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It was 5:06 in the morning when Remus snuck into Roman's room. He wasn’t worried too much about waking his twin, Ro was a deep sleeper. So he grabbed a bag and started packing. He got a few nice outfits, a few lazy outfits, a few in between, and everything else Roman would need for a road trip. All of this was so exciting so he ran to the car, packed everything up, before running back into Roman's room, much louder this time.
“Roman, Roman, Roman” Remus repeated attempting to shake Roman awake, “wake up, we gotta go”
Roman gave him a few swats. "Go away” he mumbled dragging his blanket over his head
“You want me to get a cup of water to dump on you because I will do it, you know I will. Get up get dressed” Remus threatened, “I promise this is great just trust me for once Ro”
The older twin groaned and sat up, “Remus I swear to god, what do you want from me so early in the dang morning?”
“I want you to get up, get dressed, and meet me in my car as quick as you can” Remus explained giving him a head pat. “Trust me K?”
“That’s asking a lot from me,” Roman said rubbing his face
Remus started to the door, “Oh shush if you aren’t out in 10 minutes I’ll come back in” he shut the door behind him.
Roman sat in confusion for a few moments before angrily getting up and mumbling randomness. Stuff about how ridiculous his brother was, how pointless this all is. He was chopping it up to a big prank. He was very much ready for anything his twin could be planning. He really hoped sense they were so close to going to college he would have grown out of his mischievous ways, but at last, here he is, getting ready to probably get pied in the face. Roman made his way out of the house and was surprised to see Remus just sitting in his car waiting. He sighed and got in, “Remus what is going on?”
“We are going on a road trip,” he said immediately starting to drive. “I grabbed everything we needed, don’t worry. You can go back to sleep.”
“Are you manic? Ree come on there are better ways to deal with these situations” Roman said watching his brother closely.
“No, I am not manic!” He shot him a glare, “Chill dude, I just want to go on a road trip. I’ll pay for everything don’t worry about the finer details. Look relax and enjoy the ride”
Roman sighed and decided just to go with it. He knew that Remus had some issues related to his mental health. He knew his impulse control was nonexistent, but he also knew his brother was far from stupid and would never put him in any real danger. So he leaned his chair back and fell back to sleep.
It was hours before Roman woke again, and when he did he couldn’t recognize anything. “We are still driving? Jeez, where are we going?” He sat up his chair again
“A grand place!” Remus answered, “you’ll love it”
“Can I get something more specific than that?” Roman questioned watching the window before looking back at his brother.
“Ok, so I know how we have always talked since we were little about the place we both wanted to go? I thought it was time since you know, we are adults now and we can do whatever the fuck we want. For us to go” Remus said continuously glancing at Roman.
Roman laughed, “The Grand Canyon really? That drive is so long, how long been planning this?”
“Uh 2 hours” Remus answered, “But I worked out everything, it's a great plan and we will be a great way to spend time before we are shipped off to college, never to see each other again”
“Wait what do you mean, never to see each other again?” Roman looked at him in confusion.
“Oh come on, we are going to very different colleges on basically the opposite sides of the US.” Remus’s hands tightened on the wheel, “You’re going to be successful, live your grand life with your boyfriend, and you’ll forget me”
Roman stared at him for a few moments, “Come on, you don’t really think that do you?”
The younger twin rolled his eyes, “I’m being realistic, so humor me and let’s just have fun”
“Come on, your my brother, my twin, I’m not just going to forget about you. I still need you to give me my first tattoo once you get finished with college and you have to come to my first professional production.” Roman argued watching him in shock.
Remus said nothing just watched the road. Roman knew better than to just take that kind of answer, “Pullover. Let me drive for a while”
“What? Why?” Remus said quickly glancing at him
“Because I am not an idiot, I know you are getting touchy about this and I know for a fact your Ipad is somewhere in this car so I want you to draw me a picture so you can shove it some more in my face that I can’t draw for shit and you can” Roman said with the utmost confidence.
Remus scoffed, “I am not a child Roman, I don’t need you to try to take care of me. You’re not mom and I am better.”
“Pull over idiot” Roman demanded looking around the back for the Ipad.
He did in fact pull over the car and Remus got out quickly. Roman followed his lead and stared at him from across the car. He watched as his brother rummaged through the back seats before pulling out his Ipad.
“There happy?” Remus asked, “I’ll draw you a nice gory picture about ripping people's organs out of their bodies from just their eyeball sockets” He walked around to the passenger side
“That would be nice,” Roman said getting into the driver's side door.
There was silence for a long time. Ro just drove while his brother drew, whatever it is he was drawing. Before Remus mumbled a small, “Thanks”
“You’re welcome”