I apologize to the people who actually read this story. Life decided to give my laptop cancer, and I had to endure my first week of college, and now I have a new laptop. Expect less frequent updates though. Please don't be shy with your reviews, they make me feel better about life.

This is the chapter ya'll have been waiting for, douchebag Dave and rage Gamzee. The past will be brought up, rude things will be said and for the love of God someone get Tavvy a fucking Snickers bar!

Disclaimer: Don't own homestuck or whoever the fuck makes Snickers bars. Man I miss eating those.

Chapter 10: Protective

Tavros waited for Gamzee and Karkat at the lockers in the front of the school. Gamzee's father had started working more and was going to start taking long, frequent business trips, and Kurloz found a job as a bartender at a very classy nightclub, so Gamzee was given a car as a late birthday present. Since then he'd been taking Tavros out on dates and letting him sleepover, and having small parties with the rest of their group, since basically they had no adult supervision half the time. Well there was Karkat, but eventually he joined in on the small parties.

As Tavros waited for the boys to show up he doodled on the little notepad he no longer used to communicate. He started a sketch of the glass doors looking up every now and then to capture the scenery in the background. Karkat and Gamzee were taking a long time to show up, and Tavros was starting to worry. Gamzee's pills had to be transferred from his previous home and he had been without the meds for two days.

All in all, Gamzee's moods were harder to control and he had prevented himself from going to school for more than half a day. Today he came to his afternoon classes. His meds had to be picked up on the way to the house, and Karkat had suggested driving in order to prevent Gamzee's road rage. Although with the way Karkat's own anger problems flared up as he drove Tavros never felt safe.

Tavros rubbed his back, his body wasn't used to being still, and as he got closer to where he could go from wheelchair to crutches he was getting sick of sitting all the time. As he went back to sketching he looked up to see that a red T-shirt with a broken record emblazoned on it was in his face. He immediately frowned and looked further up to see Dave staring at him.

'What does this asshole want?' Tavros thought as he and Dave had a staring contest. The tension in the air was thick and Tavros was uncomfortable. He could feel the effects of the stress getting to him and he felt his body start to shake.

'Fuck no, not now. I have to get him out of my face.' Tavros put his arms around himself trying to look as calm as possible despite his shaking arms. Then he finally spoke.

"I-Is there s-something I can help you with?" Tavros inwardly cursed himself and his damn stutter; he thought he had finally gotten over it in the seventh grade.

Dave leaned against the wall still looking at Tavros. "No, not really just wanted to know if you decided to sign up for the Spring Showcase or not."

"Yeah I'm going to sign up and sing a duet with Nepeta." Tavros answered.

"What the songbird of Hussie High afraid to go solo again?" Dave asked, even though he was mocking Tavros his tone stayed monotone. Tavros furrowed his eyebrows in irritation.

"No actually, she asked and I said yes, since I liked her song choice. Oh yeah, and she's my friend."

"Why don't you do something with your boyfriend, since the theme this year is love? Or are you taking this as a chance to serenade him and show how much you want his babies?"

"Gamzee acts, I sing." Tavros replied with a shrug, ignoring that last part.

"Huh, didn't think he had the brain capacity to hold down a line, or a whole monologue."

Tavros shot Dave a death glare replying "Gamzee's pretty smart actually, and don't bad mouth my boyfriend!"

Dave smirked at finding out he hit a button, but it disappeared quickly.

"By the way, how's your dad doing, hoping he hasn't become someone's prison bitch?"

Tavros' expression hardened at the mention of his dad. He hadn't been able to visit him in a few weeks since the first time. His dad had looked just fine and even managed to get his son to smile a little, but he had also failed to make Tavros speak.

"Dave don't fucking go there." He warned hands on his wheels preparing to leave, there was no way he could handle this asshole any longer. He could feel the craving creeping up on him; he needed sweet clouded over bliss. 'Shit I need a Snickers bar or something.' He thought as he felt the shakes getting worse. He turned around and started heading down the hallway, screw his friends he needed to find a vending machine before he threw up.

"Well Dave, it was awful talking to you, and I honestly hope it never happens again." He said over his shoulder as he rolled away. His escape was brought to a halt as his chair was grabbed and roughly turned around making him face Dave.

"So you're just going to chicken out of a conversation the moment you hear something you don't like? What happened to sassy ass Tavros?"

"He was betrayed, shot, drugged and –" Tavros doubled over clutching his head in immense pain, his shaking was getting worse and he could feel his chest aching in various places.

'Crap, crap, crap!' He was so far into his head that he didn't notice that Dave had him out of his wheelchair and on the floor straddling his hips. He was too far in his memories that he only came back to the present when he felt his something foreign moving around in his mouth. This made him snap open his eyes (when had he closed them?) and look up at his reflection in Dave's aviator shades.

Tavros tried to push him off but Dave had his arms pinned to the floor. Tavros started struggling as hard as he could, but the shakes were making his defenses weak. Then he got an idea that he really hated since it was a win-lose situation. Gathering up his strength he head butted Dave as hard as he could, which was really effective as it caused Dave to get off of him. With his arms now free he pulled himself up and scooted away as far as he could wiping off his mouth.

"You asshole!" Dave said his stoic expression faltering into one of anger. He walked over to where Tavros was propped up against the wall still shaking and clutching his stomach.

"You go out with that fucking bitch and now you're with that fucked up clown. Remember freshman year Tavvy? You rejected me so fucking hard, and then you expected me to continue to just be your friend?!" he stepped closer to Tavros' shaking form the poor boy was close to having a seizure at this point, but Dave pressed on. He knelt down on Tavros' level and grabbed him by the hair and forced him to look at him. "Tavros Nitram, school pretty boy, Mr. Nice guy, earned the love and affection of the entire school. But even you had a skeleton in the fucking closet, and it came to bite you in the ass."

"You didn't have to agree! Not like it matters everything about you is fake like your stupid coolkid act. Stop acting like the victim, I didn't like you like that. You weren't any better you douche." Tavros shouted panting. "The moment you heard the news you told me that I was nothing but a hoodrat crack baby. I'm sorry about freshman year, but what my family did does not reflect on me you jackass." Tavros' panting increased and his nausea was getting worse, he couldn't hold it in, he turned to his side and threw up his lunch coughing and hacking.

Dave was straddling Tavros again, but before he could get anywhere he heard the sound of running footsteps. He turned his head to see Karkat and Gamzee running towards him and a coughing Tavros. Dave inwardly cringed when he saw the pure fury showing in Gamzee's purple eyes as he stared down at him and Tavros.

"What in the MOTHERFUCK DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING? Get the fuck off of him BEFORE I RIP YOUR MOTHERFUCKING lungs out." Gamzee said as he lunged for Dave and shoved him off Tavros pinning him to the floor. Karkat rushed to Tavros' side avoiding the puddle of vomit and feeling the boy's forehead.

"Shit Tavros you're fucking burning up. What happened?" Karkat said in a low tone making sure Gamzee couldn't hear… oh shit GAMZEE! Karkat turned to look and see that Gamzee was in a fist fight with Dave, who moved like a ninja and blocked all of Gamzee's attacks. Karkat knew that couldn't last for long, but Tavros was on the verge of passing out.

"It's okay buddy I got you." Tavros' only response was a groan as Karkat lifted him up piggy back style and carried him to his wheelchair. Karkat turned back to see that Dave's glasses were knocked askew and he had a few bruises forming, but his taunting was not helping his situation.

"Fighting for Serket's sloppy seconds clown? He must be good on his back, like father like son." Dave said as he spit out a small amount of blood. Gamzee gritted his teeth at Dave's comment and he let loose the last bit of control he had been using so he wouldn't kill the cool kid. Now he didn't give a fuck if the ass spent the rest of his life as a vegetable in the hospital. Tav's dad was a sore subject, but that little innuendo was the last straw.

Gamzee lunged forward once again and tackled Dave to the ground punching him in the face repeatedly, his leg pressing down on Dave's abdomen. "That was a poor choice of WORDS MOTHER FUCKER I THINK IT'S TIME we get rid of that stupid VOICE OF YOURS" Gamzee raised his fist and aimed to punch Dave in the throat. Karkat grabbed Gamzee's hand to prevent the act.

"Gamz, you have to calm down, Tavros is sick. Leave the insufferable prick we need to get him to his Aunt." He explained straining to keep his voice even despite seeing Gamzee's bloodied knuckles. Gamzee calmed down at the mention of Tavros and turned to see his shivering and hacking boyfriend. His face softened and he turned back to look at Dave who was lying still on his back.

"Heh, look at who's on his back now motherfucker." He leaned down so he could whisper in Dave's ear.

"I never want to see you near Tavros again, don't talk to him, don't look at him, and don't even be in the same room with him. Otherwise I will motherfucking end you, comprende?" He lifted his head to give Dave a harsh glare with a feral snarl on his painted lips. Dave nodded his head weakly, blood trickling out his nose.

Gamzee got off Dave and kicked him in the side, getting a groan from the coolkid. "That was for Nitrams everywhere." Gamzee said with a sneer. He turned to Karkat and Tavros, Karkat was handing Tavros a bottle of water, and he watched as he chugged it down. He walked toward his boyfriend and knelt down in front of him.

"Tav, I'm sorry, shit we should've been here sooner, but we got held up—" he was silenced by Tavros who placed a finger to his lips. He looked up and saw Tavros smiling a weak smile at him.

"Gamz, its okay I'm just glad you guys showed up when you did. Can we please just go to my house we'll let you spend the night, if you want." He said before going into another coughing fit.

"We'll get you home Tav, but we still need to get Gamzee's meds and some stuff from our house. Is there anything you need before we do that shit though?" Karkat asked as the trio exited the building leaving Dave behind. Should someone call an ambulance? Nah, someone will find him.

"Yeah, um, either of you got a Snickers bar?" Tavros asked as they got to the car, a small smile on his face. The other boys chuckled, until they saw Tavros' expression change.

"Seriously, guys I need it." He said staring at the brothers until they both nodded and they all loaded into the car.

"We'll get it at the drugstore." Karkat said as he drove out of the parking lot.