Author's note:
My apologies for how long it took for me to submit a new chapter. This one's actually been planned out and written for a while now, but I was waiting for a canon date in order to title the entry for publishing. I guess this is the first one that takes place over two separate dates.
Big shout out to the Monster High Twitter page for ACTUALLY GIVING DEUCE A CANON BIRTHDAY.
In the words of Jackson Jekyll, "YAAAY!"
Second Month 26th Day
I saw Deuce's arms today.
Now, this might sound completely ridiculous to most, but it was actually quite a big deal. I realized recently that of all the times I have ever seen Deuce, both in and out of school, I had never seen him wearing any less than ¾ length sleeves. Of course, on school day there's always the excuse of his varsity letterman jacket (which I will always feel proud to stand next to), but after living with my sister, I've grown to understand when someone is hiding a specific area of their body.
I asked Deuce about it today, and I could tell that he was uneasy about something the moment the words had left my mouth. I just hoped I hadn't walked myself into an embarrassing conversation akin to Clawd's 'fur shedding talk' when I asked him about his sleeves some months ago; I am pleased to say that Deuce does not have a skin shedding issue.
He does however have scales.
With a little encouragement, I managed to coerce Deuce into showing me what it was that he was hiding. After checking the coast was clear, he pulled off the left sleeve of the jacket he was wearing to show me his upper arm, which was covered with sparse, uneven patches of yellow-green scales.
He told me that they're something like a birthmark, and that he doesn't really like the way that they look, so he usually keeps his arm covered. Which is a real shame, by the way, because Deuce does have very nice arms.
He said that he had considered having tattoos added to shape his birthmark scales so that they would look better, but that there was no way his mother would pay for him to have it done. Apparently, it had been enough trouble having her agree to take Deuce to have his ear pierced for his 16th birthday next week.
So an idea hit me. Since Deuce would already be somewhere that could offer him the tattoo he wanted, I offered to pay for it as an extra little birthday treat.
I hope all goes well.
Third Month 5th Day
Deuce got his tattoos done today.
I've made Deuce promise to never wear his letterman jacket to school again, so that everyone can see.
It didn't really suit him anyway.
As ever, I hope you enjoyed the new addition, and I'll do my best to come up with more in the future :)