Over the first few days, you usually just end up with lots of cold sweats, some mild fevers, and a little aching in your chest and stomach. It's uncomfortable, but you bear through. Nepeta starts to notice sometime in the second week of this three month period. She doesn't say anything though, which strikes you as odd.

On the second week of the three month period, you get sick. You sneeze and cough and shake with shivers that shouldn't even be legal— you feel like shit. One of your acquaintances and your best friend notice, too. They ask if you're okay— and you say you are, but they both really know you aren't. You still have the same symptoms from before though. Still, very cumbersome…

One month has passed since you started getting cold sweats and aches and fevers. Sollux and Gamzee talk to you frequently and make sure you're okay. Sollux comes to help tutor you in school, not that you can complain. You hardly get company since you're sick as fuck. Usually on seperate days of the week, he brings over a certain type of subject homework—- today it's science. Fuck, your worst nightmare and enemy. It's just as big as your fear of spiders. Which brings you to the painful second-grade memory of the class bitch Vriska letting all hell loose with the class' pet fuckingtarantula. You screeched when the thing crawled onto your head. You shiver at the memory.

"Hey, uh, kk? You in there?" A slightly annoying voice asks as you snap out of your reverie. The fact that you strayed from your usually normal routine cause an aberration to Sollux by the looks of it. Like you give one flying fuck. The rolling of eyes proceeds from your end, and you sigh very audibly.

"Yeah. Just fucking out of it, you know.." you say in a slightly auspiscious manner, your eyes dropping to gaze somewhere else in the room. Anything but look at the asshole in front of you. You dont know why, or how he manages to piss you off so much, but oh my god does he does it.

"…KK? You ever think of going to the doctor..?"

"You think I would have by now if I had the money, idiot.." The look on his face is slightly remorseful- for you or some unknown object is unknown. A sudden pull at your heart leaves you confused— you push it away. You dont need emotions right now. You need to get better…It seems like Sollux is silently calculating you and his words. You suddenly wonder what he's thinking that makes him stare at you so intently. He shifts a little and you jump slightly, and he actually gives a smile—not one of his half-assed smirks, but an actual smile? This is surprising..

"Did you ever think of athking for help, kk?" He prods, his face now eradicated of any emotion he did have at one point in the past minute or two. You're shocked. Is he saying he's willing to help you. With medical problems? God, he better not have an alterier motive behind this..

"What's the catch? There's always one fucking thing with you."

"You should know by now it ithnt one thing. It'th alwayth two~"

"Oh my god shut up." You groan, your head falling back onto your cloud-soft pillow frustratedly.

This is the usual of your time with Sollux. He pesters you with homework, then afterwards sometimes, he plays a few games with you. Mainly computer games. He introduced you to Slender- holy Jesus H. Phallus' fuck you have never been so fucking scared in your life. The laptop nearly flew across the room if it weren't for Sollux being so god damn sneaky.

Gamzee happens to come over, too. He sits around with you for a while and "feelings jams" happen, but you just end up smacking him across the head for being such a "dirtbag shithive maggots fucktard stoner" whom is currently sprawled across your lap. You have never been so much more agrivated in your life. Why wont he just get off of you? Well, guess he won't.

This is where the second month and two weeks part happens. You fall down one day—you cant get up. By god your so scared you're practically shitting yourself, andscreeching for Nepeta and crabdad. Only Nepeta is home—and she's in her room. With loud music. How do you expect to get out of this mess? Call someone, you dumbass.

You end up calling someone—namely Terezi or Kanaya. Kanaya doesn't pick up at all, but Terezi picks up on the first ring. She will always pick up on the first ring lately. She's really worried about you. You know why, and you feel guilty about it, too. She kinda like-like's you and—fuck did you seriously just say like-likes?! Say love you dumbass.

She kinda loves you in a way, but you cant return it. (You havn't been really interested in anyone lately, and you cant exactly put a finger on why..) Well, Terezi picks up on the first ring to get back on topic. She greets you as usual with her "Hey, Karkles!" But that's over-ridden as you screech the words "HELP" into the phone as much as your course, rough and weak voice will allow. The line hangs up on the other end, and you're afraid Terezi's left and most likely wont help you. Your assumption is indeed wrong, as five minutes later, the door in the bottom floor of the house opens, and feet pad across the floor, and there she is, scanning you over for any sign of injury. Somehow, she's managed to get Nepeta out, too. Nepeta is older than both of you, so she drives you both to the hospital. Terezi is holding you sweetly, like she's afraid you'll crumble to small ruble as if just a poke will do it. It's adorable, really.

Within minutes, you're at the hospital. You aren't thinking of what the hell is going to happen to you, but instead, you think of the cost. Oh god the cost. Dad is going to be so mad at you. At least as far as you know. They proceed with asking questions after your dad is notified, most of them like "When did this start?", "How bad has it been getting?", "Is there any pain here?" And they proceed to poke you in your leg or some other absurd place like your toes or your nose. Why? You have no fucking clue.

This is the third day you've been in the hospital. You're getting pretty fucking worried, as is any of your other friends. Gamzee, Terezi, Kanaya, and Nepeta visit you frequently. Terezi also informs you of Sollux's worry for you. She also says in a sollux-mocking tone, "Dont worry about the ekthpentheth." She cackles after saying that word with a lisp. God fuck that laugh is creepy. You're vaguely flattered that Sollux would pay for all of this. Why take an interest in such a poor scum trailer-trash kid like you?

A doctor comes in, asking to see you alone in the room, having Terezi and Nepeta exit for a while. He sits down, and shows you a picture. It's a picture of these blurbs—cell tissue no doubt—and they're all combined in a group and touching each other. (okay wow that does not sound appropriate in anyway shape and/or form at all and you fight with yourself to get the thought out of your head. Oops, new ship. It's called cellxcell. Wow. Fucking original Karkat.) Well, anyway, they're grouped together, and it doesn't look good. The doctor explains what it is in a rather calming tone, even if it isn't very calming or unnerving to you at the moment.

Karkat Vantas, you have Luekemia.