A new start

Prologue

Deceit was alone. Horribly alone. His only friend had left him and now he had no one. His soul got heavier every day, bearing the weight of hatred. Every day, people asked him if he was okay. He said yes, but he's lying. He couldn't be okay, knowing he had made people feel so worthless, accidentally, that they left him. He found it harder and harder to get up in the morning, he found himself hardly doing anything. His job was just as important as the others, but he found it hard to tell himself that.

This morning, going into Thomas's kitchen to get some coffee, after a long sleepless night, again, he spotted Logan, sitting at the table. His face was hidden by his hands but he could tell he was stressed or anxious. "Logan? Are you okay?" He didn't get a response. As usual. Grabbing his coffee and walking back into his room, he accidentally bumped into Roman, slightly spilling it. "Oh im so so sorry-"   "clean it up"     "o-okay" he grabbed a towel and cleaned up the drops.

He was back in his room, gladly, staring at his computer screen. It was smashed, and all-round destroyed. Because Roman or someone else had smashed it. Sighing, he shut it off, lying on his bed. His body did not want him doing anything today. Which is why he got the coffee. He felt himself being summoned, which was new, so he gladly went down. "Pattons gone missing again. Where is he."    "I-I dont know".   "To hell you don't know! I'll say it again, louder. Where. Is. He?" Logan was seething red.

"I haven't seen him for weeks, i promise!" "Neither. Have. We." Logan snapped and he was in a chair, tied up. "You can leave when you tell me where he is!" "I-I don't know.." "how many times are you going to say that? My boyfriend is missing and the best you say is 'i don't know'? Im worried to death about him, i haven't slept since he went missing... Please... Just tell me where he is" Logan had a mental breakdown in front of him, on the ground in tears

Deceit sighed "the last person i saw him with was Roman..." Suddenly he was free "Where?" "In Roman's room" "Lets go" he dragged deceit along with him. The door was locked, and deceit tried to kick it down, failing. "Do you have a security monitor in your room?" "Yeah, why?" "I need to use it." "That way to the left. Won't miss it. I'll keep trying to get this open" he kept trying different things to get the door open, nothing worked. His phone rang 'deceit why is there a noose in your room?' 'uh' 'hm?' 'practice?' 'for what?' 'tying stuff, i can hardly tie a knot.' 'okay' ... 'that- the window is open, would you be able to climb through?' 'yep hangon' he ran outside to the window and climbed up "Patton!" He ran inside and undid knots and ties and everything. "Cmon Roman will be back soon" he helped patton out the window and to Logan. The two kissed and hugged, but deceit felt even sadder

Come to think of it, where was Virgil? He's ducked out before, what if deceit... No, no he wouldn't do that! Virgil was his friend, he wouldn't... Ironically,anxiety took over and he went to go check on his old friend... Knocking on the door, he heard a faint voice on the other side. "Who is it" they sniffled. "Deceit..." "Go away no-one likes you" deceit whimpered, walking away from the door. When he was back in his room, the door and window closed, he called Patton. 'Ello?' 'Patton, patton please Virgil hates me and i don't know why i can't do this why does he hate me' 'breathe, breathe, breathe. You'll be fine. Do you want me to talk to him?' 'yeah..' 'okay, but I'm coming to help you first' 't-thank you' Patton hung up the phone and in less than two minutes, was inside deceits room, calming said person.

Once Patton had talked to Virgil, everyone was summoned downstairs. "Tell me why the hell do you two despise deceit?" He was talking to Roman and Virgil "You don't know the stuff he did to me." A twang of guilt played with his heartstrings. Guessing he wasnt supposed to be there, he hid behind the stairs. "You don't know the stuff he did to me" Roman mimicked, and deceit snapped. "I didn't do anything to you! You were the one who kidnapped patton for what, 3 weeks, me and Logan were the ones to save him! And now you have the audacity to try and claim you're the victim here! You don't always have to copy what someone says, you have your own brain, you can use it!" He gasped, tears streaming down his cheeks. Virgil tried to take everything in, failing to. "You... Patton... Why?" Was all he could manage out behind his sobs. "Crap- verge-" "don't talk to me. We're done." "You're breaking up with me over deceit? Even for you, that's low." "Virgil?" Deceit asked, being greeted with a hug from one smaller than him, gripping onto his back as tight as he could.

"Verge, I'm so sorry for everything in the past, i-i didn't know-" he was cut off by a kiss, by Virgil. He happily kissed back, picking up the smol side. He couldn't have been more than 5"0, compared to deceits 6"2. "We all have things to be ashamed of from the past, and we'd all prefer if no-one spoke of them, so im going to do the same for you. You've changed, that much is obvious, and im going to give you as many chances as you need, if being with these guys has taught me anything, its that anyone can be a good person with enough love and encouragement. I mean, look at me!  I turned out fine." Pecking a kiss on his cheek and setting him down, Virgil realised the problem at hand. "Now what are we gonna do with that one there." "You're the bosses"

"I'm not forgiving him! Not ever! No! He doesn't deserve it!" 'Hey Thomas' 'oh hey deceit! What's up' 'Basically, roman kidnapped patton for nearly 3 weeks, blamed me for it and then acted like he was the victim! Also me and Virgil are dating.' 'That last part is awesome, the rest not so much.. I'll talk to roman when i can' 'okay thanks! Stay gay-' 'peace out' deceit hung up, smiling at Virgil "Wanna go play mcr on repeat really loudly?" Virgil nodded, running up the stairs and into deceits room. "When'd you get these" he pointed to the galaxy stars "A few months ago. They helped when I would get my attacks. Then again so did patton." Instead of a bed like a normal person, he had a hammock, which he'd had since dating Virgil the first time. He shuddered, remembering what he'd done , how badly he'd treated them all. It made him sick to even think about it. "I was a horrible person, wasn't i" he laughed slightly, Virgil nodding.

Bored, deceit began singing softly, 'demons' by imagine dragons to be exact, Virgil just sat there, dumbstruck. The two were happy, in their private little bubble, deceit finally getting a spot, everything becoming more accepting, but it sure would be bad if something happened to it...