*Virgil's POV*

I wake up with Roman still snuggled in my arms. Which gets rid of my immediate reaction to thinking this is a dream. You can't wake up twice inside one single dream.

At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Thank God we don't have school today. I'm perfectly fine with laying here all day long.

That's not weird.

I was about to drift off again when Roman started to stir.

Virgil: Morning Princey.

Roman: I don't wanna go to school...

He grips tighter to my chest and I feel my face heat up.

Virgil: Ro, it's a teacher meeting day. We don't have school today.

Roman: Oh... that's good. Guess I'll stay right here then.

He yawns and snuggles closer if that's possible.

Alright, I'm gonna say this and it's not gonna be weird cause it's a fact.

He's... really damn adorable when he's asleep.

See? Not weird. Just facts.

Mom(Alex): Rise and shine Sunshine!

We both jump at the sudden noise and fall onto the floor. Instead of ending up in a mess of limbs like you would think, I was back to being untouchable.

Roman notices this and tries to poke my stomach, his face falls when it doesn't work.

Mom(Alex): Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!

Virgil: That's weird right?

Roman: Yeah...

He snaps out of his daze and stands, facing Alex.

Roman: Its all good Mom, it was just sudden.

Mom(Alex): Well now that you're up, go ahead and grab some breakfast. We're gonna be late!

Ro and I exchange confused looks before Alex rushes to explain.

Mom(Alex): You remember that theater a few towns over you were looking into? Well, they're holding auditions for Be More Chill today!

Roman: Wait really?!

Alex nods and Kat yells from the hallway.

Ma(Kat): You're not gonna get cast if you just fangirl all day! Come on lets go!

Alex walks off in the direction of Kat's voice saying they weren't fangirling they were showing the proper amount of excitement thank you very much.

Roman: Vee! How great is this?!

I feel the corners of my mouth lift up into a smile while Ro rambles on about what roles he could get.

Roman: I mean, Jeremy is the lead and all but if I was Michael I could sing Michael In The Bathroom. Which is one of the most iconic theater songs as you know... wait. Last night... it was real right?

Well, at least I'm not the only one doubting it.

Virgil: If you mean waking me up from a nightmare then falling asleep hugging... yeah. At least I think so.

Two people can't have the same dream right? So it was real.

Roman: Then why did I fall through you instead of on top of you earlier?

Good question...

Virgil: Maybe it's a power I didn't know I had?

Unlikely. If I couldn't accidentally come across powers before why would now be different?

Roman: Well if that's it... there's nothing to worry about right?

I nod and he sighs in relief. It's probably nothing so it's fine. I think.

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Fifteen minutes later were all piled into the car on the way to the theater.

Ma(Kat): You nervous?

Roman: Nope! I'm totally ready!

Virgil: Are you lying?

He mouths 'maybe' and I laugh. He has the right to be nervous though, he hasn't been able to really act since our old school. This one doesn't have a theater program.

We pull into the parking lot of a huge brick building with a sign in the front that says 'Milena Community Theatre.'

Milena... I feel like I should know why that sounds important?

Roman: Uhh, is that a castle?!

Barely out of the parking lot and sure enough there was a stone castle in the distance.

What is with this place? Milena sounds like something I should know, and now this castle is calling me to it.

That sounds weird, it's like I need to go there.

Ma(Kat): Oh yeah! This was once a monarch area. It wasn't that long ago actually, they say the princess is still alive. If she is, she'd be well over 100.

Roman: What happened?

Mom(Alex): Well, short story; the kingdom was overthrown, their prince lost in the middle of it, then the people came together to take the kingdom back and now it's just a castle.

Roman: So you're telling me, I've lived here since I was 11 and I'm just now finding out about a castle that's only 20 miles from the house?

Ma(Kat): Well, more like 22 but yeah.

Roman: We HAVE to go there after the audition.

Yes! Then I can hopefully find out why I'm so drawn there.

Ma(Kat): If they're giving tours today, of course we'll go!

Roman silently celebrates all the way up to the front door. At the front desk, they give Alex and Kat a clipboard of paperwork and point us towards the waiting room.

Now that we're in here, Roman is clearly anxious. He's nervously bouncing his leg and biting his lip.

I don't know if this'll work but... It's worth a shot to at least try to calm his nerves.

Cautiously, I place my hand on top of Roman's and, luckily, it works.

Virgil: Hey, you're gonna do great.

Stage Manager: Roman Sanders?

He takes a deep breath and smiles at me.

Roman: Thanks Vee, come with me?

Virgil: Always.

Ro stands, intertwines our fingers and confidently walks forward with me right beside him.

Once we get to the stage, I squeeze Ro's hand then reluctantly let go to sit behind the judges.

They went through the normal audition things, stopping at the end to briefly talk to each other before dismissing him when it suddenly got really cold.

I don't know if it actually got cold or if it was like an astral plane cold or something but either way, Ro froze up.

He looked like a statue standing on a stage, his eyes dimmed behind the brown contacts and his red hair turned white.

It all happened within the span of five seconds despite it seeming like slow motion.

Director: You may leave.

As quickly as it came, he was back to normal. Unless you were paying attention you wouldn't have seen it.

He walked behind the curtains and I flew up the stage as quick as possible. Once I got to him he had a very confused look on his face.

Virgil: Hey are you okay? What happened?

He stayed silent, just staring confused at the floor walking back the way we came.

Virgil: Ro?

Still nothing. I find a door with an exit sign above and pull Roman through it, maybe some fresh air will help.

Virgil: Ro? Talk to me, are you okay?

He finally looked up with that same confused expression.

Roman: Vee? I, I-

He looks around disoriented and freaked out.

Virgil: Hey, hey you're gonna be ok. We'll talk to your moms and they'll know what's going on.

He nods and wipes away a few tears that escaped his eyes.

Virgil: You feeling better?

Roman: I... maybe? I don't k-know, it was l-like I was standing t-too close to a f-fire. It hurt Vee, i-it-

His voice cut off like someone pressed pause and he was like a statue again, only this time instead of immediate color changing, he falls forward. I catch him before he could get even remotely close to the ground and his hair starts turning white again.

Virgil: Roman? Roman wake up-

All of a sudden he was screaming in pain gripping onto my jacket.

It went on for an agonizing amount of time, I don't know how long. But I couldn't do anything. I didn't know what was wrong so I couldn't even try Logan's healing power. All I could do was hold him as tight as he was gripping onto me waiting for the pain to end while trying not to cry.

Finally the screaming stopped. He went slack in my arms and his hair turned back to red. He was breathing heavily and I brought us to the ground.

Roman: What... was... that?

*Deceit's POV*

A sudden cold snapped into the room.

No... not yet we still have time before it starts right?

???: Janus?

Janus: REMUS!

I rush over to him as quickly as possible, knowing what's about to happen.

First, he's momentarily frozen. His usually emerald eyes turn black and the green in his hair turned white.

In a snap he was back to normal. Now panicking because he knew what was happening too.

He latches onto me shaking with fear.

Remus: It's h-happening I, I thought-

Next thing we know he's screaming into my chest with his hair white again. I feel a tear slip down my face as I stroke his hair trying to comfort him even though it's useless. All he can feel is the pain.

The screaming ceased, leaving him breathing heavily and crying in my arms.

Remus: Jay, we're running out of time.

Janus: No. No we-

???: Whatever plan you have son, you better do it quick. Your... boyfriend only has a matter of weeks now.

Janus: Father please. I know how you feel about him but I'm begging you. Teach me the spell.

He stays silent, opting to walk away.

Janus: If he dies, you'll lose me too.

???: You wouldn't.

Janus: I love him. I can't live without him. Father, please.

Heyyyyy!
So, apparently it's been like a month. It has NOT felt like that long but alas, here we are. Anyway, so Deceit's name is Janus! But obviously for story purposes, Roman will still know/refer to him as Deceit until he's told otherwise.

Also, I have no idea how theater auditions work so if that particular part was a train wreck that's why.

Anywho, thanks to my editor ArtAngle713 and to all of you lovely people who are reading this! Y'all are the reason why this story is still alive!!

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