Highschool is hard enough without feeling incedibly inferior to everyone who walked the god-forsaken halls of Sburb High. Just the name of the school was fucking terrible. Sburb Highschool? What the fuck? Then again, if anything the students were even stranger. There was not one category of freaks missed in this place. It was like something out of a dumb-ass fucking webcomic. All the way from the top of the latter cool kid to the bottom rung that was me, everyone was accounted for.
Your name is Karkat Vantas, and you are sort of... short. Short of alot of shit really. Short of confidence, short tempered, and just kinda short in general. Not that you consider yourself short, because... well... Nepeta is still shorter right? You do on the other hand consider youself sort of pathetic. Not that anyone else would really notice, besides maybe Kanaya, but it's not like she's ever mentioned it before. Then again, Kanaya notices alot of things, and keeps them to herself. It's one of the many things you like about her. She's almost like a mother to you, considering you don't really have one. Plus your dad isn't all that great either, but you still love him.
As you walk down the lonely halls of Sburb High, you can't help but notice the looming presence of clown-faced freak behind you. "Best friend. Best friendddddd!" He said in his wimsical voice, poking your shoulder. You turn around to come face to face, er, face to chest, with your suposed "best friend" Gamzee Makara. "What the fuck do you want? Stop poking me." You say, batting his hand away. You swear, this guy is always high or something. He smiles stupidly and puts his arm around you, letting out a relaxed sigh. "I just wanted to all up and see what you were motherfuckin' up to, brother. How are you on this motherfuckin' miraculous morning?" He asked in a very relaxed and sort of smooth voice. You ignore the fact that his arm is around you and keep walking. "Fan-fucking-tastic. Just the same as every fucking morning."
Gamzee sighs again, hugging you a bit too close for comfort. "That motherfuckin' bitch-tits, best friend. You should all up and be enjoying every motherfuckin' miraculous day of your life." There it is again. Everything is miraculous with him. Everything. You don't understand why he seems to be convinced everything in existance is a miracle, but you try not understand too much about Gamzee anyways. He already wears clown make-up to school every day. What's one more cracktastic trait added to this guy?
As you come up on the next hall, Gamzee lets off your shoulder and sighs. "Aw shit, brother. I have to all up and go this other way! I'll cactch you motherfuckin' later, best friend." He says with a smile and turns down the hall. It's the same thing almost every morning, but it's not like Gamzee would ever remember that. You always seem to run into your supposed friends every now and then in the halls, and walk with them to class, or at least a partial of the way. Right about now is when you see Tavros struggling to make his way through the halls. "Uh, excuse me... Sorry, I, uh, don't mean to be in your way, I, uh, just need to go there." He stutters and keeps appologiesing. And this is about the point when his abusive "girlfriend" shows up and laughs at him for being pathetic, and for the fact that he has to use a wheelchair. Man, would you love to tell Vriska off. It's not like you never have, it's just never done any good yet.
As you make your way down the hall, a foot pops out of nowhere and trips you. "Fuck!" You exclaim and fall face first to the ground. As you pick yourself up off the floor, along with your books, you hear HIS voice. The most annoying and faggot-esqe voice in existance. "Oops, sorry Kar, I didn't see you there. You might wwanna wwatch wwhere you're wwalkin." Thankfully, your other friend shows up and tells him off. "Hey, asshole, fuck off!" Sollux yells at Eridan, in his lisp, and then proceeds to flip him off. You gather your books quickly and stand up, not even turning back to Eridan. "Whatever, c'mon Sollux. I'm really not in the fucking mood to be late to class." Sollux turns from Eridan and back to you. "KK, you can't just let him get away with it." He insists, but you tug on his arm and pull him on. "No, Sollux, just ignore him. He's just hitting on me, and besides, we're clogging up the halls." Sollux turns back to Eridan and douple flips him off for good measure, getting a sneer in return.
As you walk down the hall to your next class Sollux is strangely quiet. He usually goes on and on about some new code he figured out, or talks about Feferi, or something! You nudge him and fiddle with his red and blue glasses, just to annoy him. "Hey, Sollux... you okay?" You ask, gripping back onto your backpack when he flicks your hand away. "I'm fine, KK. It's just weird to think about... Eridan hitting on you and shit. What an asshole." He says, and blows a strand of hair out of his face. You roll your eyes and adjust your bag. "It's just Eridan. He's so fucking desperate for some fucking friends. Even more so for someone to like him for who he fucking is, rather than his status. I mean, he's a snobby rich kid with a powerful dad, people fucking suck up to him just to save their own parents' fucking jobs. He'll hit on anything that breathes."
Sollux shrugs and turns into their next class, Biology, and tosses his stuff down next to his seat. "He's never hit on me before... I don't think." You can't help but notice some sort of dissapointment in Sollux's voice. "Well, he kinda fucking hates you. You did kinda stole his fucking girlfriend away, but why does it matter whether he fucking flirts with you or not?" You ask in curiosity, but Sollux just ignores you and sits down in his seat. "It doesn't, I was just commenting." He says defensively, opening his binder to take out yesterday's assignment. Right... You think to yourself but decide not to pester him anymore about the matter.
It's the middle of taking notes by now, and you can't help but get the feeling that someone is watching you. You glance around the classroom, but no one is looking at you. That is when you notice Nepeta glance up from her notes to look at you, but when your eyes meet she quickly turns away and her face turns red. Nepeta Leijon, one of the strangest girls you know. She's into anime, and other fandoms, sort of like Sollux, but there's been a rumor going around that she actually pairs up people at the school together. Apparently, once when she had left to go to the bathroom, Feferi looked into her binder and found a list. Then again, it was only rumor. You don't pay any attention to gossip, mostly considering there's been plenty of gossip about yourself, and it's much easier to ignore if you decide not to listen to it. Although, some things just slip.
After class Sollux leaves in the opposite direction and leaves you to brave the halls alone. That is untill Nepeta comes up next to you. "Hey, Karkat..." She says with less confidence than how she normally talks. You smile down at her, which felt so nice for a change, and hoist your bag up higher onto your shoulder. "Hey, Nepeta." You say and look forward again, breaking the eye contact that gave you an uneasy feeling. She opens her mouth to say something but before the poor girls can breath a word, someone tackles Karkat into hug. "Karkat!" Exclaims that annoying voice you can only relate back to John Egbert.
Oh my goodness, John is hugging onto you. Calm down, Karkat, calm down. You forget about Nepeta completely and your focus goes to John. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" You ask in an irritaded manner, but didn't really mind it all that much. In all honesty, you've sort of got a mini crush on John. Not that you would ever admit it aloud. The only other person who knows is Kanaya, but why wouldn't she know? John grins and lets you go, but still walks considerably close to you. "Just trying to keep you on your toes for gym! We are playing dodgeball you know."
That's about when your heart sinks. Dodgeball. Knowing your dumb luck, you'll most certainly be put on the team opposing Equius, the strongest kid in school. If you were in a team against Equius Zahhak, surely you would be pegged in the face, and he threw like the hulk. You swear, the guy is doing steroids or something, but he is on the football team, and no way a man like Coach Leer would let any of his star athletes get away with something like that. That, and Coach Summons would've talked him out of it. You begin to wonder just how long Equius works out.
Your train of thought was of course broken when John ruffled your hair and gave you a thumbs up. "Hey, c'mon bro, don't look so down! We're bound to be on the same team!" He said with a smile, and you sort of smile back, fixing your hair. Dave nudged John and smirked. "Dude, that won't make him feel any better." Dave said, only to recieve a punch in the arm from John. "Shut up, Dave."
As you ignore the other two, you can actually see a glimmer of hope. There are three people in our gym class Equius would never dream of slugging with a dodge ball. Kanaya, Aradia, and Nepeta. It would be a miracle to be placed on a team with all three of them, but just one of them was enough. You could just hide behind one of them or stand near them at all times. You pray to Jesus that it's Kanaya, because Aradia is a bit strange, and would know something was up, and Nepeta... well, she's Nepeta. As you make your way down the hall, John keeps going on and on about Nicholas Cage, though you're not quite sure how you got on that particular subject. It gives you enough of a reason to pretend like you give a fuck about it, and still get even closer to John. That is untill you feel like Dave is staring you down. You can't actually see past Dave's shades, but it just feels like he is.