The Woes Of An Emo
Summary: It's about time they figure this out. All it took was a mental breakdown.
Warnings: Mental breakdown, swearing, crying, miscommunication, confusion, kissing. Tell me if I need to add anything else!
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Chapter 8: Oh That Took Way Too Long.
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Roman sat in the corner of the dressing room, hair sticking out wildly, makeup smeared from tears, outfit crumpled, phone by his ear, and sobs shaking his entire body, but he still smiled at Virgil.
Virgil took in a shaky breath. "I-" the words got caught in his throat.
Roman's sad smile disappeared as he ended the call. "Why-" His voice cracked. "Why did you have to do that?"
Virgil felt sick. "W-What?"
Roman got a little angrier as he glared at the ground. "Why did you-you- f**k." He swore quietly. "Why did you take me on the date if you knew? You- you knew, right?"
"K-Knew?" Virgil was operating on 1% brain function at the moment; he was barely breathing.
"Knew that I liked you, knew that-that I was Prince." The tears were loose again. "Knew that you had your own boyfriend."
Now Virgil was completely lost. "What? I- I mean yeah, I knew you liked me -you told me that part- but I didn't know you were Princey! If I knew that I would've said yes!" Virgil said before he could stop himself.
Roman stopped shaking to look confused instead, tears ceasing for a moment. "...What about your boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend?! What made you think I had a boyfriend?!"
Roman stood to talk to Virgil better. "You said you liked someone else! A-And your phone call at the mall! You told someone you loved them!" He said defensively.
Virgil took three seconds to let that process. "That was my dad! Not my boyfriend! Are you insane?!"
"No. You are. You-you think this is funny, don't you?"
"What about this would be funny?"
"I don't know, maybe me making a fool out of myself thinking I had a chance."
"I'm not playing you, I swear."
"That's just rich, Virgil, totally believable."
"What can I say to make you believe me?"
"Nothing!"
"Why?!" Virgil was slowly losing his reasoning skills.
"Because why on Earth would anyone ever like me?! It was foolish of me to even think that you would say yes!" Roman was crying again as he yelled. "Why would you ever like me now? After seeing me like this?"
Virgil was stunned for a moment. What was he supposed to do? Roman wouldn't believe a word he said so how was he supposed to convince him?
...Well, actions speak louder then words, right?
"...F**k anxiety." Virgil walked towards Roman, grabbed him by his t-shirt, pulled him down, and kissed him.
...He was kissing him.
...oh my god he was kissing him.
It was at this moment when Virgil's anxiety returned, and he was about to panic and apologize when Roman grabbed Virgil's waist and kissed him back.
It wasn't how Virgil imagined it would be. It was hot and rushing, yet also nervous and gentle. There wasn't any fireworks or music in the background, just Virgil and Roman. Which was all he needed. Just the two of them. Together.
Virgil reached up to card his fingers through Roman's hair and cup his face with the other hand. He brushed his hand over Roman's cheek when he realized that Roman was still crying.
He pulled away from the amazing kiss to look at Roman. "Are you ok?"
Roman sighed. "Just...confused."
"About?" Virgil asked, still stroking Roman's cheek, making them both blush.
"Well...did you like Roman or Prince?"
"Oh- well- uh- I guess both? I mean, I've liked Princey for probably a year now so..."
"So-" Roman laughed. How could he laugh at a time like this?! "You had a crush on me, and I had a crush on you, but we never realized that we were the same people?"
Virgil let it sink in for a moment and laughed a little too. "Yeahahah we did." They both laughed together.
Until Roman wasn't laughing anymore.
He started simultaneously sobbing and laughing, his body beginning to shake again.
Virgil hugged Roman tight, slowly rocking Roman back in forth while he cried into Virgil's shoulder, raking a hand through Roman's hair, silently hoping that it was doing at least something to help.
"I'm-" Roman gasped for some air. "I'm sorry, I-I thought that-"
"Shhhhhhh." Virgil interrupted. "It's ok. I'm sorry that I was literally blind."
Roman chuckled through the tears. "We both were for awhile."
The stood there for a couple of minutes, trying to calm each other down.
Virgil looked to Roman. "How did you know anyway? That I was anxiety."
Roman looked Virgil in the eyes. "Well, heh, I heard Patton call you 'Virge' and I realized it sounded like your username...Then I realized it was a fricking pun."
Virgil chuckled again. "Yeah, I thought it was funny."
"It was." Roman smiled at him, and all Virgil could think was 'Roman. Smile. Cute.' "But I didn't want to assume, so I...I called you Hot Topic."
Virgil blushed. "Oh. Yeah, heh, I kinda just replied as a reflex to be honest."
Roman and him chuckled together again.
Roman hid his head in Virgil's shoulder again, melting into his touch.
"You ok?" Virgil asked quietly, resuming carding through Roman's hair.
"Not really, but you're helping."
"Anything else I can do?"
"Just-" Roman took a big breath. "Everyone thinks that I'm the strong one, but I can barely even handle something being...wrong with me."
"Roman, nothing is wrong with you, you're perfect the way you are."
"No, I'm not. I have all these imperfections and-and I can't fix them."
"Roman." Virgil started, looking back to Roman again. "Your imperfections are what make you you. Your imperfections, no matter what they are, make you unique, and I love that."
Roman's emerald eyes shone with tears and hope. "I love you."
Virgil blushed hard. "I-I love you too. A lot."
Roman chuckled. "Are you still one of those people who doesn't want to be my boyfriend?"
Virgil grew even more red, remembering their conversation from what felt like forever ago. "N-No." He admitted sheepishly.
Roman chuckled at him again. "Then kiss me again, Friend On The Other Side."
Virgil giggled and obliged, being in the moment for once instead of worrying about ahead. Why would he need to worry when he had everything he wanted in this moment?
All of their problems melted away as they just enjoyed having each other. Finally relaxed and content and loved.
Virgil pulled away from Roman. "What are we gonna say to Pat and Logan?"
"Why don't we just wait for them to find out?" Roman said with a teasing smirk.
Virgil laughed. "God, you're so annoying."
"You know you love me."
"Unfortunately."
Roman and Virgil continued to flirt and tease and maybe kiss some more, but whatever happened next was their moment. It belonged to them, and no one else needed to know. They were all they needed.
The End.
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Credit to @weweregoddesses and @thefingergunsgirl for helping edit this chapter!
And here is our final chapter!!!!!!! I really hope this was a satisfying ending, I'm not very good at ending fics lol! But I want to thank everyone who wanted to read this fanfiction, this is my longest taglist so far, and the amount of people that loved this really makes me feel like I did something well. I really hope that y'all enjoyed this experience, and I promise I have more fics where this came from!
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