You are Karkat Vantas and you are alone at your hive. You keep your new cell phone next to you, hoping that someone will text you back.

SOLLUX'S MESSAGES:

YOU: HEY SOLLUX YOU WANNA COME OVER AND PLAY SOME VIDEO GAMES, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A HUGE DOUCHE AND I WOULD NEVER NORMALLY PLAY WITH YOU.

SOLLUX: well kk ii gue22 you mii22 me.

YOU: NO I DON'T MISS YOU. YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!

SOLLUX: whoa calm down kk. Ii wa2 ju2t me22ing with yah. Ii cant come over cau2 iim hanging wiith dave, maybe next tiime.

YOU: FINE. HAVE FUN, YOU FUCKING KISER OF SHIT.

You haven't gotten a text back from him, why don't you see if John, as stupid and derpy as he is, will want to play Super Smash Bros Brawl with you. Even though he is kinda your friend you feel a little embarrassed to ask him over to your hive when no one else is there. You shake off the feeling and text him.

JOHN'S MESSAGES:

YOU: HEY FUCKASS, YOU WANNA COME OVER AND PLAY SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL WITH ME? IT JUST GETS BORING PLAYING AGAINST A COMPUTER AFTER AWHILE.

Oh gog why did you type that in? Now he's gonna think you don't really care if he comes or not. Fuck. A few minutes later your phone buzzes in your clenched hand.

JOHN: hey karkat! sure ill play! Ill be over in a few.

Relief floods through you, even though you are puzzled by this you brush it off and text him back.

YOU: ALRIGHT. BUT DON'T TAKE TOO LONG OR I SWEAR TO YOUR HUMAN GOG THAT ILL MAKE YOU PAY!

Wow, you need to try and calm down a little. Plus you're probably making John a little nervous on that last text. You get out some human soda and pop open the bottle, you take a sip. Huh, it's defiantly better than faygo. You sip some more, then you actually bother to read the label. It's marked as Coca-Cola: Cherry. You shrug and drink some more.

You take out the Wii and hook it up to the TV. Straightening it out, you hook up the GameCube controllers, you hate using the Wii remotes and so does John.

You hear a knock at the door just as you finish setting up. You open the door to find John in his ridiculous god tier pajamas.

You are John Egbert and you have just arrived at Karkat's house. After you knock he opens the door a few seconds afterwards. "Hey there Egderp." He steps aside to let you inside. You laugh. "Oh, haha. Hey there Karkitty." You step inside and sit on the couch. He offers you a cherry coke, but you decline politely. He shrugs and sits down beside you, staring off into space. You giggle and wave your hand in front of his face. "Karkat, John to Karkat, I need you to play the game with me Karkat." Karkat blinks a couple times then turns on the Wii, lightly blushing. You giggle even more.

You pick up one of the controllers and begin to play. The two of you button mash and attack each other for a good hour and a half. You are beginning to tire of Karkat complaining of you cheating and demanding a rematch. Soon dark storm clouds roll in. A clap of thunder stuns the two and soon afterwards the thunder is accompanied by rain.

The rain pours down harder and harder. You and Karkat try to continue playing, but are interrupted by a crack of lightning and the power then goes out. The house is pitch black.

You think you hear someone cowering, but you then realize its Karkat cowering and shaking next to you. You feel sorry for him so you wrap the end of your hood around Karkat, shushing him and telling him it's ok.

You are Karkat and you are the biggest wuss. John has wrapped his hood around you while you are shaking in fear. You scoot closer to him, still shaking. You cross your arms and bury your face in your arms. Trying to hide the fear from John. He is rubbing your back telling you everything's going to be ok. You start to calm down a little and then another clap of thunder startles you and you end up hugging John shivering and hiding your face in his shirt.

"I-I'm sorry." You manage to say a little shakily. "It's fine Karkat." He wraps his arms around you and whispers that you're so tiny. This makes you a little angry. But it's replaced by an emotion that you don't quite know. This just makes you angrier.

Your hive lights up at every flash of lightning. John has pressed himself close to you and you aren't quite scared anymore. In fact you are happy that John is holding you like this, but you don't know why.