#also- this is so silly but- I made logan's legs a little shorter on purpose lmao

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[perspective-series]

Meta Perspective (14) (Final)

By: @arc852 and @hiddendreamer67

Warnings: Injury mention and mention of past mistakes

(Check the reblog for the links to any future chapters)

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 Virgil groaned, shifting awake. He opened his eyes, noticing Amanda not too far away from him, sleeping on his other pillow. He smiled fondly at her and reached over gently to nudge her with a finger. “Hey...wake up.”

“Hmm?” Amanda hunched away from the touch, yawning and rubbing at her eyes. “What’s up?”

 “I can hear Patton making breakfast for us,” Virgil said, offering his hand to her. “Hungry?”

Amanda blinked, regaining her bearings as she remembered last night. “Starving.” She assured him, climbing on.

 Virgil nodded and dragged himself out of bed, being careful of Amanda. He headed out, seeing that he had heard correctly when he saw Patton in the kitchen. Patton turned and grinned at the two of them. “Good morning!” He exclaimed.

 “Morning, Pat.” He said, setting Amanda down on the table.

“Morning, Pat.” Amanda copied.

 “Did you guys sleep okay? Oh! And how did your talk with Allison go last night?” Patton asked, directing the last question to just Amanda.

 Virgil blinked. “Wait, you talked to Allison last night?”

“I do have friends besides you, you know.” Amanda quipped, giving Virgil a look.

 Virgil put his hands up in surrender before going over to make some coffee. Patton chuckled. “We know kiddo, but how did it go? Is she...did she say anything about us? Or Roman and Logan?” Patton was curious about how the other borrower thought of them.

“Mhm.” Amanda nodded, wondering how much she was at liberty to say. “She ah… she agreed not to move, and she was gonna try to patch things up with her humans.”

 “Really?” Patton grinned wide at that. “That’s great! Roman and Logan may have messed up a little but their still good people with good intentions. I’m sure everything will work out.”

 “...I think it will be fine.” Virgil admitted. “I know I was giving them crap yesterday but they are still our friends.”

“Well, I don’t know them.” Amanda was still a bit tense about that aspect. “Not really, at least. But even Allison was willing to give them a chance, despite being the one at the center of everything that happened, so they can’t be so bad. She was gonna read and play games with them.”

 “Aww, that sounds fun!” Patton clapped his hands once before turning when he remembered the food. Virgil poured himself a coffee, sipping it slowly.

 “Do you think we should...check on them? Er, later on, I mean?” Virgil asked.

“Could you?” Amanda said hopefully. “I mean, I don’t think it’ll go too poorly, but… well, I doubt Allison would want to get stuck in a jar for very long again.”

 Both humans winced. “Yeah, definitely. Did you want to come with?” Virgil asked as Patton handed out the food. It looks like they were having hashbrowns, eggs, and bacon again, not that Virgil was complaining.

“Yeah, I can come too.” Amanda agreed, walking closer to her food. “Thanks, Patton.”

 “No problem kiddo!” Patton said as he took a seat. Virgil wasn’t far behind. 

 “Alright, then I say we give it a few more hours and then head over to check on them.” Virgil planned out. “We don’t have classes today, so it’ll be a shorter wait...wait, did she say when she was going to try this?”

“...morning.” Amanda gave a small nod as if confirming this to herself. “Yeah, this morning.”

 “Oh, that early?” Patton said, swallowing a mouthful of food. “Maybe we shouldn’t wait too long then?”

 “Eh, an hour or two should be fine. Right, Amanda?” Virgil asked.

“I think it should be fine.” Amanda agreed, hoping she wasn’t wrong. She had been putting a lot of trust in the goodwill of humans lately.

 “Me too!” Patton said. “And that means we have some time to waste! Oh, but…” Patton looked over at Amanda’s leg. “Maybe we should check on your leg first.”

“Right… about that.” Amanda gave an awkward chuckle, feeling suddenly nervous. 

 “Huh? What’s up?” Patton asked, tilting his head slightly. Virgil ate as he honed in on what Amanda was gonna say.

“My leg. I, it’s kind of healed already.” Amanda rubbed the back of her neck.

 Both humans blinked in surprise. “It...is?” Patton asked.

 “Huh, no wonder you were able to climb on me last night,” Virgil muttered.

 Patton frowned. “Wait, so then...why didn’t you tell us?”

“Okay, this is going to sound a bit silly.” Amanda hoped it sounded silly at least because having her fears confirmed would be a massive buzzkill. “But basically I thought if you knew it was healed, you’d kick me out.”

 “Oh kiddo...We wouldn’t kick you out for a silly reason like that.” Patton paused. “Or, you know, at all for that matter. You’re our friend.”

Virgil nodded. “Yeah, you’re welcome to stay as long as you like.”

 “Unless you don’t, of course.” Patton jumped in. “Remember, it’s completely your decision if you want to stay or leave.”

“Yeah, no, I know that now, it just feels… weird, accepting charity.” Amanda explained. “Like when my leg was messed up I had an excuse to be out here but now I’m just freeloading.”

 “Hey, you are no freeloader,” Patton argued. “You’re our friend! And friends do things for each other.” He looked to Virgil, who nodded in agreement. “We enjoy your company.”

“Well, I enjoy your company too, except it’s not an equal trade.” Amanda winced. “Because I also live with you. And steal your food. And I don’t have a job or school or whatever.”

 “...Eh, she has a point.” Virgil said but at Patton’s look, he grinned. “Kidding.”

 “That’s okay, we really don’t mind,” Patton revealed. “But...if you really did want to help out, we might be able to figure something out? You don’t have to, though.”

“Wait, like what?” Amanda asked.

 “Well…” Patton trailed off, thinking hard.

 “You could be our designated bug killer,” Virgil suggested. “Pat here is terrified of spiders, so that could work.”

“I can kill spiders.” Amanda agreed, her hand going to her sword.

 “Then that’s settled. You kill the spiders and your welcome to stay as long as you want.” Patton grinned. “Deal?” He stuck out his finger.

“Deal.” Amanda agreed, giving it a shake. She quite liked the idea of having a role of her own.

***

Allison woke up the next morning and immediately headed out before she could change her mind. She clung to her bag as she drew closer to the apartment. Would they even be home? She hoped so but if not she might just wait for them. 

 She entered the apartment and scaled the coffee table, looking around the room. She saw no one and sighed. Of course. She didn’t know what day it was but it was a possibility the two were at school at the moment. It looks like she would have to wait. In the meantime, she might as well go to the kitchen to look for something to eat. She scaled back down and headed in that direction.

By the time she reached the kitchen, two loud voices could be heard entering through the front door, one noticeably more boisterous than the other.

“How can you not like Shakespeare?” Roman ranted, clearly still in the middle of an argument. “And you call yourself a poet.”

“I do not call myself a poet.” Logan corrected. “And I merely stated that while progressive, Shakespeare still lacks the…” His sentence trailed off, his eyes falling to the counter as they entered the kitchen. “We have a guest.”

Roman followed Logan’s gaze, eyes immediately lighting up when he spotted the borrower. “Allison! You’re back!”

 Allison tensed and almost ducked away to hide when she heard the voices but stopped herself. She was here for them, after all. “Uh, yeah. I am.” She winced at her own words.

“Is there something you require?” Logan asked, hypothesizing she would not reveal herself without a purpose.

 “Oh, uh, yeah.” Okay, here it goes. “I was just wondering if maybe we could...hang...out?” Allison asked, getting less brave even as she spoke. Oh, this had been a terrible idea, hadn’t it?

Logan glanced between Allison and Roman. Roman did the same, but with Logan.

“But of course we can hang out!” Roman declared, giving her a wide grin.

“Hang out with whom?” Logan asked for clarification.

 “Oh, well...both of you? Not together, like separate. One at a time to get to know each other better? Um, I’ll admit this wasn’t my idea. Amanda suggested I do this so we could...bond?” Allison admitted.

“I like Amanda.” Roman decided with a grin. He had been unsure after being rejected yesterday, but this certainly made up for it. “How about you and I spend some time together then?”

 Allison nodded. “That sounds good.” She stepped forward a little wondering if she should climb down herself or wait for Roman to offer her a hand.

She didn’t have to wait long; the second she confirmed, Roman set down his palm near her.

“Where do you want to go?” Roman asked. “There’s a cute little ice cream parlor down the street. Ooh! Or we could go to the park, or see what’s playing at the theatre.”

 Allison climbed on but tensed as Roman mentioned actually going somewhere. “Oh, um, I...I would prefer if we stayed...inside. Please.” Allison said. There were too many humans outside for her to be comfortable.

“Discrepancy is key.” Logan advised.

“...right.” Roman felt his ears turn pink, embarrassed he hadn’t thought of that himself. “Well, ah, in that case, what would you like to do?”

 “Well...maybe we could play more games?” Allison suggested, remembering what her and Amanda had talked about last night.

“Yes! Games!” Roman headed to the living room, looking delighted by the suggestion. “What sort of games would you like?”

 “Um...well, what kind of games do you have?” Allison had forgotten what Roman had listed before.

“How about a board game?” Roman suggested. He set Allison down on the coffee table, going to pull out the large stack from the closet. A few came tumbling down, a side effect of Roman’s poor organization skills.

 “Sure, but I’ve never played any before,” Allison said. She only had a vague idea of what they even were.

“Oooh, okay, then we must pick a good one.” Roman brought a few titles over to the table, pursuing them. “I think this is a good place to start.” Roman suggested, holding up a box that read ‘Monopoly’.

 Allison blinked. “Uh, okay, yeah sounds good.” She wasn’t quite sure what Monopoly was though.

Roman began to set up the board, sorting out wads of cash. “So what do borrowers usually do for fun, anyways? Do you guys have your own sorts of board games?”

 Allison shook her head. “No, nothing like that...I guess borrowing might count as fun? I mean, it’s super tense, especially when you’re trying not to be seen but sometimes the adrenaline of almost being caught is kind of fun.” She said with a shrug. It could also be incredibly stressful too but as a borrower, you took fun where you could get it.

“Oh, kind of like pulling a prank.” Roman related, smiling in memory. His roommate was not as fond of pranks, but that just made it all the more fun.

 Allison tilted her head. “A...prank?”

“It’s when you do something silly to mess with someone’s day,” Roman explained. “Place googly eyes around, fill Oreos with toothpaste, prop up a water bucket… come on, surely you’ve done something like that before!”

 “Oh! Yeah, I’ve done something like that before.” Allison smiled. “I’ve hidden Amanda’s borrowing supplies before as backup for her doing it to me.” She laughed at the memory.

“See? Pranks are awesome.” Roman sighed happily. His face slowly began to morph as he was struck with inspiration. “...wait. Allison, I have had the most amazing idea.”

 “What?” She asked, curious.

“We should totally go pull a prank.” Roman leaned forwards eagerly, the board game now forgotten.

 Allison blinked. “A prank on who?” She thought for a moment. “Wait, do you mean on Logan?”

“Yes, it’s perfect.” Roman insisted. “He’s always suspicious of me now, but he’ll never suspect you. Plus you’re so small that you can sneak right past him too. We’ll make a terrific team.”

 “I-I don’t know,” Allison admitted. “Will it make him...mad? If we tried?” She asked, not liking the idea of a human being angry at her.

“No, he usually doesn’t get mad, just annoyed.” Roman shrugged. “Plus I doubt he’d dare get annoyed at you, because he’s still so self-centered about his whole moping thing. Just another reason you’d be a great ally.”

 Allison pursed her lips, looking down. Even if Logan did try something, which at this point seems unlikely, Roman was there in case anything happened. Besides...it did sound like fun. She sent a small smile up at Roman. “Okay. What’s the plan?”

***

Logan paused, spotting Allison alone on his desk when he walked into his bedroom. “...are you looking for something?”

 Allison took a deep breath, she could do this. Just distract Logan long enough for Roman to strike. Easy. “Oh no, I just uh...wanted to talk? A bit?”

“Talk?” Logan slowly pulled out his chair, sitting down. “About what?”

 “Well...there’s a lot of...tension, between us. Wouldn’t you agree?” Allison said, feeling nervous.

“Yes, that is accurate.” Logan sighed. “I know I am to blame for that. I do apologize, the way I’ve acted has been cruel and thoughtless.”

 Allison scuffed her shoe against the desk. “Yeah…” She agreed. “Being in that jar was not...fun. But I think it was the fact that you just kept ignoring me that really got to me.” Allison admitted.

“Yes, I understand that now.” Logan adjusted his glasses. “I was just thrown off guard and didn’t know what to do. I could not do anything right, so I assumed doing nothing at all would be better.”

 “I...I get where you were coming from. Sorta.” Allison rubbed the back of her neck. “And I also get why you didn’t want me to leave. I mean, if I saw someone smaller than me, I’d be pretty fascinated too, I guess.”

“Fascination doesn’t excuse my behavior, but I appreciate the sentiment,” Logan said. “I hope going forwards we can remain on civil terms.”

 Allison nodded and she smiled softly. “Civil terms to start off but...maybe eventually we could even be...friends?” Allison asked. “I mean, I heard you like books! I happen to be a fan of books myself, I just uh...never get the chance to read.” She chuckled.

Logan blinked, looking happily surprised. “Are you really? Well, in that case, I would love to share my library with you. And companionship sounds most admirable.”

 Allison perked up. “That sounds...that sounds great! Th-Thank you.” She said, smiling wide.

Before Logan could get in another word edgewise, Roman, who had been sneaking up throughout the entirety of Allison’s conversation, took this wholesome moment to strike.

“PRANKED!” Roman declared, dumping a large tub of confetti all over the bewildered college student.

“I-wha-ho-” Logan tried to form a coherent sentence, which is difficult when your mouth continues to fill with little colored bits of paper. He sputtered, looking quite disoriented.

 “Oh!” Allison had gotten so caught up in the conversation she had forgotten why she had started it in the first place. She let out a laugh. 

“Thank you Allison, you did a wonderful job.” Roman praised, putting out his finger for a ‘high-five’. 

“You were his accomplice?” Logan realized.

 “Yeah, sorry. But everything I said was true! Just to make sure you know that.” Allison said. She didn’t want him to think that whole thing meant nothing.

“And it was so pure.” Roman teased, shaking Logan gently by the shoulders. The nerd blushed.

“How long were you eavesdropping?” Logan asked.

“The entire time.” Roman assured him. “I was in the closet, ironically.”

 “We planned it after I told Roman about pulling a prank on Amanda once.” Allison explained. “He said I would be the ‘perfect accomplice’.”

“I see you were.” Logan gave her a soft smile. “I never suspected a thing.”

 Allison gave a proud grin. 

 At that moment, there was a knock at the front door and her attention turned that way. She looked up at the humans with a curious frown.

“I’ll go check who’s come a’knockin’.” Roman declared, heading into the living room. He pressed his ear to the door. “Who goes there?”

 “It’s us, Princey,” Virgil said through the door with a sigh.

 “Hi, Roman!” Patton exclaimed.

“Oh.” Roman opened the door, happily surprised to see Amanda in Patton’s hands. “Oh!”

“Uh...hey.” Amanda gave a slight wave.

 “We wanted to come and check on you, make sure Allison didn’t end up in a jar again,” Virgil said, giving Roman a look before heading into the apartment.

 “Not that we think you would do it again, just...making sure,” Patton said with a small smile. “And Amanda wanted to come too.”

“I’m supervising,” Amanda explained.

“Oh, no, I can assure you, we’re getting along swimmingly here, no jars necessary.” Roman paused, turning back to the bedroom with a smirk. “Hey Logan, is Allison in a jar?”

“...no?” A confused and alarmed Logan called back.

 Allison chuckled a little. “I’m jarless!” She called out, hoping she would be heard from where she was. She turned to Logan. “Maybe we should join them.”

“Oh, yes, of course.” Logan placed his palm down for her.

 Allison looked down at the hand and let out a deep breath before slowly climbing on. Logan was good now, she could trust him.

Carefully Logan brought Allison up, cradling her in a fashion that was safe but not constricting as he slowly made his way into the living room. 

“See? She’s fine!” Roman insisted, giving Allison a grin.

 Patton grinned happily as he saw her. “Hi, Allison! Everything okay here?”

 Allison smiled and nodded. “Yeah...I think everything worked out pretty well.” She looked at her two humans before turning to Amanda. “Glad I took your advice.”

“I got mad human skills.” Amanda grinned, giving two thumbs up to show she was happy that everything was working out. 

 Allison grinned, giggling slightly. Patton could help but grin at how cute that was. “Well, it seems like everything is working out! I mean, I’d even say we’re all friends!”

“Wow, that was fast.” Amanda seemed impressed. Then again, Allison wasn’t one to hold a grudge. 

“It was friendship at first sight.” Roman decided.

“No, that is entirely inaccurate.” Logan sighed. “But after careful discussion, we are certainly on pleasant terms and have agreed to move forwards in a friendly manner.”

 “And that’s all that really matters,” Allison said, smiling. “Yeah, we might not have started off...great. But I think you guys have all proven yourself to be trustworthy.”

 “Aww, Allison!” Patton exclaimed, smiling wide. Virgil snorted.

 “Not great is an understatement to how everything started but...yeah, I think you’re right.”

Amanda hummed, looking between the humans she knew, the humans she didn’t, and her best friend. “So… now what?”

 “We...go on as normal?” Patton suggested.

 “I wouldn’t exactly call this normal.” Allison brought up. “After all, we technically should be packing up to move away...but I have to admit, I don’t want to.”

“I can’t move,” Amanda informed her, a knowing grin on her features. “I’ve got a job now.”

“You...what?” Logan looked puzzled by this development.

 Allison blinked. “I’m...sorry? You have a job?” How did that happen?

 Patton giggled but Virgil was the one to answer. “She’s our resident spider slayer.”

 Allison’s eyes widened. “Ooooooh, but wait, why?”

“Because I wanted to do something useful if I’m going to be out and about all the time,” Amanda explained.

“A spider slayer? That’s so brave!” Roman praised.

“Are you mocking me?” Amanda squinted, uncertain.

“No no, I assure you, my praises are sincere,” Roman assured her. 

“Oh, well then, thanks.” Amanda gave a shy smile, preening from the compliment.

 “She is pretty good at killing spiders,” Allison said, before looking down in thought. “Well...I want to do something too! If...If it’s okay to even stay with you guys?” She asked, realizing Roman and Logan hadn’t actually said she could yet.

“Yes, of course, we would love to have you.” Roman tried to contain his excitement at the prospect of Allison sticking around.

“Indeed. Although, you are certainly not required to kill spiders if you do not wish to perform such a task.” Logan assured her. Though he could see how spiders could be a threat to borrowers, from the human side of things they were quite beneficial to the environment.

 “Yeah...I’ve never really been a huge spider killing person.” She was afraid of them, in all honesty. She thought for a moment. “Oh! But I can sew pretty well. Maybe I can sew any rips you get in your clothes?” She suggested.

“I’m certain your precision would be much finer than our own in that regard,” Logan observed.

“We wouldn’t want to overwork you, but if that makes you happy your assistance is more than welcome.” Roman agreed with a smile.

 “Well, it looks like I’ve got a job now too!” Allison exclaimed. “So...I guess we’re both staying then.”

 “Yay! Oh, I’m so happy!” Patton grinned. 

 “Same. I’m glad you guys aren’t going anywhere. I’d, uh...I’d miss you.” Virgil said, a faint blush on his cheeks.

“Sap.” Amanda teased. 

“Well if we’re all in agreement, then perhaps we should all get better acquainted,” Roman suggested, gesturing to the group as a whole.

“In what way?” Logan asked.

 “Oh! I could cook dinner for everyone back at our apartment?” Patton suggested. “Maybe we could even watch a movie afterwards.”

 “That...sounds fun.” Allison grinned. “I haven’t seen a movie before. Mostly because uh...I was still trying to escape during my chance to watch one.”

“Right.” Roman looked sheepish. “Well, it would be wonderful to amend that.”

“It sounds like a good suggestion, if everyone is agreed.” Logan looked around for confirmation.

“If a movie is anything like Sherlock, I’m all in,” Amanda assured them.

 “Sherlock?” Allison asked. She thought that was a book.

 “We watched the TV show Sherlock on Netflix the other day,” Virgil explained with a shrug.

 “Oh, gotcha.”

 “Well great! Then everyone grab some pajamas and head over to our place! I’ll start up some dinner, everyone okay with pizza?” Patton asked with a grin.

 “Yeah!” Allison knew what pizza was and was excited to finally be able to try it.

“Yes, that sounds great!” Amanda echoed Allison’s excitement.

“Affirmative.” Logan nodded, his dramatic roommate nodding as well.

 “Then let’s go! Best friend movie night commences now!” Patton shouted, bouncing up and down but still being mindful of Amanda.

The group journeyed together down to the lower apartment, taking the first steps on their journey as new friends.