How the actual hell did you get dragged along for this. Right now you were sitting at a table outside of a laser tag room, waiting for the game that you, Rose, Jade, Dave, John and all twelve of the beta trolls would be playing. It was going to be insane in there. 

It was every man for himself, or you guessed in this case every man, woman and troll for themselves. That meant you were supposed to hide somewhere and survive ten rounds of laser tag with the justice obsessed blind Terezi, the victory hungry Vriska, the incredibly strong Equius, the trained Dave Strider, the psiioniic powered Sollux, the floating Aradia who would most likely be able to survive the entire game just by floating away somewhere, Kanaya who has a lipstick chainsaw and could probably kill anyone whenever she wanted and the grumpy Karkat and Eridan. You didn't really see anyone else as a potential threat, except maybe Rose. 

Feferi would be way too nice to actually get anyone out, Tavros is just getting used to his new legs and most likely wont be able to move around all that well, Gamzee is going to be sticking to Tavros like glue and protecting him, Nepeta will probably end up chasing after the lasers and Jade most likely will too.

"Alright, you guys can come in now." 

The annoyed looking teenager who had been assigned to teach you all the rules of laser tag seemed surprised by how many of you there were. He lead you in to the room that had all of the laser guns and the harness like contraptions each person had to wear. You sat down on a part of the bench in between John and Dave.

"Dave, isn't it a little too dark in here to wear shades?" You laughed at the Strider. "You're going to be out straight away because you wont be able to see anything."

"I'm used to it." Dave smirked. 

"Good luck to you then."

"I don't need it." 

Oh that cocky bastard. Yeah, you were definitely going to shoot him as soon as the game started. The employee explained the rules to you and the trolls and was now waiting for any questions.

"So, wwe can't use actual wweapons?"

"Uh, no," the employee raised an eyebrow. "Do you have actual weapons on you?"

"Wwell, no." 

"Any other questions?"

Eventually after a few questions about what counts as rough housing and how many times you can shoot someone at once, the game was finally about to begin. You decided you would be on the red team, since it turned out you had to be separated into teams. The trolls seemed to mention something about how it was just like the game they used to play, and they decided to split into their 'original teams.' That meant you were stuck on a team with Karkat, Vriska, Kanaya, Terezi, Tavros, Gamzee along with John and Jade who had decided to go up against the Strilondes. You figured that you were better off on this team anyway, since your only real threats were Sollux, Dave and Rose. 

You picked up a harness and a gun and read what name you had got. Usually they all had cartoon characters or something on them. When you were little and you came here with your friends for birthday parties, you would always try to find the princess ones. You laughed when you noticed you were Batman. 

"Hey Dave, what did you get?" 

Thankfully since the game hadn't started yet, Dave couldn't shoot you. He lifted his gun and turned it towards you so you could see the electronic screen on the back. It displayed the name Barbie, which only made you laugh more. 

"Don't be mean Batman." Dave punched you lightly in the arm, watching your smile grow along with the blush you were now carrying.

"WHO THE FUCK IS URSULA?" Karkat stared at the tiny screen.

"Troll Ursula." 

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME, I AM NO SEADWELLING OCTOPUS!"

"Unfortunantly Karkat, I am no troll Batman either." You laughed.

The game finally began with a loud alarm sound. You and the red team went to the red corner, and you Karkat, Terezi were tasked with guarding the ball you weren't supposed to let the others get while Vriska, Gamzee, John, Jade, Tavros and Kanaya attacked the other team. From what you could see, the protectors of the other ball were Eridan, Feferi and Nepeta, which meant you had to watch out for Aradia, Equius, Dave, Rose and Sollux. 

You could hear Vriska's annoyed sigh from a mile away when she got shot by someone. She had to wait another ten seconds before she could shoot anyone and stood idly behind a wall while she waited. You could see Dave creeping up on the three of you from behind a wall. He was aiming his gun at Terezi, who was so unsuspecting that she didn't notice at all when Dave shot her.

"1 SM3LL R3D, WH3R3 4R3 YOU STR1D3R?" Terezi sniffed the air and began to walk towards Dave, who was now avoiding her like it was some kind of wild goose chase. 

"Hey Barbie! I can see you stalking from a mile away, stop being a pussy and come at me!"  You smirked and began to move away from the ball that you were supposed to be protecting. Terezi was chasing after Dave screaming something about justice being served. It didn't surprise you when Dave's gun lit up with 'you've just been shot by Wonder Woman, you must wait ten seconds before you can shoot again.' Wonder Woman was so fitting for TZ.

"ARE YOU FUCKASSES REALLY GOING TO CHASE STRIDER AROUND IN CIRCLES LIKE SOME KIND OF TWISTED WOOF BEAST TRYING TO GNAW OFF IT'S TAIL? GET BACK HERE AND PROTECT THIS FUCKING STUPID SPHERE WITH ME BEFORE I RIP YOUR THROATS OUT THROUGH YOUR ASS." Karkat angrily ranted behind you, but you didn't listen. You wished you were on the other team just to shoot him and shut him up. Luckily Dave was way ahead of you and shot Karkat before following after you to shoot you. You were quick on your feet however, so in a way Karkat was right, you were chasing him in circles. 

Eventually, you ended up somewhere that wasn't on either team's side. You weren't sure if you had accidentally left the area or not, but what you did know was there was a Strider hot on your trail. Unfortunately, you didn't realize this part of the path didn't go all the way through, and now you were cornered by a shade wearing Barbie. 

"What are you going to do now Batman?" Dave smirked at you as he approached, but he wasn't raising his gun to shoot you, instead it was limp beside him. He kept approaching you until your faces were only inches apart. 

"Maybe I'll shoot you," you replied. The one thing that was stopping the both of you from banging your foreheads against one and other's was the gun you were holding up against his harness. You just had to pull the trigger and Dave would be out, seeing as he'd been shot by Vriska twice, Gamzee once and John once, you just had to shoot him one more time and he'd be out. 

"Maybe I'll shoot you," Dave lifted his gun and pressed it against your harness. "Or maybe I'll kiss you."

"Wha--" 

Your speech was suddenly interrupted by a pair of soft pink lips pressing against yours. You blushed harder than you ever had before as you noticed it was Dave who had pressed his apple juice tasting lips against yours. You had, had a crush on him for longer than you could remember, but you never said a thing to him or anyone about it. Did he know? Is that why he was doing this? You dropped your gun beside you and wrapped your arms around his neck, but he didn't drop his gun. Eventually, the two of you broke the kiss to get back on with the game, but there was a split second where he just stood and stared at you. 

And then he shot you.

"You fucking asshole!"