TW/CW: implied kidnapping (actual kidnapping tbh), yelling, verbally fighting, mentions of past relationships, breakups that ended wrong, interrogating someone, unsympathetic Patton, slightly unsympathetic Remy/sleep
After playing battleship, which Roman and Virgil won, they moved on to different games during the afternoon, Patton cooked dinner after they were done, he also backed some cookies and let the others decorate them while he finished packing.
“Are you sure you’re feeling okay?” Virgil asked Dee once more, he had been asking the same thing over and over since he joined them on the board games.
Dee was placing some sprinkles on the cookies “I am Virge, I’ve been since you started asking”
Virgil sighed “I know... I’m just making sure, the jar is not... that nice to be in...”
“Yeah...thanks, but really, I’m fine” he gave Virgil a small smile “I’m out of there now, and that’s what matters”
“Just try not to get yourself in there again, that’s the hard part” commented Roman who was eating the icing.
Virgil looked at him “You will go in there if you keep eating that much sugar, you could start to yell at Pat again”
Roman shook his head “I won’t, and Patton gave us a small bowl of icing, he knows how I get with sugar”
“It’s a small bowl for him” Virgil smacked Roman’s hand that was reaching again for more
“Hey” Roman turned to look at him “okay, okay, I’ll stop”, he sat down next to him “I’m allowed to eat a cookie tho”
Dorian chuckled looking as they continued arguing, they really were used to it by now, he both hoped and feared for the day he would be too.
“Are you guys done?” Patton asked as he went back to the kitchen “aww, those look great!” He took one cookie, careful to not startle any of his boyfriends, and bit it “mmm, we did a great job with these” he took small pieces of that same cookie and placed them down “we can finish the rest after dinner” Each shrunken guy grabbed a piece of the cookie and ate it, Patton left his hand down for them to climb once they finished.
But before anyone could move, someone knocked the apartment’s door, Patton hummed, he wasn’t expecting anyone today, specially since they were moving tomorrow “I’ll go see who it is, I’ll be back in a sec” he said to the others and got out of the kitchen, making dure to close the door and place a towel under it before opening the main door “Yes?” He asked, his smile dropping a bit as he saw who it was.
“Patton Heart, my name is Remy Black, private investigator” They said taking their sunglasses off
“I know who you are Remy” Patton faked a smile “No need to be so formal, what can I help you with?”
Remy sighed “I’m just following the protocol Patton, and I’m here for business, don’t get the wrong idea” they searched on their jacked pocket and got a picture out of it “I’ve been contacted to investigate the disappearing of Roman Prince, and I was informed you used to date, I just came to ask you some questions” they handed the picture to Patton, it was a pic of Roman.
Patton took it “we used to yes, but I haven’t known anything about him for a long time” he lied.
“This will be quick then, can I come in so we can talk?”
“No need” Patton closed the door behind him “it’s a mess in there and you said it, this will be quick”
Remy raised an eyebrow “Alright then” he got a notebook and a pen out of their pockets “When was the last time you saw him?”
Patton hummed as he faked to think “about... three or four years ago”
“You were going to run away together, what happened?”
“Right, that, well, we went back to my apartment and had something to eat, but then he said he had forgotten some stuff at the theatre and was going to go back and get them, I told him he could go on our way to the new house but he refused and went alone, I waited a couple of hours for him to come back but he... he never did, he didn’t answer to my calls or my texts and I never saw him again” Patton faked being hurt as he told his fake story, something he had already prepared jus in case.
Remy wrote on his notebook “we have a witness who saw your car getting out of the building three hours or so after you two got in, why didn’t you wait longer for him?”
Clever, Patton knew Remy was a great detective, but he had everything prepared because of this “we had plans, we had to arrive to the new house at a certain day and everything was already prepared, I didn’t want to risk te landlord cancelling the deal, he knew our route, he knew where to find me and I told him to meet me there, I kept calling at every stop, still nothing, I stayed a year on that apparent and he never appeared”
“That’s the other issue, you’ve been moving quite a lot since then, why?”
Patton smirked “Remy, if I didn’t know you any better I would say you’re blaming me for Roman’s disappearance”
Remy mocked a smirk back “Well, I have my reasons to believe it, so I will until you prove me wrong, you’ve been in four different houses, in four different countries in the past three and a half years, why?”
“Because I like change, I haven’t really found my propose in this life or something, I just decide to change atmosphere from time to time, it’s not like I don’t have the money to do it”
Remy huffed “was that a threat? Because I won’t stop just because you pay me, and I’m not afraid of what you could do Pat”
Patton chuckled “see how you’re just blind aiming at me? I never said it was, I’m just answering your questions, it’s not my fault that you’re still a judgmental person”
“Once again, I’m not here to open a wound”
“Right, because you had to choose a case I was involved on, which is just because I’m Roman’s ex boyfriend, what? You wanted to know what horrible things I would have done to you if you didn’t ditch me?”
Remy blinked “Come again? You ditched me”
Patton shook his head “Remy, Remy, Remy, that much mystery is affecting your memory, please remind me, who rejected who or their preferences? Because I’m certain it wasn’t me, and you seem very personally offended for being here for ‘business’” he made quoting marks with his fingers.
“And you seem very defensive for someone who’s ‘innocent’” Remy mocked him and this the same sign.
“Lets just” Patton sighed “get this over with so you can go, any more questions?”
Remy rolled their eyes “yeah, why won’t you let me in?”
“I’m in the middle of moving out and there’s a mess in there, I was also cooking and the kitchen is very dirty, it’s not like I’m hiding something”
They sighed “Fine, I’ll believe you, for now, but I just drove way too many hours to get here, so expect another visit from me very soon”
“Gladly” Patton faked a smile and opened the door of his apartment “but once again, I’m not going to be here that much longer” he went inside and turned to look at them “goodnight Rem, I hope you find Roman” he said before closing the door.
Remy wanted to kick that door down and register Patton’s place, but they knew they couldn’t do it without an order, this was going to be harder than they thought, they walked out of the building and into their car as they considered getting Patton out of his suspects list.
