/Authors Note/
Sorry for not updating guys! End of the school year is always really busy, so now that it's over I'm going to update all of my fanfics!

Ugh, damnit sorry guys, I was honestly going to update this last night but there was a front moving through so I had a really bad headache, forgive me X'3

Um, I hopefully won't make this one as sad (HOPEFULLY) But there's no guarantee's! I'm still kind of sad over the end of the school year...

Oh yeah, I'm a beta now! (After alot of begging from one of my friends -.-" so if you need a Beta-reader, I'm available :D )

Hope you guys enjoy, and I'll see you at the bottom of the page!


Muffled sobs were the only sound as the dinner began to cool, still untouched. In the end everyone was sitting on the ground, hugging each other. They don't know how long they sat there, but after awhile their crying turned into exhaustion. Everyone began to doze off, tear-streaked faces pressed into chests, and lowered onto arms. The silence began to impede everything, and the few till awake noticed it.

Sollux was lying on his back, not bothering to brush away the tears anymore, letting them slide down his cheeks and drip onto the metal floor. He could hear the slightly hitched breaths of Aradia on his left side, one of her arms brushing his. then beside Aradia he could hear Feferi still sobbing and Eridan was trying to comfort her. On his right, Dave's back was curled toward him, and the Knight was gently hugging a sleep-crying John. He could tell that Dave was conscious while Egbert wasn't.

Beyond the two of them he heard the even breaths of Rose, but Kanaya was still awake, and crying as silently as possible. Even further, almost adjacent to Sollux, was Gamzee and Tavros, who were sleep cuddling. Vriska was on the other side of Tavros, but was quietly sleeping. Equius and Nepeta was beside her, and Jade was beside them. And of course, Jade was beside Feferi and Eridan, sitting against the cabinets and crying.

Sollux couldn't stop re-playing memories, his mind seemed to be seeking revenge on him at the moment.

You asshole!

Fuck off!

Cause...I was worried you fuckass!

More tears streamed down his face as flashes of Karkat's former identity passed before his eyes again and again. Yellow eyes stared down the ceiling, the details beginning to blur into a dark grey mass. He could barely stop the sobs, but he somberly placed a hand over his mouth, silencing the noise.

What can we do KK? How can we make you remember?

A small keening noise escaped from his throat, and he scrambled to stop it. Luckily the others ignored it, or didn't hear it. Sudden quiet footsteps distracted him, and he stiffened as their light padding got closer. It could only be KK, he was the only one not lying on the floor.

Sollux could tell the others that were still conscious were feigning sleep now, and he did the same, but a small sniffle distracted him. The footsteps had stopped, but now KK was trying to hold back tears, quite obviously. It was almost worse than the muffled sobs of others, simply because he sounded so lost.

Against his better judgement, Sollux continued to lie still on the floor, listening closely when Karkat began to slowly and carefully walk between still trolls and humans. His light footsteps ended up right next to Sollux's head, pausing between the space where Aradia's arm brushed against his. For a second, Sollux thought that he would continue walking, but instead Karkat sat down next to him, quietly crossing his legs.

Sollux could feel the pressure of Karkat's knee on his shoulder, and it took all of his willpower not to pull Karkat into a hug. It seemed that the nubby horned troll was content with silently crying while sitting next to him.

Why did it end up like this?

The darkness began to close in on his vision, and exhaustion got the better of him as all sound began to fade out once again.

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"...Kar must'vve walked out here in the middle of the night,"

"That's a sad thought...we did leave him alone though," (Feferi)

"Yeah, we sh0uld leave them al0ne, it's f0r the best,"

"Especially Since He Still Can Not Remember Anything,"

"i still can't believe it's been one year..." (Dave)

sniffle-"Yeah, I'm just wishing the old Karkat'll come back..." (John)

"We all wish that," (Rose)

"I can't stand all of this motherfucking depressed shit, by motherfuckers,"

"uh, yeah, we'll talk later guys,"

"I want to make lunch, but I don't want to wake them..."

"It's 8lright, we c8n e8t l8ter J8de,"

"Y34H, 1'M NOT V3RY HUNGRY R1GHT NOW 4NYW4Y J4D3,"

Sollux quietly listened to the conversation, hearing the soft breaths of KK beside him. Apparently sometime in the night he had fallen asleep and laid down beside Sollux. Not that the Gemini cared, in fact he reveled in the fact that the Cancer ended up sleeping practically on top of him. But the trolls and humans apparently thought it best not to disturb them, meaning KK was still asleep.

He heard the sound of footsteps walking away, meaning everyone was going to their own respitblocks. When he heard the last door close, he allowed his eyes to open, albeit slowly. Someone had left the lights off, most likely to not wake them, even though Sollux was awake.

When he turned his head, he could see that Karkat was still sleeping, but it was definitely a troubled sleep.

"Oh KK, what can we do?" He murmurs quietly, lying back again and drifting off.

\Authors Note\

So I don't know if this could be considered Sadstuck or not...but there'll be yet another chapter guys!

I wish it wasn't so short...but it seemed like a good place to stop.

The conversation, when Sollux is feigning sleep, the order of people talking is(If you couldn't tell by their quirks):
Eridan
Feferi
Aradia
Kanaya
Dave
John
Rose
Gamzee
Tavros
Jade
Vriska
Terezi

I felt like including them all and I know some of the quirks wouldn't look right, so I added this list for your convenience!

SO, uh, feedback would be appreciated, I hope you enjoyed and I'll hopefully type and post the next chapter soon!

Disclaimer(I realize I've been forgetting this)~ I own nothing in this story besides the plot