He sat there alone with candy red tears streaming down his face and onto his god tier clothing. Why did this upset him so much? He was just a doomed alternate self, he knew that.. He had known that the second he ascended to godtier… So why was he so upset? He slammed his fist onto the ground and let out a broken sob. It wasn't fair! He didn't want this! If he was an alternate self why couldn't he just disappear! Why was he doomed to this horrible existence? He didn't deserve this! He didn't!
"Karkitty?" A soft voice called out. He almost didn't recognize it… Although the nickname was a dead give away..
"Nepeta?" Karkat replied softly. He lifted his head and looked up at the dead dream version of Nepeta.
"Karkitty… You're.. You're dead…" Nepeta whispered softly. Tears filled her eyes as she sat down infront of him.
Karkat sighed softly "I.. I'm from an alternate timeline.. I ascended to god tier shortly after you were killed.. It wasn't suppose to happen so we became an alternate timeline.." he said.
"My.. My real self is dead too?" Nepeta asked. She frowned "Why aren't you talking like you usually do?" she asked suddenly.
Karkat shrugged "Just.. Not in the mood I guess.. Here.. Let me explain all that happened." he said.
"Gamzee went crazy, he was sober now which I guess is super bad.. Anyways he killed Equius and when you tried to fight Gamzee.. He killed you.. I ended up being able to calm Gamzee down and shortly afterwards I ascended to god tier.. Something I don't want to talk about yet.. Anyways after that Rose and Dave joined us and we all went off to join the new game session. Which is what happened with the regular timeline minus me becoming god tier but that's all I know about the regular timeline. Anyways as we were traveling Jack caught up to us and before anyone could stop me I went out and fought him. I died, a heroic death technically so I couldn't come back. It bought them enough time to get away though so at least in that timeline I sort of helped.." Karkat mumbled. He looked at her and frowned as he saw tears in her eyes.
"Oh Karkitty! You're a hero!" Nepeta cried out happily as she lunged forward and hugged him. "But… Equius and I are dead? I thought Gamzee was our furrend?" she asked.
Karkat sighed "He is! Or was I guess.. I don't know it's just complicated.." he replied.
Nepeta nodded then smiled faintly "Well at least were not alone in this dream bubble." she said. "I've been all alone here.. Except for when Sollux and Aradia visited." she said.
"They did? Will they be back?" Karkat asked instantly.
Nepeta nodded happily "They purromised!" she replied.
Karkat relaxed and nodded. He looked around quietly and let out a sigh. Nepeta felt her heart sink, He wasn't happy to be here… He probably missed Terezi and Gamzee. She felt a pang of jealousy and sadness. She was dead, and even dead she would never have Karkat's love.. He would always love Terezi… She sighed softly then smiled. Well even if he would never love her at least they could spend time together like she had always wanted!
"Want to go explore with me? I purromise you'll love it here!" she said happily as she stood up and offered him her hand.
Karkat stared at her hand for a while before he nodded and took it before he stood up. "Lead the way I guess.." he grumbled.
Nepeta smiled brightly and turned and ran off "Hurry up! You don't want to get lost!" she joked.
She led him towards the forest, it looked a lot like the forest that had been around her cave/hive back on Alternia. She missed that place dearly.. She missed Pounce dearly too and now that she couldn't talk to Jaspersprite she missed Pounce even more. She glanced back at Karkat as she remembered it, she would never be able to be happy with him until she was dead. She smiled faintly wishing that had not been true.. But at the same time she was glad it was, she liked the thought of being with Karkat forever in their own little dream bubble.. Even if all their furriends were gone..
"This is like my old forest." she explained "Were close to my cave hive!" she announced happily. "Well it's not really it.. Its.. It's like a copy of it but I still like it.." she said.
"Is your lusus there?" Karkat asked.
Nepeta shook her head "No, not that I've seen sorry… Were you hoping to see your lusus?" She asked.
Karkat turned his head away feeling a slight bit of disappointment. "No of course not don't be stupid!" he snapped.
Nepeta giggled "I was just asking Karkitty." she said. She turned and ran into her cave and looked around. She blushed deeply and quickly covered up her shipping wall.
Karkat walked in and glanced around. "Why did you cover up your shipping wall?" he asked casually.
"O-Oh.. Um.. No reason.." Nepeta mumbled. "Any..Anyways!" she said. "Look around! There are tons more paintings that are much more interesting!" she said.
Karkat nodded and looked around, maybe she covered it up since she didn't want to see their friends? It's not like they were ever going to see them again anyways… He looked at the painting of The Disciple and The Sufferer. "Who..Who are they? They look just like us.." he said.
"They were out ancestors.." Nepeta said softly. "The Sufferer was yours, and The Disciple was mine." she explained. "They were in love, their love went past all four quadrants.." she said softly.
Karkat nodded and stayed surprisingly silent. He turned away and went back to looking around.
Nepeta sighed softly and watched him, he wasn't nearly as grumpy as usual.. But she did just find him so he might be in a state of shock? She turned her head as she heard rain began to pore.
Eventually they both decided to wait out the rain, even though they were dead they still didn't want to get wet.. So they both settled into the mirror image of Nepeta's cave for the night. She laid down quietly watching the rain as she thought. Besides when Aradia and Sollux visited were they all each other had? Would anyone else come into their dream bubble or was this just theirs for eternity? She smiled faintly slightly hoping it was even though she would miss her furrends.. Especially Equius her moirail.. But with Karkat by her side she would be alright.. Even if he didn't love her they could still have a lot of fun together! She would be sure to show him everything she liked here and then they could discover new things together! It would be purrfect! She glanced over at him and noticed him staring at the painting of their ancestors deep in thought. She smiled faintly then turned and stared out at the rain again.
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Just a small story I'm going to be writing on the side. It's about the dead dream Nepeta and dead god tier Karkat that was seen for a quick second. All reviews would be loved. I do not own Homestuck, it belongs to Andrew Hussie. Thanks for reading this small story!