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Prompt: Virgil leaves to get Roman, Logan and Patton thank-you gifts, but doesn't tell anyone He was going out, and comes back to find everyone freaking out.

Virgil rode on Thomas's back with Remy on his shoulder and a satchel over his shoulder as the trio made their way back to the castle, no longer sneaking around since they were on their way back.

He'd snuck out earlier that morning when the sun was just coming up, avoiding all the guards and tossing on a haphazard disguise after he'd made it out of the castle grounds.

He'd gone and found Thomas while Remy kept an eye out for any guards around, and then the trio waited a bit before actually heading into town, since none of the shops would be open that early.

He had wanted to head out later, but lately the other three had taken to surprising him in the mornings with cuddles and such, which he did appreciate, but he doubted his ability to break away from the other three without either lying to them or without them noticing. He was already skipping his first few morning lessons as it was, disputed knowing that he'd have to learn double the stuff tomorrow.

As he, Thomas and Remy drew near to the castle he noticed quite a few more guards than normal patrolling the grounds, and a group of them stopped as soon as they saw him, looking shocked.

"Your highness!" One of them said as the guards rushed over to him. "Where have you been? Are you hurt?"

Virgil brushed them off as he slid off of Thomas's back. "I'm fine, sorry for worrying you." He said.

"We need take you to the king and Queen at once, you don't know how worried they've been about you all day." One said as they gently grabbed Virgil's arm and began to lead him into the castle.

"Wait, I can explain what was hap-" but Virgil was ignored as he was quickly ushered inside the castle and towards the private room his parents had for meetings.

The doors were opened and he was quickly pulled inside.

"Your majesties! We found the prince!" One of them said as they walked to wear the king and Queen had been standing, or in the queens case pacing.

Both of their heads snapped over to look at them, and looks of utter relief showed on their faces as the seemed to un-tense and rush over to him, wrapping him into their arms.

The guards were waved out, and the two worried parents began to fuss over him.

"Virgil darling are you hurt? What happened to you? Where did you go?" His mother asked as she cupped his cheeks and began to check him over, turning his face this way and that way as she looked at him, trying to find signs of injuries that weren't there.

"Mom, dad, I'm fine, really I-"

"Sweetheart what are you wearing?" His mother asked, accidentally interrupting him.

"What? That just, um ah....hmmmm." Virgil trailed off, not know what to say.

"Dear," His father began, "maybe you should let him explain, you might be a bit overwhelming for him right now." he said.

She looked at him for a few seconds before nodding, then the two turned to look at Virgil.

"Well," he began. "You can't tell Roman, Logan and Patton." He began.

"Your three friends?" His mother asked.

"Yes, my three...friends." Virgil said with a nod.

"You see, it's been almost three months since they rescued me and brought me here, and I realized that I never properly thanked them." He began.

"So, I decided to sneak out and go get them something." He continued as he absentmindedly gripped the strap of the satchel. "But I didn't think you two would let me, and I wanted it to be a surprise, so I had to leave before they came to find me this morning." He said.

"Oh Virgil, we would have let you go." His father said with a smile.

Virgil looked up at him in surprise. "You would?" He said.

"Yes, we woul-" his mother cut his father off.

"With a guard or to that is." She said.

"That would have drawn a lot of attention, and I didn't want people to gossip or make a big deal out of the prince being in their shop or something." He said. "Thats why I wore a disguise." He added as he gestured to his outfit.

The queen sighed. "Well, I see why you did it, but I would have liked to know before hand, we though you had been kidnapped again..." she said softly as she looked down at the ground.

Virgil winced. "Sorry," He said. "I had planned to be back earlier, but then I accidentally bumped into a old woman and knocked her groceries down, so I helped her pick them up, and then I realized my gift had been crushed and I needed to go back and get new ones." He said shyly. "I didn't mean to worry anyone, I realize sneaking out might not have been the best option."

"Well, at least you understand that." His father said with a reassuring smile. "Now, go run along and find your friends, they've been worried sick about you as well." His father said.

Virgil winced again, thinking about all the worry he'd caused.

"Yeah, I probably should." He said. "Thank you for understanding and not being mad," he added.

"You're welcome," His father said. "Just try not to do it again." His father added with a small wink that his wife didn't see.

Virgil smiled and nodded before leaving the room.

He quickly made his way to his own room, planning on changing before going to find them since he had no clue where they were, but ended up finding them there instead.

He quietly opened the door, having heard voices inside, and saw Roman pacing back and forth across his room as he talked to the other two, Patton sitting on his bed holding a pillow against his chest, and Logan scribbling something down in a small book, looking slightly disheveled and not nearly as calm and collected as he usually does.

"We can't just sit here doing nothing! He could be hurt, or being sold somewhere cause he's the prince, or unconscious, or-or-" Roman ranted, trailing off as he turned around to pace the other direction and caught sight of a shocked Virgil standing in the doorway, his voice getting stuck in his throat as he froze.

He stared at him for a second before rushing forward.

"Virgil," he muttered as he quickly wrapped the smaller male in his arms and practically dragged him the rest of the way into the room.

The other two, having noticed that Roman had stopped ranting, looked up and saw him holding Virgil, and rushed forwards quickly.

"Virgil!" Patton said as he scrambled off the bed and rushed over to him and Roman, turning him so that he could look him over worriedly.

"We were so worried!" He began. "We came into your room this morning to surprise you and you weren't there and then we couldn't find you, and your parents didn't know where you were, and then they sent out a bunch of guards but told us we should stay here to be safe, but we were to worried about you to do anything else and-and" Patton had tears welling up in his eyes as he continued to ramble on.

Virgil quickly wrapped him up in a hug, guilt bubbling up inside of him like bile as he began to try and calm the other male down.

"Shh shhh, Pat, I'm fine I promise." Virgil said. "I'm sorry I worried you, I didn't mean to be gone for so long, please don't cry." He said as he began to wipe Patton's tears away from his cheeks, feeling his own eyes beginning to well up with tears, although he didn't know why.

Patton whines softly and yanked Virgil into a bone-breaking hug, pressing his face against the younger males neck as he did.

"Where were you?" Roman asked as he moved so that he was looking at Virgil again. "We couldn't find you anywhere, and neither could the guards." He said.

Virgil blushed from embarrassment and looked down at his feet.

"Uh, well..." he began. "I kinda snuck out..." he said, trailing off.

"You snuck out?" Patton asked softly. "Why would you do that?" He asked as he looked up at him. "Is it something we did? Were we annoying you and you needed a break from us?"

Virgil's stomach sank, feeling more and more guilty by the second.

"No no no, Patton, you aren't annoying me, you guys could never annoy me, not to the point of driving me away at least." He said as he quickly cupped his cheeks in his hands.

"I was...I was out getting something." He said as he looked down.

"It was important to me, and I wasn't really thinking, I shouldn't have snuck out." He said. "I made everyone worry over nothing," he looked back up at Patton. "I made you cry." He said.

Patton shook his head. "I was crying because I was happy to see you safe and sound," he said. "I'm not mad at you, I was just worried."

Virgil frowned, but nodded slightly.

"What were you getting?" Roman asked softly as he gently placed a hand on Virgil's back, in between his shoulder blades. "If you don't mind my asking." He added.

Virgil blushed again, and looked away shyly.

"Well, you see....it's been a few months since you guys saved me and brought me home," he began. "A-and I realized last night while I was trying to fall asleep, that I never actually thanked you, not properly at least." He continued.

"So I decided to get you guys gifts, but I wanted it to be a surprise." He chewed on his lip a little bit. "So I snuck out."

"I didn't mean to stay out so long, I should have been back much earlier, but then a few things happened and I ended up taking longer and causing a bunch of panic." He said as he looked down sadly.

"Oh Virgil," Patton said softly as he cupped Virgil's chin and made him look up at them.

"Virgil, you didn't need to get us anything, we saved you because we loved you." He said. "And if anything, you're the one who saved us." He added. "You were ready to give yourself up to keep us alive."

Virgil blushed brightly from embarrassment, before looking over at Logan, who hadn't said a word.

"Logan?" He asked hesitantly, shyly stepping out of Patton's arms.

Logan looked at him blankly for a few second, before taking a few steps forwards and wrapping him in his arms.

"Never scare us like that again." He muttered softly as he held onto him tightly.

Virgil nodded as he hugged him back. "I promise I won't, I'm so sorry I scared you." He said as he pressed his face against Logan's neck.

They stayed hugging for a bit before slowly pulling away and moving to sit on the bed, where Virgil let Patton curl up in his lap.

"I should probably give you your gifts now..." he said nervously as he glanced around at them.

"I mean, you can if you want to, but you really didn't need to get us anything." Roman said with a smile.

Virgil lifted the satchel off of his shoulder and carefully opened it, frowning a little as he looked inside.

"They got a little crushed," he began, looking a bit upset about that. "But I got these to remind us of the festival." He said. "From before the whole Stabbington brother's stuff." He continued as he pulled out four slightly crushed flower crowns from his bag.

One was made up of mostly rich red roses with little bits of caraway flowers and some marigolds mixed in.

Another was made primarily from blue hyacinths, a few white mini-roses and some caraway flowers.

The third one was made up of large clusters of daisies with forget-me-nots wrapped around and twisting throughout the flowers elegantly.

The forth flower crown was made of lilacs, a few giant daisies, and a couple purple crocuses.

"I know they're not the same as the ones we had before, but they're pretty close and I thought you guys would like them." Virgil said. "We can even dry them out and still keep them later on after the flowers die." He added.

"I know it's not a super fancy gift, but I thought you guys would like them." He said shyly as he blushed.

"They're so pretty." Patton said softly as he accepted the one Virgil passed to him.

"They're perfect," Roman said. "You didn't need to get us anything, but I, no we, really appreciate it." He said as he leaned forwards and kissed Virgil's cheek.

"Yes, it is a simple gift that has a fair amount of meaning for the four of us," Logan said. "I couldn't be happier with anything else." He said.

"Except for you three." He added with a smile, making Virgil, Roman and Patton blush a bit.

"Who would have guess you'd be the sap of the group." Roman said as he pressed a kiss to Logan's cheek after putting his flower crown on.

"You're one to talk." Virgil said with a laugh as he took Logan's crown and put it on the taller males head, before putting his own crown on as well.

The four of them decided to cuddle up on the bed, only separating when there was a knock on the door.

It had been a messenger, saying Virgil was allowed to skip his afternoon lessons, but still needed to go to his evening ones.

After that the four of them cuddled up again, chattering softly and exchanging occasional kisses.

Virgil still felt a bit guilty about worrying everyone, but it turned out okay in the end.

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