"What the hell is wrong with you?! Can you not do a single fucking thing right?! I asked you to do one thing, one thing Karkart, and you mage to muddle it up!" A hand slams against the right side of my face, and I tumble back into a wall. Please, not this again. He said he'd stop, he promised me that. "God you're so fucking useless! All I asked was if you can clean the kitchen, CLEAN THE GOD DAMN KITCHEN!"

"I did!" I manage to squeak out.

"Oh really?" He shouts, reaching to the back of my neck. Gripping on to my hair, tightly. "Are you looking at the same shit I am?" I barely realize what's going on when Sollux slams me down to the floor.

"The floors a mess!" He pick me up by the tufts of my hair, and I whine in pain. "And look at the sink!" He shoves me over to it, and I brace myself against the counter. "There's still dishes in it! It's like you don't even fucking try! The only good thing you're great at is sitting on your ass all day, or laying on your back!"

"Fuck you!" I shout at the top of my lungs. It's cut short by him punching my throat.

"Don't you DARE fucking shout at me! We wouldn't have any these problems if you just listen to me!" He growls. I can't do this right now, he starts pacing like he always does when he's mad. I inch my way out the kitchen. "Do you know what your prom- HEY! Where do you think you're going?!" He turns towards me when I'm grabbing my keys at the door. He charges in my direction but I'm out the door and sprinting down the street. Not tonight, I can't deal with him tonight. For one fucking day, I just want him to come home not in a piss poor mood. I keep racing down the street, till I get to a street corner. Where can I go right now? Or at least till Sollux has calm down or gone to sleep. My phones buzzing from my back pocket but I know it's him. I don't want to deal with him right now. I start walking again, out of fear of him following and just because I can't just stay still right now. A headache seems to sneak up on me, while my brains buzzing with what just happened. I think I did forget to sweep, and I should have rinsed out my dishes. I need to stop stressing him out so much. With his work at the computer store, me not doing simple things like that are probably bugging him out more. With my head reeling, I didn't realize I was about to walk into the side of a building.

"Ouch." I whine, rubbing my head. Looking up, I see it's the local library and it's still open. Thinking I can waist some time I make my way in. Surprisingly, it's pretty crowded for it being it 4:30 in the afternoon on a Friday afternoon. Then again, it's finals week nationwide. I make my way through to the only table by itself. it's in the furthest corner of the entire library, and has a light flickering above me. It's nice how it's quite and secluded from everyone, I like it. I grab a chair and sit down in the corner. My phones is still obnoxiously buzzing, and I'm starting to get weird looks. Taking it out, I see it's about 15 missed calls and 26 texts. I shut down my phone completely, I don't want to think about my boyfriend right now. I'll try to explain to him when I get home.

"Hey bro, is this seat taken?" I jerk my head up, shoving my phone in my pocket, and turn in the direction of the voice. There's a man standing beside me, looking idle between me and the book he's holding. He has long, wavy, black hair down to his shoulder blades. His eyes were tinted with an indigo color that I've never seen before. Along with his angular face and eyes, he's wearing a black hoodie with purple flames, which I'm guessing was a band tee, which helped bring out his features. "Uh, can I sit here, I said." He says a little slower. I guess my gawking at him was getting creepily-awkward.

"Uh, sorry, no. No one's sitting here." I stutter out nodding to the seat.

"You're all alone? You aren't studying for finals?" He asks pointing to the other kids in here.

"No, I've graduated last year." I say chuckling a little. I've always looked younger than I appear.

"Really? Me too, I thought you were a freshman" he says sitting down with his book. "Did you go to the college here?"

"I've been in this town my whole life." I say

"You look familiar actually. But, what has you out tonight? Since you're not a student."

"Well, " I gulp. "Just out. I was bored."

He laughs, almost sounding like a clown horn. "Well, bro, if you go to the library when you're bored, then I'd hate to see what you do to relax." I laugh along with him. Ok, not the best lie ever, but , hey, what are you going to do?

"So, what about you?" I say smirking "Come to see the dangerous side of life down at the library?"

"I wanted to see if they had my book yet." He smiles, holding the book in his hand. "It's by one of my favourite authors." I look over at the title and feel a wave of shock.

"You read the Love, Thy Enemy series?!" We get shooshed by some kids at the table beside us, from my excitemnet over this revelation.

"Yes, I love them."

"How far are you into it?" I ask him.

"I'm at the second book, I think. At the part where Xaiver is flashing back to where he met Alexander. Right after they share their first kiss."

"Yeah that's the second book," I say nodding. "I don't find a lot of people out here that read it."

"I know, I found it on accident." We spent the rest of the night talking about the sereies and other mind slowly started relaxing, and forgetting about Sollux. Which doesn't happen all that much. It felt nice. It seemed like we where there for only an a few minutes when it started to clear out for closing.

"Well, I guess we got to go, uh, what did you say your name was again?" He asks me whlie starting to get up.

"Karkat, and your's?"

"Gamzee." He says reaching out to grab my hand. "So, are you going to be her tomorrow? It's been fun talking to you. I kinda want to continue it."

"Well, I would have to see. Maybe around three?" I tell him. We walk down the hallway and out to the front steps of the library.

"Ok, I should be here then. Bye Karkat." He says turning on his heels in the dark night.

"Bye Gamzee. See you around." I wave goodbye but he's already turned the corner. I turn around back to my house, praying that Sollux is a sleep. I wonder if Kanaya's home. She's my older sister, she doesn't live that far either. But, I think she's at her girlfriend's house. I sigh, arriving at the front door to see that the lights. Bracing my self, I pull out the key, unlock the lock, and open the door. "Sollux?" I whisper, but there's no one in sight. I tiptoe in, and start towards the back room when I hear a shout.

"KK, is that you?" I cringe, his lisp always shows worse when he's mad. And that could have sounded better.

"Y-yes. It's m-me." He comes out the living room and walks towards me.

"Were where you?! I called and texted you!" He standing right in front of me now, shouting. I wish I did go to Kanaya's first, she probably is back by now.

"I-I'm sorry." I wait for another insult, or him to strike me again. But, he just wraps me in his arms.

"No, I should be. I-I won't do it again. I just lost my temper, you know I love you right?"

"R-right."

"I won't do it again, I promise." He leans in and kisses me. But, it's not the same. I hasn't been the same since he struck me the first time. I don't think it will ever be again.