If I said I didn't care about him, I'd be lying.

   Remus, his name. He's changed, had people calling him "The Duke". I remember when we were younger how when Roman and our friends would play castle at the park, he asked  if he could play with us, and Roman immediately made him and Virgil the villains.. the rest of us had set up our roles to play.

    I was the princess, being the only female. Patton was the prince, Roman was the king, but he had gotten "tired of the responsibilities"- it was hilarious. Casey and Logan were noble knights, and Virgil ended up being the sorceror. "The three musketeers, the terrific trio." they called themselves. Casey and Logan were always closer though. So Remus was always the villain, which he didn't really mind. Until we got older, that is...

   Middle school had made life a bit more difficult for all of us, the fact that we weren't those little third graders, playing on the playground anymore. We're teenagers now.

  It's not the same.

  We didn't do much the next day, pretty uneventful. The usual arguing between the twins at lunch, nothing new. Casey and I had a sleepover at his house. He's an only child, but we're basically siblings, we're that close.

   "Soooooo, what's up with you and Looooogie?" I say with a slight smirk on my face. "W-what do you mean-?" "You rarely stutter. There's something~!" I say, smirking. "I just- I really like him, yanno? It's nothing." Casey said, turning away from me. "Is it though?" "Enough about us, what's up with you and padre? I know things." "What-? What do you mean? T-there's nothing between us.." He wasn't too keen on that answer. "Lei. You've liked him since we were kids! Plus, have you seen how he acts around you? It's like gay panic, but with you. And you and I both know too much about gay panic."

   I almost lost it. I somehow managed to not die- but it was a close call. "What are you talking about? He acts pretty normal- at least I think so." "You've gotten used to it. He's literally crazy about you, and you can't even see it." I buried my face into my hoodie so that my voice was muffled. "God, I'm an idiot." "Listen, it's not your fault you didn't know.. he tries to control his feelings anyway- it doesn't work very well." He laughed, then looked at me. "Come on, let's watch a movie."