Pride!Roman

Part 3

He took one glance and ran right up to me. He lifted my face and started wiping the tears that I didn't even know were there and then wrapped me into a very tight hug.

"What's wrong Princey?"

It took me a minute to come up with a response to his question. How does one even answer a question like that? What am I supposed to say to him? Oh I just found my old outfit when I was a dark side and my talisman, which is my crown, is talking to me again! Yeah how about no.

"It's n-nothing! I just fell, t-that's all!"

He let go of me and looked at me with suspicious eyes. I can tell that he didn't believe a word I said.

"You...fell?"

"Yep!"

"That must've been a pretty big fall to cause all this chaos."

He didn't give me time to answer before standing up and walking around the room, examining the damage that was done.

After a moment or so, I saw his eyes land on the box against my closet door. He turned his head slightly, and I could practically see the gears turning in his head. He bent down and picked it up. He opened the lid just a tiny bit.

"No wait! Don't-"

But the damage was already done. He closed the lid with a soft "oh" and softly opened my closet door, which was at the verge of breaking from the force of the box hitting it.

He looked for a safe spot to put it in, and he eventually decided on the corner of the top shelf, which he had to go on his toes to reach it because he is shorter than me. He then placed something in front of it, what I assume is so I wouldn't be able to see it by just glancing in there

He then went to my door to leave my room, but stopped in the door way.

"You know I would be more careful if I were you, Roman."

My eyes widened as he walked out of sight. He hasn't said my name like that in a long time.

The other dark sides, plus Virgil always said my name like that in the beginning. Their tone of their voice was laced with venom whenever they said my name. The said it like I was betraying them, despite Virgil being a light side too. However, I really don't blame them, but the way they said it hurt, quite a lot actually. I thought that out of all people, Virgil would understand me the most. But  he still treated me just like the rest of them. After a while he came around though. I just wish it was sooner than later but I'm just glad he didn't look at me like the bad guy anymore.

It was the same way when they called me Princey. They would empathize the 'prince' part of the nickname because that's what they mainly called me when I lived with them. That and my name used to be Princeton. They knew it bothered me a lot and Virgil started it as somewhat of an "attack" per se and I guess it stuck with Logan and Patton because I played somewhat of a "prince character."

Of course whenever Logan and Patton did it, they didn't say it in the same way Virgil and the others did because they still don't know about my past.

Virge never really liked he idea of me lying about my identity and who I was. He always said, "that's Deceit's job!" and "he is the one who impersonates people, not you!" Maybe he was right. I guess I did sort of took his role too, with lying constantly and deceiving the others.

I felt something drop onto my hand and I looked down, it was a clear droplet. Before I knew it, another one found it's way onto my hand. And then another.

I reached up to my face to discover that the source of the water was coming from my eyes, which I haven't noticed was there yet.

I grabbed onto the top of my desk and wobbly pushed myself up into a standing position. Once I was able to stand on my own two feet, I bent down to pick up the chair that was still on the ground. I then made my way over to my bedroom door and shut it because Virgil left it wide open.

The last thing I would want is someone like Patton or Logan to walk by and see me like this, then they would not leave my alone for the rest of the evening while they spoiled me with everything that I love. Well, that would be more Patton then Logan but I don't think I would complain being in Logan's company either, just not right now.

Don't get me wrong, I love Padre to death and everything he does for me and the others is amazing, but I would want to leave me alone too.

I sighed as I turned my back to the door and I glanced over at my full body mirror. I walked towards it and noticed how much of a mess I looked. I didn't look this bad since the last time this happened.

The week I became a light side, it was pure insanity. I couldn't get my crown to shut the hell up. I couldn't concentrate on my new role, but the others seemed to buy my overzealous self very well. But the second week of being a light side was even worse. I started getting hallucinations and I would get very lightheaded and faint constantly. The voices eased up but they were still there.

I just hope the same thing doesn't happen again. I mean I didn't wear it so it should be fine, right?