Didn't Know { Book 1 }

~Chapter 11: Hang Out~

(Art not by me! Obviously...)

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~Virgil's POV~

It was Saturday and I was bored. Then Roman came into my room and found me lying on my bed.

"Hello, Virgil." He said. I groaned in response. "Bored?" I groaned again. Roman chuckled. "Well, I was going to ask if you wanted to... hang out with me?"

My head perked up from my pillow. I looked down at him. "Hang out?"

"Yeah, hang out. Everyone else is busy, so I thought I could hang out with you." He explained.

"Um... s-sure," I said.

"Great!" He exclaimed. "I'll meet you in front of the dorm..."

"Okay..." I muttered. Roman walked out.

'Hang out? With him? Why are my palms sweaty?' I asked myself.

~10 minutes later~

Roman and I were walking to the coffee shop. My palms were still sweaty and I have no idea why. My non-existent heart is beating in an unusual way.

Then I saw Deirdre sitting outside the coffee shop like the other time. This time she had rocks around her. I went up to her.

"Hey, Deirdre," I said. She looked up then smiled a bit.

"Virgil, you're back." She said and stood up.

"Of course," I said. Then I realized Roman was standing there. "Oh, this is Roman."

"That's Roman? You put a lot into that flower crown you made him." Deirdre said.

Roman looked at me, confused. "What is she talking about?"

"Nothing! Nothing, let's go. It was nice seeing you, Deirdre." I said.

"Right. See ya." She said and ran off again.

"Where do you want to go?" Roman asked.

"Does it look like I know?" I asked.

"Right, coffee it is."

~After getting coffee~

We sat down in the coffee shop and talked a bit.

I was listening to everything he said. Mostly. I was also taking glances at his mouth. Just because it had cream on it.

"What is it?" Roman finally asked. I just grabbed a napkin and wiped the cream off. Roman looked surprised.

"You had cream on your lips," I said and crumpled up the napkin.

"Oh..." Roman muttered. I bit my lip because of how nervous I was.

We were silent for a few moments. Until Roman broke it.

"Want to go somewhere else?" Roman asked.

"Oh, sure..." I said.

~After the hang out~

It was evening. Roman and I were walking to the dorm. We went to the nearby park and talked there. There was also a pond where Roman taught me how to skip rocks.

We got to the dorm and went up to our dorm room. Roman got out his key and unlocked it. He held it open for me.

"Thanks..." I muttered and went in.

"There you are!" Someone exclaimed and crushed me in a hug.

"Emile... I was just hanging out with Roman. I'm fine." I said. He hugged me tighter. "Please... I don't want to die like this."

"Sorry," Emile said and let go. He looked between me and Roman. "Where were you guys? We've been here for almost 4 hours."

"We hung out that long?" I asked. "That's my record. I don't like records."

"Don't worry, Emile. We were mostly at the park today." Roman said. I nodded.

"Hm..." Emile started. Then he glared at Roman. "I'll let you off with a warning, Roman. Nothing- and I mean nothing hurts Virgil or I'll hurt you."

"O-okay... I'll keep t-that in mind." Roman stuttered.

"Right... anyway, I had fun, Roman. See ya." I said and walked to my room.

I climbed up to my bed and lied down on my back. All I thought about was Roman. I don't know why. Maybe I should ask Emile. He is the therapy guy. He can help me with anything. I'll ask him tomorrow if he knows anything.

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