Jake walked down the hall in the college to his new room aparrently he had a roommate already "I doubt it's anyone I know" he said shifting his boxes and backpacks to use his elbow to open the dorm door, Karkat sat on the bed and waited around he had nothing better to do and apparently he was getting a new roommate. fucking perfect, Jake walked in his tail was dragging a wheeled backpack behind him and he had about three boxes in his paws "'ello I'm Jake you're roommate" he introduced himself. karkat growled and looked up, fixing the beanie on his head but when his eyes met his 'roommate' he froze. "..And what are you?" he gestured to the boy in the doorway, or at least he thought it was a boy. "I'm Jake english I'm a halfbreed" he explained sliding off his own beanie to show black fuzzy doggy ears on his head, karkat twitched at the name 'half-breed' he scoffed "well hello then Jake, put your shit over there" he pointed to the other bed. he chuckled a bit "want me to put down some news paper for you?" he flopped back down before he could reply and picked up his laptop again, Jake laughed at karkats joke and unpacked his belongings before curling up on his bed.
"..the names karkat. what grade are you in?" Karkat asked, "freshman" he commented itching his ear with his back paw like most dogs do. He scoffed again more loudly this time "well ain't you a lucky bastard? you got an elder to help you out." he looked at his computer, gamzee was bothering him again, doesn't that high ass know when to fuck off? he looked up at the curled up dog child and twithced again. Jake laid there he seemed depressed his ears were drooped and his tail had stopped now that he was still it was seen he had a black eye and bloody lip "rotten bastards" he growled actually growling like a dog, he stared quizzically at the newcommer "what up with your face kid?" he asked. Jakes ears lowered "got attacked when I got to campus" he whimpered, he chucked darkly at the news. He knew it would happen just by looking at him, that also most likely why he was bunked with karkat. He was attacked on his first day too, "that was bound to happen at some point man, you can't say you didn't fucking see it coming" he commented.
"I didn't" a tear trickled down from Jakes black eye "the wind took my beanie off my paws were exposed when I grabbed it some ass grabbed my tail and yanked it till i was yelping then he kicked me" he whimpered, he raised his eyebrow. man did this guy really expect to be accepted right off the bat? the kids in this place aren't exactly what you would call friendly, he sighed deeply. "I'll go grab you some ice, try not to fucking blubber too much would you?" as he got up he let his long thin tail whip out, he smirked as he walked into their small kitchen to grab some ice for him. Jake laid there on his bed resting his head on his paws, he threw the ice pack onto Jake's bed. "Here, it should help the swelling and shit" he sat down, "guess I can take this shit off cause you know better than me." he pulled off his beanie and chucked it across his bed. "That's better" he sprawled on his bed letting the small tuft of fur on the end of his tail hit the floor, Jakes tail slowly picked up a grateful wagging and he rolled onto his back with the bag on his face "thanks Karkat" he smiled softly.
Jake laid there the young halfbreed was happy that he had someone that knew how he felt, "no problem" he mumbled out. great now he had to watch over this little guy until he could take care of himself, well fuck whatever it won't be that bad. "just remember to wear your hat out side the room" Karkat warned him, "like wise" Jake smiled putting the ice away and washing his face off the eye was fine revealing vibrant emerald eyes and his lip was fine he shook his head softly and put the bag in the freezer his tail wagging. He sighed lightly "do you have any classes tomorrow?" he asked, "I think so" he said backflipping over the counter without jostling anything he curled up on his bed and got his schedule. Karkat twitched as he watched him jump "alright first things first, no fucking dog tricks, alright? and I'll keep my.. tendencies to my self deal?" Karkat told him, "deal" Jake flushed sitting on his bed.
he nodded absently as he stared at the boy, "so, whats on the plate?" Karkat asked. "Greek mythology, music, chorus, and english" he laughed at the lastpart cause it was his lastname,
he rolled his eyes great more puns. "you better not keep doing that. youll be sick of them after the first week anyways..and you have some good shit. too bad we're in diferent grades" his tail twitched slightly, "I dont have any courses, so I'll be you shaporone for tomorrow, make you you dont end up getting all jacked up again" he commented. "Thanks" Jake smiled, "hn" he looked at the time on his computer it's only 5 pm he sighed for the millionth time that day and he closed his computer and shoved it away flopping his arm lazily across his eyes. He seriously needed to sleep, that was a stupid thought concidering he was an insomniac. But hey he could dream right?, Jake itched his ear lightly and stretched. "so kid where are you from?" Karkat asked, "hellmurder island" Jake told him laying on his back. he chuckled lightly at the name, "sounds like a fun place" he said it completely genuinly though. it sounded like his type of place, "yeah It's amazing you can really be yourself there" he smiled his tail wagging causing a cooling breeze. Now his curiousity was peeked he lifted his arm off his face and sat up lazily "oh? how so?" he asked, "it's an abandoned island it's just me and my robot Otto there I run about in just my shorts due to the fact that it's hot as a bitch there" he told him. Ahh he lived alone makes sense as to why he was so oblivious to being attacked.. "sounds like paradise, tell me. why the fuck would you come here again?" he asked, "my childhood friend is here" Jake smiled his tail thumping againsts his bed. "sadly I couldn't convince the dean to let Otto come" he whimpered.
Again he was confused by the boy, he had a friend he couldn't bring as well they killed it on the spot but enough sulking. "who's the dean?" he questioned, "the head teacher" Jake said dumbing it down. "sorry, I have no use for formallities, I just call him fuckass, or occasionally grand highbutt when im feeling less pissy" he inwardly snicked at his nickname for him "but dont go around calling him that I'll get in shit for teaching you" he explained, Jake gave a bark of a laugh "I ain't scared of him" he spoke boldly as he itched his ear. He was starting to like this guys guts he was a bit overbearing with the happy shit, but he could learn this will go well. "ah youre brave, just dont go around being a prick now... anyway that guy is my best friends uncle so i can get away with some shit." he informed Jake,
Jake seemed abit confused but nodded "got it" he commented.
Karkat let a big yawn stretch his features, stupid body he shook his head. "hmm its geting close to dinner time, you wanna head out or go to the hall?" he stared a bit and stretched again, "sure" Jake said grabbing his big boots and sliding his 'feet' into them. He wrapped his tail around his torso then as a protective measure tucked his shirt in, he looked at his 'hands' and gave an agitated growl before shrugging and stuffing them in his coat pockets after pulling his beanie back on. He watched with and eyebrow raised as jake dressed himself, "haha really man? fix your tail you just look fat like that, you can keep it out as long as youre around me people will fuck off your safe, just yea keep the hat" he informed Jake.
Jake let his tail out and his paws before nodding "got it" he commented, he pulled on his own hat and threw on a sweater and grabed his keys and his wallet. "so, hall or out?" he slipped on some shoes and waited for an answer, "up to you" Jake commented. he nodded in reply "out we go then.. and you know you can talk, I dont bite.. most of the time." and with that he opened the door and let jake walk out, Jake laughed sliding his key onto his necklace with his 'house' key before dashing out the door. "okay I usually act timid around new people" he admitted, he smiled inwardly as he watched him run out it was like having a puppy. "hm well you don't have to, im not gonna fucking judge." he lead the way down the hall to the stairs and out to the back door, might aswell avoid as much shit as possible. "We're going to a friends resturant, they're into hospitality and shit, foods not half bad there", he picked up the pace a bit just thinking of the food made him more hungry.
Jake chuckled following Karkat he had his wallet and had to admit it he was hungry "hope they got steak I could eat a whole cow right now" he laughed heading for his harely, "you ever ride one of these?" he asked. Karkat stared he openly just stared, he's never actually been on any vehicle. an odd fear of his, he just stuck to running he loved running. "n-nope. what is it?" he stuttered out, the sight of the big metal bike making him a little uneasy. "we can walk" Jake commented noticing how uneasy karkat was looking,
he inhaled deeply 'no. suck it up karkat. be a fucking man.' "N-no. its alright, itll be faster this way.." he stared and slowly sat down on the bike. it was very nice looking but still, he then recited the directions to the place and then settled into his spot. "you could go in the sidecart so you can belt yourself in" Jake offered getting on behind the handlebars and putting the key in motioning to the sidecart, "uh no. i think i'll be good..." he hugged the seat closer. "can we go? im starved" fear momentarilly pushed back by the need to eat, Jake wrapped his tail around karkats torso then kicked his bike to life and drove it to the resturaunt. not using the directions but his sense of smell, yet he still ent up using karkats directions the ride was smooth and easy.
He jumped off the bike as fast as possible once it came to a stop, his legs were a bit shaky still but he would manage. Thank god for jakes tail, he walked into the front door mouth already watering at the smell. "mmmm" he purred at the thought of eating now, "grab a table I'll let her know we're here" he pointed off to the side somewhere before slinking off to the kitchen. Jake found him and Karkat a secluded table and sat on his half of the booth, his tail was goin crazy he was glad to have a human freind. Karkat came back with a spring in his step with two menus, "here you go. dont worry if its expensive, nepeta usually cuts some slack with the bill, haha" he smirked. Jake grinned and looked at the menu his mouth watered when he saw the 10 ounce steak for 7.98 he was glad he had his 50 with him "got mine already" he said with a laugh, karkat didnt really need a menu but he still skimmed through it. he smirked lightly as jake announced he has found his meal, he wondered if it was steak? most likely.
He set down the menu and waited for a waiter to come take their orders, "ahh theres one! hey buddy over here eh?" he called over to a man standing over by the counter, he walked over "may I take your orders?" he asked. Jake tried to control his tail "yeah I'm gettin the ten ounce steak medium rare with a potato and brocoli" he smiled, the waiter nodded writing down the order looking up and glancing at karkat with a slight cringe. "and you will be having your usual, i assume?" karkat nodded his head vigorously as the waiter sighed and turned away before stopping "oh I forgot, anything to drink?" karkat stated he wanted an ice tea, the waitor looked to jake, Jake ordered a simple cola.
He walked away and handed the order to the chef, karkat smiled lazily as he looked back over to jake. "are you put off by raw meat?" his face fell into a serious expression, if he was he'd change his order, didnt need him puking everywhere now. "No, would you stare if i licked my plate clean?" he asked with a playful smirk though if it was good enough he may lick it clean, "nope, i do the same thing" he also smirked looks like him and the kid have more in common that he first thought.
Jake laughed and smiled tapping out the tempo to the lemonade mouth song 'turn up the music' humming it to himself and kinda nodding his head,
Karkat smiled at him he hated the song, but it was funny to watch. the food arrived at the table karkat stared at the delicious meat infront of him before saying "enjoy" and promptly digging his claws into a thigh of the small rabbit infront of him, nepeta alway kept one for him whenever he came here.
Jake smiled and started eating his steak which eventaully vanished along with everything else on the plate within ten minutes it was spotless, Karkat licked the bones clean as well as sucked on his fingers for good measure. he then licked his plate clean while smiling and setting it down." well? was it good?" he asked, "hell yeah" Jake laughed he was seriously tempted to ask for the bones but remembered karkats 'no dog tricks' rule so he didn't ask. karkat looked up and twitched the urge to take the bones with him and pile them up in his bed was making him itch but he told jake he would keep his tendancies at bay, so he stayed still, clearing his throat he called over the waiter for the bill. "uh, hey we're done! check please." he called, Jake looked at karkat and said "wanna split the bones? I'd only take one anyway" he whispered.
Karkat hesitated before nodding quickly, Jake smiled and put them in a bag he always carried in case he 'found' animal bones then got the money for his meal out. Karkat followed suit and put his money on the table calling out his goodbyes and thanks to the chef for the meal, before heading out to the parking lot.
Jake hopped on his bike putting the bonebag in the sidecart,karkat settled in once again. Jake gently this time wound his tail around Karkat then kicked his bike to life and drove them home, the ride was smooth and easy like they were flying Jake smiled his hair flew about but the beanie never came off. Karkat relaxed a little bit into the seat it wasnt so bad he guessed, when they got back to the dorm it was already around 9. still pretty early, but late enough to need to be indoors. he opened the back door again and let jake inside, the day had gone pretty good i he could say so, that is until they ran into some guys. Jake eyed them his tail went between his legs as he recognized one as the guy that jumped him, "awe look guys the dog made a friend" they all sneered and snicked at them. karkat growled a bit at the comment he really didn't need this shit right now "fuck off douche bags." the leader made a point to exagatedly look scared, "oh no! he's gonna bite me" another round of jeers spread. he tryed to push throught but one of them grabbed hold of Jake, Jake turned and snarled snapping, his teeth caught the kids forearm.
karkat smirked as the kid grabbed his arm in pain as he let go "damn right you should be scared" he let out slowly, grinning wide at them. "Jakey, here has a set of chops that could break right through your arm" he didnt know. he just want them to leave the kid alone, he smiled toothy and showed of his own too sharp teeth. "NOW GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY ASS LICKERS" he growled,
Jake lowered into a crouch backing up to karkats side growling at the bullies. The boys tisked and and backed off "way to ruin the fun asshole.." they slinked off to wherever they came from and let them pass, "thats better" karkat mumbled as he looked at jake. "you good kid?" he asked, Jake nodded spitting out a flap of leather he'd bitten off the kids Jacket "leather tastes better when it's fresh off the cow" he commented going to his and Karkats dorm.
karkat snicked at the remark. "I guess it does" he unlocked his door and swung it open, walking in and flopping down on his bed again. then growling and getting up to walk into the bathroom, he really needed to brush his teeth.
Jake shut the door and took off his boots and top then got one of the bones and curled up on his bed gnawing on it leaving the rest on the counter for karkat, he stepped out of the bathroom to find jake on his bed all curled up. he really did look like a dog, he eyed the bones on the counter and swooped them up and sat on his bed dragging up his pillow case. which was full of bones he promptly dropped these into it and added onto his collection, sighing contently he put the pillow case back at the head of his bed and lay down rubbing at his teeth it'd become a habbit.
Jake smiled at his roommate rolling onto his back showing there was a small tufft of black and white furr on his chestbone, he continued gnawing his bone as he smiled around the bone.
karkat wrinkled his nose a bit, and chuckled at the sight "so when do you usually go to sleep?" he asked. "when I get bored" he yawned, "well then youll be sleeping a lot" he stated matter-o-factly. "heh heh. anything in perticular you feel like doing?" he stared at the boy chewing, contently on his bone"... aside from eat that" he pointed. Jake laughed "I can't think of anything" he said going to his bag of minor things and he kinda pawed through it and dropped his bone in then burried it with his junk and brushed his teeth and hopped on his bed, karkat rolled over to the end of his bed and ruffled around some things and came back up with a box of videogames and movies. " here-" he handed him the box "take your pick.." he offered, Jake dug through it curiously being careful of his paws "how bout hitch? I hear it's good" he commented.
"YES! oh uh sorry" he appologized for being so loud" Karkat blushed, Jake broke down into the oddest fit of giggles "that's ok I can be loud too" he explained calming down. He just got really enthusiastic about these things, man he could go on forever about them. "ahem." he stuck out his hand waiting to put the little dvd into the shared t.v. Karkat smiled "I love this movie.." he said before he hit play then paused and ran into the kichen "I'm making popcorn!" he shouted, Jake giggled more "okay" he shouted back his tail wagging. "I'm not doing tricks for it so don't bother trying" he teased, karkat rolled his eyes even if jake couldnt see. "oh shut up.." the microwave let out a ding and he pulled the hot bag out and poured it ina bowl, then ran out and set it on the floor inbetween their beds. he pressed play and gestured for jake to come join him as he pulled down a blanket, Jake smiled hopping down using his teeth to pull his own blanket down he curled up under it beside karkat with the bowl between them. As the movie started the room was filled with the sound of munching and the film and the occasional sniffle from karkat, man he was a sucker for crappy romance. he looked over at jake around halfway through the movie, Jake was giving soft whimpers and he too had tears in his eyes and a few on his cheeks.
Karkat smiled a little because it was good to see he wasnt the only one who was enjoying it he threw a box of tissues at jake "here, heh heh" he smirked, Jake caught it and took a few then nudged it to karkat. karkat took one and wiped his nose, "hmmmm" he hummed contently he never figured hed be here right now actually enjoying himself. he continued watching, Jakes tail wagged softly he was enjoying himseld having karkat as a roommate was awesome "you know something?" he asked. "hmm?" karkat repiled while tearing his eyes off the screen, "you're a good friend" Jake smiled rolling onto his back. karkat smiled he just met this guy but he had such a great personality, his tail flicked happily against the floor. "I guess I could say the same for you too" he reached down to scratch behind jake's ear experimentally, Jakes ear wiggled and he laid his head down his tail thumped againsts the floor karkat had found one of his sweetspots. "heh heh..like that eh?" he laughed a little at him, "you really are just like a puppy,.." he stopped scratching to pet his head instead.
Jake smiled relaxing "you say that like it's a bad thing, think of it as a two for one, a new friend and you're own puppy except I'm already house broken" Jake laughed, "haha! too true!" he sighed again and took his hand away. Jake looked at Karkat "you okay?" he asked, karkat looked back at him "heh yea...I'm good, it's just been a while since i could do this... actually, this is probably only the second time, ever.." he sighed and layed down beside him. Jake shifted putting his head against karkats ribcage as they watched hitch "since you could do what?" he asked, "just sitting here with another person relaxing, being, well normal.." he looked away feeling lame. Jakes tail wagged abit "yeah this is the first time I've hung out with somebody with a heartbeat it's soothing" Jake murred smiling, karkat blushed a lilttle and squirmed slightly but welcomed the comment with a smile. "it is nice.." he smiled,
Jakes tail wagged "yeah plus otto, it's weird growing up alone then having friends only online then getting a robot of one for a gift" he sat up and itched his ear, karkat sat up too tilting his head as he watched his scratch. he looked kinda cute "heheh you really do remind me of a puppy" he rubbed his head a bit, Jake blushed and relaxed at the head rubbing "thanks" he grinned. he flicked his tail abit comfortably and sighed "are you tired yet?" he asked, "yeah" he yawned. karkat smiled softly and got up and took the movie out of the player and threw the popcorn into the kitchen before coming back "uh..should I leave while you change?" he offered, Jake shook his head all he did was take off his top and put it in a popup bag "I'm good" he said crawling onto his bed and curling up like a dog under his covers with just his 'hands' and head showing.
katkat smiled again sighing he flopped on his bed a picked up his laptop, might as well find something to do. Jaked tilted his head looking at Karkat "insomniac?" he asked thou it sounded abit like a statement too, Karkat looked over and sighed nodding "yep. fucking sucks" he said.
Jake's ears drooped "there isn't any medicine or method?" he whimpered, karkat sighed "i know, but dont let it keep you up. get some sleep. we've got a big day of fucking around to do tomorrow, classes start early here" he let a half smile run across his face before turning on his computer.
Jake gave a nearly inaudible whimper but walked in circles on his bed before curling up and very slowly drifting to sleep his his swaying, karkat surfed the internet for a bit busying himself as he did most every night. he stopped to check on his new roomate to find him curled up in his bed, he really was pretty adorable. he watched the other boy sleep for a while "damn i'm so creepy.." he mumbled to himself before shaking his head and walking into the kitchen, he kept all the lights off he didn't really need them anyways. sifting through the fridge he took out a bottle of cherry red pop, he then opened the window and looked back to make sure he hadn't woken up jake. when the coast was clear he hopped out and went for his nightlywalk, when he got back 'home' it was around 4 in the morning.
he sighed and hopped back into his bed and pulled out his stash of bones and began to carve into them with his claws, Jakes legs twitched in his sleep as if he were running he whimpered and growled in his sleep fighting his blanket. karkat jumped a bit at the small growl, he looked up and chuckled a bit. jake looked like he was having a good dream, he set down his bones and shoved then off to the side and checked the clock, it was 5:30. he'd give him another half an hour. he slowly got up and stretched as he walked over to the small drawer next to his bed and pulled out a black top and a pair of black jeans, he wasnt one for colour or fasion for that matter he quickly changed into the fresh clothes and went into the kitchen to start break fast. some toast and bacon, he was feeling fancy today.
Jake gave a yelp in his sleep and sat up fast he was sweating pretty bad and shaking, karkat poked his head out of the kitchen to look at jake "oh morning... you alright?" he asked raising an eyebrow at the dog boy. "y-yeah b-bad dream" he stammered his tail was dead still at his side and he was still shakey, karkat twitched a bit walking out of the kitchen after turning off the stove quickly. "hmm" he sat down beside the other boy and looked at him "wanna talk about it?" he asked,
"it was just a relapse of me getting beatup" he sighed itching his ear with his 'foot'. karkat sighed and rubbed the others head,he couldn't have nightmares one of the perks of not being able to sleep he guessed, "c'mon, i made breakfast" he told him.
Jakes ears perked up softly and his tail snaked softly "really?" he asked, karkat let a small smile rest over his features. " mhm, i made toast and bacon, im out of eggs, so this is it, but if you dont want it we could grab something on the way to your class?" he waited for a reply standing up, "I'll eat what we have then I can go shopping later" Jake smiled softly his tail wagging. he hopped over to the kitchen it had a small island with some stools like a breakfast bar, he took out two plates and glasses and handed one of each to jake as he dished out the food. it wasnt much but it was enough he guessed, "i hope its enough, im not used to cooking for two" he told him. "I'm still good from the steak" he smiled eating the food the nightmare had been forgotten Jake got a clean white shirt with a green skull and a pair of plain baige knee long shorts and got dressed with a strip of bacon dangling out of his mouth, karkat chuckled at the sight of jake with the bacon sticking out of his mouth. he looked over at the time again, it was now 6:45 classes start at around 7:30. so they had enough time to get there "hey are we riding on your bike again?" he asked not as nervous as yesturday, but still alittle. "Yeah, you wanna ride in the cart?" he offered him his tail swaying, karkat looked for a moment and threw his bag in. "I'll be fine use it for the bags so its more comfortable." he said, karkat streched again. "well get all your shit, we've gotta get there early so i can intoduce you the the fucktards i call friends" he scratched his head a bit and flicked his tail as he waited.
Jake gathered his rucksack and offered Karkat a helmet as he pulled his beanie on, karkat looked at the helmet and shook his head. that would cause too many problems he didnt need right now, he instead went for his own beanie and threw it on opening the door and walking out waiting for jake the trurning down the hall to the back entrance once again. Jake followed locking their door behind him, he jogged on all fours eager to get outside. karkat looked at him and shook his head "listen you cant be so,,,well comfortable out in public. try and stay calm .. please?" he warned, Jake slipped and sat up "sorry" he whimpered lightly hopping on his bike "you wanna take the side cart or we putting our bags in there?" he asked. Jake tossed his in too and smiled back at Karkat "ready to go?" he asked,
karkat nodded his head and hopped on the bike wraping his own tail around jake's waist for added measure "mhm, lets go" he commented.
jake did his best to not giggle thou a few broke out and he wrapped his tail around karkat, he kicked his bike to life and drove to the college where the classes were held. karkat closed his eyes as the bike took off, the cool morning air against his skin felt relaxing. once he opened them again they were already at the college he quirked an eyebrow. "that was fast" he mumbled under his breath. he hopped off the bike and grabbed his bag and ran to the front entrance stopping to wait for jake, Jake hopped off and got his bag putting his keys in it he followed after Karkat. upon arriving at the front he scaned the entrane for his 'friends' they were easy to spot because his best friend, gamzee was probably the tallest kid in the entire school. he grabbed jakes arm and pulled him over to the group and bid everyone morning as they looked askingly at jake, Jake bit his lower lip and tried avoiding eyecontact his 'hands' were stuffed in his pockets and his boots were on hiding his 'feet'.
karkat rolled his eyes and introduced his now shy friend to the group "this is Jake, he the new roomy I was telling you guys I was getting..." one of them walked up "hey there furrend! im nepeta! hee hee! you were at my resturant yesturday!" she giggled out, Jakes tail swayed faintly he usually didn't like catlike stuff or people but he liked her "oh right that steak was brilliant" he smiled. she gave him a great big toothy grin "I'm glad you liked it! Karkitty always comes around furr dinner alone, so its nice to see he's gotta new furrend!" she pounced around, giggling all the while karkat sighed "I told you not call me that!" he demanded. Jake chuckled "I've had worse Kar" he told his roomy itching his head, the bullies from their resting unit walked by and one squeaked a toy at Jake. Jake just gave a loud growl and they ran off in the opposite direction, "getting sick of them" he murmered shaking his head faintly.
karkat looked back at them and snarled a bit "fuckasses. well you're with us now so at least they might leave you alone for a bit, but eventually you get used to it" the tallest member of their little group slinked over a big lazy grin plastered to his face, " hey there motherfucker, karbro was all up and telling me you were all bitchtits wicked and shit... can i see?" he looked with a slight hint of curiousity behind hazy eyes.
Jake tilted his head "kar can you translate? I don't speak his langauge" Jake said his tail twitching his eyes curious, karkat chuckled abit he guessed it would take a while for him to understand gamzee. "he's asking to see your ears and stuff, he's always been facinated by this kind of thing" he said, "we gotta go somewhere more private" Jake said looking about as girls cooed to eachother over his fuzzy tail and paws.
Gamzee smiled lazily and nodded "thats cool motherfucker." karkat sighed and pulled all three of them into the washroom after calling out a few times he dubbed it empty and walked around,
Jake walked in and after doing his own search stepped out of his boots and pulled off his beanie. Gamzee's hazy eyes lit up a bit "woah motherfucker..thats sick." he walked around jake a couple of times just checking him out, "motherfucking miracles bro.." karkat smiled again "yea yea got it, its a miralce. now we need to get to class" gamzee paused "last time i checked bro you dont have any motherfucking classes today. so what is the motherfucking hurry?" karkat stared for a moment before replying. "I'm taking Jake around today so he doesn't get into anymore fucking trouble." Jakes tail wagged and his ears twitched "do I really need to hide my ears? I mean it seems easy enough since I don't have human ears" he pointed out,
karkat sighed "it's not so much to hide them because youre weird or anything, its more because it's concidered a distraction to the rest of the students so we have to wear these" he pointed up at his hat, Jakes ears drooped and he put his beanie on "that's stupid" he whimpered stepping into his boots. "yea i know..." he scratched the back of his neck and huffed as he open the door again, gamzee followed then out before asking "hey bro, have you seen tav anywhere? we're s'posed to motherfuckin get our chill on today.." karkat looked back and shook his head "nope havent seen him..check out in the court yard he always out there..." he looked back to jake. "so what do you have first?" he asked, "Greek mythology" he said looking at his schedule.
great so that's like fucking almost all the way on the otherside of the building.. he groaned "alright we're heading out guys" he waved off the small group and began walking. occasionally looking at jake, "I'll be sitting in with you, because i really have nothing better to fucking do." he told him. "cool" Jake smiled, "should we use my bike?" he asked. "ah? no." he looked around the halls were relitivly void of life so he grined a bit "how fast are you?" he asked, "on all fours extremly on my hind legs I'm abit clumsy" he commented. karkat grinned even wider "perfect. it's been awhile since I last had a good sprint. take off you boots and throw them in the bag" he held it open to recive the shoes,
Jake put his shoes in the bag and his tail wagged fast "let's go" he grinned. karkat threw the bag back over his shoulder and went flying down the hall grinning the whole way, damn it felt good to run at full speed again, he made a mental note to do this more often now that he had someone to run with.
Jake hauled ass after Karkat giving an excited howl as he caught up and started getting ahead of him his claws clicking againsts the floor as he ran on all fours, karkats smile widen but dropped suddenly as he spotted one enormously tall man that was their dean. "oh fuck!" he grinded to a hault but fell forwards ontop of jake, as he stared up at the head of the school. Jake fell on his face with karkat on his fack he slid across the floor, katrkat looked up and greeted him with a small smirk. "hey there grand highbutt, how are you today?" he growled low and glared at karkat "why are you motherfuckers running in my halls? hm? and stop calling me that you little brat!" karkat looked to jake and the back to the larger male. "we were just trying to get this here newby off to class siiirr" he drawled out the last bit in a mocking tone, Jake whimpered and his tail slid between his legs.
karkat pat jakes head in reasurance "oh dont worry he dosnt bite." he chuckled and watched as mr. makara for that was his proper name, stepped aside and let them pass. "fine motherfucker, go to class, but if i catch you doing any of that shit again, youre all up and get schoolfed on how exactly shit work around here, got it motherfucker?" he looked at jake. Jake whimpered trembling terribly worse then this morning he slid his boots on onto the wrong feet unaware of it at the time, karkat sighed and shook his head "god highbutt why'd you have to go a fucking scare him like that? jeez you really overdo shit" he helped jake up and looked down ".. your boots are on the wrong feet.." he told him.
Jake flushed and fixed them "l-l-let's go" he whimpered getting to his feet, they walked off the class was just around the corner. "he can be pretty scary, but he's just loud is all, cant fucking touch you, so relax" he rubbed jakes shoulders calmingly, "here it is" he opened the door.
Jakes tail swayed and he nodded before taking a seat in the very back of class, he walked about his chair three times before sitting in it.
karkat shrugged and pulled up a chair beside him, the teacher for this class was pretty chill so they'd be fine. speaking of the devil "good morning class" came a small yet powerful voice, Jake tilted his head and looked at the teacher. the teacher looked up frome his textbook and spotted karkat and jake, he sighed a little bit at seeing karkat in his class once again. "mr. vantas. please explian, why you are in my class." karkat looked up and replyed "because im escorting jake today. i have no classes so you have no reason to kick me out" karkat sat back and crossed his arms glaring at him, Jake tilted his head eyeing his roommate waiting till the teacher started he whispered "isn't that our waiter from neps place?" he asked.
karkat smirked and nodded his head. "yep thats him, its kinda creepy the way he always hangs around her, but whatever, she's old enough to deal with it.." he told him, Jakes tail wagged softly. "cool" he said taking notes gripping his pencil quite easilly considering he had paws for hands,
karkat kicked back he wasn't really one for myths and legends and stuff. all he had to do was either look at himself in the mirror or now look to his left, they were living fairytales he chuckled lightly. "now, who can tell me what the lowest sign on the zodiac is? anyone? i know it may be hard to remember such an outcast but try would you? jake. could you tell us?" Mr. Zahhak looked to jake, karkat was glaring at him the entire time. he knew full well why equius had to bring that up, Jakes tail flickered faintly "the sagitarius?" he quessed since he was abit new to the zodiacs.
karkat openly full-out laughed. he grabbed onto jake's shoulder for support, then looked the teacher in the face, he had to see his expression. oh it was good, he face was red with embarassment and anger. mostly directed towards karkat for bursting out like that, he cleared his throat and looked back to jake "incorrect, the answer was cancer. I'll have you know sagitarius is relatively high up on the scale. where as the cancer, is the very last." he continued teaching and didn't ask jake another question for the rest of the period, karkat turned to him and whispered "that was too good! haha by the way, he is a sagitarius, way too proud for my liking, nicely done" he smiled. Jakes tail wagged at his roommates praise and he sat copying notes for the class giggling, once class finished karkat rose from his seat and stretched looking back at jake. "so whats next?" he walked down to the front of the class with jake close behind him, and gave equius a sly smile before waving and stepping into the busy hallway.
Jake stretched and got off his chair "music basically a piano class" he told him,
karkat smiled he loved music "hhmmm~" he hummed happily at the thought of sitting at a piano. he was fairly good at it himself. he wondered if he could maybe play as well just for a while "which music room are you in? there are three" he asked,
"music room 3" Jake chuckled. karkat looked at him quizzically, then continued walking toward the music room "why are you giggling over there?" he asked. "I'm not giggling" he blushed walking into the room sitting at a piano, karkat followed suit sitting next to him and sighing contently. it'd been far too long for him liking since he had sat down at one of these, "do you know any songs?" he asked. "yeah watch" Jake smiled and played fur Elise with his eyes shut the sound reverberated off the walls and all the other students stooped and turned to look at Jake as he played, karkat smiled as he rocked slowly to the beat he enjoyed classical it was soothing. he closed his eyes and his hand found their way to the keys beside jake as he joined in creating a beautiful swirling melody that entwined with Jakes, creating a duet he smiled softly he was in his element.
Jake smiled playing the song till the end blushing deeply when the entire class started applauding them rising to their feet and cheering, karkat smiled he was happy they liked the way jake played because it really was beautiful. full of emotion the teacher walked in and the applauding died down but there was still the occasional exclamation of awe present, karkat noticed jakes slight blush and laughed a little bit at his friend. "you are really good" he stated, the teacher settled down the class and adressed jake "you are very good young man!" she exclaimed exitedly giggling a little bit as she did "I hope this class isnt too easy for you! heehee," she returned her attention to the rest of class as she animatedly explained today's lesson. Jakes tail wagged with pleasure as he paid attention, Jake paid attention to the teacher but doodled faintly while she explained the keys in the piano.
katkat watched the lesson go on it was quite relaxing to be surrounded by music, he watched jake play a song that was given to him. it was a nice piece he closed his eyes and soaked in the sounds, it was like a little paradise in this hellhole school. Jake smiled his eyes shut his fingers dancing across the keys, he loved the piano and couldn't wait to get to their room so he could bring out his portable keyboard to play music. karkat yawned the music was lulling him into a comfortable zone, he had a lazy smile plastered to his face quite simmilar to the one gamzee always wore. he seriously needed to get himself a keyboard, the class was coming to an end and jake was assigned his first project for the year it was to create a song of his own. it was like an ongoing thing for the semester, then at the end all the students would present. Jakes tail wagged fast he was gonna be able to perform for the class himself his tail wagged between him and karkat causing a breeze, "let's get to choir" he smiled.
karkat got up and followed a very happy jake through the busy halls once again to his next class, after this was his lunch break so they could meet up with the group again, he walked into the class and sat down he really had no idea what this class was about, he'd never taken it but there weren't very many people here. oh well he sat down beside jake "hey whats up with this class?" he asked, "choir" Jake smiled going to the stands with the other students he stood in the back so his tail wouldn't hit anyone, when the teacher requested each student to sing a chorus from their favorite song jake sang the chorus to 'the leaving song' by chris garneau many students eyed Jake in awe and many girls got teary eyed when they heard his voice. karkat sniffed a bit, it really was amazing he cleared his throat silently when he finished "that was, really amazing jake whered you learn to do that..?" he asked.
Jake blushed "taught myself" he smiled,
karkat girned toothy at the blush "man you are really good, maybe you could teach me some.." he chuckled a bit. "sure" Jake smiled wagging his tail more grinning like a doofus, he laughed he'd never seen such a happy person in his 17 years of life "you're brutal man.." he smiled wide. Jake laughed at his roommates comment with a fast wagging tail, the class continued everyone there had beautiful voices but jakes always resonated within him somewhere it was nice. Jake smiled singing with his class though his voice obviously stuck out better then the others, karkat kicked back and enjoyed the sounds once again. it was nice he should stop by jakes classes every once and a while its be good for his anxiety, once the class was over it was time for lunch. karkat grabbed onto jakes arm and draggged him through the halls to the cafeteria, Jake followed his mouth watering "yay lunch time" he giggled.
"mmmm" the smell of food hit his nose and he tried not to drool as he sped up to get plates and trays the food was always good here, the kids from the hospitallty class from gr 11 and 12 always cooked.
"i think its, ribs." karkat smiled, Jake sniffed the air "yeah ribs" he grinned ordering the same thing as karkat. karkat rushed over to a table where gamzee and the rest sat he looked at tavros the to jake and let gamzee introduce him "this motherfucker is tavbro, coolest little motherfucker out there honk" tavros blushed and waved at jake, Jake blushed waving back his tail swayed as he started eating. He wrapped the now spotless bones in a napkin sticking them in a pouch in his bag before he finished off the rest of his food, karkat pushed back his plate and looked up at gamzee and tav and looked away hiding his face. "guys really? cant you fucking keep that shit private? just around me at least jesus fucking christ." he had the biggest blush of his face karkat was really sensitive about PDA, gamzee released tavros' lips and looked at karkat with a lazy grin "awe cmon man its all up and chill dont motherfucking be so up tight bro" tavros looked away and bit his lip.
Jake hadn't noticed because he was licking his plate clean, he turned his head looking from karkat to gamzee. karkat was bitting his lip and blushing hard a shade of bright candy red overed his face, he looked at jake and his eyes widened as he shook his head trying to clear the blush "whatever gamzee just keep private shit private.." he said. Jake shrugged softly and gave a faint yawn before throwing back the last half of his coke and throwing the bottle in the recycling bin before tending to his food, Gamzee and tavros said bye and he pushed the parapaligic away from the rest of the group waving as they went. karkat emptied his tray and waved everone off as he walked behind jake. "so what now?" he asked, Jake tilted his head back to look at Karkat "english" he commented, karkat groaned this was one of his most hated subjects "well off we go" he sighed.
Jake giggled and walked to his english class his tail wiggling, karkat smiled softly as he sat beside him. he closed his eyes and relaxed, only to have them snap open in pain moments later 'oh fuck' he looked down and took deep breaths, the day was almost over he could hold out until the end of the day he had to. he bit his lip and growled lowly, Jake noticed "you okay there Kar?" he asked as he took notes on romeo and juliet reminding himself to have Otto email him his old notes on the play. karkat nodded slowly "h-hey I'm gonna go walk around in the hall for a bit you gonna be okay in here?.." he looked up at him,
"totally do whatever you can to stay awake" he smiled wagging his tail.
he attempted a smile but failed miserably and got up walking shakily out the door once he got outside he pulled out his phone and texted his friend 'gamzee, again its back again..' he waited for a reply but there was no answer, he groaned out in frustration "damnit!" he cursed out as he paced his tail whipping around violently getting tangled in his legs. "fuck" he cursed, Jakes ears wiggled as he listened more so to karkat. Jake put his copy of romeo and juliet in his bag then went out to karkat after class "you alright?" he asked,
karkat was pacing quicky taking slow controled breaths his tail was still whipping around violently and he looked at jake from the corner of his eye he closed his eyes and sighed a bit looking up fully. "y-yea ill be fine.." he walked down the hall and back to jake, "d'you have any more classes today?" he asked. "no let's find Gamzee" he said takinng karkats arm and leading him to Gamzees scent "he wreaks of faygo" he laughed softly, karkat tried to laugh it came out more as a choked back groaned though. "no, gamzee is busy, i wouldnt want to walk in on something" he said, "well then who else knows how to fix it" he asked. he paused and thought gamzee was the only person he ever told about his 'problem', he sighed and shook "there isnt anyone else, look ill j-just sleep it off.. lets just head back.." he said, "okay, I've got good hearing" he reminded him noticing the look on his face, karkat sighed and agreed "f-fine" he gave in.
"so what's wrong maybe I can help" Jake said as they got out and were walking to Jakes bike,
karkat's whole face lit up bright red. "i-i .. uhm id rather not talk about it!" he stuttered out , it was a bit of a sensitve topic. "okay I won't pry" Jake soothed tossing both their bags in the side cart and hopping on, karkat sat on the bike hesitantly curling his tail tightly around Jakes waist and the apologized loosening up. Jake giggled and tried to sit still before he settled down, put his tail snug around karkat kicked the bike to life and drove them home.