~Virgil's PoV~

I sat in my room, reading, Roman hadn't checked in on me, which was strange. Usually, he was quite clingy and hardly left me alone. And I will never admit it to him, but I missed him, even though it's only been a few hours. I groaned and got up, deciding to check up on him. 

I walked out of my room and walked into his room. He was sitting on his bed, listening to music. He looked up at me, his face showing no emotion, strange. He took his earbuds out and looked at me expectantly.

"Uh... hey Princey, are you feeling well?" I asked, moving over to him and placing a hand on his forehead. Roman shrugged.

"Could be better, I guess, sorry if I'm worrying you," he replied. I nodded slightly, shrugging too.

"It's okay, feel better soon," I said, getting up and making it to the door without him stopping me. I looked back at him, he was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. He was acting extremely weird. 

I walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge, getting a serving of the pasta Patton made. I sat down at the table and thought. Patton walked in and grinned when he saw me.

"Hey kiddo!" he exclaimed, I couldn't help but smile softly at him. 

"Hey Pat" I replied, taking another bite of pasta, "Pasta's good," I said. He grinned wider.

"Glad you like it Virge!" he chirped. I nodded at him, smiling. Then Roman walked in.

"Hello," he said after an awkward pause. I narrowed my eyes, Roman was never awkward. He was the flamboyant and confident side, my job was being awkward, or at least, worrying about being awkward and then just being even more awkward.

"Are you feeling alright kiddo?" Patton asked Roman, who shrugged.

"Eh, I'm okay"

Super weird. I got up and walked over to him. He looked down at me, I saw his eyes flicker, but that could have just been my paranoia. He turned around walked away again, leaving me dumbfounded.

"Did you two get into an argument or something?" Patton asked, popping up beside me. I shook my head.

"No... he's just been acting weird," I murmured. Logan then walked in next to me.

"Ah, Virgil, just who I wanted to speak with," Logan said, glancing at Patton beside me, who I noticed tensed up slightly. Logan didn't let me respond. "Roman has been acting weird, and whilst I am not good with emotions, he appears to have become a hollow shell. Do you know why?" Logan asked. I sighed deeply, staring at where Roman had left.

"I don't know Logan, I really, really don't"

~Time Skip~

It had been a few days, and Roman had been avoiding all of us. Right now it was the middle of the night and I planned to sneak into his room. I slipped on my hoodie and walked out, going to his room. The lights were on and I peaked my head inside. Roman was pacing around the room, muttering.

Suddenly the shadows of the room all collected to one, Depression stood there. I held back a gasp, then Roman morphed into Deceit. I bit my lip, desperate not to make any noise.

"So?" Depression asked. Deceit grimaced.

"They're not onto me," he said, Depression scowled.

"Listen, it's taking them too long, if you want him back reveal yourself and come back, they will all follow." Depression said, smirking. At that moment I decided to burst in

"What the hell have you done with Princey?!" I exclaimed. Deceit and Depression looked shocked, Deceit simply vanished, whilst Depression stayed a little bit longer.

"Listen, remember that old place we all used to live in? Well, it's a castle now, our castle. Roman is there," and with that he disappeared in a puff of smoke

Deceit and Depression had taken Roman.

Again

~Authors Note~

"Wow Smug! Two chapters in one day??? What is this???"

Yea yea yea, I know. But I saw an animatic after publishing the last chapter and got inspiration from that, next chapter should be interesting.

Ily!

~Smug