Your name is Tavros Nitram, and you cannot feel your legs. You don't think you have ever been so scared in your life. Struggling, you look up at the cliff to see Vriska's smirking face looking down at you.

"Ha! That was priceless! Thanks for the laugh!" she calls before turning and swaggering away. You can feel hot tears welling up in your eyes. The events of the night start playing through your head like a movie: Vriska asking you to hang out, you foolishly thinking that maybe she didn't hate you anymore. Her acting nice, luring you to the edge of the cliff. And then, two hands on your back, the fear as you lose your balance and begin falling…

You think you might've broken a rib, but you can't muster up the voice to call for help. You lay on the ground for what feels like hours, unable to move the lower half of your body. No one comes around to help you, since it's late and the park is closed. You are just about ready to give up and die when you hear voices not too far away.

"What the fuck is that?"

"What're you mother fuckin' talking about?"

"Right there on the ground, fuckass… oh god…"

"What, Karbro?"

"Gamzee, I think that's a person."

"Oh, shit."

You turn your head slightly to see two shadows running towards you, one short, the other tall and lanky. The tall one reaches you first and leans over you. You can just barely make out a face, male, if you're not mistaken, and really not bad looking, actually. You are locked in the gaze of his deep purple eyes until you realize he has been saying something.

"Uh… what?"

"I said are you mother fuckin' hurt?"

"Well... I-I, uh, can't f-feel my legs…"

"Karbro, I think this mother fucker needs an ambulance," he says to the figure behind him. "Karbro" just shakes his head. "I can't get any fucking bars."

"Bro, I think he really needs a hospital or some shit."

"Well we don't have any cell service. What THE FUCK do you suppose we do?"

Gamzee looks down at you, a distressed look on his face. All of a sudden, he scoops you up, carrying you bridal-style. "C'mon, Karbro. We gotta get this mother fucker to the hospital." As he starts carrying you up the road, you can't help but nuzzle down into his chest, only half-awake. He's warm.

Your name is Gamzee Makara, and you have never felt such a vast range of emotions in such a short period of time. You and your best friend, Karkat Vantas, are sitting in the hospital waiting room. Well, he's sitting. You are pacing back and forth, and there is a weird knot in your chest. It's out of character for you to be this anxious, and Karkat has taken notice.

"Don't flip your shit, fuckass."

"Sorry, Karbro. This is mother fuckin' weird for me."

"Excuse me," a nurse with short black hair and jade-green eyes steps into the waiting room. "Mr. Nitram has requested to see you. Follow me."

The nurse leads you to a room with a single bed and a bunch of expensive-looking equipment that you are afraid to touch. Sitting in the bed is a boy about your age, with a dark brown Mohawk and big, watery brown eyes. His face seems to light up when he sees you. Damn, those eyes.

"'Sup, mother fucker."

"Oh… uh, h-hey, Gamzee. I-it is Gamzee, r-right?"

"Yep," you smile at him, and he blushes.
"I'm T-Tavros… and, uh, th-thanks for getting me here."

"No problem, Tavbro." For some reason, you can't stop staring at him.

"N-no, really. I… I uh… I thought I w-was gonna die there…" he looks down at his lap.

"You have the mother fuckin' prettiest eyes." Oh shit. Did you just say that out loud? Judging from the colour Tavros' face was turning, you did.

"Uh… thanks, Gamzee."

"Give me a break. Would you two just fucking kiss already?" You and Tavros both seem to have forgotten that Karkat was standing in the room, too.

"Oh, yeah, I almost mother fuckin' forgot. This little mother fucker is Karkat."

"So what the fuck happened to you?" Karkat asks.

Tavros looks away uncomfortably. "I… uh… was j-just being clumsy and I-I uh… fell off a cliff… i-it was my own fault…"

"Well are you all up in mother fuckin' okay?" you ask.

"Uh… n-not exactly… I c-can't move my legs… I need a wheel chair to g-get around now…"

"Wait wait wait. You just went and fucking fell off a cliff?" Karkat appears skeptical.

Refusing to look him in the eye, Tavros nods. "Uh… yeah… th-that's it."

The nurse's head pops back into the doorway. "Sorry to interrupt, but visiting hours are over."

"Okay," you reply. "I'll come back tomorrow, Tavbro."

His expression brightens at those words. "Oh… uh… p-please do…"

You smile. "Sure, mother fucker."

You start walking with Karkat back to your apartment building. The November air nips at your ears, but you barely even notice. You are too busy thinking about tonight.

"Hey, Gamzee."

"What, Karbro?"

"Why didn't you tell me you played for that team?" The look on your face makes it clear that you have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Karkat just sighs. "Why didn't you tell me you liked guys?"

"I don't mother fucking know what you're talking about, Karbro."

Karkat lifts an eyebrow. "Don't you dare fucking tell me that you don't have a thing for that Tavros guy."

You fail horribly at suppressing a smile. "Why? Do you think he has a thing for me?"