the harder the rain, the sweeter the sun

the confession

"So, I guess the two of you are friends now?"

Virgil's cocky, sarcastic voice floated into Roman's head, and he barely blinked his eyes open, the word fuzzy as he woke up.

He swallowed, brushing his chestnut hair out of his eyes and looking around confused, his arms feeling heavy, seeing Virgil standing in front of his with his hip cocked and a grin on his face.

Virgil really was pretty, in a sharp kind of way. Beautiful eyes, skin, smile, and a good personality. Roman shook his head as the thoughts took root, his eyes shooting open.

"Good morning, Ro. How'd you and Dee sleep?"

Roman's brow furrowed until he looked down and took in the weight in his arms. His arms didn't get heavier during the night, Diego was just lying in them, completely asleep with his face buried in Roman's shirt, his curly hair an absolute mess.

Roman turned bright red, "We weren't doing anything!" He exclaimed.

Virgil's eyebrow raised, "I didn't say anything happened, just walked in my friend's room to wake him up for breakfast and saw my other friend cuddling him with both of them completely asleep."

The longer Virgil spoke, the more strained his smile seemed to be, like he was unhappy or something.

"We were just talking, and then we got tired and I guess we fell asleep, that's it." Roman assured, his flat voice contrasting with his flushed face.

Virgil's eyes lit up, and he sat down on the bed next to the two, "So you did talk! Did it go well?"

Roman groaned, "It went fine, we're good now."

Diego groaned, one of his eyes opening a tiny sliver before closing. Then they shot up with the speed of light and Diego shoved Roman off of him, throwing the human to the ground.

"What are you doing here?"

Roman groaned, rubbing the back of his head from where it struck the floor, "Ugh, we were talking and passed out, then Virgil came in here and started bullying us."

Virgil put his hands up, smirking at his friends, "Guilty as."

Diego narrowed his eyes, getting up in Virgil's face, "I swear if you tell anyone-"

"Tell anyone what?" Emile walked into the room that felt like it was getting smaller every second, "Oh, Roman! There you are, Remy and I were worried where you went. Sorry about taking the couch, where did you end up sleeping?"

Roman froze, glancing at Diego who glared at him, saying with his eyes that he would kill Roman if he told Emile that he slept on Diego's bed with him in his arms.

"I just...slept on the floor. Just passed out there!" Roman huffed out a fake laugh, which Diego echoed, "Then I woke up early and talked to Diego, right, Dee?"

"Yeah, yeah, we're good now."

"Oh, I'm so proud of you two for talking it out! Wait until I tell Remy, they'll be sad they missed it!"

Diego called out, "Wait!" as Emile raced out the door to go tell his partner, and then groaned into his hands as Virgil cackled.

Roman swat at Virgil's am, sighing, "Stop it, let's just go to breakfast and pretend this never happened."

Diego nodded, but Virgil smirked, "Oh, I'm not gonna forget this, but I won't mention it to Remy or Emile if you don't want me to."

Diego groaned, "Please."

He touched his arms, "I think I'll take a quick swim after breakfast, my scales feel dry."

He stood up, groaning as he stretched his back, his shirt pulling up to reveal a sliver of deeply tanning skin on his side. Roman and Virgil turned beat-red and stood up together, Diego cocking an eyebrow at the two, "What?"