•PAL (Princey x Anxiety x Logic)•
•Roman angst my doodes/Somewhat fluffy ending•
•TW: Uh... It's angsty and downright depressing?•

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I wanna be like you
I wanna say that I can
I wanna be the person that you think that I am
But even if I had it all come true like a dream
Is the person I came to be the really real me?

Roman watched from the sidelines as Virgil and Logan cuddled on the couch, sharing small kisses every once in a while. He tried to meet their expectations but like always, he ended up just annoying them.

He hated it. He hated himself. But he knew the two made a logical relationship. They balanced eachother out in a way and he through that balance off.

So young and simple
Wishing like things could come true
Now as I am
I understand it's best I die and soon

Roman looked back at the time they were all friends. Before he fucked up everything.. He made his way to the Imagination, the only place he knew no one would go to look for him.

Just by living
Im hurting them another day
Hundreds cry
All I do is ruin everything
No body wanted me
No body there to need
If only I can live in that kind of world I dreamed

He changed the scene in the Imagination to one of his own fantasies. A fake Virgil and Logan sat next to him, asking how he was feeling. Yet, he knew that this would never actually happen. He was pathetic for using the Imagination to make himself feel better.

Just by leaving
I'm helping them another day
Hundreds smile
All they do is laugh at everything
Nobody there to scream
No more being mean but see
Things like that never happen for me

Roman opened a window up and watched the others laughing and joking around. Tears filled his eyes and soon sobs escaped his lips as his body shook.

He closed the window quickly, not seeing or hearing the others were starting to look for him.

Day after day I found my way
Sleepwalking through
Like this I'll fade without a trace
It's for the best that I do

He curled into a ball, trying to control the his crying. If he kept up the act of being fine, surely they would leave him alone... Right? They would treat him like a normal side instead of a mistake.. Right?

He couldn't stop the tears from falling, nor could he keep his sobbing to a minimum. The Prince has finally broke...

Just by living
Im nothing for another day
Hundred lives
Never knowing me or anything
Nobody wanted me
No one there to need
Why would I wanna live in the kind of world  I see?

Just by leaving
It no one for another day
Hundred lives
Never changing them or anything
No one there to scream
No more being mean to me
Then could I have it back all in one piece?

Virgil and Logan were beginning to worry more about the Prince. They had searched the whole mindscape after realizing he was missing. Was it their fault the Prince was upset? Virgil hoped not.

Roman was their best friend after all.

In the end
We'll fall to the ground again
Over and Over and never get up
In the end
The person they made in me
Breaking and breaking and never pick up
In the end
We're leaving it all again
Over and over and never wake up

They checked the one place they didn't check yet; the Imagination. They prayed to Thomas's sanity that Roman was there. They spotted a duplicate of themselves comforting a sobbing Roman on a hilltop and ran towards them. Their duplicates gave them a sad smile as they dissolved in the wind.

"Roman?" Logan asked, kneeling beside the prince. He placed a hand on Roman's shoulder.

"Princey, don't you dare do that to us again!" Virgil tackled him into a hug. Roman just stared at him in shock as the tears continued to roll down his cheeks.

Just by living
I'm bringing you another day
Why, just for me, do you smile after everything

In the end
The smile you give to me
Right when I wanted to give it all up
And I really do wish that I didn't
And all the moments I tried
Just to die said goodbye

"We searched for you everywhere! You should've talked to us!" Virgil sobbed as he clung to Roman. Roman hesitated before wrapping his arms around Virgil.

"I-I..I-I'm.." Roman was cut off by his sobbing. He was brOKen and they were witnessing it...

"Shhh, It's alright Roman, let it out..." Logan hugged them both, trying to sort through this mess of emotions.

Just by leaving
I'm no one for another day
Hundred lives
Never changing them or anything
Somebody here to scream
Someone here is stopping me
Why can't I laugh it off the way that I'd dream?

After what felt like hours but was probably only minutes, Roman finally started to calm down. None of the three moved from the embrace, they stayed in each others comforting arms. Roman felt his eyes grow heavy; the result from a lack of sleep and a lot of crying.

"I-I'm sorry..."