I needed this in my life so I'm writing about it.

⚠ angst, possible disturbing imagery, cursing ⚠

-Deceit's POV-

I was walking the mindscape with my best friend, Romulus. He's Thomas's creativity. I'm not sure how we became friends, but we did.

"Deee!" He says, making me look over at him. He was an interesting character, wearing green and red together.

"Yes, Romulus?" I say. He smiles brightly. "I love you De!"
I blush a little and look away. Love isn't really my string suit, and he knows that. Regardless, we hang out with each other quite often.

And it stayed like that, for a while, anyways.

Then Thomas's parents scolded him about something he said because of one of Romulus's ideas. The lecture consisted of the difference between 'appropriate and inappropriate thoughts'.

Of course, I stepped in and came up with a lie. "But mommy, it was just a game." I speak through Thomas, getting him somewhat out of trouble.

I got worried when, after the lecture, Romulus seemed... Off. I would ask him if he was okay, only for him to look down and turn away.

Things got worse the next day.

Romulus didn't even come out of his room, which was so unlike him. It was really starting to worry me, but I was sure everything would be okay..

I didn't know I'd be lying to myself.

I eventually walk to their room, only to find him not there, instead, two different children.

-Roman's POV-

Where... Am I? Who am I? And where did I come from? When I open my eyes, there was another boy, looked almost like me, but he was wearing black and green. What was I wearing?
I look down. I'm wearing white and red. Is this boy my opposite? Who is anyone? And who is that boy in front of us, in the black, purple, and yellow with the snake face?

"Who are you..?" I ask the one in green, only for him to ask the same thing at the same time. We look at each other, and god, we could be twins. Maybe we are.

The snake man covered his mouth, as if upset or shocked. "And who are you..?" "Why do I feel like I know you..?" the boy and I ask the snake man.
"I'm Deceit... Don't you remember me...?" The snake man says, walking up to us. The boy in green looks at him. "You look like a snake had a baby with a human." he says.

I look at him. "That's gross to think about, how would that even happen?" I ask. The boy giggles. "The snake would crawl up the human's butthole-"

"B-boys, enough..." the snake man- Deceit- says.

-Remus's POV-

Geez, is does red guy even have a sense of humor?

I look up at this Deceit guy when he calls us. He sighs and points to me. "... Remus..." he mutters.
"What..?" I ask. Us that my name? Remus? I don't know my own name... "Your name is R-remus..." Deceit stutters out. Is he upset?

He then points to the red boy next to me. "And... Roman..." The red boy- Roman, I guess, looks up at him. "You're brothers.. Just remember that.." Deceit says before grabbing Roman and I by the hand.

He walks us out to this room, two dorks with glasses were there.
"I need you two to take this one..." He says. The one with the cardigan looked uneasy but nodded as he took Roman's hand, Deceit walking away with me.

It's hard to feel upset about leaving a brother you just met, but something tells me it won't be the last time I see him.

-Virgil's POV-

"Virgil." I hear Deceit call. I look over at him to see him holding the hand of a small boy, who looked like Romulus but... Only half of him.

"Who's the new little fucker?" I ask, scrolling through my phone. Deceit looks away. "This is Remus... He's a new darkside..."
"M'kay. What's his job?" I ask, not really caring. "Call it bad or intrusive thoughts, I guess. It's about that lecture yesterday."

This makes me stop. Remus really was half of Romulus, wasn't he?

"Where's... The other half of him...?" I ask. Deceit glares at the floor. "With them." he replied.
I felt a little sorry for him. I knew he liked Romulus, and it doesn't seem like Remus remembers anything...

"Just drop it and help me raise the kid..." he says bitterly.
That's about the time we started growing distant from each other.

<time skip to future>

-Deceit's POV-

It's been so long, and still, neither of them remember. Roman likes me more than the other light sides, including Virgil now, sure, and remus has an... Interesting relationship with me..

But it's not the same, and I've had to face the facts that it never will be.

Nobody understands, and nobody will understand. I can't tell Remus. I just don't have the heart to. And none of the light sides or Thomas will listen to me.

No one understands how painful that day was for me. The day they split into two people, and lost their memories.
The day I renamed both of them. Now everything we've done, said, or played together is gone forever, and only I have those memories.

Why won't I tell them? Because now... They're not Romulus. They're more like his children... His children that got left to me to take care of.

Without him, I feel alone. I never knew I needed him until he was gone.

-Roman's POV-

That one day keeps playing through my mind. The day of the court trial with Deceit. Why is it that I'm the only light side who seems to not mind his company? And why is it that Deceit seems to prefer me over the others?

I just feel like something's missing, and by all the stars, I've tried figuring out what that something was... But I never could.
I just know I feel... Different. I don't even remember how I knew my name, or when I popped into the light side of the mind. I don't remember much of anything from Thomas's childhood..

And against my better judgement, I do have a sort of... Sibling rivalry kind of affection for Remus... But why is there two of us, is something we've both always wondered.

There's so many unanswered questions, and I feel like the only one with those answers doesn't want to say.

Oof. I hope it was good. I liked the idea. So yee. Here ya go :>