It was a Friday.

It all started on Tuesday when Gemini woke up with a migraine. On Wednesday, he had a migraine and he felt sluggish. On Thursday, Gemini couldn't even get out of bed. Now it was Friday morning, and Gemini was sleeping in his bed.

"Should we call a doctor?" asked Aquarius. He called Virgo and Libra to check on Gemini before going to school.

Libra stuck a thermometer in his mouth. "He has a fever. If his temperature gets much higher we may have to take him to the hospital."

"Should someone stay home with him then?" asked Aquarius.

Virgo pulled out his phone. "I'll see." He entered a group chat called Scorpio and the others.

Virgo: Hey, Gemini is in an even worst condition, who's able to stay home to make sure he doesn't get worst?

Pisces: why can't you?

Virgo: bio test

Libra: same

Aries: same

Capricorn: same

Scorpio: same

Leo: same

Pisces: why did everyone take biology?

Scorpio: because it's super easy

Aries: and fun

Leo: bio is NOT fun. But I thought it would be better than taking physics

Virgo: so that leaves Taurus, Gem, Cancer, Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Pisces.

Pisces: wait, Cancer's taking bio. Wait I'm taking bio too, WE HAVE A TEST TODAY?!?

Cancer: im taking second year bio. The bio test that's going ahead today is third year bio

Pisces: I was having a heart attack!

Gem: wait, second year and third year bio? I didn't know there were different courses, I just picked bio when I selected my courses

Taurus: you have to take second year bio to take third year bio. Everybody who's in third year bio took second year bio last year. I took second year bio in grade 10, and third year bio last year. So now I'm just doing third year chem

Sagittarius: I took physics last year. I regret it, physics sucks!

Virgo: so who's going to stay home with Gemini? Taurus, Gem, Cancer, Sag, Aqua or PiscesPoo?

Sagittarius: me and Aries have detention after school

Aquarius: why?

Sagittarius: being too smart

Leo: you guys came in math class fifteen minutes late carrying smoothies and a box of cupcakes. Then Sagittarius pulled out a cupcake that was decorated to look like a pig and said, "Hey Mr. Stompston, this one looks like you"

Aquarius: then?!?

Leo: he said "my name is Thompson, not Stompston. And are you calling me a pig?" Then Aries said, "are you blind Stompston? That's not a pig it's a dog. She's saying you look cute like a dog."

Aquarius: and what did saggi say after that?

Sagittarius: nothing

Leo: "yeah, a dog with rabies"

Aquarius: disappointed but not surprised

Aries: yeah, so we got detention. Whoops

Virgo: Taurus, Gem, Cancer, Aqua and Pisces, it's up to one of you

Aquarius: can't. I'm probably going to have to create a distraction so that dumb and dumber can sneak out of detention

Pisces: Trust me, you don't want me babysitting Gemini. I'll forget all about him

Cancer: I have art club. So does Taurus and Gem

Taurus: I can skip art club for one week to watch over Gemini

Cancer: what?

Cancer: don't make me go to art club by myself 😥

Gem: I'll be there

Cancer: yeah but

Gem: but WHAT

Cancer: nothing. I'm glad you'll be there with me

Gem: You're hiding something. I don't think I want to go to art club with you anymore!

Cancer: but then I'll actually be by myself!!!

Gem: I don't want to go with people that keep SECRETS

Cancer: I don't have any secrets!

Gem: You can breathe underwater, yet you're still drowning under all your LIES

Cancer: I'm not lying!!!

Gem: LIES

Cancer: NO

Gem: LIES

Virgo: BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP

Gem: make me

Gem: oh that's right, you can't!

Gem: you wear glasses yet you can't see through your own bullshit

Gem was kicked from the chat

Pisces: oh look at mr. Entitled Virgo. He thinks he can just kick people whenever he wants to

Virgo: stop causing trouble

Scorpio: stop telling us what to do

Pisces: he thinks he's our leader or something

Scorpio: I know right! Smh

Pisces: the audacity

Scorpio: whatever, let's kick him out of the friend group so he can find new friends to boss around 🙄

Virgo: I hate you both

Pisces: we don't care

Virgo: Cap help me out

Capricorn: now he's even trying to boss me around 🙄

Scorpio: it's okay Cap, we're here for you 😊

Capricorn: thanks guys! Virgo's words hurt but you guys help me feel better

Scorpio: that's good

Virgo: WHATS GOING ON?!?

Leo: now he's acting confused? As if he gets the right to make it seem like he's the victim?!?

Virgo: I'm not doing anything!!! You guys are confusing me. Libra help me out!

Libra: ...

Capricorn: pfft he can't even do his own dirty work! He needs Libra to help

Virgo: WHAT DIRTY WORK?!?

Sagittarius: we've had enough of Virgo's tyranny! #LetsStopVirgo

Aries: #LetsStopVirgo

Virgo: whyyyyy me

Cancer: #LetsStopVirgo

Aqua: y'all are stupid

Pisces: #LetsStopVirgo

Scorpio: #LetsStopVirgo

Capricorn: #LetsStopVirgo

Virgo: I'm locking every one of you out of the house tonight

Sagittarius: NOW HE WANTS TO LOCK US OUT IF THE HOUSE?!? THAT MONSTER!

Capricorn: he must be stopped

Aries changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Scorpio changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Cancer changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Capricorn changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Sagittarius changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Leo changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

Pisces changed their name to #LetsStopVirgo

#LetsStopVirgo: VIRGO YOUR DAYS OF BEING A BULLY ARE OVER!

#LetsStopVirgo: WE ARE STANDING UP TO YOU!

Aquarius: whatever is going on, I'm out

Aquarius left the chat

Taurus: you guys are literally on drugs

Libra: wouldn't surprise me

Virgo: oh, NOW you decide to show up! Look at what they've done!

#LetsStopVirgo: NOW HE'S ATTACKING LIBRA

#LetsStopVirgo: NOW WE CAN TALK SHIT ABOUT HIM SINCE HE DOESNT KNOW WHOS WHO!!!

#LetsStopVirgo: his hair always looks so greasy, ewwwwwww 🤢

#LetsStopVirgo: and those glasses he wears makes him look like a huge nerd 🤓

#LetsStopVirgo: he ugly

Virgo: this is bullying 🙄

#LetsStopVirgo: oh, so now we're the ones bullying you? How's that taste of your own medicine?!?

Virgo: fuck off. All of you

#LetsStopVirgo: NO SWEARING IN THIS HOUSE! THERE ARE INNOCENT CHILDREN HERE

#LetsStopVirgo: what does "fuck" mean?

#LetsStopVirgo: it's something people do when they want to make a baby

#LetsStopVirgo: ohhhhhhhhh! So then who does Virgo want to make a baby with 😏

Virgo: ANYONE WHO SAYS ANYTHING IS LITERALLY GETTING LOCKED OUT OF THE HOUSE

#LetsStopVirgo: anything

#LetsStopVirgo: we all know he's like in love with Libra so.....

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

#LetsStopVirgo was kicked from the chat

Virgo: that's much better

Libra: why do they always joke about us liking each other?

Virgo: no idea

Taurus: why is everyone so crazy?

Libra: no clue tbh

Taurus: so if I'm staying home to watch Gemini, what do I have to do?

Libra: he has a fever so keep giving him cold face cloths. There's some pills on his nightstand. Give him two every 4 hours. Constantly monitor his temp, if it goes higher than what it is now, take him to the hospital. Also he mutters stuff in his sleep according to Aquarius. Pay careful attention to what he says!

Taurus: okay

Virgo: Libra, can I push the others off the roof at school?

Libra: they can either grow vines out of the ground to save them, make wind currents break their fall, make a fire shield to absorb the impact of the fall, or make a bunch of water squirt out of the ground to catch them

Virgo: but we can't use powers in public

Libra: THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T PUSH THEM OFF A ROOF

Taurus: yes... that's why...

Libra: also don't get too close to Gemini. Idk if he's contagious or not

Taurus: okay

Virgo: I could lock them all in the janitors closet

Libra: Virgo give it a break already

Virgo: 😤

Virgo: how do I get them to listen to me?

Libra: idk but not by letting them walk all over you with that #LetsStopVirgo bullshit

Taurus: omg

Libra: what?

Taurus: #LetsStopVirgo is trending on twitter at #10

Libra: HOW?!?

Taurus: the others tweeted about it saying that there's a new disease called Virgo, and they told people to retweet it to spread awareness. Anyway, the tweet blew up, people are freaking out

Libra: they trended a hashtag in like 5 minutes...

Taurus: more like 10. They started tweeting as soon as Sagittarius came up with the hashtag

Taurus: now it's up to #6

Taurus: Leo has a lot of followers since she posts her art, Aries and Sagittarius have a troll account where they mess with people, so they have a lot of followers, and Pisces makes funny jokes, so he has a lot of followers. If they all retweeted it, no wonder the tweet blew up so fast

Libra: who even started the tweet

Taurus: You

Libra: WHAT?!?

Taurus: the tweet came from your account

Libra: SOMEONE HACKED MY ACCOUNT?!?

Taurus: apparently

Libra: but I run a secret fan account. No body even knew about my account except you, never mind be able to hack it!

Libra: hey, we haven't heard from Virgo in a while

Libra: huh, he's no longer in Gemini's room with me

Taurus: I'm in the kitchen. There's a lot of screaming coming from the living room

Libra: is Virgo beating the shit out of them?

Taurus: no, he just tied them all up with vines so that they'd stay still while he lectures them

Libra: lol

Taurus: their hashtag is now #1

Libra: wow

Taurus: okay, you'd better leave soon if you don't want to miss the bus

Libra: okay, I'll make sure Virgo doesn't kill everybody

Taurus put her phone away and prepared food for Gemini.

***

Gemini groaned when Taurus opened the door and turned on the lights to his room.

"Sorry!" Taurus turned off the lights and stumbled over to the lamp on his dresser instead. "Better?"

"I'd prefer no light at all."

"Well, I can't see on the dark so we need some light." Taurus sat on the floor.

"Fine."

"Your window is open. I'll go close it."

"Don't! She told me to keep open. A nice breeze could make me feel better."

"Who said that? Libra?"

"She did."

Taurus sighed. Yeah, it was probably Libra.

"Here. I made you a sandwich."

"I'm not hungry. I just want to sleep."

"Then sleep, you big baby."

"I'm not tired."

"Alright. I'll just watch tv, is that okay with you?"

"Why are you here?"

"To watch over you."

Gemini pulled the remote out from under his pillow. "Here."

Taurus turned on the flatscreen mounted on the wall. She flicked through the channels until she found one particularly interesting new channel. The words #LetsStopVirgo goes VIRAL was flashing on a screen between the news anchors.

"Oh my god," muttered Taurus.

"So, let's start from the beginning. Where did all this start Becky?" asked the first guy. He had orange hair and green eyes.

The girl had shoulder length brown hair and glasses framing her blue eyes. "It all started with a tweet from the twitter account, Yeontan'sBiggestFan."

A picture of a thread of tweets was displayed on the screen. The profile picture of the account was some Korean man holding a very fluffy black and brown dog.

The tweet said,

Guys!!! I have very important news to share!!! I am a doctor and some sick patients came in my hospital with a NEW DISEASE!!! The symptoms include: Throwing up, seizures, feeling sick, coughing up blood, and the worst symptoms include going into a coma or getting brain damage+

This new disease is called VIRGO disease. Guys, please rt to spread awareness!!! Virgo is extremely contagious and it's spreading like wildfire. As of now, there's no cure so we need to alert as many people as possible!!! Use this hashtag to alert everyone you know! The world needs to know about this right now!!!
#LetsStopVirgo

While you're reading my tweets, go stream Fake Love by BTS ❤️

"How the hell did people fall for this shit?" muttered Taurus.

"John, what do you think of this twitter thread?" asked Becky.

John looked at the camera for dramatic effect. "I don't know why people fell for this sh- stuff."

Becky read facts from her cue cards. "This hashtag went viral, and even trended within seven minutes!"

"That's crazy, isn't it Becky?"

"Yes it is, John. But here's the question we're all wondering... is Virgo a real disease? Lets let people call in to voice their opinions."

John nodded. "Oh, we have people calling in already? Let's answer line 1."

Someone offstage accepted the phone call, which connected to the speakers for everyone to hear.

"Line 1, you're speaking on live TV," announced John.

"Hey, John, Becky. I'm doctor Smith and I'm calling to let everyone know what I think of the Virgo disease!" spoke a woman through the phone.

"What do you think about it?" asked Becky.

"It's BULLSHIT! The Virgo disease doesn't exist! The account is obviously a troll account looking for attention. Everyone, stop spreading this nonesense!"

"And she's even a doctor, so she'd know," stated John. "Thank you for your time Doctor Smith, and let's move onto our next caller! Line 2, you're speaking on live TV."

"OHMYGOSH! I'M ON LIVE TV??? EEEEEEEEEEK!" squealed a young girl. "HI MOM! HI DAD! I TOLD YOU I'D MAKE IT ON TV SOMEDAY!!! I'D LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS, AND MY DOG-"

"MOVING ON!" shouted Becky.

"Line 3, you're on line TV," announced John.

"Hi," spoke a man. "My name is Charles and I called to talk about that twitter account."

"Go ahead," nodded Becky.

"You see, when I first found that tweet, I panicked and retweeted to spread awareness. I'm ashamed to admit to stupidity, how could I believe such a ruse? But in the last tweet on the thread, the account told me to stream Fake Love by some Kpop group."

John nodded in anticipation. "And..."

"I thought, who the fuck are these BTS guys? So I searched up this fake love song, and I've got to say, despite not understanding most words, it was one of the best songs I've ever heard. The beats were just sick! I'm going to check out more of their songs, everyone, go check out Fake Love by BTS! You won't regret it!"

"Okay. Let's accept one more phone call. Line 4, you're speaking on live TV!" announced John.

"Hello? CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME?" screamed a panicked voice.

Taurus squinted her eyes. She recognized that voice.

"Yes, loud and clear," announced Becky.

"Okay, so it all started as a rash, but now I'm hospitalized. I've had three seizures since this morning and I keep throwing my guts up!" The speaker coughed. "I JUST COUGHED UP BLOOD! OH MY GOD I THINK I HAVE VIRGO DISEASE! THE DISEASE IS REAL! VIRGO DISEASE IS REAL!"

Gemini groaned. "Somebody tell Leo to shut the fuck up."

"You... claim that you have Virgo disease?" asked a shocked John.

"Yes! Pray for me everyone," the speaker coughed again. "I'm so sick! I'M DYING! BEWARE VIRGO DISEASE! It ruined my life, but you still have time to save your own pathetic lives."

"Uh... what's your name?" asked Becky.

"Uh... uh... Aries Ignis! WHAT? NO! My name is LEO INDUSTRIA! NO IT'S NOT! YES IT IS!" Two different voices continued arguing over the phone.

John looked at the camera with a panicked expression. "What's going on?"

"Leo and Aries are being stupid, that's what's going on," muttered Taurus.

"I FOUND A CURE! I'M SAVED!"

"A... cure?" asked Becky.

"Yes!" spoke the second voice. "All I did was listen to a specific song, my symptoms instantly vanished!"

Taurus rolled her eyes.

"What song?" asked John.

"Fake Love by BTS. Also-" then a door swinging open was heard on the phone. "Goooooooodmorning students! What a lovely day to read a story, then write a practice essay on the theme of the story for homework! Today we'll read... HEY! NO PHONES ALLOWED IN MY CLASS! Wow, That's a weird title for a story, sir. LEO INDUSTRIA GIVE ME YOUR PHONE RIGHT-"

"LET'S GO TO COMMERCIAL!" screamed Becky.

The news program went to commercial.

"The hell was that?" asked Gemini as he opened his eyes.

"A news station had some psychos call in. Nothing to worry about."

"I'm going to be sick." Gemini rolled over and grabbed a bucket by his nightstand. "Never mind, false alarm."

Taurus chuckled. "Maybe you have Virgo disease."

"Virgo WHAT?"

"Inside joke."

"Okay." Gemini picked up his sandwich and took a bite. "I'm starving."

"You eat that while I get you a cold facecloth." Taurus went into the bathroom and soaked a facecloth with cold water. She came back and handed it to Gemini.

"My head hurts when I sit up."

"Then lie down!"

"It hurts when I lie down too!"

"Here!" Taurus took two pills out of the bottle on Gemini's desk.

"I need water to wash the pills down."

Taurus grabbed the water bottle from Gemini's nightstand and handed it to him.

Gemini swallowed both pills.

Taurus put the thermometer in Gemini's mouth. The temperature went down. "Looks like you're getting better." Then she turned the TV back on, avoiding all news channels.

***

When everyone got home, Taurus met them in the living room. Everyone else was sitting down, watching TV. Thankfully it wasn't a news channel.

"How's Gemini?" asked Capricorn.

"His fever dropped a bit," announced Taurus. "Where's the fire signs and Aquarius?"

"Leo ended up getting detention afterwards. She was using her phone in class or something," replied Cancer.

Using her phone indeed.

"Aquarius is going to cause a distraction while they sneak out," added Pisces.

"So what happened in school?" asked Taurus.

"Something weird happened in language class," announced Scorpio.

"Are you in Leo's language?" asked Taurus.

"No. Why?"

"Oh, so it's something different. Go on."

"We read a story about a girl who got bullied very badly," explained Scorpio. "It was okay, until that new girl Olive burst into tears and ran out of class towards the washrooms."

"I think something is really wrong. We should definitely watch out for her," suggested Libra.

"I'll even bake cookies for her," suggested Gem. "Without any secret ingredients."

Taurus squinted her eyes.

"Hey! I mean it this time!"

Taurus continued staring at Gem with disbelief.

"Okay, I actually mean it this time."

"We've heard that before," muttered Cancer.

"So, you guys didn't go to art club?" asked Taurus.

Cancer shook his head. "It was cancelled for this week."

Capricorn nudged Virgo. "You're awfully quiet."

Virgo frowned. "I don't talk to people who made a joke of my name on the internet and called me a disease."

"People use my name as a disease all the time," stated Cancer.

"Not helping," whispered Gem.

"I have homework to do." Scorpio picked up her backpack and dragged it towards the elevator. A few others took their stuff and headed towards their rooms as well.

***

Later on that night, Libra went in Gemini's room to check on him. She gasped as she took his temperature. It went back to how it was earlier this morning.

But Taurus said he was doing better! Should I take him to the hospital? No, not yet. But how did the temperature go up again?

What's going on?