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The meteor lurched under her feet, and suddenly was encased in the scent of apples and mustard, Terezi used her sword cane to subtly keep her balance as the dorks around her stumbled slightly. She stood and faced the Green Sun feeling it’s warmth fade away while listening to everyone else behind her gather themselves.
Her mind was far away and was trapped replaying the moment when she thought that Vriska had to be killed. Vriska really did train John right, Terezi pulled herself closer inwards just thinking about what would have happened if she did go through with killing Vriska. Stabbing her in the back no less! It was a spit in the face to all their sweeps of friendship and sisterhood. What happened to justice, to the Terezi who cared for her friends?
How was killing her the only choice, how did she sink to Vriska’s own level of killing the people she called friends? Was she really the same person who not too long ago told Dave that reality was “SOM3TH1ND TH3Y 4R3 M4K1NG 3V3RY MOM3NT.” And that instead she succumbed to what she thought was the reality of having to kill her friend?
These sort of thoughts kept swirling in her mind endlessly, turning to face her friends on the meteor, being able to pick out that special blueberry scent from the rest only mildly helped. Terezi wasn’t exactly sure what was going on but it seemed that Vriska was basking in her victorious life as always, and seemed to enjoy taking advantage of Gamzee’s sudden regained docility.
The scent of the scene before her brought a small smile to her lips, yet even then Terezi was not freed from the cruel claws of her own mind. Somehow she couldn’t put her heart into the festivities before her, perhaps because of what she almost did. But somehow it felt even deeper than that, something older, something that always existed within her that prevented her from feeling comfortable with what was as best a scenario as these kids could get.
Somehow while lost in thought, Vriska had managed to approach Terezi without notice and when she placed a gentle hand on Terezi’s arm the other girl had jumped. When Terezi focused again on the world before her, she first smelt orange creamsicle and wondered what the other Seer needed from her. But instead of the accompanying lavender, Terezi caught Vriska’s signature blueberry instead and she wondered how the confusion could have happened.
“Hey, could we talk?” Vriska’s voice was softer than she’s ever heard it before. Not unsure, never unsure, but more cautious if she had to put any word to it at all.
Before Terezi could even respond thought, Vriska’s hand slid down her arm and grabbed her’s. Vriska then pulled her along and back into the meteor. After a short minute of walking in the empty hallways, Vriska found what she was looking for, which happened to be a small alcove on the way to their personal transportalizers.
Terezi could hear Vriska taking a deep breath, as if she was readying herself for something. She could smell the confusion and betrayal underneath something else. Something that hadn’t ever come from Vriska before, relief?
“Would you have really killed me?” There was only inches between the two, their heads bowed towards one another. Terezi assumed Vriska was looking where she still held the other’s hand, but Terezi herself could only smell the combination of blueberry and eucalyptus.
The silence between the two girls was pensive and contemplative, eventually Terezi decided to break it with her answer. “Yes… No… I don’t know. Maybe?”
Vriska nodded slowly and Terezi could feel her cheek brush against her own temple lightly. Vriska voice came again from right above her ear, when had she even moved closer?
“I think you were going to, why else would John had come stopped me, you yourself apparently sent him here.” Terezi could smell something new from Vriska’s words was it pride? Why would she be proud, Terezi almost KILLED her.
Oh wait.
It actually made sense for Vriska to be proud of that in retrospect, it’s something she would have done without a single moment of hesitation.
Vriska continued on, words becoming more and more unsure, “Obviously that was for the best. Who else is going to save you losers from your own self destruction?”
Terezi scoffed lightly at this point. “If anything it’s me saving everyone’s asses from your mess as usual.” She could tell Vriska was annoyed by that, but that was good. That was something she knew how to handle.
Vriska made to reply with what was undoubtedly a snarky comment to Terezi, perhaps even picking at the events from earlier, and following it Terezi could tell that their relationship would continue on and finally develop into the kismesistude that Vriska had wanted for so long. Or she could interrupt here and instead and their relationship would go down a different path, one more positive for both. Something outside the twisted cycle their ancestors started. So she simply beat Vriska to the punch. Took a dive into something new between them.
“I’m glad.”
Vriska stopped whatever she was doing, and looked down at Terezi, even going so far as to lean back and looked down at her. Terezi couldn’t see Vriska, but she felt her staring in surprise. So she lifted her face to the other and smiled, a smile that was more a baring of teeth than anything else but a smile all the same.
“I’m glad I didn’t kill you. I’m glad you didn’t die and I’m glad that we might have this chance to start again. If you wanted to obviously.”
Terezi could feel the slight warmth from her own cheeks and she let out a helpless laugh at the end. Vriska was shocked still, Terezi couldn’t even feel her breath. They started at each other or really, Vriska stared at Terezi while she simply waited patiently. Terezi removed her hand from Vriska’s and instead wrapped both arms around her skinny shoulders.
Vriska’s entire body shuddered as she leaned forward and shakily sighed into Terezi’s hair. “Yeah I……I would like that.”
Terezi nodded, “Your crimes can’t be forgiven, or forgotten but I think we can work it out. We’ve got time.” She held the space between them, neither pushing Vriska away or pulling her closer.
They still had a lot to work through, for both of them but she had a feeling they would figure it out. Both of them together. They were Team Scourge, they could do anything together. Not even a universe killing game could stop them when they were together.