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"Woah, you look happy, did someone ask you out?' Roman asked, teasingly, but there was a hint of sadness and jealousy in his voice. I shook my head.

"Nope!" I said, popping the 'p'. "My OTP is gonna be canon though!" I hummed. Roman laughed lightly, at this moment I realized he was shirtless. GODDAMN! How have I not noticed how good looking he is? I snapped out of my trance to noticed Roman also seemed to be checking me out. I brushed it off. "So, operation Connor x Evan is a go, you wanna help?" I asked.

Roman grinned and looked me in the eyes, "I mean, I have another relationship I ship way more, but sure I'll help," he said, in a slight flirtations tone. I brushed it off again.

I grinned, and patted his shoulder, climbing up to the loft.

~Roman's PoV~

How fucking dense is he???

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Trigger Warning: Suicide

~Virgil's PoV~

I glanced at the clock and saw it was almost dinner time. I leapt up and grabbed Roman's arm, dragging him up.

"C'mon! We gotta go put operation 'Connor x Evan' into order, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!" I yelled. Roman laughed and got up, following me down the ladder. The second he got down I grabbed his arm again and sprinted to the cantine.

As we ran in, I immediately try to locate Connor. I saw him sitting at our table, right next to Evan, even there were multiple seats open. I quickly pulled Roman aside.

"Okay," I said, looking up into his eyes, "The plan is; after dinner, you talk to Evan, while I go and talk to Connor in private, see if he likes Evan and tell him to go for it," I said with a grin. Roman nodded thoughtfully.

"You know, you need to make it seem natural, I say you say that you need help with a 'crush' you have, then when he asks you about it, you can ask about his crush?" he suggested.

"That is the smartest thing I have ever heard you say," I smirked, giving him a thumbs up and walking over to the table.

~Time Skip~

It was after dinner, I saw Connor walking out, alone, thank God. I nodded subtly at Roman and ran after him.

"H-hey Connor!" I said as I caught up to him.

"Sup Virgil," he replied.

"So... I need some help," I trailed off, thinking about the best way to do this.

"Don't we all," he muttered. I laughed a little bit.

"No, no, as in, crush help," I said, trying not to laugh at how stupid this was. Connor stopped and looked at me.

"It's Roman, isn't it?! I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!" he screamed. It took so much self-control not to start laughing. Unfortunately, I guess I started turning red, which just fueled Connor's accusation more.

"Shut up! Who's your crush?!" I yelled back.

He stilled for a moment.

"Is it a certain tree-loving dark blond with blue eyes?" I smirked. He slowly turned red. I grinned, "Go for it!" I exclaimed, slapping him on the back. Connor looked at me.

"Fine, but lemme tell you, go for yours too," and with that, he walked away quickly. I stared after him. Did he mean Roman? As in, I should go for Roman? That's so funny I forgot to laugh.

"So how'd it go?"

I screamed and stumbled forward, I whipped around to see Roman laughing his ass off. I rolled my eyes.

"Haha. And to answer your question, Romano, OTP Connor x Evan is a go," I said with a smile. Roman beamed back.

"Aweso-"

"Virgil!" I suddenly heard someone yell. I looked over to see Jackie sprinting towards us, she stopped as she got in front of me. "There you are! You need to come with me, now," she said urgently, grabbing my arm and dragging me away. Roman was probably just as confused as I was, his face showed it. He simply shrugged and started walking away, as I got up and started walking with Jackie.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"You'll see," Jackie replied after a while, as if she was treading lightly for whatever reason.

We got to Thomas' office. (He told us to call him Thomas, not Mr. Sanders, also I had met him before, he was very nice) Jackie walked in with me in tow. Thomas looked like a nervous wreck.

"Oh... hi Virgil," he murmured, giving me a hug. I was even more confused now. what was going on?

"What's going on?" I asked again.

Jackie busied herself with shutting the curtains and analyzing a piece of paper on her boss's desk with blank and distant eyes. The atmosphere was thick with tension, no one said anything. It was dark in the room now that Jackie had shut the curtains. Only a small lamp on Thomas' desk kept the room lit, but just barely. I noticed Thomas' phone on the floor. All in all, it looked depressing.

"I'm not telling him, Thomas, that's your job," Jackie said suddenly, breaking the fragile silence. Thomas took a deep breath.

"Virgil, I am so sorry..." he trailed off.

"About what?! What's going on?!" I questioned, raising my voice. Their behavior got my heart thumping fast. I wanted to know exactly what was going on. I was nervous and anxious and scared for whatever reason. 

"Virgil... your father... he... he took his own life, Virgil,"

And just like that, my world was shattered. My little, cracked bubble of security and hope was busted open with a single sentence.

~Author's Note~

So you know how I said a few chapters ago to wait until an important plot development to happen for the romance to start? And you know how I said you'd know it when it happened?

...

Yea...

I'm sorry...

I'm gonna be touring my new school today and I'm really nervous!!! I heard from this girl that the teachers are nice, but she turned out to be a... not so nice person, so idk if they are actually.

Ily!

~Smug