Author's Notes:
Apparently, "extra long" means a few pages more than usual. I tried to write a lot more, but my brain is too overwhelmed with upcoming crap, like college. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. It has so much stuff happening in it :x (More notes at the bottom)
/Schoolstuck/
"Sollux? Sollux! Soolluuuux!" Nepeta called, sprinting down the halls of the school. She cupped her hands around her mouth to project her voice, "Sollux! Where are you!"
"Young lady, stop that yelling this instant," a teacher reprimanded, stepping out of her classroom. "That is no way to act in a school."
Nepeta skidded to a halt before the teacher. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm looking for my friend." She hopped from foot to foot, looking down the hall past the teacher. "It's quite impurrtant. I mean, important."
"That is no excuse. Wait here; I need to find my detention slips." The teacher walked back into her room. Nepeta peeked around the doorframe, watching her rummage through her desk drawers. Without regret, she started running again. The teacher heard her and yelled for her to come back and threatened a more severe punishment. Nepeta glanced back but kept going. Karkitty was much more impurrtant than her getting suspended!
She rounded the corner leading to the gym and sighed in relief as she spotted Sollux.
"Sollux!" He turned to her, eyes narrowed. Nepeta slowed to a jog until she was a few feet from him, then came to stop. She breathed in deeply. "Karkitty''tthinkit'sgoingtoturnoutwellifhedoes!" she spewed out, eyes wide and pleading.
"All I caught in that wath thomething about Kk, tho I don't care, Nepeta." He pulled open the door to the walkway connected to the gym.
Nepeta bit her lip, clenching her fists. "But –" Sollux halted but didn't look back at her. "You like Karkitty, don't you? If you like someone, you help them even if you're mad! So – so if you like him, go save him!" She pointed in the direction of the fight and stomped her foot. Sollux let the door close and faced her.
"Why are you telling me to help him when you like him? It would be more conduthive for you if you were the one to thave him."
Nepeta blushed. "Equius won't let me fight… And Karkitty likes you. I want him to be happy, and if he's happy with you, then…" She made a sweeping gesture with her arm.
The Gemini stared at her critically for a moment. "You don't jutht like him." With those words, he left through the door he had just let close.
"Wh— Sollux! Come back!" She quickly followed him, taking two steps for every one of his. "Where are you going!"
"I'm going around the outthide. I'll climb in a window or thomething."
"Oh."
They made short work of the distance around the school to a classroom near the aforementioned fight. On their way, they encountered the four kids plus Kanaya; Rose leaned out the window when they passed, getting their attention.
"What are you two doing walking around outside?" she asked amusedly. John and Jade crowded the space next to her to wave hello.
"Kk apparently got in a fight. I have to go help him," Sollux explained, slipping his hands into his pockets. Beside him, Nepeta rocked back and forth, eyes darting between Rose and the way she and Sollux were supposed to be heading. She became increasingly antsy when the late bell reverberated through the school. Rose turned to address something going on in the classroom.
"Oh, yes, we heard you and Equius in the library," Kanaya said to Nepeta. She took up the spot vacated by Jade as she went back to whatever she had been doing. "We decided to take up the task of creating a distraction for the teachers."
Sollux quirked a brow. "What does that entail?"
John leaned farther out the window and flailed his arms. "Some windy magic and a sword!"
"Sollux, time is ticking, and Karkitty isn't being saved!" The Leo tugged on his arm impatiently. "He could be dead!"
"I doubt he'th dead."
John disappeared back inside so only Rose, who had turned back to them, and Kanaya were standing in the window. Rose shooed them, saying, "I agree that he likely isn't dead, but you wouldn't want him to be more hurt than he probably is now, do you?"
"Gueth not. Let'th go then." He allowed Nepeta to pull him the fifty or so feet to the classroom that would give them access to the area they needed. Sollux unlocked the window and lifted it so Nepeta could crawl in. He slipped through, too, and went to the small pane of glass in the door that would show him the hallway.
Karkat was running over to Gamzee while an upperclassman pushed Vriska off to give chase. In a split second decision, he threw open the door.
"Nepeta, get Vrithka out of the way." His voice held a certain note of urgency and command that had Nepeta reacting immediately and without question: she practically flew out the door to tackle Vriska. Sollux picked up the desk with his powers and launched it at the guy going after Karkat, consequences be damned.
When everything had mostly settled down, the damage assessment began. Sollux reclined against the doorframe, watching Karkat talk to Gamzee before Tavros interrupted. Karkat moved to the side before spinning and walking in Sollux's direction. The Gemini righted himself and preceded the shorter troll into the room. Karkat kicked the door shut and found an interest in the tiles beneath his feet; he rubbed his right arm, more out of awkwardness than pain.
"Thith converthation ith great Kk," Sollux said after a minute of silence.
"Shut up, I was trying to think of what to say."
"Are you thure you were thinking? Becauthe you didn't thay anything."
Karkat grumbled and shot a withering look at Sollux. "I was trying to fucking apologize earlier for the other day. I…" The Cancer shuffled his feet, looking daggers at the floor like it was the cause of all his problems. "… didn't mean to give you the impression I didn't like you. I was surprised: I never thought you'd be flushed for me, too."
Sollux sighed and hoisted himself onto a desk. He could already feel Karkat's anger over his next statement, even before he said it. "I'm not fluthed for you."
"What the fuck? Then why the FUCK did you try to kiss me?" Oh, look, there it was; his head shot up, eyes narrowed, and his hands balled up into fists. The Cancer bared his sharp fangs, looking very close to attacking Sollux.
"I'm not fluthed for you, Kk, but that doethn't mean I don't like you."
That sentiment didn't put a dent in Karkat's growing fury. "You – you – fuck! You don't just fucking try to kiss someone, fuckass; if there's no reason, you don't gogdamned do it! You lead me on, you piece of shit. I thought you actually – fuck. Just, just fuck. Fuck you." The smaller troll continued to rage, stomping his feet and cursing up a storm.
Sollux slid off the desk, his own anger bubbling up. His hands crackled with red and blue energy, but he shook it off before he lost control. "Kk. Kk – fucking. Kk. Karkat!"
The use of his name brought Karkat's rant to a screeching halt. Slightly wide eyes fixed on Sollux because he could never recall a time the Gemini had called him anything but "Kk". Some part of him assumed for some unknown and completely ridiculous reason that Sollux couldn't say his name (like that made any sense, but he had nothing to prove it wrong until now).
"Gog, just fucking thut up for a damn thecond. You won't even let me get a word in." Karkat made a sound of protest, but Sollux slapped a hand over his mouth. "Karkat, thop being difficult. I'm not leading you on, damn it; I like you, but I'm not fluthed for you yet. You can kith thomeone you like, can't you?"
Karkat nodded his head jerkily.
"I think being thurounded by all thith human thtuff ith changing our veiwth on relathionthipth, Kk." He removed his hand from the Cancer's mouth. "Uthually, you'd thtart correcting me about how we don't 'like' anyone, we only hate and pity them."
Karkat rubbed his arm, anger drained from him. "Well, we are on fucking Earth, have been for three years. Alternian rules and traditions don't really make a difference anymore… Why are you smirking at me?"
Sollux moved closer to Karkat, tilting his head down the scant few inches it took to reach his mouth. Their mouths met in a simple kiss that left Karkat blushing profusely. His eyelids drooped as Sollux passed a hand lightly over one of his small horns. Once the Gemini pulled away, a dam seemed to break inside Karkat. Stutters and nonsense sounds escaped him, and he rushed to the door, throwing it open and escaping, not realizing he was still blushing horribly.
/Schoolstuck/
Tavros glanced at Vriska, who didn't look like she was going to be any help: she was admiring the wall opposite her. The Taurus gulped nervously, though he felt reassured when Gamzee placed a hand on his shoulder. He took a deep breath and looked at his friends.
"It, uh, didn't work out?" His voice shook, and Tavros knew he sounded more unsure than was normal for him, yet none of them noticed. They all looked to Vriska, but she shrugged. "I've, um, been flushed for, uh, Gamzee for a while, so…" Tavros waved a hand meekly between himself and Gamzee. The highblood smiled at him.
"That's great, Tavros!" Nepeta said, coming over to hug him. He let her even though it was a bit awkward. She retreated back to Equius' side, muttering about updating her shipping wall tomorrow.
No one found it weird his relationship with Vriska lasted only a day or two. They all thought it was weirder he and Vriska had even started a relationship.
With the air cleared of that, they decided it would be best to get to class. Rose informed them that she needed to get back to tell Jade, John, and Dave to wrap up their little distraction and left with Kanaya. Feferi congratulated him, too, before she went off with Eridan. Equius ordered Nepeta to get to class, following her to make sure she actually got there. That left Aradia and Vriska with Tavros and Gamzee.
"I will see you tomorrow, Tavros," Aradia said, smiling and patting his shoulder then walking off.
Vriska grinned at them. "Am I not the best moirail? I got you exactly what you wanted, Tav. Our little charade was put to an end prematurely, but that's fine."
Gamzee went from smiling to frowning in a heartbeat. He squeezed Tavros' shoulder a little tighter than necessary. "I don't want you to be Tav's motherfucking moirail. You've never been anything but a pain to him; anyone can fucking vouch for that."
"Uh, G-Gamzee—"
"You don't control his other quadrants. If he wants me as his moirail, then he can have me as his moirail. Just because you are his matesprit, it doesn't mean you can dictate what he wants." Vriska brushed her hair over her shoulder, a smug smile on her face.
"I might not be able to fucking tell him what he wants, but I can tell him what's good for him, and you aren't."
"How can you say I'm not good for him? I got you two together! You would have been dancing around each other forever if I hadn't said anything to you, idiot."
The Capricorn took a step forward, relinquishing his grip on Tavros' shoulder. Tavros panicked at the absolute hatred he could see in Gamzee's expression.
"You didn't do motherfucking anything. I would have told Tav how I felt eventually."
Vriska laughed. "'Eventually'? You don't have very long, Gamz! His blood is so low on the spectrum, he'll be dead in a few years."
Whatever Gamzee was going to say died in his throat. His eyes darted to Tavros then back to Vriska. Tavros himself had nothing to say. Problems like their lifespans had been pushed so far back in their minds, they never brought it up. But it was true: he wouldn't live much longer than ten, twenty, maybe thirty years. Having orange blood, he was doomed with a lifespan that would fall centuries short of Gamzee's. What was ten or twenty years compared to that?
"You really didn't think of that, did you? Am I the only one still concerned with our traditions and shit? I mean, ever since we got to Earth, everyone has been acting buddy-buddy like there is no caste system."
"That's how we've always acted, spider bitch," came Terezi's voice. She strode out of the cafeteria and over to them, passing Vriska to stand across from her. "We were friends before the game started, and we knew each other's blood colors then. Sgrub and being on Earth haven't changed anything."
"Are you all-knowing now, Seer?"
"As much as you are generous, Thief."
Vriska glared, attention switching between all three of them. She locked back on to Terezi. "Whatever. It might not matter anymore for caste, but it still plays a part in lifespans." She turned with a huff and marched away.
The ensuing silence was suffocating. Gamzee was purposefully looking anywhere but at Tavros, and Tavros' heart was breaking little by little as he dwelled on the fact that he would have so little time with his matesprit, that Gamzee would watch him die and probably move on to someone else. Would it be selfish of him to ask Gamzee not to take another matesprit? But that would be hundreds of years of loneliness, of only a memory for company. He would never subject Gamzee to that. Oh, these thoughts were so stupid.
Terezi sniffed inconspicuously, catching a whiff of salty peanut butter tears. This would not do.
She crouched by Tavros' side. "Tav, don't cry. Vriska doesn't know anything."
The mention of crying snapped Gamzee out of his visual avoidance. He knelt down on Tavros' other side and grabbed the hand Tavros was using to scrub the tears off his cheeks.
"Tav…"
"I-it's okay. I'm, uh, fine." Why do I cry over everything? "It's just, not fair," he finished quietly.
Terezi stood up, startling both of them. They looked up at her. "I don't think you should give up yet, Tav. Have you noticed since we've been on Earth, Gamzee hasn't gone insane unless provoked? Eridan hasn't had any kind of homicidal tendencies (that were unusual for humans, anyway). We appear human to the other humans, so maybe the Scratch rewired our genetic makeup enough to make us blend in. Highbloods are supposed to live for a very long time, but for humans, that's impossible. If it fixed that problem, why wouldn't it fix lowbloods living a much shorter life?"
"I-I guess that, uh, makes sense."
"Besides, Tav, that's motherfucking years away. We can all up and enjoy our time and forget about it until it's really fucking relevant," Gamzee said determinedly, squeezing Tavros' hand.
Terezi clapped her hands together. "Since that's settled, let's get to class. I need to interrogate Karkles about this 'fight' since I missed all of it." She grinned maniacally.
/Schoolstuck/
After school ended, John went to his locker and shoved his books in excitedly. He had something hilarious to tell Dave. He doubted it would be up to Dave's standards of irony, but it was still really funny. John just had to find him because Dave hadn't shown up for fourth period. It wasn't a new occurrence that he skipped class; he would usually tell John, though. So John was on a mission to find his best bro.
He checked the library first since it was closest, then bounded upstairs to peek in the music room. Not there… The art room was empty, too, and the crowd of students in the halls was thinning rapidly. John hoped Dave hadn't left already. He decided to check the gym before giving up and going home. If Dave wasn't in there, he could contact him over Trillian or something.
The gym was mostly empty except for a few slow dressers and kids who liked to play basketball once classes were done. John walked up the short flight of stairs leading to the court, sighing and turning to go when he didn't see who he was looking for. Dave had been disappearing more and more often, and John was starting to worry. He froze when he heard Terezi start talking in the stands above him.
"So, Dave, have you told –"
"No."
"Why so quick to answer? Is that cool kid façade cracking?" John could practically hear the grin in Terezi's voice, stretching from ear to ear.
"I told you, Terezi, I'm not telling him. It would be like going fishing and opening a can of worms to find out they're all decomposing, and then, fucking look at that: you can't fish."
A beat of silence. "What was that supposed to mean?"
"It means I can't tell him because it would ruin our friendship."
"So Mr. Dave Strider does care about something! But, really, Dave, I'm blind, and your crush is so obvious to my nose. I'm sure anyone with eyes that work can see how you feel."
"Fuck you."
"I don't understand why you won't tell him. I can't see him ending your friendship over that."
John could be stupid sometimes, and he wasn't always the best at putting the pieces together, but this was glaringly obvious to him. Dave had a crush on someone but was too afraid to tell John because he thought he'd be jealous! That was definitely it! (that was totally not it; what are you even—)
He was about to reveal himself when Dave continued speaking, sounding very slightly exasperated. That was strange. Dave never lost his cool.
"He gave me a recap of Karkat's first conversation with him and how he had to explain he wasn't a homosexual."
"What's a 'homosexual', Dave? Is it something delicious?"
"It smells like a bunch of filled pails stewing in a hot room for days." He must have received some type of hit for this comment because he let out a grunt of pain. "Fuck, sorry. It's when two guys – or girls – like each other."
"Humans actually have a word for that? How stupid."
"Yeah, and it's the reason I can't tell him. Egbert's cool with a lot of things, but I don't think he'd be down with me liking him."
Oh. Oh, John was very wrong with his first assumption (no shit, what kind of stupid guess was that?). John descended the stairs backwards, almost tripping on the last one and letting out a frightened noise. Shuffling came from above, but when Dave and Terezi leaned over the railing, no one was there.
/Schoolstuck/
"Hey, Kk."
"What?"
"You want to go on a date?"
Karkat's head rose slowly. His hand stopped in the middle of answering one of the questions for his math homework.
"What?" he repeated stupidly.
Sollux propped his head on his palm. "I athked if you wanted to go on a date, Kk."
Karkat set his pencil down and turned fully to face Sollux. They were both lazing around and half-assing their homework in Dave's living room. Sollux, by some kind of crazy, lucky happenstance, had not gotten expelled from school or arrested for breaking a person's spine. The nurse had bought the story of him hitting the kid for messing with Karkat, and the upperclassman tripping and falling down the stairs. It was the dumbest lie, but humans were so gullible. So instead, Sollux had been suspended for a week. Karkat had wondered aloud how making someone stay home from school was considered a punishment, and he had not gotten an answer.
"A date?"
Sollux laughed, adjusting himself so he could lean closer to Karkat. "Yeah, Kk, a date. Like a human date, where we go out and do thingth together."
"I know what a date is!" Karkat huffed, blushing. Sollux was inching closer to him every passing second. He looked to the side and grumbled, "I guess we can go on a fucking date."
Sollux cupped Karkat's cheek and pulled him into a kiss. The Cancer melted against the touch, falling against Sollux when he rubbed one of his nubby horns at its base. They both fell back onto the couch, Karkat on top with his legs awkwardly falling off the side of the piece of furniture. Sollux nudged his leg against Karkat's, and the smaller troll moved to straddle the Gemini's hips. Tugging Karkat by his hair, Sollux pressed their mouths together again, licking along the seam of his soon-to-be-matesprit's lips; Karkat parted his lips, and Sollux's tongue slipped in.
A door slammed behind them, and they jumped apart. Dave exited the bathroom, a towel draped over his bare shoulders, having just taken a shower. He raised an eyebrow at them from behind his shades.
"Could you two not make out on my couch?"
Sollux gave him the finger and a smug grin. He slid his arm around Karkat's shoulders, but Karkat shrugged it off, glaring. "Not having any luck, Dv?"
"What do trolls even know about relationships? You all use those fucked up quadrants."
"Our quadrants are better than your measly 'love'!" Karkat argued. The Cancer was so adamant about this topic: why have only one way to classify feelings? With four ways, a person's life was infinitely better. One wouldn't have to use only one term for his feelings and keep them contained to a flimsy emotion like love. What even was that? Love. It left a weird taste in Karkat's mouth whenever he said it.
"Sure, dude. Bro said he wasn't coming home tonight, so we're fending for ourselves."
Karkat bristled at being disregarded. "You –"
"Where's the insane clown?"
Sollux frowned. "He'th neither inthane nor a clown anymore. But that'th a good quethtion." He glanced at Karkat. "Kk?"
"He's staying with Tavros tonight," he snapped. "I'm going to bed."
Karkat got up, gathered his homework (which he hardly even worked on), and stomped upstairs. Dave and Sollux heard the door crack against the wood.
"What's his problem?"
Sollux shrugged.
/Schoolstuck/
Gamzee and Tavros lay curled up on Tavros' bed. After the emotional escapade that was worrying about their lifespans, the day had progressed without further tears on Tavros' part. Now, his back was pressed against Gamzee's chest, the highblood's right arm around his waist and the left tucked under his own head. Of course, with a few concessions made for Tavros' large horns. They were content to stay in this position, and Gamzee had locked the door to preserve their privacy. It was almost midnight at the moment, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be interruptions.
Tavros let out a long breath, smiling. Being with Gamzee was comfortable and comforting; he felt as if nothing bad would happen as long as they were together. If this was what human love felt like, then yes, Tavros was in love. The Taurus' eyes blinked open at his roaming thoughts.
"Gamzee?"
The Capricorn stirred slightly. "Yeah, Tav," was his slurred reply.
"If you could, uh, describe what you feel, in human words, what would you call it?"
Gamzee removed his arm from its resting place and wiped at his eyes to remove the sleep. He propped himself up to look down at his matesprit. Tavros turned over a little to better communicate.
"What's this all of a motherfucking sudden?"
"Uh, I don't know. I was just thinking, about how I feel. You don't have to, uh, say anything; I was only wondering." Tavros rolled back over, hiding his face in his pillow.
"Tav, hey." Gamzee touched his shoulder. It was more a gesture beseeching Tavros to look at him. The lowblood acquiesced, raising his head from the pillow and letting Gamzee roll him so they were facing each other. Gamzee flopped back down and wrapped his arms around Tavros, setting his chin on the shorter troll's head. Tavros let his hands press lightly against Gamzee's chest. "We've been here three years, and I still can't fucking understand human emotions for shit. They only ever talk about love; Kar compared it to our flushed quadrant. He also said humans are 'really fucking stupid' for having only one quadrant."
Tavros titled his head forward so it touched his hands, being careful of his horns. His words were low, and muffled from the angle. "But don't you, uh, think maybe our pity translates, into human love?"
Gamzee unwound an arm from Tavros and tilted the Taurus' face up to make eye contact. "Where's all this motherfucking coming from, Tav? Why are you worrying about human emotions?"
Blushing darkly, Tavros averted his gaze. "It's just…" He sighed and closed his eyes tightly. "It doesn't really, matter."
"It obviously fucking does. Come on, Tav, you can tell me anything."
Tavros shook his head vigorously, dislodging the hand that was under his chin and almost clipping Gamzee with his horns. No. No, I can't. None of you get it. None of you understand human emotions. You wouldn't – couldn't understand. I'm such a "horrible troll," he ground out.
"What?"
"You're all so wrapped up with quadrants. We're not on Alternia anymore!"
"Tav –"
Tavros pressed harder against Gamzee's chest, squirming around to try to get him to let go. "I can't hate, so I can't have a kismesis; I try not to fight with anyone, and I don't mediate well, so an ashen quadrant is out; and Vriska is hardly a good moirail. All I have is my flushed quadrant. I'm a horrible troll when it comes to relationships! I might as well be human. Love is easier to understand." He stopped struggling when Gamzee hugged him closer, burying his face in Tavros' small amount of hair. "Gamzee?"
"Tav," the Capricorn said, a smile clear in his voice, "you didn't motherfucking stutter through any of that."
"I, uh, I didn't?" He went back through his little speech and realized that Gamzee was right: he hadn't stuttered or used "uh"s or "um"s at all. But Gamzee was missing the whole point of what Tavros had just said! "That wasn't the, uh, point, Gamzee."
"I'm not really getting the fucking point here, Tav. You're not saying it very clearly."
Minding his horns and awkwardly tucking his head in the dip between Gamzee's neck and shoulder, Tavros gathered his resolve. He wasn't sure if his matesprit would understand (almost sure he wouldn't, actually), but it was now or never. The lowblood had already confessed to being flushed for him, so how would this be any different?
"I think I might, uh.. ve... o…" The last part trailed off and got lost in Gamzee's very warm skin.
Gamzee nudged Tavros back a little so he wasn't right up against the other troll. "Wanna try again, Tav?"
"I think, uh, I might l-love you," Tavros mumbled quickly, avoiding Gamzee's searching eyes which widened after his sentence.
Seconds stretched into minutes as Tavros awaited a response. His eyes flickered up to look at the highblood a few times, but Gamzee continued to look shocked and indecisive. Tavros opened and closed his mouth a few times, debating on whether he should laugh the moment off or ask Gamzee if he was all right. In the end, he did neither, and the silence let him sink deeper into self-deprecating thoughts. The Taurus moved slightly to pull away; the movement jarred Gamzee out of his stupor.
"Tavros." That was not a good sign. Gamzee let Tavros move away and sit up, he following suit. The Capricorn placed his hands on Tavros' shoulders. "I get that you're motherfucking special because you can feel this human shit and that maybe we need to fucking learnt to feel it, too, but I can't all up and return the feeling. You're my matesprit, though, and I'm still totally fucking flushed for you. Besides, you don't need any other quadrants, especially if Vriska is a motherfucking part of them."
"I have to, uh, at least give her a chance," he defended. "We've only been, moirails for a day, and I know I, uh, said she wasn't a good one, but that doesn't, mean I should give up yet."
"Tav." Oh, good, back to using his nickname – if in a disapproving tone. Tavros felt like he had dodged a bullet with the use of his nickname back in play.
"Gamzee," he said defiantly, crossing his arms.
"Let's go to fucking sleep, Tav. It's," Gamzee glanced at the clock, "one in the morning. We can talk about this tomorrow after school."
"Fine."
The taller troll got up to hit the lights, bathing the room in darkness. Only the faint trace of moonlight lit the room as Gamzee climbed back into the bed. Tavros had already lain back down, facing away from his matesprit. A moment passed before he felt Gamzee's arm back around him. The Taurus let his feelings go and snuggled close to Gamzee.
Right as he was drifting off, he heard a whisper of, "I'm sorry, Tav."
/Schoolstuck/
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