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Dave Karkat's new bff Strider here, I'm walking toward Art with Nepeta and the oh so eloquent Equius when I see Vriska skulk into the art class before us.
"Miss Serket I think it would be a bit triggering to leave with even one of my students here, after all-"
"Yeah, yoooooooou have bigger issues, the janitor found triggering vandalism on the gym walls and can't clean it. Goooooooo help him the words are very huuuuuuuurtful." Vriska drawled
"Oh my, I must help at once. Students, please don't do anything triggering while I am gone." Mr. Vantas walked out of the room in a hurry and Vriska turned toward me.
"Striiiiiiiider, I need to speak to yoooooooou." She grinned
"I have art to do, without my mad genius here class will go to anarchy! Can't do that to them."
"Either you come, or I will stay heeeeeeeere… with you guys… and Taaaaaaaavroooooooos." She smirked, I saw Gamzee twitch and start to get up but Tavros held his hand.
"D-don't Gamzee, its fine." He stammered. I saw Gamzee grimace but sit back down. He gave me a pleading look so I gave a small nod. We can't have Tavros hurt or feeling down before a big operation.
"Fine, lead the way Spider-Queen…" I sigh
"Glaaaaaaaad to hear." She turned and led me through the halls until we came to a stairwell.
"What do you want?"
"I want a loooooooot of things… money, power, everyone to bow down to me like they do… but right now I want you goooooooone Strider…" She smirked
"Why the hell do I need to abscond? Fuck why do 'yoooooooou' want that?" I ask
"Because yoooooooou're fucking my shit up." She shrugs, "Terezi with Karkat? That's patheticly mismatched, and that juggalo belongs in a cell… Yoooooooou seem to make eeeeeeeeverything seem all happy go lucky for everyoooooooone. I'd bet my 8 lives you're just as sad as anyone else." She smiles but it doesn't meet her eyes. I remember what Karkat said, I just need to push her.
"Nope" I smirk, "not anymore, I fixed my problem… maybe you should work on yours."
"The fuck is my problem Strider?!" She growled
"The fact that you want everyone to hate you, it's obvious you want the opposite. Just ask." I deadpan and readjust my backpack, "I'm out, this session was free; next time I'll charge you." I turn to leave slowly but she doesn't call me back. She grabs my bag and as I turn, she punches my face.
Fuck that hurt, I might actually punch a girl…
"The fuck Spider bi-" I stop, she's holding her fist but crying. Really crying. Hard and shit…
"Fuck you Str-strider." She barks and turns around running up the stairs. I flash step behind her and she turns around only to fall in my arms.
"Careful with the stairs…" I warn
She just holds on to my hoodie and sobs, "I want him to hate meeeeeeee!" She cries
"Who?"
"Tavros….. aaaaaaaall of theeeeeeeem! I've hurt all of them! But they keep me around! Why?" she wails
"Vriska… okay leggo the shirt and sit down." I huff. She keeps sniffing and crying, she takes off her glasses and I can't help but snap a picture before she notices… I get the feeling her tears are a new thing to her. "Okay, Vriska… if you feel like that why don't you fucking apologize?" I deadpan. I doubt beating around the bush is going to work with her.
"I can't" She whimpers
"Why not, I'm sure Tavros will accept." I nod
"He's weak….. I hate him…" she growls
"He's kind." I state, "There's a difference, he's a good guy like that."
"That's the point! He'll forgive me….. I don't want him too." I sit next to her and cock my head.
"Won't you feel better?" I ask
"I don't deserve to take his kindness…..… it's easier having them hate me then me hating myself… easier to hate them than myself."
"But you hate yourself too." I point out
"YOU CAN'T CHANGE! I'M A HURTER, I HURT AND HURT AND HURT AND YOU CAN TRY TO CHANGE BUT YOU CAN'T! YOU DO SOMETHING TERRIBLE AND WANT TO TAKE IT BACK BUT YOU CAN'T! THEN YOU WORK HARD TO TRY AND WIN THEIR TRUST BACK, YOU TRY AND TRY AND TRY AND YOU CAN'T!" She yells
"You can still try." I tell her
"I can't….."
"I doubt that." I stand, "Take the first step." I hold her hand and pull her up.
"No….. you take the last." She pushes me, but I just flip down and land safely, gotta hand it to Bro he beat those skills into me damn well.
"So now you want me to hate you?" I smirk
"Fuck off Strider….. thanks for trying, but you're time's been waaaaaaaasted." She drawls back to her old self. "…see you in history." She nods and leaves
"I don't hate you Vris… I might even like you if you stop trying to hurt me." I smirk up the stairs
"It's a sign of affection…" She quips back
"Then you must love Tavros." I laugh but she stiffens and then plays it off.
"That weakling? Noooooooo waaaaaaaay." She just turns and walks up the stairs, "Laaaaaaaater." I hear her call.
"See ya." I walk back to art and see Gamzee and Tavros together, Nepeta's talking with Tvros while she sits on Equius' lap. "Sup" I nod to them.
"H-hey Dave what did Vriska want?" Tavros looked scared but curious, I glanced at Gamzee who looked chill but his eyes were angry.
"She just wanted to copy the homework for history, said she didn't wanna hear her sister bitch about it for the whole class." I shrug, lying to them.
"That is quite rare, for her to even suggest doing the homework." Equius noted
"Holy fuck, you CAN speak." I smirk, changing the subject.
"Uh… yes… hello Dave." He nods
"Fucking miracles, Equius is all up and talking." Gamzee chimes in, nodding to me slightly so I know he's going to wanna talk. I nod back and turn to Nepeta's laugh.
"Hey hey hey, Dave, I drew this ship for you!" Nepata gave me a paper and I saw it was a picture of Dirk and I with a red heart between us.
"Wow Nep, that's purr-fect. I have all kinds of kokoro for Dirk." I smirk
"Yaaaay! It's canon!" She grinned
"So you and Dirk are together? That's fucking miraculous brother. Enjoy each other." Gamzee smiled for real.
"I plan to." I nod, "Is there anything cool in this town to take a first date to?" I ask
"Awwww! You should go to the zoo!" Nepeta clapped
"The fair has… horses to ride." Equius said
"T-there's a really cool arcade near the peir…" Tavros smiled
"And an amusement park too." Gamzee added
"I think Gam-Tav wins… Dirk likes video games…" I tell Nepeta so she's not sad. "I'll take him to the zoo another day."
"Heehee, it's fine! Equius, do you wanna go to the fair to sketch the horses tomorrow?" She turns, Equius just sweats and nods.
"I'm going to take Tav out to the movies… have him all up and chill before his fixing up." Gamzee smiled and held Tav's hand
"Well, there are dates being handed out like cheap cigars here." I smirk. I turn my phone on and snap a couple pics and pocket it before the bell rings. I wave goodbye to them and see Dirk waiting for me outside again, "Hey" I smile and grab his hand stuffing it with mine in my hoodie pocket. He rubs his thumb across and I smirk at the tingles.
"How was art?" He smirks, "heard Vantas had to go help clean some graffiti."
"He did, meanwhile I was kidnapped by Vriska into a stairwell."
"What? She didn't… try anything did she?"
"Nah, she tried to threaten… and… well we had a feelings jam actually… She's not too bad." I shrug
"Huh?"
"I'll explain on the way home." I squeeze his hand and sit next to him in history. Vriska walked in, saw me and nodded. Her glasses were back on and she wore more blue eyeliner. She hid the red under her eyes with it well. She sat next to me and smirked.
"Heeeeeeeey Dave." I nod to her and suddenly notice she has a picture of Nic Cage in her binder.
"You like Nic Cage?" I snort
"Yeeeeeeees, how could someone noooooooot?" She smirks
"Here, talk to this guy on pesterchum, he'll talk to you abou him for hours." I hand her a scrap of paper with ectoBiologist written on it, "He's a funny guy."
"Okaaaaaaaay….. thanks." She smiled a bit and tucked the paper into her jeans. I nod and turn to talk to Dirk about his classes while Ms. Serket sets up a movie for us. We spend the class cracking jokes and even Vriska jumps in every once in a while with a wise crack. Her sister glares at us but seems to let it slide since Vriska's laughing. We shut up a bit and just pass a piece of paper between us and write all our wise cracks and chuckle when one's really good. The bell rings and Vriska stands up. "See you guuuuuuuuys laaaaaaaater!" She laughs and goes out the door.
"That was the first time I've seen Vriska laugh or smile that wasn't from someone being sad…" Dirk stared in awe.
"Just a little Strider magic." I smirk as we grab the cupcakes from my locker.
"Care to share?" I give him a small kiss, but as he goes to deepen it I pull back.
"I can't give you your special brand in public! I will go to jail for being too damned sexy with you on a public surface." I smirk
"Then let's get home so you can strife and be done with it…" He smirks back