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This video ^^^ (34 seconds) is about Roman.

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Virgil could tell there was something wrong. At first, he paid no attention to it; didn't even notice it was happening frequently.

Roman hadn't spoken a word to him in weeks.

Honestly, it was a nice break that Virgil desperately desired. It wasn't until he overheard Patton and Logan talking about it that he realized that it wasn't just him Roman wasn't talking to.

"Is he sick? Should I make sure he's feeling well?" Patton was asking Logan as they chatted over a plate of cookies.

"I would advise you to just give him some space," Logan answered, pushing the plate of 'unhealthy' towards the fatherly Side. "If he makes no change in the near future, or if he starts to slack on his duties, I will gladly accompany you to converse with him."

This settled Virgil's rising anxiety for another few weeks. He had taken Logan's advice himself and made no effort to see what Roman's problem was. As a matter of fact, he had forgotten about the issue entirely due to the sense of peace he felt.

Until the night he decided to watch a movie.

After spending an entire day in his room binge-watching one of Thomas' favorite TV series, he needed to get some fresh air. And by that, it meant to just move his laziness to the common room.

Popping in a Disney movie from the movie shelf Roman had compiled, he made some popcorn for himself. Upon hearing the Disney intro playing loudly on the TV, Roman trudged into the room and sat down on the couch with his entire comforter wrapped around his shoulders, as if he had just gotten out of bed.

Virgil watched him in amusement. "I see. Walt Disney has awakened you out of your slumber."

Roman didn't answer him; not even with a jab or sarcasm. He didn't even seem to hear Virgil's question.

"Princey?" Virgil poked his ear, somewhat playfully, to make sure that he could hear him. Roman scrunched up his eyes in a glare as he swatted Virgil away from him. "Okay then, Grumpy. Want me to divvy you out some popcorn? I'm only offering it once, so better take the offer now before I hog it all."

Shaking his head at the question, Roman continued not to say anything and instead just made himself comfortable on the couch as Moana started playing. Ignoring the oddness of his behavior, Virgil just sat on the opposite end of the couch in a huff, keeping true to his word and hogging all the popcorn.

As the third song scene of the movie played out, Virgil eyed Roman, half-expecting him to have fallen asleep, but he was still awake and attentively watching the movie. Roman hadn't sang a single word of any of the songs, and Virgil knew that he had them memorized due to how frequently he would sing them after the movie first came out; he'd even perfected the non-English song.

Half of the movie passed, and Virgil was almost making himself frustrated with how confused and anxious he was feeling over Roman's behavior. Virgil had even tried to throw pieces of popcorn at him to lighten the mood, but the other just glared at him and adjusted his blanket to block the line of fire.

At the point of the movie when the protagonist let the water part and allow the main antagonist to approach her, Virgil turned the volume up just before the song started. He had heard Roman sing this song on several occasions, despite the vocals being way out of his range.

As the girl walked forward and started to sing, Virgil anxiously waited for Roman to join in, but he didn't. Huffing, Virgil settled his nerves and licked his lips. "This is not who you are."