She tapped her fingers against the surface of the cafe's table. Twenty-five minutes. She'd been waiting twenty-five minutes for Karkat to arrive but she doesn't mind. She's just happy that he agreed to meet her today. Nepeta was seated right beside the window. It was a fairly warm day. A grin spread across the leo's face. For the last two years it had been raining all day on her birthday and she had to do indoor activities, which defiantly weren't as great as what she had planned for today. She could already picture it. The sun in her face as they walked down the paths of the small country town, holding his hand and maybe, just maybe, getting a kiss. She could feel her face burning at the thought of that and stared back out of the window. She glanced over at the old clock tower that had been built when this village was founded, half an hour now.

"Jeez how long does a girl have to wait?" Nepeta muttered to herself. She slouched down on the wooden seat and sighed. She was staring to get bored and wanted to leave really badly but at the same time she knew she couldn't.

The small brunette bent down and picked up her new lime school bag and reached for her phone, A white Iphone with a "Hello Kitty" cover which her dad had given her as an early birthday present. She should have gotten it today but there was a small incident with Equius and some milk which broke the last one. She entered her pass and dialled Karkat's number. She was a little surprised when he picked up almost instantly.

"I'm almost there, Just wait a fucking minute."

Nepeta opened her mouth to reply but he hung up on her as quickly as he answered. Her face screwed up in frustration. "But I am waiting Karkat." She yelled within herself. "I'm always waiting."

"God Damn It." He muttered, pausing every word. "God Fucking damn it!" His fast walk broke out in to a run. God knows how long had he been waiting at that shop. An hour, two hours? It doesn't matter now anyway, He got everything he needed, everything except running shoes. He bumped in to every person who was on this side of the street but he didn't really give a damn. As long as he got to his deranged feline friend everything would be fine. There! He could finally see the town square where Nepeta's favourite cafe "Little Cubes and Tea" was situated. He has no idea why she loves tea so much, coffee was a lot better in his opinion but he decided that because it was her birthday he'll buy her some tea, even though it was her idea in the first place. Her birthday, His cash he figured.

As he reached the cafe he began to slow down. A lot of people were staring at him but it's not like he isn't used to that. Around this village he was known as "The Vampire" because of her pale complexion, almost black hair and brown eyes that were more red than brown. Needless to say it pissed him off. People have learned the hard way not to say "Vampire" to his face, all except Kanaya. But when she said it didn't really anger him as much as the others. Kanaya was too nice of a person to get mad at. And it wasn't like she ever said anything bad it was usually "Your eyes are a simply beautiful shade Karkat, you ought to think of yourself a being lucky having such a unique eye colour" and then she would ramble on and on for what seems like forever.

The little bell at the top of the door rang as soon as Karkat opened it.

"Karkitty Over here!"

Karkat hated that nickname six years ago but it looks like she took a shine to it, It's growing on him too but it's just taking a little longer for him. He turned to see Nepeta standing up from her table in an olive green dress with blue leggings and sash. Damn was she cute but did her outfits colour ever differ? Once in a blue moon perhaps. Or, in her case a blue and green moon.

He walked slowly towards the table and took the seat right in front of her.

"Okay, just because this is your birthday does not give you the right to call me that, got it?" he said with a scowl.

All she could do was giggle and say "Fine, Karkitten!" with a huge grin on her face. Nepeta didn't seem at all mad about the half an hour delay, Karkat figured she was probably doodling in her notebook as usual. Her art is pretty good considering she'd never been to art school. Karkat remembers being at her house one time when they were little and her mother mentioning how the females in their family always had a creative mind.

"So what do you want today, the usual Nepeta?" Karkat looks up from his menu to see Jade Harley, a waitress and old friend.

"Of course, but this time it's on Karkitty over here, so it makes it a little more special!" Jade and Nepeta laughed while Karkat groaned, he knew he'd be paying and he really hoped that "The usual" wasn't anything too expensive.

"And what would you like, Karkitty?" Jade grinned mimicking the way Nepeta had said it when he first entered the cafe.

"Just a coffee and you know how I like it so don't even bother asking." He snapped, not a rude snap though, just a snap.

"Gotcha!" She gave a toothy grin and a wink then turned back to put in their orders.

Karkat turned to Nepeta and noticed her staring right at him. He resisted the urge to say "And what do you think you're looking at?" and by god was that urge strong. Instead, he brought his attention to the notebook that was lying on the table. He was right, she had been doodling.

"What's this?" he asked reaching towards the notebook however before he could even blink Nepeta snatched it off of the table.

"This? Just a new notebook nothing special!" She said, holding it with both hands in front of her. It was some shade of green with kitten stickers on it, it was obviously new as the stickers were still shiny.

"Can I see it?"

"What?" Nepeta tilted her head to the side in a playful manner.

"The notebook, can I see it?" He asked again, holding out his hand for the book.

"Well if you're not bind!" She teased, she loved to play these games to her it was like dangling a ribbon in front of a cat and finally letting it get the ribbon after a while. And Karkat was that kitten most of the time.

"You know what I mean."

"I'm afraid I don't follow." She beamed, Karkat was ready to snatch that ribbon right out of her dainty little hands.

"God damn it Nepeta, I know you know what I mean, can I look inside of it?" He expressed the word inside as if it would help him get his hands on her notebook.

Nepeta thought about it for a bit, until she finally said "No." This made Karkat a little annoyed because, and he would never admit this, he loved looking at her art. There was just something about it that made even him want to grin like an idiot. He didn't of course, but he wanted to. She put the notebook back in to her bag and Karkat folded his arms in a fake huff which made Nepeta giggle.

"Karkat you're an adult, aren't you?" She smiled.

"Of course! I'm a big boy don't you know?" Karkat responded sharply. He turned his head so that he was facing her and stuck his tongue out to prove how mature and grown up he was. Before he knew what happened there was a click, a flash and a new picture that showed Karkat's true beauty. Terezi would be so jealous she thought.

"Nepeta what the hell did yo-"

"It was really cute Karkat, I'm not deleting it!" she protested, not waiting for the end of his sentence.

"I'm not cute! That's you, you're the cute one!" Both Karkat and Nepeta blushed the moment they realized what he had just said.

There was an awkward moment of silence before Nepeta finally spoke up, announcing that she wouldn't be deleting the photo anytime soon. Not until it was on her facebook and had been set as his contact icon. There was a small argument about this but it had already been decided, the photo was staying and that was that. When Karkat admitted defeat Nepeta had the widest grin plastered on her face, a grin that would also be captured in a photo and set as a contact picture.

"Nep, I'll be right back, got to piss, when I come back I'll see what's holding Harley up."

"Oh! Okay, take your time!" She sounded confused when she said that. "What do you say to people when they tell you that they have to piss?"

"Think about it while I'm gone." He laughed a little bit and walked towards the men's room.

"Yes, because I'm defiantly going to think about what you say to someone when announce that they're going to piss." She mumbled to herself and picked up her phone. It really was a good picture, it looks like he's actually having fun for once and for him to be having fun with Nepeta and only her? Needless to say she was incredibly happy. She pulled out her notebook again and started to finish the drawing she was drawing earlier before Karkat came back. She loved to make short comic strips and had a fairly popular blog with them. Sometimes they would be about real life events and others they would just be silly, sad or cute. It was her dream to do something like this for a living. A few people found it silly and a waste of her talent but she found it as a perfect use of her talent, so what did it matter to them?

"Good, she's distracted, are you ready Jade? Is it ready?" Karkat whispered to the waitress.

"Karkat why are you making such a fuss?" Jade smiled "Plenty of people do this, it's not uncommon!"

"That's not what I'm worried about!" He said, sounding agitated "Wait, What am I saying? I'm not even worried. Not about this part anyway."

"Oh yes, I forgot about your little plan to-"

"Jade!" He snapped "Shut the fuck up or she might hear you, you moron."

All Jade could do was smile, Today Nepeta was going to receive a gift that she would never forget. Not in a million years.