Fluff/Angst

Patton laughed happily with his famILY. They were having a great time.
When a flash of white caught his eye.
Huh?
Everyone was here.
Weren't they?
Sleep-Remy. Check.
Anxiety-Virgil. Check.
Deceit. Check.
And many others such as Common Sense and Pranks.
Yep. All here.
But he remained suspicious.

The video had started and Patton popped in with a pun.
As always.
Then Roman came in.
"I just got the greatest idea!" Roman yelled dramatically.
"Well, then just say it, Prince Charming." Virgil snarked back.
Roman bounced with excitement, "We should... do a day in the life vlog! So we hide cameras around and videotape our daily lives!"
"Well," Logan stated,"that is... an idea. But surely our lives are nothing interesting? I spend most of my time working. As does you and Patton. And you are rarely in the house. I don't know what Virgil does in his free time but-"
"Logan." Patton cut the logical side off. "Why don't we consider it?"

While Logan had been talking, the princely character had deflated, holding back his emotions. Once Morality had spoken, Roman had blinked back tears and regained his composure.

"No... its quite alright, Padre, it wasn't my best idea." Roman said quieter.
Virgil sent a quick worrying glance his way.
Roman was fine.
He didn't need to be worried about.
The prince character glared at Anxiety for a second before turning back to Patton.

Thomas had watched the exchange quietly.
"Are you... okay, Roman?" Thomas almost whispered.
Roman froze for a second. "Yes! Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be okay?" Roman almost yelped.
"Are you... sure?" Logan narrowed his eyes at him.
"Yeah. Thomas, are you going to continue the video? If not, I have work to attend to." Roman stated monotoning, not quite meeting anyone's eyes.
"No..." Thomas began, he blinked and his Creative side was gone.
"Oh, okay then."
Patton looked at the others.
"We have to figure out what's wrong."

-~-

Morality had watched Roman's behavior. He obviously was hiding something.
The dad-like persona's heart plummeted at the thought of Princey hiding something that was causing great distress to him.

"Thomas, would you like to go with us?" Patton asked.
"Yes, I want to know what's wrong with part of myself." The host said frowning.

They popped up in the common room of the mindscape.
"Let's go." Patton stage whispered.

-~-

They got up to Princey's bright red door.
Thomas blinked with surprise, he expected the door to be decorated, not... blank.

Patton pushed a finger to his lips and pressed his ear to the door, trying to hear in.

The sound that greeted him was muffled, quiet crying, that you wouldn't hear unless you were paying attention.

Patton quietly moved away from the door and quietly explained what he had heard.

Thomas' eyes filled with tears and Patton's heart was aching.

"Who wants to go in?" asked Virgil, fiddling with the sleeves of his jacket.

"I nominate Patton!" Thomas said smiling at the moral aide.
Patton felt his face heating up, "No, I think you should go, or maybe Logan."

By now, Patton felt his hands shaking with apprehension.
Logan grabbed the Dad's hands.
"This is what you excel at, Morality." Logan paused as if deciding the best way to word what he was going to say next.
"Besides, Roman trusts you the most." Logan finished with what he attempted to seem like a reassuring smile.
"Alright." Patton said, taking in a deep breath.

He walked over to the door and knocked.
Immediately the sniffling stopped. Then he heard shuffling.
Patton knocked once more.

Roman swallowed, steadying his voice before calling out.
"Whom is delighting me with a visit?"
"What?" Roman couldn't tell by the voice who it was.
He sighed before saying, "Who is it?"
"Oh." Roman heard a chuckle. "It's Patton!"

"Patton?" Roman asked,"Why are you he(e)re?" (sorry i had to)
"I would like to come in to talk to you." Patton replied.
"One sec." The prince muttered.
He wiped his eyes carefully, making sure there was no sign of him crying.

Patton was probably going to make fun of his idea. And tell him to atop trying. Tell him that he isn't doing anything for Thomas, that he should leave and never come back.
Roman suddenly found it hard to breathe.

"Ro?" Patton asked, sounding worried, "Are you okay?"

Roman quickly opened the door and dragged Patton in before shutting and locking it once more.

Patton seemingly noticed Roman struggling to breathe and said, "Here, Ro, breathe. In. Out. In. Out. Good, keep going."

Roman kept breathing while gripping Patton's hands, not looking at the father figure.

Patton felt a blush growing on his face.
"What's wrong?"
Roman looked up at him, his eyes suddenly red, looking like he was going to cry.

"J-just get it ov-over with." Roman stuttered, blinking back tears.

"Get what over with?" Patton asked with his heart sinking.

"Yell at me, banish me, chase me out, whatever, but whatever it is... please do it quickly." Roman said.
"Oh... oh no, Roman! I'm not mad at you! Why would you think that? I want to know what's bothering you so I can help." Patton said with tears gathering in his eyes.

"I-I just thought..." Roman's voice cracked before a few tears escaped.
He quietly cursed himself for crying and showing how weak he was in front of his crush.

Patton started to cry as well and hugged Roman close.
That was the trigger for Roman.
Tears now mercilessly poured down his face.

Patton soothed him quietly, telling him to let it all out.
Once Roman had calmed down, the only sound was Roman's quiet hiccups.
"Please answer this honestly," Morality said quietly, "Please tell me what is wrong."

"Patt..." Roman shook his head. "I guess it's just hard living your worst nightmare."

Patton froze while his heart dropped, w-what did Princey mean?
"W-what?" Patton managed to stutter out.

"Remember the first episode when we were talking about our worst fears?" Roman questioned while glancing at Patton.

The normally bubbly figure nodded slowly.
Roman took this as his queue to continue.
"I said mine was rejection. I didn't just mean that in a romantical sense..." Roman took a deep breath before continuing. "When you all started to reject my ideas... I didn't know what to do.
I was terrified.
I-" Roman started to cry again.

Patton froze in horror.
How could he forget?
How could he-
"Roman, look at me."
Roman slowly looked up, wiping his tears.
Patton held his face in one hand, using his thumb to wipe away tears.

"I'm sorry that we all forgot that. We should have been more caring. Is-is this why you avoided us for a while? Because you were scared? I-I promise that we will be more mindful, you could have told us sooner." Patton smiled sadly.

"I-it's quite alright, Patton, you couldn't have known. And I will in the future, I was just scared that you would make fun of me or..." Roman shook his head clearing that thought away, "and yes, that was why I avoided you, I-I'm sorry..." Roman trailed off.

"Roman, I understand. I'm sorry too." Patton said sorrowfully. "You should tell the others, so we can make an effort to avoid it or be nicer about it. May I?"
Roman blinked with confusion at first. May be what?
Then he saw his crush looking at his lips before meeting his eyes again.

Roman's heart skyrocketed.

"Y-yes."
Patton smiled before connecting their lips.

Fireworks were going off in Roman's head.
Despite him being the romantic side, he had never kissed before.
And he loved it.

It was a short kiss, but when Patton pulled back, madly blushing, he knew it was one of the best he had ever experienced.

"Shall we tell the others?" Morality asked in a hushed tone.
"Will you join me?" Roman asked.
"Of course."

1332 words.
First real story.
Was it good?
Idk. lol, you tell me. And yes that reference to this first video is a real reference.
I was rewatching it when I got this idea.

Also, um, if you want to request something, please do.
I know not many people are reading this cause I suck at writing but I don't have many ideas as of currently.

Have a nice day, bye~
Echo