[UNFINISHED !!] Something's Happening || Sanders sides

Chapter 1

“King Romulus!” Deceit called with a smile on his face as he entered the room. However, his smile quickly faded when he saw that the King was sitting on the bed with tears running down his face. “Are you alright?”

    “Yeah, I’m fine,”  he replied with feigned confidence, wiping the tears away, “I just have a headache.”

    “Well, the others wanted me to tell you that dinner’s done, but if you aren’t feeling well I won’t make you go.”

    “It’s fine, I’ll come to dinner,” he said as he stood, approaching Deceit and giving him a kiss on the cheek. They quietly walked together to the dining room, hand in hand.

    As soon as they arrive, they’re cheerfully greeted by Patton. “King! I’m so glad you could come to dinner.”

    “Well, of course I could come,” he said as he grabbed some food for himself, Deceit doing the same. Logan had already gotten his dinner, greeting the others with a wave as they took their seats at the table.

    “So, what have my kiddos been up to today?”

    Logan answered first, calmly stating, “I spent most of my time reading and working out Thomas’ schedule for this week.”

    “That sounds… fun?” Logan rolled his eyes at the statement as Patton continued, “How about you, King?”

    “Oh, y’know,” he laughed, “I spent most of my time doing some top secret stuff in the imagination,” he chuckled, “and hanging out with Dee. Otherwise, I didn’t really do anything. I’m sad to say, my day has been quite uneventful.”

    Pat nods, "Well, sounds like you had fun and did some productive things to me. I'm proud of you kiddo!"

    Romulus smiled with a chuckle. "Thanks Pat. Hey, Deceit, how was your day?"

    "Oh, my day was fine. I mostly just relaxed in my room and did my work."

    Pat glanced at Deceit, "And that's all?" Deceit nodded, but before he could verbally respond, Patton cut him off. "And answer me without your gloves."

    Deceit's gloves were very important to him. Before he had the gloves, he could only speak the truth. He still represented Thomas's deceitfulness back then, of course, but he also represents the truth, and the distinction between those two concepts. However, he was often taken advantage of because of his inherent truthfulness, and King Romulus didn’t like that. 

    Eventually, the King devised what he saw as an ingenious solution to this problem, and that’s when he made Deceit’s gloves. As long as Deceit wears the gloves, he can lie easily. Ever since he was given his gloves, he has lied quite often to anyone he doesn’t fully trust.

    This tendency towards deceit is what earned him his name. Patton hadn’t been particularly fond of Deceit’s new found ability to lie, and had begun calling him that. It just ended up sticking since, before then, he hadn’t really had a proper name as he’d been reluctant to share his true name.

    “I’m not comfortable with that.” he responded, continuing to eat his food.

    Patton sighed, “You’d have no reason to be uncomfortable if you were telling me the truth.”

    Deceit shrank into his seat. “I just don’t like it when you invade my privacy…”

“It’s not an invasion of privacy, now give me,” he’s promptly cut off by King.

    “Patton, please just let him be.”

    “No. He needs to understand that telling the truth is important.” King just responded with a nod as Pat continued. “Now, Deceit, give me your hands.”

    He held out his hands to Patton, who quickly removed his gloves. “What else did you do today, Deceit?” He had a slightly harsh tone, imperceptible to anyone who didn’t know him well.

    “I… I went to the dark side of the mindscape. Where I’m not supposed to go.”

    “Of course you did…” He put Deceit’s gloves in his pocket. “Once you’re finished eating, go to your room.”

    The four of them ate in silence for a while, until Logan spoke up. “May I go back to my room to do some work, Patton?”

    Patton responded with a nod, and Logan promptly sank out after putting his dishes in the sink. Not long after, Deceit finished his food and quickly headed to his room as well. King stuck around for a bit longer, chatting with the remaining side.

    The moment Dee was in his room, he sat down on the floor and stared at the wall. He started to feel the all too familiar, but unwelcome, pressure behind his eyes, accompanied by a flood of emotion. A sob escaped his lips, despite him trying his hardest to fight it. He didn’t like to cry and feel this weak, but he couldn’t help it. The unfair control Patton had over him was just too overwhelming to handle.

    For a while, however long it was he couldn't tell, he was too overwhelmed by his frustration and fear to move from his spot on the floor. Eventually, he managed to gain the motivation to stand, taking off his hat and jacket. He wasn’t crying anymore, instead feeling hollow and lifeless.

    He took off his shirt and gasped when he noticed a patch of scales starting to form on his left arm. He really is a monster, he thought to himself, just like the others would always tell him. 

    Tears began to run down his face, but he didn’t notice as he quickly finished changing and curled up in bed. Exhausted, he decided he’d sleep for now and handle this later.

    Meanwhile, Romulus had finally finished talking with Patton. The gloves held tightly in his hand, he headed towards Deceit’s room. He flung the door open before walking over and kneeling down beside the bed. He set the gloves down and gently held Dee’s hand, careful not to wake him. Despite this, he watched as the other side’s eyes opened. “Oh, hi King.”

    “Hey, are you okay? I got you your gloves back, by the way.”

    He shook his head, “I’ll get better, just overwhelmed.” He slipped on his gloves. King suddenly winced, grabbing his head. Dee quickly sat up, “Are you alright? You haven’t been yourself today.”

    “I don’t know.”

    “Lay down.” He moved aside, making room on the bed. King did just that, wrapping his arms around Deceit. Both of them dozed off shortly after.

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