Brand new day, Tavros said to himself, looking at the door in front of him. He pouted as he opened the door, wheeling into the room, looking at the class who looked back at him.

Gamzee sat in the back of the classroom, a bottle of Faygo on his desk. "New kid!" He smiled.

Tavros talked to the teacher for a bit before moving over to the corner of the room, digging in his bag for a pencil, his horns bumping into the edge of his chair.

Soon, it was lunch time. Gamzee sauntered over to the new kid. "Hi, I'm Gamzee. Who are you motherfucker?"

"Uh..." Tavros blinked, frowning a little bit while digging in his bag.

"You seem like a cool motherfucker."

"Uhh..." He looked at him with big brown eyes. "T-Thanks!" he said, smiling

"What's your name, bro?" Gamzee smiled back

"Tavros Nitram." he said softly, smiling, his hair flopping into his eyes. "And you're... Gamzee?" he smiled. "Such a cool name."

"Thanks. I think I'll call you Tavbro..." Gamzee sat down in the desk by the boy.

Tavbro had a nice ring to it. He smiled, shifting a little bit in his chair. "So..." he tapped his chin, pushing his hair out of his face.

"Do you want some Faygo? Faygo is awesome!" Gamzee said before taking a drink from his bottle

Tavros leaned over and looked at the drink. "Looks good. Can I have some?"

"Sure. Here." Gamzee smiled and handed the bottle to Tavros.

Tavros took the bottle, taking a sip. "Oooh.." he grinned, giggling a little bit. "Uhh, Yum."

"Faygo is motherfucking awesome!" Gamzee leaned back in the desk, taking another swig from the bottle.

Tavros blinked at him, feeling his face flush. "So uh..." he looked down, wiggling a little in his wheelchair.

"Let's go for a spin. I can show ya around like that!" Gamzee stood and climbed onto the back of the wheelchair, pushing off with his foot.

Tavros gasped, holding onto the handles for dear life. "W-WAAH!" he cried out, looking up at Gamzee. "S-Slow down u-UH"

"But this is fun." He smiled as they took a sharp turn. "Coming through!" He yelled as they entered a people filled hallway.

"L-LAAAAAAAAHHH!" he screamed, holding on tight, feeling the edge of the chair lift up. "Please be careful"

"We're fine! I do stuff like this a lot!" Gamzee smiled. "Move Sollux!" He cheered.

Sollux stood in the middle of the hall, staring down at the wheelchair coming flying at him. His eyes went wide. He was trampled, looking at the pair. "What the fuck guyth..." He said with a heavy lisp.

"Sucks to be you motherfucker!" Gamzee yelled as they sped down the hall. "This room to the right is the make shit blow up room."

"W-Wha?" he looked at Tavros. "N-No... That's crazy... Why are we going in there?"

Gamzee looked down at Tavros. "Because that room is a Miracle maker..."

"Mi...racles?" Tavros said, looking at him. "Uh... Can I have some more Faygo? I'm parched."

"Motherfucking miracles man..." Gamzee said. "Here ya go Tavbro."

He took a drink, smiling a little. "Thanks Gam." he said, looking at him. "So... What's in this room?"

"Stuff that makes miracles..." He said. "Cool motherfucking shit man."

"Uh... Gamzee, this is a chemistry room..." Tavros said softly, looking at Gamzee, his eyes going wide.

Sollux collected himself from the hallway, picking up his books and brushing off his clothes. "Fucking atthhole..." he said, frowning. He grumbled and walked to the computer lab.

"With this stuff you can make slime and slime is a motherfucking miracle. Honk." Gamzee said.

Karkat sat at his desk. "Great... The dickface has arrived." he huffed when Sollux walked into the classroom.

"Slime?" Tavros asked, blinking, his big brown eyes looking at him. "Is... It tasty?" he asked.

Sollux sighed, sitting down at one of the computers near Karkat, pushing his glasses up on his nose.

"It's motherfucking delicious." Gamzee smiled. "I'll make some for you and then we can really chill."

"You look like you got trampled by the ugly train." Karkat spat.

Sollux looked over at Karkat, giving him a look of disgust. "Thup, Karkat." He grumbled, glaring through his colored glasses.

"I want some!" Tavros said, smiling.

"Cool." Gamzee said. "Why don't you come to my place later? I have lots of slime!"

"Absolutely nothing but trying to figure out why I even come to this hell hole of a school with all these stupid fuckasses." Karkat sighed. This was his best friend that he was talking to, the only person he felt semi comfortable with...

"Well maybe if you weren't thuch a dick all the time, you'd have more friendth." he frowned, typing on the keyboard.

Tavros grinned. "Okay!"

"Let's go now. I could really go for some slime right now." Gamzee smiled as he climbed back up onto the back of the wheelchair.

"At least I'm not a freak with multicolored eyes." Karkat looked away.

"Am... I... Uh... Like your own personal device for getting around or something?" Tavros asked, frowning at him.

Sollux glared at him. "Bitch." he said under his breath, glaring at him. "At least I'm not an atthhole." he said, continuing to type.

"No but this is fun. Don't cha think, man?" Gamzee smiled as he pushed off with his foot, sending the wheelchair flying out into the hallway.

"I'd rather be an asshole than a freak with a lisp." He spat before the teacher began to give out instructions.

Sollux looked at him and stuck out his tongue, which split down the middle. It was a kind of freaky home job that he did a long time ago, but he was proud of it. He grinned, settling down in his chair, typing at the computer.

Tavros gave a shriek of fear, but soon turned to delight as they went flying down the hallway.

"That thing in your mouth is creepy." Karkat whispered as he worked on the assignment. "At least pretend that you are a semi-normal troll..." He rolled his eyes.

Gamzee steered the wheelchair past the classroom and through the door. They eventually made it to his hive.

Sollux grinned. "Pthsh." he said, shrugging his shoulder. "Like I thaid." he grinned, "At least I'm not an atthhole." he smiled. "Just because I have a lithp, doesn't mean I'm not normal."

"No... It means you're a 2 obsessed nut job who decided that splitting his tongue would be a smart decision." Karkat glared at him, watching as those thin fingers run over the keys. He had always liked the way that Sollux moved his fingers...

"Pfftch." He said, rolling his eyes. "I'm perfectly happy with it." he said defiantly, working on the assignment.

"Wow Gamzee, your hive is kinda messy..." Tavros said, trying not to wheel over anything.

"Whatever you fuckass." Karkat said before turning his attention to the computer, working on the assignment.

"It's home." Gamzee smiled. "Peach Faygo and slime sound good?" Gamzee reached into the small cooling box, pulling out a two liter of Faygo and a pie pan.

Tavros nodded. "Yeah! That uh... Sounds great." he said, smiling.

Sollux continued his work before printing it out, finishing before everyone else.

He went and turned in his work, returning his seat. He kicked Karkat's chair on the way back.

"Have some of this motherfucking miracle." Gamzee smiled as he handed the pie pan to Tavros.

"Dick." Karkat spat as he continued to type.

Tavros smiled, gently picking up the pan, taking a bite. "Whoa..." he said softly, his eyes going wide.

Sollux grinned, walking back to his seat, going and searching for stuff online instead.

"Isn't it motherfucking amazing?" Gamzee asked as he opened the bottle of Faygo, taking a swig before handing it to Tavros.

Karkat typed for what seemed like ages before the assignment was complete. "Finally." He sighed as he sent the document to the printer.

Tavros took another sip of Faygo, grinning. "Whoa... Miracles..." he said softly, his voice slurred. "Mmm~"

Sollux watched him. "Thlowass." he said, grinning. "Learn to type fathter."

For the next couple hours, Gamzee and Tavros sat drinking Faygo and eating slime. Soon it became dark. "You should probably go back to your hive, Tavbro." Gamzee sighed.

"You're such a dick. Not everyone can be graceful with a computer like you, dickweed. I mean, look at Nepeta. She's still on the first half and class ends in 20 minutes..." Karkat sighed, watching Sollux's computer screen shift.

"I'm jutht better at everything. You jutht won't admit it." Sollux said, crossing his arms.

Tavros nodded, his eyes still huge. "Mm~ I'm so tired though. I don't know if I could get back there myself."

"Right... You do take first place in creepy bodymods..." Karkat glared.

"I'll help you out Tavbro. Now, where do you live?" Gamzee smiled as he put the bottle of Faygo back in the cooling box.

Sollux's grin faltered. "Atthhole." he said, glaring at him. "You're a bathard you know that?" he grumbled.

Tavros told him the location of his hive, hoping that Gamzee would get him there safely.

"I'm not a bathard." Karkat mocked him. "You are a creepy ath hell motherfucker." He grinned.

Gamzee pushed the wheelchair off, taking twists and turning easily. "Is that it up there? That little peanut butter colored place?"

"Yeah." Tavros said, nodding. "That's it."

Sollux glared, throwing his pencil at him. "Don't make fun of my listhp." he said, glaring. "Bitch."

"But itth fun to make fun of your lithp." Karkat grinned even wider.

"Sweet." Gamzee brought the wheelchair to a stop as they got closer. "Here ya go Tavbro." Gamzee said as he climbed off the wheelchair. "Dreams of miracles man."

"Dick." He almost shouted. The bell rang. "Meet me outhide, dick." he spat, turning and grabbing his stuff, walking out of the room.

Karkat rolled his eyes. What was the point of meeting Sollux outside? "Whatever." He sighed as he gathered his stuff.

Sollux stood outside, tapping his foot, waiting impatiently. "Thlowath." he said again, under his breath.

"Thank you, bro." he said, smiling up at Gamzee. "See you tomorrow?"

Karkat walked outside, finding Sollux with ease. "Let's get this over with." He sighed.

"Of course bro!" Gamzee smiled.

Sollux glared at him. "When will you thop making fun of me?" he said, clenching his fists. "It'th not funny."

"I think it's funny." Karkat smiled. "Bethideth, what are you going to do about it?"

"KK, thatsh mean." he said, crossing his arms. "Therth nothing I can do about it." he whispered. "You won't thop."

"Then why does it matter? You know how I am!" Karkat sighed. "Are we still friends?"

"I would attthume tho." Sollux said, looking up at him. "I jussth..." he shook his head. "Itth nothing."

Karkat looked at the ground. He had really hurt his friend but he didn't know how else to express his closeness with Sollux. "I'm sorry Sol..."

"You've never minded my tongue before now... Why do you keep bringing it up?"

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!" Karkat yelled. Did Sollux know about those fucked up dreams that made him think he was crazy?

Sollux shrugged. "Do I look like I know?" he asked, looking at him. He pushed his glasses up on his nose again, blinking his two colored eyes. "Bethideth." he said, clearing his throat. "You don't have to yell."

"I don't know either..." Karkat sighed, looking at the ground again, a slight blush crossing his cheeks as he tried to not think of Sollux's tongue...

"Anyway..." Sollux began, clearing his throat again. "Wanna crath at my plathe?"

"Sure. Let's play some games." Karkat smiled as he and his best friend made their way to the multicolored hive.

Sollux made his way inside, looking at the multicolored walls. He moved over to his bed, sitting down on it, taking his glasses off. "I'm tho tired."

"Then go to sleep but I'm going to be playing games." Karkat sighed as he sat on the bed by his friend.

"You can play on my computer, but, you can't open any viritheths okay?" he said, curling up against the pillows.

"Sweet." Karkat smiled as he went over to the desktop, siting in the spinney chair. "Let me know if they get too bad." Karkat said softly as he opened the game.

"If what geths too bad?" he said, holding the pillow against him, rubbing his eyes. Sollux heard voices in his head due to some influence in the cosmos. It caused him to be almost completely sleep deprived all the time.

"The voices." Karkat said as he started to play. "I know how hard they make it for you to sleep..." He whispered.

"Yeah..." Sollux said, resting his head on the pillow. "Yeah..." he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. Almost an hour into his rest, Sollux woke, rubbing his eyes. "Nnn fuck."

"You okay over there Sol?" Karkat asked, pausing the game. "Do you need anything?"

"Can't thleep." he said, sitting up, holding the pillow to his chest. It was late already, and he felt completely exhausted. "Tomorrow ith going to thuck."

"Move over." Karkat sighed as he walked over to the bed.

"Why." he said, scooting over a bit to let Karkat sit down. He blinked at Karkat with his one red and one blue eye. He knew that it creeped Karkat out, and even just the flitter of his tongue out of his mouth made Karkat twinge... At least somehow.

"Put your head here and try to sleep." Karkat sighed. "It makes it easier for me to help you like this..." He turned his gaze away from his friend.

"Umm..." He looked down at Karkat's lap. "I'll path." he said, laying with his head back on the pillow. "I'll be fine."

Karkat grabbed his friend by the shoulders, placing Sollux's head on his lap. "Don't move you fuckass." Karkat said as he began to run his fingers through Sollux's hair.

Sollux swatted at Karkat's hands. "Will you leave me alone?" he said, his eyes narrowing. "Thop..." he frowned. Karkat's hands felt really good... He closed his eyes after a moment, his body relaxing.

Karkat kept running his fingers through the black hair, a small smile on his lips as a candy red blush crept across his cheeks. "Good night Sol."

Sollux managed to sleep through most of the night. He awoke early, finding that Karkat had crashed next to him. He sat up, rubbing his eyes. How on earth had that happened? Karkat must have some magic fingers or something. That was the best he had slept in a long time.

Karkat stirred gently. "Nghh..." He whimpered, his legs asleep from Sollux sleeping on them.

"KK..." he nudged Karkat with his elbow. "KK, wake up." He rubbed his eyes, leaning over him. "KK."

Karkat opened his eyes half-way, still partially asleep. "Sol? Why are you at my hive?" He whispered, his consciousness not having fully returned from dream land.

"You're at mine dipthit." Sollux muttered, shifting. He yawned, his mouth opening wide, showing Karkat his split tongue, and half way down his throat. "Nn..." he rubbed his mouth. "I think I drooled last night."

Karkat sat up. "Ah... My brain isn't fully on yet..." He yawned, bringing his arms high above his head before leaning down, a quiet purr coming from his throat. "How did you sleep?" he asked before looking down at his pants. "You did drool... Great..." He glared at the wet spot by the knee on his pants.

"Okay I gueth." he said, rubbing his eyes, trying to rub the sleepies out of them. "I'm thill tired..."

"What time is it?"

Sollux looked over at the computer. "Thix thomething." he grumbled, flopping back down on the bed. "Tired..."

"School doesn't start till 9 so I'm going back to sleep." Karkat said as he curled back up into a ball before falling asleep again.

Sollux sighed and sat up. He watched Karkat fall back asleep. "Lucky..." he mumbled, getting up from the bed and going to his computer, sitting down and turning it on.

Karkat sighed in his sleep, the dream providing him with the warm thoughts of Sollux cuddling him. "Sol..." he whimpered before a purr escaped his lips as he slept.

Sollux felt his ears twitch, hearing his name. "KK, are you... Purring?" he got up, walking over to the bed. "What the fuck..." he got back on the bed, gently shaking Karkat.

"Ngh... Sol... Stop it..." Karkat whispered before his breath hitched in his throat. "Why..."

"KK, wake up." he said, feeling a headache start. "Nnn... Come on KK..."

Karkat jolted up right. "What?" He said as he looked at Sollux. "What happened?"

"You were purring in your sthleep. What were you dreaming about?" Sollux said, sitting back on the bed a little, holding his head.

Karkat's face turned bright red before he pushed his face into his knees. "It was just something stupid. I can't believe that I was... Purring..." He shuddered, everything in the dream running through his mind like a movie.

"Ah." he said, sitting back against the pillow. "I might not be at sthcool today..." he grumbled, holding his head. "Headache."

"Is it the voices again?" Karkat looked up, even though his face was still partially red. "I can stay with you if you want..." He put his head back between his knees.

"No." he said, rubbing his head. "I don't know what it is." he whispered, looking at him. "My head just hurts... And I'm really tired."

Karkat sighed bringing his hand behind Sollux's horns, gently running his fingers through. "I'm staying. I know how you get when your head starts to hurt. You need someone to take care of you."

Sollux twitched a bit uncomfortably. "Nn... Don't touch my hornth." he looked back at him, feeling a bit relieved for a brief moment. He grumbled and protested Karkat staying. "KK, you can go home."

"Too bad, Sol. I'm not leaving." He ran his fingers through Sollux's hair again. "Go back to sleep."

"I can't.." he mumbled, looking at him, his eyes sunken. "I can't, KK,..."

"Why not?" Karkat kept running his finger through the soft hair. "It's just us..." He sighed. "Plus, you need to sleep."

"I can't thleep." he sighed, looking at him. "If I thleep I'll... I don't know KK, I just can't."

"Just try. I'll have something yummy cooked for you when you wake up." Karkat tried to smile as best he could. He hoped that he looked like a smile…

"Don't thmile." Sollux mumbled, closing his eyes. "It'th creepy ath fuck."

"Fuckass." Karkat smirked as he ran his hands through Sollux's hair. He blushed as Sollux fell asleep beside him, breathing quietly.

His mind raved with words. He cringed and shivered, awaking with a shout. "Fuck off!"

Karkat looked over at the bed. "Sol?" He said quietly, sitting the pan back on the burner before making his way over to the bed. "You okay?"

"Fuck no." He grumbled, glaring at him. "Horrible dream..." he grumbled, rubbing his eyes. "Nnnn... My head hurtsth worthe..."

"Well, eat this. It might make you feel a little better." Karkat put some of the food on the plate and handed it to his friend. "What happened in the dream?"

"Just... Thtuff." he said, looking up at Karkat. "The voices. They were loud." he sighed and started eating. It had actually been a little while since he had actually eaten. He didn't want Karkat to know. He knew that he would freak out, and he would say something... He didn't want KK to get too close to him... He knew his ribs were exposed.

"They have been really bothering you lately huh... You were lighter than normal when you slept on me last night..." He turned away. "You know that you need to eat more."

"I don't need a lekture from you." he said, rolling his eyes. "I'm fine."

"They'll just get worse if you don't take care of yourself Sol!" Karkat yelled. "Fuck man!"

He grumbled, rolling onto his side. "Oh fuck off." he grumbled, curling up. "It'th not like you care anyway."

"YOU'RE MY BEST FUCKING FRIEND! OF COURSE I CARE! WHY ELSE WOULD I TAKE CARE OF YOUR STUPID ASS?" Karkat yelled. He kinda hated the fact that Sollux thought he didn't care about him. He tried to express himself but it always came out in yells and curse words.

Sollux grumbled. He knew somewhere inside of him that he was having a bipolar fit. He grumbled and grabbed his pillow, shoving his face into it. Any moment now he'd be upset. He could feel it.

Karkat sat on the edge of the bed. "Sol..." He whispered as he papped Sollux on the arm, shooshing him quietly.

"Just... Don't..." he said quietly, pulling his knees to his chest. "You know me... Just..."

"Shooooosh." Karkat kept papping his friend. "Shooooooooooooooosh."

"Theriously." Sollux muttered, glaring from behind his pillow. "Don't..."

"Then what do you want me to do?" Karkat asked. "Pet you again?" He gently rubbed the back of Sollux's head. "It puts you to sleep..."

"It puths me to thleep..." he mumbled again, looking at him. "Why?"

"Because you need to sleep." Karkat looked down at his friend, his hand running over the hair gently. "You need to eat more too."

Sollux looked at him. "Why are you thuch an athhh..." he sighed, laying his head against the pillow, purring softly.

"I'm not an ass you freak." Karkat spat. "That isn't how you should treat the person taking care of your stupid ass."

"Just thut up and pet me..." he grumbled, feeling the hair on the back of his neck stand up. It felt good, and it relaxed him. He only just begged Karkat wouldn't touch his horns.

"Okay. Don't need to get all bitchy." Karkat sighed and continued petting his friend. After a few minutes, Karkat looked down and saw that Sollux's breaths had become even and shallow. "You asleep?"

"Nnnn..." he hummed a soft response, almost completely asleep. He breathed quietly, keeping his eyes shut.

"Good night, Sol." Karkat whispered before his friend fell asleep. Throughout the rest of the day, Karkat sat by his friend, petting him all the while.

Sollux slept for several hours, waking only because Karkat had snuggled up against him. He shivered and rubbed his eyes as he awoke. "Ugh I just thpent the whole day being lazy."

Karkat had quickly fallen asleep beside his friend. Why was he so comfortable around Sollux? Half the time Sollux acted as if he hated Karkat...

He sighed softly, gently shifting, turning to push his face against Karkat's chest. He smelled good and he was warm. For spring, it was painfully cold out and it sent shivers down his spine.

Karkat's arms wound themselves around Sollux's thin frame. "Sol..." Karkat whispered in his sleep.

Sollux looked up. "Huh?" he asked, blinking. "Are you awake?"

Karkat whimpered in his sleep, the dream providing him with images of a... Naughty sort... He shifted slightly before settling against the pillows again.

Sollux frowned. He gently rubbed Karkat's back with one hand, snuggling against him. "Thank you..."

A couple hours later, Karkat woke up. "Ngh. Sol? You awake?" Karkat shifted slightly. 'Why are my arms around him?' he asked himself.

Sollux had fallen partially asleep, having moved one of Karkat's hands into his hair.

"Sol... Wake up dumbfuck." Karkat shook his friend's head gently.

Sollux grumbled, using one of his hands to smack Karkat's face. "Nnnnnn..." he rubbed his eyes again, keeping them shut. "Fucker."

"Get off me..." Karkat glared though his mind was bouncing with the thought of cuddling with Sollux. He gently pushed away from his friend.

"But you're warm." he protested a bit, shifting away from him. "Jerk." he said, poking his tongue out, wiggling it at him.

"Will you fucking quit with the creepy tongue shit!" Karkat glared. "Fucking dickweed." He said as he swung his legs over the side of the bed. He stole a quick glance at Sollux before turning away a blush on his cheeks. Why was it always like this after he stayed the night?

"Pffth." Sollux stuck his tongue out even more, aiming it in his direction. "Haha." he smiled. "Call me will ya?" he smirked, referring that the two had engaged in... Activities. He snorted, sitting back on the bed,

"You wish." Karkat glared at him before getting up and going into the kitchen to prepare some sort of meal for the two of them.

Sollux sighed, sitting up. "You don't have to cook for me you know."

"Well, you won't cook for yourself so someone has to do it." Karkat sighed as he got out various ingredients.

Sollux rolled his eyes, getting up. "Fuck you..." he grumbled, grabbing his glasses, sliding them over his eyes. "Now I can at leatht see..."

Karkat started to cook, letting the delicious smell of French toast fill the hive. "I don't know how you can with those freaky eyes of yours." ... 'That I love so much...' Karkat thought to himself.

"Pfffth." He said, walking into the kitchen area, "I can thee jutht fine." he crossed his arms over his chest. "In vivid color too."

"Hi def, multicolored, freak eyes. Fun." Karkat said. "Here. Eat." He handed the plate and the bottle of syrup to his friend,

"Ith there any honey?" he asked, "Not mind honey." he held the bottle of syrup. "If not thyrup ith fine."

"I didn't look..." Karkat said as he made his way back into the kitchen. "Found it." He said after digging around in the cabinets for a moment.

"Yay." he smiled. He took the bottle of honey, pouring it all over the French toast. He started to eat, smiling a little. "You thure that thith ithn't mind honey?"

"I can't believe that you don't trust me." Karkat glared at him. "It's just honey."

"I do, but sometimeth, you don't think." Sollux grinned and pushed the plate away. "I'm full."

"You ate two bites... Eat Sol." He pushed the plate back toward his friend. "Now."

"I thaid I'm full." he glared at Karkat.

"Eat. Or I'll make you eat." Karkat glared back.

"Hah." he snorted. "Make me eat?" he threw his hands up. "I'd like to thee you try, KK."

Karkat grabbed his jaw while grabbing the fork before shoving it in his friend's mouth. "Now chew."

Sollux spat it at in Karkat's face, sticking his tongue out. "Thop it!" he glared, swatting at his friend.

"You need to eat!" Karkat growled before pushing Sollux down. "STOP ACTING LIKE AN IGNORANT FUCK AND LISTEN TO ME!"

Sollux lay on his back looking up at Karkat. "Will you get off me pleathe?" He blinked, his glasses having slipped down his nose. "Maybe if you were nithe..."

"Fine." Karkat grumbled getting off of his friend and the bed.

Sollux got up, brushing himself off. "Damn.." he muttered, going back over to the table, he ate 3/4 of the food and pushed the plate away, draining his drink.

"Thanks fuckass..." Karkat grumbled as he finished his own breakfast.

Sollux cleaned up easy by just using his mind to wash them. The dishes floated to the sink and got placed in the water. Sollux's eyes twitched slightly, flaring with a bit of red and blue around the edges when he stopped, gently holding the sides of his head. "Ow..."

"Then why did you do that, idiot?" Karkat sighed. "Are you still tired?"

"Because ith eathier than trying to go over and do it mythelf." he sighed and shook his head. "I'll be fine. I need to program thome thtuff."

"Don't overwork yourself. I'm going home for a bit but I'll be back later." Karkat said as he grabbed his backpack.

Sollux nodded. He felt blood rise up to his cheeks, making his cheeks tint yellow. "Can I come with? It's boring here."

"I don't care. Just hurry up. I want to shower." Karkat sighed.

Sollux nodded, grabbing a shirt and another pair of pants before shoving them into his bag. He threw it on his back, following Karkat out of his hive. "Can I thower at your hive?"

"Thure." He laughed. "I don't care if you shower at my place." Karkat said.

Sollux walked a bit past him, smacking the back of his head as he passed. "Thanks." he said, grinning a little. "Hey... Can we get ith cream?"

"Why do you need itch cream?" Karkat asked. "Do you have crabs or something?" He burst out laughing for he hadn't meant to make the joke.

Sollux glared at him. "Not itch cream..." he grumbled. "Eiiiiith cream. The thuff you eat." he clenched his fists. "KK, you're tho mean. Thop making fun of my lithp."

"Sorry..." He looked at the ground. "Yeah... We can get some ice cream."

Sollux grumbled a little bit, following him. "Tho mean. Tho tho tho mean." he said, crossing his arms. He followed alongside of him, until they got to the ice cream stand. "I'll have..." he looked at the ice cream flavors. "Chocolate eyeth cream. Two thcoopth." the troll behind the counter looked confused.

"He wants two scoops of chocolate ice cream and so do I." Karkat said pulling out his wallet.

The man nodded, getting to start on the order. Sollux looked at Karkat. "Put your wallet away, I'm paying for thith."

"Okay." Karkat put his wallet back in his backpack. "Thanks Sol."

Sollux paid the man and took his ice cream, glancing over at Karkat before starting to lick up the side of the cone, his split tongue moving over the surface. "Mmm...I love eyth cream." he mumbled continuing to walk in the direction of Karkat's hive.

"So creepy..." Karkat shuddered as he walked. "So what do you want to do tonight? I got a new game."

"My tongue is not creepy." He said, sticking it out at Karkat, wiggling it. "Game soundth fun."

"It is so." Karkat cringed away. "Hurry up slowass." Karkat said as he started to walk faster toward his hive.

"Nope." he said, following behind him. "I'm tired." he said, shrugging his shoulders. He licked his ice cream.

Karkat paused for a moment, letting Sollux catch up before grabbing his free hand and pulling him at the speed that he was walking before. "Stop being difficult you fuckass." he licked his ice cream as he grumbled.

Sollux grinned a little, trying to keep up with Karkat. "Thorry. I can only do tho much." he smiled and continued eating his ice cream.

"Well... Do... More!" Karkat grumbled as he pulled his friend up the small set of stairs into his hive.

"More?" he smirked. "I could uthe my tongue more." he laughed. "The only thing I can really do."

"Don't..." Karkat cringed, letting go of Sollux's hand. "That's just creepy."

"I don't think you think iths creepy." Sollux said, smirking.

"You split your tongue in half. How is that not creepy?" Karkat said. "Especially when you did it yourself."

"It didn't hurt." he said, shrugging his shoulders. "Bethideth." he smiled at him. "It's not creepy."

"It's really creepy." Karkat shuddered. "Why would you even do that?"

"Becathe." he said, looking at him. "Everything ith in twoths." he smiled.

"Even... Nevermind. I'm not asking that." Karkat turned away, grabbing the newest game from the shelf.

Sollux couldn't help but grin. "I'm thowering now okay?" he walked into the bathroom.

"Okay. Make it fast though." Karkat grumbled as he sat on his bed after putting the disc into the game system

Sollux nodded, hurrying to go take a shower. He hurried and then got out and dressed before coming back out, his hair sopping wet around his horns, exposing near the bottom. "Nn... The water ith cold."

"Did you turn it on hot?" Karkat looked at him. "That's the first thing you are supposed to do..."

"Oh..." he shivered. "No. Got a blanket? I'm freezing."

"Here." Karkat threw the blanket that was behind him at Sollux.

Sollux wrapped himself up like he was in a cocoon, sitting on the floor of Karkat's hive. "Tho cold..."

"Then sit up here dumbass. The bed is warmer than the floor." Karkat scooted over, making room for Sollux.

Sollux clambered up on the bed, scooting closer to Karkat. "KK, go thower." he said, taking the controller out of his hand. "I'll play."

"Don't get me killed." Karkat glared at him before crawling off the bed and going into the bathroom. He didn't take long to shower and returned, his hair wet but covered with a towel.

Sollux was good at games. He knew how to play them, and could do them easily. "Mmm." he hummed quietly to himself.

Karkat sat down on the bed. "What level are we now?" He asked, watching over Sollux's shoulder.

"Fithhh...fittthhhhh...fittthhhhteen." he scowled. "Fuck."

"Fifteen?" Karkat asked.

"Yeah... That." he said, hitting pause and handing him the controller. He flopped back on the bed, turning onto his stomach. "I'm hearing the voicethh again."

"Is it bad?" Karkat asked, looking down at his friend.

"Yeah..." he said, closing his eyes. "They're thaying bad thingth.."

Karkat scooted closer to his friend, gently running his fingers through his hair. "Better?"

Sollux made a soft noise and whimpered slightly. "KK..." he whispered. He felt Karkat's thumb gently brush against one of his horns, making his toes curl. "K-KK! Watch it!" he jerked his head away, his horns catching on Karkat's hand.

"Sorry." Karkat said as he started to pet a little further from the horns.

Sollux sighed, resting his head on his arms. "Are you trying to make me fall athleep?"

"No. Just trying to calm the voices." He stated. "Is it working?"

"Yeah..." he said, feeling his eyes slowly droop close. "You're making me tired..."

"Well... Then sleep." He said. "You need to rest anyways."

"KK, I'm fine." he grumbled, moving his head away. "I didn't come over to thleep."

"Then why did you want to come over?" Karkat asked.

"To hang out." he said, rubbing his eyes. "Thith ith thupid."

"What's stupid?" Karkat asked, confused. "Why don't we play another game?"

Feelings, Sollux thought. He wouldn't dare say it out loud. He sighed and nodded. "Yeah. New game thoundth nithe."

"Pick one." Karkat pointed to the shelf. "Pick anything you want to play."

Sollux nodded, getting up and dropping the blanket on the floor. He walked over to the stack and picked out a couple before returning to the bed with them. "Thethh are fine."

"Put one of them in and then we can play." Karkat sighed as he dug around for his extra controller.

Sollux nodded, putting it into the machine. He sat back, crossing his legs, wrapping the blanket around him. "Lethh do thith."

The game started. Sollux just had to pick one of the zombie games... Karkat sighed, knowing that they would both end up screaming when the first zombie jumped at them.

Sollux watched the screen with care, making sure he could at least tell what was coming.

Of course, the first zombie to pop out scared him, making him curse and throw the controller on the floor, flinging himself face first into the bed.

"Fuck!" Karkat yelled as he shot at it. "Why isn't it dying! Sol, help!"

Sollux used his powers instead, picking up the controller and firing at the zombie so he didn't actually have to look at the screen. He shivered in fear, his body pulsing with red and blue electricity.

"It's gone now... You can stop shooting..." Karkat said. "Why did you pick the game that you knew scared you?" Karkat paused it and lay down by his friend.

"I don't know." he said, dropping the controller. His body shuddered with electricity. "Thorry... My body is acting weird..." he whispered, looking at him. "Thorry..."

"Why are you sorry? You can't always control it." Karkat ran his hand through his friend's hair. "Stop being such a motherfucking Mary Sue..."

"Fuck you." he grumbled, flailing his arm at Karkat. "KK you're tho mean. Why are you tho mean to me..."

"Because that's how I am." Karkat said, ruffling Sollux's hair.

"I could be just athh mean to you ath you are to me, but I'm not that mean... I can't be to my only true friend."

"You know I have... Expression issues... And that I don't mean most of what I say..." Karkat sighed, pushing his face into the pillow. "I'm tired..."

"At leathhh you aren't bipolar and thit..." He sighed, rolling over on his side, flopping over Karkat.

"What are you doing?" Karkat asked.

"Trying to get comfy." he muttered. "I'm cold and you're warm." Sollux sighed, turning to face him, not realizing that his face was close to Karkat's. He brushed his nose against him, his eyes going crossed.

"Back up." Karkat glared. "Blanket sharing is one thing but no touching me."

"Uhh..." he sat back. "Th-Thhhh... Oh fuck it." he muttered. He grabbed the blanket and threw it in Karkat's face, changing the game in the system. It was an accident. Sollux knew that. It wasn't like he had rolled over on him on purpose... And even if it had been on purpose, he would have at least...

His face flushed bright yellow. Clearing his throat, he started shooting up non scary monsters.

"I'm going to sleep for a bit. I'm tired." Karkat yawned before curling up in a ball behind Sollux.

Sollux nodded. "Okay." he turned the volume down on the TV to almost nothing. He sighed, finishing the game in less than an hour. He looked back seeing Karkat was fast asleep. "Lucky." he whispered, laying down on the other side of the bed, using his arm as a pillow. He sighed, closing his eyes.

Karkat shifted, cuddling closer to the heat source. "Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." The sound came from his throat as he slept.

Sollux, who still wasn't asleep, looked over at Karkat. He was scooting closer to him. Sollux sighed, taking part of the blanket, tossing it over himself. He reached up, letting his fingers tangle in Karkat's hair. He let his fingers gently brush against the base of Karkat's horns, watching his face. "KK..." he whispered, laying on his side, watching him.

The purrs from Karkat's throat increased as his dreams started to turn... It wasn't turning into a nightmare... More like a dream he shouldn't be having about his best friend. "Sol..." He whispered.

"KK, are you awake?" Sollux whispered, his hand hesitating. "Jeguth, KK, I'm thorry..." he started to remove his hand.

Karkat cuddled closer to the source of the warmth, burying his face in Sollux's chest. "."

Sollux gasped quietly, looking at him, his hands gently resting on Karkat's head. "Nn... KK... Um..." he whispered. "Are you..."

Karkat had dreamed of things like this. Mainly Sollux playing with his hair as he purred. The only person who knew he purred and he still couldn't help but feel embarrassed about it. "." He snuggled the warmth.

"KK..." he felt a blush creep to his cheeks as he gently stroked Karkat's hair. He smiled, and rested his head against Karkat's, letting the feeling of Karkat's purr seep into his body.

A couple hours later, Karkat awoke feeling warm. He shifted but couldn't move much. "What's going on?" He asked quietly as he again tried to move. He let his eyes explore his surroundings. There were arms around him and he could hear the quiet breaths coming from Sollux. His face turned red, thinking about the dream in which he had been cuddled up with his best friend as Sollux played with his hair.

Sollux had fallen asleep against him, his body warm against Karkat's, his eyes twitched behind his eyelids. Sollux was dreaming. His mind according to people at school was a mutated bunch of shit. He got teased a lot. Karkat was the only one there for him... He felt comforted by his presence.

"Sol... Sol..." Karkat gently shook his friend's arm. "Well... I guess I can let him sleep a little more..." Karkat sighed as he curled back up, falling asleep quickly.

Sollux shifted, his mind becoming filled with voices. He shifted awake, pushing his glasses off. "Nn...W-Wha..." he shifted, looking around. The room was dark. "W-Where am I?"

"Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr." the only sound in the room. "Purrrrrr purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

Sollux shifted. "KK...?" he looked down, seeing someone snuggled up against him. He gently shook Karkat, trying to wake him. "KK... KK..."

"Nnnnngh.. What?" Karkat shifted, rubbing his eyes.

"KK... What... What time ith it?" he asked, scratching his head. Someone had been playing with his hair.

Karkat sat up looking at his clock. "10:30..." he sighed. "So sleepy..."

Why was Sollux's mind racing? Why was his heart beating so fast? "We've been athhleep all day..." he muttered. "You thhhh... Thhhhhnuggled up to me."

Karkat turned over. "Well... I'm still tired so I'm going back to sleep." He really turned over to hide the blush that had dyed his face bright red.

"Can..." he felt his cheeks get hot. "Can you help the voicethh go away?" he asked, closing his eyes.

Karkat's eyes went wide, the blush getting darker. "Uh... Sure but close your eyes first. Try to relax a little." He said as he slowly turned back over, now facing Sollux. He began to run his fingers through the soft hair. "Better?"

Sollux nodded. "Y-Yeah..." he said, pushing his face into the pillow. "Much..." he whispered, his cheeks yellow.

Karkat smiled a little. "Good..." He looked down at his friend. Why were thoughts of kissing Sollux starting to flood his mind with the force of a tidal wave?

Sollux turned his head so he could breathe. He let his mouth part, his tongue just barely sticking out as he slept.

Karkat watched as Sollux slept. A small smile on his lips.

Sollux slept quietly, his tongue gently twitching when he breathed out. He shifted slightly in his sleep, laying on his back, his mouth open.

Karkat watched quietly as Sollux's tongue moved. 'I wonder what it would be like to kiss him with that...' He thought for just a brief second before shaking the thought from his mind, running his fingers through the hair.

Sollux made a soft noise. It was halfway between a snore and a purr.

Karkat slowly leaned down, gently brushing his lips against Sollux's.