Dean's POV

I woke up the next day to Virgil shaking me.

"Mmm, what is it Virgil..?" I asked, still half asleep.

He didn't reply, unsurprisingly, but continued shaking me.

"Okay, I'm up, I'm up!" I said, opening my eyes making Virgil stop shaking me, "what time is it?" I muttered, half to myself, grabbing my phone that was plugged in beside the foamy, turning it on, quickly turning down the brightness all the way as the bright screen murdered my eyes.

6:04AM

"Virgil it's 6:00AM, go back to sleep!"

Virgil gave me scared eyes that already told me that he couldn't go back to sleep because of a nightmare.

"Bad dream?" I asked, though already knowing the answer.

He nodded, slightly embarrassed that he had a nightmare.

"Was it about.. him?" I trailed off, not even wanting to say his name.

Virgil slowly nodded, hugging his stuffed spider.

"Hey, it's okay," I said, pulling him into a light hug, "I think and sometimes dream about him a lot too.. but it's okay, he's gone now, and he's not going to hurt us ever again."

Virgil looked up at me, I knew that he was looking at the large scar that cursed my face in memory of him. I remembered when it first happened and Virgil saw me after the incident, he was scared of me for a week and it broke my heart. Eventually he understood that it was still me, I just looked a bit.. different and he came to trust me again.

Virgil held out his pinkie and I knew what he wanted, I put out my pinkie as well and put around his while saying, "I promise."

He gave a small smile and hugged me again. I knew this meant I love you. I always knew what he meant without words.

"I love you too, Virge." I kissed the top of his head, "well, since we're already awake and probably not going back to bed anytime soon, might as well get up and ready for the day."

I got up, along with Virgil. Today was the day that we got our storage bin with the rest of our stuff brought here which meant I had to re-build everything all over again and hopefully apply for a job today. I had went to college to become a lawyer until I met Robert.. Eventually, I didn't see a need to continue schooling when Robert provided everything that I needed. I was in love. Blinded by it. Now look where that got me..

I got Virgil dressed then told him to go brush his teeth, he did as he was told and I got dressed afterwards. I also decided to cover my scar with cover up. I like to not get judged and questioned by random people in public. We continued doing our basic routine and by the time we were done and ready to go it was 7:05AM.

Good timing.

The storage bin would be arriving in about an hour and in the mean time we could get breakfast and maybe do a little bit of grocery shopping.

"You getting hungry, Virge?" I asked.

He shrugged. He didn't get hungry often, but I always made sure he had at least breakfast and dinner... Okay, it was usually brunch, but who likes getting up early?

"You wanna go for a car ride and get a bit of breakfast?"

He shrugged again. He didn't much like cars, he got car sick easily.

"Come on then," I said, picking him up after getting his shoes on and bringing him out to the car, buckling him up in his carseat.

I got in the driver's seat, buckling up then heading out onto the road. We decided to get some breakfast from McDonald's, it was rare that Virge and I got to eat out.

After eating we headed to the grocery store, parking as close as I could get. I carried Virgil to the store until we got a shopping cart, I was about to put him in the front baby place, like I usually do, when Virgil shook his head frantically and pointed to the floor. He wanted to walk.

"Okay, but stick by me." I said, putting him down beside me as he nodded.

We walked through the aisles, picking out stuff that we knew we needed. Virgil kept close the whole time and even closer when there was people. We checked out our items and headed back to the car,the shopping bags in the cart. When we reached the car I told Virgil to wait while I got the bags into the back. He waited and when I was done, I quickly put the shopping cart in one of the outside places for them, coming back then getting Virge in his seat again. Getting into mine and heading home.

When we got there the storage bin was just arriving.

Perfect timing.

I talked to the people for a bit, Virgil in my arms. They started bringing out the furniture, thankfully doing all the heavy lifting for things like the couch and tables. They brought out the boxes of parts for shelves and beds, the things I would have to re-build. I have no idea how to build so this is going to be interesting.

After they were finished bringing everything out, they left.

Now for the fun part.. Figuring out what to do with Virgil while I try to get everything together.

Though it was true that Virgil was a quiet child and quite calm compared to others, he was also quite clingy and hated loud noises and was scared to be left alone. Most nights he would end up crawling into bed with me, it was only when I was awake that I realised he was there. He always says that he tries to wake me up but I'm a pretty deep sleeper.

"Hey, you wanna go into the kitchen and wait for me?" I asked, Virge.

He nodded and went to go wait. I went to the back of the car, putting all of the bags on my arms so that it was a one way trip. I tried to reach up and close the trunk only to almost fall backwards while doing so.

Dean you clumsy fuc-!

"Whoa, need a little help there?" I heard a familiar happy voice ask from behind me.

"Patton, you scared me!"

"Sorry.. Do you need an extra hand with those?"

"Uh, yeah, thanks." I agreed, a little embarrassed to ask for help especially when I barely know him, but figured that I do need the help and it would probably be more rude if I said no.

I gave him some bags and closed the trunk, opening the door for Patton and walking into the kitchen where Virgil sat in one of the chairs. Patton and I put down the grocery bags and I started putting the stuff away.

"Hey, Virgil, how are you doing?" Patton asked.

Virgil just hugged his spider tighter.

"Ooo, creepy, you like spiders?"

Virgil hesitantly nodded his head.

"Sorry, he doesn't talk much.." I said, giving a soft chuckle at the end.

"Its okay, I understand!" Patton smiled.

Patton's POV

I will get Virgil to talk to me.. That is a promise! I wanna hear what his cute little voice sounds like! Hmm.. He just needs some time to warm up to me, that's all!

Dean's POV

As I finished up putting away the food, I tied up the bags, throwing them into a small box under the sink. We liked to use the grocery bags for the mini garbage we have in the bathroom.

"Where are your two kids, Roman and Remus?" I asked.

"Oh, they're at home, Logan's only working afternoon today!"

"Well that's good!"

"Yep, so what are your plans for today?" Pat asked.

"Well the guys just dropped off the rest of our stuff from the storage bin so I'm going to be setting up our beds and shelves and stuff today so lots of building and putting together." I replied.

"Huh.. Well, sounds like a busy day for you," he turned to Virgil, "what about you? What do you plan to do today?"

Virgil looked up at him then looked back down and shrugged.

"You know, I'm a stay at home dad and we're not going to be doing anything all day and Roman has been asking about Virge and you seem pretty busy.. he could come over for the day if you would like! I really don't mind, I love kids, and you seem like you could use the space!" Patton suggested.

I stopped what I was doing, considering it.

I could use the space and Patton seems like a pretty good dad. Besides, Virgil needs to get to know kids his own age.. What's the worst that could happen?

"You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Alright!" I agreed.

"Yay!" Patton clapped. "C'mon, Virge, let's go!"

Virgil looked at me with worry and expectancy, obviously not sure if he should go with Patton or not.

"Go on Virgil." I encouraged, "If you need anything you talk to Patton first okay? And play nice with the other kids! And try to talk to them, they're nice people and they'll take care of you."

He held out his pinkie.

"I promise," I wrapped my pinkie around his.

I watched him walk to the house with Patton, his spider and blanket in hand. My mind was filled with worries but I forced myself to calm down and get to work.

Ugh, where to start?

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Word Count: 1,643

Date Published: July 17th, 2019

Edited: December 18th, 2019

Date Re-Published: December 26th, 2019