Boys Will Be Boys – Chapter One

Pairing: Gloyd x Rancis / Peanut Butter Pumpkin

Word Count: 981

Warnings: None

"Come on, let's go," Swizzle insisted, revving the engine of his lollipop cart. Gloyd followed suit, throwing a competitive glance to the boys on either side of him. Rancis, to his right, was busily fixing his hair in his side mirror.

"Seriously, Rancis," Gloyd groaned, "we don't have all day to wait for you to 'freshen up'. Get over yourself and let's go already!"

Swizzle started laughing as Rancis glared daggers at Gloyd, ready to shoot a threat his way, but Gloyd smirked and revved his engine loudly. Rancis readjusted his mirror and started the engine of his cart.

"Alright," Swizzle spoke up, "you know the rules. First one to Caramel Caverns wins. No using the roads."

Gloyd pulled out a large, shiny coin.

"If you chumps can stand to lose again-"

"Oh, come on," Rancis grumbled, "You KNOW we tied last time!"

"Shut up, Rancis!" Gloyd grimaced, shoving the coin back in his pocket. Swizzle rolled his eyes as the other two glared at each other.

"Knock it off with the googly eyes and let's RACE!" he shouted, revving his engine obnoxiously. Both Gloyd and Rancis shot a disgusting glare his way, but he just shrugged it off.

"Get ready to lose, babies," he sneered before he counted down in a mocking voice of their race announcer.

"Three. Two. ONE!"

All three carts started rushing down the road before quickly turning left, toward Caramel Caverns.

Gloyd raced ahead of the other two, dodging around the chocolate mounds scattered in his path. Swizzle rushed behind him, carefully maneuvering through the chocolate, leaving Rancis in the dust.

Rancis smirked to himself before flipping a switch on his dashboard. Gloyd and Swizzle were far behind him last time he used his upgrade, and now he couldn't wait to see their faces when they finally got to see it in action.

He pressed the button and practically flew through the air. The chocolate wheels bounced right off all the chocolate mounds, zipping him right past Swizzle in a few moments. He quickly turned, bouncing off a huge chocolate mound and bumping Swizzle's cart before hitting the ground again. Swizzle's cart shook as Rancis zoomed away, coming right up behind Gloyd's cart, before easily surpassing him.

He couldn't help it; he looked back, seeing the wide-eyed glare he was shooting his way.

"Perfect," Rancis told himself as he bounced over another mound, gaining closer to the caverns.

Suddenly, he noticed Gloyd screech his cart to a halt behind him. Confused, he slowed down and glanced back.

"Hey, Swizzle is stuck!" Gloyd shouted at him. Rancis glared,

"Yeah, sure-"

"TURN AROUND, YOU DIPSTICK, RIGHT NOW!"

He slammed on his brakes, skidding to a halt. Rancis looked up; the caverns were only a few hundred yards away. Sighing, he slowly turned the cart back around. He noticed Gloyd zooming back to where Swizzle's cart appeared to be sinking into a pure chocolate embankment.

Rancis hopped out of his cart, pulling out a handkerchief to white some excess chocolate off his wheels.

"Hey, get over here, pretty boy!"

Rancis quickly turned around, seeing Gloyd knee-deep in the chocolate puddle, trying to push the cart out while Swizzle was behind, attempting to pull. Rancis huffed, crossing his arms as he walked up, watching them struggle as the cart refused to budge.

"Are you seriously just going to stand there?" Swizzle grumbled, adjusting his stance before trying to pull his cart out again. Rancis laughed,

"You think I'm gonna get myself covered in filth? You obviously don't know me very well..."

Gloyd angrily groaned, throwing his arms in the air and proceeding to pull himself out of the giant puddle of chocolate. He didn't even bother to wipe it off as he stepped out and walked over to Swizzle.

"Let's just try to pull it again," he mumbled, standing next to the green-haired fellow before grabbing the back of the narrow cart and trying to pull it back.

No dice. It didn't budge an inch.

Swizzle let himself fall to the ground with a huff.

"This is hopeless..."

Gloyd glanced at him for a moment before turning back to Rancis, and stomping over to him.

"You," he spat, "get over here and help, or I swear you're gonna-"

"Yeah, yeah," Rancis smirked. "Not gonna happen, Orange-O."

Gloyd smirked back,

"Oh, what? Is the princess afraid of getting a little dirty?" he teased, "I mean, hello-you're already covered in chocolate."

He turned back when he heard Swizzle snicker.

"Am I right?" he laughed. Rancis shoved his hands in his pockets,

"Shut up!" he shouted angrily, "I was going to suggest that I go get someone to come help get that piece of garbage out of-"

"No way. You're not ditching us here," Gloyd remarked, "Why don't you stay here and help and I'll go get someone? There's probably some citizens right over that hill."

Gloyd put a hand up to his face, hoping he'd see someone wandering about on the horizon, but it didn't seem like it.

Rancis shot a look at Swizzle over Gloyd's shoulder before replying,

"How about...Swizzle stays here and sits around and WE go get a bunch of people who can do this for us, hmm?"

Gloyd laughed, honest and loud, but then he brushed some wet chocolate off his sleeve and flicked it at Rancis' face.

"Ugh!" Rancis squirmed, swatting at the chocolate as it landed on the tip of his nose.

"Come on, pretty boy, let's go," Gloyd rolled his eyes, heading for his cart. Rancis grumbled to himself as he wiped away the chocolate before climbing into his own cart hastily. Gloyd revved his engine and waved to Swizzle,

"We'll be back!" he shouted before speeding off from the direction they started their race. Rancis quickly followed, not bothering a glance at Swizzle still sitting on the ground.