IMPORTANT!

Guess what! I decided I wanted to do just fluff this chapter because I kept giving you guys cliche angst and, well, you guys probably want something special and some sort of sign that they are getting closer and not just a "we're closer than before" shit. But, dumb me, I can't do that after I uploaded that last chapter and what I've got planned just can't go after that so I'm going to compile a bunch of short stories of what's happened between the two months since the incident that happened in chapter 24, 25 and 26!

Summary of chapter, important as well: 

2 months have gone by since the incident with Remus, Deceit, Remy, Roman and Virgil. Last chapter (Chapter 27) Roman was becoming very anxious. But we are going to touch on the two months before that event and what's been going on before continuing the story past what happened with Roman :D

THIS ONE IS A SUPER LONG CHAPTER! HAVE FUN. I ENJOYED WRITING THIS A TONNNNN

-A week later after the incident-

Virgil's POV

"Roman?" I tapped his shoulder before he retreated to his room. He turned with a raised eyebrow. "Patton wants us to go on a picnic for dinner in the Imagination. You up for that?"

"Yeah, that sounds awesome." Roman smiled at me. "When we gonna go?"

"Ah, he said six."

"Sweet, see you then." Roman waved me off and closed the door behind himself.

Remy's POV

"Hey Remy!" I heard a voice behind me. I quickly shoved the wine back into the cabinet and swung around to find Patton smiling brightly and waving.

"H- hey, Patton! What's up?"

"I was thinking we could do some bonding time with everyone!" he started to list off the 'everyone'. "Me, you, Roman, Logan, Virgil, Deceit and Remus." I raised an eyebrow.

"What exactly are we doing? I thought you were still mad at Deceit and Remus."

"I'm not one to hold grudges. But if you guys do that again, you will get glitter bombed." he threatened with an innocent smile. I shuddered and laughed.

"Yeah, don't want that to happen to me... So what do you wanna do?"

"Well, I was hoping to go on a picnic. Wanna come?"

"Yeah, why not."

"Sweet!" Patton squealed happily. "Now I'mma go find Logie to ask him!" and he ran off to do so. I chuckled and prayed for the best.

Deceit's POV

"Hey, Remus~!" I sang out. Remus poked his head out of his room and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Deceit, what is it? I was just watching some videos abou-"

"Ohhhhh Remus, I would love to hear about your videos but not right now." I hissed. "Patton has invited us to go on a picnic in the imagination with everyone else. I suppose we shouldn't say no after what happened. I'm still washing out glitter and glue from my hair. Such a pain." Remus exaggerated himself thinking and nodded.

"Your right. When?"

"Six."

"Yes, yes I suppose I can put off the six o'clock videos. I'll be there. My six o'clock vids aren't very important. Just a bunch of dog-"

"I TOTALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR STORY!" I shouted before sinking out to my room.

- Later that day -

Virgil's POV

I walked up to Roman with a big smile. I was rather excited to do this. It's been a while since all of the sides got together like this. He smiled back at me. Everyone was there. Deceit was trying to get Remus to shut up about Pickled Poo Log flavored deodorant and how upset he was that Patton didn't bring any. Patton was complimenting Logan's choice of wear, the same thing he always wears, a black suit with a blue tie, over and over again.

Roman, Remy and I walked together. Roman was excitedly explaining the scenery he had set up for them with blossom trees atop a nice, green, grassy hill. Pretty cliche but you had to love it.

We all climbed the hill, me lagging greatly behind. Roman stayed behind me which I was grateful for. It was rather embarrassing how little physical ability I had. Patton was the first one up the hill. When I got up, I was astonished. Words couldn't describe the scenery. Roman's eyes gleamed proudly as he walked up next to me.

"Like it?" he asked without looking my way. He just stared at the sunset going over the colorful fields of flowers and a distant forest of blossom trees. The sun was bright against the hill, turning the green grass into a golden yellow and orange.

"It's... really something." I breathed with a small smile. Patton squealed with happiness and spread a blanket over the ground, placing the little baskets of food he thought were cute on top. Everyone stopped gazing at the beautiful scenery and sat down on the big blanket in a circle, surrounding the food.

Patton took the food out of the basket and spread it out onto the blanket. Everyone passed food around. Remus made nasty jokes. Deceit snickered at them. Patton kept nagging them. Logan was turning down the jokes with logic causing Remus to fire back with a multitude of nastier jokes. Remy kept trying to give everyone some weird, sugary concoction of a coffee. Roman laughed and I smiled along.

Roman got up dramatically when everything had calmed down a bit and we were almost all done with our food. He began to tell a story. A very dramatic story about a prince saving another prince and a kingdom from the Dragon Witch. Nothing we haven't heard before but he always seemed to suck people in, no matter how much you think you know the story. He will always have a different, dramatic twist or he's able to change up the way he says it.

It had everyone captivated, smiling contentedly, drinking either beer, wine, or in Patton's case, juice.

"Oh, but when the great hero, Roman, was about to be defeated! The other noble, beautiful prince came to the rescue with a trick of his own! He pulled a great sword from out of seemingly nowhere when the dragon witch was not aware of him, and thrusting it into her back, he ended her heinous reign, saving both Roman and the people. Both Roman and the other great prince were known as heroes to the citizens and the other prince saw Roman as his hero. And this said 'other prince' was coincidentally named Virgil!"

Roman finished with a wide, toothy grin and winked at me. Everyone awed and cheered and laughed. Roman sat back down next to me. I was blushing furiously. Why must he do this to me.

He raised his glass of wine, still smiling like a madman. "A toast to the one who coincidentally had the same name as the hero of our story." Roman announced. Everyone raised a glass, many sending winks and smug smiles my direction. I buried my head in my hands as they shouted his name in unison.

"Stoooooooooop." I groaned, hiding a smile and the blush that was definitely gonna be apparent through all of my foundation.

Logan's POV

I smiled at the two. Patton was definitely right about those two. Perfect. 'Mean to be' as people would say. Though I don't believe in fate as that phrase implies, I do believe they make a good couple. Roman likes to be the leader but he can also be gentle and caring. Virgil needs that. Someone to lead him but someone who can also care and not be completely self absorbed. He can also calm Roman down when he gets too rambunctious. Right now, however, Virgil seemed to be too embarrassed to do so.

I looked over to Patton who also was smiling at the two but when I turned my head towards him, he turned his head towards me. Our eyes met and we stared for a approximately 10 seconds. I looked away, slightly blushing. He laughed at my reaction and wrapped an arm around my shoulders, making me blush harder. I smiled, staring ahead of me.

Roman's POV

Everyone just hung out, played games and talked for about an hour after everyone had finished eating. I could still see Virgil's blush even after that hour which was incredible. Maybe he was just overall embarrassed with the idea of being with me. About 10 minutes ago, I started letting the sun set for the others. I called them over to sit on the side of the hill to watch the sunset. I made sure Virgil sat next to me.

I could feel the effects of the alcohol. I was a bit dizzy and I couldn't exactly walk straight. But at least I wasn't drop dead drunk like Remus and Deceit who were passed out next to the tree. It really took out the beauty of the blossoms, seriously.

Patton had his arm wrapped around Logan tightly. Logan didn't object. I looked at Virgil, contemplating what he should do. He was so close. He smelled like... honey? Either he's been using Patton's shampoo lately or he's been clinging to Patton a little too closely. Whatever the case, he smelled amazing. Or maybe it was me being partially drunk.

I rubbed my temples and decided to focus on what everyone was so interested in. The sun was almost all set, leaving only a slight yellow and orange grazing the beautiful fields. I leaned into Virgil and he seemed to tense up.

"Is this okay, guys?" My usual ego would be asking that just to break the silence and not to get verifications but something in me just spiked. What was it? Insecurities? A need to please? Making sure I did everything just right because if I didn't, I will have ruined everyone's night? Was this anxiety? I brushed it off and smiled when everyone spoke their approvals.

"This is adequate."

"It's beautiful!"

"Not bad, Princey."

"Good."

There was another comfortable silence as the last the sun slipped out of view and we were left in the dark. I conjured a lantern that glowed a soft orange. Nothing too bright but enough to see.

"Shall we go?" I asked softly. Patton pouted.

"Aww, shame to see the night go by so quickly. I enjoyed tonight." I could see Patton visibly move closer to Logan. Logan didn't move closer but he didn't move away either. I smiled at this.

"I believe it is best we call it a night. I don't suppose we should leave Deceit and Remus like that." He gestured to the two who were now awkwardly positioned on the ground. Virgil huffed.

"Why not?" Logan raised an eyebrow at this.

"By morning, I don't believe their backs will feel the greatest."

"Backs don't have feelings, silly!" Patton teased. Logan blushed.

"No, of course not, that is not what I was implying. Apologies if I did not make it clear. They will feel that their backs are sore-"

"He knows what you meant, Sherlock." Virgil laughed. "He's joking." Logan pursed his lips.

"Ah." He said he acknowledgement. Virgil jumped up and stretched.

"Lez' go."

"Dun, dun, dun." Patton said. Everyone was confused at first before I jumped in realization and continued.

"ALeXaNdEr!"

"Dun, dun, dun."

"ALeXaNdEr!!"

"I have to leave!"

Virgil rolled his eyes at us and laughed.

Everyone got up and started their trek back down the hill. They wanted to spend a little more time in the Imagination so they decided to walk to where they started.

Roman and Patton carried Deceit and Remus, seeing as they were the strongest out of the four. Logan led the way with Patton behind him leaving me and Virgil in the back. I still walked faster than Virgil, even when lugging Remus around in my arms which made me slightly concerned for his physical health. I kept pace with Virgil and glanced at him.

"Did you enjoy tonight?"

"I did." I smiled.

"Wanna do it again?"

"Definitely." I was slightly surprised by this introverted emo saying he wanted to do another social event like this again but didn't complain. I'm glad he was starting to be more comfortable around us. Me, especially.

Confess.

I looked forward. I was feeling dizzy again. Probably the alcohol. I stumbled over uneven ground and saw myself about to face plant into the ground before I felt flimsy arms wrap around my chest. I dropped Remus but screw him. I looked up and found Virgil just barely supporting all of my weight. He tried to hide the fact that he could barely hold up an average sized man.

"Dude, you okay?" I cleared my throat.

"Yeah, yeah, just tripped. Maybe too much alcohol." I chuckled and righted myself. Remus remained asleep. Such a pain. I picked him up again.

"Do you want some help carrying him?"

"Uh... if you can." He raised an accusing eyebrow at me.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You aren't in the most fit state." I said as kindly as I could. His accusing look turned to concern.

"Is it really showing that much? Have I gained that much weight?!" He lifted up his shirt an inch or so and started pinching his skin. I could see the outline of his ribs.

"Gained? I'm sorry Virgil but seriously? Is that what you think? No no no, Virgil, you are far too thin. You should eat more." He looked shocked and quickly dropped his shirt in embarrassment. I explained what should've been obvious. "If I can see your ribs, that usually means your malnourished." I looked forward as I walked, trying not to stumble again and sighed exasperatedly. "Virgil, I... I honestly worry about you. You don't take good care of yourself and this is a prime example of that. I... care about you deeply and seeing you do this to yourself pains me." Virgil stopped walking and stared at him in astonishment. I stopped as well to look back at him. Logan and Patton continued their walk, not noticing our sudden absence. Probably talking among themselves as well.

"Can you please try to eat more?" Virgil hesitated but nodded.

"Okay..." I smiled at him and continued to walk. He jogged and caught up to me. The others were far ahead of us now.

Confess.

An uncomfortable silence hung in the air. I needed to break the silence with something. But what?

Confess.

What would that do? Make it more uncomfortable.

Confess now.

We reached the end of the hill where the others were waiting for me to open a way back to the Mind Palace.

Confess.

I opened the way and let them through. They smiled at us and left. I hesitated before entering.

Confess.

"Virgil..." He looked up at me in confusion. Virgil yawned. I eyed him, nervously.

"Wuz up?" he asked casually as if that previous conversation had never happened. He was obviously exhausted. Probably too much social interaction for him. Another few seconds of silence.

"Thanks for being a good friend." I said.

You.

He hesitantly smiled at me.

Fucking.

The smile looked forced.

Dumbass.

"Yeah. No problem. Thanks for being my... friend, too. I know things didn't work out in the beginning but I'm glad to know... you care." his smile weakened and he hurried through the portal. I clutched Remus' unconscious form in anger. Directed towards myself.

Stupid.

Fucking useless.

Coward.

Look what you did.

"I love you, Virgil."

Remus' POV

I was pretending to be unconscious most of the time. I woke up about the time the beginning of that intriguing conversation started between my brother and the little emo Deceit liked so much. How touching. Oh, he should confess. Confess, confess, confess! I wanted to get this over with. It was so painful to watch the romantic one fail at being romantic. Funny too, though. I was pretending to be unconscious for various reasons. I partially just wanted to hear their conversation but the biggest part of it was I didn't wanna walk so I'll just let him carry me. Easy.

When we got down the hill, I could tell because I heard him make the portal thingy, and when Logan and Patton left, I heard Roman start.

"Virgil..."

Yes.

"Thanks for being a good friend."

....

What is this shit?

Ugh, this is disgusting. Just confess and let us get on with our lives.

Virgil responded with a normal, cliche statement and I just wanted to groan loudly there but that would really blow my cover. According to daddy, we couldn't do that. Sigh.

I heard Virgil leave.

Roman didn't move.

?

"I love you, Virgil." Something wet fell on my face.