~Virgil's PoV~

I sat on my bed. I had an itch, an artists itch to be exact. I wanted to draw something. I got up and walked over to my monitor, which had a drawing tabled attached to it. I sat down in the wheely chair and started searching the internet for something to draw. I wanted to draw something musical related, but I didn't know which one.

I eventually gave up and went to youtube. I put my playlist on shuffle. The first song came on, 'From Now On.' I smiled. Instead of drawing I started singing along.

~Roman's PoV~

I sat in my room, reading Harry Potter for the eighth time. I eventually wanted something to eat. I left and walked by Anxiety's room. I heard... singing from his room.

"And from now on. These eyes will not be blinded by the lights!" he sang in his room. My eyes widened, though we were all different aspects of Thomas, who usually had a high vocal range, Anxiety had a deep and low vocal range. Also, I didn't know he was into musicals!

"From now on. What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight. It starts tonight!" he sang, with such passion too. I smiled to myself and left to continue the original task. Getting food. But my feet wouldn't budge. I was still in front of Anxiety's door. I chuckled silently and took a deep breath and actually left this time. His sweet voice echoing in my mind. 

When I got to the kitchen, Patton was there, he looked at me as I came in and grinned. "Hey Roman! Can you get Anxiety? We're going to have a movie marathon!!" Patton exclaimed. I chuckled and nodded.

"Sure Pat," I said, then grabbed a bag of chips and walked to Anxiety's door. I waited for him to finish before knocking.

"From now on. From now on. Home again!" he finished. I smiled and knocked. He yelped and something fell in his room, presumably him. "W-who is i-it?" he asked.

"Roman," I said extra enthusiasm in my voice. Silence for a few moments.

"What is it?" he asked, back to his cold demeanor. 

"There's a movie marathon tonight... I know you might not be able to be there the whole time, but at least show up for a few minutes, for Patton." I whispered the last sentence. There was a sigh and then Anxiety opened the door, a cat resting on his shoulders. "You can conjure cats?!?!" I exclaimed. Anxiety nodded.

"I'm also not allergic," he said. I grinned, the cat on his shoulder was all black, with glowing amber eyes.

We talked a bit as we walked to the living room. We sat down, next to each-other. 

"You can conjure CATS?!?!?!" Patton squealed. Anxiety yelped and leaped into the air, the cat hissed in fear. Patton ran over to Anxiety and tried to pet the cat, but Anxiety held it over his head.

"No Patton! You're allergic! You'll get hurt!" Anxiety yelped. Patton froze, he looked at Anxiety, tears in his eyes but smiling.

"Y-you care about me?" Patton asked, smiling. Anxiety froze, he took a deep breath.

"Yes, so I won't let you touch the cat, sorry Patton." Anxiety said. I smiled, he had a soft spot for Patton, since Patton is the only one that's nice to him...

Eventually, Logan entered and we started watching the movies. I sang all the songs, Anxiety sometimes joined in. We watched 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' because that's Anxieties favorite movie. Then we watched 'Sleeping Beauty' then 'Frozen', and during, 'Mulan' Logan and Patton fell asleep. 

After a bit I glanced at Anxiety, who was looking at me as if he was expecting something. "Let me guess, you want to come with me?" he asked. I shook my head. He sighed in relief and got up. But before he could leave I grabbed his arm.

He turned around, confused. "You're still hurt, I'm taking over," I said sternly. He groaned and shook his head. I rolled my eyes and stood up before he could react, I picked him up bridal style and walked into his room. He squirmed in my arms and tried to get me to let go but I didn't.

"Why aren't you asleep?!?!" he hissed. I rolled my eyes and wrapped him up in a burrito before I answered. I placed a hand on his chest to keep him there, on his bed.

"I'm like you, I don't follow the same sleep schedule. But I'm just better at hiding it." I said shrugging. Anxiety still squirmed. I sighed and conjured a dog to lay on him. Hopefully, he had a heart and wouldn't move. I made sure to make the dog asleep. Anxiety stopped squirming right away, he glared at me.

"Asshole." he scowled. I struggled and stepped back.

"Whatever, I'm off and away!" I said, grinning. I walked out of his room and into mine, getting my sword. I took off my overcoat and let my feathery wings unfold. I ran out of the house and flew to the dream world. As I entered, I saw a woman sitting by a well. I hesitantly approached her. She looked at me, she looked like a side, except Thomas' sides were all guys.

"Finally, a side, are you the Nightmare chaser?" she asked. I shook my head no. She eyed my sword. "Well, you seem to be at least acquainted with him." she murmured, if she was talking about Anxiety, she was correct.

"Are you talking about Anxiety?" I asked her, hand hovering over my sword. She nodded.

"So you are. Well, tell him that Nix is back and she's taking back her job. Mkay?" she said, it wasn't a question. I looked skeptically at her. She sighed. "Ya want a backstory?" I nodded. "Than sit down." I sat down next to her. "When I was little Anxiety found me playing in here. We started talking and we soon became friends," she said. I found it hard to imagine a nice Anxiety, but even harder to imagine a little Anx. "We grew up together, training under Master Mara. I was trained to battle dream demons, and Anxiety was trained to be a step-in for me. But one day when I was captured, Anxiety had to take over... it's been years..." she paused and stared off into the distance. "But I finally managed to escape. And I'm going to take over watching our host's dreams and nightmares, tell him he has nothing to worry about," she said. I nodded and got up. I beat up to the sky but took one more glance at her, she seemed to be retrieving water from the well.

I flew home and walked into Anxiety's room. He looked at me, still annoyed and obviously surprised I was back so early.

"What are you doing here back so early?"

"Nix."

He froze, he looked at me, "She's back?"

Authors Note:

IM NOT DEAD!!

Sorry, I've had killer writer's block, plus this time of year is busy for my family, hope you guys understand!

Also, next chap should be up soon...

Word Count: 1176 words

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