Got some time now to edit these, but I'm not sure about today. Maybe again in the evening, I don't know.

But hopefully you enjoy!

I have to carry Tavros and his wheelchair down to my basement, but of course it doesn't pose any sort of problem to me.

"Thanks again, Equius, for helping me", he says when I put him back in his wheelchair and I wave it off.

"Now what did you want exactly?" I ask walking over to my workbench.

"Um, I'd like some prosthetic legs", he says quietly and I scrunch my eyebrows.

"Those will either be hard to get or take a while to make. And they won't be cheap", I say picking up a screwdriver for no specific reason.

"I know. I've, um, saved money", he says and I spin the screwdriver in my hand as if examining it.

"Well, I can start working on them, if you wish. And possibly give some discount. But I'm warning you, it might take very long", I say and he nods.

"I'm ready to wait", he says, sounding very determined.

"Good. I'll start working on them tomorrow. Roughly estimated it will take around three months to get them ready. We can talk about the price after I finish them", I say swiping some sweat from my forehead. I really should get that stupid fan down here. It was steaming hot.

"Thanks. I don't know what I'd, uh, do without you!" Tavros says clearly relieved. Yes, it would be a pain in the ass to have to look for prosthetics in this town.

"It's no problem. A challenge like that can't be resisted", I say and he smiles. I help him up and offer some tea like Nepeta always does. I wonder where she is. She better not be in bed at this time anymore. It would be most uncommon for her.

"Where's Nepeta?" Tavros asks as he grabs his cup of tea and blows on the hot liquid.

"I think she is upstairs, but I'm not a hundred percent sure", I say glancing towards the stairs.

"It would be, uh, nice to see her", Tavros says smiling. My rather childlike cousin doesn't usually ignore visitors, especially when they are close friends.

"I think I will go up and see what she is up to. Do you mind?" I ask and Tavros quickly shakes his head, though I think he would let me go even if he was here to tell me he was going to die from cancer. He's always so kind to everyone.

I put my tea down and get up, walking over to the stairs. I ascend and decide to head to her room first. I gently knock on the door and open it, peeking in.

"Nepeta, why are you here all alone?" I ask her. I walk across the room to where she is sitting at the computer.

"Hmm? Oh hi Equius", she says smiling and swivels around in her chair to face me.

"Tavros is here. I was wondering if you wanted to come down and greet him", I say and she glances at the clock.

"Goodness, what time it is already! I'm so sorry, I didn't realize the time fly by", she says frowning a bit. "Of course I'll come. Just give me a second."

"I will go keep Tavros company. It would be rude of me to have him sit there all alone", I say, smile at her and go back down.

"So she, uh, was there?" he asks and I nod, grabbing the cup of tea, which has unfortunately cooled down a bit.

"She will be coming down soon", I say and Tavros smiles. A small silence falls between the two of us and is broken by Nepeta's running footsteps on the stairs.

"Tavros!" she screams and rushes over to hug the poor boy.

"Nepeta! It's, uh, been a while", Tavros says hugging her back and finally she let's go.

"It's so nice to see you again! What could have brought you here?" she asks smiling sweetly and starts searching the cupboards, most likely for something small to eat.

"I needed to, uh, ask Equius a favor", he says and I nod, even though I haven't been asked and Nepeta has her back to me at the moment.

"Oh, did he agree to help?" Nepeta asks and I am pretty sure she's grinning at the moment.

"Um, yes, yes he did", Tavros answers.

"Well that's very nice of him!" she says pulling out a jar of cookies and spreads them on a plate. They are the kitty cookies the two of us made a while back. I'd say they worked out pretty well, even though you can clearly tell which were made by Nepeta and which by me.

We enjoy the cookies and tea while talking about things like school and work. The subject also comes across pets and we all start telling about the pets we've had before.

"I used to have lots of cats! My parents loved cats and they had like at least ten at a time", Nepeta says giggling.

"My parents had a dog when I was little, but it died when I was five", Tavros says.

"Aww", Nepeta pats his hair affectionately and Tavros smiles.

"We had two horses where I grew up", I say and Nepeta grins.

"Of course you did!" she says giggling.

"The other was mine. It was black and big and needed to be handled with determination and strength. Others had lots of trouble with it. It had to be sold, though, after I moved away", I explain.

We continue to different subjects and soon Tavros calls Gamzee to come pick him up. And it definitely doesn't take long enough for Gamzee to arrive.

I open the door and in front of me stands a grown man, almost as tall as me with his tangled hair and clown make-up.

"Hiya Equius! Looking good!" he says grinning and I huff, moving to the side to let Tavros outside.

"I could say the same to you", I say and he grins.

"Still sore about that stupid mistake of mine?" he asks and I look away to hide my slight blush.

"What mistake?" Nepeta asks curiously looking from me to Gamzee and back.

"It was something I did when we were all up and dating. Man, it must have been 8 years ago or something. Well, I got a bit drunk and went off with some other guy. Ditched Equius for him and I guess it was really stupid of me. I couldn't get him back after it, even though I apologized like a hundred motherfucking times", Gamzee says shrugging and I frown.

"I would rather not talk about it", I say and he smiles at me.

"The past is the past, you'd better let it go sooner or later", he says and I sigh, nodding and wave them off.

"I had no idea you and Gamzee had been dating!" Nepeta says grinning and I sigh again.

"I wish we would talk about it later", I say and retreat down to the basement.