ohhh so three months have passed since the guanyin temple and wgxn spent them just walking around, being whenever the chaos is, helping people, admiring the nature, enjoying new climates and customs, in blissful unawareness of the cultivation world news.

and how IS your honoured brother, hanguang-jun

Quiet

Morality was the father. The Dad, the Dad guy. That was him, he was the eldest Persona, so it would make sense that he would be protective over the others. He tried his best to keep them all happy, especially his host. He cared for Thomas' wellbeing greatly, his and everyone's lives kinda depended on it. With him being the happy-go-lucky persona, everybody assumed that was always how he was. They forgot. They forgot that he's the Deep emotion, the heart, feelings, there's not only happy and sad, there's the mixes, the inbetweens' and far outs. He is an embodiment of the most basic emotions, on the outside, he feels everything, sadness, fear, everything. He tries not to let the negative consume him, it would only hurt Thomas if he did. He tries not to be too anxious, Anxiety would feel and suffer the backlash, he tries not to be too passionate about things, Logic would be blanked out and Prince would be stuck in day-dream mode. He tried so hard for the benefit of the other's, never for himself. He's done it so much that he forgot. He forgot the truth. He lived behind lies, he lived behind the others, helping as best, guiding like he always-always did. He was the deep emotion, he felt everything and nothing at all. He built a damn, it held everything back, and one day.... I T   B R O K E ------ It was late evening and they were sitting in the commons, all of them having come from helping Thomas with a video, simply sat back and relaxed on the couch. Anxiety was on tumblr, Logic was reading, Prince was playing fruit Ninja and Morality was just sitting on the couch, content with watching the others. Smiling, he tilted his head back and closed his eyes, making and helping Thomas with videos was always tiring. The Parent wasn't asleep, just resting his eyes, simply relaxing in the relative quiet. Every now and then a page would turn, fingers would tap against a phone screen and an occasional muttering of success would be heard. Morality embraced the sound of it all, simply because it didn't happen often. Of course, that Peace didn't last long. ---- "Hey Morality, what's for Dinner?" Called Prince, he didn't look up from his phone. "Really?" Hissed out his opposite. The royal turned to Anxiety, who just narrowed his eyes and gestured to Morality by tilting his head. Following the gesture, Prince instantly became sheepish, having not realised the Father was asleep. "Oops" Anxiety rolled his eyes. Logic huffed and continued reading. Princey didn't exactly like that. "Geez, I didn't know, no need to get all huffy" "Well if you payed more attention to your surroundings, then maybe-" "Oh that's rich, pay attention to my surroundings? Says the emo who walks into walls on a daily basis" "Hey, you pushed me! And that happened one time, not on a daily basis, what, you can't see or count? Geez Princey, you got it rough" "Oh you want to see rough?" "Bring it your highness" Prince stood up, so did Anxiety, but before they could do anything Logic cut in. "Boys would you mind taking your flirting elsewhere? I'm trying to read and Morality is taking a nap-" "Where not flirting!" Shouted the two red faced personas. Both of them sat down and huffed, turning away from each other. Fight calmed instantly. Logic smirked and flipped to a new page. "Hmph, stupid Anxiety, I was just stating facts", muttered the fanciful persona none too quietly. "Oh, and what would that be Princey?" Sneered the youngest. "He's good at cooking, but that's about it, he doesn't do much in videos", Prince paused facing the other two. They were looking at him oddly, he smirked. "I'm kidding, he's good keeping everyone happy, so he's there for MORAL support", the Royal wiggled his eyebrows then laughed as Logic groaned and Anxiety shot him with one of the couch cushions. "Ugh, you're worse than he is with the Dad jokes", The Teacher rolled his eyes and stood up, "I'm going to read in my room away from all your tomfoolery. Anxiety then stood up. "That's fair teach, I'mma go take a nap" "But it's almost dinner-", started the Royal.

 "Best time to nap", smirked Anxiety as he clicked his tongue and gestured with finger guns. Prince rolled his eyes and threw his arms up, as if to ask the heavens to give him patience. The emo nightmare laughed and headed to his room, the royal have nothing else to do headed up to his room as well, Logic was long gone. With no one else in the room, no one saw the tears that trailed down Morality's face. He wasn't asleep. "he doesn't do much in videos" "he's there for MORAL support" "Ugh, you're worse than he is with the Dad jokes" "all your tomfoolery" Sure he knew it was meant to be a joke, but it hurt none the less. The father stood up quietly, wiping away the tears and began to prepare dinner. ----- He said nothing during dinner.

No one really noticed, after all there were nine of them at the table. The four main personas, the vine kids, Pranks, Misleading Compliment and Thomas’ inner child, they were all idly chatting amongst themselves while eating.

"Thank you for the wonderful meal Morality" He nodded at the royal. Prince frowned, confused. "Are you alright? " "I'm fine, just tired" Anxiety agreed with the Father. "Yeah, I get that", the younger stretched, hands behind his back and then above his head, joints and muscles popping in relief. With a yawn, the dark persona stood up, and carried his plate to the sink, "thanks for the food, g'night" "Didn't you take a nap before dinner?" Asked the royal inquisitively. "Yeah and your point is?" Prince rolled his eyes but left to his castle, Anxiety went back to his room, Logic excused himself from the table, bidding his thanks, leaving on the note that he'd be working on a plan for the next video. The rest of Dinner was quiet. The kids ate in silence. It wasn't long until they finished their meals too. Morality's children ran up to him, gave him a hug, put their dishes in the sink and headed off to bed. Pranks and Misleading Compliment did the same. The last child, the embodiment of imagination, stared at the father for a moment. "Are you sure you're ok?”

 “I’m fine kiddo”

 The boy narrowed his eyes.

“I'm imagination, I know how to play pretend" Morality just smiled at the boy, before turning and heading to his room. ----- The next morning was quiet. Well, Morality was quiet. The kids ran off, they had school to go to, they went to the very school that Logic taught at, just a lower level obviously. The Teacher went right behind them. Prince headed off to his castle, apparently there was a report of a dragon witch attack one of the nearby towns. That left Anxiety and Morality. With no one else to drown him out with noise the younger realized that the Parental hadn't said a word all breakfast. "Are you o-?" Morality left the table before he could finish his sentence. ----- The rest of the week was...odd. During videos Dad didn't say much, he still smiled and made his jokes, but they didn't have the same feeling. Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners were also quiet. It put a damper on everyone's mood. ----- It was late in the evening, and the three personas were in the commons, Logic was reading a book, Anxeity was on tumblr and Prince was playing Fruit Ninja. They were all quiet, save for the sound of a flipped page, the tapping of the phone screen and the occasional mutterings of success. The air felt stifling and the youngest persona found it hard to breathe. Mobile had froze, again, so pictures on his dash weren't loading. Groaning internally, Anxiety looked up from his phone, just in time to see a dejected pair of children, silently walk by. Moving quickly and quietly Anxiety caught up with Morality's children. "Hey, are you guys alri-?", he didn't need to finish his sentence, the pair turned to him with tears in their eyes. Anxiety's demeanor instantly changed, this was what Pranks oh so jokingly called "Big brother mode" "What happened?" "Nothing", the girl spoke, her voice quivering, "he just smiled and said something about left overs, and he always says he's fine, but he's not and-", her brother cut her off. "He won't tell us anything!" The dark trait sighed, placing a hand on their shoulders. "I'll go talk to him, I'll try to bring Dad back, ok?", they nodded, "good, now go heat up some dinner then go to bed alright?" The vine siblings left, hugging Anxiety before moving and doing what they were told. Anxiety straightened his hoodie and exhaled, he had a Morality to talk to. ----- He knocked three times. "Come in" The younger trait entered the eldest's room. "Hey Kiddo, what can I do for ya?" Anxiety moved to sit on the bed. "What you can do, is tell me what's going on with you" "What do you mean? I'm fi-" "Dad I've used that lie so many times, I know when someone else is using it too, don't bother trying, you're not fine-" "I-" "You're scaring the kids" "Wha-?" "They're not stupid, they know something's wrong, they can feel it and they don't like it, what's worse is that you won't even tell them, you won't even tell me" "I-" "You're what? I swear Dad, if you say 'fine'-" "I'm sorry" Morality's  head was down, hair covering his eyes, his voice small and his fists clenched and shook. And suddenly Anxiety understood. He didn't know, but he felt, he was well accustomed to the feeling of self-doubt, self-hate and any other self-depreciating word he could think of. The younger swallowed thickly, he knew exactly  what to do, he didn't like that he did though, the tables turned, now he was the one offering comfort, irony just loves to laugh doesn't it? Anxiety pulled Morality into a hug, the action surprised the father greatly, after all the darker trait wasn't known to initiate contact. "I'm sorry" Morality was even more surprised. "Why? You did nothing-" "That's why, I did nothing, I’m sorry for not talking to you sooner, I knew something was wrong, but I thought you just needed space, I should have known-" "Anx- you couldn't have possibly, known-" "But I should have! You're our strength, our support, but who supports you?" The Parent, stiffened. "I-" Anxiety hugged him tighter. Morality swallowed thickly, his throat burned and his eyes stung.

 “You’re always here for us, the least we can do is be there for you”

 Dad held him, finally acknowledging the hug. The younger persona said nothing when he felt the warm droplets seep through his black hoodie, he let Morality cry, holding onto him just as he would during an attack. The father cried, long choked sobs, Anxiety simply held onto him tighter, rubbing his back, silently offering comfort the only way he knew how. ----- It was quite a while when Morality calmed down, he was sniffling and his arms still shook, but he broke from the embrace. "Thank you-", he sniffed. "Any time Dad" "Sorry about your hoodie" "It's fine, I got tons of 'em, besides", the younger paused to smirk at the elder, "snot like I can't wash it" Morality gaped, wide eyed, before genuinely laughing. Anxiety smiled, Morality's laughter was far better than the quiet. ----- tags: @prinxietys @prinxietyhell @thebrightsun @the-prince-and-the-emo @the-sanders-sides AN:// aaay, back at it with angst, well... just a lil bit lol, I'm serious, I wrote Morality being a Dad to Anx, so why not have a nice father son moment hmm?