Feferi went through her morning routine and prepared herself to meet with Eridan, her moirail. She grabbed her fuschia brush and stroked her flowing hair underwater, doing her best to keep it straight.
She smiled at the thought of Gamzee. Just because he was busy with Karkat today, doesn't mean she can't send him messages every so often. She figured she may have been crushing on him a little bit, but it was nothing major.
Once she finished brushing her hair, Feferi played briefly with her cuttlefish, before checking her Trollian account. All of her friends were online, but her eyes fixed onto terminallyCapricious. She grinned. However before she was able to type out a message for him, another one popped up for her.
CA: hey fef wwhen can i come ovver?
She frowned, and was disappointed in herself for feeling that way. Perhaps Gamzee needed his space. In addition, she couldn't just ignore Eridan and leave no time for him. She messaged him back.
CC: Come over now! I don't see w)(y not!
CA: okay im omww
Feferi was about to close out of the application, when she was surprised to receive another message, from Gamzee.
TC: I HoPe yOu aLl uP AnD HaVe fUn wHiLe i'm gOnE :o)
She smiled warmly and found herself lightly touching the screen, longing to be with him.
Eridan knocked on Feferi's door and waited to be let inside. He still wanted to talk with her about Gamzee, but he wasn't sure what the potential consequences would be.
Feferi opened the door for Eridan and let him inside, smiling. "Hey Eridan!"
"Hey Fef," he said. "So you're not busy today, right?"
"Nope! Not at all."
That made Eridan smile. "Great! I wwas hoping wwe could check out that cavve now."
Feferi nodded. She remembered that Eridan had wanted her to scope out a new underwater cave he had found. Perhaps there were riches stored deep inside?
"That sounds fun," said Feferi. "Is it far from here?"
Eridan brought a hand to his chin, deep in thought. "It should take us about fifteen minutes to get there. Not too far I suppose."
Feferi stood up. "Then let's go!" She had remembered to bring her phone with her to talk to Gamzee, then stepped out of her hive with her moirail Eridan in tow.
Eridan would have swam a lot faster, if Feferi didn't stop every several minutes to type on her phone. There was little doubt in his mind that she was talking to Gamzee, and Eridan mentally face-palmed. She really didn't want to leave him alone, and Eridan really didn't want that to get under his skin.
"Fef, you gonna stop textin' Gamzee and come swwim faster? We should havve been there by noww."
She nodded and quickly moved her fingers against her keyboard, eyes not diverging from the screen, beginning to swim while texting. "Yeah, uh-huh."
Eridan stopped now, and turned to face her. "Fef..."
"One second!" she said, smiling down at her screen and whatever it was that Gamzee had sent her. Eridan sighed and fished his phone out of his own pocket, sending a message to someone he knew fairly well.
CA: tell your moirail to calm dowwn wwith the messages. im tryin to go swwimin wwith my owwn.
CG: RIGHT. LIKE I REALLY FUCKING WANT GAMZEE TO TEXT FEFERI RIGHT NOW.
CG: HE'S TRYING TO HELP ME DEAL WITH SOME SHIT WHILE TRYING TO FLIRT WITH HER.
CG: WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT THIS?
CA: wwhat could you possibly be dealin with
CG: NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS, THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING DEALING WITH.
CA: just askin
CA: gosh
CG: WELL FUCK, IT LOOKS LIKE GAMZEE PUT THE PHONE DOWN FOR A SECOND.
And with that, Eridan saw that Feferi put her phone back in her pockets. She frowned.
"Sorry Eridan... I just really want to talk to Gamzee! He's so fun and nice..."
"Fef, wwe need to talk," said Eridan. "I don't think you should talk to Gamzee as much as you do."
"Oh come now," she said. "I see no harm in speaking to my swimming student."
"Fef," said Eridan. "I think you have an infatuation with him."
"An infatuation?" she asked. She glanced down before smiling up at him.
"What's the problem with that?"
Eridan turned to face her fully. "Fef, Gamzee isn't exactly the most healthy troll in the universe. It's not a good idea to develop feelings for him!"
She groaned. "Well, tell that to my feelings!" Eridan sighed.
"We'll talk about this more after the expedition," said Eridan. Feferi frowned and nodded.
"Okay, fine," she said. "Even though I still don't see what the big deal is..."
Hours in the past, Gamzee received a message from his best friend.
CG: HEY DUDE, PLANS STILL ON FOR TODAY?
TC: HeLl YeAh MoThErFuCkEr. TeLl Me AgAiN eXaCtLy WhY yOu WaNnA cOmE oVeR aNd StUfF. :o)
CG: WELL I WANNA HAVE A SORT OF FEELINGS JAM.
CG: JUST GET SOME SHIT OFF MY CHEST AND TALK.
CG: CALL ME CRAZY, BUT I THINK YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THIS SORT OF THING.
TC: HaHa, ThAt's FuCkIn MiRaClEs, BrO. cOmE oN oVeR. wE'Ll PlAy SoMe GaMeS aNd ChIlL.
CG: GREAT. SEEYA IN A BIT.
Karkat Vantas made it to Gamzee's house and was let in, immediately seating himself on Gamzee's horn pile. He rolled his eyes.
"For fuck's sake, get a goddamn couch here. It's more comfortable."
Gamzee gave Karkat a dopey look. "Alright, motherfucker. I'll think about it." He sat down next to Karkat. "So tell me what's all up and got you so down." He then fished his phone out of his pocket and sent a quick message. "Hold up, gotta tell someone I hope she has fun on her little quest."
Karkat nodded and took a deep breath. "Well uh, there seems to a problem concerning quadrants." Gamzee nodded and let Karkat continue. "And this problem concerning quadrants also concerns me."
"Ah, I all up and see where you're going with this, said Gamzee, placing his hand on Karkat's shoulder with a solemn look. "Sorry bro. I'm not attracted to bros."
Karkat's jaw dropped, and he pushed Gamzee's hand away. "I'm not in love with YOU, you fuckass! God! How cliche would that be?"
Gamzee laughed. "Aw thank fuckin god. I would have had no idea how you would have all up and reacted." He smiled widely. "Alright alright, good, not me. We both dodged a fuckin' bullet there, huh?"
"Yeah, no kidding asshole," said Karkat, jabbing his shoulder. "You're my bro and nothing more."
"Right."
"Right, yeah, well, I want a matespritship with someone else we know. I never thought I would ever want to be with her, but I just can' get her the fuck out of my mind."
"Aw," said Gamzee. "That's motherfuckin' sweet. So who's the lucky troll?"
Before Karkat could answer, Gamzee's phone chimed loudly, alerting him to a message. He looked down at it and smiled, messaging him back. Karkat watched as a faint purple blush made its way to Gamzee's face.
"Dude, you're purple," said Karkat. "Why are you blushing?"
"I ain't blushing," said Gamzee, messaging away on his phone.
"Yes you are," Karkat said. "Dude, we were in the middle of a jam."
"Yeah yeah motherfucker, hold on a little bit. I just gotta talk to my coach."
"You have a coach?" asked Karkat, confused. He settle more into the horn pile and sighed. "I assume it's not to help you quit sopor. Or that disgusting fucking soda. I thought you fucking wanted to know who I was crushing on."
Gamzee didn't respond, lost in the words on his phone screen, smiling. Karkat grumbled, figuring nobody, not even Gamzee, would care who he had a crush on. And he was probably right.