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Virgil wrapped his arms tightly around Roman. “Virgil..” Roman said before tentatively placing a hand on Virgil’s cheek. “It’s just a week, and I promise I’ll call every day, alright?”
“No!” Virgil replied, squeezing Roman even tighter. “I don’t want you to go!” Roman sighed.
“Virge, you know I have to.. I’m required to be present for the Nobility Ball.” Roman smirked. “On the bright side, so is my brother. That’ll get him out of your hair.”
“I don’t care,” Virgil muttered, then almost yelled, “I don’t fucking care about Remus! I want to stay with you!!”
“Virgil. I have to go, and Thomas needs you to stay here. If you go with me, you can’t do anything for him! He’ll make a fool out of himself.”
That got through to Virgil, and he started to tear up ever so slightly. “Ro..” Virgil sighed. “Promise you’ll check in?”
“Every night,” Roman replied, placing a small kiss on Virgil’s forehead. “I’ll be back in a week, I promise.” Virgil nodded and let Roman go, trying his hardest not to cry as his boyfriend walked away to his kingdom, the jewels in his crown glistening in the afternoon sun and his cape trailing behind him majestically.
The moment he was out of sight, Virgil walked away as well, and he knew exactly where he was going.
~*~❤️~*~💜~*~
Later that night, Virgil sat in Roman’s room, on Roman’s bed, surrounded by Roman’s scent, by his things, by his memories, by their memories.
Something glinted in the light of the sunset. Virgil got up to see what it was and found something that looked very familiar, then laughed out loud and picked it up before hugging to his chest. “Princey..” he whispered in adoration. “I love you so much.”
~*~❤️~*~💜~*~
It was almost midnight when Virgil’s phone rang. He immediately scrambled to grab it.
“Good evening, stormcloud,” the voice on the other end greeted.
“Heya, Princey,” Virgil replied, blush on his cheeks from Roman’s favorite nickname for him. “How was the ball?”
“Absolute torture,” Roman replied, his dramatic tone barely masking his irritation. “I had to dance with girls. Girls! And some of them were really touchy, too.” Roman sighed. “Remind me why I agreed to go back this hellhole?” Virgil laughed at that.
“I told you that you shouldn’t have gone,” Virgil reminded him. “You should have listened~”
“I know, I know, but my father is impossible to refuse..” Roman’s voice had fallen.
“Hey..” Virgil tried to comfort him. “Six more days, then we can cuddle on your bed and watch Disney movies all day. Deal?”
“That better be a promise, Emo Nightmare.” Virgil smiled and blushed a little bit more.
“I swear by your sword.”
“Oh, you found it? I was wondering where I left it.”
“Yeah, it was in your room.”
“Why am I not surprised?” Virgil could hear Roman’s low chuckle. “You can’t stay away from me for a second, can you?”
“I can’t help how much I love you!” Virgil defended. “You’re hard not to fall for.”
Roman laughed. “Virge, I was just teasing you!”
“... Oh.” Virgil felt really embarrassed. “Anyways, shouldn’t you be going to bed now? I feel like they’ll make you wake up at the crack of dawn tomorrow.”
“Same goes for you. When was the last time you slept??”
“Chill, I slept last night.”
“For how long?”
“I think four hours..?”
“Virgil!!!” Roman’s voice sounded very sharp over the phone. “That is not enough! No wonder you’re always so listless during videos, you don’t sleep enough.”
“Or sometimes at all,” Virgil mumbled.
There was silence. “Ok. When I get back, I’m going to make sure you and Logan have a Talk about that.”
“W-with a capital T..?” The anxious side pulled his legs in a little bit closer and crossed his ankles.
“No, no, it can be lowercase, just..” Roman sighed. “You know I worry about you, right?”
Virgil scoffed. “Can’t be more than I worry about you, Romano.” Roman made some protesting noises.
“I told you to stop calling me that!!”
“Cmon, Princey, I know you’re blushing.”
“You’re right, I am. You’re just too adorable.”
“Please, that’s Patton.”
“No, I’m pretty sure it’s you.”
“Whatever! Just.. know that I miss you and I love you, okay?”
“Love you too, Virge. Goodnight~”
“Heh. Night, Princey.”
Roman hung up and Virgil put a hand on the sword sitting next to him. A faint blush rose to his cheeks. Maybe this week wouldn’t be so bad after all.