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Logan watched as Virgil and another woman marked into the office. 
                          
"Excuse me Sir, were you saying my son was using gang signs?" The woman asked, tapping her foot.
                          
"Yes mam, and that other boy too!" The principal yelled.
                          
Logan sighed to her, 'we were using sign language.'
                          
The woman smiled and nodded at him, "well Sir, my son is deaf and uses sign language, and it appears this other boy does too."
                          
Virgil nodded, "my brother is mute."
                          
The principals face went red, "but-but that sign they used looked like guns!"
                          
The principal signed, 'name.'
                          
"That's sign language for name." Virgil sighed.
                          
The woman nodded, "and because you dont seem to have an interpreter here..."
                          
"I smell lawsuit." Virgil shrugged.
                          
The principal sputtered and stormed out of the office.
                          
"You okay L?" Virgil asked, turning to his brother. 
                          
Logan nodded, 'we're ok.'
                          
"Well," the woman walked over, "my name is Celine, I'm Pattons mom."
                          
"Nice to meet you, I'm Virgil and this is my brother Logan." Virgil introduced them.
                          
"Its nice to meet you Virgil." Celine smiled, "Well, we should be going now. Schools almost over and my other sons have probably wrecked the house."
                          
Virgil laughed, "yeah. I promised L we'd go visit our other brother."
                          
Celine chuckled, "Sounds fun. Hopefully next time we meet it will be under better circumstances."
                          
Virgil nodded as Celine and Patton walked out of the office. 
                          
Virgil slowly smirked at Loagn, "got yourself a boyfriend?"
                          
Logan rolled his eyes and shoved his older brother, 'no. Hes just a friend.'
                          
"Alright." Virgil chuckled, "let's go see Jan."
                          
Logan nodded and followed his brother out to their car.
                          
'How is Jan?' Logan asked as they drove to the hospital. 
                          
"Huh? Oh, he's..." Virgil sighed, "honestly? Hes not doing too well. The doctors said he only has a year or two before the brain damage kills him. Unless he gets surgery, which is way to expensive, even with insurance."
                          
Logan drowned and nodded. Out of all the brothers, Janus had it the worst. His brain damage caused him to be blind in his left eye and have seizures. Not to mention the scarring on his left side.
                          
Soon enough, the boys were at the hospital. 
                          
"Hey guys." The receptionist, Missy, said, "here for Janus?"
                          
"Yep." Virgil says chuckled. 
                          
"Alright, you know the way." Missy waved them by.
                          
"Thanks." Virgil smiled.
                          
Logan signed a guick, 'thank you' as he passed.
                          
Logan had memorized the way to Janus' room. He could probably find it blindfolded. 
                          
Virgil pushed open Janus' door as he knocked, "Jan, you have visitors."
                          
Janus was laying on his bed, a philosophy book laying on his lap.
                          
"Hey, you cant possibly be my brothers, you're too early. And I dont have any friends." Janus chuckled. 
                          
"Hey!" Virgil laughed as he dropped into one of the chairs, "we're early cause Logans new principal is an ass."
                          
Janus gasped, "where the hell did you learn such horrible fucking language!?"
                          
Logan snorted, 'I wonder.'
                          
Janus rolled his eyes, pulling Logan into a hug, "come here."
                          
"So how have you been?" Virgil asked. 
                          
Janus smiled, "I'm great!"
                          
Virgil frowned, "Jan."
                          
The boy sighed, "okay, maybe I'm not so great. My seizures are getting worse and my optical nerve is completely destroyed."
                          
Virgil sighed. Janus took his hand gently.
                          
"But-" Janus continued, "They're letting me out."
                          
"What?" Virgils head shot up, "why?"
                          
Janus shrugged, "surgery is risky and expensive. It might not work. And without surgery I only have about two years, so I requested to get out in the world before I..."
                          
"Jan, dont talk like that." Virgil choked on his words.
                          
"Its okay." Janus hugged his brother's, "I've made peace with it. And you'll be okay. You'll get through this."
                          
"Jan..." Virgil sniffed.
                          
"Lo, remember when your betta died?" Jan asked, only continuing when Logan nodded, "you cried and cried. But you got through it."
                          
Logan hugged his brother tighter.
                          
"Virge." Janus started. 
                          
"D-dont." Virgil sobbed.
                          
"Remember when you found that black kitten?" Janus kept talking, "it didnt make it through the night and you wouldn't come out of your room for a week."
                          
"Janus." Virgil gripped his brothers shirt tightly.
                          
"You two will be okay." Janus said, tears rolling down his face, "I promise."