Aradia Megido had no idea how she had managed this. Absolutely everyone in her school, hell, everyone in town knew that the Scourge Sisters were dangerous and not to be messed with. At the age of merely sixteen, both of them had already sustained severe, permanent injuries of unknown origins, and they didn't take kindly to those who crossed them. Everyone hated Vriska as much as they feared her, and Aradia was no exception in that regard. Terezi though, she was trickier. Not quite as cruel and manipulative as Vriska, and for Aradia at least, she held some sort of allure.
It started slow, the odd feeling of being watched. Which was ridiculous, really. How could she feel as if she was being watched by a blind girl? But Aradia started to notice an almost wicked-looking grin on Terezi's face as she passed by, and more than once she heard an actual cackle. Her friends started to worry, telling her to watch her back. There was no telling what those two would do to someone who got on their bad side. However, it turned out to be the very opposite of that.
"H3Y 4R4D14,
YOU SHOULD H4NG OUT W1TH M3 4ND VR1SK4 SOM3T1M3. 1 KNOW W3 S33M TOT4LLY COOL 4ND 1NT1M1D4T1NG 4ND B3TT3R TH4N 3V3RYON3 3LS3, 4ND W3LL, W3 K1ND OF 4R3. BUT YOU'R3 PR4CT1C4LLY ON OUR L3V3L, 3SP3C14LLY W1TH YOUR WHOL3 CUT3 D34TH F4NG1RL TH1NG. PLUS, 1 ST1LL N33D 4 D4T3 FOR TH3 W1NT3R FORMAL ;] W3'LL B3 W41T1NG, COOLK1D."
The note was scrawled quite messily in teal ink, and had been folded up and shoved in her locker. Aradia had to stare at it for several minutes before it truly sank in. Everyone saw these girls as insanely cool and intimidating, but this note was written in leetspeak, and sounded mostly like an awkward attempt to ask her out than anything else.
It took awhile before any sort of true romantic relationship came of it, and Aradia never really warmed up to the always-there presence that was Vriska, but in the end, it was totally worth it. And as the girlfriend of one of the Scourge Sisters, not only was she totally left alone by anyone who might otherwise mess with her, she was privy to all sorts of insider information. Terezi Pyrope had more tacky dragon t-shirts than had the right to exist. Terezi Pyrope wanted to be a lawyer when she grew up. Terezi Pyrope dyed her hair red with Kool-Aid once when she was younger. Terezi Pyrope used a little too much tongue when she kissed. She seemed a lot more human now, but Aradia still couldn't help but wonder sometimes why it felt like she could see right into her.