Chapter 1

Hi, don't own homestuck and this disclamer is for the whole story.

But I do own this plot, not that that matters.

Today is the day that lusus pick the grubs they will raise; a Jade blood troll walks around looking at what is left of the young grubs. She is looking at the leftover grubs that will be culled in a few hours because they have no lusus, "poor little ones," she mutters looking over each of them. She has been given the honor to choose and raise one grub since she is five sweeps now. The Jade bloods name is Kanaya Maryam and she has found the grub she was looking for, she picks up the mutant candy-red blood. "How did you make your way into the trials," she asks. It is surprising that they missed his bright red body and mistaken him for a rust blood.

She walks back to her hive with the grub, "this will be your home Karkat," she whispers to the young grub, "I will be your mother – lusus," she corrects herself. Kanaya has been secretly learning about her ancestor and a few terms from the higher bloods so she can teach them to the high blood grubs.

She places him in a small bed she made and gets her sewing kit; she is going to have to make him new cloths. She knows Karkat's mutant blood will make him a target so she will do anything in her power to protect her new child, even if it is just making him a new outfit to wear in public.

She makes a black shirt with a jade cancer symbol on it, "now no one will know the difference," she says folding up the little shirt for when he is old enough to fit in it. She knows that there aren't any male jade bloods but she can just tell everyone that he is a rare anomaly, which is true and no one will question her. She makes him a cloak next, he will have to help her work with the mother grubs when he is older to make it seem like he is a jade blood. She sews a small Virgo on the cape part of the cloak, and then she makes small holes in the hood so his nubby horns can come out.

Two and a half sweeps later

Karkat is wearing his new cloths now and helping Kanaya as much as she will allow him to help her. "Mother," Karkat says running to her, "I can take that for you," he takes the grub egg from her and carries it back to the mother grubs.

"Thank you Karkat," she says. Having Karkat around is a very big help for her but he does know he isn't a real jade blood. He wishes he was so if he gets hurt working then no one will be able to cull him for lying about the color. He is wearing jade contacts to hide his red eyes, "Karkat," she says when he walks back inside, "I need you to run some errands for me again."

"Ok mother," he takes the list of things they need and leaves. He walks into town where he watches the lower to middle class bloods running around to get what they need and return home. Karkat stops every few minutes to bow his head to people who have higher blood than a jade blood.

"Now, where is it," he walks around looking for the store. He looks down at the list again, "why does she need more fabric again?!" He mutters to himself.

He runs into another troll and Karkat falls on his carcass, "hey," the troll says and holds his hand out, "you ok bro?"

Karkat has his eyes closed, "fuck," he mutters, he knows Kanaya hates when he curses but this troll is well built and the fall hurt, "sorry," he mutters as the other troll pulls him up.

"No problem bro, what are you motherfucken looking for?"

"Fabric shop," he says and looks at him, shit it is a purple blood! Karkat steps back twice and bows his head, "please forgive my rudeness."

"Aw, come on brother, you don't need to get all mother fuckin flustered over this," he makes Karkat look straight at him, "we are bros now."

"R-right," he says and stands straight up so the purple blood would let him go, "I have to go now, excuse me," he walks away quickly.

"Hey," he catches up to him easily, "why are you running away?"

"It would be disrespectful to you to be near you sir," Karkat says.

"One my name is Gamzee," he grabs Karkat's shoulder, "who are you brother?"

Karkat doesn't try to make him let go, "Karkat Vantas, jade blood." Karkat introduces himself like that to everyone because trolls have several names for him using part of his name and blood color, so trolls don't ask stupid questions and waste his time.

"OH!" He screams scaring Karkat, "you're the protective jade blood that is the best motherfucken mother!"

"I guess," he says, this was the first time he had ever heard that said about him.

"Yeah Karbro, if anyone comes near your grubs you cull them quickly," Gamzee says remembering what he has heard from all the high blood and walks next to him, "I will show you where the store is," he pulls him into the shop. Karkat was known for raising high blood grubs before the challenge they have to face and if anyone goes near them before, even by a second, he goes into what most trolls call a 'protective a shit mother mode.'

"Thank you," he bows his head again and gets all the fabric on the list, "three feet of red, a meter of blue, two yards of brown, a foot of black, and a yard of jade green," he pays and leaves.

"Hey Karbro," Gamzee says walking with him, "you should come to my hive with me."

"I need to return home," Karkat says, FUCK why won't he leave me alone!? I am getting tired of being respectful to this bulge sucker.

"Come on Karbro," the purple blood pleads.

Karkat sighs, "Miss. Kanaya will get worried if I do not return soon." Karkat hates referring to his mother as Miss. Kanaya but he knows that he isn't supposed to call her mother around anyone.

"Then I will walk you home then we can go to my mother fucking hive," Gamzee says happily.

"What about you, what will your lusus think when you bring me to your hive?"

Gamzee looks shocked then sad; he hangs his head and looks like he is going to start crying, SHIT! How was I supposed to know his lusus left him?!

"Maybe I could go over after I finish my errands and drop the things she need off," Karkat says.

Gamzee cheers up, "alright Karbro, let me mother fucking help you," he goes to take a bag but Karkat moves.

"I am fine," he says and they start walking to his hive. Karkat doesn't like Gamzee but he knows better than to let him see that, if it was up to Karkat he would have told him off then and there. But he was raised to take care of young grubs and since Gamzee is a purple blood and lususless he has a very strong instinct to take care of the sad clown.

"Come on Karbro," Gamzee says looking at all the bags Karkat is carrying, "let me help you."

Gamzee has been going on like this for the last ten minutes, "Gamzee, no," he says sternly like he was one of the grubs he watches over, "I can do this myself."

"Karbro!" He whines.

"Ok FINE!" He screams and shoves some bags into Gamzee's arms, "you can fucking help me!" Karkat's eyes widen, "I am sorry! I didn't mean to say that!" He says bowing his head. Shit I snapped again!

"Why are you…" Gamzee realizes why Karkat is freaking out, "it is fine bro, everyone snaps sometimes."

"Not sometimes," Karkat says with a scold, "I have a very bad temper when other trolls pester me."

"Come on bro, it is mother fucking fine," Gamzee says, "It isn't like you hate me or anything."

"Why would I fucking hate you?" Karkat bites his lip, stop cursing dumb ass!

"Well brother," Gamzee says, "you could think I'm mother fucking pathetic for not having a lusus.

Karkat sighs, "It is a common thing for me to see lusus kill the grubs they adopt and sometimes they return them."

"Really?"

"Yes, I watched a spider lusus eat a blue blood boy yesterday. I had to put it down," Karkat says.

"Put it down? You culled a lusus?!" Gamzee asks surprised.

"Yes, it was threatening to cull the other grubs before the choosing so I fixed the problem."

"Wow," he says, "I would have never mother fucking guess that you would cull a lusus."

"I do anything to protect my grubs," he says and opens the door, "Miss. Kanaya I am back, I have a guest with me."

"Who," Kanaya walks out, "hello sir," she bows her head in respect.

"Where should we put these?" Gamzee asks.

"Follow me," Karkat leads him to Kanaya's sewing room and they leave the fabric in there, "oh fuck yeah!" He says looking at his new cloak.

"That looks the same as the one you are wearing," Gamzee says confused.

"No, look," he shows him red stitches around where his horns come out of the hood and the Virgo sign moved to the back of the cloak, "see, this one is different."

"Try it on," Gamzee says.

"No way," he puts it back down on the machine, "she isn't done yet, and if she was I would already have it one."

"How do you mother fucking know that?"

He picks it up, "it is too long for me right now," he holds it next to him and the cap part is touching the floor, "I will get it when I grow a few inches," he puts it back and pushes Gamzee out of the room.

"Oh now we can go to my mother fucking hive," he grabs Karkat's arm and pulls him to the door.

"Where are you two going?" Kanaya asks.

"To my hive," Gamzee says, "Karbro promised."

"No I didn't!" He says/ screams.

"Be back before the sun comes up so you can help me with the mother grubs," Kanaya says. She wants to let Karkat have friends but she fears for his safety when he isn't in her sight.

"Ok Miss. Kanaya," Karkat says and Gamzee yanks him out the door into a run to his hive, "slow down fuck ass!" Karkat screams trying not to trip.

"Speed up bro," Gamzee says.

"Gamzee, I am being fucking serious right now," he stumbles, "if you don't slow down I am going to fall," he regains his balance and is doing his best to keep up but it feels like Gamzee is trying to rip his arm off.

"Ok bro," Gamzee stops and Karkat falls on his face, "you ok?!" He asks worried about him.

"Yeah," Karkat picks himself off and dust himself off annoyed, "I have been thrown down by worse."

"Like what?"

"A pissed off blue blood grub with the strength of a monster," he says with a sigh, "Gog I am glad he got adopted."

"Don't you miss them?" Gamzee asks as they walk to his hive.

"Why, it is my job to protect them, not miss them when they start their new lives."

"Oh," Gamzee says, "hey when we get to my mother fucking hive, I will make us something to eat. I bet you are just as hungry as I am."

Karkat looks away, but he is very hungry, "whatever."

Gamzee smiles, "honk!"

Karkat jumps, "what the fuck?!"

"Honk," Gamzee says, "it is fun, try it, honk!"

"No, thank you," Karkat says and see Gamzee's hive on the beach, his house is different compared to his and Kanaya's house, "you hive is huge."

"Yeah mother fucker," Gamzee pulls him into his hive slower this time so he doesn't hurt Karkat. He opens the door and flips the lights on, Karkat looks horrified. Gamzee's hive looks like a tornado just ran through it.

"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED IN HERE?!" He looks at all the empty faygo and pie tins everywhere; he also sees horns and clubs.

"Oops, forgot to mother fuckin clean up," Gamzee says, "oh well, come on to my respiteblock."

"Fuck no!" Karkat pulls away shocking Gamzee.

Does he hate me because my hive is messed up?! That's mother fuckin right, he is so used to taken care of trolls that he isn't used to messes. Oops. "I can clean it up if…."

"NO!" Karkat says walking into his kitchen, "I will do it," he grabs trash bags and starts to pick up empty faygo bottles, "when was the last time you ate something descent?" He asks holding an empty pie tin.

"A while I guess," Gamzee says, he loves the taste of soper slime, it keeps him calm and from murdering everyone around him.

"Then I will cook you something," he says tying up the first trash bag and continues to clean up.

"No bro, you don't need to motherfuckin push yourself…" Before Gamzee can finish talking Karkat is making him sit on his coach that he dug out of faygo bottles.

"No one should live like this," he throws away the next trash bag, "you need a lusus to take care of you and now you have one."

"What?" Gamzee asks confused.

"Me," Karkat finishes cleaning and surprises Gamzee, not only did he just get a new friend today, he just got someone who wants him! Who is willing to take care of him because they like him!

"Karbro," Gamzee says, "I don't know what to mother fucking say."

"Then don't say anything," Karkat says and carries out the trash bags, "now," he says when he walks back to Gamzee. "What do you want to eat?"

"Can you make soper pies?" Karkat scolds at him.

"Why do you eat that shit? It rots your think pan and I will not let you do that without a fucking go reason."

"You wouldn't mother fucking understand mother," Gamzee says.

Did he just call me mother? No he must have just said brother again. "Try me, I am not going to leave if you have some weird ass reason. I just need to know why."

"It keeps them quiet mother," Gamzee says, "it keeps me calm and it doesn't rust my think pan. It just helps me stay relaxed!"

Fuck he did call me mother! "Ok," Karkat sighs and starts the soper pie, "but you need to eat some real food, then you can have the pie."

"Ok," he says smiling and runs into the kitchen to help Karkat cook. After they eat Karkat finishes cleaning up Gamzee's large hive, but he got it done very quickly since he is used to cleaning bigger places. "Mother!" Gamzee says looking for Karkat.

"In here," he says as he puts all of Gamzee's horns into a pile in his room.

Gamzee runs in and hugs him from behind, "mother," he nudges his head into Karkat's neck.

Karkat sighs, he has protected a few grubs that needed constant attention and loved to cuddle up to him. "There, there Gamzee," he pats him on the head, "is something wrong?"

"No, it is just…" he says talking into Karkat's neck. Karkat keeps his breath even and stays relaxed, "… well I don't want you to mother fucking leave me."

Karkat makes Gamzee look at him, "but I have to go back to my hive soon, but you will be asleep while I am gone."

"I don't care!" He screams shocking the fake jade blood. "I don't want you to mother fucking abandon me too!"

Karkat paps him, "shoosh, don't worry, I will come back." He kisses Gamzee on the forehead, "I don't abandon my grubs," he leads Gamzee to his Recuperacoon, "now go to sleep and don't eat the slime while I am gone. The sun is almost up now, you should already be asleep."

"Ok mother," Gamzee goes to sleep and Karkat leaves.

Karkat is running as quickly as he can back to his hive, "I am so late!" He says to himself as he runs as fast as he can while trying not to trip over his own feet.

Kanaya is waiting out the door as she watches the sun rise, "Karkat, where are you my son," she wonders with fear. Her child can't stand to be in the sun too long and it is almost up.

Karkat runs into Kanaya's view and she sighs with relief that he is ok, "I am back mother," he says out of breath as they walk inside.

"Where were you Karkat?" She asks furiously.

"I was with Gamzee, I'm his mother now!"

Kanaya is silent, "mother? Karkat, if you are going to take his lusus's place, you would be his father."

"But he always calls me mother," Karkat sighs, "his lusus is bad! It rarely goes home to take care of him!"

"Oh my," Kanaya says, "well I guess it is good you are going to take care of him, now we have work to do before you have to go to bed."

"The sun just came up; I still have time before it is in the middle of the sky." Karkat has to go to sleep when the sun is straight above them because it is the harshest then and Kanaya is worried it will hurt him.

"I know, now let's go to work."

"Right," Karkat says fixing his hood and walks out with Kanaya to start working.

Well I hope you liked it, 69