Okay, nearing the end here guys. And then we'll finally move on from this story to the next.
I wake up the next morning not to my alarm clock, but to something licking my face.
"Down", I snap and the dog flinches away from me. I sit up and rub my eyes, looking down at the dog. It's cowering away from me and jumps onto Tavros's bed.
"Shit", I mutter as I get up and walk to the bathroom. I grab the white medicine bottle from the front and down one pill, leaning my head against the cool mirror. After I feel slightly more cheerful I walk out of the bathroom and head back to my bedroom, kneeling besides Tavros's bed. He hasn't woken yet, even though the little dog is nuzzled right next to him.
"Want some motherfucking breakfast?" I ask, smiling and it starts waving its tail. "Come on."
I put some food for the dog and make coffee for myself, plopping down on the couch. I look around the room and start thinking. What could I call the dog? It had to have a name. The mostly white animal approaches me and jumps up onto the couch.
"What should your name be, motherfucker?" I ask. The dog merely wags its tail and I chuckle.
"I think, uh, Peanut would be nice", I hear Tavros say and look over my shoulder to see he's up too. "He has brown paws and ears."
"Yeah, sounds great", I say watching the dog- I mean Peanut. "Wonder how long it will take for him to learn his new name?"
"Depends how much we use it, I guess", Tavros says wheeling to the kitchen. I lean back on the couch lazily scratching peanut.
"So your name is Peanut. Ain't that motherfucking cute", I say and he looks up at me. It almost looks like he's smiling. "Too bad you'll have to all up and be alone here today. Don't break anything like I did."
Peanut jumps off the couch and soon brings me a ball, wagging his tail.
"Want to play?" I ask and smile. I throw the ball towards my room and Peanut chases after it. I hear the padding of his foots as he races back to me and jumps onto the couch, excited to get to play something.
Soon though Peanut gets bored and starts whining by the front door.
"Just a sec", I say getting up and stretching. I get myself black jeans, a purple T-shirt and an almost black hoodie and put my phone in my pocket.
"I'll take Peanut for a walk", I say to Tavros while passing the kitchen and he nods.
"Have fun!" he shouts as I click the leash on and leave the apartment.
"Where should we go?" I question mostly to myself and glance both ways of the street before deciding I might as well just follow Peanut where he wanted. I end up walking towards Karkat's place as Peanut jump around, a bit irritated by the leash, but excited anyways, sniffing at anything and everything.
"Wanna visit Karkles?" I ask with a grin on my face and Peanut glances at me. He doesn't really seem to care for it, but I might as well show my new friend to my best friend. A real friend meeting!
I lead Peanut to the apartment and even as he hesitates, he obediently follows me in. What gets him to trust me so much in one day is a total mystery to me, but I don't mind.
Karkat opens the door soon after I knock eyes red and puffy.
"What the fuck do you want?" he growls and I chuckle.
"Just checking if you're up yet", I answer and tighten my grip on the leash as Peanut tries to get closer to my short friend.
"And what the fuck is that?" Karkat inquires and I look down, grin widening.
"This is Peanut. I found him yesterday and we up and kept him with Tavbro", I say, smiling from ear to ear.
"You'll break your face in half. Come in", he says and walks in. I follow him and close the door behind me, letting Peanut off the leash to look around the small apartment.
"Why are you up so motherfucking early?" I ask as I follow Karkat into his bedroom.
"Take a shot", he says gritting his teeth together as he sits in front of his computer, where he apparently was before I came.
"Watching some bitchtits movies again?" I ask and he nods. I flop down on his bed and stare at his back.
"Why did you even fucking come here?" he asks and I tilt my head.
"Don't know. Peanut dragged me this way and I thought I might as well visit", I give my pretty bad explanation.
"So your dog brought you here?" Karkat asks glancing at me and I smile.
"Sort of yeah", I say and get up. "I think I'll leave now, though. I still have my motherfucking job to do."
"Yeah, go ahead. You still going to pick me up later?" he asks and I pat his shoulder.
"Always will", I say and find Peanut, walking him back home.
I come back from work rather happy. Nothing went wrong and it seems like my new meds are working well. Apart from making me a bit drowsy they kept me calm and friendly to all. Kanaya even noticed my change in behavior.
With Peanut at my heels all the time cooking was a bit harder, but I managed to make food for both me and Tavros and it wasn't even that bad. I put the left overs in the fridge and proceed to watch TV with Tav for around an hour.
"I think I'll, uh, take a shower", Tavros says after checking the time. I help him into his wheelchair and he goes to the shower, leaving me with Peanut on the couch.
I was just grabbing for the remote when Tavros's phone starts ringing on the table besides it. I pick it up and check the caller ID.
"Equius, huh?" I say and ponder on answering it. I finally press the green button. "Gamzee."
"Is Tavros there?" Equius asks, sounding a bit surprised.
"He's in the motherfucking shower at the moment", I say leaning back on the couch.
"Oh, all right. Could you tell him I have his legs ready on Friday?" Equius asks and I fall silent.
"What legs?" I ask carefully, straightening my back.
"He ordered prosthetic legs from me, and I promised to make them. I got them ready in record time", Equius explains.
"Yeah, okay, I'll all up and tell him", I say.
"That would be excellent. Thank you", Equius says sounding a bit strained.
"Bye motherfucker", I say and after Equius says good bye, end the call.
Tavros hadn't told me anything about prosthetics.
