Karkat Vantas was 14, would be described mostly as harsh on the eyes by many of the girls, but they didn't interest nor bother him. The only person whose opinion mattered, was Sollux Captor, he'd known the other all of his schooling life. He'd met the other when he was in prep, and Sollux was his year 4 buddy that visited every week, He'd drawn him a picture of a crab and a bee the last day of term, before he went up to year one and didn't see sollux anymore. Since then, the young teen had only watched from afar as Sollux got rapidly popular, executing any chances of him even TALKING to the other. Sollux walked out of the school with two girls hanging off of him, giggling and chittering away. Karkat ducked behind some bushes, blushing like crazy, scowling at the two girls, one of which constantly picked at his low socio-economic status.
"Fucking slut.." he mumbled.
Sollux captor, 18 years old and captain of the basketball team and a guy that almost every girl and some guys wanted, laughing with the girls on his arms, sollux let his mind wonder to his little buddy that he hadn't seen since he was in grade four and the little guy was in pre-school. Removing himself from the girls, sollux gave the excuse of school work and quickly hid next to the bushes beside the stairs. Taking out his wallet, he looked over the picture of a crab and a bee, smiling to himself.
Once the girls talking had disappeared, sollux got up and quickly brushed off his clothes.
"I thought they'd realise I wasn't completely straight by now." He spoke to himself, brushing off the rest of the dust on his clothing. Laughing softly, he moved away from the bushes, only to trip over someone's feet. "Fuck."
Karkat was dazed when he saw Sollux walk over, even more so when he muttered about the girls, it wasn't until the other tripped over him that he snapped out of it. 'Am I THAT fucking invisible!' He yelled internally, scrambling up and looking at the older teen.
"Fuck..Sorry, you okay?" He asked, hesitantly offering his hand to the other.
Sollux looked up at the younger teen, smiling slightly. "Yeah, fine I guess. Must have tripped over the grass. Did I startle you?" He questioned, taking Karkats hand and standing up to brush the dust off his ass. He realised his wallet was on the ground with the picture of the crab and bee showing. "I'm really sorry uh..." sollux apologised, realising the kid looked really familiar.
Karkat's face fell a little, he knew he was unpopular, but the fact that sollux didn't even remember him a LITTLE hurt, seeing as he never forgot the other. Then again. He would also consider himself slightly stalkers-ish, not horribly creepily bad, just, watching from afar, like most doomed loves.
Sollux looked over a at karkat. "Hey do you wanna go to a cafe or something?" He questioned, placing his wallet back into his pocket. "It to say sorry for scaring you when i fell." He reasoned, scratching the back of his head awkwardly.
Karkats eyes lit up. "Fuck uh..Sure, what the fuck ever.." he mumbled, trying to play it cool, but inside he was spazzing out. "Which Cafe'?" He asked, knowing there were many around here which all students usually frequented.
"My favorite, the internet cafe across campus. Its mostly for senior students but ill sneak you in." Sollux grinned, winking at karkat over his glasses, before heading off in that direction. Karkat blushed then glared after him grumpily. "wait up fucker!" he ran to catch up to the other. Finally he caught up to the older. 'Fuck, he walks fast'
Sollux laughed loudly, smiling over at karkat. "Come on, you gotta try stick close to me, or the staff will kick you out of the cafe." He joked, walking over to his bumble bee themed motorbike. The campus was to big to walk through, and sollux had never been known for his patience. Climbing on, he tossed his spare helmet to karkat. "Its to far to walk, climb on."
Karkat stammered and caught the helmet. "You fucking serious?..Okey.." He put the helmet on and waited for the older to start the bike before hopping on the back, wrapping his arms around sollux's waist as they lurched forward and sped off.
Sollux laughed as karkat clung to him, not admitting that he enjoyed this contact more than anyone else's. Speeding through the street, the pair received a few angry yells before arriving at he cafe. Turning off the bike, sollux took off his helmet, moving the glasses slightly off his face.
Karkat leapt off of the bike and clung to the ground. "LAND! SWEET SWEET MOTHER FUCKING LAND!" He declared as loud as he could, glaring at the bike. Sollux laughed again, getting his arms under karkats arms and lifting the boy up. "geez, my driving is awesome." he smiled, placing the helmets back onto the bike. "come on, I've got some work to do."
The two wandered into the cafe, getting seated the pair were put at a table, the place had all around Wi-Fi, so the older pulled out his laptop. Karkat marvelled at how new it was, then felt slightly embarrassed that all he had was a shitty Nokia that was his fathers as a young adult. Sollux typed away, peeking over at karkat every few moments before standing slightly. "want something to eat?" he questioned the younger, trying to figure out where he had seen the boy before
Karkat shrugged, "I'll share something with you if you wanna, and I can pay you back later" He said. Sollux went up to the counter to get a bowl of chips. While he was gone Karkat whipped out his phone to tell his dad he would be a little late home, as he was doing this Feferi walked by. "You shouldn't be here, trailer trash" She mocked, sending him a dirty look. Karkat glared back at her. "Rather fucking live like trailer trash than look like one!" he growled back at her.
Sollux started walking back and glared at feferi as she insulted karkat. "actually fef." sollux growled placing the chips in front of karkat, "one, he's with me, and secondly, I didn't realise you could be this much of a bitch." he sat down next to karkat, waiting to see what the girl would say to the basket ball captain in front of everyone
karkat nearly fell over in his chair. Was one of the most popular people in school defending him? Karkat tried to stop his smirk, but failed. Feferi paused, then stomped her foot and stormed off.
Sollux glared as feferi left. "I can't believe I almost dated her." he muttered to himself, nudging the chips towards karkat and turning back to his codes. "enjoy, that bitch might cost me my social life." he growled, taking a chip and eating slowly. Suddenly sollux's phone started ringing. It was gamzee, turning the phone on speaker sollux answered "hey mother fucker. You know fef, it's funny, she thinks she can kill your reputation because you stood up for a mother fucker. Dumb fairy fucker." gamzee was heard on the other line. "I know GZ, hey say hi to karkat. I knew him from the buddy thing in grade 4."