Terminally Flushed

New Friends

As expected, this day was pretty strange. Before lunch, Gamzee introduced me to a few of his friends. He said I'd meet more of them at lunch. The first person I met was Feferi during gym. Gamzee and I were by the pool when a girl with a sparkling tiara and fuchsia goggles ran up to us and practically tackled me in a hug. When she finally let go, Gamzee introduced us. She's a really peppy girl, and really likes fish puns. "It's so nice to meet you. I can tell you and I are going to be reel great friends!" While Fef and I talked, Gamzee decided to go to the weight room for the class period. I couldn't help but blush at the thought of him working out. He did look pretty good. Pretty lean but not just skin and bone. Wait! Why am I thinking this? I just met him. Feferi saw my blush before I could hide it and she giggled. "Well glub. Looks like I found a new ship for Nepeta." That made me blush more. I quickly changed the subject and we continued talking while walking around the gym. Pretty soon, or what felt like soon, the bell rang and everyone was off to their next classes. Looking at my schedule, I groaned at the thought of mechanics.

I thought Mechanics would be pretty easy when I chose it. BUT I forgot to factor in the fact that I'm transferring in the middle of the fricking year. Two points for me... Anyway, when we walked into class, Gamzee headed straight for the one lone student in the back of the class with me following silently. I couldn't help but notice the weird looks everyone else gave me as I walked behind Gamzee. He distracted me when he started talking. "[Y/n], this is Equius. Equius, this is my new motherfucking friend, [Y/n]." The guy, Equius, seemed pretty nervous since he started sweating like crazy. I guess Gamzee thought this was funny when he started laughing. Equius quickly grabbed an end off the towel draping around his neck and started dabbing at his face. Damn! This guy had some serious muscles. No joke, he could probably kill me with one punch. He moved his shattered sunglasses to wipe at his deep indigo eyes. Whoa. Who has eyes like that? Oh wait, Gamzee's eyes were pretty odd. Never mind. After wiping off his face, Equius spoke. "Gamzee, please watch your tongue. You know how I am about such STRONG language. It's a pleasure to meet you, [Y/n]." I was pretty hesitant to shake his hand since it was like three times the size of mine. He seemed hesitant about it too, judging by how much he was shaking. Time seemed to fly by as our little trio talked. The bell rang, signaling the students off the five minute locker break.

Gamzee helped find my locker, which was thankfully five down from his own. I could feel him stare every few seconds as I switched out my notebooks. A small smile crawled onto my lips and a slight blush rose to my cheeks. I pretended I didn't notice him staring. Finishing up at my locker, I'm about to shut it when it slams shut on its own. Startled, I look to my right to see a boy, a little taller than me, leaning against the locker next to mine. He was wearing a black sweater with a striped scarf around his neck and his hair was a dark black with a purple streak in the front. "Wwell wwell, wwhat do wwe hawe here?" Wait, did he speak with two w's at a time and use a "w" instead of a "v"? The random boy continued, adjusting his rectangular glasses. "Fresh bait. Wwell, lucky for you, I'm in a good mood and am more than wwilling to showw the neww student around school. Maybe take her out after school?" I couldn't help but internally gag at his poor attempts at flirting. "Lucky for me", Gamzee came to my rescue before I had to make up an excuse to say no. Putting his arm on my shoulders, he greeted the creepy guy. "Motherfucking hey, Eridan. I see you met my new friend, [Y/n]. I'm real motherfucking sorry but I'm already showing her around. And we made motherfucking plans to hang out later." A sad look swept across Eridan's face before he shrugged it off. "That's fine. I'll just see if Fef wwants to hang out again. Nice meeting you, [Y/n]." Eridan winked at me before turning and heading down the emptying halls. I couldn't help but shudder. Turning to look up at Gamzee, I started to thank him. "I'm so glad you came over when you did. I absolutely hate--hey, are you okay?" He had a strange look on his face as he glared at Eridan's back. The look in his eyes seemed like he was trying to burn a hole in him. Shaking his head, he looked down at me and smiled. "Yeah, I'm motherfucking fine. C'mon, let's head to class."

With that, we started walking down the hall. That's when I noticed his arm was still on my shoulders. He must've realized that too because he quickly removed it, causing me to blush slightly. Why the hell am I blushing again? I shook my head. He only did that to get rid of Eridan, nothing more. We walked in silence towards our next class. Well, not total silence. Gamzee would say "honk" to a few students as they walked past. Maybe that's his weird way of saying "hi" or something. I couldn't help but giggle every time he honked.

Stepping into our government class, I almost ran into a shorter girl with weird red glasses. They must mess with her vision since it seemed she didn't know where she was going. "Hey, watch where you're walking." The shorter girl confused me because she was looking straight at the wall next to me. "Um, I kinda can't, doofus." I gave her another confused look before she continued. "I'm blind, duh." To prove her point, she waved a dragon topped cane in my face. An embarassed blush rose to my cheeks. Look at me, making new friends everywhere. "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know." I tried apologizing but she AND Gamzee busted out laughing.Obviously, I missed something. I looked at Gamzee so he could explain what the hell is going on. After a minute, he finally stopped laughing. "Don't worry, [Y/n]. No need to motherfucking apologize. Terezi can get around just fine. She has a few heightened senses, being motherfucking blind and all. She can tell when a new kid is around and likes to mess with them." My cheeks grew even more red hearing this, which caused Gamzee to laugh again. Terezi looked straight at me this time when she spoke. "It's nothing personal, [Y/n]. Things just tend to get boring around here for me and I like having a little fun sometimes."

I stayed silent most of the class, giving Gamzee and Terezi the silent treatment whenever they tried to say something to me. About 15 minutes before class was supposed to end, a note with my name on it fell onto my desk. I looked at Gamzee who was sitting in the desk to my left but he kept his head forward. Opening the note, I read somebody's strange handwriting.

HeY. i'M sErIoUsLy SoRrY iF i MoThErFuCkInG pIsSeD yOu OfF eArLiEr :O(

I sighed and shook my head a bit. I can't be mad at him. Quickly, I wrote on the note with my pink pen.

dont worry about it. im not mad. kinda thought it was funny.

After tossing it back onto his desk, I quickly looked towards the teacher until I felt the note fall onto my desk again. We kept tossing the note to each other for the last few minutes of class. Gathering my stuff at the sound of the bell and stuffing the note into my pocket, I looked up to see Gamzee towering over me. His eyes sparkled a bit and he had a lazy smile across his lips. "C'mon. We have motherfucking computer class now." I nodded and followed after him out of the room and down the hall. Why was he so smiley all of a sudden? Maybe he likes computers or something.