RP With Sanders-Sides-RP-Blog-12
Who: Patton and Roman.
Part: Twenty Seven.
General Notes: When Patton woke up this morning, he was a regular guy. Now he’s come to find out that he was kidnapped as a baby and he’s actually a Prince, who’s set up in an arranged marriage with another Prince named Roman. How will Patton react to so much changing in his life all at once? Especially when neither of the young princes want to marry someone they’ve just met?
Warnings: None just lots of cute.
ROMAN
Janus watches as everyone got Logan ready for bed, and as Logan got up repeatedly, or at least tried to, Janus knew that they were all in for a pretty long night. When Virgil comes back with the water, Janus carefully takes it, bringing it over to Logan on the chair. He picks Logan up, moving the child so that Logan was sitting instead of standing. "Lo- can you please try and get some sleep?" he asks him, as he passes over the water to him. Remus knew that honestly, he couldn't be annoyed, because when he was a kid, he was so much of the same, so if he got turned back, he'd probably annoy everyone with this as well.
PATTON
Logan continued to bounce on the chair until Janus came over and picked him up, sitting him back down and handing him the water. He took a few sips of the water as he looked up at Janus. Patton was pretty much feeling the exact same way that Remus felt. Honestly, Patton didn't even know what a good night sleep was until he met Roman, so if he were little right now, he'd definitely be keeping everybody up, so he certainly wasn't going to get annoyed or anything by the fact that Logan was still up. How could he when he knew for a fact he wouldn't be asleep either? The more time that passed, the more tired Virgil was getting, but maybe this was a blessing in disguise. Now that he knew that he talked in his sleep (and even attempted to walk around) he was a bit embarrassed, but he certainly didn't have to worry about embarrassing himself in front of Remus if Logan didn't let them sleep. Still, Virgil wasn't going to be able to keep sitting there doing nothing as Logan repeatedly tried to get up and go somewhere or bounced on the chair, or whatever. If he was gonna be up, he was gonna need to do something to keep himself up. When Logan got up for the hundredth time and Virgil realized it was... who even knows how late, he stood up, picking Logan up and sitting him back down. "Okay, I'm gonna need to do something to keep myself up..." Virgil mumbled before reaching for his boyfriend's hand. "Come here, we're going in the bathroom and dyeing my hair purple." he said. Maybe it was the lack of sleep making him extra impulsive, but he couldn't keep sitting there waiting for Logan to get up just so he could put him back in the chair anymore... and he couldn't just go to sleep because they all had to keep an eye on Logan.
ROMAN
Roman mostly watched, it was Janus and Virgil who seemed to be the most hands-on in trying to get Logan to actually go to sleep right now. He stayed near Patton, mostly. Remus looks over at Virgil, he had definitely been starting to see that his boyfriend was tired, and when Virgil grabbed his hand and dragged him off to the bathroom, he can't help a smile, because this is exactly the type of impulsive crap that Remus loved doing, even if he was currently trying to stop himself from doing said impulsive crap. "Yes- you're going to look amazing Vee!" he says with a smile as they walk into the bathroom. "Do you have the dye yet?" he asks him. "And will we need to bleach your hair first- how much of it do you want to dye?" Remus was no stranger to dyeing hair, and he could definitely help Virgil out, he just needed to know what type of dye Virgil had bought and if he had hair bleach.
PATTON
As soon as Virgil got up and pulled Remus to the bathroom, Logan was standing again, bouncing on the chair a bit. "Book." he said hopefully, looking over at Roman and reaching for him. Virgil nodded a bit at the question. "Yeah, I bought everything a while back, Vanessa was gonna do it for me but I chickened out." he admitted as he grabbed what he'd bought a few months back. It was something that he'd always wanted to do, but he'd never dyed his hair before, so he'd gotten a bit nervous the first time around. Especially since there were tons of children running around and causing a distraction when Vanessa had volunteered to do it so his anxiety had him convinced that something was gonna go wrong... this time around it was just Logan and there were four other people around to keep him entertained and try to get him to fall asleep while he and Remus focused their attention on this. "Uh... I don't know... I mean, I was kinda thinking about just going full purple but... I don't know, what do you think?" Virgil asked as he looked back at Remus, running his hand through his hair a moment.
ROMAN
Roman sighs a little bit when Logan asks for the book again, but he decides that since it's already so late, and Logan doesn't seem to be winding down, one story might not hurt. "Only for a little bit, okay? I'll read you one thing." Roman tells him, before moving to pick up Logan again, scooping him up off of the chair. "What do you want to read?" he asks. Janus doesn't even protest at this point- there's no point really- but hopefully the reading could maybe lull Logan to sleep. Remus nods a little bit, and he looks through Virgil's bathroom cabinet until he finds the hair dye. "We probably will need to bleach your hair first- it's pretty dark, and I think that full head of purple hair will look amazing on you!" he says with a smile. "Do you have bleach? Or should I ask Janus for some?" he questions.
PATTON
Logan smiled when Roman agreed to read to him, looking around as Roman picked him up for the book Janus had been reading earlier. He was a bit shy about asking Roman to read him more fairy tales, if his dad were here he'd expect him to ask for something educational, but he'd really enjoyed it when Janus had read them to him earlier and he wanted to hear more. Once he and Remus had found everything, he nodded a bit, blushing slightly when Remus commented that he would look amazing with a full head of purple hair. "Yeah, right here." he said. It was a little crazy to think that he was actually doing this. He was gonna finally have purple hair.
ROMAN
Roman nods a bit, picking up the book, and then he moves to sit on the chair with Logan, one arm around him, the other holding the book- and he flips to the page that they had left off on while reading, before starting to read again, making his voice quiet and soft, hopefully encouraging Logan to sleep. Remus smiles at Virgil, and he gives him a quick kiss, before leaving the room and going to grab a char from the dining room, bringing it in with minimal difficulty. "Alright- just go and wet your hair, don't use shampoo or anything- just water- and then sit down, and we can start!" he says with a smile, before starting to get everything ready.
PATTON
Logan cuddled up to Roman as he read to him. Every now and then he'd close his eyes and Patton would get hopeful that Logan was falling asleep, but just when Patton would think Logan was asleep, his eyes would open again and he'd look at one of the photos on the page Roman was on. At least it did seem to be relaxing him, so that was good, getting him calm was definitely good. Virgil smiled a bit when Remus kissed him, watching as he grabbed one of the chairs from the table, giving a small nod in response to what Remus said next. He followed Remus' instructions, wetting his hair without using shampoo or conditioner or anything before looking back at his boyfriend, his hair curling a bit now that he'd wet it. He didn't have super curly hair but it had a nice sort of curled wave to it that he tended to straighten. He really hoped this ended up looking as good in person as it did when he pictured it in his head.
ROMAN
Janus also notices that Logan doesn't seem to be able to completely relax and fall asleep, but this is definitely better than when he was getting up every few seconds and having to put Logan back into the chair. Roman kept reading, even if it didn't seem to get Logan completely asleep, he still enjoyed it. Remus smiles a bit, gently running one of his hands through Virgil's hair, smilign a bit at the little waves in it. "Okay- the bleach might sting a little bit, but if it starts to like- burn or hurt then tell me and I can take it off." he says to him, and then he slowly starts applying the bleach in a way that indicates that he's had practice with it, which he has.
PATTON
Honestly, it wasn't exactly a very common thing for Logan to get to read books that had pictures in them, sometimes the educational books his father read to him would have diagrams or photos that helped further explain, but not just... fun pictures that went along with the story like the fairy tale book had, and Logan really liked look at them, examining them for hints of things that Roman hadn't quite read yet, it was fun, and calming. Even little, Logan had trouble relaxing. As he got older, he was able to get a lot of that energy out during the day by learning, reading, educating himself and just stimulating his brain so that he could rest at night, but when he was little, it never felt like enough because there really wasn't anything he could learn on his own just yet, he couldn't really read that well, and he just had to rely on what the adults around him were willing to teach to stimulate his mind. He didn't really get to do any of it on his own and so he was hungry for more and it made it difficult to shut his brain off and get a good nights sleep. It was a little easier tonight than usual, since Janus, Roman, Remus, Virgil, and Patton had been very good about letting Logan focus on the things he wanted to focus on, but he was still struggling to really give in to any tired feelings he might be having, it felt like there was so much more to do, plus he was a little afraid he'd wake up and be back at home with his dad and they'd all be gone. But they couldn't disappear if he was up and looking at them. Virgil smiled a bit when he felt Remus' hand in his hair, giving a small nod when Remus explained what to expect. "Okay." he said, letting Remus just take over and do his thing since he really seemed to know what he was doing.
ROMAN
Roman just kept reading- because he knew from experience that as a kid- honestly Logan was pretty neglected by his father. Yeah- Logan had food, and clothes, and all of his physical needs- but mentally? Usually Logan was really left alone, and it was only whenever he visited the twins that they'd let him do what he wanted to do. Remus smiles a bit at Virgil, and then he carefully applies the bleach to Virgil's hair, careful not to get any onto his boyfriend's skin, not wanting to hurt him. After it was done, Remus grabbed a shower cap and put it over Virgil's hair so that the heat would let the bleach do it's ting, and he sits on the counter as he waits for it. "Now we just hav to wait a bit." he says to Virgil with a little smile.
PATTON
Logan really looked up to his cousins, Roman and Remus were the first people in his life to ever show that they cared about him. Who he was as a person, what he liked, disliked, was interested in, wanted to learn about. Logan could be Logan when he was with Roman and Remus, unlike when he was with his father and had to be this perfect child that no actual kid could actually be. Even when Logan did his very best, it never felt like enough for his dad, and it was pretty heartbreaking to feel like you had to earn the love of the person who was suppose to love you unconditionally, especially when you constantly fell short. But even when Logan made a mistake, Roman and Remus still loved him, they never judged him, and Logan didn't think he'd ever be able to really put into words how much he appreciated that. Virgil smiled a bit at his boyfriend when he hopped up on the counter. "You mean I have to sit here with you? I can do that." he said with a smile on his face. "By the way, I was thinking... I know we'll be back at the castle for Christmas, but... maybe it'd be fun before we go back to get a tree and decorate it together here... I don't know when Logan's gonna change back or if we're gonna each be taking a crack at the whole 'kid for a day' thing ourselves, and what order we'll do that in or whatever... but even if one of us is little when we do it, it just sorta seemed like a fun idea." Virgil said with a small shrug.
ROMAN
Janus watches Logan, and he decides that it's fine that Logan can't fall asleep that easily- they were all there to help him fall asleep, and to be there for him to try and calm his mind after today. No matter how long it took to change back- everyone was going to be there to help him through it, to be there for Logan. As Roman kept reading, his thoughts were about the same, but he was actually growing tired himself, and if Logan wasn't asleep within an hour or so, then Roman would be. Remus looks over at Virgil and smiles. "Aww- yeah of course Vee! That'd be awesome- and really cute too." he says with a smile. "Oh shoot- your birthday's soon right?" he asks him, and the gears in his head are already turning because Remus wanted this to be the best birthday ever for Virgil!
PATTON
Logan relaxed cuddled up to Roman, not seeming to notice that Roman seemed to be getting more tired than he was. He was just enjoying having a nice, calm moment to cuddle with his cousin and be read to from a book that had pictures he could look at as he followed the story. Virgil smiled when Remus seemed into the idea. "Cool, maybe we could try to make it happen whatever day Patton is little? He's never really gotten to celebrate the holidays before." Virgil suggested. It sounded like the sort of thing Patton would like. At Remus' question, he nodded a bit. "Yep, 19 on the 19th." he said with a smile. "Very much looking forward to all that birthday food." he said with a dreamy sigh. Since Virgil's family didn't have money, Virgil never really got gifts on his birthday since it was so close to Christmas, sometimes his family would make him things, and that usually meant make him food because... well, that's just how his family was. Virgil didn't really mind, he just assumed that was what happened when you were born so close to a gift giving holiday like Christmas. He certainly wasn't expecting anyone to get him anything like the stuff they'd gotten Logan, or any sort of big celebration. He figured he'd just hang with his friends during the day and stop by his parents for a big birthday dinner at night... which he would drag Remus to, of course.
ROMAN
Roman yawns a little bit, but he keeps reading, pulling a blanket around Logan and himself, letting Logan keep looking at the pictures, smiling at the little one as he tiredly continues reading. Remus nods at what Virgil says. "That sounds good- we can do it then! And then he can have like- positive childhood memories and stuff." he says with a little nods, before leading Virgil to the sink and pulling the shower cap off. "Gotta rinse your hair." he explains, before moving the chair so that Virgil could sit with his head in the sink, and turning on the water and starting to rinse the bleach out of his hair. Remus smiles a Virgil. "You'll be the same age as me soon! But I'll always be six months older." he teases with a little smile. "You're probably going to your parents for your birthday, yeah? So I can plan like- a date for the two of us during the day?" Remus offers. He was also going to get Virgil a bunch of gifts too but he didn't need to tell Virgil that yet.
PATTON
Logan looked up when he heard Roman yawn, cuddling under the blanket when Roman pulled it over them. Patton smiled as he watched the two, the interaction was so cute. "Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Love having you in my head." Virgil said with a bright smile. When Remus started to lead him over to the sink, he nodded a bit. "Right... I know it's not staying that way but I feel like I am not gonna look cute with the bleached hair." he said with a small laugh, although, Virgil would find he was surprisingly wrong about that statement later. He laughed a bit at Remus' comment as he rinsed the bleach out of his hair. "I'm pretty use to being the youngest so I'm good with that, you can tease me about being younger all you want... although, now that Logan's hanging out with us more that official spot has been snatched from me a second time, first time being when my siblings started having kids... and Patton joining the group snatched my second youngest spot since he's literally like a month younger than me, almost to the day, actually... if he'd waited like... four more days to be born, we'd literally be a month apart." he said. "Kinda crazy, the weird parallels between Patton and me... we're only like a month apart in age, we grew up in houses surprisingly close to one another, which is wild to think about all the potential chances we had to meet way sooner if he was ever allowed to like... go outside." Virgil pointed out. He nodded a bit at Remus' question. "Yeah, I'll stop by for dinner, my mom always makes all my favorite dinner and my family makes me little gifts, most of which are also foods cause... you know, I was born way too close to Christmas." he said with a shrug. He blinked in surprise before glancing up at Remus. "Wait, really? You'd wanna plan something for the two of us?" he asked with a smile, a bit surprised.
ROMAN
Janus was thinking along the same lines as Patton- watching the two of them interact was adorable at least and absolutely heart melting at best. Roman continues reading, but his voice has taken on that soft tone that voices can only take on when they're half asleep. Remus sends Virgil a look. "Stormcloud, you look good all the time." Remus protests, continuing to wash Virgil's hair of the bleach, and then eventually looking at him when it was all out. "I like the blonde on you- you look really good." he tells him. Remus nods as he listened to Virgil talk. "I've always been second youngest- but Janus took that from me! Guess we have that in common then!" he says with a little smile, going to ready the purple dye. Remus nods at Virgil. "Of course! As your boyfriend, it's my civic duty to thoroughly spoil you." he tells him with a crooked smile.
PATTON
Logan would close his eyes every now and then, but he still didn't seem to be as tired as Roman, too invested in listening to the story and looking at the pictures to fall asleep. Roman's voice was really soothing him though, so he was much more calm and relaxed than he had been earlier. Virgil blushed a bit when Remus protested and said he looked good all the time, and of course the nickname really helped get his face that brighter shade of red when teamed up with the compliment. When Remus finished washing it out and commented that he looked really good as a blonde, the redness in his face just intensified, smiling to himself. When Remus stated that he knew how he felt because Janus snatched his spot, he playfully rolled his eyes. "Geez, everybody's just stealing our spots." he said with a small laugh. He smiled even more as he listened to Remus, watching as he got the purple dye. "Aww, babe. I'd love to get to spend time with just you on my birthday, that'd make it like... the best birthday ever." he said with a bright smile. He'd never had to separate his time between so many people on his birthday before, usually he just spent the day with his family and that was that, but now that he had friends, family, a boyfriend, he had a feeling the day was gonna be even more fun than he was use to, just a ton of food and awesome people spending the day together, what could be better than that? Because when Remus talked about spoiling him he just meant by spending tons of time with him, right? What else could he mean?
ROMAN
Now that Roman knew just how late Logan probably stayed up every day, he honestly wondered how this kid functioned on a day-to-day basis. But as the book was drawing nearer to the end, he didn't let himself dwell on it for right now- he was just relieved that Logan seemed to be winding down and relaxing finally. Remus laughs a bit when Virgil says that everyone is stealing their spots, nodding a bit. He moves the chair a bit away from the sink again, and then he picks up the dye and the brush, and he starts carefully applying it to Virgil's hair, and he can't help a small smile at Virgil's blush. He's happy that Virgil says that he'd love to spend time with him- and he quickly kisses his nose, before going back to finish applying all of the dye. "Do you have any specific place that you want me to take you? Or do you want a surprise location?" Remus asks, and for once, in his mind, he wasn't thinking about crazy places, nothing like he usually would, just... normal ideas.
PATTON
Logan's sleep schedule had been pretty messed up when he was little. It'd gotten better as he got older, because he learned tools that helped him to calm his brain as it got closer to night time (although, Logan could never calm his brain completely, it was always full of thoughts), but when he was little, he really struggled to fall asleep. Maybe if his dad had taken the time to sit and read to him like Roman had, he wouldn't have struggled as much. Honestly, Roman was doing a very good job and if he wasn't a little afraid that he'd wake up and they'd all be gone and he'd be back home with his dad, he probably would've fallen asleep right now, but he was working hard to stay awake because he was scared of them all disappearing while he was sleeping. He moved to hold onto Roman a bit more, that way if he did accidentally fall asleep and Roman tried to disappear, it'd wake him up. Virgil really couldn't believe that he was actually about to have purple hair, it was difficult to contain his excitement when it was something he'd wanted to do since he was a kid and now it was actually becoming a reality with Remus' help. He smiled more when Remus kissed his nose, giving a light shrug at the question. "I don't know... never really thought about it, a surprise location planned by you sounds pretty fun though." he said with a smile, knowing Remus probably came up with the best surprises since you never really knew what he was gonna come up with, and there was a part of him that was curious to see what Remus would come up with and think was fun for Virgil.
ROMAN
Roman definitely had no intentions to disappear, hell, it'd probably take a lot to pull Roman away right now, because he was hell bent on having Logan get a good nights sleep, because who knows how long Logan could potentially be stuck like this. When Roman finishes the book, he gently sets it down besides the chair, instead moving to gently card his free hand through Logan's hair. Remus nods a little bit. "Alright- then I'll make it the best birthday surprise date ever!" he says with a little smile, and then he finishes with the purple dye on Virgil's hair. "Now we wait!" he says to him- and there's no teasing remark, no suggestion of destructive things to do to pass the time.
PATTON
Logan watched as Roman set the book down, cuddling up closer to his cousin and holding onto his owl with one hand and Roman with the other, his eyes closing when Roman started running his hand through his hair. Virgil smiled more when Remus stated that he was going to make it the best birthday surprise date ever. "Careful Remus, you keep going out of your way to do nice stuff for me, people are gonna think you like me or something." he joked, poking Remus' side before looking back up at him when he said that now they just had to wait. "Okay, okay, let me try to guess what you think we should do to pass the time." he said playfully, reaching for Remus' hands and scrunching his nose slightly in thought, trying to think like Remus. "I mean, you were suggesting the roof earlier, so I feel like you still wanna climb on my roof, but it's really cold outside, so maybe not that... or tell me more about the bone and teeth collection, speaking of bones... did we ever really finish our conversation a few days ago about all the different ways to break an arm or did we get side tracked?" he asked as he tilted his head slightly, swinging Remus' hands back and forth lightly as he spoke. "If you were thinking about something food related then maybe... sneak past the others into the kitchen and eat... salt... or sugar... or just like bite straight into an onion like it's an apple or something! You know there's apparently some kind of onion somewhere that is sweet enough to bite into like an apple, but I don't buy it. I can't imagine it's not just a trick to get people to bite into onions." he said with a laugh.
ROMAN
Roman smiles down at Logan, watching as his eyes slipped closed, and soon Roman's were as well- but he didn't mind sleeping on the chair with Logan- there were definitely worse places to fall asleep in. Remus rolls his eyes a bit. "Wow, people thinking that I like my boyfriend? I certainly can't have that." he teases with a small smile, gently squeezing Virgil's hands when he takes them. When Virgil lists off a bunch of things that he thinks Remus would want to do, Remus wants to smile, because he wants to do all those things with Virgil, they're all very Remus things to do, but that just serves as a reminder of everything that he shouldn't be doing right now. He can't help but speak when Virgil brings up onions though- "I eat onions like apples normally- honestly I don't get the big deal, they're good!" he says, and then immediately wants to take it back because it's another weird thing about himself that could potentially scare Virgil away.
PATTON
Logan wasn't really asleep, but he was very calm and relaxed as he stayed cuddled up to Roman. Patton, however assumed they'd both fallen asleep, unable to focus on anything else because the two of them were just so cute! Virgil laughed a bit. "Next thing you know, they're gonna think you love me or something and it's all just gonna snowball from there." he laughed as Remus squeezed his hands. Virgil's smile grows when Remus continued with the onion conversation, quite pleased with himself for doing a seemingly good job of thinking like Remus. "Well, now you're making me wanna bite into an onion even though I know I'm not gonna like it because I'm not really a huge fan of onions anyway." he laughed. He didn't dislike them or anything, but they weren't his favorite, and while he didn't judge Remus for liking them he doubted he'd like biting into one, but Remus' enthusiasm made him curious to at least try it. He looked at their hands a moment as he continued swinging them before giving Remus a playful smile. "How am I doing? Am I in your head yet? Is it kinda hot? It's at least a little hot that our thoughts are pretty much in the same place, right?" he asked, a playful tone to his voice, poking Remus' side again, the smile still covering his face. He was kidding around, sort of... after all, it was pretty attractive when he and Remus had those moments where they were just totally on the same wave length, and okay, just because Remus liked to collect bones or bite directly into onions that didn't mean talking about those things fell under the category of 'sexy talk' but Virgil was completely oblivious to the fact that Remus was trying to suppress all that stuff and so he was just being silly and playful. Honestly, he figured this was the sort of stuff Remus would enjoy talking about, that it would make him happy that Virgil wanted to talk about it too, and he liked making Remus happy. Plus he always wanted Remus to think he was hot no matter what they were doing or talking about so... couldn't hurt to throw that in as well, right?
ROMAN
Janus also thought that the sight was absolutely adorable, and he moves to go and settle himself on the other chair where he had been sleeping for the past few days. Roman does fall asleep like that, besides Logan on the chair, drifting off at whatever ungodly hour of the morning it currently was. Remus nods a bit, smiling. "We certainly can't have people thinking that!" he says with a little giggle, and smiling at Virgil. "You don't have to eat the onions- but if you do I want to be there." Remus tells him. When Virgil pokes his side and teasingly asks if it's kind of hot that their thoughts are in the same place, Remus laughs a bit. "I guess it is, Vee!" he says with a smile "You're sweet- but you're the one with all the hotness in this relationship." he tells him, moving to check if the dye was ready- before deciding that it had set in enough. "Come on- we gotta wash out your hair." he says, leading Virgil back over to the sink.
PATTON
Patton cuddled up to his stuffed animals on the pull out, trying to fall asleep himself. He didn't think he'd be able to without Roman in the bed with him, but somehow just knowing Roman was near by was enough to help him fall asleep, although he did find himself waking back up every now and again, using that opportunity to check on Roman and Logan whenever it occurred. Logan was pretty much doing the same, drifting in and out of sleep, mostly because he wanted to keep checking that everyone was still in the room and Roman was still cuddled up to him and no one had left. Virgil laughed a bit. "So like, if I just like... took a huge bite of onion and then just like... kissed you, is that a deal breaker? Would you just leave me right then and there for kissing you when I smelled like onions?" he joked with another laugh. "Maybe I'll also have some garlic and horse radish too before I kiss you, like if I'm gonna do it, I might as well go for the whole trifecta, you know?" he said playfully with a laugh. "Um, you're sweet, but that's a freaking lie if I've ever heard one, I mean, just look at you." Virgil said, though his face was bright red from Remus calling him hot. When Remus said they had to wash out his hair he nodded a bit before letting Remus lead him to the sink.
ROMAN
Remus looks over at Virgil, and when he asks if he'd leave him for kissing him when he smelled like onions and stuff, he shakes his head. "Absolutely not! I wouldn't leave you ever, let alone about onions and stuff." he says firmly. He smiles at how red Virgil's face seems, smiling at him a bit. "Yeah, I've looked at myself, how 'bout you take a look in the mirror Vee? You're the hot one, and I'm not taking arguments or criticism at this time." Remus says as he moves Virgil's hair under the stream of the water and starts washing the dye out, careful not to get any into Virgil's eyes.
PATTON
Virgil smiled a bit more. "Well, that's comforting to hear... especially since you probably have a lot of post garlic kisses in your future because if you couldn't tell by the food of choice when it comes to my entire family, I'm a slut for garlic." he said with a laugh. "And, for the record, I wouldn't leave you ever either, so congratulations, you're officially stuck with me." Virgil said with a smile. His face got even more red as Remus continued, about to argue before hearing Remus state that he was not taking arguments or criticism at this time. "You know, this conversation has the same energy as when we were in my room and you said I had the best ass which, was very much appreciated, but also like, you definitely have the best ass." he said as Remus started washing the dye out.
ROMAN
Remus laughs a bit at what Virgil says, smiling at him. "As long as I'm getting kisses, I don't really care what you taste like." he says with a smile. "I absolutely don't mind being stuck with you, Vee." he says, as he finishes washing the last of the extra dye out of Virgil's hair, going to grab a towel to dry it off. "See this conversation has the same energy because you were wrong then, and you are also wrong now." Remus informs him, finishing toweling off his hair, but it's sill a little damp. Remus reaches out to touch Virgil's hair, gently running a hand through it, then gently lifts Virgil's face with both hands, holding him at arms length so that he could see the full effect of the new hair. "You look amazing!" he tells him with a grin.
PATTON
Virgil smiled a bit more. "Good, because I want constant kisses." he said happily. At what Remus said while he was towel drying his hair, Virgil's jaw dropped a bit before he let out a loud laugh. "Do you wanna fight? Because I will physically fight you right now, you're hot and you have the best ass and you're gonna have to learn to live with that." Virgil said, about to continue before he realized Remus was done, smiling a bit when he felt Remus' hand run through his hair before taking a moment to look at it himself. Oh my God... he loved it. "Oh my God, it looks so awesome!" Virgil said a bit too excitedly before clearing his throat and sliding his hands in his hoodie pockets a bit awkwardly, shifting his weight from one foot to the other as he tried to compose himself because his reaction was a little over the top and embarrassing. "I mean... like, whatever, it's kinda cool." he said before hearing Remus tell him he looked amazing, biting back a smile as his face went a bit pink. "It is kinda amazing, huh?" he said with a smile before looking in the mirror again, why in the world had he waited so long to do this?!
ROMAN
"I am more than happy to provide you with constant kisses- and while I've been itching for a rematch, I'm going to decline the offer to fight you." Remus tells Virgil, although declining a fight isn't very... Remus of him. "It does look awesome- if you weren't the hot one before, you are now." he tells him with a grin, smiling at Virgil. Remus thought that Virgil looked fucking amazing, and that the purple fit his general aesthetic really well, and that he just looked amazing and perfect.
PATTON
Virgil smiled a bit more before smirking slightly. "Scared I'm gonna kick your perfect ass?" Virgil asked playfully before letting his attention fall on his hair, he was officially obsessed with it. Wondering if the others were still up with Logan or if they'd gotten him to fall asleep and gone to bed themselves, he poked his head out of the bathroom door, eager to show more people. Luckily, this was one of those moments where Patton had woken up and decided to check on Roman and Logan, and he let out a happy gasp when he saw Virgil's hair. "Virgil, it looks so good!" Patton said happily, practically bouncing. "Thanks Pat. Remus gets all the credit. Did you manage to get Logan to fall asleep?" he asked curiously as he looked over at the chair, spotting Roman and Logan. "No." Logan piped in, cuddling up closer to Roman. Virgil laughed a bit before sighing. "Well, we can sit up with you for a little longer until you fall asleep." Virgil said, making sure to keep his voice quiet so he didn't wake Roman or Janus. "But we gotta be quiet so we don't wake up the others, okay?" Virgil said, Logan nodding a bit before putting his finger over his mouth as if to signal that he'd be quiet. Virgil figured maybe Logan slept better if he could hear the people around him so that he knew he wasn't alone and that nobody was leaving, he seemed much more calm and relaxed than when they'd started on Virgil's hair so maybe if they just did something simple out here and Logan could hear them, he'd fall asleep. An idea popping into his head he went back in the bathroom and grabbed his make up, grabbing Remus' hand with his free hand and pulling him over to the pull out, sitting down and leaning on his boyfriend as he gestured to Patton to sit as well. "I promised you a make over." he said to Patton who instantly squeaked with happiness and looked at all the make up Virgil had.
ROMAN
Remus follows Virgil out into the living room, and he smiles at Virgil again when Patton says that it looks nice, smiling when Virgil says that he gets the credit, and he notices that Logan wasn't asleep still- damn, how did the kid still look so awake? Even Remus probably would have crashed by now as a kid! When Virgil dashes into the bathroom, Remus smiles a bit when he comes back with makeup, and he wraps his arms around Virgil's waist when he sits in front of Patton to do his makeup.
PATTON
Virgil let Patton pick the colors of eyeshadow that he liked best, deciding not to do a full face since it was the middle of the night and just focus on Patton's eyes. After a bit of time, Virgil finally finished, smiling a bit and handing Patton the hand held mirror he had with his make up so Patton could see it without having to get up. "Virgil, it's so pretty!" Patton said happily, Virgil smiling a bit more as he looked over what he'd done, mostly just shades of light blues with a bit of glitter, but Patton seemed really happy with it. "Glad you like it." Virgil said before turning a bit so he was facing Remus. "You want a make over too?" Virgil asked, more than happy to do his own look last if it meant getting to put make up on Remus. Patton looked over at Remus at the question, smiling a bit before looking back over at Roman and Logan, noticing that Logan's eyes were closed again. Maybe Virgil was right, maybe Logan just had to feel like they were all still there so he could relax completely.
ROMAN
Remus watches as Virgil works, smiling a bit at seeing Virgil working and in the zone like that. "It looks really good Vee!" Remus says with a smile, and then when Virgil turns to ask him, he nods quickly. "Is that even a question!?" he asks him with a little laugh, quickly moving to make it easier for Virgil to have access to his face. "Do your thing, babes." he tells him with a soft smile.
PATTON
Patton glanced back at Roman and Logan one more time, pouting slightly because he wished Roman was awake so he could show him his pretty make up that Virgil had done... but Roman and Logan looked so cute that he couldn't be all that upset about it. Maybe Virgil would do it for him again another time when Roman was awake and he could show him then. Virgil's face lit up when Remus said he could do his make up, picking some pretty shades of green, some of which of course had some glitter to them, and getting started. He took his time, making sure it looked perfect and once he was pleased with himself he smiled, tilting his head slightly as he looked Remus over just to really make sure he was happy with his work before an idea came to him, hopping off the bed and going over to the vase of flowers he'd gotten for Remus the other night, grabbing one of the green flowers and going back to the pull out, putting the flower behind Remus' ear so it poked out on the side of his hair before smiling, proud of himself for the look, handing Remus the mirror he'd let Patton use a while ago. "Thoughts?" Virgil asked, hoping Remus liked it, already starting to think about what shades of purple he wanted to do on himself next because he was very curious to see how the purple hair would look with some purple eyeshadow... not even realizing that Logan had completely fallen asleep a while ago and there really wasn't any reason for them to be up this late anymore.
ROMAN
Roman shifts a little bit in his sleep, but immediately goes still when he glances down at Logan, and sees that the child is asleep. He sleepily glances over at Virgil and Remus and Patton on the floor, and it takes him a second to actually register what's going on, before his eyes widen, and he grins. "Makeover?" he whispers excitedly, before glancing over at Patton, gasping quietly. "Patton! You look so pretty!" he says with a smile. Remus closes his eyes as he lets Virgil work on his face, letting Virgil tuck the flower behind his ear, and then looking into the mirror, smiling a bit when he saw the look. "Virge! You really did a great job- you're really good at this!" he tells him.
PATTON
Patton looked back over at Roman when he heard him moving around, hearing what he said, Patton nodded with just as much excitement before blushing when Roman gasped and commented on how pretty he looked. "Virgil did it!" Patton said with a smile, glad that Roman liked it. Virgil smiled when Remus liked the look he'd done for him, unable to help but be proud of himself and slightly distracted by how good Remus looked with make up on. "Thanks, babe, learned a lot from Vanessa." he said with a smile as he started to put some purple on his own eyelid, glancing over at Roman when he heard him complimenting Patton. He was really glad that everyone seemed happy and impressed. "Want me to do your next?" Virgil offered, pretty sure he could put some on Roman without waking Logan up. Now that Logan was actually officially asleep, he didn't seem like he was gonna wake up any time soon. He actually seemed to be sleeping better with just enough noise to know everyone was still there.
ROMAN
Roman smiles at Patton from where he sat, glad that Patton seemed so happy about it. Remus watches Virgil as he does his own makeup, watching as he applied all the different colors to his eyelid. "You gotta teach me one day!" he says with a smile. Seeing Virgil do this- it was really cool- and clearly Virgil liked it a lot. Roman nods a bit at Virgil's question. "Sure- as long as you can do it without waking up Logan."
PATTON
Patton was very happy that Roman seemed to like his make up, he was very happy with it himself. Virgil finished up his own purple eyeshadow before looking back at Remus. "Oh, I got you, babe." he said with a smile, excited by the thought of teaching Remus how to put on make up. "Bro, I could do Logan's eye shadow without waking up Logan, you're good." Virgil said proudly before deciding to use some reds for Roman, starting on his make up. He was careful not to wake Logan up, but it wasn't all that hard since Logan seemed so content now. Still, he glanced down at him every now and again just to make sure that he wasn't doing anything that might wake Logan up, and there was still that part of him that was curious about when Logan would change back so he also glanced at him every now and then just to check to see if he was still little, which he was. Once he finished Roman's make up, he held the mirror for him so he could see without having to let go of Logan.
ROMAN
Remus smiles when Virgil finishes his own makeup, kissing his nose gently. "It looks great." he says with a smile, "You're really good at makeup!" Roman laughs when Virgil says that he could do Logan's makeup without accidentally waking the child up, and he stared extremely still as Virgil ddi his eyeshadow, grinning when he saw his reflection in the mirror. "Virgil!! This looks amazing!" he tells him with a bright smile.
PATTON
Virgil turned a bit pink when Remus kissed his nose. "Thanks, love." he said brightly before giving Remus a quick kiss. Virgil smiled more when Roman seemed to like what he'd done, glad everyone was happy with it. "Thanks, man, I'm glad you like it." he said with a smile. "We're gonna have to make plans to go out somewhere so we have a reason to do all this and then actually get to show it off." Virgil suggested before looking back at the sleeping child still cuddled up to Roman. "Looks like you're spending the night in that chair, Ro. Sorry, Pat." Virgil said with a small laugh, Patton smiling and giving a small shrug. "It's waaaay too cute for me to be upset about, I can survive a night without Roman cuddles so that Logan can have Roman cuddles." Patton said happily, he was Logan's cousin, after all, Logan deserved Roman cuddles just as much as Patton did, and Patton got them all the time, so he was more than happy to let Logan cuddle him tonight.
ROMAN
Remus smiles a bit at the little kiss, blushing at the pet name, smiling and gently kissing Virgil back, smiling a little bit at him. Roman smiles a bit when Virgil says he's spending the night in the chair. "I don't mind." he says with a soft yawn, before cuddling closer to Logan, starting to fall asleep again. Remus looks over at Virgil. "Ready to go to bed?" he asks Virgil.
PATTON
Patton cuddled up with his stuffed animals on the pull out, smiling at Roman and Logan when he noticed Roman was getting tired again. Virgil gave a small nod when Remus asked if he was ready to go to bed, following him into the bedroom and changing into pajama bottoms, though he left his hoodie on. "Do you think we should take the make up off? I don't want to, I worked very hard on it." Virgil said with a small pout as he looked back over at his boyfriend.
ROMAN
Remus follows Virgil into the bedroom, watching his boyfriend fondly as the two of them went, and he steals some of Virgil's pajama bottoms as well, opting to go shirtless to bed, thinking. "Hm- you did work very hard on it- but aren't you supposed to not sleep with makeup on?" he asks. Another slightly worrying sign. Since when did Remus ever care about what one should and shouldn't do?
PATTON
As much as Virgil absolutely loved it when Remus stole his clothes and put them on, he was still pouty considering Remus' response to his question. Virgil was a bit surprised when Remus said that you weren't suppose to sleep with make up on, pouting a little bit more as his shoulders slumped down a bit. "You're right." he sighed before grabbing some make up wipes and bringing them to Patton and Roman so they could take their make up off, Patton pouting a bit when Virgil handed them to him because he clearly felt the same way Virgil did but he did use them, Virgil going back into the bedroom and handing a few to Remus so he could wipe the make up off himself as well. He hoped they could come up with some sort of reason to wear make up again. Once it was off he bit his lip, shoot, he should've taken pictures of the various make up looks he'd done on the four of them. Oh well, next time. He threw away the used wipes before moving over to Remus, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend and burying his face in his shoulder, the tiredness he'd distracted himself from with hair and make up officially coming back full force.
ROMAN
Remus can't help a small smile at the pout, but that's what'd be the responsible, reasonable thing to do, right? So even if he didn't want to, that's what he'd do. Roman takes the wipe when it's handed to him, and he wipes all of the makeup off in a sleepy haze, before tossing the wipe into the nearby wastebasket and going back to sleep. Remus wipes off his own makeup, wrapping his arms around Virgil when Virgil rests his head onto his shoulder, and slowly walking with him to the bed, laying down so that he could wrap his arms around Virgil, pulling the other close to his chest.
PATTON
Virgil cuddled up closer to Remus once they were in the bed, yawning before closing his eyes. "Love you." he mumbled sleepily, falling asleep quite quickly, which wasn't really surprising considering how late it was. In the morning, Patton was the first one up, waking up earlier than he usually did. He glanced over at Roman and Logan, noticing that Logan was still asleep, and still little. Well, it was still less than 24 hours since he accidentally got turned into a child, it hadn't even been a full day yet.
ROMAN
"Love you too." Remus says to him, but Remus himself didn't fall asleep for a while. He spent a long time worrying, his mind anxious and restless but eventually, he managed to fall asleep with Virgil beside him. Janus woke up soon after as well, glancing over at Logan and Roman and checking to see if Logan was still small, and seeing that eh was still a kid. He wondered how long this was going to last... he stood up and out of his chair, silently stretching, careful not to wake Logan.
PATTON
Patton looked over at Janus when he noticed he was waking up, reaching for his glasses and sliding them on his face. "Morning." he said tiredly, a small yawn escaping him. Logan was completely out cold to the point where even Roman could probably get up and leave the chair at this point without worrying about Logan waking up, exhausted since he'd stayed up so late the night before. Virgil cuddled up closer to Remus in his sleep, mumbling a bit, but not seeming to be getting up or trying to go anywhere like he had the night before, but there was a part of him that was still a little worried about Remus, and it was making him a bit anxious, hence the slight nonsensical mumbling.
ROMAN
"Morning." Janus greets, going into the kitchen to go make some tea. It was chilly again, so he thought that as everyone woke up they might want some. "Sleep well?" he questions as he sets the kettle to boil on the range. Remus was already awake, his thoughts burning in his head, like little gnats- buzzing around, he couldn't seem to get rid of them no matter how hard he tried. Usually, Remus couldn't care less about the intrusive thoughts, he welcomed them, embraced them, but now- as he was trying to get rid of them, there were more and more and more and he couldn't stop thinking about them and today was going to be really difficult wasn't it?
PATTON
Patton pulled the blankets up over himself, cuddling his stuffed animals and giving Janus a small nod to his question. He didn't really sleep as well as he would've if Roman had been in the bed with him, but at least Roman was close by, and knowing that made it a bit easier to sleep. He glanced over at Roman and Logan, wondering how long they'd be asleep for. Virgil shifted slightly in his sleep, mumbling under his breath for at least another hour before he seemed to actually be waking up. Barely awake, he didn't even bother to open his eyes, cuddling closer to Remus sleepily and clinging to him a bit. Waking up so close to when he'd been anxiously mumbling and muttering in his sleep didn't exactly make for a calm awakening like the previous morning when Remus had to calm him down to keep him from going anywhere and he was already relaxed again by the time he really woke up. So he cuddled closer to Remus, after all, Remus always did seem to be successful when it came to calming his anxious thoughts. He had no idea Remus was having some anxious thoughts of his own at the moment, still too tired to really be aware of much of anything just yet.
ROMAN
Janus moves into the kitchen, setting down the sugar, teabags, and milk, before grabbing mugs for all of them. He waits a bit longer for the water to boil, and when it does, he pours the hot water into the mugs, remembering how everyone took their tea from a few days ago. Roman was just barely starting to wake up, but he'd most likely be asleep for a little while longer, just now starting to move a little in his sleep. When Virgil cuddles closer to him, Remus wraps his arms protectively around his boyfriend. Even if Remus was going to have a shitty day because his brain was all messed up and he couldn't just be normal that doesn't mean that Virgil had too. He gently cards a hand through Virgil's newly purple hair, stroking it gently to both calm Virgil and himself.
PATTON
Patton noticed that Roman was starting to move around a bit, figuring he'd probably wake up soon. Logan, on the other hand, still seemed to be completely asleep. Patton figured he'd probably end up sleeping in a bit later today, not that it was all that surprising with how little he was and how late he'd stayed up. He needed the sleep. Virgil relaxed slightly when he felt Remus protectively wrap his arms around him, his mind calming some at the feeling. Even though he was barely awake, he could remember and tell just by cuddling up to him that Remus was currently shirtless and he cuddled a bit closer just to be sure Remus wasn't cold or anything. When he felt Remus running his hand through his hair, he let out a small, sleepy, little hum, relaxing even more and melting into his boyfriend's touch, feeling more content now that he'd moved closer and Remus was holding him and playing with his hair.
ROMAN
Janus makes the tea for everyone like they had asked for it the day before, moving to hand Patton's to him, placing one on the small table beside Roman and Logan's chair, and taking his own cup, inhaling a deep breath in, slowly taking a sip of the warm liquid, letting out a soft sigh at the warm tea. Roman shifts a bit when he smells the tea, his eyes opening a little bit, and he sleepily blinks awake, smiling at Patton. "Morning darling." he murmurs softy, smiling at him, and the picking up his tea. Remus smiles softly at the little hum that he's able to pull out of Virgil, and he hides his face into Virgil's shoulder, just holding him close and enjoying laying with him as much as he could with the torrent of thoughts still raining through his mind.
PATTON
"Thank you." Patton said to Janus as he was handed the tea, taking a few sips before smiling when he heard the sleepy voice of his boyfriend. "Morning." he said with a smile, giving Roman a small wave since he couldn't really give him a hug or anything yet. Virgil felt so calm and relaxed by this point thanks to his boyfriend, that he came very close to just falling back asleep, content to just lay there in his boyfriend's arms with Remus playing with his hair, but he stayed awake, or at least he stayed in whatever state of barely awake he was currently in at the moment. He stayed that way for a while, just enjoying the closeness before he finally spoke. "Remus?" he mumbled sleepily after a moment, still not bothering to open his eyes.
ROMAN
Roman smiles at Patton again, before looking down at Logan. "You think that it's safe to move?" he whispers, not wanting to wake Logan, although it did look like he'd be asleep for a while. Janus just sips at his tea- he was always cold, and he was trying to warm up again, still a bit sleepy. When Virgil said his name, Remus looks down at him, putting on a little smile in case his eyes opened. "I'm right here." he assures him softly, kissing his forehead gently. "Did you sleep well, stormcloud?" he asks quietly.
PATTON
Patton looked at Logan one more time before nodding a bit at the question. "I think so, yeah." he said, pretty positive that if Roman wanted to get up he could manage doing so without waking Logan. Virgil let out another sleepy, happy, hum at the sound of his boyfriend's voice, and at the calming words, relaxing at the feeling of Remus kissing his forehead. He gave a small nod at the question, letting out a small yawn before speaking again. "You cold?" he mumbled tiredly after a moment, not really ready to get up yet but he definitely would if Remus was cold so he could get him a sweater or something since it seemed to just be getting colder and colder with every passing day and he didn't want Remus to be cold or uncomfortable.
ROMAN
Roman nods a little bit, before shifting Logan a bit so that the child was resting in a more comfortable position. "I was scared to move him all night." he says with a quiet chuckle. "I'll get up in a bit for whenever breakfast is." he says to Patton with a little smile. Remus shakes his head when Virgil asks if he's cold. "No, I'm not cold sweetheart, don't worry about me." he says to him with a little, hopefully reassuring smile. Sure, Remus was a little bit cold, but his brain was screaming at him not to be a bother, not to make Virgil get up because of him, not to annoy him.
PATTON
Patton smiled a bit when Roman admitted that he'd been scared to move him all night, it was so sweet how Roman was with Logan, especially when Logan was all little like this. "When do you think he'll change back?" Patton asked curiously before taking another sip of his tea. "I can try to make breakfast today... you can help, if you wanna." Patton said to Roman after a moment. The one time he'd made breakfast on his own, people had seemed to like it, so he could give it another try, plus it was always fun working with Roman, even if they didn't always know what they were doing in the kitchen. Virgil just hummed in response, moving so he was a bit more on top of Remus to keep him warmer just incase. "You're so comfy." he mumbled tiredly as he nuzzled his face in his boyfriend's shoulder. Remus definitely gave the best cuddles in the world, hands down, and just being close to him at all made Virgil so calm and happy. He honestly could've just stayed like this the whole day, but he knew they'd have to get up eventually, plus he was curious to go out there and see if Logan was still little or if he'd changed back.
ROMAN
Janus shrugs. "I've done the math- comparing the size of Logan to the plants, and how much magic I used, it'll be anywhere between now and another day- it's too complex to figure out exactly." Janus tells Patton with a little nod. Roman nods, smiling at Patton and gently setting Logan down on the chair, standing up and wrapping a blanket around him, settling him into a comfortable position, before going over to Patton and gently wrapping his arms around him. Remus smiles a bit when Virgil says that he's comfy. "I'm glad that I'm comfy- you are too." he tells Virgil, his hand gently rubbing circles into Virgil's back.
PATTON
Patton nodded a bit when Janus said that he thought Logan would change back any time between now and tomorrow. When Roman got up, Logan clung to his owl a bit more in his sleep, rolling over so that his back was facing the rest of the room and pulling the blanket over himself a bit more than even Roman had put it in his sleep, the blanket now covering most of his face. Patton let out a small giggle at the sight before his face lit up when Roman came over and wrapped his arms around him, excited that it was his turn for cuddles from his boyfriend. Virgil relaxed even more, if that were possible, when he felt Remus rubbing circles into his back. "Love you so much." Virgil said, still sounding a bit sleepy. He let himself just enjoy this for a few more minutes before speaking again. "Do you think Logan changed back yet?" he asked curiously.
ROMAN
Janus continues sipping at his tea, now fully awake at this point. Roman smiles at seeing Patton so happy, and then he gently kisses his cheek, before grabbing his hands and then gently pulling him to the kitchen. "What do you wanna make?" he asks Patton, still holding onto him. Remus smiles at that, hugging Virgil tighter. "Love you more, Vee." he says with a soft smile, before sitting up, still holding Virgil, basically pulling him into his lap. "Let's go check?" he offers.
PATTON
Patton had practically glommed onto Roman, pouting slightly when Roman started leading him into the kitchen because he was hoping for a few more minutes of cuddles since he'd gone all night without them, but he figured everyone was getting hungry so it was okay. As Roman led him into the kitchen, he glanced back at Logan one more time, his eyebrows raising slightly. He couldn't really see Logan since he'd completely buried himself in the blankets but Patton would swear that the bundle under those blankets looked bigger than it had a second ago. Logan had changed back? Snapping out of his thoughts when Roman spoke again, he tilted his head slightly, trying to think of breakfast foods he actually thought he could make, but it was hard to focus when he was distracted by Logan, so instead he poked Roman's arm and pointed over to the chair to see if Roman would notice that Logan seemed to have changed back too. Virgil nuzzled his face deeper into Remus' shoulder, blushing lightly. "No, love you more." he mumbled before feeling Remus sit up, finally opening his eyes. "Mmkay." he hummed tiredly, his head still resting on Remus as he rubbed his eyes.
ROMAN
Roman giggles quietly at Patton's pout, smiling softly, before looking over at Logan when Patton poked him in the arm and gestured at Logan, and he looks over and yeah- definitely Logan was normal size again. Janus looks over as well, letting out a huge sigh of relief because thank god that Logan had actually turned back and this wasn't permanent- Janus had still been freaking out about that slightly. Remus smiles a bit at him. "Well I love you most." he says with a smile, before carefully standing up, pulling Virgil with him as he did, keeping his arms around him and throwing on a random shirt that he had found.
PATTON
Patton was very excited that Logan was back to normal for multiple reasons. One, it was just nice to know Logan was okay (though Patton never doubted that he would be), two, if Logan changed back safely with no negative side effects from the experience what so ever, that meant Janus would probably be more willing to let them each have a turn being little because there was nothing to worry about, and honestly, Patton was way more excited about the thought of seeing a little Roman than he even was about being little again himself. "I love you most." Virgil mumbled back sleepily before following Remus out into the other room just as Logan finally started to wake up himself, reaching a hand up to rub his eyes. His brain felt a bit fuzzy, probably from the lack of sleep. It was weird though, he definitely could remember everything that happened when he was little the day before. At first he thought maybe it was just a really vivid dream, but it was too clear in his mind to have just been a dream, but at the same time when he tried to logically focus on the events the day before... his mind just sort of stopped at the moment he went outside to ask Janus and Virgil about their tea... and everything else actually felt more like it took place ten years ago when he was actually four, though he knew it didn't because of the obvious reasons of the rest of the groups ages and the fact that he hadn't met Janus, Virgil, or Patton when he was four. It was pretty easy to conclude even in his extremely sleepy morning state that something must've gone haywire with Janus' magic and that's how he ended up a child for a day. It was a good thing that Logan was always a bit out of it when he first woke up, or he probably would've been too embarrassed by yesterday's vulnerability and emotional openness to even look the others in the eye today. "You're back." Virgil said when his gaze fell on Logan. "I didn't leave." Logan mumbled sleepily in response. "True... but like... do you remember--" Virgil started, cut off by a sleepy nod from Logan. "I do." Logan said as he clumsily reached around for his glasses.
ROMAN
Janus is very relieved by the fact that Logan is normal again, and he moves to go and stand near the chair, bringing Logan's cup of tea with him, setting it down near the chair, listening as he says that he remembered everything. "Are you alright? Any headaches? Pains? Any other uncomfortable feelings?" he asks, worried about Logan, wondering if there are any side effects. Remus stands near Logan, and he relaxes a little bit at seeing that Logan is back to normal. "Morning Logan- good to have you back." he says with a little smile, and his brain was just a little bit relieved because honestly Remus was worried that since he was so horrible and disgusting that he'd accidentally find a way to traumatize Logan. He doesn't notice, but his hand unconsciously begins to scratch at the inside of his wrist, a nervous tic of his that he did whenever the thoughts were too much- and at the scratching, the skin started turning pink from the scratching. Roman is glad to have Logan back, smiling a bit at the sleepy teen.
PATTON
Logan sat up a bit, sliding his glasses on his face and trying to wake himself up a bit more because as tired as he was, Janus questioning him about side effects was sort of interesting to him. "No... my heads a bit foggy, but I believe that's from the lack of sleep." he said, if he remembered correctly he stayed up really late last night, but if he was actually 4, that wasn't very surprising to him. "It's a bit odd, I will admit. I remember everything, but it doesn't feel like it happened yesterday. It feels more like it actually happened ten years ago." he said, making a mental note to write about how it felt and what he experience later. He took the tea from Janus, sipping at it a moment as he thought. He was a bit too embarrassed to admit how much he'd enjoyed the day before... it was nice to be back at a place where his brain wasn't over working itself all the time, it was almost like a lovely little vacation. Virgil took notice that even now Logan looked less tense... not as relaxed as he had been the day before, but not as stiff as Virgil was use to seeing him. "Janus, do Roman and Remus next!" Patton finally blurted out, bouncing a bit. "Roman and Remus?" Virgil repeated with a small smile. "Well, yeah, you can't separate them, they're brothers!" Patton said as he protectively grabbed Roman's arm, Virgil letting out a small laugh. "Of course, what was I thinking, you're right." Virgil said with a smile. "Wait, you're all going to take turns becoming children?" Logan questioned as he looked around at the group. "If Janus says it's okay, you were so cute and you had so much fun, it'll be fun!" Patton said with a smile. Logan pursed his lips in thought. It would be interesting to get to see the spell from a different perspective and study someone else going through what he'd been through the day before. He wondered if they all actually wanted to do this or if it was just Patton getting overly excited. He also wondered if Janus would actually agree, it was different doing it on purpose than how it'd gone for Logan, being completely accidental. Part of Virgil was surprised Patton wanted Roman and Remus to go next instead of wanting the turn for himself, but part of him completely got it. "It would be really fun to see Remus all little." Virgil admitted with a smile before reaching for Remus' hand, only then noticing that Remus seemed to be scratching his wrist. He looked at Remus a moment before taking his hand, wondering if he should ask about it or if it was better not to bring it up. Maybe he just got bit by a bug when they were playing outside the other day and Virgil was over thinking again...
ROMAN
Janus nods a bit when Logan says that it's from lack of sleep. "Yeah- you did stay up pretty late last night." he says, a soft chuckle escaping him, and then he looks over at Patton. "Wait- that's something that you all would like?" he asks, and then he looks over at the twins, since Patton had suggested that they go next. Roman shrugs a bit, but a smile is on his face. "Sure- I mean who wouldn't want to be a kid for a day?" he asks. And besides- Patton seemed so excited about it- Roman could never turn down anything that seemed to make Patton this happy. Janus nods a bit, before looking at Remus. "Remus? What about you?" he questions. Remus takes Virgil's hand when it's offered- and he had scratched enough that the skin was red, and he looks up at Janus. "Oh- um sure-! That sounds cool..." he tells him.
PATTON
Patton realized fairly quickly that he might've gotten a little carried away and he looked back and forth between Roman and Remus. "I mean... you don't have to, obviously, it just seemed fun... but like, you don't have to." Patton added quickly, though he smiled a bit at what Roman said. Virgil shrugged light at Janus' question. "Yeah, I mean, I gotta agree with Roman, it'd be fun to be a kid again for a day." Virgil said with a smile, more than happy to take a turn himself once Roman and Remus had their day... or take today if Roman and Remus decided they didn't want to. Virgil's head tilted slightly at Remus' response. "Like Patton said, you don't have to if you don't want to, love." Virgil reminded, just wanting to be really sure that it was something Remus actually wanted to do.
ROMAN
Roman shakes his head. "No no- it's a great idea!" he says with a grin, smiling and kissing Patton's cheek gently, before looking over at Virgil. "You'll get to see how absolutely crazy Remus was as a child." he says with a little laugh. Remus looks over at Virgil, and he smiles at him. "What- you think I'd miss the chance to be young again? No way- of course I want to." he says with a little smile, which was terrifyingly convincing, although he wanted nothing more than to scream because god, he was even more annoying as a kid and what if that sent Virgil running for the hills-? Janus looks at everyone. "So- when would we do that then?" he questions.
PATTON
Logan watched everyone as they discussed this. Honestly, he completely understood why they all wanted to do this. On the one hand, if you'd asked Logan if he wanted to be a child again for a day 24 hours ago, he probably would've said no... but now that he actually had been a child for a day, he totally got the appeal. Honestly, he'd do it again if given the chance... it was nice to have all his stress and worries disappear for a bit and to just have fun. "Do you think you'll recognize me? I recognized you when I was little despite your age difference, but you're always older than me... I've never been older than you before." Logan said curiously, wondering if Roman and Remus would still know who he was if he was the older one. Virgil gave Remus a smile, glad to see he seemed into the idea. Patton was honestly incredibly excited that everyone seemed as into the idea as he was. "Now!" Patton said excitedly, bouncing on the balls of his feet a bit.
ROMAN
Roman thinks. "I don't think so- depending on how far back we go- you weren't even born until we were five, so I doubt that we'll recognize you." he admits. Remus smiles back at Virgil as reassuringly as he could, and then when Janus heard Patton's response, he looks at the other two. "Is now okay?" he asks them, to which he quickly gets an affirmative nod from Roman and Remus, Remus' just a tad bit more hesitant. "Okay..." Janus says, and he moves to slip his gloves into his pocket, before ever so carefully reaching to touch Roman and Remus in turn on the top of their hands, and it's a short wait, before suddenly- there's two very small people in the room- Remus and Roman sitting on the floor, both looking a bit disoriented, and Janus quickly waves his hand again so that their clothes actually fit them, before he slips his gloves on again. Roman quickly stands up, running on slightly wobbly legs over to Remus and pulling him to his feet, the two of them standing close to each other, looking wide-eyed at the adults surrounding them.
PATTON
"Right, I hadn't thought of that." Logan stated when Roman said it depended on how far back they go. In his mind when he thought about Roman and Remus magically becoming younger, he pictured Roman and Remus around the age of 9 or so, but he'd gone all the way back to 4 years old... and so there was a pretty good chance that was the age Roman and Remus would go back to as well, and Logan hadn't even been born yet when they were that little. Once Janus did his thing, it literally took all of Patton's energy not to squeal loudly just at the sight of Roman and Remus all small... he didn't want to freak them out or anything. Forcing himself to compose himself, Patton gave Roman and Remus a friendly little wave. "Hi, I'm Patton... and that's Virgil, and Janus, and Logan." he said with a smile, not sure why apparently everyone had trouble telling them apart when they were little... even if they weren't wearing matching clothes, Patton knew exactly which of them was Roman and which was Remus, but maybe that was just Patton. Virgil couldn't get over how adorable the two were, but he kept his distance. Sure, Remus had never hated him or anything, but it wasn't like Remus immediately liked him the way Virgil had immediately liked Remus... which meant that there really wasn't any sort of guarantee that little Remus would even want to bother with him at all. What if little Remus didn't even like Virgil? It was quite the anxiety inducing thing to think about, so for now, he gave Remus space. "Yeah, we're uh... babysitting you two for the day, so you get to hang out at my house with us." Virgil added after a moment, hoping Roman and Remus wouldn't be as freaked out if they had a bit more context, even if it was slightly fake context. Logan took the opportunity while everyone was distracted to grab the pajama bottoms Virgil had set aside for him, sliding them on before standing up and grabbing his notebook so he could take notes of what he remembered from the day before and what was happening currently. "You guys hungry?" Patton questioned.
ROMAN
Remus was currently hiding behind Roman- definitely not 'absolutely insane' as Roman made him out to be. Apparently Remus' worries and fears had translated onto little Remus, except little Remus didn't know why he was all upset and scared. The twins had been extremely close as children- but as they had gotten older, they had grown apart a bit- but now, the sibling bond was back in full force for the kiddos. Roman nods a little bit when Patton introduces himself and everyone else, and he gives a little smile, waving, showing that he was missing his two front teeth- so was Remus, for that matter- and they were, at this age, exactly identical- besides from their behaviors. Roman nods at the explanation. "Okay- are you going to play with us?" he asks with a bright smile, excited. Remus meanwhile opted for continuing to hide- new people, well... people in general usually didn't like him- he didn't want to bother the new people who were probably undoubtedly charmed by Roman. When Patton asks about breakfast, Remus nods a little bit, shyly, and Roman nods quickly too. "Food!" he says brightly. Remus looks up at Janus, before quickly looking away. He wanted to ask about the mark on his face, but he usually got in trouble for asking those sorts of things. Janus looks between the twins, he's completely unable to tell the two apart- but he can see that one of the twins is definitely a lot more shy.
PATTON
Virgil also didn't have much trouble telling the two apart. Like Patton, it was very easy for him to recognize them. What did catch him off guard was little Remus' behavior. Honestly, he'd been prepared for Remus to be bouncing off the walls or running around or potentially breaking something in his house or eating something he wasn't suppose to. But seeing Remus so shy and clinging to Roman made any nervousness Virgil had about Remus disliking him disappear because the only thing he could focus on was making sure Remus felt comfortable and happy and safe. That was pretty much Virgil's constant state anyway. Remus was more important than anything else. "Of course we'll play with you. But let's eat first." Patton said with a smile. God, Roman was so cute! When the topic of breakfast came up, Logan went to get some pillows to put on the chairs for them, remembering that's what the group had done for him the day before. Patton held out both hands so that both Roman and Remus could take his hands and he could lead them into the kitchen. "Do you know what you want to eat?" Patton asked curiously. He figured if they requested anything too advanced for Patton, Janus or Virgil could always help make it. Virgil kneeled down next to Remus, though still made sure to keep his distance so that he didn't freak him out. "Hey, Remus... you wanna help me make breakfast for everybody?" Virgil said gently, hoping maybe he could distract him and get him to come out of his shell more. Plus it might make Remus feel special to have been the one that was asked to help since he had a feeling usually Roman got the majority of attention.
ROMAN
Roman smiles when Patton says that he'll play with him, and he reaches for Patton's hand, before he looks at Remus, not wanting to leave his brother alone. Sure, as a kid, Roman wasn't the most conscious of other people, but he always looked out for his little brother. He doesn't answer Patton's question, but he thinks maybe giving Remus the breakfast choice will help him feel better? "Ask Re?" he suggests to him, dropping the hand in favor of going to go give Remus a hug. Remus hugs Roman back, and when Virgil kneels down and asks if he wants to help cook breakfast, he looks at Roman, who gives him a reassuring smile, and then Remus looks up at Virgil and nods just a tiny bit. Remus couldn't possible mess up breakfast, right? He'd just stay quiet and try not to touch anything. But he did like that Virgil was trying to include him and talk to him.
PATTON
Patton's heart actually melted at how sweet Roman was with Remus. He knew the two were close, and had been even closer when they were little, but actually seeing it was the most heart warming thing ever. It made him wish he had a sibling, it was so adorable. Patton nodded a bit. Both the question and the extended hands had been for both of them, but he'd let his attention fall to Remus completely if it made them both feel better. He wanted to encourage Roman to keep looking out for Remus anyway. "Do you wanna pick what we have for breakfast, Remus? What would you like?" he asked with a smile, though Virgil's attention seemed to be on Remus now so Patton let the attention fall to him. Virgil smiled a bit at the nod before extending his hand out to Remus, leading him into the kitchen. "I'm gonna pick you up so you can sit on the counter and see everything, okay?" Virgil said before picking Remus up and sitting him on the counter. "Okay, head chef, what are we making?" Virgil asked with a smile as he looked at Remus.
ROMAN
When Virgil reached for Remus' hand, Remus hesitantly took it, following along besides Virgil to the kitchen, and when Virgil asks if he can pick him up and set him onto the counter, he nods a little bit, and then he sits on the counter when Virgil sets him down. Remus moves to scratch at his wrist again, not sure what to say when asked the question- scared of making the wrong choice and then having Virgil hate him because Virgil seemed really nice and Remus didn't want another person to dislike him. He think, before speaking hesitantly, his voice quieter than anyone except Roman had probably heard before. "French toast-?" he suggests, and it's a clear question, not the confident answer that would have usually been expected from him. Roman moves to hold onto Patton's hand tightly. Roman was drawn to Patton- how kind and sweet he was. Janus is a bit surprised by how Remus is acting- but he doesn't know if he should be worried- or if this is just how Remus was as a child.
PATTON
Virgil nodded a bit at the suggestion. "French toast it is." he said, trying to think of ways to get Remus to have a little fun and relax a bit. He reached for the bread, making a bit of a show as if the bread weighed four hundred pounds before sighing dramatically and looking back at Remus. "Oh no, Remus, the bread's too heavy for me to pick it all up at once, I can't do it... can you pick it up for me? You seem really strong." Virgil said, holding back a smile. Patton smiled when he felt Roman take his hand, looking down at him. "I didn't realize your brother was so shy, but I noticed how you were looking out for him, that's really sweet of you, you're a very good big brother." Patton said with a smile on his face. Logan studied the two of them a moment, though his focus seemed to be more on Remus. He didn't remember Remus being so shy, then again, he didn't know Remus when he was four... maybe he had been when he was littler... although, his behavior was sort of similiar to what Logan remembered it getting like when his intrusive thoughts were a bit worse or Remus was working hard to hide them, was that what was happening now? Maybe he was anxious that all these 'new' people weren't going to like him if they knew he had them?
ROMAN
Remus watched as Virgil reached for the bread, his eyes widening a bit when Virgil couldn't pick it up, and then when Virgil asked him to pick it up, he nods a little bit, before he stands, carefully walking across the counter, and then he stops a second, before picking up the loaf of bread, smiling a little at Virgil when he realizes that he can pick up the loaf, and he looks up at Virgil, and it's very clear that he's trying not to get excited. "I got it..." he says, his voice quiet again, too soft for Remus' usual tone, and he moves to hand the bread to Virgil, not wanting to drop it or mess it up somehow. Roman nods a little bit, looking at Patton, holding his hand gently. "Sometimes Remus is like this- and he doesn't want to do certain things in front of like- new people and stuff- and he won't talk or be loud or play or have fun or tell me cool things like he usually does...." Roman complains with a little frown, but he smiles when Patton says that he's a good big brother. "Thank you!" he says with a smile. Janus is just completely in the dark- having no prior knowledge of any of the twins- he was just trying to go off of context clues at this point.
PATTON
Virgil watched Remus carefully, ready to grab him just incase he lost his footing so he wouldn't fall. "Don't be discouraged if you can't pick it up, it's super heavy." he said as he watched Remus reach for the bread before gasping when Remus picked it up. "Oh my gosh, you're so strong! Thank you so much, that's such a big help." Virgil said excitedly because there was no way he was gonna let Remus not be excited about all this. He could tell he wanted to be. When Remus handed him a slice of bread, he took it, getting started. "Thank you so much, Remus, I don't know what we would've done for breakfast without you, we all just would've been hungry!" he said, taking the slices from Remus one at a time to keep it believable that he wasn't able to pick the whole loaf up at once. Patton listened as Roman explained why Remus was so shy, pursing his lips as he tried not to pout. He didn't like that Remus was so worried and scared to just be himself around them. He smiled at Roman though when he spoke again. "So what games do you wanna play after breakfast?" Patton asked curiously. Logan was close enough to Patton and Roman that he over heard their conversation, making a note of it. He hoped Remus felt comfortable enough to open up and just enjoy himself soon. It was funny, Logan was the opposite. At his regular age he was constantly closed off and being four again had helped him open up, but with Remus, it seemed like being four again was making him more closed off. They'd have to fix that.
ROMAN
Remus was watching Virgil get excited- and Remus really wanted to get excited too, but he didn't want to make anyone mad, he didn't want to do something wrong that would result in people getting mad at him, especially Virgil, who was being especially nice to him. He smiles a little tiny bit, but he quickly shuts it down, getting frustrated with himself because he couldn't just control himself already like he was supposed to! He handed the slices to Virgil one by one until they were all gone, and he sets the empty bag on the counter, sitting down again and watching Virgil, his hand moving of it's own accord to scratch at his arm again, breaking the skin this time, but not bleeding. Roman thinks when Patton asks what type of games he wants to play. "We could play drawing- or we could sing, or dance or play swords!" he says with a little smile to Patton, excited at the prospect of new people to play with.
PATTON
Virgil noticed that Remus was really holding back the urge to smile, and it was starting to really worry him. He'd asked Remus before he'd even changed to a 4 year old if everything was okay, and Remus insisted that it was... and at first he thought he was just over thinking things, his anxiety did cause him to do that quite a bit. Then when Remus first changed, he thought maybe he was just more shy than he'd expected, but he knew Roman and Remus had stated on multiple occasions that Remus was a wild kid, and that just made him even more worried about Remus' behavior. Sure, Remus might've just forgotten to mention that he was shy around new people and had to open up to them and get comfortable around them to get to his usual self back when he was little, but when he noticed Remus was scratching his arm to the point of breaking the skin, Virgil couldn't just let it go and assume that he was overthinking anymore, especially since he could tell how much Remus wanted to just join in the fun, or even simply smile and for some reason, he wasn't letting himself do that. Patton smiled a bit as Roman listed all the things he wanted to play, nodding. "That sounds so fun, we definitely should do all of that." Patton agreed. Logan was still to himself, taking notes. "Thank you so much for all your help, Remus, I really appreciate it." Virgil said as he finished up the food, setting it down on the table. "Breakfast is ready." he said, helping Remus down from off the counter before looking at his arm where he'd been scratching. "We'll be right there, you can start without us." Virgil said, taking Remus' hand and leading him into the bathroom because there was no way he was letting Remus be this anxious all through the meal. "I noticed you were scratching a lot there bud, and I didn't want you to be itchy all through breakfast. Do you have bug bites or something, do you need something for itching?" Virgil asked, though he had a pretty good feeling that wasn't the case, but he grabbed the first aid kit and kneeled down next to Remus just incase. With kids sometimes just giving them a bandaid made them feel better enough, and he wasn't totally sure what Remus needed.
ROMAN
Remus was still worried about making everyone hate him, and as Virgil kept making breakfast, he still couldn't focus or even help or just be normal. He was trying but he couldn't- his parents very often told Remus to simply 'be more like Roman', which Remus tried to do, he really did, but it wasn't easy for him. He loved his brother- but he couldn't help but hold some hidden envy because everybody always liked Roman, everybody thought that Roman was the best, and Remus always messed everything up. When Virgil takes his hand to lead him away, Remus gets nervous even more, moving from scratching his wrist to scratching the top area of his other arm as he follows Virgil. He's scared- Virgil's going to yell or get mad, wasn't he? Roman smiles a bit at Patton when he said that they could play those games, happy that he was going to get to play with the new people, but as Remus was led away, he looks at him and Virgil leaving worriedly. "Where's Re going?" he asks Patton with a little frown. When Virgil asks his question, Remus shakes his head a little bit, looking down at the floor. Virgil should be out there eating breakfast with everyone else but instead he was here because Remus was too stupid to be able to act normal and he couldn't just control his brain like a normal person- Remus hardly noticed when he started scratching his wrist again, his hands shaking a bit as he keeps his eyes on the floor.
PATTON
Patton watched as Virgil led Remus into the bathroom, noticing that Remus was scratching his arm the whole time. "I don't know... he's scratching his arm, maybe Virgil's just getting him something to help so he won't feel all itchy, or he could just be showing him where the bathroom is, but I'm sure they'll be right back, we can save Remus a seat right next to you at the table until they're done." Patton said, hoping he'd be able to distract Roman and keep him from worrying, though he could understand why Roman was worried, he seemed to really care about his brother. "Do you want a quick tour of the house before breakfast so you know where everything is?" Patton offered. Virgil frowned a bit when Remus didn't respond, opening the first aid kit but stopping when he noticed Remus wasn't even scratching the same spot anymore. "Hey, Rems." he said gently, grabbing Remus' hands so he couldn't scratch. "Something wrong? You wanna talk about it?" he offered. "You can totally tell me whatever it is, I won't tell anybody else, not even Roman, if you don't want me to." he thought a moment, what would he have wanted to hear if he were little and anxious right now? "Whatever it is it can just stay between us, and I promise I won't get mad or judge you or anything... in fact, I'll tell you a secret about me first so that it's fair, okay?" he said with a small smile. "Come here, though, I gotta whisper it because I don't want anybody else to overhear what I'm saying in the other room." he said, pulling Remus a little closer. "I'm very very scared of bugs... not spiders, I think they're cool, but some other bugs, like roaches... I get super scared and if I saw one right now I'd run away and need somebody to protect me." he said softly, a small smile on his face. Okay, so technically, Remus already knew that, but four year old Remus didn't. "Okay, your turn to tell me something." he said, hoping Remus would tell him whatever it was that was bothering him so much.
ROMAN
Roman nods a bit at what Patton says, but he's still worried about Remus. "Okay- can you sit on the other side?" he asks Patton when Patton says that Remus was going to sit on one side of him. "Tour would be fun! Do we have time before food?" he asks Patton, looking up at him a bit excitedly. Remus looks up at Virgil when his hands were grabbed, stopping the scratching, and he shakes his head quickly, trying to deny that there was something wrong. "Not even Roman?" he asks, slightly intrigued by Virgil's offer of not even telling Roman, and he's intrigued by Virgil saying that he'd tell Remus a secret about himself. He moves closer to Virgil so that he can whisper in his ear, and his eyes widen a bit at the mention of bugs, Remus adores bugs- he'd offer to take them away from Virgil, but still- he was scared that if he talked about bugs the new person would tell him not to anymore. Remus finally looks up at Virgil when he says that it was Remus' turn to tell him something, and Remus hesitates, biting on his lip a little bit, before speaking. "My brain's stupid- it won't be normal like Roman." he says simply to Virgil, and then immediately, the child was overthinking. What if that was too much, what if Virgil didn't want to talk to him anymore, he'd go hang out with Roman instead.
PATTON
Patton smiled, his face lighting up when Roman asked if he could sit on the other side of him. "Of course I can." Patton said before nodding. "We've got enough time, here, I'll show you around." he said, leading Roman into the living room. "This is the living room, there's a box over there thats full of toys and games and stuff that you and Remus can play with." Patton said, pointing to the box Virgil had taken out the day before for Logan. "Not even Roman." Virgil confirmed with a nod. When Remus started opening up though, Virgil tried to hold back a frown, afraid that Remus would mistake the action for something worse than it was. "Hey, your brain is not stupid, okay? It just does some different stuff than Roman's brain. My brain does different stuff sometimes too... it likes to try and trick me a lot and make me think I'm doing stuff wrong or that people don't like me even if it's not true. Just a few days ago, I was with my favorite person in the whole world and my brain had me totally convinced that he was mad at me, and so I did all this stuff to try and hide that my brain was saying that and get him lots of presents so he wouldn't be mad at me anymore, and you know what happened?" Virgil asked, squeezing Remus' hands a bit. "I decided instead of bottling it all up until I could explode, to just talk to him about how I was feeling, and he wasn't even mad at me at all! So I got all worried for nothing, which was pretty silly of me. But it made me feel better to talk to him about it, and then I got to spend the whole rest of the night with him and by the end of it my brain stopped saying all that stuff." he told him. "So maybe if your brain is saying stuff that's bugging you, you'd feel better if you talk to me about it, I'll even super pinky promise that no matter what you tell me your brain is saying I won't get mad or upset or anything because this is serious business, you can say whatever you want." he said, pulling one hand away from Remus so he could hold his pinky out to him.
ROMAN
Roman followed along besides Patton as he headed into the living room, keeping a hold onto his hand, nodding a little bit when Patton says that there were toys there. "Cool!" he says with a smile as he follows Patton through the house, smiling at him more. Remus looks up at Virgil, confused when Virgil says that his brain wasn't stupid. He listens as Virgil talks about how his brain was different too, and how he had accidentally thought that his favorite person was mad at him. He shakes his head a bit when Virgil squeezes his hands and asks him what happened, and when Virgil says that he talked to his person, and that everything worked out, he thinks that talking sounds pretty good- but every time he opens his mouth he usually seems to mess things up. "Super pink promise?" Remus asks, before holding his pinky out to Virgil to shake, gently shaking it, and then dropping his hand again to fidget with his fingers. "My brain is saying that um- that since I think about bad things that I shouldn't that if I talk or if I say things that aren't good then people won't like me anymore and everyone is going to hate me because I can't be normal like Roman like I'm supposed to and I always mess everything up and I'm too loud and nobody likes me because I talk about things that are gross and weird and I don't want you and all the other new people to get scared of me and not want to be my friend anymore-!" Remus rambles out, suddenly all the words spilling out, and it's a good thing that Remus was in child form, because adult Remus would never admit any of this.
PATTON
Patton smiled, continuing to show Roman around the house, showing him Virgil's room, the laundry room (not that it was all that exciting but it was part of the tour, right?), the door to the backyard, making sure not to leave anything out. "Virgil has a pretty nice house, don't you think?" Patton asked with a smile. Virgil nodded again. "Super pinky promise." Virgil confirmed as they linked their pinkys together. When Remus actually opened up, Virgil couldn't help but frown, because he hated to think that Remus felt that way, especially since he doubted it was something Remus had outgrown. Maybe Virgil hadn't just been over thinking before. "Rems, nobody's gonna hate you. You shouldn't constantly be trying to be more like Roman, there's already a Roman, if someone wants a Roman, they'll go to your brother because he already exists, but if you're both the same, then we lose a Remus, and that would make a lot of people really sad. It'd make me super sad." he said with a small pout. "I bet it'd make Roman super sad too, he needs you to be you." he pointed out. "The only thing you have to worry about is being yourself. As long as you're considerate of other people's feelings, which I can already tell you are, then there's nothing else to stress about. Just be totally you and if somebody doesn't like it then they're lame and you don't need that person in your life anyway because you've got even better people like Roman, and Pat and Jan and Lo... and you got me too, and I'm not going anywhere, trust me." he said with a smile. "You know, my favorite person in the whole world that I mentioned earlier? He feels the exact same way you do... and I love him more than anything in the entire universe. He talks to me about gross, weird stuff all the time and it's my favorite thing because when he's doing that, I get to see him all happy. Just the other day he was telling me about his bone and teeth collection, some people might find it weird, sure, but sometimes you just gotta give it some time to find your people, you know? And I definitely promise you're gonna grow up and find your person who will let you be loud and won't make you feel like you're messing anything up and he's gonna be totally obsessed with you." he said with a small laugh. "And you're gonna help him through his own stuff too... I bet you're good at that, I bet you already help out your brother when he needs somebody, don't you?" he said smiling, hoping this was helping Remus feel better.
ROMAN
Roman nods at Patton's question. "Yeah! Virgil's house is super nice!" he says with a smile, walking around with him as he toured the house with Patton, clinging onto his hand tightly, and then making grabby hands for him. "Up?" he asks him, wanting to be carried, giving Patton puppy eyes. Remus listens to Virgil with wide eyes. Virgil said that it was... okay for him to talk about and think about weird things? And gross things? "Lotsa people hate me." Remus corrects him. "All the fancy schmancy people at the castle think I'm annoyin' and dumb." he says to Virgil, but as he listens, and Virgil says that everyone liked him even if he wasn't exactly a normal kid who liked normal things, he smiles- just a tiny bit. "He does?" Remus asks, when Virgil says that his favorite person has a bone and teeth collection. "I do too! I kept my teeth when they fell out, and Roman let me keep his too!" he says, and he's getting a little bit more excited now- just a bit, little by little, incase Virgil suddenly decided that it wasn't okay for him to talk anymore. And he nods again when Virgil asks if he helps Roman. "Yeah! If people are mean to him and make him sad, I kick them!" he tells him proudly.
PATTON
Patton's smile grew when Roman suddenly asked to be picked up. Patton never got to pick Roman up, it was always Roman picking up Patton, which he loved of course, but he wasn't as strong as Roman so he never got to be the one carrying Roman around, but he tried to contain his excitement now that the tables had turned. "Of course!" he said, picking Roman up. Virgil frowned again when Remus stated that lots of people hated him before rolling his eyes when he explained further. "Ohhh, I get it, you haven't heard the big secret yet." he said a bit dramatically before gesturing for Remus to come a bit closer so he could whisper to him. "Those fancy schmancy castle people? They're jealous of you because you're super fun and nice and they're all boring, they actually wanna be more like you but they don't know how to let loose and have fun... so they act mean so you don't find out that they're all just super jealous of you." he told him softly. Virgil nodded. "He does." he repeated with a smile, listening as Remus told him more about how he kept his and Roman's baby teeth, unable to help the huge smile that crossed his face as Remus got more and more excited. That was more like it. He couldn't help the loud laugh that escaped him when he said he kicked anyone who upset Roman. "Well, the good news is, there's nobody you have to kick here, we're all really nice." he said with a bright smile. "See? You just talked about stuff your brain was telling you, and your super cool teeth collection and the world didn't end, and nobody hates you... told you that you could talk to me. So now that you got all the bad feelings out, you can just relax and be yourself and have fun all day... and if there's anything you wanna say but you get a little nervous about it, you can just say it to me instead of the whole group so that you still get to say it but you don't have to worry because you know I'm not gonna get upset or mad or anything, sound good?" he asked as he messed up Remus' hair a bit, smiling.
ROMAN
Roman giggles happily when Patton picks him up, smiling and wrapping his arms around him, resting his head on top of Patton's shoulder, his eyes closing gently, happy to be curled up to him. Patton was warm, and he smelled nice too! He smiles brightly, reaching up to gently play with a piece of Patton's hair that had fallen close to him. Remus looks at Virgil when he says that there's some sort of big secret, and he leans closer to hear it, his eyes widening at what Virgil said. "Really?" he asks, eyes open in wonder. The fancy people were jealous? Remus nods a little bit, smiling when Virgil says that he won't need to kick anyone. "Good- I don't wanna kick anyone today." he tells him serious, and he smiles a bit more when Virgil calls his teeth collection cool. And he nods some more. "Yeah- okay-! And you have to promise again that nothing I say is too gross or weird?" he asks Virgil, still a little hesitant, but way more willing to trust and accept Virgil's help. When Remus was an adult again, this would most likely be a conversation that he'd need to have with Virgil again.
PATTON
Patton smiled even more when Roman cuddled up to him and reached up to play with his hair, his whole face lighting up. He loved getting to see Roman like this. Virgil smiled a bit at Remus' reaction to the big secret. "Really really." he told him. Virgil nodded, crossing his heart. "I promise that nothing you say is too gross or weird." he assured with a smile on his face. This was definitely something the two of them would have to discuss in more detail when Remus was back to normal, but that was something they could worry about later. Honestly, Virgil was worried, he hated to think Remus felt like he had to hide parts of himself, he never wanted his boyfriend to feel like that. There was also the matter of how Remus keeping all this from him had effected his own anxiety but honestly he wasn't even sure if he'd ever bring that up because it just sort of felt selfish and like he was trying to make the situation about himself which he definitely didn't want to do. Remus was way more important. "Okay, now that we got all that settled, I think it's time for the incredible breakfast that could not have happened without the super strong, super awesome, Remus!" he said excitedly before picking Remus up and putting him on his back so he could give him a piggy back ride back to the kitchen. He set Remus down in one of the chairs Logan had set a pillow on before getting the food and starting to serve it to everyone. Patton smiled when he saw that Virgil and Remus had returned. "They're back!" he said to Roman happily, walking into the kitchen and reluctantly setting Roman down in the chair next to Remus, sitting on the other side of him like he'd promised to do.
ROMAN
Remus was definitely glad that Virgil seemed to not be mad at him, he was super happy that Virgil said that he could talk to everyone, or especially Virgil about everything going on in his head and how he was feeling and anything else that he wanted to talk about. He laughs happily when Virgil picks him up, his arms wrapping around his neck as he held on to him. "Breakfast!" he says excitedly as he's set down in a chair, grabbing Virgil's arms in his little baby hand to stop Virgil from moving away from him. Roman smiles when Remus is back, and he sees that Remus seems to be much happier and doing much better than he had been doing earlier. "Hi!" he says with a grin, and Remus smiles back. "Hi!" he echoes, before the two for them break off into quiet giggles, as though saying hello was the funniest thing in the entire world. Roman took a big bite of his french toast, humming happily at the taste. "This is amazing!" he says through a mouthful of food, chewing happily. Remus completely douses his own food in syrup, nodding in agreement and eating his own food. Janus sits down at the table, noticing that Remus definitely seemed to be acting more himself- a big relief, as Janus had been worried, and he was sure that Virgil had been as well.
PATTON
There were a million reasons why Virgil was determined to make sure Remus felt like he could be himself, the top reason was pretty self explanatory, but he also had a feeling that this whole situation didn't just effect Remus, it messed with Remus' relationship with Roman too. He knew they were close, but they were insanely close as kids, and maybe they'd still be insanely close now if every adult in Remus' life hadn't made Roman feel like the enemy, like this unattainable goal he'd never reach. It didn't matter if Roman was the most thoughtful, wonderful brother in the world, if Remus heard 'be more like Roman' enough times, he'd start to get jealous, and resent him because he was creating an impossible standard Remus could never hope to rise up to without Roman even realizing it. Logan seemed more relaxed even now, and he had a feeling it had something to do with the events of the day before and the difference in how the adults treated him than how they'd treated him when he was actually four creating new memories that actually helped him... if Virgil and the others worked hard to make sure Remus felt like he could just be Remus, maybe when they changed back they'd be even closer because Roman would remember how it felt to be so close and protective of Remus, and Remus would have new memories of adults not pitting the two of them against each other like it was some sort of perfection contest. It was worth a shot, anyway. When he set Remus down and he felt him grab his arm, he gave Remus a smile. "I'll sit next to you." he told him, claiming the seat on the other side of Remus. Logan was still focused on his notebook, and Virgil noticed he hadn't said a thing since the two switched to toddlers. He wondered if it would be a good decision or a bad decision to tell Roman and Remus that Logan was their cousin... he had a feeling knowing that the two didn't remember that was part of why Logan was so silent, he probably had no clue how to be around them without them being aware of that fact so he was just keeping to himself. Virgil and Patton both smiled widely at Roman and Remus' interaction, Virgil smiling at Roman's compliment. "Tell it to Remus, he was a huge help in making breakfast." Virgil told Roman with a smile before snorting back a laugh when he saw Remus practically drowning his meal in syrup... that was more what he'd been expecting from today.
ROMAN
Virgil had pretty much gotten it exactly on the nose- Roman and Remus as children had been basically inseparable, but as they grew older, they had been put against each other in practically everything- sports, academics, general aspects of their lives- and Remus had always been told that he was coming up short compared to his brother by most adults. When the two were adults, Roman had kind of realized what had been going on, he'd realized that constantly being pitted against one another hadn't been good for wither of their mental health, especially Remus'- he'd definitely gotten the short end of the stick. The two were fixing the relationship that had been strained by circumstance, and they were close one again- but not nearly as much as they had been. Remus was happy when Virgil sat down next to him, smiling at him a little before going back to eating his food. Roman nods a bit at what Virgil said. "You made good breakfast!" he said to Remus with a grin, and Remus smiles back. "Thanks! But I didn't add any dirt this time so I don't think it tasted as good as last time I made food...." he muses.
PATTON
Virgil wasn't sure he was going to survive the cuteness overload that was baby Remus. He snorted back another laugh when Remus stated that he didn't add any dirt to this particular meal, finishing his own food and noticing that Logan had finished as well, grabbing both their plates and carrying them to the sink. "Lo, come help me with the dishes." he said as he grabbed Patton's empty plate as well, Logan standing up and going to the counter. "You haven't said one word since Roman and Remus changed, what's up?" Virgil asked. "I'm taking notes." Logan explained. "Yeah, I see that, but you've probably got enough for right now, why don't you spend a little time talking to them?" Virgil suggested. "I wouldn't know what to talk to them about." Logan said with a small shrug. Logan thought it might be fun to be the older one for a change, maybe teach Roman and Remus some stuff and be there for them today the way they'd been there for him yesterday, but it was weird to live in a world where Roman and Remus didn't know he was their cousin, it was like he didn't exist, so it felt easier just to stay out of the way, let them have their fun, and take notes that he could study later. He took his notebook and walked into the living room, grabbing a change of clothes so he could get out of his pajamas and heading into the bathroom, Virgil letting out a small sigh before glancing back at Roman and Remus to see how they were doing with their food.
ROMAN
When Roman finished his food, and Remus did as well, Roman grabbed Remus' hand, and Patton's as well, pulling the two of them away from the table and to the living room to go and sit on the couch sitting down on the soft cushions, Remus plopping down to sit besides him on the couch. Roman pulls the two of them closer so that he can whisper to them- "I think that Logan's sad." he says somberly, shooting a furtive glance at the other, who was currently in the kitchen. Remus thinks, and then starts to slowly nod. It definitely made sense, Logan was being awfully quiet, so that meant he was sad, right? "If he's sad then we need to make him happy again!" Remus says quickly. Virgil had helped him when he was feeling sad, so now he and Roman could help Logan! Roman nods a bit, looking at Patton. "Yeah- we could play with him! That helps when I'm sad!" he says with a smile.
PATTON
Patton let Roman lead him into the living room, overhearing what the two of them were whispering about. His mind instantly went to the same place as Virgil's... should they tell the twins that Logan was their cousin? Was there any harm in it? Not that he could think of off the top of his head, although, maybe it'd be better to wait a few more minutes to tell them now that he knew they were planning to try and cheer Logan up, because it would probably mean a lot to Logan to see how much the twins still cared about him even if they didn't realize they were related. It was so sweet, how much Roman and Remus seemed to care about people they barely even knew. Virgil finished up the dishes and looked back over at Janus. "I know they don't remember but... there's like... no harm in telling the twins that Logan's their cousin, right?" he verified, having no idea that the twins were already planning something nice for Logan without even having that knowledge. When Logan had gotten dressed for the day he came out of the bathroom, sitting himself in his usual chair and continuing to scribble in his notebook.
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