Chapter III
After the awkward car ride, they made it to Roman's house only to be told to stay in the car by Logan as he and Patton walked up to the door and knocked.
Virgil sighed as he watched Roman answer the door and his brother light up another dope ridden cigarette, obviously not caring about his still-living body. "You're going to rehab."
The Youngman put his feet on the dash and leaned back as he blew smoke out of the window. "Try me."
Roman slightly looked over Logan and Patton's shoulders to see a young man in the passenger seat of their car wearing a bright Hawaiian tank top and tight leather pants.
Roman huffed and motioned for the young man to come in, said young man sat up and sighed as he went to open the door. "Well, I guess this is it."
Virgil sighed as he followed his brother out of the car, they made their way to the doorway when his brother threw his blunt on the ground and smudged it with his foot. Virgil pinched the bridge of his nose as his gaze dropped to the floor. "I swear to god Zack, If you fuck this up I will come back to life and personally kill you!"
Zack just rolled his eyes as he followed everyone inside- "Go ahead and try bitch." Roman turned around and glared at Zack after the remark as he resisted the urge to place his hands on his hips. "Excuse me?"
From the start, Virgil knew how this was going to play out- Roman had been an insecure egoist all while his brother simply didn't care what others thought... or so he made it seem.
"I wasn't talking to you or about you." Zack tried to shuffle past Roman but he had ended up being pushed back. "Then who were you talking to?"
Virgil placed his hand on Zack's shoulder before he had another chance to speak, causing him to look back. Virgil said nothing and just motioned toward Roman- reminding him that they knew each other.
Zack huffed at what Virgil had been indicating but thought it'd be better to end this civilly than not. Zack shut the front door in case anyone else had been listening in before he quietly said: "I know this won't make sense but, I can basically see the dead..."
"What?!" Everyone had looked around, a little creeped out by the statement and their minds had begun racing about how many people were actually lurking in that room.
Zack just sighed heavily, every time he told someone about this... their reactions were all the same. People had been either super intrigued by it and wanted to know more as if it were some sort of superpower or they'd be extremely weirded out...
Patton just smiled and rested his hand on the young man's awfully frail and thin shoulder, "I think it makes you special and unique... I mean who else can visit their loved ones after they die?!"
"What?" For a moment Zack had been confused by Patton's happiness from the situation but just brushed it aside. "I-It's not like that but... okay."
Everyone was silent for a moment, including Virgil until Roman had asked: "Virgil... I-Is he okay?"
Zack said nothing and looked back at the said person as he waited for Virgil to say something. Virgil had walked up to Roman, though he couldn't see him and studied every inch of Roman's face as he held a love-sick expression.
"Uh.." Zack just watched Virgil for a second until he had begun apologizing to Roman. "I'm sorry Roman... I'm sorry that this had to happen. I'm sorry that you fell in love with me..."
Tears began streaming down Zack and Virgil's face as Virgil spoke from the heart and Zack simply repeated it. "I never wanted to hurt you, let alone almost kill you... I loved you, I still love you and it hurts to be away... every fucking minute I'm away from you is torture..."
Virgil just stopped talking and began to sob, when he had looked up Roman had tears running down his face and everyone around was just shocked. "I- I uh... I need a minute."
Roman had wiped the tears from his cheeks that were soon replaced by others as he walked to his bedroom. Logan and Paton looked amongst each other as well as at Zack and said nothing for a moment, the air around them seemingly filled with a tense awkwardness.
Zack cleared his throat and wiped the few tears that remained on his cheeks as he made his way to the kitchen "You got anything good to eat?"
Virgil didn't even bother to follow Zack, he ignored everyone in the main room as he made his way to Roman's room. Though the door had been locked, it wasn't a challenge for him.
Virgil's body dissipated and moments later had reformed in the corner of Romans room. His room was basically the same, except he had brought some things of Virgil's in there and at that moment the light had been pretty dim.
Roman was sobbing and curled into a ball on his bed, at this moment, Virgil wished he could do something... anything to show Roman that he was there and that he cared.
I guess a pretty great word to describe how the moment felt was helpless...
Helpless meaning that he could literally do nothing to help Roman with his break down, and now he begins to wonder how many times hes broken down before.
But what happens next is what absolutely shatters and breaks Virgil...
To Be Continued
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