Sanders Sides One Shots

Take a look at me now - Prinxiety

Virgil and Roman have broken up, for better or for worse they don't know yet but Virgil is insistent it's for the better. [Human + college AU] For the prompt: "take a look at me now, I've done so much better since I told you it's over"  

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It had been messy, and emotional, and downright depressing. But breakups are never easy and simple, right? It's supposed to hurt, you're supposed to cry and grieve. Roman thinks that is very accurate and then some. It hurts him to think of what was, what could have been, what he had ruined.

He and Virgil had been inseparable after they got over their initial differences, they had clashed when Roman bumped into Virgil on their first day of college; Roman knocked Virgil's books and everything else out of his hands. Virgil had sworn at him and told him to leave him alone but Roman didn't, he stayed and apologised and helped pick up his things. Virgil thanked him and went to walk away but Roman couldn't help himself from shouting after him. They shared brief introductions and swapped numbers.

Days after their first meeting Roman had texted the other - Virgil explicitly told him not to call him - and they decided to meet up in the library cafe. And they did. Virgil was cute, and blushy, and adorable. Roman knew he loved him from then and it only grew from there. They would set up obscure dates, like to eery forests or empty car parks, and sometimes some cliche dates, like to museums and restaurants, other times they just crashed in one of their dorm rooms, and watched TV and played videogames till they decided to take a nap.

It was pretty much perfect. They were young and in love. But young love never lasts.

Roman found this out all too soon. There was still so much he had wanted to do with Virgil, so many places he wanted to take him, and introduce him to his family. But no, he couldn't anymore. All because he was an egotistical, stuck up, self centred dick. And because of that one stupid mistake. He did the stupid, stupid mistake of the drunken hook up. Virgil always thought he would never do that, Virgil finally came out of his shell and put his faith and trust into Roman. He had clearly been wrong.

Virgil had let himself into his flat and knocked on Roman's door, phone in hand already looking at some event that was happening soon and it would be a great date idea. Then someone who was most definitely not Roman answered the door, a partially naked, tall, handsome man answered. Virgil had asked where Roman was and the man responded with a cocky grin that he was still in bed.

He told the man to tell Roman when he wakes up that his boyfriend wanted to speak with him. And Roman appeared at his apartment door not even an hour later, not dressed in his proper attire and his hair a mess. He ranted on about how the man meant nothing, that he still loved Virgil. But Virgil was silent, scarily so. He waiting until Roman stopped begging for forgiveness. And he told Roman to leave and never return, he didn't want to see him or speak with him ever again, after all he couldn't trust him.

So, Roman left. He left Virgil's apartment and Virgil's life. For good. And god did it hurt. Obviously he kept seeing him around campus because fate was just cruel like that. He saw Virgil laughing with his friends, not even acknowledging his existence, and it broke Roman even more inside.

Until one day. One day Roman had rounded a corner bumping directly into Virgil. He muttered an apology quickly and Virgil told him coldly that it was fine. Roman couldn't help the next words fall from his mouth, "I miss you." Virgil just looked at him, silently considering his next words, then he finally spoke.

"I miss you too." Roman's heart almost stopped. He misses him as well. It's not all over. He didn't royally fuck this up. "But." Oh. "Take a look at me now, I've done so much better since I told you it's over." Oh. Okay. He watched as Virgil left, as he walked into the library and sat next to a man, the man made Virgil smile and laugh, like he used to.