The two stood infront of the sleeping emo. His room was only slightly darker than usual, a sign that he was in a pretty deep sleep.

The siblings looked at each other and nodded, this was going to be a challenge.

"Verge!"
"Verge!"

"Come on, get out of bed you lazy butt!"

"Ngh"

The dark trait stirred but didn't wake, prompting them to redouble thir efforts.

"Viiiiirrrrrgillll!"
"Viiiirrge!"

When Liam's purposely annoying cries didn't work, Fiona started shaking the Edgelord's shoulder.

"Wake up sleepyhead!"

Virgil in turn groaned, with eyes still closed he began batting away her hands sleepily before surrendering to his pillow once more.

The little girl was undeterred and continued shaking her "older brother" awake.

Once more the sleeping side batted away her hands but after a few moments Anxiety opened his eyes- well...long enough to see who was insistently shaking him.

"Stop, 'm tired", he groaned out, successfully getting the child to stop shaking him. But the moment she did, he pulled his covers up and turned on his opposite side. Eyes closing and body slack.

Fiona sighed exasperatedly, "really?" She looked at her partner in crime, "any ideas?"

"Uh...I can jump on him?" Shrugged Liam with an amused grin.

The girl deadpanned, "yeah, jump on him, did you want another repeat from what happened with Roman?"

"Ok, fine! What should we do?"

Fiona shrugged, "dunno, I'mma poke him till he wakes"

And that she did, until Verge shot her with one of his pillows.

Which she shot back at him, not that he cared, he just burried his head under it.

Morality's daughter huffed and began poking him in the ribs  again.

"Wake up!"

"Nooo, Squirt lemme sleep Geez"
Virgil was squirming now but still determined to remain asleep.

"If you don't get up I'm bringing Dad in here"

The emo raised his head at this, pillow falling under him as he attempted to glare at the girl infront of him.

"Go *yawn* ahead", he mumbled in threat but, of course, it was an empty one.

"Alright, Liam go get Dad"

"On it!"

The boy ran outside, his footsteps loud against the stairs.

Fiona had a triumphant look on her face. She knew very well that the dark trait wouldn't want their "father" to have to wake him, especially if Patton had sent her and Liam to do so.

After a few seconds the Fiona's hunch was proven correct, Virgil finally sat up, a large scowl set on his face as he watched the smirking girl.

"Fine"

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"I literally only slept for an hour last night", groaned the anxious personality, folding his arms under his head. He was strarring at a well- gromed Roman who was currently wearing his sun glasses inside for some reason. They were both sitting at the table and Virgil wanted nothing more than to go back to bed but since he couldn't, he'd continue to complain, "and that includes during the time those two monsters kept interrupting it. The freaking sun isn't even up yet man-"

"Welcome to the no sleep club 'Insom-Nick', I was busy dealing with my kingdom and all its paperwork"

"Paperwork?"

"Reports. Deaths, births, financies, the works"

"Ouch"

"Yeah, I dealt with all of it and today was the one day I scheduled to sleep in-"

Fiona passed by the table sheepishly, "you can always reschedule-"

"For the month", continued the Prince.

"Oh"

Virgil whistled, "Damn Princey, are you even going to be able to hold your head up today?"

Roman removed his shades to glare at the dark trait, his the bags under his eyes were almost as prominent as Virgil's and currently the emo wasn't wearing any make up. "What do you think?"

Just then Patton stepped into the kitchen, he took one look at Roman's bags and Virgil's all around disheveled state and winced.

"Fiona, maybe you shouldn't have woken them up this early"

"Hey, you said the place opens at 8:00am and that it takes 3 whole hours to get there so waking these two up at 5:30 is the best way to make sure we actually get there by 9:00 incase of traffic!"

"Yeah!" Piped Liam as he entered, "besides they close at 12:00 so we only have three hours to meet them all and pick!"

"Whoa, whoa, what do you mean pick? Where are you taking us?", questioned Anxiety with a high quirked brow.

"I'm with Virgil here, where exactly in the mindscape are we going?"

The kids looked at each other and then back at Verge and Roman. "We're going to the pet store!"

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"I can't believe you guys woke me up at 5:30 in the freaking morning to go to a pet store!" Griped Virgil as he buckled his seatbealt.

"You're telling me, I could conjure any pet they wanted!"

That was coming from Roman, who was currently already buckled and leaning sleepily against the the window.

"Nah, Princey with how tired you are the poor thing is gonna end up with a leg where it's head's supposed to be"

Roman raised a finger and opened his mouth to argue but a yawn escaped from his lips and he deflated, leaning lethargically against the window. "Yeah, ok *yawn* fair enough"

Virgil chuckled.

"Is everyone seated and buckled up?" Called Logan from the front. Appearantly the Teacher was well aware of this trip and had met everyone else in the car.

"Yeah Teach, the lil shits are all buckled in!"

"Do watch your language Virgil, and are you and Roman also wearing your seatbelts?"

"I stand by what I said"

The kids burst out laughing.

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"Is he asleep?" Asked Patton after a bit. He was looking at his kids from his rear veiw mirror as they were in the middle of the other two.

"You'll have to be more specific Dad", whispered Fiona,"they're both out"

True to her word both Roman and Virgil were asleep. The Prince was leaning towards the right, his head lolling against his shoulder, the emo on the other side was leaning against the window, his forehead pressed up against the cool glass.

The other four in the car stayed quiet, hoping to let the them sleep so as to minimize any complaints. Of course that didn't last long when Patton drove into a pothole.

'BNNK!' 'WHMP!"

"OW! Fuck!"

"Boys Language!"

The kids attempted to stifle their giggles behind their hands as both Roman and Virgil rubbed their heads. The Emo rubbing his forhead where he hit the glass and the Prince was rubbing the back of his head where he hit the seat back.

Both where muttering something under their breaths while Patton was chiding them about their language usage around children.

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They arrived at the Petshop with out much incident after that. It being 9:03am now the place was wide open but surprisingly not very full.

The worker, a nice lady named Bridget, lead the group to an area down a hall. Here there were pens and cages where visiting customers could pick and pet the animals.

There were many different species all in that one area, common ones like cats, dogs, rabbits and fish were on one side each in their respective cages, pens or tanks, while the more exotic ones like lizards, snakes, birds, sugar gliders and the like where on the other side.

Bridget encouraged them to pet the more common ones as they were more used to people but she did point to the few exotic creatures that had no problem with being picked up or petted aswell.

She had picked up a little calico kitten and held it up to which Paton, who she held it out to, instantly began sneezing.

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After a particular sneezing fit and some apologies and bless you's Bridget sheepishly guided them farther towards the back, where she assured them that no cats were kept in that area.

The poor woman only managed to blink before the whole group had an animal in hand or well shoulder in Roman's and Logan's case.

The Teacher had a white cockatoo perched on his shoulder while Princey had a Sugar glider on his.
Fiona had a chameleon in her palm and Liam had a Green Iguana in his.
Patton held a puppy, it was a mixed breed so they really couldn't tell what type of dog it was. The Parent obviously didn't mind and was happily playing with the yapping pup.

All that was left was the animal a certain emo had picked up. They all turned to see... only to quickly bite their lips in order to stifle any sounds. Patton and Roman quickly took a some pictures.

Virgil was too busy petting a little black rabbit to pay attention to the others watching him. He was so engrossed in the way the little bunny leaned to his touch and wiggled it's nose that he became very embarrassed when Logan finally snapped him out of it by clearing his throat.

"Um, uh....", he stammered, "shut up its cute"

Bridget chuckled, "so she is, she usually isn't very fond of being held for so long, seems shes taken a liking to you."

Virgil looked in awe at the bunny that was so content - more like demanding rubs and gentle scratches- in his arms. "Cool, so uh, what's her name?"

Bridget's face flushed, Oh! Sorry, her name is Patch-"

"Patch? Why? She hasn't a spot on her", commented Roman. The sugar glider was on his head now.

Bridget smiled and lifted the rabbit's left ear. There it was, a single white patch. "See now?"

Seeing as Virgil was still holding the bunny and Patch didn't look like she was ready to leave yet, the Woman couldn't help but comment on how cute they looked. The emo's face turned red and he mumbled a small thanks.

Meanwhile, Logan was chuckling at the cockatoo, who wanted nothing morse than to have its feathers scratched. The sugar glider on Roman was constantly chittering, now climbing up and down the Royal's arm and back.

Bridget soon enough placed the little creature back in its cage. "Sorry about Charlie, he gets excited"

She then took the cockatoo from Logan and placed it back into its cage, much to the Teacher's dismay.
"In you go Viktor", she then turned to the kids, "okay, who's next?"

Liam handed back the Iguana, who had fallen asleep in his hand. While Fiona protectively held the chameleon to her chest. It seemed that the little reptile didn't want to return to its cage either for it camouflaged itself with the girl's blouse.

"See Dad, it likes me, can we keep it?"

"I don't think so honey, we might not be equipped to handle the little guy, they don't usually like being held so you won't be able to play with it how you'd like, am I right Bridget?"

"You are indeed", the woman smiled sadly, "besides you'd have to set up a temperature tank for little Jamie here. She's only a year old after all"

Fiona frowned but gently plucked the camouflaged chameleon off of her and handed it to Bridget.

That left Patch and Patton's Puppy, who had wandered away from the father and was nibbling on Roman's pants.

"Hello little one", cooed the Prince as he dropped to one knee to play with the pup.

The young dog only allowed Princey to play with it for a little while before tottering off towards the other animals in their cages.

Bridget quickly picked up the little one and looked towards the group.
"So, who will it be?"

Patton looked at his children, Fiona and Liam who were glancing between Bridget and Virgil.

The Emo didn't bother looking up from the rabbit, he's bangs covering his face. It made him look indifferent but the kids knew better, they lived with their "older brother" long enough to know that he was bracing himself for the worst.

Of course that hunch was proven when he gently placed Patch back into her pen. He then turned to Bridget and gestured for the pup, which she placed in his arms.

Virgil pet it and it nibbled at his fingers. He chuckled lightly, "So what's this little guy's name?"

The vine kids gave each other a look.

"Hey Dad", started Liam.

Patton looked down at his son.

"Yeah sport? Did you you two choose?"

Fiona gave a quick glance at her brother, "yeah we did Dad"

Liam easily strode over to Virgil and gently plucked the pup from his arms. No one missed the sad smile from the dark trait. Princey asked him of he was ok, to which Anxiety simply brushed it off, they didn't come to get a pet for him after all, besides it wasn't as if he didn't like dogs.

Shrugging he placed his hands in his pockets and walked out to the car. Roman and Logan quickly followed as Patton and the kids payed for their new pet and it's necessary accommodies.

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The next day Patton had sent the kids to wake Virgil for breakfast.

The two stood infront of the sleeping emo. His room was just as dark as yesterday's, meaning that he was just as deep in sleep as the day before.

The siblings looked at each other and nodded, Liam ran to get a certain pet and handed it to his sister. Fiona had a giddy smile on her face as she placed the aforementioned pet on The bed.

The creature looked confused for only but a moment before it quickly bounded to Virgil's side. It nuzzled his face until he opened his eyes.

The emo slowly turned, a hand reaching out to scratch the pet's soft fur.

"Hey Patch", Virgil's voice was sleep thick and half way to slurring but he could care less, the rabbit had hopped onto his stomach and simply flopped there in utter content.

"Patch!" Exclaimed Fiona, "you're supposed to wake him not join him!"

Virgil laughed, sitting up and holding the bunny close. "I'm guessing Dad wants me for breakfast?"

At the dual confirming nods, the emo sighed. "Alright, fine just give me a few minutes so I can get ready"

"You're not gonna fall asleep again are you?" Questioned Liam skeptically.

"That only happened one time, let it go shrimp"

Virgil rolled his eyes at the boy but without his makeup on he couldn't hide the tell-tale coloring of his cheeks. The taller vine sibling smirked.

Fiona joined her brother in teasing the emo, that is until he ushered them out so he could change out of his pj's. Usually he'd simply sleep- if he did at all-in a T-shirt and his boxers or less depending on his mood. Pj's weren't really necessary for him but these were a gift from Patton and they were surprisingly comfortable.

After changing and applying his usual layer of makeup, Virgil turned to look at the black rabbit who was waiting patiently for him on his bed. He smiled remembering what had happened yesterday.
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Logan, Roman and Virgil where waiting in the car for the other three, they didn't have to wait long because in only few minutes Fiona and Liam  came bounding into the car, a red carrier in hand.

Neither of the sides had the chance to stop Fiona from closing the doors and opening the carrier's cage door. Almost instantly a little black blur scurried from off the girl's lap, across Roman's and landed in Virgil's.

The dark trait blinked surprised, looking at the children and at then at the rabbit who was on his lap and nuzzling his hand.

"I-I...I thought you two chose the dog?"

"Well were were going to", started Liam, "but then- that wpuld mean that only the two of us would have the responsibility-"

"Yeah, this way you can take of Patch when we're too busy", piped Fiona.

Virgil raised an eyebrow.

"Besides", she whispered-though everyone could most definitely hear her, "you looked really cute with Patch"

She gave the anxious side a wink and Liam gave him a thumbs up, prompting him to blush and smile.

"Thanks kids"

The children smiled back at him. Fiona shifted over and reached to pet the rabbit on Virgil's lap but in order to do so she had to stretch over Roman and this brought out a mock offended noise from the Prince.

"What am I? Chopped liver? I haven't had a chance to even pet the bunny and yet here you are hogging her!"

The dramatic exclamation made everyone laugh. The laughter broke into small chuckles when Patton came toward to car carrying a sack of food, a dual feeding container, a roll up mat and pet comforter, some toys and a foldable pen gate.

The amount of stuff he was carrying caused him to waddle as he moved but the Parental managed to open and put everything in the car trunk without so much dropping a single thing.

With praise for the "incredible feat of bravery, skill and balance" given to the Father figure, via Roman obviously, the eldest trait started the car and they headed for their three hour drive home. 

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Shaking his head from out of his memory, Virgil strode towards the Rabbit on the bed.

"Let's go get some food in us, hmm? That sound good to you?"

Patch looked up at him, her nose twitching excitedly answer.

Virgil chuckled and picked the rabbit up. She simply curled in his arms as if she belonged there and the Dark trait couldn't help but smile.

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AN:// Merry Christmas y'all!
And Happy mon- ok so almost no one has happy Mondays lol.
Anyway today was supposed to be an Innerworks update but me being sick and with a big family over I was swamped so I'm pushing the update for New Year's. Fingers crossed that we start the new year with good times and angst lol.

See  y'all in the comments section ;)