#cgthomas

"What is it, Roman? Did I do something, what's going on?" Thomas seemed concerned and confused, waiting for Roman to respond.

"We can teach you more about it later, but me and the other core sides do this thing, called age regression. We sometimes go into a headspace where we are mentally younger,"

Thomas seemed to understand his words, and Roman continued, "A littlespace, is what's this is called. We mentally regress, all four of us to different ages. We do stuff a kid of that age would, we act like we're that age, and even use things someone of that age would. For example, Patton, Virgil, and Logan use adult pacifiers when they regress."

"I mean, okay? Why didn't you guys tell me before?"

Roman shrugged, smiling. "We were scared, I guess. We didn't want you to be weirded out by how we act, because it goes deep. Virgil calls me 'dada' when he's little, I'm his caregiver. But currently, I'm taking care of all three of them because everyone but me regressed."

"Oh..awww! Wait do I get to meet the regressed versions of Logan, Virgil, and Patton?" Thomas seemed excited, and Roman nodded.

"Yeah, when Logan's big I'll have him explain in more detail the terms and all, but for now, just go with it. Fair warning, they are sensitive, and shy. They really do act like babies. they're all mentally two or three right now."

Thomas nodded. Roman closed his eyes for a moment, popping out of the living room and into the mindscape commons. "Hey babies, I told Thomas!"

Roman hugged the anxious and scared Virgil, patting Patton's head, and ruffling Logan's hair. "He was fine with it, and he wants to meet you guys. So..let's go!"

Roman held Virgil's and Patton's hand, and popped up in Thomas's living room with them, and Logan appeared in a moment. Patton immediately had trouble standing, and sat criss-cross applesauce on the ground with a giggle. Logan avoided looking at Thomas, quickly pulling the red pacifier out of his mouth and putting it in the front pocket of his colorful overalls.

Virgil didn't take his pacifier out of his mouth, but he sat on the bottom steps and hid his face in his bear. "Boys, say hi," Roman instructed, and Patton only waved with an adorable giggle.

"H-hello.." Virgil stuttered, mumbling around his pacifier, hiding from the world behind his stuffed animal.

Logan only whined, finding himself to have a hard time speaking, looking to Roman. "Hi," he managed to squeak out.

"When they're this small, not only are they shy, but they have a hard time talking. Patton goes mostly nonverbal, but when he does talk its hard to understand. Only his caregiver, Logan, can clearly understand him, either way its adorable. Virgil usually can talk, he just has a hard time saying larger words, but he prefers not to. And, well, this is only Logan's second ever time regressing, so I'm not sure about him yet," Roman explained to Thomas, and Logan got shy when he was addressed.

"They're so cute!" Thomas squealed, looking at them.

"Aren't they? Well, I don't know how much we will be able to help with whatever you need...they're literally babies."

"My life problems can wait, I wanna get to know them, they're adorable!"

Roman laughed, "How about we hang out here? They're not gonna open up if we're just sitting here.."

"My house is yours, go on," Thomas motioned around him, and Roman stepped froward to make sure they were able to leave their spots.

"Okay, so we just finished breakfast, usually we find something fun for them to do. We've already watched cartoons today, and they're to little for crafts, they'd just make a mess..." Roman pondered, moving to pick up Patton. Thomas seemed shocked that he could just casually pick up someone the same size as him and rest him on his hip, but he didn't say anything.

Roman put Patton on the couch, then moving to help Virgil, and Logan insisting on walking on his own. Since he wasn't as clumsy as the other two, Roman let him walk on his own, holding Virgil's hand. Once they were all three on the couch, Patton whined, "What is it, baby?" Roman asked, and Patton didn't talk.

"I can't help you if you don't tell me whats wrong."

Thomas watched the interaction, "Maybe he needs a blanket?"

Roman looked to Patton, who nodded. "Alright, I'm gonna go back to the mindscape to get blankets, toys, their sippy cups and bottles, and other things. Watch them for a moment, help them pick out a disney movie, alright?"

Thomas had no idea what he was doing, but he nodded, and Roman disappeared. Virgil scooted closer to Patton, wrapping his arm around him and letting the slightly mentally younger boy cuddle closer. Thomas audibly 'awed' at the sight, sitting between the two of them, and Logan.

"What do you guys wanna watch?"

"Moana!" Logan called out quickly, which was his first time speaking since he nervously said 'hi' a little bit ago. He blushed and shied back, mumbling, "didn't mean to be loud.."

"It's okay," Thomas chuckled, "Are you two good with Moana?"

Patton clapped his hands, and Virgil nodded, so Thomas located the movie on Disney+. The first few minutes played before Roman came back with a box, and his arms full. Thomas got up to help him, taking the box and setting it on the ground. "I refilled their bottles and sippy cups, the blue sippy cup is for Logan, bottle for Patton, and the black sippy cup is for Virgil. He was using a bottle but I think he's a little bigger now," Roman handed him the liquid-filled bottles.

Thomas gave them to their respective owners, and Roman took the blankets and moved to give each of them a few. "You two can share my blankets, since you guys love it so much," Roman tucked the fluffy red blanket over Patton and Virgil, layering it with a white fluffy blanket.

"Fluffy!" Virgil squealed.

"Hey Vee, is it alright if I let Logan use your blankets?" Roman asked, and Virgil nodded. Logan attempted to take the blankets and cover himself, but Roman gave him a look, and Logan whimpered, but let him help. "You guys all have your pacifiers, sippy cups, and stuffies...I think that's all we need," Roman decided.

"wait, where's you pacifier, Lo?"

Logan pulled it out of his pocket with a huff, and Roman sighed. "Why aren't you using it, little one?"

Logan whimpered again, pouting as he hid his face in his octopus. "Are you being shy?" Roman teased with a smirk, reaching out his arms to place them on Logan's sides. He knew full well that all of the sides were ticklish, because Thomas was. He tickled the little's sides, and he giggled out. Roman took his pacifier by the handle, "Do you want it, or do you want me to put it in your room?"

Logan pouted, whining softly. "Open your mouth, ah!" Roman opened his own mouth, signaling what Logan was supposed to do. Logan giggled, mimicking his actions, and Roman took the chance the pop the pacifier into his mouth.  The boy scrunched up his nose and smiled, distracting himself with his stuffed animal.

"Okay but why were you scared to tell me, like, I could've been witnessed this adorableness! But nooo, you guys held out on me.." Thomas rolled his eyes, pretending to me annoyed.

"Just sit down and watch the movie with the babies," Roman instructed, and Thomas quickly obliged, taking his prior spot next to Virgil and Patton. Roman sat close to Logan, wrapping his arm around him.

This movie night would be just the beginning of Thomas getting to know the little sides, soon they will be less shy, and more silly.