oh. He's onto me.

Virgil: Nothing, I'm fine.

Roman: No you're not. You've barely been able to keep your eyes open this whole time. I thought ghosts didn't get tired or need sleep.

Virgil: We don't.
Of course, at this exact point in time, I yawned.

Roman: Virgil, please tell me what's going on.
Concern and worry filled his features and I knew I couldn't hide this from him.

Virgil: Fine, I'll tell you.
He readjusted in his seat so he was fully facing me then gestured for me to continue.

Virgil: So... right as I made the necklace... I felt like all the energy was drained out of me. I thought it'd be temporary and I'd be fine but,

I yawned again.

Virgil: Obviously not.

Roman: Well, we'll ask Logan later but, maybe if you sleep for a bit it'll go away.

I yawned yet again.

Virgil: Ya know...
Another wave of tiredness washed over me and I decided to stop fighting it and let whatever wants to happen, happen.

Virgil: That sounds like a really good idea.
Then I fell sideways onto what would've been Roman's lap if I was alive.

The weird thing though, was I could swear I could feel the heat coming from his legs.

Meh, I'm probably just THAT tired to be imagining things.

I was on edge of drifting off when I felt fingers brushing my hair back.

Definitely hallucinating.

Roman: Goodnight Vee.

Virgil: Night Ro...
Then sleep dragged me under.

*Roman's POV*

I ran fingers through Virgil's hair absentmindedly. Forgetting for a second that he was a ghost.

I could tell Vee was asleep by now and he snuggled closer to me.

I'm sure there's some explanation for this but frankly, I really don't care right now.

Vee's hair was really soft and everything was peaceful. So peaceful that eventually I fell asleep too.

*Time skip*

The next morning Ma woke me up for school at 7. Virgil was curled in the corner of the couch still asleep.

He looked adorable.
Like in a... sleeping kitten kinda way.

Yeah, a little sleeping kitten.

I went to get ready for school and grabbed a chocolate granola bar from the kitchen.
When I was fully ready, granola bar gone, I went back to the living room to see Virgil still sleeping soundly.

I didn't want to wake him up since he clearly needed rest, but I also have never gone to school without him.

I thought for a second then pulled a piece of paper and a pen out of my bag.

I'm 15 now for goodness sake. I'll be fine going one day without him. Right?

I write out a note saying that I didn't want to bother him sleeping and that I was at school then taped it to the TV so he could see it.

This'll be fine.

I walk out to the car with Ma and Mom then head to school.

Mom(Alex): What was that paper on the TV for?

Roman: Virgil was still asleep when we were leaving and I didn't want to bother him so I wrote a note saying that I was already at school.

Ma(Kat): Ghosts sleep?

Roman: Normally they don't need it, but he was really tired last night for some reason and fell asleep while watching the movie.

Ma(Kat): Gotcha.

My phone buzzed and I turned on the screen. It was Patton.

*Texts*

Pat 🐶: Hey! Just a heads up I won't be at school today

Pat 🐶: Apparently I have a doctor's appointment

Me: Have fun with that

Pat 🐶: No promises

Me: Have you met Logan yet?

Pat 🐶: No, I haven't seen him. Are u sure he's with me?

Me: Ya, he's probably just cloaked. I'll introduce you later

Pat 🐶: Alrighty, I gtg byeee! 💙

We get to the school and I wave to my moms.

As I'm walking up to the school, a breeze passes across my face, bringing tons of pollen with it.
My eyes start to water pretty much immediately and I head into the bathroom.

I quickly check to see if anyone's in there then toss my bag onto the sink. I take my contact lens case put, unscrew the lids, then carefully take one lens out. Leaving me with one brown and one red eye.

I got contacts when I started high school. Back when I met Patton, I was too young for contacts, so everyone saw my red eyes.

Some thought it was cool, like Patton, some thought they were fake, some couldn't care less, and the others... Well the others bullied me for them.

Vee wanted to hurt those kids so badly, but that was back when he couldn't do anything. So he just gave them a death glare and made sure I was okay. If he could do then what he could do now, those kids would be scared for life. Probably in more ways then one.

When high school approached, Patton's parents transferred him to a different high school outside the district so he could make other friends besides me. I convinced my moms to let me transfer too and get brown contacts.

No one knew my real eye color except Pat, and Virgil of course, and everyone that my hair was just dyed. It was a new start.

And it was great until today.

I examined the lens in my hand to see tiny yellow particles covering it. Great. And I don't have any spare ones with me.

I'm gonna have to go without them.

There's no way no one won't notice them. In most lighting I swear I probably look like a demon or an attention-seeker to someone who doesn't know that, yes I have natural bright red eyes and black/red hair.

"This'll be fine" I told myself this morning.

Oh how wrong I was.

Heyyyy!
So, this once again took WAY longer then I wanted it to.
Also Fun Fact: The end half of this chapter was written while I was sitting in a box in my closet.
So now that I have a "writing nook" maybe I can get chapters out better? We'll see.
In the meantime, I started a one-shot book that'll have tiny stories that I randomly think up at midnight. The book is called "Prinxiety Oneshots (That I Write Past Midnight)" and the first part is called "Forever" so check that out if you want to. (You can send in requests/prompts if you want to also)

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