Chapter 6 Competition

...Be Gamzee…

You sat in second period quietly wondering who the hell Eridan was, you were sure you had never seen him before in your life, you would have remembered him for sure with the way he dresses and everything. Apparently he was in your school now; you had heard a few girls gushing over some dude with a purple cape earlier. You looked over at the clock that hung on to the pale blue for dear life. "Five minutes till the bell rings" you whispered to yourself. Though it was only five minutes it seemed like so much longer, you were desperate to know who this Eridan person was exactly and how he knew Vriska.

As soon as the bell rang you jumped up, stuffed your shit in your book bag, and fled from the classroom. You headed towards Vriska's locker and was surprised when you didn't see her. You sighed and decided you would wait, Serket was always there before you, something must have been up, at least that's what you thought. "Where the hell is she?" you thought to yourself, your hands were shaking now, God what you would give for a smoke. You stuffed your hands in your pockets before rocking back and forth on your heels.

Finally Vriska showed, you ran over to her and pulled her into a tight hug. "Took you long enough" you whispered in her hair. "Did you miss me ?" she grinned, you stuck your middle finger up at her before messing her hair up. She whined loudly before pushing you away roughly with a large grin upon her lips. "So why were you late?" you asked curiously before wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "I was held up" she sighed, "By what?" you raised an eyebrow and watched as the female troll pointed down the hallway where the boy known as Eridan stood and watched the two of you.

"What the hell is his deal?" you groaned softly, this dude was really starting to piss you off. "We…use to date" Vriska muttered awkwardly. Your eyes that had been wide with curiosity were now slits, you glared at your Juliet's ex, everything was now becoming clear, this was a competition and Vriska was the prize. Serket raised an eyebrow at you and laughed softly, "Is someone jealous?" she spoke in an amused tone. "No…of course motherfucking not…" you lied, "mmhm sure, well if you must know, I already turned him down" the Scorpio crossed her arms. You nodded slowly, you felt a bit better knowing that, but you still didn't like the idea of Vriska's ex near her or even in the same school as her for that matter.

"Gamzee Makara, stop giving him the evil eye and lets go to class, Jesus Christ" she rolled her eyes and dragged you down the hallway. "Gam, try not to worry so fucking much about Eridan, I don't have feelings for him anymore, so it's not like-" you placed your finger over her soft lips and smiled. "I trust you" you removed your finger and quickly replaced it with your lips.

…Be Vriska…

You wasted no time kissing the Capricorn back, you were more than happy that he trusted you, and you wouldn't let yourself do anything for him not to. You pulled back and leaned your forehead against his, "hm, you don't smell like cigarettes anymore" you whispered. "Well you wanted me to quit right?" he smirked; you smiled and hugged onto him. "Mmhm, I'm glad you did" you pulled Gamzee into the drama theater. You watched as he sat down and started to do the same, but your attempt failed and you ended up being pulled into Makara's lap. "Mine" he mumbled and hugged you close, you laughed softly and rolled your eyes. "You're such a dumbass" you smiled at him, "Your dumbass?" Gamzee smiled and blinked his eye lashes.

You laughed again before covering his eyes, "stop being cute Makara, you're not motherfucking good at it" you lied, the Capricorn was extremely cute, even if he wasn't trying to be he was simply adorable, at least that's what you thought. When it looked as if the older troll wasn't going to move your hands away anytime soon you slowly moved your hands up to his head and began gently scratching at his scalp. You turned your attention to your drama teacher who seemed to be in the middle of babbling about something. "We have a new student with us today; I have been informed that he is quite the little actor" Ms. Valentine smiled.

You rolled your eyes and scratched Gamzee's scalp harder who purred softly in reply. "Class I would like to introduce you to Ampora" Ms. Valentine clapped; she was the only one. "Oh no" you groaned softly and turned your attention to Gamzee who was glaring daggers at your eccentric ex. You kissed Makara's cheeks and then his neck in attempt to distract him, but it didn't seem to work, the Capricorn's attention was still on Ampora and it didn't seem like any amount of kissing was going to change that. "Eridan has volunteered for the role of Romeo" the old dinosaur spoke proudly.

You quickly stood up, "But Gamzee has already volunteered for that role!" you exclaimed. "Oh, well then, maybe we should have a small competition eh?" Valentine smirked; you didn't know if she was doing this just to push your fucking buttons, or doing this because she herself wanted to see the outcome of the event. You sighed softly, a competition was the last thing Gamzee needed, you were damn sure of that, but to your dismay the Capricorn slowly stood up. "Challenge motherfucking accepted" he spoke in a harsh tone much different than his usual one. "Are you crazy?" you hissed.

"It's just a small motherfucking competition" the Capricorn shrugged. You groaned loudly, "We're waiting" Ms. Valentine tapped her foot impatiently. You watched as your juggalo jumped up on stage, you glared at Eridan who simply licked his lips at you in reply causing you to shudder. "Sick" you whispered to yourself before crossing your arms and plopping down in your seat.

…Be the Capricorn…

What the fuck had you gotten yourself into? Sure this seemed like a good idea five seconds ago, but now you were having second thoughts. You looked at Vriska who looked just about as worried as you felt. "Ww-well you must be Gamzee…your look just screams stoner" the grey gilled male snickered. "Shut the fuck up motherfucker, besides, aren't you too motherfucking old to be playing dress up" you grinned sloppily. The two of you circled each other, you had a feeling you could totally take this fucker down if you needed to. "Says the one ww-wearing makeup on his face" the sea dweller growled.

You were both thrown swords, this was it, shit was about to get real. "You should just give up now, Vriska is mine, and she always will be" Ampora grinned. "So why did she turn you down?" you smirked, the Aquarius growled loudly before raising his sword and bringing it down hard. You quickly blocked it with your own sword, "Stay away from Vriska" you voice was serious now. "Ww-what a coincidence, I was just about to tell you do to the same thing" Eridan went for another hit which you barely blocked this time. "What…makes…you think…she still…likes you?" you hissed between harsh hits.

Unfortunately the Sea dweller managed to block all your hits, he grinned now. "Let's just say I have a certain something she won't be able to resist" he took a step back and slowly moved his eyes from you and down to the center of his pants. You were enraged now, you threw your plastic sword hard at the gilled boy and ironically it hit him square in the balls. Eridan bent over gasping for air, students laughed but were quickly hushed by Ms. Valentine who quickly clapped her hands before yelling at you and Ampora to get off the stage and head to detention. You rolled your eyes and turned to jump off the stage, but something caught the back of your pants and pulled you downward.

You groaned when your head made contact with the stage floor, "Gamzee!" Vriska yelled from the audience. Ampora quickly took the chance to straddle you and pin you down, "Get off motherfucker!" you snapped. "Boys!" Valentine clapped again, Eridan didn't seem to be phased by the teacher's annoying clapping. "Did she tell you we did it?" Eridan beamed, you struggled and growled, you didn't want to hear any of this. "Get off!" you yelled again, your struggling became more violent, but you still couldn't get the damn sea dweller off of you. "Oh come on Gam, you would have been better off with Tav" he whispered in your ear.

You stopped your struggling and went quiet, Ampora laughed softly, "I had an extremely interesting conversation with your ex " he taunted. You turned your head away, Ms. Valentine had left, probably to go get the principal or whatever since she herself could not get you and Eridan to stop your 'foolish nonsense'. The sea dweller licked your ear seductively, "Aside from your looks I still can't fathom why a beautiful girl such as Ms. Serket would even consider going out with a stoner like you whose brain is as dry as the remainder of a biscuit after being left out in the summer sun" you had nothing to say to that, you had honestly been wondering the same thing, why did Vriska like you? You certainly weren't the kind of person she would usually go for.

"Ww-what's that Makara? Nothing to say?" you quickly pushed the sea dweller off of you and stood up. "I won't say it again, stay away from her" you spoke a bit softer now before jumping off of the stage. Vriska quickly raced over to you and grabbed your hand, "is everything alright?" she raised an eyebrow. You nodded slowly and gave a small smile before kissing her head, "There's nothing to worry about..."