A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Complete)

Roman finds a 'friend'

TW: swears

Roman woke up peacefully for once, Remus wasn't jumping on them or yelling. They yawned, stretching. Roman got up and left for the bathroom not knowing what they were going to find out.

When Roman left that room, they felt less like Roman, and more like her. The memories of the past flashing through the their head. They whimpered as the one including their father flashed. They saw the hitting, the yelling all the emotional abuse too. They rushed out of the hall, as they were already crying, trying to find their mother. They quickly went down the stairs, finding their mother, Lily.

"Mom?" They yelled out, still crying. Lily then rounded the corner talking on the phone with someone. Roman quickly went over and gave her a tight hug.

"I'll talk to you later Megan" She said before hanging up and hugging Roman back. "What's wrong hunny?" Roman just cried louder, burying their head into her shoulder. "Is it that time?" She asked softly. She knew Roman always got very upset when they started their monthly. She knew that Roman always felt a large amount of dysphoria because of it too. Lily smiled sadly and hugged Roman a little tighter. "Do you want to stay home for today?" She asked gently, this wasn't the first time something like this happened. She knew it wouldn't be the last either. Roman nodded gently and pulled away, hugging themself. "How about you go get your phone or something to do and wait on the couch, I'll make some breakfast okay?" Lily asked gently. Roman nodded going back up the stairs. They looked over at Remus once they entered the room, they also saw the time, he needed to be awake by now they thought. They quickly went over, shaking Remus awake.

"Fuck off Janus, I'm not going to your fucking baby shower" Remus said loudly.

"Who's Janus and how do you know them?" They asked oblivious to the youtubers Remus watched. Remus opened his eyes, groaning when he saw the time.

"Don't know her personally" Remus said with a grin. Roman shrugged, grabbing their phone and notebook with a pencil. They smiled lightly and went down the stairs. Roman sat on the couch, deciding that they were going to draw a little garden scene.

It was a day after the start of their period. Granted, they were still upset, as was normal for them. They quickly walked the halls of the school and hoped nothing was going to happen.

"Hey there handsome" someone said, stepping in front of Roman. They looked up quickly, hoping they didn't touch them as they knew people got violent if it was even a ghost of a touch.

"Are you talking to me?" Roman asked looking around. It was only really those two. No one else was really in the hall as this was one of the less used halls. The person smiled. Leaning forward.

"If I am?" The persons lips almost touching Romans. Roman stared at their lips for a few seconds before looking back up, blushing.

"Then, uh, why do you wanna talk to me anyways?" Roman said quickly backing up. The person frowned, before quickly regaining the cocky smile. The person moved forward, wrapping their arms around Romans neck, not in a violent way, in a more almost caring way. Roman again glanced at the persons lips before meeting their eyes again.

"What's your name pretty boy?" Roman almost swooned. Almost being the key word, granted, they were okay with he/him pronouns but they didn't like it very often. They did like the idea of masculinity, but not really the pronouns that came with it.

"I'm non-binary" Roman said quickly, thinking, no, knowing the fact would disgust them and that they would leave. Not that Roman necessarily wanted them to leave.

"That's not a problem for me sweetheart" they said smiling still, along with still being extremely close to Romans face. Roman was shocked.

"Roman" They said backing off. The arms around their neck left as Roman bowed dramatically. "What's yours if I may ask?" They said smirking. The mystery person laughed, giving a small bow in return.

"Andrew" they said.

"And your pronouns, dearie?" Roman said with a burst of confidence. Andrew laughed, a blush covering their cheeks. Roman smiled at the fact that they were able to make Andrew laugh.

"He/him" Andrew said, motioning for the two to start walking to lunch. Roman smiled, they liked this. They knew once Andrew found out they didn't have a soulmate it would be over, however, they couldn't bring themself to care at the moment. As the two walked in the halls, Roman was itching to hold his hand. Just for a little bit. They stared at Andrews hand for quite awhile, before deciding Andrew wouldn't want that. "What classes do you have next?" Andrew asked. Roman jumped at the sudden sound, then laughed off their own jumpiness.

"Theater, then after that I have a study hall. Then I have to study for a test and also for the upcoming play"

"What's the play? I haven't heard about it yet" Andrew asked smiling. Roman beamed, explaining the whole plot and every character as they had listened to the soundtrack and seen the Disney movie a million times each. By the time they had stopped, it was only because someone else in the hallway told them to shut the hell up. They had sighed and quickly shut up as they were told. The worst part about it was Andrew hadn't said anything, however, Roman figured that he didn't want to be bullied like them. Roman hugged themself loosely, not really talking after that.

"That's all you really need to know about Aladdin" Was all they had said after words. Andrew nodded with a smirk. As the two continued to lunch, Remus had met up them. Roman smiled brightly, happy to see their brother. They waved as Remus started to walk with them.

"Who's that" Remus asked, finally seeing Andrew. Roman looked over at Andrew, seeing if they could introduce him. Andrews eyes narrowed and Roman looked away sadly. Remus glanced at Roman before glaring at Andrew.

"I'm Andrew, and you?" He said, all trace of malice gone. Andrew stopped walking, putting out his hand. Remus spit at Andrew instead of a hand shake, Roman quickly grabbed Remus.

"Why'd you do that?!" Roman scolded. Roman shook Remus a little, trying to get Remus to focus on them. Remus' eyes finally looked at Roman but only for a minute.

"I don't like them" Remus said, eyes locked on Andrew. Even if he didn't like the other, he wasn't going to be rude and possibly misgender them.

"That's not a reason to spit at him!" Roman said quickly, they looked over at Andrew, not noticing how fast his face had changed from disgust to shock. Remus glare stayed hyper focused on Andrew. "Are you ok? I'm sorry for my brother, he doesn't do this stuff normally I promise" Andrew smirked.

"I'm fine, can I talk to you in private Roman?" Remus quickly growled, literally growling, pulling his sibling away from Andrew. He stood in front of Roman as if that would protect them. Roman pushes Remus.

"I'm older then you, I can decide who I want to talk to and be around. And right how, I want to talk with Andrew. So if you'd kindly go to the fucking lunch room, it would be amazing." Roman said huffing at Remus' face of anger.

"When he hurts you don't come fucking crying to me" Remus said glaring at the pair before storming away. Romans eyes widened, the two siblings fought, but they were always there for the other. Roman looked to Andrew for guidance. Andrew smiles sadly.

"It's okay, he probably doesn't care about you" Andrew said, pulling Roman into a hug. "It's okay though, I'll care for you no matter what" Andrew said pulling out of the hug, wiping away Romans tears. Roman nodded, Andrew was probably right.

"You promise?" Roman asked trying to rid of their tears.

"I promise" Andrew said. Unfortunately, Roman wasn't able to see the malice glint in Andrews eyes. And they wouldn't be able to for a long time.