Part requested by aslightlychaoticmess

Pt 3 to After Court

Type: angst/fluff/sad boi hours

Ship: (Broken up) Roceit

Nearly a year had passed. Roman still isn't completely okay, or even over what happened.

And now Janus has been accepted. By the very person that forced Roman to push him away in the first place.

Roman doesn't think he can handle this. He's reminded of all the happy memories that were now just that. Memories. Things that feel so far away.

"Roman, are you in here?" Virgil asks, knocking on Roman's door.

"Yeah, why?" Roman asks.

"Can- can I talk for a sec?" Virgil asks.

"Yeah, sure," Roman says.

Virgil enters the room and sits on the floor.

"So what's up?" Roman asks.

"Janus."

"Oh."

Virgil looks down at the floor.

"It's just- I hate it. I hate that he's here, I hate that he's accepted by Patton, I just- I hate living with a walking reminder of my past," he says.

"And why are you talking to me about this?" Roman asks.

"Because you're the only other person that doesn't like Janus," Virgil says.

That was the wrong answer for Roman.

"You're wrong. I don't hate him," Roman says.

Virgil looks up in surprise.

"What?" he asks, certain he misheard.

"I said I don't hate Janus. I love him. And in case you forgot, you sided with Patton when he forced me to end my relationship with him! So you can go be selfish and a baby and whine to Logan instead!" Roman snaps.

"Well, I'm sorry Sir Perfect-Childhood!" Virgil snaps back.

Virgil gets up and leaves in a huff, with Roman glaring at the door after he leaves. How, he wonders, could someone be so self-centered?

A week passes. While Roman wanders around in the living room, Janus comes downstairs. Both immediately stiffen but make eye contact.

"Roman."

"Janus."

"I see you've been well," Janus comments.

"Yes. I've been perfectly fine," Roman says.

Janus sighs.

"Ro, don't lie. It's been over a year, have you really fallen back into that pattern?" he asks.

"It's not a lie. I'm fine," Roman says.

"Good. I'm glad to know you've moved on too," Janus says.

"Moved on?" Roman echoes.

"Yes, you said you and Remus were identical, so I should just date him. So I am," Janus says.

Roman freezes even more than he already had.

"Oh. I see. Well, I have work to do, goodbye," he says, getting up and leaving quickly.

He speedwalks back to his room and the second the door is closed he feels tears start to well up. Janus moved on. He's happy now.

So why can't Roman be?

He curls up in his bed and just...

stays there.

For three days straight.

Binging Disney and eating ice cream.

He's almost to the point where he was after the breakup, content to just never move or do anything ever again. Why should he? It's not like the other sides even care.

"Roman? Oh crying f*ck, what happened to you?"

Roman peeks out from his blankets and sees a familiar man. Almost his reflection. Save for the mustache and outfit color.

"Oh. Nothing. I'm just tired," Roman mumbles.

"Ok, even I know that's a lie," Remus says, "You look like shit."

"Thanks. So do you," Roman says.

Remus laughs.

"Yeah. So what's going on? Is it Jannie?" he asks.

"Well if we're getting right to the point, then yeah," Roman admits.

He hides his face under his pillow to keep the tears from pouring down his face again.

Remus sighs.

"Yeah, I figured. HEY JAN! IT'S OVER!" he shouts suddenly, making Roman jump.

"Wha-"

Janus slams open the door.

"You learned your lesson?" he asks.

His shoulder drops when he sees the mess Roman is. Roman was always pristine, no matter if it took him hours. Now, he was looking more like Virgil, dark circles under his eyes and all.

"Yeah, I think we underestimated the lovesick puppy that my brother is," Remus says.

With that, he leaves, leaving Roman and Janus alone.

"I just wanted to get back at you. Y'know, for-" Janus begins to say.

"Not looking you in the eye as I ripped your heart out," Roman finishes, repeating the same words Janus had said to him almost a year back.

Janus nods.

"Exactly," he nods.

"I'm sorry. I never wanted to," Roman says.

"So you said," Janus says.

"No, really. Patton made me," Roman admits.

"Oh?" Janus asks, blinking in surprise.

"Yeah." Roman looks down at his blanket.

"Well, now that I can be here, I see no reason we can't give him one little nudge... down the stairs? Or into a locked room?" Janus suggests.

"Jan, no. Virgil would kill us all and get Remus to help," Roman says.

"Just once? I mean, revenge is necessary here," Janus says.

"True," Roman says, "But it's really easy to hurt him. How 'bout we just burn and wreck some cookies and watch him suffer as he eats them but still says they're good?" 

"Deal," Janus says.

He hugs Roman gently, and Roman rests his head on Janus' chest, listening to his heartbeat.

"I can tell you need to sleep first," Janus whispers.

"Mmm," Roman mumbles, his eyelids fluttering closed.

Janus pats Roman's head, sets him on his bed, and walks out, turning off the lights. He never dated Remus or even considered it. His heart has always belonged to Roman, no matter what. Now they could finally be together again.

There, y'all get a happy ending. Only cause I'm a sucker for those. Of course, I could write an alt ending with a shattered Roman >:D! Requests are still open, peace out peeps!