It took long, but it was shorter than usual... it would normally take 9-10 hours to get there, but this time it took about 7 hours. He wondered why it didn't take so long to get there when they did, but when they got their van parked and they all went into the parking lot, the lobby even seemed worth the wait. It was glittering with a chandelier, glamerous restaurants, and clean floors. He had also heard that this was the closest hotel to the convention, but the buses ran very quickly, being so close.

Gamz and Kameron had a race to check-in, even though Gamz's mom strictly told them not to. When they got there, they were given two keys and were to go up the elevator to floor 26. It was though, that Gamz's mom protested peacefully, saying that she had claustrophobia and didn't want to go up the elevator that far.

The elevator guy thought about it, and then went ahead and gave them a room on floor 10. The kids going up the elevator with all the luggage and Gamz's mother taking the stairs, Gamz looked over at his best friend.

"Well, it seems that we won't be in the room that smells like sex." Gamz smirked before Kameron rolled his eyes.

"Yeah yeah, very funny wise guy." Kameron replied in a dull tone. It didn't take long until they got up to the tenth floor, however only half of the battle had been won just getting up there. The two searched and searched through the maze of rooms on the tenth floor, going around in circles for who knows how long. It was only until Gamz's mom finally found them that they were able to find the room. Setting their luggage down in the room, they soon started unpacking everything that was brought with them (about 4-5 days worth of stuff for Gamz and his mom, Kam just brought 4 days worth of stuff). It took about an hour of unpacking and hanging out before there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Gamz said eagerly before opening the door, and when he opened it and saw who it was, the smile on his face got even bigger.

"Oh, good, t-this is the right place... Uh, if you don't know who-" he was stopped by Gamz hugging him mid sentence. He hugged back, giving Gamz a little pat on the back.

"I'm so glad I finally get to meet you Tavbro!" he smiled and released the hug. "Hey, Kam, come over here and meet Tadeo!" he smiled. Gamz's mother looked over from the bed, and waved to Tadeo and waited for him to wave back for a second before going back to watch television.

Kam went to the door to meet him, but in his mind he did so hesitantly. "Oh, shit hi there. I thought you would have been a lot shorter." he said, looking at Tadeo closely now. His mow-hawk was styled perfectly, his brown eyes shimmered in the light of day. His clothes looked like they were freshly ironed, his clothes looked nice, even though it was a very casual dress. Jeans and a modest t-shirt.

"Oh, yeah... It's p-probably because I-I ended up getting, prosthetic so now I l-look taller" he smiled. "It's nice to meet you, I love y-your cosplay, by the way"

"Oh, why thanks. Even though this fucker looks like shit..." he commented "Trying to style this God damn wig and making it look nice... it shed like a bitch!" he groaned under his breath.

"Well, f-for what you were, g-going for with it, it-it's really, really nice. I-I think you are, g-going to get a lot of pictures, tomorrow." Tadeo nodded. "I'll, b-be in Tavros c-cosplay tomorrow, so you w-won't be alone." he beamed

'The fuck is up with his smile? It's like some fucking rainbows and unicorns and a bunch of fucking nyan cats all in this stupid fucking smile!' he thought.

"Kam is kinda shy when meeting new people... hey, would you like to come in?" Gamz asked ending their first conversation.

"Sure, but I-I think dad, w-wants to take me b-back home in an hour or two... a-after we collect, our badges" he commented, but before Tadeo could come in, Gamz went to try to leave the room after Tadeo's comment without thinking, and bumped into him.

"Oh, sorry about that Tavbro! I was thinking then it might be a good idea to go get those badges now, I have our scanners for them, anyways. Come on!" he said taking Kam's wrist and dragging him to the door, Gamz's mom giving a little chuckle.

"You boys have fun, don't get hurt out there!" was what could be heard before the door closed and went on their way to the convention hall.

It took them about ten minutes to wait for the bus and about ten more minutes to get to the convention. All along the way, Gamz and Tadeo were talking immensely about the many things that they had seen over the years, some of the people who got on the bus were already in cosplay, so they took pictures of them. Tadeo seemed to have the best camera, and somehow always knew when to shoot for the best photos.

"I want to be a photographer when I grow up," Tadeo said clearly "I-It's something I find, t-that I can really, express my-myself with"

Gamz took a peek at the photos Tadeo had took, and looked shocked. "Wow Tavbro, it's like it was professional! Like it was an actual photo-shoot! I love it." Gamz smiled. "It's amazing."

Tadeo was shocked at hearing it was so good "T-thank you"

Kam looked around, and had seen that maybe about one person took a picture of him, and because his head was moving when they took a picture, they aww'd. So to allow them to get a better picture, he went back to the angle he was at before, and made sure to keep still for a minute before hearing the clicking of a camera from where he had heard the aww before.

When they all got off, Gamz raced Kam yet again, Tadeo watching them do so because he didn't want to damage his artificial legs. Through the line there, it only took about 15 minutes total, and along the way, the three of them were having a heated discussion about... ships.

"Well you know, Kanaya and Rose would be the perfect motherfucking matesprits, they were made for each other! I mean those two could share black lipstick, cuddle up under a wool blanket Rose could have crafted, while watching Saw!" he smirked. Tadeo shook his head

"I-I think Kanaya and Rose a-are good moirails, but not matesprits, n-no!" Tadeo argued "T-there's n-no way, at least not, not to me"

"I'm glad you picked a pen pal with good fucking taste in ships" Kameron smirked, and Tadeo chuckled

"W-well, I'm glad you, you think so... m-my otp though, it, it is one that, that isn't so, popular." Tadeo sighed.

Kameron looked curious as to what the otp is.

"It, it is actually... I-I think Karkat, and, and Tavros would be, be the best, matesprits."

Kameron never really thought about that ship before, and before he knew it, Kameron was really thinking about that pairing.

"Well, that pairing sure is cute." Gamz noted.

"Y-yeah, I know, right?" Tadeo nodded, and after that the line started moving, and then they all had to scan and register. When they were all done all three had a debate about ships on their way home. Kameron and Tadeo though seemed more into it than Gamz was, who was directing them on how to get to the hotel as they talked more and more about homestuck.

When they all got to the hotel, the conversation between Tadeo and Kam wasn't really about ships any more, but were talking about act 6, and how long it would take him to update, Kameron showing that he was hoping that Hussie wouldn't post some nice flash that weekend

"W-well if he does, I-I don't mind taking you two, to my house t-to go watch it." Tadeo nodded "B-but my house, i-it's an hour away, from here." he said

"Well I sure wouldn't fucking mind." Kameron said. At the door of the hotel room, Tadeo got a phone call from his dad and waved goodbye to the both of them before going outside to meet his father.

"So how do you like him?" Gamz asked, when they were both inside and Tadeo had left already.

"I think I fucking like him and his dumpass smile" Kameron responded.