The one in which Karkat goes blind, and Dave has to take care of him.

Karkat is currently looking out at paradox space. Honestly the others have been pissing him off so much lately, that the guy just needed a brake. It was moments like these that made him miss his lusus the most. Crab Dad would have told him that the others were just being stupid and chirp at Karkat ...

Karkat can hear someone walk over to him, and when he glanced over, he saw it was Terezi. Karkat had absolutely no idea why she isn't off with Dave, but he just acted like he didn't notice. Apparently she didn't notice Karkat yet seeing as it turns out that Dave is with her. She says something to him about there being a dream bubble not to far.

Dave spotted Karkat and decides to let Terezi know the shortest troll was there, "I totally see it TZ! Karkat don't you? Its like a giant version of the bubbles we blew on earth!"

Oh Karkat sees it, and the look on Terezi's face, when she smells Karkat. But Karkat just growled,"YOUR EARTH CUSTOMS ARE STUPID! WHO WOULD WASTE TIME BLOWING SOME STUPID BUBBLES!"

Terezi speaks up, "K4rk47 jus7 no! For onc3 cn w3 no7 h4v3 7o d34l w17h you b341ng 4ll p47h371c? You ru1n 3v3ry7h1ng!" She looked annoyed, but her face changed, "7h3 bubbl3 sm3lls clos3! 4nd 17s mov1ng f4s7!"

Then they were enveloped in it. All Karkat saw was a flash of light, then everything went pitch black. The troll let out a scream of pain and could feel a pair of troll had pull him back out of the blazing heat. It sounded like Terezi was yelling something at what he could only assume was Dave urgently. What it was Karkat couldn't say because his own screams of pain were still ringing in his ears!

"THEY HURT TEREZI! WHAT JUST HAPPENED! WHERE ARE WE! WHY IS EVERYTHING DARK!" Karkat could feel her arms pin his hands to the ground.

"K4rk47" Terezi cautioned, "Don'7 7ouch your 3y3s! 1 s3n7 D4v3 7o go f1nd K4n4y4! 7h3 dr34m bubbl3 should b3 ov3r soon! W3'll know how b4d 7h3 d4m4g3 1s 7b3n!"

"WHY IS EVERYTHING DARK!" Karkat sobbed in pain, as Terezi just held him, so he wouldn't try to touch his eyes again. When she didn't respond, Karkat felt his panic double. But the ground beneath himself felt rocky... Like a cave floor. He felt his breath steady realising that chances were there was no light in the cave. "ARE WE IN A CAVE?"

"Y3s... Um...1 7h1nk 7h47 17s N3p374's c4v3..." There was something she wasn't saying, and soon the ground changed to the cold linoleum floor of the meteor. Everything was still dark. Karkat could feel panic wheeling up inside of him again, but he forced himself to stay calm.

"Karkat I Apologize That I Took So Long To Arrive To You..." When she saw what was wrong, she went silent.

"KANAYA PLEASE! WHY IS EVERYTHING DARK? WHY WON'T TEREZI TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"You Were Outside Weren't You Terezi When The Dream Bubble Hit" There was quiet for a minute, and Karkat was sure Terezi had used a head motion to keep him in the dark, while he was in the dark.

"You cn f1x 7h1s r1gh7?"

"I'm Sorry This Is Outside Of My Ability's I Deeply Wish I Could All I Can Do Is Ease Any Pain He Might Be Feeling"

Karkat felt a surge of fear nail him, as he despretky asked, "WHAT CANT YOU FIX!"

"Karkat I Am Deeply Sorry But When We Entered The Dream Bubble We Ended Up On Alternia During The Day" When Karkat didn't respond, she continued, "Karkat You're Blind Now" And with that Karkat felt his world shatter around him...

That was two weeks ago, and everyone seemed to be taking turns looking after him. Terezi was being nicer to him than she usually was, seeing as he didn't he some unhatched lusus to teach him to see. Though he wasn't able to smell or taste any colors. Yes his nonsight related séances improved, and he could hear the difference in the way that everyone walked. He could smell them from much further away to, but he was still blind.

Today Dave was taking care of him, which meant rom com's. Dave would describe what was happening on the screen, and Karkat would listen quietly. He liked it, when Dave took care of him. The cool kid tried to treat him like the same troll, but the human was careful to acamadate his blindness.

Right now Strider was walking with him towards the nutrition block and telling the troll that he was learning Alternian, so he could read Karkat's books to him.

Going blind had forced Karkat to drop his animosity towards the human, in favor of being dependent on him. Not a trade off the he liked, but he had no choice now.

Soon they arrived, and Dave asked if Karkat wanted a sandwich. Karkat said no, that he wanted soup. Karkat spilt the first few spoonfulls on himself, before Dave took the spoon and began to feed it to Karkat .

Over the intercom they could hear Terezi announce that another dream bubble was on its way and would arrive in a few minutes, so everyone should put on their protective eyewear. Everyone had decided since Karkat , when a dream bubble came, they needed to be prepaired for the possibility of the harsh Alternian sun.

This was the first dream bubble since Karkat had gone blind, so everyone was on edge. However it was quickly announced that it was just the dancestors. Karkat wasn't sure that was any better. That meant Kankri.

Soon the troll could sent the dead troll in the room, "K8rk8t I w8uld like t8 pick up with where 8ur l8st t8lk left 8ff. H8wever I must questi8n y8ur ch8ice in eyewe8r."

"KANKRI MY FACE MY CHOICE IN WHAT I PUT ON IT!" Karkat growled. He heard a snicker from Dave, but he choose to ignore it.

Kankri just gave a sigh that said he was going to relate this to triggers, "S8me could find such 8 resp8nce t8 be mildly triggering. Y8u see s8m-" Kankri was quickly cut off by Karkat's anger.

"NO I DON'T SEE! IM BLIND FOR THE LOVE OF GOG! OR DID YOU MISS THE MEMO? WHY ELSE WOULD TEREZI THINK TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IT WAS JUST A VISIT FROM YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS! I WENT BLIND IN THE LAST DREAM BUBBLE! SO NO I DO NOT SEE ME HIDING MY CRISPY BURNT OUT OPTICAL ORBS IS TRIGGERING!" Yeah Karkat was wearing Dave's old shades. The human had given them to him because Karkat's blind and unseeing eyes kind of freaked the others out. Since then he referred to the two of them as the ironic duo.

Kankri was silent for a moment, shocked, before saying, "I 8p8l8gize f8r triggering y8u. I h8d n8 ide8." The deceased troll seemed to not know what else to say, so they absconded.

Karkat just turned his head to face Dave and waited to hear him say the word open. When he did, Karkat accepted another spoonful of soup into his mouth. Neither of them said one word about Karkat's outburst. Everyone knew being blind was hard for the troll. It had made him grow quieter. Mainly so he could hear if someone was walking around. He was quickly growing afraid of something that had nothing to do with his blood...

He was afraid they would just one day leave him all alone in the dark...