Warnings: More depressed Janus, ex-friend, panic mention, abuse mention, swearing.

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Emile slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the time. His eyes widened once he saw that it was 11.

'I'm late!' He thought as he rushed out of bed to get ready, 'Ugh, how did I manage to sleep in!?'

Emile hurriedly took a shower, changed into his clothes, brushed his teeth, grabbed an apple, and he slipped his shoes on.

He got his keys and made sure the dogs were fed before he sprinted out of the house and made his way to the bus stop.

He heaved a slow sigh and sat on the bench as he waited for the bus.

"Emile?" A voice spoke up.

Emile looked up and his eyes widened, "Kameron!?"

The guy continued looking at his ex-friend. Kameron chuckled slightly and sighed, "Still mad at me?"

"Of course I am, you jerk." Emile stood up from the bench as he saw the bus coming.

"I'm sorry-" He got cut off.

"I don't want to hear it." Emile glared at him and got on the bus.

Emile sat down in the back and looked down at his hands. His hands were shaking. He knew he was scared about seeing him again, he was just bound to be after seeing Kameron.

'What is he even doing back here? I thought he moved.' Emile thought. He then thought of his happy place, so he relaxed a bit.

Emile got to work at 12:10. He apologized to his boss for being late and then went to his office to wait for his first patient.

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It was 3 and Emile was waiting for Janus to enter. There was a knock at the door.

"Come in," Emile called. The door opened, revealing Janus, "Do you how do, Janus?"

"Terrible." He muttered, closing the door. He sat down on the couch and sighed.

"What's been going on?" Emile asked.

"Just... a lot." Janus fiddled with his fingers, "A few days ago, Remus went to a party and forgot to tell me, so I was worried about him and I didn't get any sleep that night. He came home around 3 and saw me panicking, so he had to calm me down."

Emile wrote something on his clipboard and heard a faint clicking sound. His eyes wandered over to Janus' left hand to see a small black fidget cube.

"Where'd you get that?" Emile asked.

"Hm...?" Janus hummed and looked at his hand to the fidget cube, "Oh, Remus gave it to me yesterday. It's to help me cope."

"That was nice of him." Emile smiled a bit.

"Yeah... he's great." Janus' eyes had tears in them.

"What's wrong?"

"M-My brother contacted me..."

"Your brother...? I thought he didn't know where you were."

"Appar-Apparently he does now..." Janus sniffed.

"Have you tried getting a restraining order?" Emile asked.

"I can't. I have no evidence of him abusing me... I just have to deal with him myself until I do." Janus said.

"I can help."

"Dr. Picani, you don't have to-"

"I know I don't, but I feel the need to. You have grown to be my friend, Janus. And friends help each other, right?" Emile smiled.

Janus was silent for a second, then he smiled a bit, "Right."

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Remy was looking around the store for a new blender. He looked at his phone since Virgil said to get a specific one.

"Ugh, why does this blender have so many numbers in it?" Remy muttered and looked around.

Then he saw the blender he was looking for. He sighed in relief and picked up the box and put it in the cart.

"Okay... that should be it. Unless there are some guys I can flirt with, I think I'm good." Remy muttered. Then he heard someone chuckle behind him. Remy turned and saw a tall person, about 6'5, tan skin, brown slightly curled hair, brown eyes, white shirt with a red lion on it, black jeans, and red shoes. Remy shifted his sunglasses down his nose, "And you are...?"

"Kameron Marz." He said.

"Remy Knight. Nice to meet you." Remy pushed his sunglasses up.

"I seem to have lost my number, can I have yours?" Kameron asked.

"Is that all you got? That's the oldest pick-up line out there." Remy smirked.

"Do you have something better?"

"Do you like raisins? How do you feel about a date?"

Kameron's eyes widened a bit, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"I don't." Remy said.

"Do you have feelings for anyone?"

"I-" Remy cut off. His eyes widened and his mind went blank. He thought for a bit.

Who did he like?

"I do." Remy said without thinking, 'Wait what? No, I don't! Wait, do I? I dunno!'

Kameron looked over to Remy's cart, "Oh, you must be busy, so I can't keep you waiting for too long. Bye, Remy."

Kameron passed, touching shoulders with Remy, leaving Remy speechless.

Remy sighed and paid for the blender, leaving the store.

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Remy placed the box with the blender on the counter and looked at the time.

Almost dinnertime.

Remy sat down on the couch and heaved a sigh. It was silent in the house as Virgil was still at work and Topaz was sleeping peacefully in his doggy bed after a long day of running around the house chasing imaginary mice.

Remy felt his pocket for his phone when he felt something else. He took it out and saw it was a folded up piece of paper. Remy unfolded it and saw a phone number with the words 'call me <3' on it.

"That sly bastard snuck this in while I wasn't looking..." Remy laughed a bit, "Oh, I should've seen it coming from someone like him."

Remy looked at the piece of paper. His mind wandered to Emile as his heart started beating faster. Then his mind wandered to Kameron and his heart was also beating the same pace.

The guy sighed, "Oh, fuck..."