Type: Angsty Romantic/Part of Thomas AU

Ship: Roceit

TW: Unsympathetic Patton and kinda Virgil 

Roman pales, a dead giveaway. 

"N-no I'm not! You saw me in the court, I sided against him!" he says.

"Liar," Virgil mutters.

"Oh, like you'd know, Emo Nightmare?" Roman snaps.

"I lived with Deceit since I was first created. I know when someone's lying and trying to hide it," Virgil says.

"Well, you should get that checked, because I'm not lying," Roman says.

"Then you wouldn't mind if we checked our cameras? Because they're in each of our rooms," Logan says.

They weren't so much as cameras as they were monitoring systems that allowed Thomas to enter the Mindpalace. That included everyone's rooms. But they also could track which sides were in the room, and when. 

"Y-yeah, sure." Roman gulps.

---

Turns out, even Janus couldn't alter the cameras. So the other sides found out.

"How could you, Roman? I trusted you!" Patton shouts.

"So did I. You know exactly how I feel about Deciet! He's using you to get to Thomas! Are you really so conceited that you'd risk us and our host's safety just so you can make out with someone?!" Virgil shouts.

Throughout this, Logan remains silent. He isn't with Roman on this one, but he does think that the other two are overreacting.

"Please, what can I do to make it up to you?" Roman pleads.

If it wasn't for him having all of Thomas's acting skills, he would be sobbing on the ground.

"Break up with him, for starters," Patton demands, "And after that we'll see," 

Roman sees his entire world crash before his eyes. Janus- he loved Janus. More than anyone. But he also loved his host. And it was his job to give him ideas, and he couldn't just let that position fall into the hands of anyone else. And if he wasn't there, then who would be stopping Logan from forcing Thomas to live a boring life?

He has to do what he has to do to survive.

"Ok," Roman says.

He sinks out and into his room before letting himself shed a tear. He quickly wipes it away. There's no time to cry, he should stop being childish. 

Roman grabbed a piece of parchment, because he owned that for some reason, and his calligraphy set. 

Dear Ja

Roman paused for a moment, then scribbled out the start of his name.

Dear Deceit,

You know I love you boy, in every single way. Though I love you boy, I'll miss you every day. Thoguh I love you boy, I wish that I could stay with you, and keep the life I made with you.

Song lyrics. The first thing that came to his head. And Roman did feel like Catherine Parr, writing a letter to his love, ending this. Only he wasn't getting married to someone else.

But I can't. Just keep in mind that this is my choice. I can't go on with this. You've been supportive, but it's time I stop holding myself between our two worlds. It isn't meant to be. I am a Light Side, and I always will be. It's my job to help our host, not date. 

What I'm trying to say is that it's over between us. I can't love you anymore. I won't. I'm sorry if you're hurt, you can always let Remus loose on this. I wouldn't blame you. 

Sincerly, Roman

Roman tried to dry the few teardrops that had fallen onto the paper. He rolls it up and ties it with a string. He then sinks out and over to the other side of the Mindpalace.

Carefully, he tapes the note to his love's door. He then goes back to his room to cry. He has never been so grateful that it's soundproof.

---

Janus picks up the piece of paper taped to his door.

"Remus, do you know what this is?" he asks.

"Oh yeah! I saw Roman deliver it like an hour ago. He was sobbing, so it must be good!" Remus says, swinging his head and arms down from the ceiling.

Janus opens the letter and scans the three short paragraphs. He crumbles it in his hand before letting it fall to the floor, along with a tear slipping down the normal side of his face.

"Oh poo. What happened?" Remus asks, coming down.

"Roman. Under Patton's influence. That's what," Janus spits.

Remus's grin turns to a frown.

"Go talk to him. I'm sure he has a reason," he says.

He may not like his brother, and they may barely acknowledge each other's existence, but he knew his brother would not just leave Janus out of nowhere.

Janus nods and sinks out to Roman's door. He knocks.

"Who is it?" Roman asks.

"Get out here now," Janus demands.

Roman opens the door and silently steps out.

"I'm ready to hear it. But I'm-" he looks around the hallway. 

'Sorry' he mouths 

"You could have at least had the denceny to look me in the eye as you ripped my heart out!" Janus shouts.

"Well, I couldn't! And it's not my fault! So f off! If you need someone like me, take Remus. We're identical," Roman shouts.

In more ways then he would like.

"Fine! But you can never ever come near us again! And don't even think about touching my shit!" Janus yells.

They both get into a shouting match, resulting in both of them storming off.

Roman goes back into his room, where he lets his tears fall. He rips off his sash and smashes a few things before sinking onto his bed. He grabs his pillow, throws his- no Janus's- hoodie on, and curls up in his bed, facing the wall and away from the door.

"But just underneath was a terrified girl, who clings to her pillow and cries," he sings softly to himself.

He took a deep, shuddering, breath. Roman would be fine. Tomorrow morning, he would go out there with a smile on his face. Next video, he would ignore the fact he ever liked Janus. Next time he was anywhere but his room, he would smile. He would be happy. He would look past the lack of appreciation he got from the other sides. He would be fine. He had to be.

Janus storms back to his side of the Mindpalace, where Remus is waiting.

"I told you my brother's a dick," he says.

Janus glares at him for a second.

"You know what? You are absolutely right. What do you say you take his place next video?" he suggests.

"Oh, now we're getting somewhere! I like the way you get when you're spiteful!" Remus says, a crazed grin on his face.

"Good. Because we have a lot of that in our future," Janus says.

Not a happy ending, I know. I may consider making one. But this kinda ties in with the main series. Like how Janus was so flirty in SvS but then not at all in the Redux. And how Remus was introduced right after SvS. Or maybe I'm just wishing one of the ships was real. Anyway, requests are always open! Peace out, my peeps!