A little boy skirted through the forest, his hood lightly brushing the grass. In his forearm he held a basket full of cupcakes his father had made earlier. Swiftly he walked through the forest instead of the path his father had told him to follow. His nanna was waiting for his arrival. Briskly his feet hit the forest floor, running to her house.
A dark shadow cast over the ground briefly. The boy slowed to a halt, his blue eyes scanning the trees. Bushes rustled near-by, the boy flipped up his blue hood and tensed his muscles. A pair of glowing red eyes peered out of a bush. The boy stared into his eyes for a few moments, before he knew it, he was on the ground. He struggled, but his wrists were pinned.
"Let me go!" He shouted. The creature that was atop of him only stared, it unwavering eyes serious, but playful. The blue hooded boy took a closer look at the creature, it was human-like only, it had gray skin, wolf ears and tail, sharp teeth and claws and candy corn colored horns.
"W-who are you?" He whispered. The creature's ears twitched, his eyes narrowed. "I'm Karkat." His tail flicked back and forth. They were silent for a few moments. "Well? What's your name?" Karkat growled impatiently. "O-oh, sorry, my name's John, John Egbert." Karkat leaned in closer to John's face; the blued eye boy blushed in confusion. Karkat rubbed his nose against John's; blinking his eyes John blushed an even darker shade of pink. He heard Karkat purring.
"Uh, Karkat I have to get to my nanna's. So, um… Could you let me go now?" He asked a little embarrassed.
Karkat drew his head back and glared at him. John stared into his eyes, curious about his behavior. "What are you Karkat?" He asked tentatively. "I'm a troll." Karkat said plainly, like that was the stupidest question someone could ask. Looking Karkat up and down, he'd never seen a troll before. A gleam of light caught Karkat's eye, but left quickly, he was enjoying the blushing human.
Leaning in close to John's lips he saw him turn his face away. Karkat was frustrated with this action. "Why do you fight me?" He asked, all the other trolls would love to be his matesprit/kismesis. The human's eyes fluttered open and stared into the far off trees, he'd seen John do this before, it was a sign that he's thinking.
Suddenly Karkat was pulled into his memories as a young troll, he was walking through the forest trying to find something to eat when he heard a man and a small boy near-by. Sprinting he climbed into the nearest bush and watched them, the man was smoking a pipe and the young boy was wearing a goofy pair of glasses with droopy eyes and a mustache on it. Instantly he was fascinated by the boy. He observed them til' they left for the boy's nanna's house in the woods.
Karkat later found out that every week the boy walks alone through the woods to his nanna's, bringing her sweet cakes and pie. For years he couldn't comprehend why he wanted to see the blue hooded boy so badly, his heart jumped just seeing him.
Then one day it hit him. He's in love with the blue hooded boy. After a long time he knew he had to be with him, he yearned for the blue hooded boy.
Today he finally had his chance to tell him how he feels. A soft breeze ruffled his fur and snapped him back to John.
John was blushing and mumbling something about needing to deliver the baked goods to his nanna. His blue eyes flicked about, he was getting even more flustered. "Well, I, um, Karkat I'm not a homosexual." He stuttered quickly. Karkat blinked a couple times, not understanding the term 'homosexual'.
"John, what's a homosexual?" He cocked his head to one side, genuinely curious. John looked puzzled and dumbfounded. "Uh… Its when, you know… When two guys like each other." The troll's eyes narrowed. "Well that's stupid," He said with a snort. "you humans just love to be segregated don't you? Why is that even a thing?" John gave a shrug and pushed Karkat off himself.
Brushing off the dead leaves and crushed grass off him, John gathered his basket, throwing a last glance over at the troll with sparkling, curious blue eyes.