Quadruple Trouble 1x1

[History Nerd Eli]

So... Instead of building up to the twins getting together, @razorstar and I actually have already messed with it all. Duke and Arthur are a couple. Dean and Elijah are a couple.


Now, razorstar, let the rOLE PLAYING BEGIN!!!


We will start on their last week of school in their senior year.

 

[razorstar]

Duke sat in front of his locker, digging through his backpack. Where was his final draft of his paper? He knew he did it. It was a 27 page beast of a paper, but he was also determined to beat Artie. No one got better grades than him if he could help it. He had worked for only a week on the paper, but he felt it was sufficient to blast his boyfriend out of the water.


Dean sat in the library, glaring at his notes. He had let his grade slip a bit in chemistry, and if it stayed that low there was no way FIDM would accept him. He needed the perfect gpa to even be considered for the slot. He had a while before class started, but he still wasn't sure he was going to do well.

 

[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur was walking down the hall with few people. He was looking for Duke to brag about his grades again. It was always fun. Yeah, he loved Duke and all but still. Arthur bounded to Duke's locker. “Hello, love. How are you?~” He purred.


Elijah sat across from Dean, working on his last minute math work. God damn, he wanted to have no late work but this damn homework was hard. Sighing, Elijah looked up at Dean. “How are you holding up?” Elijah asked, his english accent ringing in the quiet library.

 

[razorstar]

Duke lifted his head to look at Artie, his ice blue eyes void of light and filled with a storm of stress. "I have stared into the abyss and it stared back." He spoke calmly, although a heaviness filled his words as he went back to digging through his bag.


Dean smiled at Eli. "Maybe I will have to become a stripper. There's no way in bloody hell I'm passing the final." He chuckled sadly before dropping his head to the table. "I'm a hot mess." He groaned, covering his head with his arms. He suddenly laughed, glancing back at Eli. "But you probably knew I was hot."


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur laughed and sat on the floor, back against the locker. Good ol' dramatic Duke. “Have you tried looking in your English folder?” Arthur stretched out his legs, yawning in boredom. He already finished his essay, and it was a glorious thing with 27 pages. Him and Duke wanted to see who would win this time with the same amount of pages. Arthur was going to win, obviously.


“Well yeah. You are pretty hot.” Elijah pushed the math menace away and placed his chin on the table. “I'm sure you'll be fine. Seriously. You don't have to become a stripper.” Elijah stood up and got his things put away. “Okay, love. Time to head to english. We have to watch Duke and Arthur tear each other apart,” he smiled and held out his hand.

 

[razorstar]

Duke bared his teeth slightly at Artie, clearly frustrated. "Have you tried your English folder?" He mocked. "Of course I checked my fucking English-" he fell silent, all emotion draining from his face. He started humming Mad World under his breath, staring at the paper in his hands. Fucking Artie. He was always right.


Rising to his feet, Dean smiled. "We'll have to separate them. And you know how hard that is when they're pissed." He laughed, slinging his backpack over his shoulder. He wasn't worried about his paper, not in the slightest. Even if he failed he had enough of a cushion to keep him in the right gpa area.


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur giggled. Knew it! “I think you owe me 5 dollars and a dinner date.” He got up, fixing his backpack. “Anyway... Hurry up so we can get to class. I don't want to be late.” Arthur clung onto Duke's arm, gently pulling on it. He started getting abnormally clingy these last couple of weeks. It was probably due to how they fought during finals. Everything with them was a competition. Especially school. That was the main source to their arguments. Instead of saying sorry, Arthur always got touchy. “You know... I love you,” he smiled, holding out the last vowel.


“I honestly hate separating them. It's ridiculous how they do this.” Elijah walked out of the library, holding the door for Dean. “Just thank God we don't do that.” Smiling, Elijah bumped against Dean as they walked to class. “I'm guessing you didn't do your essay.”

 

[razorstar]

Shaking his head, Duke chuckled. "I don't have five dollars, but I'd be up for a dinner date. You know, after I blow you out of the water with my paper." he purred, standing up and putting on his backpack. He needed to get a better grade than Artie, for the sake of his own sanity. He was sick and fucking tired of hearing his boyfriend gloat over his slightly higher grade. And what better way to solve the problem than to beat him at his own game?


Dean wrapped his arm around Eli's waist, grinning. "I got a freshman to do it for me in exchange for helping her make her ex jealous. It's pretty good, since I took a few minutes to spruce it up. I might actually get a C+ this time instead of a C-." He laughed, thinking about the paper. It was nothing compared to his twin's, but it was better than anything he would have done. Not that he would have actually written it.

 

[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur pulled Duke along. “Well where would you like to go?” He paused outside of the classroom and leaned against the lockers. Arthur smiled up at Duke, green eyes bright. “We can do it tonight or after the graduation ceremony. You can pick.”


Elijah put his arm around Dean, rolling his eyes. He never understood how Dean could pass his classes without doing anything. However, he never decided to ask; afraid that he wouldn't like the answer. “Well as long as you get a passing grade, all will be well.”

 

[razorstar]

Duke shrugged. "I was thinking I could make you something. It'll be nice. You, me, a candle lit dinner, cliche romance music in the background. What do you think?" He asked, raising an eyebrow with a smile on his face.


Dean chuckled. "As long as I get into FIDM, all will be well. Well, unless you abandon me for some reason, because that would suck." He sighed, opening the classroom door for Eli. "After you, babe." He purred, his deep voice as warm and soft as his dog.

 

[History Nerd Eli]

“That is actually a lot better than going out to eat,” he said dazedly. Arthur and Duke didn't really get to have nights alone for many reasons. The biggest two was because of their abusive fathers. The other reason was due to homework and their brothers. It felt like the only time they could be alone is when they snuck out of their classrooms. “Oh!” Arthur exclaimed. “We can move into the apartment on Friday!” It was something Arthur had been looking forward to. It was a big step and all, but Arthur felt like they could do it.


Elijah walked into the classroom and sat in the usual four seated table. Strange. Arthur and Duke weren't there. “Hey, where are the nerds?”

 

[razorstar]

Duke smiled at Artie, a small part of his mind all too aware of the time. He forced it to shut up. He was having a nice time with his bae, and he wanted it to last. "Before I move out, I want you to meet my dad. It'll be a nice little surprise. Hell, it might give the old man a heart attack. His straight, perfect son with a cute as hell nerd. Wouldn't that be great?" He laughed, opening that classroom door for Artie.


Dean grinned at Eli. "I'll give you two guesses to think of what my filthy mind suspects they're doing, Eli." He chuckled, pulling out his stuff and setting his paper neatly on the table in front of him.


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur's smile dropped a bit. He honestly never wanted to meet Duke's father. Arthur also didn't want his father to meet Duke. However, if it's what Duke really wanted, Arthur would oblige. “Okay. I can meet him. But are you sure this is what you want?” He walked into the classroom and to the table, worried.


Elijah snickered. “I don't think they'd be doing any of that stuff. They're too polite to do that.” He looked up at his twin, instantly seeing his discomfort. As Arthur sat across from him, he kicked his shin; cocking his head to the side. As an answer, Arthur shook his head.

 

[razorstar]

Duke looked at his twin, making different gestures and facial expressions at him. "That's a dumb idea, Duke. I like it. The old man would shit his pants." Dean laughed, grinning wildly. "And he wouldn't be able to find us afterwards. It's almost flawless." He made a few facial expressions back to Duke, and they both burst up laughing.


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur and Elijah rolled their eyes. While the Conrads had their weird facial contacting, the Valois Twins had the power to mimic each other flawlessly. Arthur pulled out his essay, admiring his work. He even put it in a protective cover. “I'm ready to beat your ass, Duke Conrad. Bring it on.”


Elijah pulled out his essay, not as happy with the result. It wasn't his greatest creation. He was honestly better at history work than anything; hence why he was aiming to be a history teacher. “I'm just here to survive the next week and move the hell out of our house.”

 

[razorstar]

Duke bared his teeth in something that was probably meant to resemble a smile. "The only way you are going to beat me is if you kill me." He growled, still taking a pissed smile.


Dean shook his head slowly. One of the few things Duke had inherited from their father was his competitiveness. He then placed a hand on Eli's arm, smiling gently. "It's going to be great." He purred


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur just laughed. “I'm a writer and going to be majoring in English. I'm pretty sure I'm going to beat you. Not to mention that past experiences serve as evidence.” Arthur smiled back, a cruel twist of the mouth. If anything, Arthur adopted their father's cruel ways.


Elijah just sat there, wondering when they'd stop with the useless fighting. “You two do know that just because you're both smart, doesn't mean you should fight all the time?” However, Arthur ignored him. Sighing, he turned to Dean, smiling slightly. “I hope so,” Eli purred. Elijah, however, was more worried about Dean. If his GPA dropped the slightest, it wouldn't be good.

 

[razorstar]

Duke glared at Artie. "You are the biggest fucking asshole I swear to fucking god I'm going to hit you with a baseball." He growled, his eyes narrowed like a pissy cat's. He straightened out his paper on the table. If he lost this little contest, he was going to go into a rage.


Dean shook his head. "When will you two learn? It doesn't matter who wins, it matters who gets the best overall grade in the class." He leaned back, able to feel air brush his cheek as Duke swung at him. "You're so predictable." He laughed, acting like he hadn't just almost been punched in the face.


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[History Nerd Eli]

“I swear that I will fucking cut you, Duke,” he growled. His aura suddenly became cold. Threats weren't taken lightly by Arthur. Once Dean spoke, he looked at him. “Every single mark matters,” he hissed.


Elijah kicked his brother. “Be nice you little shits. It's ridiculous.” As the teacher walked by, he handed his essay to her. Eli then glared at Duke and Artie. “You two should be nicer to each other.”

 

[razorstar]

The tension between the two was thick enough to hack up with an axe, something that Duke was considering doing to Artie. He handed his paper silently to the teacher, not moving his eyes from his rival/boyfriend. A little friendly competition pushed him to do his best, but this seemed to be a tad over the top. But, he had to win. He had to.


Dean shook his head again, handing in his paper. "Let them get it out of their systems, Eli. They're going to be so insanely mellow after finals are over." He tried to smile reassuringly at his Valois twin, but only succeeded in looking strung out.


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[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur stared back, refusing to show weakness to his boyfriend. He was not going to lose, especially at writing a simple essay. Arthur handed it to the teacher, not looking away. If he could, Arthur would probably punch Duke. Then kick him. Just because Duke used to be the best student in the school doesn't mean he had to act like a spoiled brat.


“But it's ridiculous. Do you see these two?! Yeah they'll be fine after finals but this happens every time there's a big test.” Elijah looked at Dean, more stressed out than he had realized. These last 2 weeks had been putting a huge strain on him due to staying up way into the night to study.

 

[razorstar]

Duke bared his teeth at Artie in something disguised as a smile. "Over my dead body are you going to win this time. I put too much time and effort into this for you to win." He huffed, crossing his arms.


Dean sighed, looking over to the teacher. We're the papers done yet? Huh, they actually were. And, what do ha know, Duke and artie tied.


Duke let out a high pitched squeal of rage, his blue eyes cutting into the teacher.

 

[History Nerd Eli]

Arthur was satisfied with the sudden tie. To him, it was actually perfect. In a way he still won. Elijah was just happy that it was all over. They were done with school, and him and Arthur got their acceptance letters from PLU. Life was honestly perfect.


– Time Skip –


It was the day of their graduation. The day were they got to wear robes and caps and get their diplomas. During this time, Arthur wasn't getting ready for any of it. He was busy setting up the apartment he was sharing with Duke; and quite possibly with Dean and Eli. He was in the small kitchen, unpacking the plates and bowls he bought prior to even getting the apartment. It felt like everything was finally setting into place.


Elijah was sitting in the living room of Artie's apartment, rereading his acceptance letter and looking over everything. It was really happening. He actually got accepted to a college! Eli's smile couldn't disappear no matter how hard he tried.

 

[razorstar]

Dean and Duke were both sitting in their room, trying to pack up their stuff without their father noticing. The old man would have a bloody cow if he found out they were trying to leave. Hell, he just might take that shotgun off that wall and-


BANG


Dean flinched at the sound, and so did his twin before they realized what the sound was. They were being too loud, so their father had punched the other side of the wall.


Dean looked at Duke. "Have you heard from them yet?" He whispered. His twin shook his head in response


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[History Nerd Eli]

Elijah flopped onto his back, looking at Arthur in the kitchen. “Weren't you supposed to call Duke?” He was kind of worried as to why they needed to call. Would him and Artie have to pick them up?


“Shit, yes.” Arthur put the pot he was about to put away down and grabbed his phone. He dialed Duke's number and waited for an answer.