Chapter 1: I've Seen You, But Who Are You?

Tavros woke up to the chilling wind, he sat up and looked around, light shone through the window and lit the dark room. Tavros got out of bed and opened all the curtains the light burst through the windows and completely lit the room. He turned and left to his bathroom, he showered and got dressed getting ready for school. Oh Yeah, he has work tomorrow.

Tavros works at a library, he likes it there since it's a calm, quiet setting. He got his bag and slung it over his shoulder as he left his apartment as he locked the door he heard one if his good friends walking down the stairs. Tavros turned and saw Aradia walking down, she was wearing a black shirt with skulls on it and a jean skirt with fishnet leggings.

"Oh hey Tavros! Good morning" Aradia answers as she sees Tavros, he smiled and gave her a hug.

"Morning Aradia looking nice as usual" she really did look nice, it would be mean to say something that wasn't true. Aradia smiled and thanked Tavros.

"Thanks so let's get a move on huh?" She smiled and walked to the other set of stairs and motioned Tavros to come along.

Tavros laughed and joined Aradia and were on there way to school. Once they got to school Tavros saw a kid with crazy black hair spiked up and seemed to be wearing a black leather jacket, a shirt that had a purple Capricorn insignia and black jeans. It looked like the guy was looking at Tavros which made him really uncomfortable, he held the school door open for Aradia and disappeared through the doors entering the lunchroom.

"Tavros!" Nepeta Leijon leaped at Tavros and hugged him tightly around his chest, Tavros laughed and hugged Nepeta back he put her back down and gave a tall make with Long black hair a high five, only sadly to hurt his hand.

"Oh...oh My a-are you okay? I-I'm sorry Tavros" he gave an apology in a low voice and Tavros chuckles as he rubbed his hand.

"I'm fine Equius, don't worry" he put his hand down and waved to the quiet girl shi had been sitting in a corner of the lunchroom tables who went by the name of Jane Crocker, she smiled nervously and waved back to him. Tavros lost his train of thought till he felt someone breathe down his back, he shuddered and turned around.

"Hi Tavros!" A girl with short black hair and red pointed shades smiled at Tavros.

"Oh hi Terezi how are you?" Terezi took another sniff of his scent, he smelled like, cologne, it smelled so nice and she smiled at him.

"I'm great!" She moved back and took out her walking stick and tapped it on the floor "thanks for asking" she continued to unconsciously tap the stick on the floor till she hit something Or someone.

"Ow Terezi..." A kid with black spiked hair, he was rather short but he could really Hold his own.

"Oh Karkat! I'm so sorry" Terezi put a hand to her mouth and looked down "uh... What did I hit?" She was blind as you can see but she never cared Or had it ever bothered her, she was pretty happy though.

"My shin" Karkat growled through his gritted teeth and looked at Terezi who grinned at him.

"My bad!" She turned back around and sat in one of the seats next to him in the lunchroom.

Once the bell rang for all the students to their first period class, the lunchroom emptied quick as Tavros, Aradia and Karkat entered their class they all sat together, they always worked better like this. The class began which was English, Tavros grabbed his book out of his bag and put it in the table as so did Aradia and Karkat.

"Late to class again I see, eh Makara?" Tavros looked up slightly to see the same kid he saw outside, but this time he wore weight lifting gloves and he didn't have his jacket on, he stared at the face he wore, he gave a languid expression to the teacher as he was being yelled at.

Then the kid who called Makara spoke "Calm down teach, its Just a class" he lifted his arm and made a circle motion still looking at the teacher "See what everyone is doing Just reading... Nothing to learn here..." He put his arm down and leaned on the door with his arms crossed over his chest "I rather be in the principal's office then here, I learn somethin' there"

The teacher gave a frustrated expression, then turned to the class who stared back at him, but Tavros who was indulged in reading.

"Nitram" Tavros looked up at the teacher "Take Makara to the principal's office" Tavros put his bookmark in the book and glanced over to Makara who smiled and motioned him to come over to him, he sighed and got up and walked over to him.

"Hey motherfucker, let's go" he turned and walked out of the room and took Long strides in his walk with his hands behind his head.

Karkat raised his hand "Yes Karkat?"

"Why'd you send Tavros to Take him to the principal's office? Couldn't he Just go there himself?"

"Honestly, I sometimes wonder how Mr. Makara finds his way around the school with his Languid manner" and the kids un the class chuckled at the statement made.

"So your last name is Nitram?" The tall languid boy looked over his shoulder back at Tavros.

"Yeah..."

"Cool, so what's your first name?"

"Tavros"

"Hmm... Tavros Nitram... Has a good ring to it I like it. Mine is Gamzee" Tavros saw Gamzee looked forward and looked down, the hallway got really quiet "plus your a cute motherfucker" he looked back up to see Gamzee give him a smile, Tavros blushed and looked down immediately.

"Th-thanks...Gamzee" he heard him chuckle as they turned the corner.

"No problem bro" and he stopped in front of the office "well we're here, peace Nitram" he raised his hand to a peace sign and walked in.

"Back again Makara?"
"Chill, I missed you principal" Tavros laughed and went back to class.

"Welcome back Nitram" his teacher said as he opened the door

"Thank you Mr. Baron" Tavros walked back to his seat and sat down, continued to read.

The class has ended and kids filled the hallways quickly, Tavros and Karkat went to their lockers and put their bags in and grabbed, their gym clothes. Tavros closed his locker door and saw Gamzee leaning on one of the lockers startling Tavros.

"Oh Shi-!" Tavros put a hand to his chest, his Herr beating fast "Gamzee... Hey..." Gamzee gave a languid smile and chuckles.

"Hey Tav got gym now?" Tavros nodded "oh alright I got algebra, I'll see you later I guess"

"Bye Gamzee, come on Karkat" Karkat nodded and left with Tavros as Gamzee left the opposite way. Tavros and Karkat entered the gym locker room and put on their gym shorts and put their clothes into their lockers.

"Tavros!" Nepeta called as she jogged over to Tavros as Karkat began to run Laps around the gym's perimeter "wanna jog with me?" She asked as Tavros nodded they began to run as they caught up to Karkat "hi Karkitty! Bye Karkitty!" And they passed him, Tavros laughed as they continue to run until a whistle was blown.

The other students stopped their activities and took a knee (A/N: I used to do this in My gym classes so I'm putting it in here) they looked at the gym teacher as she put her whistle down "Alright everyone today will be a free day so you can continue to run Or play a sport that's all, you may continue" and she left into her office.

"What do you wanna Do Nepeta?" Nepeta put a finger to her cheek and thought about it.

"Jump Rope!" She pounced on Tavros and giggles, Tavros chuckles and nodded as they went to the gym closets and got a jump rope.

"Can I play with you guys?" A girl's voice came from behind Tavros turned and saw Kanaya. She giggled and waved hello to them.

"Sure Kanaya!" Nepeta said as she motioned them two to come with her. They found a spot to play with the jump rope and Kanaya went first as she jumped Nepeta and Tavros swung the rope, sadly Nepeta gets easily distracted. Once she saw Equius she threw the handle and the rope smacked Kanaya in the face and she runs to Equius and jumps on him.

"Kanaya!" Tavros went to Kanaya as she held her cheek "you okay?" Tavros looked at her face and it had a red mark Oohh that gotta hurt! "Umm... Come on I'll Take you to and then to the nurse" Tavros grabbed Kanaya's hand and they got a pass from the teacher and left to the nurse.

"Thank you... Tavros" Kanaya said as they walked to the nurse and Tavros smiled.

"No problem Kanaya" Tavros said as they turned the corner into the nurses office " hey Rose?" The young woman with blonde hair turned around to see the two "can I get an ice pack?"

"Sure here you go" she went to a small fridge and got a small pack, she pressed on the center and shook it up a bit and handed it to Tavros then he passed it on to Kanaya.

"Thank you Rose" Tavros smiled and left with Kanaya "come on Kanaya" and they went back to gym.

Nepeta has apologized to Kanaya and Equius apologized as well even though it wasn't needed. Kanaya thanked them and said it was no problem at all and that it Just hurts a tad bit.

Tavros, Karkat and Kanaya left for lunch and Tavros only to find out he's with Gamzee. Tavros sat in a table along Sollux who had Just came to school from a doctor's appointment. Kanaya joined them as well as Karkat.

"You hang out with that dumb Fuck Gamzee?" Karkat says as he finished drinking water and Tavros shrugged.

"Not really I Just met him I don't befriend people that quickly" Tavros chuckled looking down at his bottled water he had bought. Karkat rolled his eyes and looked at the dark figure walking by.

"Speaking of the dumbass there he is" Tavros turned and saw Gamzee walking with a girl with Long brown hair and goggles pinned to the top if her head and a guy with brown hair but with a purple streak in the middle and he wore a blue scarf.

"Oh isn't that the captain of the swimming team?" Karkat nodded and Sollux followed her every move with his eyes "gotta crush on her Or something Sol?" Tavros grinned at him as Sollux blushed and his glasses fall to the lower bridge of his nose, showing his red and blue contacts in his eyes matching his glasses.

"Thut up Tavroth" Sollux spoke with a lisp as Tavros laughed "I mean it!" Karkat rolled his eyes and got up to go buy chips.

Tavros sees Gamzee pass Karkat and notices him,bye smiled and sat next to him "hey Tav didn't know I had lunch with you" he looked a little tipsy and Tavros began to wonder 'what's up with this guy?' Tavros decided to ask.

"Uh... You okay Gamzee? you look a bit wobbly..." Tavros stared at Gamzee rub his head and heard him sigh then show a smile to him.

"Yeah I'm fine bro don't all up and worry 'bout it" he rubbed Tavros's mohawk it was so soft "damn you got some soft motherfuckin hair Tav" Tavros chuckled and Karkat came back.

"Oh he's here already?" He looked at Gamzee as he smiled at Karkat "I forgot I have to help our English teacher so see ya fuckasses" Karkat walks away.

He looked at Karkat walking away "What are you doing after school?" Gamzee looked back to Tavros.

"Nothing really Why?"

"Wanna hang out after?"

"Sure I guess that'd be ok"

"Great!" Gamzee got up and turned to Sollux "oh and Fef wants to talk to you come on, he'll be back Tav and Kanaya" Tavros Just remembered Kanaya was here and he looked at her, she was eating.

"I'm sorry!" Tavros said "I forgot you were here your so quiet!" Kanaya chuckled.

"It's no big deal Tavros really" Kanaya said as she got up and threw out her lunch tray.

After ten minutes of talking Sollux cane back with a smile "Why are you smiling Sol?"

"I got a girlfriend" Tavros and Kanaya looked shocked and Sollux laughed.

"Congrats bro!" Tavros gave Sollux a high five.

"Gamzee... When will you tell him that you like him?" Feferi leaned close to him and he shrugged.

"I liked him from afar... At least I'm able to talk to him now" Gamzee shoved his hands in his pocket, then lunch was over and Gamzee joined Tavros for their next class together: Science.

They got to class and the teacher surprised to see Gamzee early greeted him as he greeted the teacher back "hey wanna be partners for our science project?" Tavros asked Gamzee as he saw him smile.

"Sure bro" Gamzee got the seat next to him and Tavros to his surprise saw Gamzee working Gamzee looked at Tavros's surprised face "what never seen me Do work before?" He laughed as he saw Tavros nod his head "well there are a lot of things you don't know about me" Gamzee pushed the thought of his feelings for Tavros to the back of his mind and smiled at Tavros as he smiled back blushing lightly as it made Gamzee's heart skip a beat.

AN: wow this was way longer than I thought it would be well I hope you liked the first chapter!