You ready yourself for what is sure to be another ruthless beating, but find that it doesn't come.
Instead, John kneels down and picks up one of the larger shards of the statue you smashed. When he looks up at you, his eyes are watering. You realize that you've never seen him cry.
"How could you?" He says innocently, his voice wavering.
You feel a throb in your chest. He sounds so innocent. Maybe you were wrong in thinking he got Equius to beat you up. Maybe that was just anger thinking, not common sense.
Even so, you can't bring yourself to apologize or act as if you know it was wrong. You simply cross your arms and look away.
He carefully picks up the pieces of harlequin, cradling them gently in his shaking hands. He stands up and walks to the door. You can feel everyone's judging eyes on you. You are overcome with guilt.
"John wait." You grab the back of his windsock hood, pulling him to a stop. He whips around, anger in his eyes. You realize you probably should have just let him go.
"Why? So you can break something else? So you can fuck me over even more?"
"No, I—"
"I can't believe you! I don't know why you keep tormenting me. What did I ever do to you?"
"You had my fucking private journal read to every asswipe on this shitbagging excuse for a hive!"
"Yea well you shoved a cupcake in my mouth!"
"You grabbed my fucking horns!"
Snickers break out from the trolls that are gathered. Fuck. You forgot that every one was watching. Why are they even here again?
"Oh shut the fuck up." You yell at everyone. The humans just look confused.
Gamzee stands up and attempts to shoosh you.
"Calm down Karbro." He says. You push him away.
"You're telling me to calm down!?"
"Yea Gamzee, maybe you should take your own advice for once."
Gamzee looks to see who said that. Terezi is now standing, her arms crossed over her chest.
"I wouldn't need to calm down if some trolls could just pick one matesprit." He says through gritted teeth.
"I already told you! I don't want to be matesprits with Dave! He kissed me!"
Dave hops to his feet.
"Whoa, whoa. Let's not bring me into this mess."
"I'm sorry Dave, isn't everything about you?" Terezi says.
Kanaya tries to intervene.
"Alright. How about everyone just calms down so that we can talk all of this out."
Rose scoffs.
"Yes?" Kanaya says.
"Oh it's nothing. It's just, isn't it funny that you are suggesting talking things out when you seem to have such a problem doing it yourself."
Kanaya frowns.
"I don't know what you mean."
"You haven't said two words to me all day! What did I do to deserve your silent treatment?"
"I found the bottles under your bed!"
Everything is silent.
"I was hurt and angry that you have been lying to me all of this time. I cannot believe you are still drinking your human soporific."
Roxy jumps to her feet.
"You're what!?" She says. "I thought we promised each other we would stop that!"
"Yea well you did such a great job of that when you were my mom." Rose says sarcastically.
"That wasn't me! And at least I don't lie to you!"
"What are you talking about? You've been lying to her this whole time." Kanaya says.
"You've been lying to me?" Rose says, hurt.
"Kanaya stop meddling, you're just making it worse." Vriska pipes up.
"Like you haven't done plenty to screw things up around here." Aradia says.
"It's not my fault!"
"Of course it isn't! Whose is it then? Tavros's?"
"Uh… I uh…"
"Tavros, shut up."
"Ok."
"No! Say something, I'm sick of you not standing up for yourself!"
"I don't think all of this arguing is doing much good."
"Jake, don't get involved with this."
"What, are you too good to be involved with troll problems?"
"No, I'm just sick of dealing with all of this drama, fish face!"
"Jane, that was mean! Dirk, tell her how rude that was."
"I don't want to get involved with this actually."
"Just like a Strider."
"Do you have a bone to pick now Jade?"
"Actually, yea I do. Why do you keep ignoring me, you're just like Davesprite!"
"Well I'm not Davesprite ok? Stop pretending that I am."
"This is stupid."
"Oh thut up Vrithka, it'th not like your ithueth are any leth petty."
"Hey! Don't say things like that to Vriska you scum-blooded land-dweller."
"Oh, tho you're taking her thide. Big thuprithe there."
"You want to fight me puke blood?"
"Actually yea. I'd love to."
"I need a towel."
"Save it Equius. No one wants to hear you right now."
"I was not talking to you, Leijon."
Eridan suddenly tackles Sollux to the ground.
"Eridan don't!" Feferi shouts.
Sollux pushes Eridan off of him and pins him to the ground. He lands a punch on his face.
"Sollux stop!" Feferi shouts.
Neither one of the trolls wrestling on the ground are listening to her. Aradia grins.
"Can't you see?" She says. "They've moved on from you."
Feferi puffs out her cheeks in anger and swipes at Aradia. Aradia looks up with a line of blood running down her cheek from where Feferi's nail made contact with her face. Her smile widens.
"You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this."
All hell breaks loose.
Aradia and Feferi are clawing eachother viciously. Gamzee has Terezi in some sort of headlock. Rose, Kanaya and Roxy are shouting at each other. Tavros managed to land a blow on Vriska and is being pinned up against a wall for it. Sollux and Eridan are still wrestling on the ground. Nepeta is swiping at Equius who is keeping her at a distance with one hand. Dirk is trying to break up a fight between Jane and Jake but is mostly just yelling at both of them. Jade keeps barking and trying to tackle Dave who just hops nimbly to the side.
As for you? You are currently pinned up against a wall by the douchsack stuffed into a windsock. You knee him in the stomach causing him to let go. You take the opportunity to tackle him to the ground, punching at his squishy human flesh. He pushes you off of him, reversing your positions. He holds you down with one hand on your chest and grabs one of your horns with the other. You yowl in pain as his nails dig into it. You writhe and somehow succeed in worming your way out of his grip. You stagger to your feet, holding your horn in pain. You see him get to his feet and tackle him backwards into a building of cans.
All around you and everyone else, cans are flying. You pick one up and throw it at John. He ducks and it misses him. You grab another one and throw it. This one hits him on the forehead causing a cut to spring open above his left eyebrow. Blood gushes into his eyes, blinding him momentarily. You take the opportunity to tackle him to the ground again.
The door suddenly swings open.
Everyone freezes.
Twenty faces turn to see who just walked again.
In the doorway stands the mayor. He sees the spectacle before him, his beloved cantown in ruins. Tears fill his eyes and stream down his shiny black shell. He absconds.
No one moves.
"Guys." You say, "We fucked up."
John, survey the damage.
And that my friends is why you... why we... why... uh. I have absolutely no witty comment for this chapter.
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