A/N: I'm glad people like this story, it makes me smile to type it. Thank you all for reviewing! :D Keep on~ I'd have this in sooner but my friends won't stop banging on my door... they never did this before I started writing. ; w; Anywho. Enjoy~
There they stood the four of them. Everything was prepared and lit. They were in the blind spot, as Gamzee liked to call it. This wouldn't seem to do much, because the speakers could hear the conversation. But it was worth it, right? Tavros wouldn't get hurt, and Gamzee would stay calm. And it was worth it, being better than Sollux meant everything; it was a victory. But Titaia only looked at her hands. She wasn't doing it yet. She looked at Gamzee, he looked incredibly impatient. Sollux and Karkat had the same expressions and actions as her, so she couldn't say anything about their character at the time. It was a game of waiting.
"Well?" Gamzee asked, tapping his foot on the pavement.
There was a long pause. Everyone was just waiting. Waiting for something to happen, good or bad. Fuck, someone was going to have to do it. Why not the better person? Titaia put it in on her lips and started to inhale it, the way Gamzee showed her. The smoke went in weird, she felt like she had gotten some into her nose somehow. Titaia broke into a coughing fit, like anyone who was new to it would. "Gah fuck, man!" She shouted, her eyes watering. Shit's harder than it fucking looks.
Sollux attempted also, not failing like Titaia did. He blew out two puffs of smoke, and looked at her. "What a baby." He frowned. He earned a death stare and waved it off with his hands which set her off a bit.
Karkat failed exactly the same way that Titaia did, his being a bit more loudly, due to the profanity flying all over the air. "Fuckshitdamnass!" He rambled through his somewhat violent coughs. "Gamzee, this shit is hard!" He held his neck, signaling that he was choking.
Gamzee started smoking again, and looked at Karkat. "You probably inhaled to motherfucking slowly." He concurred. "Do it motherfuckin' faster next time, motherfucka!" He shouted, taking another drag.
Karkat did as he said hesitantly. He hadn't seemed to be calm yet, but thankfully Gamzee didn't snap.
Titaia tried again, following Gamzee's directions and blew some smoke out her nose. Why did it do that? She watched it puff out, her eyes crossing a bit. "Whoa, that looks kinda cool…" She said.
After about twenty minutes, the four of them were laughing and sitting, still smoking whatever they had left. Titaia's arm was around Gamzee's shoulder. "Fuck, man. You're so fucking right… life does have some miracles…" She chuckled.
Gamzee looked towards the sky. "I told you, sis." He smiled, looking over to the other two.
"Thit GZ…" Sollux started, after blowing out another two puffs. "I've never been tho high before…"
"Fucking right." Karkat added, pointing at a cloud. "Oh shit! It looks like a puffball…" He said it as if all clouds weren't puffballs made of condensed water.
"Haha, you're right, angry-bro. You're motherfuckin' right." The clown smiled his eyes half open. "That puffball is floatin' along without any motherfuckin' worries, man."
"Shit, I wish I was that cloud." Titaia pointed. "I would never rain on anyone's parade." She offered a cheeky smile.
"Right?" Gamzee agreed, blowing some smoke out his nose.
"I thee the world more fucking vividly now…" Sollux sat up and looked around. "Everything hath more focuth, you know? Like a good camera."
They were all clearly high. Titaia's case was the most intriguing. Her mind was empty; there was nothing to think about. Nothing to recall and lament about. It was all just random shit she was saying, shit that would pertain to her life in some way or form, but after she said it would have no relevance to the current situation. She didn't think about any more burdens. "Guys…" She started. "Guys! Guess what?" She asked.
"What, sis?" Gamzee asked.
"My head feels all weird and shit." She started. "Like… like there's nothing in it…"
"That jutht meanth you're brainleth" Sollux said, slowly.
Titaia frowned. "That lisp..." She tapped her chin. "I'm always thinking about that lisp…" She said.
"What do you mean by that?" Karkat asked, diverting his attention from the cloud that resembled the shape of a puffball.
Sollux was too busy looking at the smoke balls that came from his mouth spread into the air. "Heh." He said, cracking a smile at them.
"I don't know." Titaia said, breaking into a laughing fit. "It's really funny though. The thells thea thells by the fucking thea thore!" She imitated, laughingly. She was sure to emphasize the 'th' sounds in her words, to explain what was tickling her peach so much.
Sollux crossed his arms, directing his scowl at Titaia, who was clearly above the influence. "Ooh, look at me! I want to kill mythelf!" He mocked.
Titaia continued laughed, hitting Gamzee's shoulders to express her entertainment. "Oh fuck!" She said between giggles. "Fuck I can't breathe! That was a good one!" She paused to breathe along shallow breath, which required her to make a strange sound and started laughing again, so much so that she was holding her sides. "You lisped when you tried to clown me!"
"Ssssssssstttthhut up!" He tried to avoid lisping and eventually failing. He flipped Titaia the bird.
Karkat tried to hide a laugh. "Shit…"
After a few more minutes of good laughs and sloppy insults going back and for the, Karkat stood up. "That was fun…" He commented, seeming quite surprised to say it. He threw his smoke somewhere and smashed it with his shoe.
Gamzee stood as well. "Yeah, motherfuckas. We had a nice feelings jam." He stretched his arms towards the heavens and offered the smile that everyone loved and hoped to always see.
Sollux shrugged. "I gueth." He brought himself to his feet. "Let'th go, KK." He said, stomping out his smoke and started walking a bit.
Karkat nodded. "I'll see you fuckasses later..." He said, walking off with Sollux.
Gamzee looked at Titaia, who was still smoking. "Sis, you okay?" He asked.
Titaia looked up at him. "I like this feeling, Gamzee~!" She said, walking over to him. "I feel like something was lifted off my shoulders!"
"I get you, motherfucka." Gamzee said, leading her inside.
Titaia was incredibly smiley, which surprised all the people who knew her. She walked through the hallways, giving no fucks about anything that was going on. She saw Vriska and the girl called Kanaya and ran up to them.
"Hello, trash." Vriska greeted with a slight laugh. "Why're you happy looking? Did you happen to yourself or something along those lines?" She asked.
"Nope~" Titaia smiled. "I have to tell you something, something incredibly important. Like, CSI/FBI/FYI important. ." She rambled on, spitting out random acronyms. "I think you're a total bitch." She nearly dawdled in circles around Vriska.
"Sis!" Gamzee said, pulling her away from Vriska. "Damn, what's wrong?"
"You say this to me all the time." Vriska frowned. "What makes this time different?" She crossed her arms, ready to laugh at whatever answers Titaia had for her.
"Nooooooooooo." Titaia frowned. "Like… why do you exist?" She asked. "Like… fuck, haha." Titaia nearly laughed. "You're a joke! You get off on other people's sadness, when no one really likes you in the first place~ how pathetic!"
Gamzee tilted his head a bit. It was almost scary how much she sounded like Vriska. It was almost like these words were used against her at a time…
Titaia laughed and turned to Kanaya and shook her hand.
"…?" Kanaya didn't even know what to say, she sort of just let her hand be shook, and stared at Titaia in an awkward manner. She tried to offer a smile, to seem nice, but it didn't seem like Titaia would notice. She looked more focused on not falling down.
"You, ma'am. You are legendary. You put up with her, and you haven't gone crazy!" Titaia curtsied. "I fucking applaud you." She said looking back up at her.
Kanaya frowned. "Vriska, hun. You've really messed with her…" She frowned.
Vriska sighed. "It's no big deal. Just walk off." She said, about to step off.
"No!" Titaia said, walking in front of her. "Nononono~" She nearly sang. "Staaaaaay. I just want to say a few more things to you!" She pouted.
Tavros was walked down main hallway, and saw Titaia talking to Vriska. He wasn't sure if there was a serious conflict going on or not, but he decided that since it was something with those two that it was worth the time to check it out. Better safe than sorry; that was Tavros' motto.
Vriska saw Tavros approaching. "Ha, Tavroooos! Come get your girlfriend! She's messing with Kanaya!"
"Titaia is not… uh… my girlfriend. She's just really uh… nice to me.." Tavros defended.
"Damn straight!" Titaia shouted from behind him.
Kanaya tilted her head due to her apparent confusion. "Titaia, hm? From what I heard you seemed to keep very quiet and to yourself. I suppose the word on the street is incorrect?" She asked.
Tavros coughed when he was holding Titaia back. "No… she uh… smells like weed…" He frowned.
Vriska laughed. "Whooaaa! You got high?" She asked. "Figures."
"Calm down, motherfuckas. Titaia's just experiencing a miracle." Gamzee tried.
Tavros frowned. "Yeah… uh… a miracle. Let's go back to your room, Titaia." He said, leading her in that direction.
"Bluuuuh!" Titaia frowned. "I'm gonna start thinking again if I go in there !" Her eyes went to the ground, looking at her boots. "I don't like to think…"
Kanaya snuck her way behind Titaia carefully, so carefully that no one had noticed.
Tavros frowned sadly. "No… it's okay." He smiled.
"No…" Titaia continued. "I don't wa—" She fell to the ground, knocked out, cold.
All eyes looked at Kanaya, who was the one who knocked Titaia unconscious in the first place. "My, my. Poor thing. She was rambling on about nothing; I seriously had to do that in order to make sure she stayed sane." She frowned. Kanaya looked at Gamzee with an assuring smile. "Smoking is good for you, really, Gamzee." She started, knowing how he could get when he isn't high. "But… Titaia can't take such… 'miracles' as you call them. She would overload and become confused as to what to do. Especially she is new to this concept of smoking."
Tavros picked up Titaia's unconscious body. "Is she going to be… uh… okay?" He asked Kanaya.
"She will be just fine, my love. Just make sure you keep her somewhere safe. I'll keep Vriska with me for some time to give Titaia some space to wake up." Kanaya replied nearly robotically. She ran her fingers through her hair, as if she were styling it and took out a mirror. She then rubbed her lips together to make sure her lipstick was on her lips. "Don't worry, Tavros."
Tavros nodded. "Thank you, Kanaya." He smiled as he started walking.
"Yeah." Gamzee added, smiling also. "Thanks sis!" He added, following.
After what seemed like days, Titaia woke up, her head pounding. "Shit… did I hit my head?" She asked, sitting up on her bed. According to her stupid alarm clock, the time was 6:53 p.m. Her stomach growled as if on cue. Titaia hadn't eaten that day, she skipped breakfast to talk to TA and help Gamzee, and she must've slept through lunch. How did she fall asleep? She didn't remember anything after smoking… everything was kind of a blur. On the stupid alarm clock was a note written on a yellow sticky. She picked it up. "Hmm?" She asked, as if it could speak. It read:
HeY sIs,
YoU mOtHeRfUcKiNg PaSsEd OuT. nO mOrE sMoKiNg fOr YoU. hOnK. :o)
Titaia smacked her forehead. Does everyone write like a fucking tool? She laid back in her bed, trying to recall everything that happened between the period of time from when she smoked her first puff to the time she woke up. Shit, it was mind blowing what could've happened? Who knocked her out? Titaia put her hand on the back of her neck, which had dull pain coming from it in about two different places. "The hell?" She asked, looking at her hand. There was blood. "How did this fucking happen?" She asked, inspecting her blood. Was she stabbed in the back of her neck? It was intriguing how this all of the sudden appeared there. She quickly grabbed a mirror from Vriska's side table, and ran into the bathroom. Titaia put her hair into a large messy bun, and put the smaller mirror behind her neck, so the back of her neck would reflect on the larger one. Green lipstick. There was green lipstick on her neck.
A/N: Thanks for reading~ I hope you stick with it. I'll have the next chapter up soon, by the grace of gog.
