Title: The Bet
Status: Complete
Characters: Fang, Anon, Reed, Trish, Stella, 
Rating: Safe
Classification: One-Shot
Author: Snek
Summary: 

Like any other day in Volcano High, Fang, Reed, Trish and anon were hanging out in-between classes, the whole lot were just talking about menial things while they enjoyed some food, mostly meat since the majority except Trish are carnivores which leads to the latter eating a salad, while eating Reed had a fantastic idea. 

-Hey guys why don’t we bet something, said the laidback raptor as the other just turned their attention to him, “go on” said Fang and Trish at the same time, the sole human on the group remained silent bracing for what it’s to come out of the snout of that carefree raptor.
-how about this, we bet whatever in order to the other not doing something they usually do, for example I would stop consuming carfee for a week and you Fang you are not allowed to play any instrument, whoever lose have to do what the winner says.
-Alright you are on, raptor Jesus help you because we know you really like carfee… maybe a little bit too much, the ptero girl said,
-yeah but do you like to play the guitar as much as he likes carfee, what are you going to do then ? Anon raised a brown looking towards Fang as the other just puffed her cheeks with a faint tint of red on her face, bullseye on her weak spot, now she probably would be angry at you or something buddy, oh no she stood and comes over to you.
-Alright Anon since you are smart and pretty clever, try to not be mean towards Trish for the whole week and you Trish try to not be mean towards him for a Week, “a week it is no-ack” the shorter purple Triceratops just choked on her leafy salad and then started to coughing really hard, “you expect me to treat this furless monkey with respect or just as if he wasn’t a pariah” she would just throw daggers towards the human sitting to her side, “yes I love you too, you…you Tri-tri-tri-TRISH” it was hard for both to even treat each other on the same level, Both Fang and Reed would love this.
After that little discussion, everyone started to agree on what gets what from the loser.
-Alright, if I win I want that crystal skull you have in your Room, Fang I need a new bong and that ask for an absolute remodeling to be one, The ptero rolled her eyes yet she agreed with the raptor.
-As for me I would like if you continue with the abstinence of Carfee for at least a month, that thing isn’t good for you dude… she said it in clear concern for the mental health of the other, by the way, how about you guys ? she said looking to the other that were cursing each other under their breath.
-Well I don’t want to do anything with this Tri-TRISH, Anon remarked in order to not lose on the first day of the challenge, but on a second thought, if you lose and you will, I would like you to dress up in a maid costume and clean my apartment, spring is coming and I need a really good spring cleaning, what do you say ? your bravado went away, look at your face little feller, The human kept mocking the Triceratops girl in order to break her before the second day, but instead she remained silent yet boiling from inside.
-Well, well, well what I would take from you if you lose, “buddy”, Trish stood and started to walk around caressing Anon’s shoulders with the tip of her fingers, something that enjoy and love so much, something that hurts you the most. Anon started to sweat bullets after all she probably would deny him of spending time with Fang but her next words left him without speech, the small triceratops got closer to his ear and yet let the rest on that table to hear it, I want your Xros and your PC after all my siblings need someone to play with, she gave a small leap and smiled towards the other, sticking her tongue out, “alright A-N-O-N the bet is ON” she said before leaving the cafeteria and while no one saw her she retched to what she just said seconds ago knowing it will be really hard for her to not be racist towards that stupid human.
It has been Four days since the bet started on one side you have Reed sweating like crazy and scratching his arms and face, he was suffering from the abstinence, on the other hand you have Fang whose started to wear shades under her eyes, no, in fact those were huge bags of sleepless nights because her mind started to wander and created a lot of song that she can’t play but the most incredible outcome of all is the sheer fear both Anon and Trish have for each other after all they avoided each other like it was a plague and when they are forced to share a class anyone could see how their veins were popping left and right on their faces trying to contain insults or straight up racism towards each other but yet they kept it civil or at least until Today.
Once again at the cafeteria they were enjoying their meals, Fang and Reed were eating really slowly, Anon was wolfing down the food he ordered which wasn’t much after all it was 3 hotdogs And Trish was eating a double portion of lettuce and diced tomatoes which it was quite sweet after all the school has the rule to not serve food with Salt since some of the Dinos could get a little bit problematic if they consumed that or sugar so instead the establishment just lay down salt shakers and sugar packets in each table, sadly for Trish the salt was on the other side to the right side of Anon.
-Hey…hey…hey… Trish tried to pick Anon’s attention but he was focused a lot on Fang and asking how she was feeling, “anon” she said in a low tone almost as it was a whisper, yet again no answer, she kept trying for quite a while, “ANON” she shouted as not only him but Fang and Reed turned their gazes towards the small Triceratops that was making herself smaller on the chair, “I would like to have the salt please, anon” gritting her teeth she asked which the other gave it to her but what he didn’t know is that in fact that shaker’s cap was loose making most of the contents inside the shaker fall into her salad.
The color of Trish face faded into white as she saw how much salt was dropped into the salad basically ruining it, her face contorted in such rage that it could be described as seeing a demon as anon face turned pale because the impending barrage of insults was coming, he forgot for a second about the bet and feared for his life.
-YOU FUCKING HAIRLESS CHIMP, LIVING SOLAR PANEL, FUCKING SKINNIE DON’T YOU SEE THE CAP ISN’T TIGHT LOCKED WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG IN YOUR HEAD OR MAYBE TOO MUCH SUNLIGHT FRIED YOUR BRAIN GODDAMN YOU SURE ARE STUPID YOU COMPLETE FUCK OF A MORON…
The insults continued for at least 5 more minutes making her face going from Purple to light red as she was fuming more and more while Anon’s face started to beam with a smile, it took her at least one minute until she realized what happened.
-oh no, no, no,no,no…this can’t be happening I swear It wasn’t my intention, anon I am sorry we can start over, the Triceratops asked with tears rolling down her face, she wouldn’t survive the humiliation or at least reaching skin row alive.
-oh yes, sorry deal is a deal and you put your word on it, it is a pact between the four right here, Anon turned his gaze towards reed and he just nodded, you see, I guess you are either Small or Extra small size, don’t worry I will guess by eye your measurements I will blow up the little I have saved for a maid dress, he gets interrupted by fang telling anon that Stella has at least one of those dresses he can just ask for it, which made Anon’s smile even smugier, like I said before a deal is a deal therefore I will be waiting on Saturday at 10 am for you to start, don’t worry I will give you a hand knowing pretty well that you are going to do a really shitty job.

-you cannot do this to me, don’t you want money I don’t have much but take it, my phone go ahead take it, she pleaded to the man before her but he just shook his head while keeping a small smile, alright you won you furless monkey I will be there, dress or not I will live up to my promise so you can shove that smug smile into your ass, after that Fang asked if she could come which made Trish blush into a full face one and of course she denied her company on the cleaning duty.
-Anon, record everything I want to see her face all blushed when she is on the dress, what this is not about mercy? she deserves it for not holding herself even a little, Fang said as also turned around I saw Reed pulling out a thermos of carfee, of course she snatched that thing from his hands, another down, the winners were Anon and Fang one already got what he wanted the other wasn’t enjoying the outcome after all she tried to get rid of an addiction that a friend has, I guess this will take more time than it should anon, go ahead and remember take pictures of her alright, the human just gave her the thumbs up.
-Have fun Trish, I hope you clean a lot on anon’s apartment just don’t try anything funny alright ? we understand each other. Right? the ptero girl just stood there in front of her friend with her wings flaring as she looking down on her almost shrinking the triceratops on her place as she just looked up nodding.
After that the day went uneventful besides classes and just dinos roaming around the school and the usual gossip here and there, the group just greeted each other and went on their ways towards each other’s houses, but not before anon asking Stella for a maid dress, which she replied if it was for him and he just smiled and said it was for another girl, of course the stego girl couldn’t contain her emotion and asked if it was for Fang which Anon just mentioned she would never ever mention about the maid suit to anyone, she just nodded and made a pinky swear and despite rolling his eyes Anon agreed with it.
After getting out with the Maid suit and hasting his back to Skinrow, Anon neatly hanged it on the side of his wardrobe but an evil and perverted idea came through his mind, of course he wouldn’t do it right? but a little bit wouldn’t hurt either, the human approached his face towards the suit and took a really huge whiff followed by the scent of Vanilla with a hint of lime, of course after that he felt horrible and with that feeling he went to sleep after all he attained a victory over Trish and nothing will be better than seeing her face all flushed and frustrated wearing that Maid suit.
The fated day started for Anon as he stopped the alarm seconds after it started, today it will be a great day after all in an hour he would have to pick up Trish from the bus stop and he prayed that she doesn’t get mugged or stabbed by any hobo, of course not before having a supple breakfast which it consisted on two toast and a substance that resembles coffee but tasted like mud water, after that since he had some time of course he would flex having a Dino Maid cleaning his room on the Mongolian basket weaving forum and with a copious amount of shitposting, Anon left his apartment and headed towards the bus stop, luckily for him he wasn’t robed or stabbed so he just sat there waiting for Trish to appear, 10 mins and she didn’t appeared, 20 mins and she didn’t gave any sign of life but after half an hour she appeared, his particular Triceratops acquaintance of sorts.

-I thought you would chicken out 
-I am a woman of word, they have more weight than your balls
-yeah yeah whatever, are you ready to scrub and rub ?
-sure I am pretty excited as you can see
-anyways let’s get going unless you want to be stabbed
-sure… I should be sticking to you they seem to look at me like creeps

despite the small exchange the walk towards Anon’s apartment was in simple words uneventful and despite her hate for Trish he still retained some manners towards Females in general since he opened the door for her and hold it so she could go inside. Trish reaction as she glanced around Anon’s place was weird, he assured himself that the triceratops would hate it due the disorder and random wraps of food and bottles of drinks but instead she just huffed and turned to look at him, “this is all?” which the man just nodded to her.
-you did not forget about our bet right.
-No, I didn’t but I was hoping you did.
The Triceratops said in utter defeat as her shoulders were lower than regular throwing small looks towards Anon who was searching for something and he returned bolting back to her.
-Miss here is your working attire, he said with a wide and smug smile
-Where did you even…ok you know never mind just let me get changed, Trish said snatching the costume and heading to the bathroom
-Hey careful that’s not mine you know, he said but he only got a swear as a response
Minutes later Anon was taping his feet as the bathroom door unlocked and meekly even in a shy manner Trish leaned from the door not revealing her entire body but the tiara already on her head, “go ahead don’t be nervous” said the man with a big smug smile to his response the door slowly creaked and revealed the petite purple Triceratops girl with a really frilly skirt below her knees, open shoulder style of dress along her frilly braces and ankles, to give the last touch with the tail cover, the human was actually impressed and by petition of Fang he took a bunch of photos, also some for Stella too if she was willing to keep the secret of course.

-yeah take a photo it will last longer
-that’s what am I doing, one is for fang you know
-she what !? why does she want a photo of me!? a slight shade of purple crept onto the Triceratops face.
-yup she asked me for it.
-god fucking damn it you stupid skinnie.

As per usual the insults weren’t strange to their normal exchange, although she was brought not to do that but rather to clean, Anon went for the cleaning stuff as he handed over to her.

-so are you going to sit in your ass and not clean, that’s not how you treat a lady you know ?
-Excuse me I don’t see the lady I just see a loser that is on a bet, so get to clean
-shut up you furless monkey I will

it has been already 30 minutes and the tension in the space was only put aside by the sound of scrubbing and the broom moving left and right done by Trish while Anon was on his computer checking the boards and such basic activities of his every day’s board dwelling, the man’s stomach already rumbling in hunger so just by pure courtesy he would ask Trish if she wanted something.

-hey dearly maid, would you like to have a snack or something, don’t worry you will clean it later
-Would you just shut the fuck up, I am tired of hearing your high attitude you are just nothing that a dumb furless ape
-Damn it Trish I was joking, it wouldn’t kill you to at least being nice to me, what did I even did to you to begin with for you to be so mad at me ?
-what did you do ? are you seriously asking me that ? you come into our school and be weirdo, not only that you made friends with Fang since day 1, who do you think you are ?
-Well excuse me I had to leave my previous school due personal things you know
-You shouldn’t everything would be better if you never landed in this place, now I am stuck here wearing this stupid shit, being mocked by the person I hate most for a stupid bet I did because you guys dragged me into it, god I hate you so much.

the Tension that before was heavy now it was palpable after all Anon stood from his comfortable chair and walked towards Trish who just stepped back after all the man was standing towering her, for the first time she felt herself in danger.

-Take it off NOW
-wh-what, what are you saying
-Take the maid suit off
-you are going to hurt me… I am going to shove my horns in your guts you know
-dumbass, get your clothes from you backpack and get changed
-what’s the sudden change of heart you prick

The triceratops out by instinct tried to headbutt him in order to make free her personal space but for her bad luck he just grabbed her by the horn and pushed her against the bed making Trish fall on it, small beads of tears started to roll down from her eyes pleading to not get hurt covering her face with both of her arms and closing her knees almost weeping to the point that Anon’s anger faded away and he was more concerned than anything else.

-look it’s ok I am not angry anymore stop the flood gates
-y-you are not going to hurt me
-no, but I think this joke lasted a little bit too long, just take off the Maid outfit and be on your way
-sorry…

Trish answer caught him off guard after all she wasn’t the person to either weep or apologize in the first, something must have been stirred up inside her to trigger such reaction, she just grabbed her belongings and headed to the door looking at him for a split second then just shifting her sight to her own boots and despite Anon always being at her throat he felt pity for the shorter Triceratops, so instead of opening it he locked the door.

-what the…let me out skinnie
-Look Trish I want you to take a seat…uh on my desk’s chair, please

surprisingly she actually comply to what the other said and took a seat, crossing her legs while giving quick looks to the other person in the room, for once she was nervous and lacking of her usual vitriol so characteristic of her, taping her feet as the human brought the bed close enough to close the big gap between both, sitting with both of his hands clasped together as he looked straight into her eyes, a small purplish flush on Trish face was displayed as she avoided the eye contact and so to break the tension she asked why he held her there instead of letting her go.

-Trish, tell me the whole truth, why do you hate me so much I don’t buy the idea of me taking Fang away from you, there needs to be more than just that 

Trish just shook her head and let out a big sight throwing herself back to the chair as this one reclined with her minimal weight making a loud noise that startled her, going back to her first position she looked Anon into his eyes even squinting for a moment as she nodded.

-Alright, alright I will talk just don’t give me that creepy look, It is enough getting my eyes blinded by your shiny bald head you know..
-oh, sorry I will move out a little bit farther from the window, better there ?
-yeah, alright where do I start with this thing, one thing is for sure, you are a threat to me, Anon, since the moment she knew you she had this glow on her face like no other time, well I mainly remember that glow whenever we escaped to watch a band or doing some dumb pre-teen stuff, But now you out of nowhere appear and…and you try to take her from me, my very and only good friend, what is it what you want ? you want to…to…you know do that to her ? I know you humans doesn’t even need a season or a rut or whatever they call it to do it, is that what you want? if it is that I will take Fang’s place right here and right now.
-God NO Trish be serious I don’t want her for that I mean that’s something that happens naturally right? and I don’t want you in that manner I just want to understand you better not to know you deeply in a literal sense.
-Anyways, we have spent so much with her I just don’t want to let go even if I have to suffer her father racism.
-well I guess it wasn’t only me, he threatened me too.
-Are you going to keep interrupting me? good no more words from that mouth of yours, Like I was saying he has a thing against Triceratops in general.

Her face looked grim as she still could feel the rejection from Fang’s father after all she lacked of a paternal figure like she stated after speaking about the old ptero racism, she would say that despite everything He would call her “one of the good ones” or keep saying that he will “keep an eye on her” and of course like anon she felt attacked by these words, then it happened the small Triceratops face contorted and small beads of tears started to pour from her reddish eyes.
She explained that actually she had to take care of her siblings when they were small because for some reason that she still doesn’t get her father just left the house and never returned, never gave a call, never gave a sign of life and that utterly destroyed her not only that but her mother had to be out working multiple jobs to feed them and she became a secondary mother for her siblings, but she was tired, too tired and the only one there for her in that horrible moment was Fang one of the very few people who approached not with more problems but with a shoulder to cry, an ear to listen her and she wouldn’t let that to escape her life for someone who just appeared out of the blue.
She would admit that sometimes her feelings felt entangled for Fang after all she would feel like fluttering around her but sometimes she just didn’t want to see her but after thinking it for so long she reached the answer that the feelings she had for Fang weren’t romantic, if anything they were more of gratitude and the feeling she owe her but instead of repaying her kindness she did her best to push everyone around Fang away, then the weeping started and it didn’t show any sign to stop.

-I know I fucked up I really did but can you blame?
-yes.
Anon’s words felt like a dagger right through the chest of the weeping purple triceratops.
-To you it felt more like you needed to keep her caged from the dangers of the world, for those who are unknown to her, you were literally clipping her wings to soar freely, to learn about other people, to live her life, yet now the remorse is biting you because you are at the edge feeling that you are about to lose her and every action cause another disaster.
-bu-but…
-you had your chance to talk, now it is mine and listen carefully.

Anon stood and started to walk around explaining how his own parents just told him he was transferred into volcano high without prior notice and not only that they just sent him enough cash to rent a shitty room in the worst part of the city.
The human remained calm and recollected as he explained to the now less sad shorter female how he didn’t had any motivation to go to this new school and how if it wasn’t for Naser and Naomi he would’ve never met with neither Fang, Trish and reed and how despite being quite the opposite to him, the Ptero girl felt the closest that of course would ended up in something more important and intimate that she helped him to grow as a person and feel more empathy towards everyone else and more importantly to know himself better.

-And Trish by all means I am not trying to take her from you, you are as important to Fang if not more important than myself you just need to learn a little bit of self-control, you have no idea how whenever she has the chance Fang always talks about you and all their adventures.

Trish just rubbed her eyes with the sleeves of her usual hoodie and her mood changed after hearing the last part, she felt like her heart skipped a beat after all Anon the human who she hated so much wasn’t trying to taking her away but instead tried to become another support for her too, for the first time she didn’t felt like insulting him or just straight up berating him, but somehow he said a final phrase that reached to the most sensible fiber she had.

-You know Trish, you don’t need to hide your pain, because after all we all fight our own fight but that doesn’t mean we are alone there are plenty of people out there for us we just need to find them or maybe we need to be found, I found Fang and she found me like she found you.
So why don’t we stop this thing or just leave it as a friendly banter between us

He said as he extended his hands towards Trish who was trying to hold back tears but as she saw the hands towards her she stood too only to grab his hand and pull him towards a Hug, it wasn’t an embrace to hurt him with her horns instead she placed her head sideways to avoid hurting him, Anon could feel how below his chest his shirt started to become damp with all her tears, the type of tears you shed when you actually had enough and someone relieves your everlasting pain, when someone who finally understood you and you are sure you can open to that person.
Trish would hug him quite tightly to the point she was squeezing the air out of Anon’s body but after a few minutes that seemed like hours she parted the embrace with anon and looked up to him quite sheepishly as she cleared her tears with her sleeve once again.

-thanks you spear chucker, I can’t believe I am actually thanking you but after all this time we know each other I feel like a weight from my shoulders is lifted and now I can be at ease, still if I ever learn that you broke Fang’s heart I will break both of your legs wearing a ski mask and a coat 

Trish looked dead serious but then sported a big bright smile towards Anon, as she bumped him with her elbow snickering from her previous joke which made Anon look paler than a ghost but he regained his color once again when Trish mentioned it was a joke.

-Fang would kill me if I ever do something to you so rest assure nothing will happen to you but hey, despite we spoke our guts out I am still going to call you bald monkey or spear chucker
Anon just couldn’t help to smile after all now it wasn’t just insults full of vitriol but instead just it was just an exchange between friends ?
-I know you little meteor dodger, salad tosser and of course you little tri…Trish.

After that small exchange they talked a little bit more until it was late and Trish had to leave so Anon went with her to the bus stop and when it came both hugged one last time.

-Thanks Anon, I will be seeing you on Monday
-No worries seeing you…wait did you just said my name.
Anon was taken aback by the sudden gesture but it wasn’t bad at all because he has now a new friend