Oh? Is this the last chapter?

"Roman, I can explain--"

"Shut up, Remus." Roman growled, storming past him.

They all exchanged a glance, before following Roman.

"Roman, just give me a second to--" Remus tried to tell him.

"I said shut up!" Roman yelled, marching foward. Remus frowned, looking at Janus for reassurance.

Janus gave him a firm look, as if telling him to keep pressing.

"I understand if you don't want to talk to me anymore--" Remus began slowly.

"Hey!" Roman barked, whirling around to face him.

Remus stiffened, and he heard Virgil let out a shout of suprise.

"I fucking love you." Roman hissed, pointing a finger at him.

Remus' eyes widened. "Oh--"

Roman had turned back around, and continued walking foward.

Remus caught Virgil's eye, and could immediately tell what the anxious side was thinking.

He's mad at me, then.

Remus sincerely doubted that, but didn't have the time to tell Virgil because Roman was getting too far away and they needed to make sure he didn't do anything stupid. (Run on sentence check 🤪)

"Roman, where are you going?" Logan asked.

"You'll see." Roman grumbled.

Roman led them to his room. He wrenched the door open, and immediately made a beeline to the closet.

"I would usually advise against going back into the closet, but--"

"Remus, shut up." Remy said.

"Noted."

Roman pulled out a box. He opened it, and began sifting through it.

"What is that?" Janus asked, tilting his head.

"Everything Patton has ever given me." Roman mumbled. Logan's eyes widened in realization. He seemed to have figured out what Roman was looking for.

"Don't tell me he..." Logan frowned. Roman nodded.

"I'm afraid I don't understand?" Janus furrowed his brow.

"You will." Roman murmured. "Found it."

He pulled out a single card.

It was the famILY card.

Except Virgil wasn't there.

"He gave this to me after he dumped Remus onto the dark side." Roman spat. "At the time, it made me feel like he was thinking of me. That I was special. I see I was wrong."

"Patton really is fond of reusing his old tricks." Janus scowled.

"Well they worked before, why wouldn't they work again?" Remy shrugged. "Or at least, that's what he was thinking."

"Well, he originally made that with you in mind, right? At least he was originally thinking of you!" Remus offered.

"That's not why I'm upset." Roman growled. "I'm upset, because he gave Virgil this as an attempt to apologize for how we treated him. And the fact that he couldn't even bother trying to be original is so fucking infuriating."

"Princey, it's fine." Virgil tried to tell him.

"It's not fine!" Roman exclaimed. "You were in a really dark place, and Patton didn't even bother making something original for you!"

"That's all in the past. It doesn't matter, anyways." Virgil told him.

"I vote we burn everything Patton has ever given us." Janus hummed.

"You haven't done that yet?" Remy asked.

"Not everything." Janus frowned.

---

They stood in a circle around a fire pit. They agreed to do this in the Imagination.

They had Patton tied to a chair, watching the whole thing.

Logan walked up to the fire pit, holding a book. "This is a planner." Logan said. "My first planner. Patton gave it to me when we were 10."

Logan tossed it into the fire.

Remus stepped up next, holding a half-eaten bar of soap. "Patton gave this to me when Roman and I were 4. Told me to use it to wash my dirty mouth out."

Remus tossed it into the fire.

Roman stepped up next, holding the famILY card Patton gave him. He didn't say anything, just glared at Patton and tossed it in.

Virgil also tossed in his card, a tight frown on his face.

Patton was watching in mild boredom. He couldn't care less about any of this stuff. It had no value to him anymore.

Janus stepped up. He held a pair of mittens. "Patton gave these to me when my scales first started showing up on my hands." He said.

Janus tossed them into the fire.

They all took turns, tossing numerous items Patton had given them over the years.

When they finally finished, Remy looked over at Patton. "Anything to say for yourself?"

"I savored every moment of our time together." Patton smiled sweetly at all of them.

Remus scowled at him, before taking Patton by the arm. He was about to sink out, but Patton said something that made all of them freeze.

"Oh, and Janus?"

Janus glared at him.

"You'll always be a lying snake."

"You little--" Remus began.

"I know."

Everyone whipped their head over to Janus.

"I'll always be a liar." Janus shrugged. "But you'll never win against me."

"...what?" Patton sneered.

"You can come back as many times as you'd like." Janus hissed, walking up to him. "But I'll beat you again, and again, and again."

And with that, Remus took Patton away.

---

"Well, it truly was a pleasure having you here." Logan told them.

"Chin up, Specs. We'll visit." Remus rolled his eyes. "Or should I say, Janus will visit."

"Remus!" Janus cried, flushing.

"You better come often." Virgil told them.

"Of course! Soon, you'll be tired of seeing our faces!" Remus chirped.

Roman took a deep breath, and walked up to Remus.

"Well, this is it." Roman said.

"I suppose it is." Remus hummed.

Roman engulfed Remus in a hug. "Take care of yourself, brother."

"Isn't that my line?" Remus laughed, hugging him back.

---

Remus and Janus rose up in the dark side common room.

"I was wondering when you'd come back."

They looked towards the sofa, and found Cassius sitting on it. He stood up, facing them.

"Cassius,"

"Remus, Deceit."

"Janus."

"I'm sorry?" Cassius tilted his head.

"That's my name. Janus."

A/N:

AND WE'RE DONE!

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