Lavender Thorns

Chapter 23

A/N: A few weeks have passed since the last chapter.

      Roman hummed lightly, hanging up Christmas lights around the living room of the dorm. All of his dorm mates were home today, but Logan and Virgil had both gone to get some food for dinner.

Of course, Roman had paid for it so that neither would have to, since he was a chivalrous prick.

Patton came back into the room moments later, holding three cookies. Two for himself, one for his roommate.

"Thanks Pat," he chuckled, stuffing the cookie into his mouth as he finished tacking up the lights. "Now all that's left is the ornaments and the mistletoe~"

        Patton giggled at that, sitting down on the couch and turning on The Nightmare Before Christmas, knowing Virgil would love it when he came back.

       "I have already decided my targets to get under it this year. Remy and Emile, not to mention my OTP," he smirked mischievously, which Roman didn't notice.

        "And who would that be?" The taller said, intrigued. He had already planned out his own targets. Logan and Patton.

       "I can't say! Then it wouldn't be a surprise!" Patton exclaimed, swallowing his second cookie. He was feeling pretty dangerous.

       Roman sighed, stepping down from the ladder and moving it to the center of the living room, grabbing the plant and hanging it. "There. It's active starting tomorrow."

      The door slammed open suddenly, revealing two, soaking wet and shivering roommates. Each of them had taken off their coats, and wrapped the food in it to prevent it from becoming soaked like.

       "Next time, you two can go get the food while it's raining," Virgil grumbled, setting the food on the counter and peeling his hoodie off of it.

      Logan nodded in agreement, pulling his own coat off the other box of food. Each of the male's noses were bright red along with their cheeks from the cold.

      Logan cleaned off his glasses, rubbing it on a towel in the kitchen, while Virgil stormed off to the bathroom to change, his eyeshadow running down his face. Roman smirked and called after him, "leave the eyeshadow off emo!"

      Virgil snorted indignantly at the exclamation and poked his head back around the corner. "When you go and get food a block away in the rain, then I'll take off my eyeshadow bitch."

      Patton gasped sharply and yelped out a quick, "language!"

      Logan raised an eyebrow at the man, as he started down the opposite hall to change. "English."

      The dad friend blinked for a moment, confused, but didn't give a response, just pausing the movie and waiting for the two to come back.

...

Roman popped his back, walking into the bright living room. Most college students couldn't afford to buy many Christmas decorations, but he could, so he did.

      The Christmas tree was tucked to the side, ornaments glimmering from the christmas lights hung around the room. The mistletoe was hung in the exact center, and Roman planned on forcing his two glasses-wearing friends underneath eventually.

      He looked up at it in thought, not noticing the emo shuffle out of his room, rubbing his eyes. His hair was fluffed up and curlier than usual, his makeup off. He promptly yawned, catching the taller's attention.

       "Woah, you look exhausted," the obnoxious said as he spun around. "How much did you sleep last night?" He walked to the kitchen behind Virgil.