Author's Note: I know, I know... I have been really crappy with posting schedules for my fics lately. I haven't written like... anything recently and it's cos I've just been busy with work and then busy with other writing stuff like ship weeks and zines etc. I'm gonna try and be better now tho as things are starting to calm down a little for me and I'm avoiding doing fics for whumptober as well since that will just distract me more.
So, I'm going for some range with these drabbles like this one isn't obviously a creepy one because I HC if Gar was a youtuber, he would defo be one of these guys who pull pranks on his roommates. Like, 100%.
I'm keeping this one as the same date as when it SHOULD have been posted, even if it is being posted a few days late lmao. Depending on how busy I get, I may even post another in October to make up for the fact I completely missed August. But, we shall see.
Hope you guys like this one!
Note - I wanna say thank you for such a positive response to this AU story. After the first chapter, I got a bunch of faves/follows on here and a bunch of kudos on ao3 as well. I also got really lovely comments about the first chapter and it's just really appreciated so please, by all means; keep the feedback coming because I honestly treasure it.
MUCH LOVE!
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.
PRANK! Replacing my roommate's body wash with dye!
Uploaded by Gar Logan
25th September 2019
Length: 00:18:08
Licking his lips, Gar glanced over his shoulder before he hurried to a quiet spot in the house; spying the empty seating area where the bar and music were, just off the side of their open main room. He grinned and took a seat, right in the middle of the grey, corner sofa.
He took a deep breath and fixed his tripod into position so that he wouldn't have to keep holding the camera for the entirety of the video.
Once it was secured into place, he leaned back and cleared his throat; gaze locking on the camera lens. He lifted his hand and made a 'peace' gesture before he threw both his arms wide,
"Whaaat's up guys, it's Gar and welcome back to my channel!" He introduced himself, with a smirk and a confident bravado cocooning him like a bubble of positive, self reassurance, "So, today... I'm letting you guys in on a little secret... around our house, I'm pretty much known as the comedy and prankster king, you know?"
He tilted his head upwards, as if letting himself consider just how skilled he truly was in the area of jokes and pranks, "And from time to time... I like to prank my roommates. Not so much the girls because, Rae would usually murder me if I did anything and Kory... she seems to enjoy getting pranked so it's not as fun. Vic and Dick, however? Oh ho ho... they are my prime targets in these things."
Wriggling his eyebrows, Gar scooted forwards on the sofa and his grin broadened; the excitement so very palpable on his face.
"I got a special one lined up for ol' chrome dome today..." He paused to check his watch, "So, right about now, Vic is out with Karen but he texted me about 10 minutes ago to say he's dropping her home and then he's coming home afterwards but, knowing Vic he'll probably divert through a McDonalds too." Gar chuckled and reached for the tripod, lifting his camera up, "So, I'm gonna walk you guys through just how I plan on pranking him."
Gar winked at the lens before he got up off of the sofa and made his way towards the double set of stairs just at the end of the wide stretch hallway that led on from the front doors of the mansion, carrying his equipment as he moved.
He jogged up the stairs, panting as he reached the top, "Shit... I swear... I'm in shape, guys but... we have a lot of stairs in this house." Gar informed the camera, dismissing him trying to get his breath back,
As he moved, he turned the camera towards the upstairs railings; the landing an open format, overlooking the downstairs corridor, "See and because our house is set like this, I can see if he comes back early..." Gar murmured off screen.
Finally, Gar approached Vic's bedroom door, hesitating just enough so he could scan the area in case he was being watched by anyone which was unlikely since it was just him and Raven at home.
"I gotta be quiet... Vic is so up on tech, I have no idea if he has some kinda sensor in his room..." Gar paused and chuckled, "I've barged into his room a lot of times so you never know what he might've installed... heh..."
Slowly, he opened the door, holding the camera out in front of him in some hope of protection from anything that lay within his friend's bedroom. Gar stepped over the threshold with a sense of trepidation, holding his breath until he was standing in the centre of the room.
"Okay... I think... it's all clear." Gar whistled, "Vic's room is hands down the coolest bedroom, I swear..."
Turning the lens to the environment, Gar showed off the room. The floors were wood stained, with a pale blue paint smothering the walls. His large bed was in middle, pushed up against the far wall with the common essentials such as a dresser and a wardrobe dotted around.
But, as Gar zoomed in on the electrical components and trinkets sprinkled here and there, it was understandable why it was rated so highly in his eyes.
"If you can't tell from all the techy and engineer stuff... Vic's into sports and tech; building and working out. Those are his loves. Oh, and food too. Can't forget food." Gar explained, abandoning the interest and heading towards his friend's en suite bathroom.
Gar opened the door and stepped inside, inwardly impressed at how tidy it was since he didn't happen to share a room like himself or Dick did; their respective girlfriends hot on making sure their domains were tidy wherever possible.
"It's weird because... his bathroom smells like hair gel... but Vic doesn't have hair... y'know what, I'm not gonna question it..."
He hurried over to Vic's shower and crouched down, turning the camera back on himself. He smirked and held up what appeared to be a blue bottle of body wash, "So, Vic seems to love using this stuff; makes him smell like mint and blueberry or something... and so what I'm thinking is... if he smells like a blueberry..."
Gar reached into his back pocket and pulled out a small bottle of blue dye, "He should probably look like one too."
Grinning, he again set the camera standing on the tripod just in front of himself, so that his actions were being recorded. He unscrewed the cap of the body wash and the lid of the blue dye and slowly, he started pouring the dye straight into the bottle of body wash, without spilling a drop and making sure that he got all the dye inside.
"Now... just in case you guys are like whaaaat Gar noooo... it's washable dye, meaning, if he has another shower with real, uncontaminated body wash, it should come off just fine." He snorted and shook his head, "But... in case one bottle doesn't really do anything..."
Pulling a secondary bottle from his back pocket, Gar repeated the same steps and mixed even more of the concoction together, humming a content tune as he worked.
He peered inside the bottle of body wash and bit his lip to suppress the grin that threatened to fill his face, "Dudes... he is gonna hate me..."
Once he was happy with his little mixture, Gar slipped the empty bottles of dye back into the pocket of his dark jeans. Placing the cap back on the tainted bottle of body wash, he gave it a rough shake to ensure the liquids were blended together properly before he leaned back into the shower, positioning it exactly where it had been prior to his mishandling.
With that, he scooped his camera up, clipping the legs of the tripod together in an effort to turn it back into a grip for his hand. Gar got to his feet with a light jump, brushing himself down before he scurried out of the bathroom and out of Vic's room completely.
"Okay guys..." Gar said as he held the camera up to his face, a cheeky grin claiming his expression, "the trap is set and he's gon' spring it when he gets home. I'll update you guys when he gets here."
And like that, he placed his palm over the lens, sending the watching world into an abyss of darkness.
Snickering, Gar lifted his camera to his face, barely concealed glee shining through his expression, "Alright guys..." He started, quickly walking away from the games room where he had been slotted between two arcade machines blinking neon colours, enabling him to see out the window, "So... Vic has literally just pulled into the driveway and he's gonna come in, maybe talk for a bit and then head up for a shower. If I know my best friend, that's gonna be exactly what he does."
Gar slid through the hallway, his socks helping him to glide across the wooden flooring, "What I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna just set the camera up so that he doesn't suspect I've done anything."
With that, Gar wandered into the main room, noticing that Raven was already sat at one end of the L shaped sofa, a book open atop of her fingertips, turning page after page as she filled her mind with knowledge.
He whistled as casually as he could, turning the camera around and placing it just beneath the large TV that was suspended, screwed to the wall so it appeared to be floating.
"What are you up to?"
Gar jumped, lightly dropping the camera on top of the stereo speakers, "Nothing! Why do you always suspect I'm up to something?"
Raven eyed his camera briefly before she raised a brow and turned her gaze to him, "Because you usually are."
He laughed nervously, not wanting to let her in on his plans until after Vic had gone upstairs to seal his blue fate, "Naaah, you're imagining it, babe."
She stared at him for a long moment before she averted her eyes back to the words on the pages in front of her with a quiet, "Mhm..."
Gar let go of a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding and subtly winked at the camera as it continued rolling.
Walking away from the camera that was sitting static atop of the speaker, Gar eyed the red light on top, ensuring it was recording just as the front doors slammed closed, signalling that someone had entered the house.
Vic stretched his arms above his head as he ambled into the main room, his fingertips brushing against the wood of the archway leading in from the hallway. The camera caught his movements as he walked a little further into the room.
"Sup guys."
Gar fought the urge to look shifty and lifted a hand, giving him a greeting wave.
"Hey Vic."
Raven glanced at him and smiled softly, "Hi, Vic. How was Karen?"
He shrugged, taking a sip from his water bottle as he leaned against the back of the sofa whilst he conversed with the couple, "Yeah, she's okay. She's got a music video shoot later tonight so we had to cut the day a little short."
"Maybe she just told you that because she was getting bored." Gar snarked, leaning his head back to grin at his friend.
Vic smirked and rolled his eyes, smacking Gar's head from where he stood behind them, "Uh huh. I bet that's it, grass stain."
Gar pulled a face and rubbed at the spot he'd just been gently walloped on, sparing a secret glance at his camera, the little red light still flashing,
"Yeah, yeah... go and shower dude. I can smell your stench from here." Gar moaned, adding emphasis for the dramatics,
Vic smirked and suddenly forced his armpit to Gar's face, rolling with the belly laugh that poured from his throat, "What? You mean this smell?"
Gar squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head, frantically pushing the offending body part away from his face, "Ew! Dude! I'm gonna have to bleach wash my whole face!"
Pulling back, Vic produced a deep rooted laugh, full of mirth. He shook his head and strolled towards the archway but not before calling over his shoulder, "The bleach might make an improvement!"
Gar rolled his eyes before slowly smirking. He waited in his spot on the sofa with Raven reading her book, oblivious to the prank he had set up for his best friend.
He kept his ears perked, waiting patiently until he heard the telltale sign of the water running from up in Vic's room.
Jumping up from the sofa, Gar scurried over and collected the camera up, holding the tripod grip upright to address the camera, "Okay... he's just gone to shower so it shouldn't be long now, guys."
He walked backwards and flopped back onto the sofa, turning the lens towards Raven who was staring at him with suspicion in her eyes, "What have you done now, Gar?"
"Nothing! Just a little... dye job for Vic." He snickered, winking at the camera,
Raven blinked before she rolled her eyes and shook her head, not even bothering to ask him to elaborate.
Not that that ever stopped him.
"I switched out his body wash with blue dye!" Gar told her, excitedly.
Lowering her book again so she could see over the top of it, Raven tilted her head, "He's going to kill you."
"It's okay. You'll protect me, Rae."
"Uh huh." She muttered, returning her attention to her words.
Gar turned the camera back around to show his face, his lips pressed into a thin line, "She loves me really. She just doesn't like to make it too obvious."
Suddenly, a loud bang could be heard from upstairs and both Gar and Raven jerked at the noise. They heard stomping from above and Gar bit down on his bottom lip to suppress the smirk that was threatening to take over his expression.
"GAR!"
The dark haired prankster snorted and stayed in his seat, listening as Vic started marching across the landing upstairs and clomping down the steps.
"GAR! I AM GONNA MURDER YOU, GRASS STAIN!"
Raven sighed and closed her book, sitting up and crossing her legs as she waited for the inevitable explosion that was about to happen.
Gar straightened up, clutching the camera grip tightly as he turned it towards the main room archway.
Vic marched into the room, filling the camera up with his bulk. Gar and Raven turned their heads and it took all of Gar's willpower not to burst out laughing.
"Are you freakin' serious!?" Vic yelped,
Gar turned the camera towards him and grinned.
Vic stood there in just a pair of grey sweats. An electric blue stained his whole face and dripped down to cover the entirety of his shoulders and chest. There were blue swipes across his forearms, clearly from where he had been using the liquid to wash with before realizing what it really was.
It was dry already and it looked solid against his skin, as if there was no way it was going to wash off in one go.
"Oh... wow..." Raven commented and Gar moved the camera to her whilst she spoke, "That's... a new one."
"Yeah cos' your idiot boyfriend has a thing for bright colours!" Vic ranted,
Gar grinned at him, "Oh come on! This is hilarious!"
"Gar! I'm fucking blue!"
"I can probably cheer you up!" Gar cackled with laughter, smacking his knee with the palm of his hand,
Vic paused and pulled a face at his lame attempt at a joke; an expression which Raven matched. Gar shrugged, "That was a good one!" He took a moment to turn the camera on himself, "Guys, leave a comment if you think that was funny."
"Right, because they are the voice of truth, huh?" Raven stated, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
"Dude! You best tell me if this shit washes off because otherwise, I'm a' whoop yo' ass." Vic threatened, quietly fuming as he crossed his arms over his chest,
"It does! C'mon, I wouldn't put dye in your body wash without knowing it would come off, man." Gar explained,
"It better, Gar." Vic exhaled,
Raven smirked from her corner of the sofa, "I mean... not to inflate his ego or anything... but this is pretty funny."
"Rae!" Vic complained,
She allowed herself a quiet laugh over the fact their friend currently looked like a giant bubblegum Popsicle, with Gar quickly joining in. Vic shook his head at the couple and gave into a reluctant smile,
"I hate you so much, man." He chuckled,
Gar smirked and got to his feet, throwing an arm around his friend as he focused the camera on them, "Nah you don't! You love it!"
"I'm gonna cook chicken into your salad next time you ask me to make something."
"Dude, you can't do that!" Gar squeaked,
"Guess you won't be asking stuff from me for a while, huh?" Vic returned, grinning now,
Gar opened and closed his mouth a couple times before he gave up, shrugging and supposing that was only fair. He turned the camera back to Vic once more and an amused snort was heard off screen.
"Dude, you look like a Na'vi from Avatar..." Gar murmured, laughter slipping through his words,
Vic lifted a hand and stared at the blue stains on his palm, "I'm gonna be so mad if this doesn't come off. I want to shower like right now. Again."
"No! Don't! Not yet, I want Dick and Kory to see!" He pleaded, jostling the camera in his hands in an attempt to stop Vic from going back upstairs.
Turning it on himself for a final time, Gar addressed his viewers, "Guys, I'm gonna try and convince Vic to stay blue til' Dick and Kory get back so check back in a bit!"
With that, he switched the camera off, the lens going dark.
Gar turned the camera towards the archway of the main room as soon as he heard the sound of the front doors opening and closing, signalling that Dick and Kory had returned from their outing.
"Yo! Dick! Kory! Come here for a sec!" Gar yelled, grinning as he glanced at Vic who was sat on the sofa between himself and Raven, looking like he was ready to smack Gar in the face.
"Yeah; hang on!" Dick returned and the faint sound of Silkie's lead being unclipped from his collar could be heard.
Following that, the ball of cream fur came bounding into the main room, tongue hanging out and tail wagging happily. Gar grinned and greeted Silkie first, scratching the dog behind his ears.
"How was Silkie's walk?" Gar asked as he heard Dick and Kory start to make their way through the house towards them,
"It was alright... Silkie decided to run through some mud though and-"
Dick faltered and stopped as soon as he saw Vic sitting there, his mouth falling open in shock. Kory soon joined his side, catching a glimpse of their now blue friend as well.
She gasped and held a hand over her mouth, her green eyes widening at the sight before them.
"What the..." Dick started,
"He was the victim of my PRAAANK!" Gar hollered, shaking the camera with excitement,
"What happened?" Kory wondered, gently running her fingers against Vic's cheek to see if the dye would come off on her hand,
"Nope. Won't work, Kor because Gar here decided to put blue dye in my body wash!" Vic explained, whilst Gar's chuckles could be heard off screen.
"Well... it is your favourite colour." Kory pointed out, smiling at him. Vic fixed her with a mock glare and gently pushed her to which she giggled at.
Dick wandered closer to Kory, winding his arms around her waist and pulling her back against his chest whilst Silkie tried getting in on the affection too, jumping around Kory's legs.
"So... Vic, I have a question..." Dick started, looking smug,
"What?" Vic deadpanned,
"If you're here, who's hanging out with Smurfette?"
Gar snorted and choked on his laughter at the reference, leaning over to bump fists with Dick who received the middle finger from Vic who was trying to refrain from laughing.
"Dude! I know you're a big guy but the genie look is a bit much!" Gar squealed, wiping a tear away at the same time Dick and Kory broke into fits of laughter,
Raven shook her head but Gar noticed the slight lift in the corners of her mouth.
"Oh wow... you know that noise that Vic makes when he gets frustrated when cooking?" Dick began, already smirking,
"Yeah?" Gar asked,
"Doesn't it remind you of the cookie monster? Which... it's so much more accurate now."
Gar threw his head back with laughter, keeping the camera trained on Vic who was trying so hard not to chuckle. Holding his stomach, Gar huffed in an attempt to breathe through his chortling.
Kory bit her lip, trying and failing not to laugh at their friend's misfortune on account of Gar. She took a breath and laced her fingers with Dick's which rested on her stomach,
"Oh, be nice... poor Vic..." She said, pouting on behalf of him,
"Yeah, Vic... don't be so blue." Dick joked, causing Kory to smile and roll her eyes,
"Dude! I made that joke earlier!" Gar slapped his hands together, careful as the camera almost fell,
"I hate all of you." Vic muttered, shaking his head with a reluctant smile attached to his face. He glanced at Raven who was passively sitting in the corner of the sofa still, watching them with a tiny smirk, "Except Raven."
Gar turned the camera to his girlfriend who shrugged and sat forward, "If you were hairier, you'd be a shoe in for Stitch."
Vic's mouth fell open before he closed it and looked back at Gar who had the camera on them, "Okay. I hate all of you."
Gar grinned and nodded, "Pft, that was a good one, Rae!"
Continuing to shake his head, Vic folded his arms as the others laughed at Gar's successful prank.
"Okay guys... so that's the end of the video... I hope you liked it and shout out to Vic for being such a good sport about it!" Gar smirked and snuggled against his friend's side from his position on the couch.
The lens of the camera focused in on all of them, crowded on the sofa. Raven was still in her spot in the corner of the couch with Gar just beside her draping a hand across her knees. Vic was sat on the other side of Gar, the shine of the camera light making his blue skin look even brighter. Dick was sat on the end with Kory on his lap who in turn, had Silkie curled up between them, his fluffy tail brushing against Vic's leg.
"Yeah, you're welcome... ya piece of crap." Vic mumbled, smirking,
Gar laughed and put his thumbs up towards the lens of the camera.
"If you did like this video, don't forget to smash the like button and subscribe to my channel, if you haven't already!" He paused and lifted his shoulders, "If you'd like to see more prank videos, let me know in the comments!"
"And if you do – Tell him to prank Dick instead of me." Vic added,
"Hey!" Dick protested,
Gar chuckled and held up two fingers towards the camera, "Peace!"
Author's Note: Oh yeah, I made Silkie a dog in this AU. I'm going with him being a samoyed or something similar. Kinda creamy and a floof. And also like not a tiny ass dog but not a massive one either. Just one that you can cuddle. Ya feel?