Dave's P.O.V.
"Watch where you're going, dickhead!" Well, I've had more graceful entrances. I guess I'll just roll with this though. My name is Dave Strider, and I just ran into the cutest, little, shouty boy in my whole school. Wow, that sounded gay. But it's true, I guess…
"Sorry man, got my head in the clouds." I smirk and step back as he growls at me. Never thought a human could growl like that, but he just did.
"You don't have to say that just because you're taller than me, fuckface!" He shoves me aside and speed-walks through the school towards his next class. I already knew that he thought I was nothing but an insufferable prick, but that's only his nickname for me.
I sigh as I too, walk into my next class. I had this feeling that I already knew him, but he had only been at my school for a week. I still had this odd feeling that somehow, I had run into him before, or maybe that I was his friend a while ago, but last week was the first time I had seen him in my life.
When I get to my next class, the other new kids are already at their seats, on either side of mine. Their names are John and Jade, but I call them by their surnames: Egbert and Harley. They are twins, identical ones at that, and even share the same bubbly personality.
"Yo, Egbert, Harley, wassup?" I say as I sit down in my seat and get out my notebook. They both look at me and smile simultaneously. They're sure are creepy sometimes.
"Hi Dave! Not much, just waiting for the teacher to get here." Jade says and smiles wider.
"Oh, okay. I just got growled at by Karkat, so my day has been an adventure already!" I roll my eyes as I start to doodle on the current page of my notebook.
"He did? I mean, sure insults are his specialty, but growling? That's new." John continued to ramble and after a moment I slammed my pencil down and cleared my throat. He looked up at me and rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry…"
I let him stir in awkwardness for a moment before speaking again. "What do you mean 'that's new'?" I watch his eyes widen slightly and Jade slaps him on the shoulder. I hear her mumble something as she starts to stir in her own awkwardness and I suppress a laugh. "What's wrong with you guys? You seem…off today."
"Nothing…John is just being an idiot." Jade crosses her arms and faces the other way. I sigh and glance over at John who is wide-eyed just like me.
"What's her problem?" I whisper to him and he shakes his head.
"She doesn't want anyone to know that we are related to Karkat, but it's not like saying that we killed someone, right? Which we didn't! Just thinking outloud here. Sorry." He rubs his neck again and sighs.
"You guys are related? Never could've guessed…" I sink deep into my thoughts, thoughts of Karkat, John and Jade all being related. I could see some similarities in appearance, they all have dark black hair and pale skin, they all have the same shade of blueish-green eyes, even though Jade has more green than blue, and they are all particularly short. I guess I could see it, but at the same time I couldn't. John and Jade were so cheery and nice, and Karkat was always grumpy and was never really nice to anyone.
"How are you guys related?" I ask after a while of thinking. He snaps his head up at me and flashes me a sideways smile.
"He is our half brother. He is a year younger than us but we are all in the same grade! He's actually really smart!" He continues to babble on and I shut him out after a while. Karkat did interest me, but I didn't need his whole life story. Before I know it class ends, and it's time for gym. One of my only classes with Karkat.
