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When Roman and Patton got back from eating, Virgil sat in the living room on his phone, absentmindedly scrolling as he lounged lazily.
“Hey, Virgil.” Patton said cheerily, “Where’d Remus and Delos run off to?”
Roman noted that Delos’s door was shut, and headed over, grabbing the doorknob and opening it, only to immediately slam it shut as he flushed red and Delos and Remus yelled for him to get out.
Virgil looked up, flipping his bangs out of his eyes, “Oh yeah, meant to warn you. Could be worse, though, I had to hear them going at it for an hour. Sun is still up, and I was still tempted to make a run for it.”
“... Oh, god. Can you compel me to forget that?” Roman asked as he put a hand over his face, moving to one of the couches.
“I would, but seeing you miserable is so much more fun for me.” Virgil smirked, “That and I can’t compel myself. I implore you to suffer with me.”
“Can we like, train or something? Anything but talk about this more?” Roman asked.
Virgil jumped up happily, “I’d love to get some fighting in, see you lose your damn mind.”
“No fighting in the house.” Patton said firmly, “Outside.”
Virgil groaned, “Yes, but the sun is up, and not all of us can go outside and feel the sun without burning alive.”
“Self tanner could make you look a little less dead without the use of the sun.” Roman suggested, “The edgy makeup doesn’t help your case, though.”
“Not being able to go in the sun without blistering and burning at the contact will make you pale.” Virgil grumbled.
“Oh!” Patton exclaimed excitedly, “I can’t believe I forgot!”
Roman looked over at Patton, raising a skeptical brow, “Forgot what?”
“This is Delos’s home where he provides daylight jewelry for vampires who can’t go outside! He’s smart enough to be hospitable!” Patton said as he went to the curtains and threw them open.
Virgil shrieked and curled in on himself as sunlight poured into the living area, but when the familiar sting of blistering skin didn’t come, he peeked at the window, then at his hands, turning them over in awe at how he wasn’t affected by the sunlight streaming in.
“They’re double paned.” Patton explained, “UV rays can’t get through, so you won’t be burned.”
Virgil walked to the window, then shut his eyes and tilted his head back with a faint smile, “It’s amazing.” He said softly, chuckling after a moment, “I forgot what it felt like to not burn.”
Roman felt his mouth go dry as he watched Virgil, and for a moment, he completely forgot Virgil was a vampire, he only saw a young man who was smiling genuinely as he enjoyed himself, and hell if Roman wasn’t completely enthralled by the emo wreck that stood in front of him.