Remus was stood outside of Janus' room, listening to the sounds of the latter puking his guts out. He was humming his song, the one he wrote for himself.

He was proud of himself. He actually managed to ruin the date!

He had originally only planned to sabotage the chocolates, but the music was a nice bonus. He'd have to thank Patton and Virgil for that later.

He had changed the flavor of the chocolates. Instead of tasting sweet, like you'd expect, they tasted like a mixture of pickle juice, hotdog water, and peaches. Remus didn't think the flavor was that bad, but maybe that was just him.

To make things even better, Roman thought it was his fault! That's exactly what Remus wanted.

The sound of gagging finally stopped, and Remus heard Janus' toilet flush. His grin widened when Janus stepped out of the room.

"Oh, hello." Janus waved weakly, his other hand wrapped tightly around his stomach.

"I'm guessing that the date didn't go so well?" Remus asked, tilting his head. Janus sighed, nodding. "Oh, that's too bad!" Remus chirped, not even pretending he wasn't ecstatic.

"I ruined it." Janus groaned, making Remus furrow his brow in confusion.

"You ruined it? How?" Remus asked.

"Roman's chocolates were really gross." Janus shook his head. "I should've just told him that instead of trying to eat them."

"If they were gross, then that's Ro-Ro's fault." Remus shrugged. "Not yours. You were only trying to be nice!"

"I guess..." Janus mumbled. "Whatever, it doesn't matter anyways. I'll make it up to him next time!"

"That's the spirit!" Remus giggled. "Go get your man, Jan-Jan!"

"Thanks, Remus." Janus smiled, and Remus could feel his face heat up. "My stomach is killing me, I'm gonna go get some medicine." Janus said, walking to the stairs. "Goodbye, Remus."

"Bye bye!" Remus waved, watching him walk away.

Once Janus was out of sight, Remus let a small smirk find it's way to his face. "Yeah, go get your man, Jan-Jan."

Remus turned, heading back towards his room.

"And I'll get mine."

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Remus woke up in a tattoo parlor.

Oh, how fun.

He needed to test if he had dialogue, so he thought of the weirdest phrase he could say in this situation.

"BANANAS ATE THE PRESIDENT'S ASS!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

A couple of the employees (who looked like Virgil and Logan) gave him scared glances.

Nice! No dialogue!

"Oi, boss." 'Virgil' called, glancing over at him. "This place is looking a little...dreary."

"Funny, coming from you." Remus grumbled. "What do you want me to do about it?"

"A flower shop opened across the street, we could use a little greenery in here." 'Logan' spoke up. "We still have a couple minutes before we open, maybe you could run over really quick and pick something up?"

"Ugh, fine." Remus scoffed, standing up. He felt like he knew what would happen next.

After crossing the street (not looking both ways, because he was honestly hoping a car would hit him), he made his way into the flower shop.

Janus was humming a tune, watering the various flowers. His bowler hat was replaced with a black beanie, and his usual outfit was traded in for a yellow sweater and jeans.

Now Remus wasn't usually one to think this, but Janus looked so cute.

An adorable smile was on his face, as he danced lightly to the tune he was humming. He hadn't noticed Remus yet, which Remus didn't mind. He could honestly watch this all day.

Remus cleared his throat, successfully gaining Janus' attention. "Oh! I'm sorry, we're not open yet!" Janus said, putting the watering can down.

"Oh, no, I work across the street." Remus stammered awkwardly, shocked.

His scales were gone.

Instead, some sort of discoloration was on the side of his face where they usually were. And to top it all off, his eyes were two different colors. Now, Remus was used to his eyes being two different colors. But certainly not these two colors. One was dark brown, the other was a light hazel.

"This isn't a complaint, is it? Is the pollen irritating you? I'm not sure what I can do about that, but I--"

"No! No, not anything like that." Remus waved him off. "My employees are convinced that we need some plants, and well..."

"Oh!" Janus lit up, smiling brightly. "I get it! Here!"

Janus walked to the back, before walking back with a yellow plant in his hands.

He handed them over to Remus, an absolutely enchanting smile on his face. "Here you go!"

"Oh, thank you for the..." Remus trailed off, not exactly sure what they were.

"They're edgeworthia!" Janus told him. "One of my favorites!"

"Well then, it's one of my favorites too." Remus chirped. "Do you know what they symbolize? I remember a friend told me that all flowers symbolize something!"

That wasn't a lie. Logan really did tell him that.

"It's..." Janus paused, trying to remember. "Oh! That's right! Love at first sight!"

"Really now? No wonder you gave it to me." Remus smirked. Janus flushed. "What did you say your name was?"

He obviously already knew the answer, but there's no harm in asking.

"Janus Orm." He stammered, flustered.

Orm? He'd have to look that up later. (And by "look it up" he means ask Logan.)

"Well, Mr. Orm. My name is Remus, uh, Duke. And you are the cutest thing I've seen today." Remus smirked.

What? This was fake. He could flirt all he wanted.

Janus turned bright red, eyes widening. "Th-Thank you, Mr. Duke! You're very handsome as well!"

Remus went crimson, eyes widening. "Can I have your number?"

The dream faded away, and Remus pouted. He actually forgot it was a dream for a moment there. Which was weird, since Janus was so out of character.