The sun was setting on this hot summer day, and though you could no longer see it in the sky, it dominated the atmosphere with its dying red blaze, defining the clouds in shades of pink and deepening purples. Soon the cotton puff clouds would disperse into trailing wisp before completely disappearing to reveal a starry sky. Perfect for what you had in mind tonight. In about thirty minutes the red would bleed into lavender, which would then slip into deeper shades of indigo as stars frosted the sky in a bedazzling gesture of grand proportions. Tonight was a new moon, so no light should disturb the surprise you planned for tonight. But there was still plenty of time before that. For now you could admire the evening sky and the slow waltz the clouds danced across the sky, shifting in miraculous colors. The suddenly, everything went dark.
"Honk! Guess who?" a not so mysterious figure covered your eyes with his hands. You obviously knew who it was, but you decided to humor him.
"Hmmmmmm, could it be Karkat?" you asked with mock confusion. You felt him shift behind you.
"Pfft, nope! I'm way more motherfucking handsome," he replied. The scent of pie and Faygo mingled in the air around you.
"Oh, in that case it has to be Eridan!"
"Aww, come on _bro, you're killing me." He pressed his forehead against the back of your head. You couldn't help but laugh at his silly shenanigans. He smiled at that, he liked your laugh. You removed his hands from your eyes and turned around to face the much taller troll, his horns giving him another extra foot on your height.
"Oh! It's you Gamzee! Geez, I never would have guessed," you laughed and he laughed along with you with his honking laughter. He wrapped his arm around your shoulder so he could tousle your hair.
"Honk! Yeah, yeah I know. So what'dya all up and call me here for anyway?" he inquired, staring with wide eyes at the boxes situated next to you. Boxes of which were filled with smaller boxes of different sizes and consistency and in every shade of color.
"It's a surprise." You deviously grinned, which must have been contagious because a similar grin slowly bloomed across Gamzee's clown painted face. The late dusk lighting brightened his purple and yellow eyes which glistened with excited. God, he was handsome with his messy hair and what not.
"Can't you give me a little motherfuckin' hint _bro?" He pleaded his eyes returning to their usual half lidded look and a lazy grin plastered across his face.
"Nope, but don't worry it's almost time." You could hardly contain your excitement. His expression would be priceless! Oh, if only the sun would set faster so you could get on with it. He could see the excitement dancing in your eyes with that silly smile pulling at the corners of your mouth. Gog, you were cute. Gamzee was secretly happy you invited him here alone. He liked being around you, and he liked that you liked being around him.
"This surprise better be a motherfuckin' miracle." He moved his gaze from you to the box of boxes beside you.
"Oh it will be." Your smile grew even larger. To pass the time the two of you stretched out across the grass. You conversed about silly, unimportant topics, like how odd it was that Karkat liked romcoms, or the polka dotted pajama pants Gamzee wore, and occasionally pointed out stars as they subtly appeared. Your laughter and hushed voices, with the occasional honk, filled the quiet atmosphere as crickets began to chirp and the lavender sky bled to black. With the sun fully set it was time for the fun to begin.
You leapt to your feet. This was gonna be so much fun! Gamzee was going to love this. You picked up a few of the colored packages you'd brought with you and noticed Gamzee try to lazily get up.
"Nope, you stay right there," you ordered, forcing him back down as you strode past. He watched you walk away, thinking to himself what a piece of work you were. He didn't even really care anymore if the surprise was good or not, spending time with you was fun enough. Though, he was still extremely curious about the purpose of the small colored packages. He watched as you set the little boxes down on the ground many feet away. You took a lighter out of your back pocket and quickly lit the flame. This confused Gamzee. Were you going to light the little boxes on fire? What good would that do? Seeing his brow furrow in confusion you flashed him a quick smile illuminated by the small flame you held in your hand. In one quick movement you lit the wicks exposed on the top of each of the boxes that varied in size. With the wicks successfully lit, the countdown begun. You ran back to where Gamzee was now sitting up, elbows propped up on his knees.
"What's it supposed to motherfuckin' do?" he asked, casting you a sideways glance through his half lidded eyes. These packages with their little flames reminded him of human candles.
"Just watch," you whispered excitedly, heartbeat racing faster as each second past. The show was about to start. You leaned closer to Gamzee, close enough that your shoulders brushed. He seemed to be hypersensitive to your touch, that small shoulder brush sending tingles down his arm. A hint of purple stained his cheeks, but luckily the face paint covered it up.
There was a sudden pop as something from one of the packages whistled into the sky leaving a trail of smoke, followed by silence. You waited there, silent excitement crackling between the two of you. Gamzee opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but quickly closed it when a loud bang radiated through the air. Color suddenly exploded across the sky. It was as if multicolored stars were exploding before his very eyes, twinkling for a moment before dying out and disappearing. Many more whistles and pops followed the first and within moments the black sky was illuminated in every color he could think of. Reds, blues, greens, purples, whites, and many others bloomed across the sky. One moment a red starburst bloomed like blush across the sky. The next white burst from the black and spiraled down as if stars were literally falling from the sky. Gamzee watched in breath taking awe, his usually half lidded eyes wide open. You couldn't help but smile at his reaction as different colored lights illuminated his face, it was everything you'd hoped it would be.
"You like the fireworks?" you rhetorically asked. Of course you knew he liked the fireworks. Just look at his face!
"Motherfucking miraculous," he whispered, daring to unglue his eyes from the spectacular scene bursting in front of him for a moment to look at you. He found you watching him, the smile on your face only made brighter by the bursting lights. It felt as if his heart was frizzling like one of the fireworks. Right here, at this very moment he realized he was completely flushed for you. He wrapped an arm around your shoulder and pulled you into a half-hug. This girl was motherfuckin' miraculous.
The two of you continued to watch in comfortable silence as the rest of the fireworks danced across the sky, lights, as well as new feelings, blooming in the illuminated darkness there.