I don't own Homestuck, I never will. Finally a Tavros chapter!


Chapter 4: I've got you

'So far, so good' the wheelchair bound Latino thought as he made sure the coast was clear for him to get back into the school building. 'If they haven't got me by now it means that they'll get me later, probably after the bell rings. Shit, that means they'll be at it for a while. That's going to hurt.' He thought as he wheeled himself into the building. This was Tavros Nitram and his life pretty much sucked. He hated that was trapped everywhere he went inside this school, the place that he used to love going to was now his own personal hell. He hated the staring, the beatings, and he hated himself, for letting his guard down and getting taken in the first fucking place.

'No point on dwelling on it now, dad turned himself in, and personally saved me in the end. God, I want to hate him but I know why he did what he did. But now I'm just alone.' He thought to himself as he wheeled to his art class. As he got to the classroom he was glad that he got there before anyone else so he could sit near the back without having to be stared at.

"Oh, hello Tavros did you have a nice winter break?" Ms. Calliope asked. She had pale skin and pale blond hair with green eyes. She spoke with a slight British accent that was fading from years of living in America. Tavros brought out a small notepad and a pen from his hoodie to write down his answer. 'Fairly boring but I had some fun times. How was yours?'

"Oh mine was quite nice. I went back to London and spent time with my family." Ms. Calliope answered with a smile. The bell rang and Tavros made his way to his desk in the back of the class. Before he could pull out his art supplies he looked up and noticed one of the new kids walked in.

'It's the guy with the clown make-up. What was his name? Oh yeah, Gamzee.' He thought as he got a good look at the other boy he had shoulder length black hair that framed his angular face, he was pretty tall, and he wore a lot of purple. 'He's probably already heard the news. Great, another person that'll avoid me at all costs.' He thought as he shifted his gaze to his table. 'Wait this is the only two seat table that isn't filled.' Just as that thought entered his head Gamzee plopped down next to him.

"What's up motherfucker?" Gamzee said offering a lopsided grin. Tavros got out his notepad and scribbled down his response. Gamzee waited for him to finish and Tavros handed him the pad. 'Uh, nothing much, but why are you talking to me? I figured someone would've warned you by now. It's not a good idea to talk to me.' Gamzee's smile turned into a slight frown before he smiled again. "Yeah I heard and I don't think its right for a motherfucker as cute as you to have to deal with that shit." Tavros felt a slight blush in his cheeks, but he shook it off and wrote in his notepad again. 'Um, well that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in a while, but seriously if you don't stop talking to me people will start staring and then the word will get out, and we'll both get hurt. Trust me, I can handle the bullshit, but I am not letting anyone get hurt because of me.' Gamzee looked up into Tavros' brown eyes they were big, pleading and filled with warning, but also really pretty surrounded by thick curly eyelashes. Tavros was slightly unnerved by Gamzee's indigo colored eyes, but he was not backing down he was not going to let someone else become a target.

"Alright motherfucker whatever you say. In case you didn't catch it before the name's Gamzee Makara." Gamzee said sticking his hand out. Tavros looked around making sure no one was looking, he scribbled in his notebook and he stuck out his hand. 'Tavros Nitram' they shook hands and Tavros could feel a tingle shoot up his arm. 'What the… nope, nevermind, not caring.'

They turned away from each other and set to work on their own projects, Ms. Calliope had asked them to draw a winter landscape, so each boy set to work, stealing glances at each other every so often.

The bell rang. Soon the school day finally comes to an end.

Tavros wheeled himself out of the school and made his way to the ramp where he knew he was bound to meet his doom. 'Lo and fucking behold there she is. Shit she looks extra pissed.' Tavros thought as he spotted the spider-bitch Vriska Serket in all her bitchy glory. She had long black hair, menacing blue eyes and blue lipstick and mascara. 'Why I ever dated her is beyond me.' Tavros thought as he calmly rolled down the ramp, he was almost at the bottom when he was suddenly shoved out his chair he wasn't completely expectant of it so when he caught himself on the ground he ended up hurting wrist. 'Shit! It hurts.' Tavros thought as he cradled his right hand with his left hand.

"Did I catch you off guard Toreadumbass? Good I like it when you're surprised." Vriska said as she walked in Tavros' line of sight. He lifted his left hand and flipped her off, this got him kicked in the ribs and he heard a cracking noise and his vision blurred around the edges. 'Fuck, should've known better.' He felt something hit his head it felt hard and metallic. 'What the hell, she used a bat?' He thought as his vision blurred some more. 'Am I crying or getting a concussion? Maybe both.' He could feel something wet on his face but it was way too warm to be tears. 'Fuck I'm already bleeding.' He wasn't sure how long he could deal with this shit. 'I thought I could handle this today, but damn I'm exhausted.' He thought as he felt something hit his stomach really hard. He immediately coughed up some blood and felt it trickle down his chin and cheek, 'If Dad were here he'd be so pissed right now, all my training down the drain.' He thought as he felt himself lose consciousness. Before he could black out completely he heard someone shouting for "Stop", a scream, then silence then he saw a white and gray face come into his line of vision. He knew that face but he couldn't quite remember where he saw it, the face's thin lips were moving but he couldn't hear it that well, it looked like it was saying 'I've got you' he blacked out.