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Roman sat on the couch in their dressing room, watching as Dean threw something - maybe it was the water bottle that, what was that guy's name again, Tom was it? He couldn't remember right now and didn't even care to, it was the least of his problems right now. All he remembered was after getting medical attention they were being handed water bottles before coming back to their dressing room - against the wall. He could hear Dean cussing, wanting to tell him to calm down like Seth used to do but he knew Dean wouldn't listen.
The thought of Seth standing next to him was fresh in his mind, both him and Dean moving forward to deal with Triple H and Randy Orton and then... BAM! The unbearable pain shooting through his already bruised back from Payback, falling down and holding onto to the ropes, then Seth beginning to hurt Dean with a chair behind him. The only thing that was running through his mind right now was only one thing... Why did Seth do what he did to his supposed brothers?
Did two years of hard work and bonding not mean anything to Seth? Of course they had that incident with him a couple months back where Seth left them in the middle of the match between The Wyatt Family, but he said he did that to trick The Wyatt's. Was he just tricking Evolution too? No, this was worse. At least that time, Seth had come to apologize and explained what was going on once the cameras were off them, this time it had been an hour afterwards and still no Seth.
Finally Dean sat down, his hands balled into fists. He noticed Roman trying to put the ice pack on the small of his back, Dean grabbing the ice pack from Roman and putting it where he saw the red marks that were where the chair hit him, Dean hearing Roman wince. A hand went through Roman's hair.
"How do you propose we deal with this?" Dean asks. "Because if I were making the decision, I'd probably do something I'd regret the next morning."
"No, we won't do that." Roman said in a low, hurt voice. He couldn't see Dean right now but he knew Dean was nodding his head in agreement, he didn't want to hurt Seth either. "We'll just simply ask him why he did what he did. No need to act in violence... You weren't the only one who was hurt after everything, Dean."
"I never said that," Dean replies, scoffing. "I know you and Seth were tag team partners, got closer and that you guys had a special bond that maybe I didn't quite understand, but you and Seth were the first people in a while that I've been able to open up to and trust... I just don't want to lose you too, Roman. Not to those bastards Randy Orton and Triple H nonetheless."
Roman turned his head slightly over his shoulder to see Dean looking him up and down. "You won't lose me. Like I said earlier, we're brothers. With or without Seth apart of our team."
Roman noticed a small smile appear on Dean's face, knowing how much it meant to him. It also meant a lot to Roman, Dean was like a brother to him especially these last two years with everything slowly changing for them as they turned from NXT guys to main roster guys who had main event matches almost every pay-per-view.
"You don't know how much that means to me." Dean whispers.
Roman nodded his head, "Yeah, I do. Just promise you won't ever change."
"Can't change, won't change even if I tried." Dean sings, letting out a laugh. Roman joined in with the laughter, both of them feeling like they hadn't laughed in what seemed like forever.
Both of them laughed so hard that tears were starting to form in Dean's eyes and Roman's back started to hurt even worse. A knock at the door brought their laughter to an end, both staring at each other.
"Who is it?" Roman yelled.
They heard someone cough before someone said, "Uh, it's Alicia Fox. Everyone is almost close to ready to leaving and Vince is about to come get you guys if you don't get ready, so..."
"We'll be ready in fifteen minutes, Alicia. Thanks for telling us, we'll see you later." Dean replied.
Dean let go of his hold on the ice pack, standing up and clearing his throat and holding out a hand to help Roman stand up. They grabbed their gym bags and left their dressing room, walking to the shower room. Dean got undressed and went into the shower, Roman excusing himself and telling Dean he would be going to the bathroom.
Roman saw John Cena in the hallway discussing with Kane what would be happening tomorrow night on Smackdown. He walked past them even though Cena said hi to him, going towards the bathroom when he felt a tight grip on his arm, pulling him into a dark room. After the door shut, the light was turned on and Roman saw that he was in Triple H's office that now only had the couch and the posters. Turning back to see who pulled him into the room, he saw Seth Rollins standing in front of him.
Seth put a finger up to his mouth, "Shh..." Before he could say anything else, Roman let the anger take over, forgetting everything he had just said to Dean in their dressing room and pushed Seth up against the wall, hearing him groan.
"What the hell was that?" Roman yelled, "You told me earlier this morning when we were having breakfast that you had to do something, but I didn't expect this! Do you know how angry Dean is at you? Forget him, do you know how angry I am? You left me out of the loop! I don't even know how I feel towards you right now because apart of me is telling me to forgive you because I love you and the other part of me is telling me to just forget it and let you be."
Seth gave a wicked smirk, letting out a chuckle, "Maybe you should. When I told you I was going to do something, I meant. You and Dean mean nothing to me anymore. Screw your whole "we're brothers" thing, I never even believed that you thought of me and Dean as your brothers. I mean, really? You hated our guts in FCW." Seth argued.
"Because I misjudged you guys. Ambrose always thought I was the kid who got this job because I was from a big wrestling family and you barely spoke to me, so what was I supposed to do? Make friends with guys who barely paid any attention to me? I think not." Roman explained, "I gave you both a chance and you guys in return gave me a chance. We skipped being friends and quickly became brothers, like I've always said. I've meant every word and you should know that since we've been together!" He continued, "How can you not believe that I loved you after this last year we've been through?"
"It's hard not to question you're honesty, Roman." Seth said, "I'm sorry, I was going to tell you why I was doing this but guess what? I won't now. Good luck trying to figure it out on your own."
Seth pushed Roman off of him, giving him one more look in the eyes before leaving the room, Roman being surrounded by the posters for magazines and pay-per-views. He tried to focus on something else, like having to get ready, but his mind kept wandering back to Seth. What was it that he was going to tell him? Whatever it was, it must have been important.