I obviously don't own Homestuck and yeah . . .
-Karkat-
I pull my hands away from the hot dishes and curse silently to myself. I glower at the sweltering dishes and wait for the steam to disappear before I attempt to grab the dishes once more. A chuckle rings out behind me.
"You should pay more attention KK." I turn around and see Sollux leaning against the doorway with his arms wrapped around his thin chest. I let out a growl and ignore his presence. I walk back to the other side of the dishwasher and put in another load of dirty dishes, wiping my hands on my apron; I turn back around to put the clean dishes away and I see Sollux standing right behind me. I let out a soft squeak in surprise and quickly glare up at him.
"What do you want Captor? Can't you see I'm trying to do my job here?" He smirks and ruffles my hair, his thumb grazes across my horn and a shiver runs down my spine.
"Well, you thee Vantath, I work here too. Who wath the one who got you thith job in the firtht plathe? Me." I duck away from him and put the cooling dishes on a cart.
"If your job consists of standing around and doing fucking nothing, then I would suppose that you are doing your job exceedingly well. Evidently, I do believe that doing that is not part of your job description. I think it was something among the lines of you picking up those rancid and filthy dishes so that I may wash them with this device." I rap my grey hand against the front of the dishwasher and quickly pull it back; god damn, is everything in this place scorching hot? Sollux slides his red and blue glasses down his nose and stares at me with his mix matched eyes.
"We're clothed up, I went back here to help you becauthe I am jutht thuch a nithe betht friend. However, it theemth to me that you have it all handled back here; I gueth I will jutht go home then." He turns to leave and I grab his elbow.
"Where do you think you're going?" He peers over his shoulder with a hint of a smile.
"Home, did you not lithen to what I jutht thaid? You should really pay more attention KK, clean out your auricular thponge clotth more often." I roll my eyes and punch his shoulder lightly.
"You better not leave me here with all these dishes!" I move to the side and show him all the dishes that I still have yet to do. He lets out an exhale and then a smug smile slowly crawls on his face.
"Only if you thay that I am better at everything than you."
"What? Hell no!" Sollux shrugs and starts walking out of the dish room again.
"Fine, thee you tomorrow KK."
"Wait!"
"Yeth?" My hands clench at my sides and I growl out between my teeth.
"You're better at everything, please help me." He brings his hand up to his ear.
"What? I'm thorry, I didn't hear you; thpeak louder pleathe."
"No! I already fucking said it! You really think that I have all day grovelling at your pathetic mix matched shoes? Well, I will have you informed that I, in fact, do not have all fucking day. So if you're not going to help, just get your scrawny little spinal crevice out of here because you're just wasting my time."
"Dude, thettle down. Like theriouthly, what crawled up your nook and died?" He walks back and pushes me aside and starts putting away the dishes. I go back to throw in another load of dirty dishes.
"Thanks for helping out man." Sollux shrugs and gives me a smile, his fangs digging into his lower lip.
"That'th what friendth are for. Even though you are a douche all the time to me." I throw my apron at his face, he catches it and tosses it in the hamper and opens the back door. I follow him outside. We do a quick high five before we split directions.
"Thee you later KK."
"Later Captor." I walk along the cracked sidewalk and hum to myself. I'm going to have to start bringing a jacket with me, the cold October air is beginning to bite through my thin hoodie. My faded grey converse crunches against the vibrant red and orange leaves on the ground. I smile to myself; autumn has to be my favourite season on earth. It's cool out, giving the perfect opportunity to snuggle up and watch rom coms whilst sipping on some hot chocolate. Not to mention at the end of October the humans go out dressed as monsters and other scary stuff and get free candy! Isn't that just amazing?
I hear a familiar cackle up ahead of me and I peer around the corner. I see Terezi pressing up against someone to the wall. I draw closer and hear her giggle again.
"Stop leading me on, pretty boy." There is a muffled reply that I can't catch and she leans in closer to the other being. I get close enough to see that she has Dave backed against the wall and he has his sunglasses perched on his platinum blonde hair. My heart sinks to my stomach as I watch helplessly as Terezi brings her lips to Dave's. His eyes snap up towards me and they show surprise, Dave pushes her away from him and takes one step towards me.
"Karkat, wait." I shake my head and bite the sleeve of my hoodie. Tears threaten to spill and I turn my heel on the two. I knew that I could never trust him. He's a Strider, he never loved me; he just wanted me because he thought I was easy. Footsteps approach me and I start to run away from the two of them. If Terezi wants him, she can have him. I keep running, the wind is torn from my lungs and my sides are on fire but I can't stop sprinting. I still can hear her laughter and I can still see his eyes staring lovingly at her.
I let out a defeated sob and take out my phone, with shaking hands I dial Sollux's phone number and I slow to a walk when he answers on the third ring.
"Thup KK?"
"Hey, uh, can I come over?" My voice falters at the end of my question and he catches it.
"What'th wrong?" I feel a tear fall down and I take in a deep breath. I stop walking and stare up at the black sky.
"I'll tell you later, please can I come over?"
"Yeah." I feel slightly relieved and I hang up the phone and I start to walk once more. I feel my phone go off and I check the ID, it's Dave. I ignore his phone call and shove my cell phone back into my pocket. I don't want to deal with him, let alone having to hear his voice right now.
Sollux's door swings open and light floods into the porch. I stare up at him mournfully and he mimics the stare with worry. I wrap my arms tightly against his slender waist and for a moment he stiffens at the sudden embrace but soon hugs me in return.
"Tho what happened?" Sollux's light and gravelly voice rings through the comforting silence and I sniffle against his chest.
"I found Dave kissing Terezi." He lets out a soft growl and his slim fingers run through my hair and he soothes me down.
"He didn't detherve you anyway, you detherve way better than him." I pull away and stare up at his anaglyph glasses.
"You really think so Sollux?" He nods and has a small smile that flickers across his thin, black lips.
"Of courthe, Thtrider ith a douche. There are tho many more good guyth out there for you." I fidget around for my phone.
"I don't know, maybe I should call him?" He scowls at me.
"And have him break your heart again?" I let out a huff of exasperation.
"Well I don't know! I don't know what I should do anymore Sollux!" He has a mixture of emotions that run through his face before he speaks quietly.
"There'th thomething that I have to tell you KK."
"What?" Sollux's cool hand hooks underneath my chin and gently lifts up my head and looks into my eyes. I watch on speechless as he slowly leans in closer and kisses me softly on my lips. The kiss is tender and innocent unlike the kisses that I have shared with Dave which are often times more driven with lust. After a moment, he pulls away and murmurs out delicately.
"I've loved you thince we were jutht grubth." I stare back at him in shock; my best friend just admitted his love and kissed me.
Author's Note
I'm sorry I didn't upload this new story sooner but I've haven't been feeling very well and I've been having some personal issues and I just wasn't feeling very inspired lately. So this is the new story! I don't really know what direction this one will go in but yeah, we'll see how it turns out! Good news is that my computer now has OpenOffice so now I won't have to write my stories on my school computer! Yay! I'll take my leave now, I hope you guys have a wonderful day!