Pride!Roman

Part 5

"Remus? What are you doing here!?"

I started fidgeting with my hands as I frantically looked anywhere but him.

"Bitch, I just told you why I'm here. Are you even listening to me? I SAID you're emotionally distressed. And I can see why. Is your little game of charades ending Princey?"

He cooed that last sentence as I squeezed my eyes shut and hoped he'd just go away. We both stood there in complete silence until Remus started speaking again.

"Roman."

I squeezed my eyes harder.

"Roman look at me."

I felt him place his hand on my shoulder and I opened my eyes. His facial expression softened until the point where he almost looked sad. I raised an eyebrow at him because this massive shift in his mood caught me off guard. I don't know why, but him acting like this made me feel down as well, almost as if I could feel the same emotions that he's feeling. Maybe this is because we're twin brothers?

"Remus I'm sor-"

"Save it. I know you're sorry. I know. I've always known, and I'm not mad at you anymore. It's just, when is this going to end dear brother?"

I looked into his eyes and saw pain. Pain I haven't seen ever since I left.

"What do you mean?"

This whole thing is throwing me off. He's never been this nice to me! Well, that's not necessarily true. The last time he was this nice was when we were kids.

"I mean, when are you going to come home? I miss my partner in crime. We were supposed to have each other's back until the very end. I miss that. I miss you!"

I had to blink back tears. I never thought of how much I missed him too. As children, we were inseparable. We caused chaos wherever we went. We had each other's backs whenever one or both of us did something stupid. We had that weird sibling bond that everyone doesn't understand unless they have it. I spent so long trying to create my new family, I forgot about my real family. The one standing right in front of me.

He's being so nice to me, calling me brother, saying he misses me, saying he's not mad at me anymore. He doesn't sound like a guy who resents his brother, he sounds like a guy who just wants his brother back. And let me tell you, right now, I just want the exact same thing. I just want to feel loved again, and Remus was the one that cared for me the most.

"Remus, I miss you too! I-"

Then there was a knock on my door.

"Hey kiddo? We're watching a Disney movie down here if you'd want to join! We'd really like your company!"

That's rich. Virgil's mad at me, he always is. Logan is cold to almost everyone, and Patton's just trying to be nice to me so I don't feel left out.

Plus, is he going to act like the whole plate incident never happened? I was kind of expecting a, "hey are you okay?" or something but it's whatever.

"I'll take that as my cue to leave. This talk isn't over though."

"Wait!"

My brother was in mid sink out when I got his attention. He popped back up fully.

"If I were to come back home, AND THATS AN IF, will the guys still accept me?"

His face lit up with a mixture of shock and joy, a look I missed so so very much. I saw a grin so genuine spread across his face, it looked identical to Patton's.