It had been a month since the new guy moved in.

Roman, Patton and Logan were all in their early 20's and living together in an apartment, they had a spare room and had agreed that it would benefit them financially to rent out the room to another. Of course these were Logan's words, Patton happily accepted, he loved meeting new people and more than happy for his little family to grow. Roman was less than pleased but was out voted, so he just agreed on the condition that he didn't have to 'play nice' to the new comer.

"Breakfast is nearly ready!" Patton's voice echoed throughout the house, Patton was used to being the parental figure for them all, he enjoyed cooking and cleaning, and being domestic was his quirk. To accompany this Patton worked at a kindergarten not far from the house, and to his surprised, Logan also worked there as well, as a librarian. The close living/working relationship between the two had quickly turned into something more, and now Logan was Patton's boyfriend. At work Logan would just sat and read from his own collection of advanced books, when not cleaning up after the kids, this always left him in a foul mood.

"Morning Pat" Roman yawned coming into the kitchen first, grabbing his favourite mug and pouring coffee into it, he then sat at the breakfast bar awaiting Patton's amazing cooking. Roman was an actor, rather successful too. He worked in theatre and had hundreds of beloved fans, not that he let this go to his head, though Logan and Patton would disagree with that.

Logan strolled in, dressed and ready for work, having woken up around the same time as Patton.

Leaving one occupant left.

"Patton… I am going to inquire yet again… did you or did you not get a animal secretly? You know we aren't allowed pets here" he asked sipping his coffee, raising his brow and sitting next to Roman. Patton gasped and pouted a bit "Why do you keep asking me this? I have already said, even though I'd love a pet, I haven't gone behind your back! I promise~ you believe me right Roman?" Patton asked.

Roman blinked and looked up from the magazine he was reading "Huh? What?" playing innocent with a slight smirk, obvious enough for Patton to see, making him huff and go back to cooking.

Roman chuckled "He's like a child when angry" he smirked before looking at Logan "Did you hear the growling again? I thought I was just dreaming but I may have heard it too, when the sun was coming up, right…?" he frowned a little before dramatically flipping his hair back with his forearm on his forehead "Wo was me~! I need my beauty sleep and some creature is prowling about is waking me up too early!" he stated dramatically but not being serious - well -

Logan rolled his eyes and grabbed a newspaper to read "Still… Maybe we should ask Virgil?" Logan spoke quietly, though loud enough for the others to hear. The growling could be heard in the early mornings and had been going on for almost a month. Patton finished off breakfast and started plated up.

Roman laughed spitefully "Ha! Ask Mr Doom and Gloom? Who never leaves his room except in the night, like a creeper? Doubtful…" he 'Tsk'ed before going back to reading his magazine. Patton wanted to tell Roman off for being so mean but he wasn't lying. Ever since they rented out the last room to Virgil last month, he was just stuck in there all day and only emerged at night time… They knew nothing about him; only seeing him before they all went to bed, he didn't talk much and they didn't even know if he had a night job or something.

Nonetheless, after breakfast Patton got ready for work as Logan waited for him at the door, seeing as they worked at the same place they had decided to walk to and from work together every day, plus one other reason - smirk -

Once Patton came downstairs he looked at Roman, who now lay on the sofa watching the Disney channel fully dressed in jeans and a red shirt. Knowing the actor had no work today Patton internally smirked "Hey Ro?"

"Yeah Pat?"

"I want you to visit Virgil today and make sure he isn't hiding a pet in his room" Patton told him, earning wide eyes and a horrified expression in return. "B-But! Why me?" is all roman could get out, not understanding why it was 'his' job!

Patton frowned and perched his fists on his hips "Because! You have no work today and we do! That's enough of a reason… Who knows, you might bond while we are gone~" Patton's frown turned into a playful smirk.

"Doubtful…" Roman grumbled under his breath, still not wanting to do it.

"Just do as he says Roman…" Logan walked in putting an arm around Patton's waist; Roman narrowed his eyes at Logan's intense stare before letting out a distasteful sigh "Fine whatever… If I have to…"

Patton then smiled, secretly making a mental note to reward Logan later for his assistance, they really were like a family, Patton wasn't just imagining it.

After the hypothetical parents left, Roman begrudgingly looked towards the stairs "well… Might as well get this over an done with… They never said I had to me nice while interrogating the boogie man" he smirked, getting up and making his way upstairs.

He walked over to Virgil's door, never really having paid attention to it before, it was a dark wood tone and had a 'Keep out' sign and multiple punk stickers. 'Distasteful' Roman thought with a grimace before just opening the door, not caring to knock. Roman's way of thinking was that, if he had knocked then that would give Virgil a chance to hide the animal if he had one, so to catch him in the act of harbouring an illegal pet he'd have to take him by surprise.

When opening the door it was pitch black, Virgil must have had black-out blinds or something, but what took him more by surprise was that there was no shouting or harsh words to tell Roman to leave… It was silent…

Roman frowned and flipped the light switch, glancing around Virgil's fairly tidy but dark coloured room. Everything was either; Black, Purple or Green… Walking in further Roman couldn't help but think 'Such an Emo'.

He walked over to the bed spotting a large lump underneath the 'nightmare before Christmas' quilt. Placing his hands on his hip and pursing his lips Roman spoke up "Yo Gloomy Goober! I know you're awake under there… Patton sent me up here to make sure you're not harbouring a pet… Logan heard growls… you're the last suspect left, so give it up" Roman spoke confidently to the lump under the bed.

Nothing - no movement or sound.

To this Roman sighed heavily, he took one more glance around the room, not finding any-

However, he suddenly saw large claw marks that had scratched down the wood of Virgil's wardrobe causing Roman's eyes to widen "W-What the-" he took a step closer to the wardrobe and grazed his fingers over the scratches, trying to determine if they are from human nails or claws. 'These marks are too thin and perfect to be human nails! Virgil must have an animal in here!' Roman deducted, looking over to the bed again with wide eyes 'b-but… what kind of animal can make claw marks this big… it's not a cat… maybe a large dog?' he tried to think 'and where is it, you can't hide something that large! Unless…' he walked over to the bed again.

"Virgil… If you're hiding a dog under those cover then I'll have no choice but to tell Patton" he spoke, his tone was a bit more threatening than he had intended but why should he care, if this kid was hiding an animal when he was told pets weren't allowed!

Roman was losing his patience "Alright fine! If that's how you wanna play it!" he growled and grabbed the covers pulling them off the bed in one hard motion.

Roman's eyes suddenly widened as far as they would go, his pupils dilating in fear, taking a step back, not wanting to make any sudden movement that could cost him his life.

In front of him, curled up on the bed was a large black panther, it's yellow eyes looking directly into Roman's, it's muzzle wrinkled up and baring it's fangs with a low throaty growl. Obviously not pleased about having being woken up.

After a moment Roman couldn't take it any more, his whole being was trembling, he suddenly took off, slamming Virgil's door shut behind him and pushing the large dresser in the upstairs hall up against the door. He then ran down stairs and onto the couch, frantically getting his phone and calling Patton.

"Hello? Patton here~"

"Roman? What's wrong? Calm down kiddo… Breathe"

"I don't understand what you're saying"

"W-What?!"

"Stay there! We are coming home right now!"


A/N: Chapter one :P hope you liked~ this is a two-parter I think, second part will be coming out soon, if not already out ^.^