Love is When... - Logince & Prinxiety

Chapter Twelve

Love is when you say "No" when they come back.

"Uh, Roman?" Virgil asked quietly. "Roman?" he asked again, a little louder. "Roman?" he said, even louder this time but to no avail. The lunch table Roman was currently clambering over was far too loud and far too busy for Virgil to be noticed by anyone. Anyone except Patton, that is.

"Hiya!" Patton greeted, sitting back down from his previous position of trying to steal the chips from his friend's plate. "Can I help you?"

Virgil, put on the spot, just pointed at Roman, cringing at his incapacity in social situations, but luckily, Patton grinned at him before nodding.

"Roman!" Patton called, tapping his extravagant friend on the shoulder several times.

"Little busy Pat!" Roman replied, caught in a tense wrestling match for the last slice of pizza left on his plate.

"But Virgil's here!"

At this, Roman finally stopped and turned around, greeting his new friend with a broad smile. "Virgil! Sorry, I didn't see you, I had..." Roman paused, sending a glare at Remy, who was happily munching on Roman's pizza, "other business to deal with. Is it time to go?"

"Yeah," Virgil said, louder now that he was in the presence of Roman.

"Cool!" Roman slid off the lunch bench and snatched his bag from beneath the table. "I'll see you guys later! We have early tech rehearsal today, duty calls," he said, waving goodbye to his friends as he fell into step with Virgil.

"They seem... interesting," Virgil commented once they were out of earshot.

"Yeah, they are an... eclectic bunch," Roman replied, picking his words carefully. "But I love them, they're really great once you get to know them."

"Yeah, they seem nice. Especially Patton," Virgil added as an afterthought.

The pair continued their way through the school, random conversations being shared between them. They were just outside the theater, however, when a voice stopped them.

"Roman?"

The two turned towards the sound, and Roman's face blanched as he recognized the speaker. "Logan? What do you want?" he asked, surprised when venom laced his tone, and he was even more surprised when he saw Logan flinch slightly.

"I was just wondering if we could talk," Logan offered.

Roman cast a glance at Virgil who was glancing between the two of them, sensing the obvious tension. When he caught Virgil's gaze, his friend raised his eyebrows at him, silently asking what Roman wanted to do.

"Fine. I'll catch up with you later, V," Roman said, effectively dismissing Virgil as he stepped towards Logan. "Shall we?" he asked, gesturing to an empty classroom behind them. "So?" Roman prompted as the door shut behind them. "You said you wanted to talk. So talk."

Logan's eyes whipped towards Roman's, taken aback by Roman's cool approach to something so emotionally taxing. "I just..." Logan started, trailing off. He looked at Roman before taking a deep breath. "I miss you. A lot. And I want you back. I want... us back." Logan started to pace. "I never realized how much... better you made me. My entire life improved when we started dating, you were - you were the only thing that made me happy."

Red flag, Roman! a voice called out in Roman's head. Remember what Patton told you, he might be manipulating you.

Or he could just be genuine! He might still love me!

But do you still love him?

"I want that back. And - "

Wait - "Me or the happiness?" Roman asked, cutting Logan off.