(Virgil POV)

We arrive home and after setting some rules for Janus and Remus we sit in the living room and wait for Remy to join us after filing the paperwork in his office and probably grabbing a clean notebook and a pen he joins us, Emile comes out of the kitchen with a tray of lemonade and we all take a glass and he disappears back into the kitchen "so shall we start?" Remy asks getting comfortable both Remus and Janus nod, Janus clears his throat, "my name is Janus Dara and this is my partner Remus Sanders, we will answer any questions you have for us, personal or otherwise" Remus nods in agreement, Remy clicked his pen, "I'll be keeping my questions purely about Virgil's marks so it'll just be a few directed at both of you" they nod, I hide in my hoodie a little, "mine can wait I want to be in a safer space for mine, so after Remy is done I invite you two to my practice room, we can ask personal questions there." I squeak out, Remy nods comfortingly "Ok we'll start with this, have the marks been there since Virgil switched coping methods?" Janus looked surprised at that question, Remus however, "Yes, they have", Janus composed himself, "what do you mean by switching coping methods?" He asks, Remy smiles sadly, " Virgil hasn't had the best mental health especially in middle and high school." Remus thinks for a second, "that's when the pain first started" I solemnly nod and hide in my hoodie more Janus scoots slightly closer to me, Remy clears his throat, "mom and dad were not the kindest people, second question were his marks always purple?" Remus nods assuredly,"yes, were they not on him?" I look towards Remy, "no, on my skin they were always black" I say, not once looking at them my leg bouncing slightly Remy noticed, "I only have one more question Virge, hang in there, my final question is, have you both had the marks?" Both Janus and Remus nod, Remy clicks his pen closed and closes his notebook, "alright then we're finished, I'll put this information in my office then hang with Emile, Virge let me know if Emile and I have to put on our noise canceling headphones." With those words Remy left and I showed Janus and Remus to the door of my practice room that was next to my actual room far from Remy's office and Remy and Emile's room, " this is my practice room" I open the door and they don't look impressed that the door leads to stairs, "go upstairs I'll meet you up there" they walk up the stairs, I close the door making sure it's shut then join them, I see their jaws are dropped, my practice room has my drums, a few random instruments, my sound recording equipment, my computer to edit the files, comfortable seating of all varieties, "I know it's cool, no need for the jaw drops" I sit at my drums and motion for them to sit wherever, Remus inspects my bass and Janus sits on one of my bean bags, Remus looks at the bass but asks,"how do you get one of these, it's the most expensive bass type, because there were only 10 made " I smile, "actually 11, it was a gift from dad's friend for my 21st birthday last year he made it totally custom, so that's the only one to look like that." Remus gently touches the bass, "wait how old are you?" I look at him then at Janus, "I'm 22, you guys?" Janus looks at me then to Remus then back to me, "I'm 28 and Remus is 24" I quickly text Remy to have him and Emile engage soundproof, which is code for put on noise cancelers, "we can play if you want, Remus." Janus rolls his eyes, "you don't want to hear him play trust me," Remus looks kinda sad, "Jan you don't have to be so mean" Janus smirks,I facepalm, "both of you stay here, I'll be right back." I stand up and head down the stairs and out of the door to my bedroom and strip my hoodie, skirt and thigh highs, I pull on my arm bands and leather finger-less gloves, then head back where Janus and Remus are, I'm surprised that they actually stayed, I made sure that the door was closed, "wow you guys actually stayed" they look at me I can see their blushes, I smirk a little, Remus is the first to speak, "um, were you serious about the offer to play?" I nod confidently, "yeah I don't really play the bass much, but drums is what I excel at," Janus looks at all of my instruments, while I sit at my drums, "Can you actually play all of the instruments in here?" I nod, "you play any?" I ask Janus blushes, "No but Remus, his brother and his soulmates do, actually they play most of the instruments here, I typically manage them, and they have wanted to change their sound for a while, we just haven't found the right sound yet" I raise an eyebrow at Janus, "have you heard of violet cloud?" Janus and Remus go wide eyed, Remus stands and paces,"they are the most famous band of the century and no one knows who they are, they don't do concerts just drop albums" I smirk a little, "my dad's friend, the one who gave me the bass, manages them," I keep my smirk when Remus looked at me and he stopped pacing,"Do you know them?" I sigh to get rid of my smirk, "yeah I do" I get up and walk over to my secret closet and bring out some unopened fan mail, specially from Remus, "you send a lot of mail" I hold the most recent one and show him, Remus looks at it in shock "you're violet cloud?" I smile at him, "yeah" Janus looks shocked, "How?" I roll my eyes, "I record each part separately then I mix them together," I look at the two of them, Janus looks like he's impressed, "what else aren't you telling us?" I know this space will always be comfortable no matter what. "You probably know what caused the pain during middle and high school." Janus shook his head, "no, not really, it just hurt, mainly the wrists" I take a deep breath, then remove one of my wrist guards and show them my wrist, Remus is the first to react he dropped the letter and gently grabs my arm to look at my wrist carefully, he looks at me after a moment, "why?" he asks softly, I take another breath, "my parents were never the best for my mental health, it took them until a year ago to figure it out, Remy and Emile, especially Emile were/are the best for me, it was Emile's idea for the marks." I look at both of them and take my arm back, put my wrist guard back on, and see both are tearing up then Remus's phone rings.

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(Remus POV)

My phone goes off right after Virgil tells us about the pain I felt in a little bit of middle school and high school, right I check the caller ID it's Roman fuck if I don't answer he'll call Janus and Janus is in worse shape than me right now Roman will get yelled at, then he'll get pissy so I turn to Virgil and Janus, "excuse me one minute I have to take this" Janus looks at me like he knows cause he does, I sigh "yes baby bro?" I hear an indignant scoff on the other side, "you're late for practice bro." I look at the clock on the wall of the room I'm in and sure enough it's past our start time, "I know but Janus and I got sidetracked with something important." Roman squeaked "what could be more important than our band?" I look over to Virgil behind his drums with Janus's head in his lap gently playing with Janus's hair, I smile softly and put my phone against my shoulder "hey V?" He looks at me, "yes?", damn heart flutters, "Can I tell my twin who you are?" He looks at me confused, "Does he look like a prince?" I nod smirking, "sure you can even use my stage name, if it'll piss him off more" I smirk I know I love him so much already, I put the phone back to my ear, Roman sounds like he's taking a breath to yell at me, "Ro I'm hanging with violet cloud right now" roman squeaks a second time but it's his off guard squeak, "you know who they are Re?" I look at Virgil, "yeah I do" I hear whispering from the other side I assume Logan and Patton are with roman "Remus that is still no excuse to miss practice." Logan says into the phone, I sigh, "I'll get some practice in while I'm with violet cloud." I hung up before they could say anything else, I look at Virgil then to his bass, "Can we practice, Roman and Logan are on my ass about missing practice to be here." Virgil smirks, "sure why not? Want it recorded?" Janus thinks for a second, "it would get Roman to see that he did practice." Virgil smirks harder, "want me to join?" I smirk, "it would prove to Roman and Logan that we are with the violet cloud" Janus nods and gets off Virgil's lap, "Do you have any ear protection?"