It was dark, too dark.

"Where are the lights?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, a large spotlight snapped on and blinded him.

"Jegus!" Karkat yelled, one hand moved up to shield his eyes. When the he could finally see again, Karkat lifted his head and looked around. Everything was still pitch black, the only light was the one that illuminated above him.

"Hello?" Karkat called out, confusion dripping in his usual angry voice. He took a step forward in the circle of light and tried to look out in the darkness.

"HELLO?"

His only reply was the echo of his own voice. "Fuck" he muttered quietly, scared of what was going on. A slight shuffle sounded behind the boy and he jumped.

"Whose there? Gamzee? Is that you?"

A footstep and more shuffling. Karkat tried his best to locate the source of the sound. Without relizing it, he had been backing up slowly. His back collided into something hard and warm. Turning around slowly, the albino gazed up at the object behind him.

A face, a terrifying face was leering down at him, with, wait was that blood? Red streaks of blood streamed down the creatures mouth and around it's eyes. Karkat let out a small cry of horror as the bloody face leaned closer and closer to him.

"I have been waiting for you Karkat." The face hissed eerily. Karkat covered his ears and closed his eyes. "No, no, no, no!" He screamed and desperately pushed away from the hideous creature.

Cold air brushed against his sweating skin. Karkat say upright in his bed, he could feel his heart trying to break free from his chest. His unusual red eyes adjusted to the darkness. He was back in his room. He saw the door open slowly, moonlight flooding in from window in the hall. Karkat's heart began to thump madly again. A silhouette of a tall figure stood there silently in the doorway.

"Hey motherfucker, you up and all ok?" a soft voice asked. Karkat sighed and slumped back against his pillow, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"I'm fine Gamzee, just go back to your room."

Gamzee ignore the other's wishes and instead walked into the room, shutting the door behind him. He shuffled over to Karkat's bed and stood at the end of it, shadow's danced on his unpainted face showing off three long scars. Karkat shivered and scowled at his best friend.

"Gamzee, fucking go away! I bet Tavros is wondering where your juggalo ass is!" Gamzee heard the wavering in Karkat's voice and quickly crawled up the bed and laid next to the other. The albino sighed but made no effort to force the juggalo away. He was thankful he didn't have to suffer another horror terror alone, Gamzee was just trying to help and comfort him.

Throwing a lanky arm around the other, the musician drifted to sleep, Karkat soon followed.

The sun shone brightly through Karkat's window. He stretched and felt his back pop a couple times. He took a deep breath, the delicious scent of food baking drifted to his nose and his stomach grumbled loudly. Muttering and rolling out of bed, the albino threw a black T-shirt on and sweat pants over his boxer before padding out towards the smell.

There in the the kitchen stood his best friend in nothing but those stupid polka dot pants. Tavros was sitting at the table, his wheel chair was parked in the corner. Karkat felt slight annoyance that Gamzee just made himself at home and was using his kitchen, but it smelled so good that he wasn't going to complain.

"Oh, uh, good morning, uh Karkat." Tavros stuttered at him, giving him a cheerful smile. Gamzee looked over his shoulder at Karkat and gave him a lazy smile. "Up and all morning my motherfucking best friend." The albino scowled and stormed over to the musician glaring up at him. Being that he was so short, he came up to the other's chest.

"Who said that you could fucking come into my apartment and start making a mess you stupid excuse for a friend! Why didn't you go back to your own apartment when I told you to!"

"I was just making sure you were okay little bro." Gamzee said, shrugging his shoulders. "What with you sounding like something up and all motherfucking killed you last night."

Karkat's face turned from anger to terror as the bloody face was brought to the fore front of his mind. Gamzee saw his friends reaction and patted the other's cheek, causing Karkat to blush slightly but didn't move. Tavros watched the display and smiled sweetly, he found it almost amusing how Gamzee could calm the angry ball of wrath that was Karkat.
"Do you uh, want some, uh, breakfast Karkat?" He asked gesturing to the table of food. Karkat nodded and swatted the musician's hand away only to move to sit across from Tavros. Gamzee finished with his cooking and moved over to the table, leaning his torso on the back of his lover. Tavros' face turned bright red color.

"Oh, uh, Gamzee.." He stuttered when the other started playing with his hair.

"Yes motherfucker?" Gamzee answered placing a kiss on Tavros forehead. Karkat looked up from his plate of food and grimaced, his eyes fell back down again. He felt anger, he felt annoyance, he felt jealous. Wait, jealous? Karkat growled quietly and looked down at his lap. Why should he, Karkat Vantas, be jealous of his fuckass best friend? He looked back up at the two again only to see Gamzee steal a kiss from Tavros. He felt his face heat up and he pushed away from the table roughly, causing the couple to look at him in confusion.

"I'm going for a walk. Gamzee clean up this fucking mess that you made." He said glaring at the other. Gamzee gave him a "Honk" for an answer. Rolling his eyes Karkat stomped to his room and shrugged out of his sweatpants and T-shirt, pulling on a black hoodie and gray cargo pants. He wasn't even going to bother with that mess he called hair. Like he fucking cared what he looked like.

He walked back out to the kitchen only to find Tavros and Gamzee in a full blown sloppy makeout. The albino's face began to heat up again and he rushed to the door and ran out, slamming the door behind him. Karkat leaned against the hallway wall of the apartment complex till his face wasn't red anymore. From behind the door he could hear Gamzee laughing. "Stupid insufferable juggalo." Karkat hissed angrily and pushed away from the wall, shoving his hands in his pockets. No one else was out of this floor, probably busy doing something he didn't care about.

Sighing and stopping by a window, the boy looked out. The bright sky shone down and seemed to make him even more upset, and he didn't even know why! It's not like he was jealous of Gamzee and Tavros. No oh no no. He didn't see Gamzee as anything other than a friend. And Tavros was Gamzee's boyfriend, lover, fuck. Whatever he was.

Karkat sighed again, louder this time. He knew what he was jealous of. He was jealous of what they had. The love they shared and the whispers at night, and stolen kisses. Karkat wanted that more than anything. He had become so lonely since his mom leaving him all alone in this god forsaken world.

And sure, Gamzee would sometimes have "Bro Cuddles" with him, but it wasn't the same. Karkat wanted someone to love and to love him back. Someone he could hold on to and they would comfort him. Someone who would steal kisses and tell him they love him. Someone who would watch his romcoms with him. Why can't he find someone like that?

"Karkat?"

Cold red eyes slowly raised and met sky blue ones.

Well fuck.

Hello! So this just a random story I made for a friend of mine and it progressed into this… so enjoy! I greatly appreciate reviews and comments on how my stories are, so those are always welcome! :D