It was a very quiet morning, Smart Butthead had made sure to set an alarm for today before he went to bed, but he made sure it was as late as he could possibly have it at, just so he could spend more time resting with Smart Beavis
His eyes opened once the alarm rang, it was 11 in the morning, which he considered right on time.
He shut off the alarm and yawned, groaning at the thought of today.
He looked down at the shorter male, he thought of how soft and peaceful he looked while resting. The only downside was his clinginess in slumber, his hands having a grip on Smart Butthead's right arm, which wasn't even bad at all, it just sometimes got uncomfortable.
Smart Butthead felt bad for having to wake him up, but he still began to shake his partner's arm. There was one problem to this, though.
Smart Beavis was an incredibly heavy sleeper.
After shaking him as rough as he could, he gave up. He shook his head and sighed, leaning down to give his boyfriend a kiss on the lips.
Smart Beavis immediately woke up and slammed his lips against his beloved's.
Smart Butthead was surprised he woke up to something as light as a kiss, nevertheless, he enjoyed the kiss, slowly dragging his dearest out of bed.
Once they were both on their feet, Smart Beavis dragged Smart Butthead towards the bathroom and began to help freshen him up, he reached for an imaginary pill bottle before realizing they've stopped taking their medication and threw it all away.
Soon, they felt clean enough to leave the bathroom, they didn't bother changing into any robes until they had to get ready.
The plan was simple
Spend as much time together as possible at home
When the time comes, get dressed, and call a taxi, the trip would take about 45 minutes, so make sure to bring stuff to kill time
Don't socialize with anyone, and sneak into the bathroom/any other secluded room
AVOID SMART STEWART AT ALL COSTS
Get home, forget it all happened, and go to bed
They had about 6 hours to spare, so they quickly prepared breakfast for each other, which consisted of burnt toast and applesauce. Both of them adored the taste of soft food, as long as it wasn't chunky and was 100% smooth.
Soon enough, they were on the couch, cuddling and watching television as usual.
Smart Butthead held his boyfriend in his arms like he was an infant, making sure he was comfortable as they both enjoyed an old sitcom, In Love With Myself, about a man dating a female clone of himself.
The episode was just some lousy filler episode about Clement, the protagonist, trying to find the perfect present for Clara, his love interest and clone.
Both smarts have been the episode several times, and yet they still adored the show.
"Dating" wasn't even a word their society used, it was "mating" or "mating partner". All romance was to them was sexual intercourse and producing spawn to carry on bloodlines. Fertility was all that really mattered, if you were infertile, you would have to turn to starring in intergalactic pornography and prostitution. In which you were looked down and ostracized for.
This was the case for Smart Beavis and Smart Butthead's mothers. Except it wasn't infertility, it was having rejects for sons.
They both left when they were young, Smart Butthead's mother when they were 12, Smart Beavis' mother when they were 15, but they still kept in contact with the latter.
For all they knew, both of them were on the moon Hestia, selling their bodies.
Smart Beavis' mother always brought men home every night, making the excuse that she was "studying biology". She always had good intentions and sometimes spent time with them both, mainly helping them with their studies. Sometimes, she would soothe her son when he was having an episode, which happened all the time.
Smart Butthead's mother, on the other hand, never spent time with them, mainly "studying biology" like Smart Beavis' mother. The rare times she would acknowledge them would be her drunken rants on how they were horrible mistakes, and how Smart Butthead ruined her life just for being born.
They didn't talk about their parents much, their fathers were completely absent, being mere sperm donors, and their mothers, being deadbeat hookers. The reason being completely unknown for why they were even born.
Neither of the smarts ever experienced true love or any form of affection in their lives up until now. And they've never been better.
Smart Butthead especially had something up his sleeve to make sure it could never end, and it involved a small box in his nightstand drawer, buried among the unopened box of expired condoms and old magazines.
3 weeks after he was released from the hospital, he and Smart Beavis were out shopping for groceries. While Smart Beavis was looking for the spaghetti in the canned food aisle, Smart Butthead was browsing through the jewelry section, mainly out of boredom. Right when he felt like he saw everything there, he grabbed upon the ring section, where he found a ring that intrigued him.
It was made of a shiny meteorite, which twinkled and shone a variety of colors when put up to the light. The base was sterling silver, yet it felt soft on the inside.
He thought back on marriage, and how humans would propose with a ring, saying they wanted to be with whoever their partner was, forever and ever.
Smart Butthead knew that's what he wanted to do with Smart Beavis, and he knew that this was the perfect ring to propose with.
The best part was that it was already Smart Beavis' ring size, which Smart Butthead memorized from the many times they held hands.
He took the ring and the box it came in, and slipped it in his pocket, there was no way he could let Smart Beavis see him purchase it, so he ended up stealing it.
Smart Butthead ultimately decided on waiting to propose until after the celebratory dinner.
His plan was simple
Call a taxi to take them directly outside their city.
Butter him up and shower him with compliments as they enter the forest.
Talk a bit more until directing the conversation to their relationship.
Praise Smart Beavis for staying by his side for his whole life. And apologize once again for hiding the truth.
Reveal the ring and ask the big question.
Pray for the best.
Smart Butthead wasn't sure what to do if Smart Beavis were to reject his proposal, so he blocked the thought from his head.
His thoughts stopped once he felt Smart Beavis kiss his neck, he always gave him small pecks whilst they cuddled, and it was adorable every time.
Smart Butthead put him down, allowing him to freely move around, where Smart Beavis decided to wrap his arms around his back while laying on his body, their noses touched as they stared into each other's ivory eyes.
Smart Butthead felt his lover's hands feel around his back as he leaned in to kiss him. All Smart Butthead could do was smile.
"Are you sure we should do this, Smart Beavis? It might waste ti-"
He was silenced by his boyfriend's lips against his own, and they were soon engulfed in the blanket on their couch, not emerging for a few hours.
Smart Butthead emerged first, walking straight to the bedroom, then, the bathroom. Smart Beavis came out shortly after, and walked to the fridge to get a bottle of sweet tea.
He glanced at the clock before realizing it was already 5:45.
They had less than an hour to get ready, so Smart Beavis finished his bottle of tea and walked to their bedroom to put on his fancier robe.
It was big on him, so he found a few pins to make sure it didn't drag. He took a minute to savor the feeling of the cashmere on his skin. It really did feel as if it was never worn.
He noticed that Smart Butthead's robe was missing, and assumed he already put it on.
Smart Beavis left the bedroom and knocked on the bathroom door, as he needed to cleanse himself.
"Feel free to come in, I'm decent." He heard Smart Butthead say through the door, so he quickly went inside and began to wash his face and hands.
Smart Butthead had already put on his robe, and was smearing foundation on his neck, in an attempt to hide his scars, which did little to nothing, Smart Beavis walked over to him with a wet rag, and wiped off the mess. He took a long look at one of the older scars on the back of his neck, before pressing his lips against it.
Smart Butthead froze, before his beloved pulled away, he soon grabbed the brush from his hand and started applying the makeup to him.
After a few minutes, it looked well enough, and Smart Butthead applied makeup to Smart Beavis.
Soon enough, all of their scars were covered well enough that you could only notice the makeup if you looked from a certain angle.
They did each other's eyeliner and Smart Butthead walked out to grab their jewelry.
He walked back in, wearing his necklace from a few weeks before, while holding a necklace he picked out for Smart Beavis.
It was a silver chain with a red gem in the middle. Smart Beavis has had the necklace since he was a child, a gift from his mother.
It had been a long day and his mother had just gotten home from shopping, she would have usually smoked a space cigarette and would go straight to her room. But that day was different, as she called her son over to give him a box.
When he opened it to find the necklace, she explained that she didn't want the necklace anymore, and that he could do whatever he wanted with it, she just expected him to chew on it until it broke.
In reality, he was protective of it, as he admired the gem in the center, he was obsessed with the thing for little over a year until something else caught his attention.
He never wore the necklace, nor even remembered it. But he still took it from Smart Butthead's hands and placed it on himself.
They took a minute to stare at each other in the mirror, for the first time in their lives, they looked… normal.
Soon, Smart Butthead got out his communicator (or as some refer to it as a "space phone"), and contacted a taxi to take them to the event.
He was messaged that it would take about 15 minutes to get to their home, so off he went to the bedroom to grab something for the road, so they don't get overwhelmed in the taxi.
He settled for a small bag of assorted rocks that he and Smart Beavis would get out to mess with if they ever got bored, the different textures and colors intrigued them both.
Before he walked out, he quickly grabbed the ring box from his nightstand, and shoved it in one of his robe's many creases.
As he walked out, Smart Beavis ran up to him, pulling him in a tight embrace.
"Do we really have to do this?" he grumbled into his partner's chest.
Smart Butthead sighed before caressing his boyfriend's back softly.
"I know it's going to be an awful experience, but I'm sure we can make it through, you're strong, and I believe in you."
Smart Beavis loosened his arms, but didn't let go.
"I should probably mention, I have a surprise for you afterwards, would you mind taking a detour on the way home?"
Smart Beavis looked up to meet his eyes, intrigued by this now-known fact.
"What is it?" There was a small hint of excitement in his voice.
"I can't tell you, but I think you might just like it." Smart Butthead said with a small smirk, he bent down to touch his forehead to Smart Beavis'
They both leaned into it for a few minutes, before Smart Beavis couldn't resist the urge any longer, and pulled Smart Butthead in for a long kiss.
Both of their eyes slammed shut as they stood there for what felt like eternity.
Soon. Smart Butthead pulled away, a soft smile lingering on his face.
"You will never cease to be infinitely adorable, Smart Beavis."
Smart Beavis rolled his pupiless eyes at his lover's words, before they began to walk outside to wait for their taxi.
Their hands dropped once they saw the car approaching and walked over to it quickly.
The driver didn't bat an eye towards them, nor said a word, he just kept his eyes on the road.
They crawled in the back, and sighed as the car began to drive away. Within 5 minutes, they both noticed the driver wouldn't notice if they held hands.
They both stayed quiet during the ride, taking some time to enjoy the view from their windows or messing with that small bag of rocks Smart Butthead brought along.
During about the 25 minute mark of the ride, Smart Beavis had nodded off to sleep, and his head happened to land in Smart Butthead's lap.
He quietly slept as he felt Smart Butthead's hands trace his body and face. Putting 2 of his fingers to his lips, before pressing the same fingers to Smart Beavis' head, simulating a kiss.
Smart Beavis leaned into the touch, before waking up and realizing that he fell asleep. He sat up and adjusted himself.
Smart Butthead gave him a comforting smile and allowed him to keep a hand on his thigh as he messed with a glass stone.
Smart Butthead's most unique power was his ability to manipulate glass, he could shatter a window just by swaying his hand in it's direction, and send a shard towards an enemy. All he mainly uses this power for is cracking the mirror in the bathroom so he wouldn't have to look at himself.
He didn't like to admit it to Smart Beavis, but he was still beyond guilty for lying to his beloved for years. He thought that he fucked up BIG TIME, and deserved the worst of luck. No wonder why Smart Beavis scored before him, he was his first after all, but at least Smart Beavis almost kept his promise on showing that Serena lady the cosmos, too bad she left right after they had sex.
He hoped that proposing to Smart Beavis would be his ultimate apology. No amount of intercourse, cuddles, or compliments could make Smart Butthead move on.
He felt in his robe pocket for the ring box, it was fuzzy to the touch, he knew Smart Beavis would want to get touchy with him once they got privacy, so he had to make sure to keep the ring box as hidden as possible so Smart Beavis couldn't accidently find it.
He sighed, and settled on morphing the glass stone in his hand to cover that specific pocket. Luckily, Smart Beavis was looking out the window, and not paying attention, just rubbing his hand up and down Smart Butthead's thigh.
Smart Butthead purred at the touch, closing his eyes, and letting his thoughts melt away, Smart Beavis' hand grabbed his again, as he sighed and began to think about the proposal.
Soon he felt the car stop, and he dug in his wallet for the right amount of cash to pay the driver. As they left the car, he gave the money to the man, who nodded before driving off.
Smart Beavis and Smart Butthead glanced at each other before staring at the giant building in front of them.
It was larger than the observatory, perhaps the largest building either of them have ever seen.
Smart Butthead checked his communicator again, 5:50 pm, they better get inside.
They dropped their hands once noticing people were nearby, and began to walk in.
A pair of guards were waiting outside the main door. They immediately stopped the smarts before they got close.
"Halt! Please use this fingerprint scanner, so we can identify you both!"
Smart Butthead did his first, which was accepted, and guided Smart Beavis' to the scanner, which accepted him as well.
The doors soon opened and they walked inside, they stood for a moment, mouths wide open out of shock from how beautiful the place was. There were separate tables spread throughout the building, some aristocrats already sitting in a few. Luckily, there was an open table on the second floor of the room, it had 2 seats and was stationed in the back, it seemed more secluded. They soon climbed up and settled down it,
It was now 5 minutes before celebrations commenced and they were currently having a conversation about possibly stealing the silk tablecloth on their table after celebrations ended, to repurpose it into a blanket for their bed. Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming towards their table, they turned around to find Smart Stuart, waving at them with that stupid smile plastered on his face.
"Ah my friends! I'm so glad you both could make it."
They both sighed, Smart Butthead prepared to take care of it by making some excuse until he noticed Smart Stuart was dragging a chair towards their table.
His stomach dropped, realizing they had to eat with him.
Smart Stuart settled himself at their table, but before he could speak, the lights dimmed.
A cloaked male revealed himself on the giant balcony overseeing the interior of the ballroom, he cleared his voice before speaking into a microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the celebration for the construction of Artius! And please, praise the supreme leaders, as they have arrived!"
People began to cheer as they walked by.
Soon enough, all 7 supreme leaders sat down at the balcony, to the attendees' joy. There was cheering, which startled the smarts, before it was abruptly stopped by The Judge, the main supreme leader.
He sat in the center, looking down at everyone as he opened his mouth to speak.
"Thank you for attending, from the bottom of our hearts." He sounded monotone, like he didn't mean a word of anything he just said.
"Artius shall be our new capital of biology! All of our brightest scientists have been prepared to begin work in less than a week, and shall be watched over by our fellow supreme leader and head of our biology branch, Smart Daria.
The crowd applauded for her, as she nodded, ignoring the applause and focusing on something a bodyguard was telling her
The Judge spoke again.
"More information shall come out later, but for now, let celebrations commence!"
Soft classical music began to play throughout the building, as waiters emerged into the room, holding trays of wine glasses.
Soon, one came to the smarts' table, placing 3 glasses on the cloth before leaving to tend to another table.
Smart Stuart didn't even thank the waiter, he just took a large sip of his glass before staring at the smarts expectantly.
Smart Butthead pushed his glass away "I do not believe we are of age to be consuming alcohol."
Smart Beavis nodded in agreement, pushing his glass away as well.
Smart Stuart pushed their glasses back to them. "It's alright! Drink as much as you want, nobody will care because the both of you are friends with me!"
Both of the smarts looked uneasy, Smart Beavis took his glass back, and took a small sip.
It tasted overly rich, yet wasn't a bad flavor either. He finished the glass with it a few gulps before nudging Smart Butthead to have some.
Smart Butthead took small sips of his glass, he disliked the flavors unlike Smart Beavis.
Soon enough the entrees were served. Grilled shrimp with rice. Smart Beavis' glass was also refilled.
Both smarts dug in as Smart Stuart cut everything up on his plate, and ate excruciatingly slow.
"So… Do either of you remember the day we all met? We were 7 years old. You two were playing with a bunch of gross rocks, so I came along and taught you both how to play properly, and we had so much fun that day… ah, such precious memories.
Smart Beavis finished his glass again, and turned to look at Smart Butthead for validation on the tale, in which he just nodded.
What really happened was, he walked up to them while they were talking about the different rocks they found in the forest. He began to follow them wherever they went, to the point where they were cornered and had to be forced to play with him, which was just multiple rounds of rigged chess, where Smart Stuart would always win.
"Yeah…" Smart Butthead took a larger sip of his glass, he might need it. Smart Beavis took a sip of his partner's glass while he didn't look.
Smart Beavis reached for another spoonful of the shrimp and rice, until Smart Stuart poured the rest on his plate. That pissed him off enough to get up and walk to the restroom.
Smart Butthead could only watch as the main course was served. He didn't even know what it was, but it looked like cat vomit. A mix of chopped vegetables, mainly tomatoes, Smart Butthead's least favorite food item. He put his fork down and finished his glass.
Smart Stuart quietly ate before looking up at Smart Butthead.
"You and Smart Beavis have been inseparable for so long, some people could assume you both are mating partners. Which would be idiotic yet humorous."
That was enough to have him storm off to the bathroom.
He looked down at the stalls hoping to find Smart Beavis, just to be dragged in by a pair of tiny hands into the stall on the far left.
He recognized that it was Smart Beavis, who was hugging him tightly. Smart Butthead hugged him back, patting the back of his head and giving him small kisses on the cheek. He sat in the stall and allowed Smart Beavis to fall in his lap, shifting his body to face him.
"This sucks."
"How much alcohol have you consumed, Smart Beavis?
"I dunnooooo~"
"I'm aware you drank from my glass, you should know better than to even be drinking, we're both 19 for goodness's sake."
"You drank too."
"…well"
Suddenly, a sound was ringing through Smart Butthead's ears, it sounded heavenly, to him at least it did. To him, it was euphoria, to us, it was "Heheheh…"
Smart Beavis… was laughing?
But, how? Their species could only point out if something amused them, not make it audible
It could have been the wine making him hear things, but he wasn't sure.
His thoughts were cut short when his lover crashed his lips against his own.
They didn't pull away, it just got deeper, to the point where Smart Beavis' tongue was caught in Snart Butthead's braces for a moment, he didn't even know why he still had them, he didn't bother to go to the space dentist to have them removed.
"Maybe… we can have intercourse in here…" Smart Beavis said within multiple kisses.
"Someone could walk in on us, it's going to have to wait until we get home…"
"You can be really boring sometimes."
"And you can be annoying."
Smart Beavis playfully swatted him after that. He swayed in his boyfriend's lap for a bit as they exchanged kisses, talked about how much they adored each other, and were soon snuggling.
Smart Beavis suddenly placed his hands into Smart Butthead's robe pockets, where he felt the layer of glass between the entrance of the pocket, to the ring box Smart Butthead brought for later.
Smart Beavis kept trying to get his hand before Smart Butthead stopped him.
"That's where I'm hiding the surprise for later."
"Why do you always keep stuff from me?
"Trust me, it will all be worth it, maybe we can get going now, claim that it's getting late.
Smart Beavis gave him one last kiss "Perhaps I can leave first, you stay here for a minute or two to avoid suspicion."
Smart Butthead nodded as he watched his partner leave through the door.
Smart Beavis navigated himself before bumping into a cloaked figure.
"Apologies, I-"
He took a second to look at the person.
Their cloak was ragged and filthy, like it was pulled out of a dumpster.
But the awful fashion was not the thing to catch his attention.
From what he saw of the figure, it seemed to have a bird-like mask, and it freaked him out enough to have him sprint back to his table.
Smart Stuart gave him a half-assed smile before asking him "Who was that?"
Smart Beavis stared at the figure as he disappeared from view.
"I'm not sure… Are some attendees here meant to be wearing a bird mask?"
Once the mask was mentioned, Smart Stuart's smile disappeared
"I- I heard some guards mention keeping a lookout for someone like that… I… I need to go…"
He got up and rushed from the table.
As if on cue, Smart Butthead came back and sat down next to Smart Beavis.
"Why did he leave?"
"I'm not sure…"
They saw him go up to the balcony seating area, where the supreme leaders sat, whispering into his mother's ear. She looked concerned but patted his back and nudged him out.
He soon walked back and took a seat.
"I guess it's nothing to worry about." His fake smile returned.
Smart Butthead nodded, not knowing what just happened.
"Well, me and Smart Beavis must be going, we are grateful to have attended."
Both smarts got up, ignoring Smart Stuart's pleas to stay.
Smart Beavis smiled, satisfied with finally getting to leave.
He turned his head to appreciate his lover.
"I can't wait to-"
Without warning, a round of shots rang out, and people began to scream.
Stunned, they both turned around.
What they saw horrified them both to the core.
They both ran out, Smart Butthead ordering a taxi, while sitting at the back of the building.
Smart Beavis was a mess, sobbing, mainly from the loudness of the shots.
Smart Butthead quickly finished his call, and went to hold his boyfriend in his arms.
All he could do was hum, which is all he could think of to help soothe him.
He swayed his lover in his arms, hoping it would quiet him. Which it thankfully did.
Soon, the taxi arrived, and Smart Beavis was calm enough to get in without a word.
Smart Butthead got in afterwards, paying the driver beforehand.
As the car drove away, all Smart Butthead could do was look out the window.
There were 6 supreme leaders being escorted out by guards, Smart Stuart was dragged along as well.
But the worst was what was still up in the balcony.
One leader, the head of biology, bathing in her own emerald blood.