Wicked Elixir

Bronze Blooded Imposter

You're shaking, almost violently, and someone is calling your name.

"Gamzee... Gamzee wake up."

You open your eyes, Calliope is shaking you.

"Dad- I mean..." She blushes.

"Yeah, I'm up, what's good."

"You're friend is here?"

You're looking at her funny, because what the hell? What friend? You don't have friends.

"Although honestly you should go clean up, I can keep her-"

"Her?!"

Then it hits you Vesta is here. She found where you live and is here. You practically fall getting up and running out of the room and down the hall to the bathroom. You wash the old paint off your face instead of trying to fill in the gray parts of your face and then reapply. You change your clothes and then calmly make your way to the kitchen. There she is, hoodie on, black jeans.

"What the fuck are you doin here little chick?"

"I uhh... Don't appreciate being... Um. Called that."

What the hell is she doing? Trying to act like my old matesprite how dare she? It doesn't even dawn on you that she doesn't know your old matesprite.

"You should've... Um... You should've told me you had such cool.... Uhh. Friends."

It's enraging to you. How does she have any right to be acting like this anyway? Acting just like Tavros.

"I was hoping... That I could uhh, take... Take Gamzee... Out..."

Her body language is confident but when she speaks... The whole thing is confusing and making you hate everything about it.

"Of course!" Roxy says excited. "By the way I'm Roxy, you are?"

"V-Vesta."

You grab some juice from the fridge (some of Dave's cus you just love to piss him all off) and then grab her arm. You pull her beside you stopping at the front hall.

"What are you playing at?"

"N-nothing..."

She looks into your eyes and you realize she's far more confident one on one. Especially at night. Here and now you can see she has no motive, if anything, she's just happy to have finally made a connection. Her eyes flicker.

"S-sorry... I came... I should just leave now shouldn't I?"

You shake your head a little flustered that you upset her. She smiles brightly. You're both standing there in silence.

"Like fuck I believe you," Karkat yells from the kitchen.

You look in the direction of the noise and then you see him. He's all pent up and it makes you laugh. He's such a crab, just like his lusus.

"Calliope tells me this girl said you saved her some weeks back, but I don't believe it because how could such an infuriating fuckass like yourself be so kind hearted."

You freeze. Is that what she all up and motherfuckin told them? Oh hell why'd she have to go and get all lies.

"Well shitface? You gonna answer?"

"It's t-true you know... Uhmm... He's just... mad people uhh... Found out."

"Wow you fucking sound like Tavros. How absolutely fucking predictable."

You nod when he looks at you for confirmation. He throws his hands up in the air and turns around to leave. You look at her, and, this time, grab her hand pulling her outside.