tw :: fever

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Coffee is the most important part of breakfast. Upon seeing that they had ran out, Virgil went over to Pat and Dee's place. His roommate usually gets up earlier than he does, and must've bought coffee on the way to class. Or he could also have gotten the last of the coffee and went out before Virgil woke up to avoid witnessing another one of his tantrums. Due to his laziness, he just grabbed a random shirt and jeans. The shirt he got wasn't his, in fact, it was Roman's. His annoying friend most likely left it there along with his guitar a while back, when he had dared Roman to wear dark clothing for an entire day. He didn't really feel like going to class that day since he felt a little odd. Also, he felt more tired than usual and for some reason, he was shivering even with the slightly warm weather. He didn't bother to think too much about it and put on his jacket.

It didn't take long for him to get to Patton's, considering the fact that it wasn't too far from his and Logan's place. He knocked on the door and was almost immediately tackled in a hug by Patton. They've been friends for 2 years, and he might have developed feelings for his friend along the way, but he's not going to admit that anytime soon. Patton dragged him to the kitchen, complaining about how he should eat food in the morning more often. He honestly didn't even have to say anything. Being alone wasn't always a good thing for him, so he would sometimes end up with Patton and Damien on the couch and watching movies together. It's Logan's fault, really. If it weren't for him being so busy and disappearing in the middle of the night only to return right before classes started, he wouldn't be so lonely.

Even in the mornings, Patton is just as bubbly and energetic and Virgil finds that incredibly adorable. Not that he likes him, pffft no. Patton was talking about something, and he should definitely listen, but he couldn't help admiring him and blocking out the rest of the world.

If every morning went on like that, being blessed by the presence of the most gorgeous human being on earth and seeing his smile, Virgil thinks he might just end up loving mornings. There's just something magical about him, freckles that made him even cuter than humanly possible, lovely brown eyes that looked at him with platonic love, and his soft wavy hair that-

"Vi? You okay?" Patton looked at him with concern.

"Huh? Oh, m'good." He replied drowsily.

Damien snickered, watching them converse from a distance. Virgil was acting kinda weird, but he'd figured it out already. He knew that Virgil had a huge crush on Patton. Except, Virgil was acting even weirder than usual. This made Dee worried, knowing that Virgil probably doesn't even know what self-care is and that he also probably follows Logan's example. Though he's never spoken with the guy, Virgil liked to complain about his roommate and Damien deduced that Logan is a bad example to Virgil. He has also mentioned about how his brother could go on a couple days without sleep and how much he wanted to be able to do that too. At that point, Damien was considering adopting Virgil and/or having a chat with his roommate and his brother. He hasn't met Vi's brother, but he's heard a lot from Virgil. Seems like a cool guy, just a terrible example at times.

"Gosh, you're looking a little sick, Virge. Wait, hold on, you're burning up!" Patton exclaimed. He asked Damien to get the thermometer while he dialed Remy's number. Virgil tried to tell Patton he's fine, but everyone's aware of how he either brushes off colds and fevers as a minor nuisance to him or thinks that a cough could end his life.

While he thinks that's what he normally looks like, he obviously has not looked at a mirror since he woke up feeling strange. Logan would know how to fix it. He sent a quick text, knowing that Logan won't answer calls during class and has his phone on silent.

to : lo bitch
help, have fever

Damien checked his temperature as Patton spoke with Remy on the phone. Logan and Roman were the only ones that had 9 am class that day, so the other three were willing to take care of Virgil in the meantime.                       

from : lo bitch
You should rest.  Drink lots of water. Don't attend classes today,  I'll be there at 11. Take ibuprofen if you need to.

to : lo bitch
im at pat's

As surprising as it was, Logan actually responded to a text message in the middle of class. Knowing Logan, he would never do that. He supposes he underestimated how much Logan cared for him. It made Virgil feel all warm inside. He slumped down in the chair he sat in, and placed his head down on the table. Now that he thought of it, he did in fact, feel sick. It wasn't too bad, just a little tired and cold. Patton gave him a glass of water once the call ended.

"Thanks, love you." Though his voice was somewhat muffled because of his attempt at sleeping on the table, Patton heard it and this caused him to stop in his tracks.

"I love you too, Virge." Even if Virgil presumably said it as a platonic way of expressing his appreciation for his dear friend, Patton liked to think that maybe there's a chance his crush might reciprocate his feelings. But his crush was sick at that moment, so he had to focus on taking care of him and not on his romantic feelings for his best friend.

Both Patton and Damien tried to get Virgil to sleep in a bed, but he told them he'd prefer to stay on the couch. The two agreed to that, seeing as there was no point in arguing with a sick Virgil. They covered him in blankets and watched an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural together.

A knock at the door was heard, and Damien offered to go open it. Patton informed him that it was most likely Remy at the door.

"Hey babes, Virgil's here?"

Damien regretted opening the door. If he were to describe what he was feeling at that exact moment, he would go through his memes folder on his phone and point to the surprised pikachu meme.

"Yeah, on the couch. Remy, right?" Damien forced a smile, trying to look as calm as he possibly could be.

"Got that right, hun." Remy adjusted his glasses, making sure that his eyes won't be seen at all. He was gay panicking internally, and it cannot show. "And you're Damien? Damn, Vi's keeping all the hot guys to himself."

"You can keep me to yourself, if you want." Damien said without missing a beat. Remy almost choked on the straw in his drink.

The two headed to the couch, where they found Virgil and Patton cuddling. They seemed to be having a great time without them. Remy coughed dramatically to get their attention (something he picked up from Roman). Both Virgil and Patton turned to look at the source, and fell off of the couch in surprise.

"Vi, if you can't keep your hands off of Pat, then maybe you shouldn't get sick or else this fever's gonna spread like wildfire." Remy smirked as his brother struggled to find the words to say. The two were an oblivious mess.

As per Virgil's request, they watched some horror movie they found on Netflix until it was lunch time. Damien went ahead of them and ordered food since he did not want to wash the dishes. At times they would hear the sound of a text notification from Virgil's phone, which shocked them for two reasons. The first reason is that Logan never texts during class, but that was exactly what he was doing. The second is that Virgil always has his phone on silent. It wasn't a big deal, though.

When their food arrived, Patton tried his very best to feed Virgil, but it seems that he keeps getting distracted or he just didn't feel like eating. So Patton texted Logan to let him know that Virgil was not eating and he should do something. Cue another text from their savior.

from : lo bitch
How do you expect to get better if you're not going to eat your food?

to : lo bitch
how the fuck do u know im supposed to be eating lunch

Virgil's eyes went wide. He started eating his food just because he was terrified that Logan was secretly watching him through hidden cameras and will scold him if he doesn't eat. Not once has it came to his mind that one of the others could have texted Logan. And then they realized something. No one has told Roman yet.

Remy texted Roman, asking him what time he would be able to look after Virgil. Except he forgot to mention that Virgil was sick.

to : prince hoe
girl,, come over at pat's when ur free. someone has to look after virgil

from : prince hoe
i'm on bABYSITTING D UTY??

to : prince hoe
bitch he's sick
logan's coming over at 11 ;)

from : prince hoe
BE THERE AT 10

Great. Now all they had to do was to let Virgil sleep 'cause they had classes in an hour. They convinced Virgil to go sleep on a bed and not a couch. It was easy enough, since Virgil couldn't really do anything else and he's not supposed to do anything that could stress him out. The only problem was, Virgil requested Patton to stay with him until he fell asleep. Now he's stuck in Virgil's death grip. Not that he's complaining, he just didn't want to miss class, but he also didn't want to leave Virgil alone.

Whilst Patton couldn't move, Remy and Damien were flirting like there was no tomorrow. Then that turned into a tickle fight. And then they were on the floor.

The time passed by quickly, and soon enough, they had to go to class. Patton had to wake up Virgil to get him to let go. They heard banging at the door, and knew it was Roman right away. Patton opened the door this time.

"Logan's not here yet, right?" Roman asked. Patton chuckled and shook his head. He let out a sigh of relief. The three left to go to their classes, and Roman went to see how Virgil was doing.

Thankfully, he was asleep. Hey, he worried, okay? Virgil had an unpredictable sleep schedule, only getting a decent amount of it when he wanted to. Roman stayed by his side in the meantime, reading his notes for his next class (which was in 2 hours and they had a test).

When he heard a text notification go off, he jumped off of the bed in surprise. It was from Virgil's phone, and he had a text message from Logan.

from : lo bitch
Class got cancelled.
On my way there.

Roman hesitated before replying.

to : lo bitch
hey this is roman, vi's asleep

from : lo bitch
May I have your number then?
Just send me a text.

If only Virgil were awake right now and not sick.
Roman added in a new contact and got Logan's number from Virgil's phone. He hoped that he wasn't blushing bright red.

to : logan ♔
hi again it's ro ♥

Once the text was sent, Roman read it again but saw that he had put a heart. He started freaking out, which woke Virgil up.

"What the fuck did you do, Princey?" His voice got a lot deeper, perhaps because of his fever or maybe because he just woke up. He had that same annoyed look he usually had when he knows Roman did something stupid.

"I PUT A HEART AT THE END OF MY TEXT MESSAGE TO LOGAN AND I SENT IT ALREADY." Roman whisper-screamed, trying not to be too loud, since Virgil might not want anyone screaming into his ears when he just woke up.

"Calm down, he's pretty stupid at that shit anyways." Roman was ready to argue back, but there was someone knocking at the door. He knew it was Logan and that he should probably get up to open it.

"'Tis some visitor, tapping at my chamber door. Roman go open the goddamn door!" Virgil pushed Roman off of the bed.

"I don't know what you're referencing."

"Open the door!" This time, Virgil threw a pillow at Roman.

Roman rolled his eyes and took a deep breath before answering the door.

"Hi." Roman greeted, probably looking stupid in front of his crush. Well, his other crush. He had two.

"I brought lunch? Just in case you haven't eaten yet." Logan set the paper bag down on the table. Virgil exits Patton's room with a blanket wrapped around him and his hoodie replaced with Patton's cat hoodie.

"Did you eat lunch, Virgil?" Logan asked their wandering sick friend. He had an expression on his face that could only be described as the look that parents give their child when they misbehave. Virgil stared at him in a confused manner.

"You were watching me through hidden cameras! Of course I did!"

"What hidden c- you know what? I won't even ask." Logan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He acted much like an older brother to Virgil, making sure he did try to at least practice self-care. Logan himself never does though, and that's exactly what Virgil copies.

"Roman didn't eat lunch yet." Virgil pointed at Roman, who put his hands up in defense. Logan looked at him disapprovingly.

"Huh, I guess I forgot to eat lunch." There was a sheepish smile on his face. Logan forced him to sit down and eat lunch with him whilst Virgil went off and did a bit of walking around.

For the next hour, both Roman and Logan were arguing about something stupid. Virgil knew he wasn't allowed to use his phone, but he just had to record them being idiots in love. The arguing didn't last long, since Logan said something self-deprecating and Roman was not having any of that negative bullshit planting itself in Logan's mind. The two then proceeded to talk about all things plants.

"Someone told me about bracts a couple of nights ago, and I have to say, they're some creative little fuckers! They've got colorful leaves—and no, not plain old chlorophyll green—that pretend to be the petals of the tiny flower! I adore them."

Logan and Virgil stared at Roman in shock.

On one hand, Logan was astonished because he had told someone about how the "petals" of a certain plant were actually leaves called bracts at a party a few nights ago. He was thinking about how great of a coincidence it was.

Virgil was astounded because Roman despised biology, saying that there were too many things to memorize. Then he just pulls out a fuckin'... leaf fun fact? He didn't have any words.

"Their leaves have an odd color to attract pollinators to them since the flower itself is incapable of attracting the pollinators due to its size." Logan infomed, remembering how he had told a certain someone at a party about those leaves. He blushed when he remembered that little flirty exchange they had.

"What a great coincidence! He told me that as well!"

Now Virgil was getting suspicious. Where exactly have these two been going the past weeks? He had a theory that they met before he had ordered Logan to drop off the guitar case at Roman's. But one thing ruled off that theory: He knew Roman didn't stay up as late as Logan. He always complained about needing the right amount of beauty sleep. Logan practically doesn't sleep if he didn't want to.

Coincidences aside, Logan and Roman spent the rest of their free time studying (more like Logan tutoring Roman), and Virgil fell asleep on Logan while he was teaching Roman some stuff Virgil didn't care about. Eventually, Virgil had to take care of himself on his own when Logan and Roman returned back to their classes and the other three still had classes. It was alright with him, he still made sure to rest and drink water as per Logan's request.

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The rest of the day went painfully slow, but it was over soon enough. The five of them went back to see how Virgil was doing and found that he was in a deep sleep yet again. Logan told them that he'll take Virgil back to their place, but Patton had other plans. He tried to get them all to stay the night so they could all look after Virgil (he just wanted to spend more time with him and everyone knew that). Logan said that it would be best for them to not have a sleepover since they could all get sick. It made Patton disappointed, but Logan promised that he'll invite all of them for a sleepover eventually.

That night, Logan busied himself with his notes, reviewing for tests, and checking in on his roommate once in a while. He had no reason to, really. He just couldn't sleep again. Sometime around the middle of the night, he received a call from Emile, his only friend in the agency. No one there was worth befriending besides him.

"Figured you'd be awake at this hour."

"Emile, why are you still awake?"

"Oh, you know, rewatching some shows. But, I have important news to tell you!"

"Do tell."

"Y'know the jewel thingy? It went missing at the masquerade party, so you have to go to a beach party next Saturday and get as much information from the people that were supposed to get our agency the jewel. They'll be there, and I'll be going with you. Other information will be sent via text. Go now, I've been wanting to rewatch Star vs. the Forces of Evil."

Logan ended the call and groaned. He hated beach parties. Maybe he should just stay as far away from the crowd as possible.

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the masquerade party
𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎

These types of things were getting boring. Why did everything have to happen in public spaces, especially parties? He's had enough of seeing grand ballrooms and endless buffet tables, considering the fact that it has become such a common part of his life. Thankfully, his parents chose not to go, so he was able to keep his identity a secret the entire night.

He won't lie, the entire venue was impressive. Except, it wasn't the ideal place he wanted to be. Logan wanted to be back in his room and listening to whatever music Virgil wanted him to listen to, or watching Virgil play horror games on his pc and laugh as his roommate would scream every time a jumpscare popped up.

Most of the night followed the same boring party activities, and all he had to do was make sure that no one tried to attack the three men that were in charge of taking one of the jewels back to the agency. It was pretty simple. He didn't even have to do anything. No one would ever want to start a scene at some rich party.

Logan spent a good amount of the evening walking around and observing the place, taking a trip to the desserts area once in a while. At one point, he spotted someone who appeared to be in the same situation as he was. Although he often avoided talking to strangers, something about this guy caught his attention and so he approached the guy and offered to provide him company.

Things went well between the two. When he had suggested they go grab some snacks, he tried his best not to make comments about how his new friend surely looked like a snack. Logan didn't end up flirting terribly with the guy, and he realized he shouldn't be around Virgil so much. His roommate would sometimes ask him if a certain pick-up line or a text message would be good enough for Patton, and he always tells him to just go for it.

Throughout the duration of the evening, the two got drunk, danced, and kissed.

He'd be lying if he said it wasn't the best party he's ever attended. A huge mistake on his part though was that he had forgotten to ask for his name or even his number.

So after the party, he simply relied on fate to bring them back together.

Once he decided to go home, he searched for his designated driver, who happened to be Emile. His friend gave him a pill and said it helped with hangovers.

"So remember that time I sneaked into the other agency's lab? Yeah, well guess what I got? Anti-hangover pills! Pretty cool, huh?"

Despite being hesitant about taking it, he did anyways since he had classes the next day and he did not want to have a raging headache during class.

He thanked his friend for driving at the right speed limit and sneakily went back to his room. Luckily, Virgil was asleep. He hid the outfit he had worn for that night and slept in his boxers, something he usually did anyways.

The next morning he found that he had no headache whatsoever. It was an overall great feeling. Virgil must've gotten up before him, which was understandable since his roommate slept way earlier than he did. He was on the phone, probably speaking to his brother or Patton.

He did his everyday morning routine, making sure nothing looked out of the ordinary or else his roommate would bombard him with questions about how weird he was acting. Logan was just a little bit fucked up due to experiencing strong emotions for a certain person.

As he was about to go out to buy some morning coffee, Virgil asked him to go to his brother's place and drop off a guitar case that his brother's roommate had left there. He agreed, not knowing why he did, but he felt like he needed to. So he did.

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a/n :: hello this wasn't supposed to be the original second chapter,, but it just felt too rushed?? so i redid the entire chapter lmao

word count :: 3821

pages :: 10

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