Author's note: So the story behind this story is that a friend of mine wanted me to write her a GamKar fic. So I gave her a few chapters, and she told me she really liked it and I should upload here. This is one of my first fanfiction stories I've ever written so I'm very open to criticism and any grammatical mistakes that have been found after my spell check. IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm aware of one very unprofessional thing currently in this fic, and that is that Eridan's character is terribly wrong. There is a semireasonable explanation for this, but honestly, it was mostly an inside joke. I can explain it if there is enough demand for an explanation but it is a long story. All caps is used only when Karkat is extremely angry or frustrated, and used because it is reminiscent of his typing quirk.
The alarm rang from the boy's alarm clock. He wasn't accustomed to its infernal ringing anymore. It had been months sence he had had to hear it.
"God. Fuck my life." He muttered, trying to slam the alarm off, but failing. "Why can I never fucking get this? It's like all alarm clocks are designed to make you solve a fucking puzzle just to get some goddamn peace and quiet!" He yelled. This boy was Karkat Vantas, and, as you can tell, he had quite a colorful vocabulary.
Karkat looked at the date on the blue calendar on his wall. "August 22. Fucking great. Just fucking great." This date had been marked, in his favorite grey sharpie, 'THE DAY I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO HELL.' He went downstairs to make himself some toast. Unfortunately, the toaster was broken and he didn't have anything else he could eat for breakfast. "FUCK MY LIFE!" Karkat screamed at the top of his lungs. Usually his crabby dad would tell him off for yelling this early in the morning, but he had gone away on a business trip. He had left enough money for Karkat to survive and checked in every night, but this had virtually nothing to do with Karkat's attitude. It was just the way he was.
Karkat flipped open his cell phone to check the time. 7 AM on the dot, or at least he figured it was on the dot. It was a digital clock. "Better not be fucking late now. Shit, there had better be gas in the car. If this is what everyday of high school is gonna be like someone better just fucking kill me now." Karkat said. He talked to himself more than anyone else.
He started up his, thankfully gas filled, car and drove to his school. The car was old and beat up. It was something from 2003 but Karkat hadn't really cared about what it was he just needed something he could afford to get around in. It was grey and basic. Nothing special. The ride to school wasn't too long. The school was only a couple miles from his house. He parked and got out of his car when he was immediately greeted by a familiar face. With a very loud sigh Karkat said "What the fuck do you want? I'm not having a good day."
"Hey bro. Sorry to hear about your day. Want one of my motherfuckin muffins? They can change your life." The other boy said as he took a sip of red Faygo and offered Karkat a zip-lock bag of muffins. The boy was slim, seemed calm, and smelled of smoke. Not that that was unusual for him. Karkat was hungry, but didn't trust the muffins.
"No Gamzee. I don't want your fucking pot muffins." Karkat said. "Whoa man, how'd you figure out they were pot muffins?" Gamzee, the other boy, asked. "You must've read my mind." Karkat couldn't help but smirk just a bit to himself, but he quickly covered it up and said, "It was more like common fucking since."
"Well whatever floats your motherfuckin boat bro." Gamzee said. "I guess I'll see you after school. I'll probably spend lunch with my motherfuckin Faygo and muffins." Although he had always wanted to make a pot pot pie, he couldn't figure that one out so he always just made muffins. "Later my motherfuckin bro."
"Later Gamzee." Karkat said. He would never admit it, but Gamzee was probably one of the few people who he liked talking to.
Karkat walked to his locker to get out whatever he thought he would need for his first class. He heard a voice with a very stupid stutter behind his locker door. "Hey Kar. Howw terrible wwe have to go back to school again right? But I guess it's not all bad if I get to see you again."
"Eridan, it's called speech therapy, and I've told you time and time again I am not motherfucking gay." Karkat said.
"Wwell think of it this way Kar," Eridan said, "Spaghetti is straight too until it gets hot." He winked.
"You really need to fuck off and shut the hell up you know that? You also need to learn to speak fucking English." Karkat replied.
"I'll fuck off if you fuck off with me." Eridan said, invading karkat's personal space. The first bell rang. Eridan frowned. "It seems I'll just have to wwin you over some other time Kar. I'll see you later."
"You won't ever see me again if I have anything to say about it." Karkat said, and he walked to his first class.
School was boring for everyone. Karkat and his acquatintences didn't have it any better. The day past uneventfully until lunch.
"Hey Karkat!" A girl said to him. This girl had red shades, and was enjoying a red Popsicle with a plate filled with red jello, cherries, and an apple. "Whats up?"
"Hey Terezi. Just dealing with school bullshit again. Didn't get any breakfast this morning because my stupid fucking toaster broke." Karkat replied. He was glad she wore shades. Otherwise, Karkat probably couldn't ever look her in the eye. He wasn't really sure how he felt about her. Weather he wanted to be friends, rivals, or her boyfriend was something he could never really figure out. It was one of the things he talked to himself about a lot.
"Heheheh! Sounds like a fun day." Terezi said. "Wanna hang out after school? I don't have much going on."
"I don't know. I think Gamzee wanted to do something." Karkat said. He liked Terezi, but for whatever reason he really couldn't stand to disappoint Gamzee. It was like bringing him out of his normal bubble of happiness to have a clown punch him in the face and say 'fuck you!' while honking a horn.
"That's alright." Terezi said. "I could just play an MMO with Tavros or something. Have fun with Gamzee." The bell rang. "I'll see ya later Karkat!" Terezi said before finishing her plate of red foods. She had a red problem.
"Later Terezi." Karkat said. He really did want to hang out with her and get his feelings all in check one of these days, but it didn't look like that would be today. He was looking forward to his plans with Gamzee though. It wasn't much of plans, in fact Karkat noticed right at that moment "see you after school" was not an invitation to hang out, it was just a goodbye. Wow. I'm fucking dumb. Karkat thought to himself, but it's too late to say anything to Terezi now without being a dumbass. The rest of the school day passed uneventfully except for the occasional class where Sollux would start laughing at nothing and fall out of his chair. He was given two different detentions.
Outside, Karkat went under the bleachers. The one place Gamzee always went to light up or eat muffins. It depended on what was on him. "Hey Gamzee." Karkat greeted.
"Yo Karkat, my motherfuckin bro!" Gamzee said as he pulled Karkat into a hug.
...Why is my heart racing? Karkat thought to himself. It didn't really make much sense. Gamzee hugged everyone all the time. Karkat decided to forget about it and return the hug to his friend. "Wanna hang out?" Karkat asked Gamzee.
"Man I always got time for my motherfuckin best bro. Can go grab somethin to eat? All those pot muffins gave me a serious case of the munchies." Gamzee said.
Karkat thought it was extremly stupid to get hungry from eating, even though he understood why in this case. "Then don't eat so many fucking muffins." Karkat said in a tone a bit less pissy than usual.
Gamzee chuckled as he talked. "You know I need my motherfuckin muffin fix bro. Come on lets leave this motherfuckin prison."
"I'm with you on that one. Do you got a few bucks on you or do you need me to spot you?" Karkat asked
Gamzee looked like he had just made a realization. "Aww motherfuck man. Food cost money. I'm a bit short right now. I hate to ask you for that though. Maybe I shoulda saved money and bought a few less muffin 'ingredients'."
"It's cool man as long as its just this once. Don't get so fucking reliant on those muffins you starve to death alright? Because I mean it when I say just this once." Karkat said.
"Alright alright I motherfuckin feel you bro. It's cool." Gamzee said. Karkat would probably lend Gamzee as much money as he needed, regardless of what he said. Karkat did care about Gamzee's well being. He wasn't heartless just because he was pissy.
Gamzee and Karkat took Karkat's car to the drive through and took the food back to Karkat's. "If I'm already treating we might as well hang out at my house too I guess." Karkat had thought. They ate their food quickly and silently.
When they finished, Gamzee asked, "So bro, did your motherfukin day get any better?"
"Nope. School fucking sucks. High school is no different, but hanging out with you is pretty good. It's nice to just chill out, and your pretty good at that." Karkat said.
"Well thanks my mothefuckerin bro. Its nice to hang with you too." Gamzee said. This made Karkat feel happy. Too happy. "What is going on with me today?" Karkat thought to himself. It was at that second the lights went out in Karkat's house. "Bro you're remebering to pay that motherfuckin electric bill right?" Gamzee asked.
"Yeah. Well this is bullshit now I can't see shit." It had become darker outside and so their was not much light from outside either. Karkat Stumbled over to the window and saw that all the houses seemed to be having the same problem. "Looks like this whole street at least is having a fucking power-out!" Karkat said. It was really inconvenient.
"It's cool bro I got this motherfuckin lighter. You got any candles or anything?" Gamzee asked.
"Maybe. Can I borrow the lighter to go look for some?" Karkat asked.
"Well alright bro, but your gonna have to get at least close enough for me to see you so we don't end up with a motherfuckin burns or somethin." Gamzee said. The lighter did not give off much light, and Karkat had to get extremly close to see the lighter itself. So close his face and Gamzee's were almost touching. Karkat had no idea what he was doing, but by the time he realized what he had done it was over. He had kissed Gamzee Makara.
"Whoa bro I know ya bought me dinner and everything but I didn't expect that." Gamzee said, with an unfazed expression.
"I have no idea why the fuck I just did that I am so sor-" But Karkat was cut off by the sensation of Gamzee's lips upon his.
"It's cool bro just warn me next time." Gamzee said. Karkat did something Karkat almost never did. He smiled. He moved away from the light of the lighter to conceal his blush. "So like...can I still call you bro?"
"Whatever makes you happy Gamzee. Whatever makes you happy."