A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own Homestuck.
John's thumbs furiously worked at the buttons on his silver console, the very picture of a young boy determinedly trying to achieve something that he had worked at for a very, very long time – furrowed eyebrows, sticking-out tongue and all.
After a final push of a button and a tense moment of apprehension, a message flashed across the screen and John threw his hands into the air. "Yes!" He yelled in victory, relieved at overcoming what he had been practicing for ages.
The smell of pastries wafted up the stairs into his room. John could hear the heavy thud of footsteps climbing up the wooden stairs. "Son, dinner is ready!"
"Okay, Dad!" He called back, still exuberant over his recent accomplishment. Reluctantly, he reverently placed the console onto his desk and, with one final glance back at the screen, dashed downstairs to the kitchen.
His father was waiting for him. "Son, you should really make some friends and get away from the video game for a while. You talk as if they were real-"
"But they are!" John exclaimed, all buck teeth and smiles. It was clear in John's tone of voice and his Dad's expression that this was a conversation that had occurred many times.
As they walked into the kitchen, the console's screen dimmed, the words barely visible on the now-dark monitor.
GAME INFO – CURRENT TEAM
JOHN EGBERT
ROSE LALONDE
DAVE STRIDER
JADE HARLEY
STATUS: VICTORY OF FINAL ROUND
PLAY AGAIN?
YES EXIT TO HOMESTUCK MENU
A/N: I REALLY DO NOT KNOW ANYMORE
I
JUST
AGGGHHHHH
AND HAPPY 4/13 TO YOU ALL
-Joanne