The Black Interview (RomanxLogan & RomanxVirgil & (VirgilxJanus)) 2/4
Ok so, I'm writing a part two to 'Say no to this' because I CANT HELP MYSELF!!!! And some people want it.
ALSO, light... VERY light RomanxPatton.
Song: The Reynolds Pamphlet, Congratulations & We Know — as of right now can't put the songs in so here are the links. I will add when it works again.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w9nROIXe0TA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2I8Dlu3_U
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQh-7-PNgoU
Warnings: adultery is talked about, rivalry between Remus and Roman, angry Patton (BUT not cheating and not unsympathetic.)
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Remus glared at the interview on screen with his brother, Roman, talking about his latest movie.
"I am to be staring in a new Disney movie as a gay Disney Prince, I'll be the lead and playing—" Remus turned the TV off in anger.
Remus was an actor as well, albeit less known, and not nearly as famous, but he was know. His roommates, Remy and Emile, would help him through his depressive stages, but it never helped much.
"Remus-"
"Not now, Emile..." Remus sighed, curled up on the sofa, glaring at the now black screened TV.
Remy sighed and crossed his arms, "girl, you gotta get out of this funk."
"How can I?!" Remus yelled, sitting up abruptly, "Roman is off, living the high life, with a husband and a steady job! Have you seen me?! I'm always the disappointment!" He flipped the coffee table, sending it, the lamp, the empty coffee mug and week old magazine flying through the air.
Remus raked his hands through his dyed gray hair, tears rolling down his cheeks, smudging his purple eyeshadow.
Remy swaggered up to him and kneeled down, gently hugging him, "come on, it's ok."
"No it's not... Remy, I..." He buried his face into Remy's shoulder, who luckily didn't care his leather jacket was being stained by tears.
Emile frowned and thought, "I know some people Re, I can figure something out... I could ruin him?"
"No, that's awful!" Remus wailed, furiously rubbing his eyes.
Emile raised an eyebrow, "yeah, but I like you more."
Remus sniffled, "b-but-"
"I'll get dirt on him don't you worry." It was a promise Emile Picani was keeping.
Roman was amazing in the eyes of the public, but had no idea how distant he and his twin weirdly were. He decided to change that today.
Yo, Re! How are you?
Just fine, why are
you texting me? We
hardly talk.
Well, I just wanted to
check on you, and check
on Naranja.
Remus stared at Romana text in shock, he wanted to check on Naranja? The Naranja who's a Spanish spy against America?
We're fine, though I
haven't been able to
talk to him recently, what
with him going back to
Spain.
Yeah, nobody knew about Naranja besides Roman, the two might not get along, but they kept each other's secrets.
That sucks, I'm sorry
man.
Eh, don't worry about it.
How's you and Lo?
The conversation ended there, abruptly might I add, which confused Roman. Normally his brother never shut up about Logan, it was always Logan this, or Logan that.
He set his phone and dragged a hand down his face, Remy and Emile were out doing who knows what, so he was alone.
Staring at his cracked ceiling his thought of his boyfriend, a traitor the very country he lived in.
He remembered that night he told Roman about his boyfriend. Roman, Remus, Thomas, Joan and Talyn had stumbled out of a bar, then stumbled down a street.
"You know, Logan is sooo cute..." Roman grumbled out, leaning against his twin, watching as Thomas, Talyn and Joan stumbled away and down the street, "he's amazing and-"
"I'm sleeping with a Spanish spy..." Remus admitted and Roman froze. He turned to Remus who added, "and I'm going to officially ask him to be my boyfriend."
"Oh shit... Remus!" Roman whisper yelled, sobering up quickly, "what the heck?! That's so not right and-"
"You can't tell anyone! Please!" Remus begged, gripping his brothers upper left arm.
"Sweet Jesus..." Roman mumbled, covering his eyes with his hand, "I don't know a thing, I don't necessarily support it, but I love you. I won't tell anymore because I don't know about it."
It was a solemn promise.
The door slammed open and Emile walked in, checks in his left hand, "oh Remus, I think I found something!"
Currently, Roman was sat at his home office, Logan out getting coffee. He was texting Virgil and went back to studying his lines.
He was still sleeping with Virgil, and paying Janus to keep his mouth shut. He loved Virgil, and he loved Logan. God, he felt so guilty, and he'll have to live with this guilt forever.
The door opened, making Roman look up in shock, "Emile Picani? Remy Sleeps?" He questioned, seeing the two walk into his office. How had they got in? Only one person had a key and thats, "Remus..." He scowled seeing his twin swagger in.
Remus set down a few of the checks making Roman raise an eyebrow, "what is this?"
"We have the checks Roman, from separate accounts." Remus said, crossing his arms.
"Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts." Added Emile.
"To a Mr. Janus Copperhead starting a few months back." Remy grinned.
Roman glared and stood up, "is that what you have? Are you done?"
"You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position." Emile said, calmly.
"Though virtue is not a word I'd apply to this situation." Smirked Remy, "be honest, you're committing a fraud."
"I can almost see the headlines, your career is done!" Sassed Remus, hand out mockingly, "I hope you saved some money for you and Logan."
"You best quit while you still can!" The three called out.
Roman frowned, they thought he was committing money fraud? "Ha! You don't even know what you're asking me to confess!"
"Confess!" Yelled the three.
"You have nothing, I don't have to tell you anything at all!" Yelled Roman, walling to the door but froze. "Unless..."
"Unless?" They asked mockingly.
"If I can prove that I never broke the law. Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?" Roman asked, begging.
"No one else was in the room where it happened..." Remus mumbled, for all his life he was left out on many secrets and now?
"Is that a yes?"
"Um, yes?" The three shrugged.
Roman handed the letter from Janus to Remus, who took it and began reading out loud to his friends. He could practically see Janus sat on his desk, being all cocky, getting his money.
"'Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health and in a prosperous enough position to put wealth in the pockets of people like me, down on their luck. You see, that was my man who you decided to—" Remus eyes widened.
"Whaaaat?!" Remy was over by Remus reading over his left shoulder, Emile over the right.
"He courted me. Escorted me to bed and when he had me in a corner, that's when Copperhead extorted me. It was for a sordid fee, I paid him quarterly. I may have mortally wounded my prospects, but my papers are orderly." Roman said, showing his papers that held all the money he had spent, used and earned, non of which was illegal.
Remus stared at the letter in shock, not registering what Roman was saying, as Remy and Emile looked up in shock.
"I never spent a cent that wasn't mine! You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine!" Roman yelled glaring. "Yes, I have reasons for shame, but I have not committed treason and sullied my good name!" Remus flinched at that, even if Roman had said it unknowingly.
"As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action! Are my answers to your satisfaction?" Roman spat out, glaring at the three.
It fell silent, until Remy spoke up.
"My God..."
"Gentlemen, let's go." Emile demanded, so he and Remy began walking out.
"So?" Roman called out desperately.
Remy and Emile turned back around, to see Remus and Roman having some kind of stare off.
"The people won't know what we know..." They promised and left.
"Remus, how do I know you won't use this against me the next time we go toe to toe?" Roman asked, tears in his eyes.
"Brother, rumors only grow..." Remus walked to the door and held the handle and looked down, thinking of his Spanish spy boyfriend. "And we both know what we know..." He left.
How could Roman do that to Logan?
Roman stared at the spot Remus had just stood in, of course he and Remus had secrets to keep, but Roman...
Roman was more famous than Remus, yes that's cocky and mean, but... it's true. Roman had a lot to loose, but... He could clear his name? If he could... If he defended his side of the story...
Remy can't keep his mouth shut, that man lives for tea and drama, it's only a matter of time. If he got the story out there first, if he defended himself...
This is the only way he could protect his legacy.
It was a week, a week had gone by. Roman talked to nobody, not Logan, not Remus, not Virgil, he stopped paying Janus and Logan was worried.
Logan walked down the street, frowning. Maybe work had gotten too much for Roman? Maybe he was having a break? He needed a break. He always asked Roman to take a break, as did his brother Patton, but that man was non-stop. That's why he loved him. He always tried. Romans perfect.
He phone rang, making him pick it up, "hello?"
"Logan! Where are you?" Asked a male.
"Patton? I'm walking down the street, why? What's wrong?" Logan asked frowning in worry.
"You need to get home now!" Patton yelled, "I'll be there soon!" He hung up, making Logan frown.
He could tell Patton was angry, but he wasn't sure why. Patton was rarely angry, happy and sad, yes. But angry, no.
Logan turned a corner to go home, and bumped into a man making him fall to the ground, he seemed to be holding out newspapers. Something which wasn't really sold anymore, but they were selling like wildfire.
All he heard was one thing, "The Black Interview!"
"Have you heard this?" The man asked, helping Logan up.
"Heard what?" Logan asked, brushing the dirt off his pants.
The man jabbed his thumb to a working television, and there was Roman talking an interview host, with the title 'The Black Interview' under it, he could hear him but only caught a few things.
He rushed off, face pale and skidded to a stop, seeing Remus, his brother-in-law, Remy and Emile on a table, phone, newspaper and magazine in hand, yelling out, "Roman Crofters had a torrid affair, and he told the world, right there!" They pointed to a television screen.
Logan ran again, going home, tears in his eyes, missing Roman who walked into the circle of people.
"Highlights!" Remy yelled, jumping sideways and waving his phone.
"'The charge against me is a connection with one Janus Copperhead!'" Remus read, nearing against Romans back, who nodded and and said, "Janus Copperhead..."
"'For purposes of improper speculation!'" Remus continued.
"'My real crime is an amorous connection with his man!'" Roman and Remus said together. "For a considerable time with his knowing consent." Roman slouched in defeat.
"Damn!" Called a few readers in shock.
"'I had frequent meetings with him most of them at my own house.'" Remus continued to read, smirking at Roman who backed away
"At his own house!" Yelled Remy.
"At his own house!" Echoed Emile,
"Damn..." A few people muttered.
"'Mr. Crofters on a business meeting out of town for his book, his brother besides him for every step that he took.'" Smirked Remus, making many people gasp.
"No..." A few gasped.
"Boooo!"
"Have you heard this?" Yelled Remy and Emile.
Remus grinned, he was practically vibrating from excitement and was jumping up and down on the stop. "Well, he's never gon' be famous now!"
"Never gon' be famous now!" Emile and Remy echoed.
"Well, he's never gon' be famous now!" Remus grinned spinning on the spot.
"Never gon' be famous now!" Emile and Remy echoed, a few more people joining in.
"He's never gon' be famous now!" Remus laughed, bouncing on the table.
"Never gon' be famous now!" Everyone yelled.
Remus leaned over to Emile and Remy and smirked. "That's one less thing to worry about."
"That's one less thing to worry about." Agreed the two.
Roman was walking away quickly, head down in shame. How could he do this to his Logan?
"Roman Royals..." He came as soon as he heard.
Roman froze, he hadn't been called that for years. He looked up, "Patton Crofters..." All the way from New York? Damn.
"Congratulations." Snarled Patton. "You have invented a new kind of stupid. A 'damage you can never undo' kind of stupid. An 'open all the cages in the zoo' kind of stupid. 'Truly, you didn't think this through?' kind of stupid."
Roman recoiled at Pattons cold glare.
"Let's review: You took a rumor a few, maybe two, people knew and refuted it by sharing an affair of which no one has accused you! We begged you to take a break, you refused to." He stalked up to Roman, who backed away.
"So scared of what your enemies will do to you, you're the only enemy you ever seem to lose to' You know why Remus can do what he wants? He doesn't dignify school-yard taunts with a response!" Snapped Patton, who began walking back. "So yeah, congratulations!"
"It was an act of righteousness sacrifice!" Roman cried, holding out his hands, but Patton glared and turned.
"Sacrifice?!" Patton's glare softened, he frowned, "I languished in a loveless marriage in New York, I lived only to see your movies. I look at you and think 'God, what have we done with our lives and what did it get us?'" He glared.
"That doesn't wipe the tears or the years away!" Patton snapped.
Roman frowned, "Patton please understand what I'm struggling here to do!" He begged, grabbing Patton's hand.
Patton snatches his hand away, "I'm not here for you."
"Oooooooh!" Everyone stared.
"I know my brother like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind!" Patton snapped. "I love my brother more than anything in this life, I will choose his happiness over mine every time!"
"Put what we had aside—" Roman flushed, and Patton glared. Roman and Patton always held feelings for each other, but Logan said 'this ones mine' and Patton stood by.
"I'm standing at his side!" He was now face to face with Roman.
"You could never be satisfied! God, I hope you're satisfied!" Patton screamed in Romans face, making the man freeze up.
"Well, he's never gon' be famous now!" People called out throwing the papers around.
"Never gon' be famous now!" A few people yelled.
'Well, he's never gon' be famous now!' A few people texted, as other people called up friends and family.
"Never gon' be famous now!"
"Well, he's never gon' be famous now!"
"That's one less thing to worry about!" Remus grinned.
"Never gon' be famous now!"
"That's one less thing to worry about! That's one less thing to worry about!" Remus, Emile and Remy smirked.
Patton glared, "Logan is the best thing in our lives! So never loose sight of the fact you had been blessed with the best man!" He walked away, backwards glaring Roman down. "Congratulations! For the rest of your life! Every sacrifice you make is for my brother, give him the best life! Congratulations!" He got in his car and left.
"Hey! Well he's never gon' be famous now!" A few people laughed.
"At least he was honest with the money!" Yelled a few Roman supporters.
"Well he's never gon' be famous now!" A few Roman haters retaliated.
"Hey!"
"At least he was honest with the money." A few men signed.
"Well he's never gon' be famous now." A few woman snapped.
"That's one less thing to worry about!" Actors laughed.
The Black Interview!
Remus looked out, holding a newspaper with the interview in, he swaggered over and handed it to you. "Have you read this?" He asked you, as you took it in shock.
"You ever see somebody ruin their own life?" Asked the three in shock.
His poor husband.
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