It's been three weeks since the fight, I had to stay in the hospital till my wound healed up, the doctors said I was lucky the knife didn't go farther in or I would have been a goner. I was in a pain induced coma for the first two weeks; the first thing I saw when I woke up was Gamzee's unpainted face, it was the best thing I had ever woken up to. What happened to Cronus? Cronus died from the stab wound and Equius was killed by the gunshot, since the gun was registered to Eridan he was the one that was blamed for the murder since no one else knew it was Gamzee so he has a good ten years in prison. Nepeta, Karkat, Sollux, and even Feferi would visit almost every day to see how I was doing or to keep me company; they really didn't have to though since Gamzee would never leave my side. Rufioh would stay most of the day but since they could only have one person to stay overnight he agreed to let Gamzee stay with me. We were finally home, Gamzee had carried me in even though I was perfectly fine, all Rufioh did was laugh has he kept the door open for us. Gamzee carried me into my room and gently laid me down on the bed "I got something for you motherfucker." He said smiling, he gently grabbed my necklace from under my shirt and untied it "What are you doing?" I asked. He pulled something silver out from his pocket and slid it onto the necklace, it fell with a clink noise as it hit my Taurus dog tag, and he gave it back to me and smiled. I looked it over with wide eyes it was a purple Capricorn symbol with brown bull horns on the 'p' making it look like the Taurus symbol and right next to it was a purple and rust colored heart. "What…Gamzee…did you make this?" I gave it another glance before looking back at him "Well yeah, your bro said ever since he gave you that necklace you have never taken it off…so I figured I should give you something to go with it, besides two dog tags makes you look more like a badass." he chuckled. I smiled as a put the necklace back on "I love it Gamz, I love you so much." He sat next to me and gave me a quick kiss on the lips "And I love you just as much." "You cock suckers know I've been standing here the whole time right?" I looked at the doorway and Rufioh was leaning against it smirking while playing with one of his snake-bite piercings. "Hey circus clown can you step out for a sec I gotta talk to my bro about something." Rufioh said nodding to Gamzee, Gamzee and I looked at eachother in confusion, he shrugged then he got up and walked out. Rufioh closed the door behind him then glared at me "Do you think I was born yesterday?" he said trying to hold back a growl "w-what do you mean?" his gaze was hard "I mean that snob lover of yours that's what." I looked at him surprised "g-Gamzee's not a-" "Yes he is don't lie to me! Cronus tolled be the whole fucking thing and I thought that bitch was lying, then when that guy on steroids yelled 'Makara'." He pinches between his eyes in frustration "I can't believe you Tav you said you didn't want any part of this war and here you are fucking around with the enemy." I glared at him and stood up walking towards him "Enemy? ENEMY!? He has been living with us for six months; he has done nothing wrong all he's ever done was try to earn your respect. If it wasn't for him we would have both been killed. He saved your dumbass twice! He risked his LIFE to help you fight Cronus HE KILLED A GUY TO HELP YOU!" he snorted at me but his gaze was softening "I love him, I nearly died saving you and I would have been killed even before that if he didn't save me. You wanna know something? Seven fucking months ago I was nearly beaten to death by and upperclassmen and he saved me, he betrayed them because he loves me. He left them to love with us because he isn't one of them he isn't one of is ether. And you know what nether am I fighting Cronus was the first and last fight I would ever be in and next time your dumbass gets in trouble don't expect me and Gamzee to help I mean god damit Rufioh you're twenty seven learn to take care of yourself!" Rufioh's gaze had turned from hatred to guilt, he sighed as le looked down and rubbed the back of his neck "Tavros I'm sorry…its, just…you are the only one I have left, I'd rather be burned alive then live with mom and our sisters, especially Vriska she's a total bitch. I was so scared bro; I thought I lost you when Gamz and I got you into the truck and to the hospital. What got me the most was that you kept calling HIS name when they took you in, and that HE was the first one you saw when you woke up, I didn't want to say anything in the hospital because I didn't want to cause any trouble there. And it just hurt me knowing you would rather be with him then chill with your big bro." I couldn't help but smile "You're and idiot Rufioh, I have always depended on you and I have always looked up to you, but you're supposed to be my bro not my dad or my keeper. I just found someone I really love, and I know it might piss you off because you think it will end up like how it did with mom and dad but there's one thing to it. Gamzee is willing to give up everything just to be with me, he ran away from home and created this lie just so he could be with me. I'm sorry that we lied to you about him being a Hood and you don't have to be jealous of him because I'm with him and not depending on you." I playfully punched him on his shoulder; I leaned over to look at the closed door "Gamz, you can stop eavesdropping." I said nearly laughing. Gamzee slowly opened the door and walked in trying not to make eye contact with Rufioh, he stood next to me and looked down, Rufioh laughed and gave him a rough pat on the back "It's okay man, you might not be a Hood, but if Tav thinks you're worth it then I'm not going to get in the way of you two." Gamzee looked up at him with hopeful eyes "Really?" "Well hell to the fucking yeah." Rufioh's phone started going off, he pulled it out of his pocket and looked at us "I'll be back in a bit Kan needs some help at the auto shop." He walked out of the room and out the door. When we heard his truck drive out Gamzee and I walked back to my bed and just sat there. He smiled at me "You know you can keep that tag all you want but when I get enough money I'm going to get you something official." I looked at him confused "Official?" he chuckled and kissed me, he whispered in my ear "I mean a motherfucking ring if you say yes. I mean after all we've been through all this war bullshit but it was worth it so I could be with you, we've known eachother for almost four years and every single waking moment with you has been nothing but motherfucking miracles and now I want to spend the rest of my life with you. If you say yes that is." He looked at me with a big grin on his face, and I could help but smile "Yes...Yes Gamzee a thousand times yes!" I said nearly in tears. He smiled "I love you Tavros." "And I love you Gamzee." I hugged him tight as tears fell down my face "When I get the money, I'll get us a nice little apartment far away from here, and far away from this war. I called up Kurloz and told him about it and he and Meulin agreed to help." "But what about Rufioh?" "Bro his twenty motherfucking seven he knows how to take care of himself." he kissed me on the lips and quickly pulled away "When I get you that motherfucking ring we can tell him about it okay?" I smiled "Alright Gamz, when you get the ring we'll tell him."
