Your father is and idiot, you told him that you weren't feeling well and what does he say 'Some good hard work is sure to make you feel better.' Most parents would tell their child to lay down take a nap but no, your fucked up father is making you work in a two hour long show while cleaning out the stables in between your breaks.
"Gamzee, Could you please help with this," Kanaya asks in that sickeningly sweet voice of hers. You turn towards her and see that she's having trouble with one of her outfits.
"You've got two motherfucking hands," you snap, "do it yourself." She fixes you with a questioning glance.
"Gamzee, are you quite alright?" She asks politely untangling herself form the dress and throwing it on a nearby chair. You're frustrated, angry, and downright pissed, so why not tell her the truth.
"You know what Kan," you start, "I'm not okay, my father managed to find my entire motherfucking stash and it just so happens that I just bought it so I can't get more for another six months! Terezi is being a bigger bitch then normal and dumped all my Faygo into the MotherfuckingOcean, and I'm stuck on stable duty for the next month, not to mention I feel like shit!"
"My my I see why you might be frustrated."
"Kan I am past frustrated, I am motherfucking pissed."
"I see, and what would you normally do to relive this stress?"
"Normally I would motherfucking smoke."
"Although I can't help you in the smoking area, may I suggest an alternative?"
"Like what."
"Well Rose says that yoga is a magnificent way to relive stress."
"I ain't going to a motherfucking yoga class Kan,"
"Maybe you could relive yourself from the source of your stress."
"Seeing as though that source is my motherfucking father I'm not sure I can do that."
"GAMZEE YOU'RE UP NEXT IN RING THREE!" Your father yells from the mysterious place that he goes during shows.
"Don't worry Gamzee I'm sure that you'll figure it out eventually," Kanaya says encouragingly.
"Yeah, yeah," you sigh as you grab your clubs and start walking towards the ring at the far right.
"INTRODUCING TO RING THREE GAMZEE MAKARA!" Your father's voice booms from the speakers. You step into the middle of the ring and raise your clubs above your head. You allow your eyes to scan the crowd and they fall onto the boy with the Mohawk. It was the same boy who had accidently spilled his slushie all over that blonde girls shirt. Your fake smile is quickly replaced by a genuine one as you begin your act.
"Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, that was so cool did you see that Tavros there were lions and tigers and elephants and horses and clowns and ohmygod that was cool." Nepeta goes on screaming and running in front of you. You laugh at her enthusiasm and look back to Equius and Aradia who are trailing behind you and the over caffeinated Nepeta. You normally wouldn't go to these things mostly because you felt like there were always too many people but you where actually having quite a bit of fun. The show had just got done and the four of you where now walking down the boardwalk to a nearby taco joint.
"Hey Tavros what was your favorite part of the show?" Nepeta asks turning around and walking backwards. You think over all the acts that you had saw in your head trying to decide which one you liked the most, your mind immediately thought about the boy with the clown makeup. You weren't really sure what it was about that one act that stuck out so much. Many of the other acts had been more exiting and unbelievable, but there was something about the way he seemed to look right at you that just made you feel… weird. Although he couldn't have been looking right at you, I mean you where just a face in the crowd, nothing special.
"W-well I don't really know Nepeta I, uh, kind of liked all of it," you answered shakily fiddling around with your hands. She tilted her head at you in slight confusion.
"Come on Tavros there had to be something that you liked more then the rest." When you didn't say anything she just frowned, "Well my favorite part was the lion tamers, how they could control such wild and ferocious beasts it was amazing!" She said turning around to walk normally again.
"Y-yeah amazing," you stuttered quietly.
Man you feel better then you have all week. You where relaxed and I daresay happy and all because of some stranger in the stands. That settled it you had to meet this guy at any means necessary. Although you had no idea how in the world you where going to be able to do that considering that you didn't even know his name.
"Gamzee, where the fuck are you!" Says a voice from outside your tent, you turn on your computer chair just as Karkat walks in.
"Hey motherfucking best friend, did you need something?" You asked looking at him with a loopy grin.
"Kanaya said that you where stressed or some shit and sent me over to check on you," he says looking at you with a confused frown.
"Oh yeah could you motherfucking apologize to her for me, I didn't mean to up and motherfucking yell at her," you say turning back towards your desk and bringing one knee up to your chest.
"Yeah, why did you do that," he says going over to your bed and sitting on it.
"Well I suppose you heard that my dad took all motherfucking weed."
"And?"
"Well when I haven't had a smoke in awhile I get really motherfucking stressed, and eventually I end up either yelling or beating the motherfucking shit out of somebody."
"Okay so what happened, I mean you seem to be back to your stoner self." You smiled and turned towards your bed to look at him.
"Miracles bro, that's what happened."
"Gamzee don't be stupid just give me a strait answer."
"It was a miracle bro, a miracle with a Mohawk."
"Wait, hold the fuck up. This 'miracle' was a guy."
"I'm telling you Karbro this guy has the cutest motherfucking face."
"Hold on, is this one of your weird ass stranger crushes."
"Pretty much."
"Gamzee this needs to stop, just because you think that someone is cute or funny doesn't mean that they are 'the one' not to mention that you always end up making a huge fool out of yourself!"
"I know that Kar but I'm telling you I need to at least meet this motherfucker."
"Why!"
"There's just something about him, I don't know it's really motherfucking weird."
You could almost feel your body slowly shutting down you where so tired. After you had all ate at the taco bell on the boardwalk Nepeta had wanted to do something else before going home, needless to say you didn't get back until 1:30. The next morning Nepeta had insisted that you walk with her and Equius so you didn't get beat up again. It worked and you managed to stay awake for the rest of the school day, but now you where at work and even after drinking at least three cups of coffee you could still feel sleep catching up with you. Your eyes started to involuntarily close and you rested your head next to the register. You weren't sure if you fell asleep or not but you are woken up by the bell above the door and a loud female voice.
"Thank you so much for coming with me Gamzee," the loud voice says.
"It's no motherfucking problem Fef just a friend helping a friend," says a slurred male's voice. You lift your head up and squint at the two customers who had just walked through the door. One of them was the girl who had come in yesterday and with her was a tall male wearing a purple sweatshirt.
"Good afternoon Tavros," said the girl whose name you remembered to be Feferi.
"W-well you too," you stutter quietly, "I-is there something you, uh, need?"
"Yes well you see I didn't buy any food for my cuttlefish yesterday thinking that I could just use the food from my other fish but they won't eat it," she said with a pout.
"W-well they, um, probably wouldn't eat the flake food but, uh, they might eat the pellets, and if that doesn't work I, uh, suggest freeze-dried or frozen food," you say stumbling through your sentence.
"Where can I find the pellets?" She asked politely tilting her head in the same way Nepeta does when she is confused.
"Oh um right over there," you said pointing in the direction of the fish tanks, "The, uh, fish food aisle is right next to the, um, tanks."
"Thank you Tavros," she said sweetly dashing down the aisle. You turned to the man that had walked in with her expecting him to follow, but he didn't, he just stood there looking at you with a peculiar look on his face. Why is it that he looks so familiar, you thought to yourself. Before you are able to ask him if he needs anything his body bends forward and he rests his arms on top of the counter.
"So your name's Tavros then," he says with a large grin. You just stare at him with an open mouthed stare. "Gamzee Makara," he says holding out his hand for you to shake. Gamzee Makara you think, it definitely sounds familiar.
"Um, Tavros Nitram," you say grabbing his hand and shaking it. He shoots you an even wider smile which immediately makes butterflies the size of monster trucks flutter inside your stomach. By now you are pretty sure that you're blushing so you remove your hand from his and put it back into your lap. A slight look of disappointment flashes across his face but it disappears so fast you're not sure if you even saw it.
"D-do I, uh, know y-you from s-somewhere?" You ask your stuttering getting worse as the butterflies continue to grow with size. Before he is able to reply to your question Feferi comes back with a few bottles of shrimp pellets.
"Will this be enough, do you think?" She asks you setting the bottles on the counter next to Gamzee's arms.
"I-it, uh, s-should be," you say already scanning the three bottles. Gamzee stands up and moves out of the way for Feferi who is getting her wallet from her purse. As you bag the three items and tell her the total you keep watching Gamzee from the corner of your eye. He reaches for one of the flyers stacked on the opposite side of the register and pickpockets a pen from Feferi's purse. As you take Feferi's money and put it into the register he quickly writes something on the paper. You hand Feferi her change and Gamzee folds up the paper and puts the pen back into Feferi's purse.
"Thank you Tavros you've been a lot of help," she says with a smile and turns towards the door. Gamzee smiles at you one more time before sliding the paper towards you.
"Message me sometime," he says and turns to follow Feferi. You're frozen until the two of them walk down the sidewalk and out of sight. With shaking hands and a red face you pick up the piece of paper and open it. Inside is the word terminallyCapricious, you can immediately tell that it's a pesterchum user name due to the fact that you have one yourself thanks to Nepeta's constant insisting. Although you don't own a computer yourself sometimes Meulin will allow you to use the one in the shop. You shove the paper into your pocket and take a steadying breath to stop the shaking in your hands. What is with you, why are you reacting this way, and why does the name Gamzee Makara sound so familiar? You ask yourself holding your head in your hands.