Only Human | Sander Sides

I Don't Love Him~Roman Angst Request

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-requested by Ali_Cynical 
-mentioned roceit 
-not super angsty? but its there

TRIGGER WARNINGS
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Roman makes his way back to his house after his date with Ethan and sighs. Thoughts began going through his head at a million miles an hour, and he walks to his door from muscle memory alone. He is snapped out of his thoughts when he bumps into someone standing in front of his door. "Oh, Roman! Sorry, I thought you were inside, I was just about to knock!" Roman plasters on a smile, "Ah, Patton! What brings you here Padre?" Patton stares at the ground as Roman takes out his keys, "I wanted to talk to you. You sem sad lately and I wanted to know if I could help. I made cookies!" Roman unlocks the door and lets his smile fall, "You caught me. Come in, let's talk on the couch." Patton and Roman sit across from each other and Patton places a Tupperware container of cookies on the coffee table. 

"Do you want coffee? Tea?" Roman tries to break the awkward silence and Patton nods, "Tea sounds nice." Roman goes into the kitchen and makes two mugs of peppermint tea and brings them out with a bowl of sugar and two spoons. Patton puts a bunch of sugar in his tea and stirs, "What happened, Ro?" Roman sighs and takes a sip of tea, "I got a boyfriend." Patton smiles, "That's good! You've been looking for a long time! What's his name?" Roman shakes his head, "Ethan. And it's not good at all. I don't... I don't actually like him." Patton lets out a shocked noise and drinks more of his tea, "Why?" Roman sets his mug on the table and sighs again, "I don't know... I guess I never really did? I met him during the casting of a play. We got the lead parts and I went over to his house to practice my lines. He complimented me, boosted my self-confidence, but... I don't like him romantically. I just got so tired of being single." 

Patton scootches closer to Roman and places a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, that's okay! Why don't you talk to him? Explain the situation. I'm sure he'd understand." "I don't want to hurt him though," Roman says sadly. Patton pats his back, "But not telling him will only hurt him more in the long run. You can still be friends too." Roman thinks for a bit, picking up his tea and sipping it. He sighs, "You're right Pat. I'll talk to him tomorrow. Thank you for talking to me... I've wanted to do something but didn't know what." Patton smiles at Roman, "I'm glad I could help kiddo! You can keep the cookies, I have plenty!" Roman walks Patton back next door and thanks him again, the returns home and texts Ethan that they need to meet tomorrow so he can't back out. This is going to be tough, but he needs to do it.