Tavros Nitram was just another ordinary freshman in highschool. Said boy stood in his living room, wearing his normal attire. This consisted of brown cargo shorts, black sneakers, and a black button-up shirt, which he left open over his plain white t-shirt. His chocolate brown eyes kept getting caught in a bright white glare everytime he looked up at the clock, wondering how soon until he could finally leave. It was a Friday night which meant he was going to go hang out with a few friends, and hope not to get beaten up by his brother when he got home. He hadn't always feared being beaten up by his brother, he only had since Rufioh started hanging out with the wrong crowd. Little did Tavros know it wasn't Rufioh's CHOICE to break up with his boyfriend and hang out with a girl who drank a lot and claimed to be his girlfriend. Rufioh had lost a bet to Meenah and she chose the outcome, forcing him to change his lifestyle completely. The only part of any of this that Tavros had witnessed was when his brother came home that night, crying and writing things on his wall in red writing. Tavros didn't dare go in his room though, seeing as though Rufioh would do something drastic, whether his 'girlfriend' had gotten him completely drunk or not. His girlfriend didn't seem like a very good person, which his father had told Rufioh, only to be ignored and shrugged away. Tavros hoped to find out why in the right mind Rufioh would do any of these events. All Tavros knew, was that now on Fridays his brother would come home drunk and frustrated.

A knock on the door brought Tavros back to reality, causing him to look in the direction of the noise. "Oh, just a minute!" He fumbled to stand up quickly without falling over, much like he usually did. Tavros opened the door to reveal one of his close friends, Gamzee Makara. "You ready to go?" The obviously taller of the two asked, staring down at the other, eyes half-lidded as he did so. Gamzee was an extremely nice boy, who'd known Tavros since they were little. He wore black baggy pants which covered the view of his purple converse, and a dark grey t-shirt with colorful writing. Also, he had his face painted much like a juggalo, to cover a few scars across his face. "Yes! Of course," Tavros happily said, looking up to his friend before his tone changed to that of a confused one, "Where are we going anyways?" His hand reached to the pocket of his shorts to check if he had his phone and keys. They had been where they were supposed to, so he just casually put his hand in his pocket, trying not to seem like the fool he usually had been. "We're going to that motherfucker...Sollux? His house." Tavros knew the boy named Sollux, considering he usually made smart remarks about Tavros' hair. Sollux had always told him 'you look shaggy like a bull!' Which Tavros had thought it could be considered true. The thought of that remark made Tavros run his hand through his shaggy, almost-black hair that covered his head, and most of his ears.

"Well? Isn't it time to ask why?" Gamzee said, losing whatever small amount of patience he had. "Oh! Yea, precisely. Why are we going to Sollux's house?" Tavros said, blushing in embarassment that he had stood there in silence. "Well he up and wants us to meet his new boyfriend or whatever." Gamzee's thoughts trailed over whatever Sollux said his boyfriend's name was, as Tavros looked confused and disgusted at the same time. "Does he want me to go just so he can make fun of me? Because if he does then I'd rather stay home." Gamzee rolled his eyes and sighed at what Tavros was going on about. "Well he can pick on you all he wants, I'll just kick his ass for it later." That's Gamzee for you. Charming, right? Tavros smiled and closed his front door before following Gamzee into the night ahead of them.

"So what's this kid's name? You know, Sollux's boyfriend?" Tavros said, still looking forward so he wouldn't trip over anything the world could possibly throw at him. "I was just trying to remember... The motherfucker's name was familiar when Sollux up and told me. I think it had something to do with... ED?" Gamzee said, unsure if that was correct or not. "Oh... WAIT WHAT!? They're going out? I thought they hated eachother! That is if you're talking about Eridan anyways. They would bicker about how much Eridan complains!" Tavros was confused as to how they became a couple. He stared hard trying to process whatever he just heard as he stepped over a torn cardboard box on the floor, which looked like it had been attacked by a dog. "Well I guess...it just happened? I don't know how they got together either, But I guess we could always ask them when we get there." Gamzee hadn't spoken that 'proper' in forever. It brought a small smile to Tavros' face. "Yea...I suppose." Tavros sighed as they approached the house. It was a pale shade of yellow painted two-story. It looked flattering, well it would've if Tavros didn't completely despise the Captors sometimes. Tavros wanted to stop Gamzee when he knocked on the door, and they heard footsteps move towards them.

"Hello, fuck faces," Sollux said, opening the door. The house had been very home-in-a-movie-like on the inside, which Tavros thought was 'cute.' Sollux spoke with a heavy lisp which Tavros sort of thought was funny in the beginning of middle school, until he realized it was really fucking mean to think a speech impediment was something to laugh about. Gamzee smiled and stepped inside, as opposed to Tavros who sighed in annoyance and stepped inside. Sollux led the pair into the living room, where another boy their age sat, in jeans that looked umcomfortably tight. "Who the fuck is this, Sol?" The boy asked, his accent sounded odd and he had sort of a stutter on certain letters. Tavros knew this boy as Eridan Ampora, the younger of the Ampora brothers who were mostly known as 'the richest kids in school.' "Well, ED, this is Gamzee and his friend Tavros. You know Tavros and I've told you about Gamzee so why ask in the first place?"

"Sorry for seemin' stupid if it matters. Wait...Tav, aren't you the kid that trips over practically everythin' in biology?" Eridan asked, turning his head to look over the boy he had just questioned.

Of course, Tavros thought.

Of course that was the only thing he remembered about him.

Tavros refused to get worked up over something so stupid before he politely smiled and nodded. "Yea...that's me." Tavros' words had just come out very quiet and soft, as if they hadn't been spoken at all. Tavros stood there and thought to himself why they had come out that way, before Sollux entered the room. Tavros was confused because he hadn't noticed Sollux leave, and was even more curious as to why he had been walking towards Tavros.

"So GZ are you this bull's tamer?" Sollux said, a grin spreading across his face as he rubbed a hand through Tavros' shaggy hair. Tavros groaned a bit angrily and swatted the hand away, causing Sollux to laugh. This was going to be a long night.