Chapter One:
John's Point of View
~ BEEP ~ BEEP ~ BEEP ~
I groan at the noise my alarm clock is making. Why is it set to go off this early? I reach over to my nightstand and try to hit the snooze button.
"Too…..many….buttons...ugh." I mumble, the sound of the voice that comes out is different than my original.
I finally hit it and the commotion seems to cease. But yet a ringing echoes throughout my room and ears. I roll onto my left to stare at the blurry numbers. The ringing gets a bit louder in my head.
"What…the..?" I ask myself in a hoarse tone.
I rub my eyes, blinking a few times, and then stare at the clock again. The numbers blend together in a reddish-orange blob which causes my head to spin.
"Oh jeesh…me and my blindness." A comment made by me almost every morning.
Yawning, I lean off my bed to grab my thick-squared framed glasses that sit on my nightstand and I put them on. The clash of colors and the fuzzy objects become perfectly clear now. I yawn again as I sit up and the ringing begins to die down. A smile forms as it is now a soft ring and finally disappears, but the small smile fades when I hear a voice yelling. At me? It's a very familiar voice too.
"Uh..?" I begin to ask, not soon enough though, and my blankets are ripped off me.
"Get your ass up Egbert!" I shiver at the lack of worth.
"Karkat? Is that you?"
Karkat's Point of View
"No. It's the fucking human Santa Claus. WHO DO YOU THINK?!" I growl at his stupid question.
How does HE not fucking know? I toss the covers (whatever the fuck they're supposed to do) onto his fluffy ground. Fuck, the human hives are so damn confusing. I watch him as he rubs his eyes and yawns in his fucked up way.
"Well, good morning sunshine." He replies.
My eye twitches, it just fucking twitches. Has his damn think-pan exploded?
"SUNSHINE?! Who the fuck are you calling sunshine, you nooksnuffer?! I got up too damn early in the morning JUST so I could go HUMAN shopping with you! Not to fucking mention that I let myself in! GOG DAMMIT EGBERT! Do you even know how to fucking lock your hive door?!" I yell at him, taking steps closer to him with each word.
He flinches and then softly laughs. What the hell is so gog damn funny to him?
"GET. YOUR. ASS. UP. NOW. EGBERT." I say with a commanding tone.
I slam my hands on the edge of his fucking 'bed' and glare at him. He laughs.
"Alright, alright... I'm up. Jeesh, I was only kidding around with you when I called you that Karkar."
He tries to explain as he swings his feeble human legs over the side of his strange fucking 'bed'. I walk away from it and lean against a nearby wall, crossing my arms as I watch him. He stands up and fidgets with his hands.
"Uh...Karkat. Do you mind turning around so I could change?"
John's Point of View
I start to fidget with the bottom of my shirt I slept in. He stares at me and it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.
"You want me to WHAT?" He asks with a tone I take as confused.
Shifting my weight, I sigh and show him by spinning my finger.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Karkat uncrosses his arms, trying to glare at me.
I hug myself to keep warm as I wait for him to figure it out.
"Wait. Are you applying for me to face away from you?" I nod for his answer.
He makes a sound that is like a growl and stomps off into my hallway. I blink with confusion.
"Just hurry the FUCK up before I change my fucking mind! Gog… I honestly don't know what I am going to do with you Egbert." His voice echoes off the walls in the hall, increasing its volume.
I rush to find a clean shirt and a clean pair of jeans, changing out of what I wore to sleep into the new outfit. I grab my shoes and run into my living room, attempting to put them on.
"EGBE-" I fall over with one shoe on and one off right as he starts the sentence.
I groan in slight pain. "What. The. Fuck. Egbert." He says, kneeling in front of me.
"Heh heh. I fell." I tell him, getting up and putting my other shoe on.
He sighs, shaking his head and stands up. "I knew that you dumbass. Ugh, let's go." Karkat announces as he pushes me to the door. Nodding, I open my door.