Nepeta Leijon sighed as she watched the rain gush down outside of her window. She wasn't unhappy. She was just doing that for the dramatic effect for the raining day. She hopped off of her seat, and began to put up some decorations. After all, she was hosting the St. Patrick's day party in her cave this year. Her cookies were out, slightly burnt and overfrosted, but still edible. The seats were nice and comfy, if a little tattered. And there were games and activities everywhere to look, as well as a nice refrigerator full of drinks. She sighed. "Purrfect," she murmured.
"Hello? Anyone home?" asked a grumpy voice from the outside. It was Karkat Vantas, and Nepeta was just finishing covering her shipping wall with decorations. "We're all waiting, you know."
"Karkitty!" Nepeta mewed. "I'm ready! Come right in!"
A wet Karkat opened the curtains, and he and ten others of his friends were outside of the cave, dripping like the oceans, dressed in green. Except for Karkat. She smiled a bright, kittyish smile. "This way!" she hollered, and bounded into her cave, and took a cookie. She set on some music, and nibbled on the cookie. She tried not to make a face as she ate into it, the green frosting falling off. She pinched Karkat, only to have him run away awkwardly.
Karkat groaned and walked away, looking around the cave, seeing all of the decorations. "Hmmph," he grumbled. Things were a little bit overdone, with shamrocks and green sparkles everywhere. On the ground, on the ceiling, and definitely on the walls. Although, the wall farthest within the cave seemed to be covered in the most glitter and spaz. Ugh.
Karkat tore at the sparkles and all of the unnecessary stickers on this one. He checked behind him to make sure that Nepeta wasn't watching. She was busy chatting with Equius and Feferi. Perfect. He scratched even harder at the walls, trying to make it at least a little cleaner.
Suddenly, a familiar face came up from behind him. Great. "Hello, friend," came the quirky tones of his apparent friend, Gamzee Makara. "So, you trying to remove some sort of sparkles from the wall?"
"Leave me alone," Karkat replied.
"Sure, I can help with that," smiled Gamzee. "Motherfucker, you won't feel a thing!"
"Whoa! What in the name retarded are you planning on doing?" Karkat shrieked.
Gamzee paid no attention, and started to scratch the decorations off of the wall. Drawings were able to become more visible under there, and Karkat stared at a couple of them. They seemed to feature the people he usually hung out with, some looking strikingly similar to him...
"Wow! What in the name of FUCK is on this wall?" Karkat roared. The rest of the party turned around in shock, except for Kanaya.
"Manners," she said, not looking up from the cookie she was removing frosting from.
Manners indeed.
Karkat stared at the picture on the wall. Nepeta dropped her newly baked tray of cookies.
Karkat had discovered the Shipping Wall!
"Now, it's totally okay!" she assured the party. "Nothing bad! It's just... Drawings! Of things I've dreamed! Yeah..."
Equius stepped up to the wall, looking at the pictures. He gazed up and down them, to see himself paired with the unthinkable. But, Nepeta had only marked the ones she liked, and Equius began to see himself in a picture he liked, a picture of a pairing he liked so much...
"Why the FRICKLE FUCK am I with these guys?!" yelled Karkat, and stamped his foot. "Why would I even want to be paired with all of them?"
"Karkitty?" mewed Nepeta. "I-I'm sorry..."
Karkat stormed off, and Nepeta looked to the left, and to the right. They were all watching Karkat sulk away. "That boy has is-sues," whispered Vriska.
"Doesn't he?" replied Kanaya.
Nepeta dashed outside of her cave, the rain even harder than it was at the beginning of the party. "Karkat?" she asked.
"What is it?" snapped Karkat.
"I-I'm sorry..." she mewed bashfully.
Karkat stood up. "It's okay," he replied. "I was only acting for the rest of them. In reality..." he paused. "I ship you and..."