This story is also known as: In which there's a love triangle, because there's only one troll involved, and unrequited flush-crushes make everything stressful for the one OC who's tied up in this because she's the moirrail of the one troll of the equation
The fluff will appear in latter chapters
Chapter 1: In which the OCs are introduced
If anything it had all started because of a strange conversation with a girl that seemed to have a bad case of sugar high, and to be completely honest Karkat had no clue how in the world he had ended up becoming friends with four of the least known students of all Skaia high, or he thought so, later occurrences proved him wrong with the fact that everyone else in his circles seemed to know at least one of them, and latter he found out that the secret leader of the group was in fact not only 'a very popular cookie', but also good friends with the seniors, mainly Dirk Strider since they were in the same club. This girl was no other than Robin Aresta, a violet-eyed red-haired girl that liked knives a little too much and spoke with a lisp, but what made Karkat get along with her was the fact that he liked rom-coms almost as much as he did and she understood troll's ways a little too well; the troll realized two things about the red haired, the first was the fact that she was taller than him despite being younger, the second wa that no matter how he looked at it Robin Aresta was always 'a little too much'; this also applied to anyone close to her
The one to introduce them, Casidy, was a little too random, Gregory who was the same age as Dirk, was a little too loud, and Benedict, who definitely had a crush on Robin, was a little too obvious. He got along with them nevertheless but ended up hanging a little too much around Robin, it made him almost laugh
The friendship with the red-haired human had its benefits; Robin was the most open-minded person ever, what with being a pansexual and everything, and knew how to read people. Karkat had been present when she, in a matter of seconds, had made a full-out psychological analysis of a rather strict teacher, the man had been rendered speechless except for the word 'how'; having that experience he decided it wouldn't be a bad idea to rely on Robin's better judgment
This maybe was the reason that the troll was now in front of said red-haired human, shifting awkwardly as she maps him out with her eyes; with a silent sigh Robin tries to soften this for him
"You do realize he's hell-bent on the fact that he is not a homosexual, right?" asked Robin
Despite her horrible failure at being sensible about it, Karkat knows where she comes off and growls
"I'm not some idiotic ass-wipe Aresta, I probably know that better than anyone else on this fuking school, I doubt even Strider knows it as much as I do" said Karkat
"Just checking Kar, no need to get jumpy about it" said Robin
Karkat rolls his eyes and is very much ready to just abandon this conversation, when he feels a hand taping his shoulder and turns to see Robin smiling softly
"Well, if you want to woo Egderp you'll have to go through Strider first" said Robin
"Could you please refrain from speaking like him?" asked Karkat
"I hang around Dirk too much like to make any promises" said Robin
Karkat rolls his eyes once again
"What do you have against Dave anyway? You two hardly even know each other" said Robin
"He's an annoying douchebag" said Karkat
"No Alternian insults? Must be a special case~" said Robin raising an eyebrow
"I DO NOT HATE STRIDER LIKE THAT YOU INSUFRABLE SHITSTAINS FOR BRIANS" said Karkat
"Then why do you get so angry?" asked Robin
Karkat turns at least ten different shades of red and looks away, fuck Aresta and her ability to turn his words against him
"Fine, we can skip that for now, but it needs to happen at some point" said Robin
"I fail to see how getting into Strider's 'good side' would warrant me anything other than constant pain in my think-pan" said Karkat
"Part of the human rituals of courtship" said Robin
"Are you fuking serious?" asked Karkat
"You seriously do not want me to answer that question" said Robin
"You are despicable being Aresta" said Karkat
"I try" said Robin
The troll huffed which caused the other to chuckle, then she smiled softly, a way of saying that the teasing was over
"Romantic issues aside, how are you holding up?" asked Robin
Ah, right, this is why he actually bothered hanging out with her, despite all the teasing and the 'higher than thou' personality that Robin portrayed so well the red-haired was a big softie on the inside, quite sensible and very protective of her friends
"Like usual" said Karkat
"You know, if you need to talk to someone I'm here, I won't judge" said Robin
"I already tell you everything idiot" said Karkat
"Ah~ that makes me happy" said Robin grinning
"Shut up" said Karkat
The red haired grinned a bit more but kept quiet, he hadn't lied, Robin was really easy to talk to after all, but there were some things that she couldn't do, that was reserved for his moirrail
"Well, I have to go to my club now, but let's walk home together" said Robin
Karkat gave a nod and Robin left, leaving the troll alone, she obviously had something in her mind, he wondered when exactly was that he started being able to read the other