Sweet dreams: a Tavris fanfic

Cat Naps

Two trolls walked down a hallway of the asteroid in the middle of a conversation.

"Nepeta, for the last time no. I would not want to sleep in the same bed as you." Barked Equius who was sweating more than his usual self. "I know we have been friends for years but . . ."

"But what? You scared that we might end up togepurr?" said Nepeta wiggling her eyebrows

Equius started sweating even more. "No, it's just that . . . I'd be . . . improper for us to partake in such . . . actions"

"Equiuis you purrvert!" she punched his arm hurting herself in the process "I am not talking about filling any buckets. I am just talking about sleeping. Come on Kanaya and Terezi, Karkat and Gamzee, even Sollux and Eridan are going to do it why not us?"

Equius stood there silent as the girl half his height stared him down "Fine, we can sleep together but we sleep in my room."

Nepeta grabbed his hand and happily bounded off to Equius' room

Tavros and Vriska sat in the bedroom silently nursing their injuries. Neither of them wanted to talk after what had happened. Tavros eventually broke the silence. "Hey Vriska about what just happened I am sorry."

"You are sorry? I was the one who was trying to force you to hit me." Vriska had started her statement surprised but lowered her tone when she remembered who she was talking to. "To be honest though you kind of scared me back there. I know you got a workout in that wheel chair after all of those years, but I had never really seen you use it."

Tavros sighed, "I never really wanted to use it." He turned to face Vriska who was already staring at him with a mischievous smile on her face. "Vriska what are you thinking about?" no response "Vriska?" her smile gets wider "Stop that! You are kind of weirding me out!"

Vriska laughed "you are such a dork. I was just thinking about how with your strength and my intellect we could rule this hunk of rock."

Tavros gave a nervous laugh back "You are not serious right? I might be strong but I am nothing compared to Equius"

"Of course I am not. There would be no point we'd just be kings of nothing." She gave Tavros another smile "Well I'd be king you'd be queen."

Tavros gave a slightly annoyed face but laughed it off anyways before replying with "But If you were king and I were queen that would mean we are Matesprits"

"Well we are, are we not?" Vriska answered with in a less joking mood "We agreed just a while ago that we are either Kismesis or Matesprits and let's be honest we don't want what just happened to happen again."

"I don't know." Tavros replied in a serious tone "I mean I love you, at least I think I do, but we haven't spent that much time being close other than in scrub and what happened last night. I know I might sound like a wimp for saying this but I . . . I need more than just fun and games all the time and us only talking when things get bad."

Vriska's eyes drifted to the floor "Oh . . . I didn't realize you felt that way."

Tavros put his hand on Vriska's shoulder "don't mean I don't want us together. I mean that I want to get to know you better. That is all, you understand me?"

Vriska still looked down "Please promise me one thing, if you do get to know me can you still be my friend?"

Tavros smiled "I promise you, no matter what happens I will still be your friend." Tavros looked at his metallic legs then looked back at Vriska. "Hey? Would you mind talking a walk with me? Equius told me that I shouldn't keep my legs inactive for too long unless I am sleeping and I am not that tiered right now."

"Sure" Vriska replied "But only if you still sleep with me tonight, Matespirts or not, I really don't want to experience those nightmares again."

Tavros Nodded "Same here"