Pairing(s): Prinxiety, platonic Logince, and implied Logicality

Warnings: Strong language,  jokes on stalking, and panicking (?)
__
__
"Roman, for the love of God, would you stop stalking his Instagram account?"

Flushing pink in embarrassment, Roman hides as much of his face behind the small screen of his phone as he can, sneaking a quick glance up at his best friend and shrugging loosely. "I'm not stalking his Instagram. All I'm doing is liking a few of his pictures, you know, to raise his confidence!"

Folding his arms across his chest, Logan arches an eyebrow and hums disbelievingly. "Is that so? Then tell me, are you following him? Most people who like multiple pictures on someone's Instagram account decide to follow them."

Sometimes Roman hates how well his best friend knows him. "Well, no. But not everyone wants to follow someone just because they have nice pictures."

"Isn't that one of Instagram's main purposes?"

"Shut up."

Logan huffs out a laugh and rolls his eyes, shuffling sideways on his friend's couch to take a peek at the screen of his phone. When he does, he can see a picture of Roman's neighbour, Virgil Rhodes, in his unzipped signature black and purple hoodie. The hood is up and covering half of his face, coal coloured eyeshadow brushed beneath his eyelids, contrasting against his pale white skin, and accentuating his cheekbones. Despite not being interested in the man himself, Logan can understand why Roman is seemingly infatuated with him.

His thoughts freeze in place when he spots the genuine fond smile that pulls at Roman's lips as he gazes at the picture. It's odd.

When Virgil had first moved in next to him, they had hated each other, but due to a bad experience Virgil had had with a homophobic man that followed him home, Roman had offered him a place to stay until the police arrived. And from there, they slowly realised that they have more in common than they thought; a love of Disney, their fascination with makeup, how they both adored musicals, and, something that had surprised Roman when he found out, their enjoyment of going to the gym.

"Why don't you just go and get to know him better?" Logan asks, turning so he can see his friend better and smiling in amusement at the horror that covers his face. "You're already reasonably close, I'd say you were friends, and it says in his biographical profile that he's gay. So, I honestly believe you could have a chance with him."

It takes a moment, but Roman takes a deep breath and shrugs. "I don't know. He's..." he trails off and laughs weakly, "I don't really... I can't think of a word that describes him well enough. He deserves so much and I'm just scared that I won't be able to give it to him."

Not used to seeing his best friend look so vulnerable, Logan chews the inside of his cheek nervously and frowns. "You never know until you try."

Roman simply shrugs again and says nothing, glancing back at the photo and moving his thumb to click away, but when the picture on the screen doesn't change, he taps it again multiple times. When it eventually allows Roman to go back to Virgil's main Instagram page, he spots a big white heart pop up for a split second before vanishing in a glitchy manner. "Oh no."

"What?"

"Oh dear- No!" Roman cries out in despair, jumping up and pacing his living room in a panic. "I just liked his photo! Now he knows I was stalking his account!"

With a smirk, Logan snickers lightly and crosses his arms. "So you admit you were stalking his account?"

Instead of replying, Roman sends his friend an irritated glare and huffs out a stressed sigh, placing his head in his hands. "He posted that picture in April! And it's June now, so he's going to know! What am I going to do?! Do I just... flee the country?!"

Logan shakes his head and takes ahold of Roman's shoulders in a firm, but soft grip. "Talk to him! Follow him on Instagram and send him a message, or perhaps even comment on one of his pictures. If you like him so much, then wouldn't even being friends with him be progress? You're a good guy, Roman. And we all know you're attractive, as you are always bragging about it," he smirks at the feigns offended expression Roman sends him, "so I'm sure that he would happy to hear from you."

After a moment, Roman hums softly and nods, tapping the 'follow' button and feeling his heart thump loudly in his chest at the blue button turning white. He collapses back on the sofa and waves air in his face with his hands as it gets warmer with a blush.

Only around ten minutes later, Roman receives a notification that tells him that Virgil has followed him back. He jumps up and throws his arms around Logan, squealing excitedly and shoving the screen of his phone in Logan's face. Logan chuckles and rolls his eyes as he feels Roman press a grateful kiss to his cheek. Then he takes Roman's phone and looks at the notification for himself, only to flinch when another notification pops up telling him that Virgil has sent Roman a private message!

Roman snatches the phone back and gasps loudly, covering his mouth with one hand and tapping his inbox. He reads through the message and shrieks in half amusement and complete excitement. Before Logan can even ask if he can read through the message too, Roman turns the phone and shows it to him.
-
v.xrgil_
hi, I didn't know you had Instagram, but hey. this might sound a little weird, but my friend Patton was wondering whether that guy in your most recent photo was single? once again, sorry if this is weird, and I hope to hear from you soon x
-
Furrowing his eyebrows, Logan feels confused for a moment and taps on Roman's Instagram profile only to see that the most recent photo Roman posted was one of the two of them hanging out at a nearby park and drinking Starbucks. Oh. Virgil's friend was interested in him? A shy smile flutters across his face and he lifts a hand to cover the crimson flush on his face. Roman instantly begins to tease him and types out a reply.
-
_prince.roman_
Hey! It's great to hear from you-
-
"Do you think I'm being too enthusiastic?"

Logan rolls his eyes and takes a look at what he's written before humming. "Don't use an exclamation mark, but perhaps add an emoji? As much as I hate to even suggest it."
-
_prince.roman_
Hey! It's great to hear from you😊-
-
Roman tenses up. "Wait. Blushing smiley face or normal smiley face? I don't want to seem like... like I'm in love with him or obsessed with him or something."

"And you think that, by adding a smiley face with a slight blush on its cheeks, you will make him think that you're in love with him?"

For a moment, the two of them are silent and instead of responding to him, Roman simply presses his lips together in quiet understanding of how dramatic he's being.
-
_prince.roman_
Hey! It's great to hear from you😊 and I'm glad I managed to find you on Instagram, your profile is cute!
-
When Roman suddenly yells out in terror, Logan jumps and smacks him in the shoulder. "What the fuck?!"

"Is this too much?! I'm calling him cute here, do I actually say it, or do I stop while I'm ahead?!"

Logan groans in frustration and suggests that Roman go through with the comment since he would be implying that he's interested in Virgil, but it wouldn't be too explicitly obvious.
-
_prince.roman_
Hey! It's great to hear from you😊 and I'm glad I managed to find you on Instagram, your profile is cute! And as far as my friend Logan is concerned, he is very single and I'd love to introduce him to your friend. He's seen this message and his reaction was ADORABLE-
-
"Roman!"

Giggling mischievously, Roman stands up and rushes away so he can quickly finish writing the message.
-
_prince.roman_
Hey! It's great to hear from you😊 and I'm glad I managed to find you on Instagram, your profile is cute! And as far as my friend Logan is concerned, he is very single and I'd love to introduce him to your friend. He's seen this message and his reaction was ADORABLE, so lets organise a double date sometime!😉 hope to hear from you x
-
In midst of the adrenaline he's feeling, Roman doesn't notice the flirty remark he makes about going on a 'double date' until it's too late. But when he does, Logan fears that the neighbours will report a murder to the police because of the scream Roman let out.

Since Roman has dropped his phone on the sofa, Logan is the only one there to read Virgil's reply.
-
v.xrgil_
thanks, you're cute too. sorry if I'm a little awkward because my friend Patton is actually helping me write him, but yeah, you're cute. and that's great! I think that's a really good idea, we could talk a little more and sort all the details out??x
-
Logan smirks and before he can inform Roman about it, he sees another notification pop up telling him that Virgil has sent another message.
-
v.xrgil _
also, are you alright??? I heard a scream and I'm just a little worried x
-
After reading through the message, Logan chuckles and decides to reply to the message himself, partially to get back at Roman for calling his reaction to Patton being interested in him. But mostly, he does it because Roman really deserves love and it seems like Virgil may be willing to give that to him.
-
_prince.roman_
Roman thinks you're attractive and is afraid that asking you on a double date might scare you off. Also, say hello to Patton for me.
Logan x