Erased - Analogical

[Chapter Sixteen]

-Warning: Frequent swearing, thanks Remus-

|POV Patton|

Following behind Logans lead, me and Roman stepped inside the door to the Dark Mind palace wearily. The first thing that hit me like a wave was how everything felt so much different. Like a weight had been placed on my chest, suddenly making me over aware of my seemingly surreal surroundings. Looking ahead of me, it was clear Logan had sensed the same thing but was quick to move along and continue following Deceit into the darkness before us.

I felt myself hesitate before a warm feeling calmed me down. Roman had taken my hand and held it in his tight in his.
"We're gonna be ok, Pat, I'm here for you," he whispered to me calmly.
Just as I swallowed down the lump of fear that grew in my throat, I met my gaze with his, about to open my mouth to speak but being interrupted by none other than Remus slinging his arm around Romans shoulder, ever so slightly violently, and pulling him away.

"Holy shittt, you guys can be gay some other time, we got priorities here, people, tut-tut," he smirked before pushing both of us forward to get us to continue following Logan and Janus.

As we began walking, silence was the only thing communicated between us at first. The tension in the air was so thick it was suffocating. But of course, Remus was never one to appreciate a dull conversation.

"My god, I said stop being gay but I didn't know that was the only thing you guys spoke about," he began to cackle, "Jeez, fine! In that case, let's talk gay. So, how many times have you guys fu-"

"Quiet, Remus-!" Roman was quick to interject his brothers crude comment.

"Oh? Sorry bro , is that a sensitive topic for you two? Are yall virgins or something?"

"Can we not just talk about literally anything else right now?" The romantic twin sighed exasperatedly, "me and Patton.. aren't even dating. So I'm not sure what your point is here..."

"You aren't dating?! Psh!" he held his arm to his stomach in the manor someone would if they hurt themselves from laughing too hard before mumbling a comment under his breath, "wonder how long that'll last~"

Roman didn't seem to hear his brothers extra comment as he remained unfazed, but I definitely did, causing me to avert my face away from the other two in embarrassment & in an attempt to hide the ever-growing blush on my cheeks.

Maybe... it was possible that I did have a slight crush on Roman. But, I knew I had no chance with it. I was aware of Romans ability to sense whenever other sides felt strong love towards others, which meant that my own emotions probably snitched on me to him and he knows. Yet still, he's never brought it up or even mentioned it to me. Which was a pretty obvious sign he didn't replicate my emotions. It was sucky but it's what I get for being such an emotion driven side.

But still, there was a constant nagging voice at the back of my head, telling me to ask him about it. As Logan would say, extra clarification has never killed any body.

"U-Uh.. Roman? Can I ask you something..?" I began to stammer out, trying my best to push down any romantically-driven nerve.

"Oh? Sure, Padre. Go ahead!" He shot me one of his royal smiles, the type that could make a whole kingdom swoon.

"I-I.. uh, it's about your abilities as the romantic side..." I saw Romans eyebrows raise in confusion at where I was going with his while simultaneously feeling Remus' devilish glare burn into the back of my head. I thought I could do it, but the worry got too overwhelming, causing me to end up diverting my train of thought into a separate question, "sorry if it's a bit intrusive but... you'd be the most likely to know. Is it true that Logan and Virgil like eachother?" I made sure to keep an eye out infront of me and make sure Logan didn't hear the question.