I looked over to see where Rufioh was looking before I quietly got out of Gamzee's truck. I snuck over to Rufioh's truck he didn't even notice me, he was busy walking to someone on the phone "Hey bro." he jumped "Damn bro you trying to give me a heart attack? I could have pulled my gun out and shot you." He said in a startled tone, I rolled my eyes "Yeah and I would have sucker punched you before you could even grab your gun; you know I have better reflexes than you." I teased before getting into the truck. He punched me on the shoulder playfully. We drove out of the parking lot "So you had a good time?" he asked "Yeah, it was uhh…actually fun." Rufioh laughed "So how's that circus freak friend of yours?" I looked at him confused "What?" He stopped at a red light and turned to me; he wiped his finger on my cheek and showed it to me, there was white paint on it "Looks like he had a good time too." My eyes nearly shot out of my head, I covered my face with my hands "Shit!" he turned back to look at the road and laughed "Bro I know you're gay, but I would never think you were into those kind of guys." I looked at him confused "Wait, you knew?" "Bro Aranea is gay and I was perfectly fine with knowing that, I'm not going to judge you for what team you play." I sighed in relief "Umm…I asked him to come over tomorrow." "That's okay with me as long as you both keep your pants on, besides I'm going to the bar tomorrow." "Didn't they kick you out because of that bar fight?" we drove up into the drive way of our house "Nah bro, the guy who runs the bar is a friend of mine. He knows it want my fault." I walked into my room and literally fell on my bed I didn't even get to get out of that ridiculous tux before I fell asleep. The next day while Rufioh was at the bar Gamzee and I went to return the tux, afterwards we spent the day in my room; playing video games, joking around, and an added make out session now and then. It was around eleven at night when Rufioh finally got home, but he wasn't alone. He walked in with some tall blonde girl with short hair. (who was just as drunk as he was) Before they went to his room he told me to keep my door closed. Gamzee and I were laughing our asses off from something he had told me that happened at the dance after I left, when there was a banging on the wall "Hey will you two keep it down! I'm trying to get laid here!" Rufioh yelled from across the hall. Gamzee leaned over on me bed he put a finger to his mouth telling me to keep quiet, he started banging on the well "Oh yeah Tav keep doing that, oh god yes ohh yeah man ohh that feels so good!" I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing "Oh god yes Tav faster, faster" he yelled just for my brother to hear, I thought I might as well join in the fun before Rufioh would kill us "Oh yeah Gamzee ahh oh god that feels so good, oh yeah!" he started banging on the wall faster, trying not to laugh "Oh god yes! Yes! Ahh oh god Tav you are so good at this!" finally my brother walked in slamming the door open "Will you two shut up already!" I couldn't help but burst out laughing. The drunk girl that was with him stumbled over "you…you know what, i-if two homos are going to…going to be in here fucking around, imam go home." She hugged my brother "I'll see you later Ricky." She slurred before stumbling out the door "Its Rufioh!" my brother yelled before she slammed the door. Gamzee and I couldn't help to laugh "Wow, too damn drunk to know your name. That's just wow man." Gamzee said, Rufioh flipped him off "Very funny." He started walking to his room "Don't stay up too late." I walked over to close the door when Gamzee's phone started ringing, he looked at who the caller was "Ehh its just Equius, I'll call later." He says before he presses the ignore button. Gamzee slept in my room that night instead of one of the other rooms, and that's all we did, was sleep. It was about seven in the morning when there was a loud knock on the door; I quietly got up trying not to wake up Gamzee. I walked over to the door still half asleep, when I opened it my eyes were as wide as saucers, Equius was at the door "Where is Makara! His father sent me to look for him last night and I find his vehicle here?! In a rundown neighborhood." He growls "Uhh…h-hey Equius." Is all I could stutter out "So you ARE a Hood? I should have known!" Equius yelled, he pulled out a gun from his pocket. The only thing I could think of was slamming the door closed. There was a gunshot and a bullet flew through the door "RUFIOH!" I yelled. Rufioh ran out of his room, gun already in hand. Another shot went through the door and hit the wall "Open the door Hood!" Equius yelled out from outside. Two more shots went through the door, one just a centimeter away from my head. Rufioh ran towards me and grabbed my shoulder "Run bro! I got this." But before I could answer the door was nearly knocked open, I ran behind Rufioh when I saw Equius. Rufioh pulled the trigger, but it missed the target and hit the side of the door "SHIT!" before he could pull the trigger again Equius pulled the trigger on his gun, shooting Rufioh in the shoulder. Rufioh fell to the floor dropping his gun "Rufioh!" is all I could yell out in horror, without even thinking I grabbed the gun off the floor and pointed it at Equius. Before I could pull the trigger there was a loud bang, Equius fell to the floor and right behind him stood Gamzee with a shovel in his hands. He looked at me "Are you okay Tav?" I kneeled and tried to help Rufioh up, "Yeah but I can't say the same for my bro." Rufioh winced "Watch the shoulder bro" he grunted as he tried to stand up, he turned to Gamzee "Thanks man, I owe you one." He turned and looked at Equius who was still unconscious on the floor "What the fuck was his problem?" "Don't know" Gamzee said "Maybe it had to do with that girl you brought last night." I said trying to make it sound like it wasn't my fault, Rufioh rubbed his shoulder "Shit man, I gotta stop bringing bitches home when I'm drunk." He turned to me "You alright little bro?" "Yeah I'm fine, but what about you?" Rufioh grunted as he finally stood up "Been through worse." He felt around his wound and hissed in pain "It went through I don't think the bullets in there. But shit it hurts like a bitch!" Gamzee put down the shovel "What are we going to do about this motherfucker?" Rufioh looked down at Equius "Should put a bullet through his head for what he did." He growled "Just go dump him by the tracks, little bitch can walk back to where he came from when he wakes up." Rufioh said. He turned to me "You and the clown take him I gotta get this checked, be careful." I turned to Gamzee who just gave me a nod before grabbing Equius by the legs "Help me get him in the trunk." He grunted trying to pick the unconscious man up. We walked out, making sure we weren't noticed (the two houses on each side of mine were both abandoned so there wouldn't really be any trouble of getting noticed) we dumped Equius in the back of the truck, got into the front and drove off, thankfully he didn't wake up by the time we got to the tracks, Gamzee parked the truck in a spot away from the town when he tried to get Equius down, I got off to check, he had gotten Equius on his feet and slapped him awake, when Equius finally woke up Gamzee grabbed him by the collar of his sweat shirt and growled "Next time you point a fucking gun to my Tavbro I will fucking gut you like a fish!" Equius glared at him "Traitor, when your father hears about this-" "I don't care about what the old man thinks, I'm staying here and I'm never going back with you snobs!" he growled again before pushing Equius to the ground. He walked back over to the truck "Come on Tav lets go." He said in a low tone. I got in the car without a word and we drove off leaving Equius in at the tracks. "Tav…I'm sorry bro, It's my fault this happened." Gamzee said in a hushed tone "It's okay Gamz." "No it's not, because of me your bro got shot and you could have been killed," he sighed "I don't think I can go back, not after this, my pops would kill me if he found out what I did." He looked at me with an unsure smile "Is it okay if I can stay with you and your bro?"