Another day, another tormenting 24 hours of secretly being special. He doesn't really understand why, but people seem to be overly attracted to him. He is cranky and the self-loathing personality doesn't seem to be be fitting. Half of the time he is hiding from all his 'friends' . It s getting really boring in his locker! How did he fit in there anyways? Perhaps the fact that is so so tiny factors in?

They are back again. Lunch time is over and Karkat is absolutely starving! Hey, what's that, just in his pocket? A granola bar, his favorite kind too. How lucky he is. Best eat it quick and get to class or Mr. Serket will have his head! He has been ever so mean since his wife left. He takes a moment to wander where she could have gone. Fiji, Jamaica, England, they all sound magnificent to him!

DING DING! That s the bell! Run little grump, run! He sits down just as the teacher starts to call roll. One by one the list gets shorter and shorter.

"Eridan Ampora?" He calls. He hears a slight "Here!" from right next to him. He seems to like sitting in the back like Karkat does.

"Selena Canar?" Mr. Serket continues.

He is at the bottom of the list because his last name starts with a V . Patience isn t one of his strong suits so he has taken to a chatting app called Pesterchum/Trollian . It has two modes, hence the two names. He has met some actual friends on it! In fact, one is messaging him right now!

'hey'

'HELLO'

'what are you doing'

'SITTING IN CLASS, YOU'

'same'

'IM SO BORED'

'me too so i am writing a rap wanna hear it'

'FUCK NO NOT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR SHITTY RAPS'

'im just gonna sit here all ironic and shit'

'AGAIN WITH THE FUCKING IRONY SHIT FUCKING KILL ME NOW'

He ceased the chat. Like Karkat cares, pfft. Okay, now his feelings are down. He hears his name and absent mindedly says present. The only kid that says present is Karkat, as usual. He figures that it s because he is smarter than everybody else in his classes. They are now all looking at Vantas. Thats when he realizes the teacher is also looking at him. Maybe it's the sweater? It is about 92 degrees out. It could also be the fact that he has bags under his eyes and oh wait, what's this? He seems to be bleeding from his forehead. He raises his hand and asks to go to the bathroom. Of course, Mr. Serket let's hium go and he stands up and leave.

In the bathroom, he pulls out his first-aid kit. It seems he is almost out of band-aids. He takes out an anti-biotic wipe and cleans the cut. After that, he places two butterfly-closure strips over the wound. This happens too often. If it keeps up, people will find out. If that got out, he doesn't know what he would do.

Just as the thought pops into hisr head, Trollian goes off.

'wwhat wwas that all about'

'NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUISNESS'

'it didnt look like nothin'

'WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU ANYWAYS'

'eridan ampora'

'it seems like you are in a reel situation'

'FUCK OFF'

'ARENT YOU IN MY FUCKING CLASS'

'whale arent you glubbin observvent'

'STOP WITH THE *LAME* AS FISH PUNS'

'you knoww im glubbin fabulous'

And with that, he ceased the chat. Why isn't he ever the one who does that? He needs to learn to do that more often. And right on qeue, another person starts talking to KK!

'hey kk.'

'HELLO SOLLUX'

'what'2 up?'

'JUST BLEEDING'

'what happened thii2 tiime?'

'I GOT REAL FRIENDLY WITH ONE OF HIS EMPTY BOTTLES'

'2orry kk.'

'IT WASNT YOUR FAULT'

'I HAVE TO FUCKING LEAVE NOW'

He ends the chat before Karkat does. Seriously, he need to grow a pair! Or just needs to click the little 'x' in the corner! He has no game. As he thinks this he heads back to the classroom. When he sits back down Eridan starts another chat.

'nice bandage'

'FUCK YOU'

You finally end the chat before anyone else. Sadly, this is the first time you have done this in three years. Ampora starts another chat.

'wwhen'

'NOT LITERALLY, YOU DESPERATE FUCKER'

'i kneww it reely wwasnt literal'

'SURE YOU FUCKING DID, FUCKASS'

He ceases the chat again. YAY! That is the second time in a row! Karkat looks over at him and he just glares at Vantas. KK guesses he gave up trying to communicate with him beacause he didn't get another message from him. Until he sends KK one measly word.

'wweh'

Then he steals KK's thunder and ends the chat. Sheesh. Karkels decides to put his phone away and actually try to learn something for once.

"Today we will be learning about..." Mr. Vriska let his voice trail off. He looks to the spot in the room where his eyes were located.

Right behind him, there stands an albino with some 'ironic' aviators and he is pointing right at Vantas. Why does Dave fucking Strider always do things like this. Of course, Karkat stands up and follows him out the door. Karkat feels kind of strange whenever he is around Dave. It's like butterflies decided to hatch and flutter around in the empty pit that is his stomach. Whilst not paying attention, Karkat trips and finds himself in Dave's arms. This, of course, makes his stomach feel likes it's going to explode.