Again, i own none of the ideas or characters from Homstuck, that is Andrew Hussie. And my friend Bell did the artwork. to see her profile look to the first chapter. I have decided upon the pairings of characters, and they may or may not be as they appear and may or may not be permanent. Please review, and i hope to bring you the next chapter sooner rather then later.
Chapter 2: Early Morning Gr33tings
Sollux stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around him. He hurried down the hall to his bedroom, a few small drops of water falling from his still not fully dried hair and collecting on the wood floor. He opened his door and closed it behind him. He ripped the towel from around him and brought it up to dry his hair. He squeezed parts of his hair to make the water leak out into the towel. Then he rapidly rubbed the towel through his hair, hoping that this would get most of the water still left out. Then he dropped the towel and walked to the pile of clothes on his bed. He slipped on his boxers, and then his jeans. Then he slipped on his shirt and sat on the bed to put his socks on. Once he was all dressed except for his shoes which were downstairs by the door, he walked over to his computer. He turned the chair around and then plopped down into its cushiony seat. He had been told multiple times by people who saw him sit like this that it would ruin the cushion, but he didn't care. He was too used to sitting in it that way. He turned the chair round with one push with his foot and then stopped it with his other foot as it hit the desk. He typed in his password, not that he would ever tell anyone what that is, and looked at the multiple windows which popped up. He started closing the ones he knew didn't matter right now, like Steam, Precision, and the administrator window. But then as he went to close his Pesterchum he stopped. His computer signed him in automatically when he turned it on, and someone had been pestering him. He didn't need to look to see who it is, because she was always up this early. Nepeta was up and on Pesterchum. He opened the Pesterchum window and began to read what she had said to him.
arsenicCatnip began pestering twinArmageddons at 5:38 AM today
AC: :33 *ac stretches as she awakes from her great slumber, warm and rested, she is ready to go out on the hunt*
AC: :33 *ac wonders for a bit befurr coming across the purrfect prey, she hides purrself in the tall grass, and watches silently*
AC: :33 *ac, sure that her prey is yet unaware of her purresence, slowly begins to crawl towards her chosen target*
AC: :33 *ac stops, now close enough to hear her prey breathe*
AC: :33 *ac readies herself, watching carefully to s33 whether her target knows of her presence*
AC: :33 *ac, now sure that her prey is clueless and not presently able to avoid her, pounces from the tall grass which hid her and lands on her prey*
AC: :33 *ac hugs pawlux tight in a good morning gr33ting*
AC: :33 pawlux, it isn't fun if you aren't here to rp with me
AC: :33 why are you even up this early anyway?
AC: :33 okay, I'm going to go hop in the shower, so I'll be back in a few
Sollux never understood her strange love for cats, they were cool and all, but she really loved them. He didn't have any pets, not that he hadn't wanted any, but his parents had never let him have one. Nepeta tended to make a lot of cat puns, and she always started her sentences in chat with a cat face mixed with the number for arsenic. And as the text showed, she loved to role-play with people. He would role-play sometimes with her, but from what she told him, she usually had some of the best role-plays with Terezi.
Sollux pulled his keyboard closer and began to type back to her.
TA: *ta return2 ac'2 good morniing greetiing wiith a 2liightly le22 enthu2iia2tiic hug iin return, and wiith a nod of the head 2ay2* what'2 up Nep?
Nepeta finished combing her hair with her brush, the water still remaining streaming out into the towel. The small little traces of water still in her hair not even slightly bothering her. Even though she loved cats, and she liked to think of herself as like one, she had an uncharacteristic love of water. She knew it was probably the one thing that she should have disliked rather than like of so many things just like cats, but she couldn't help it, water was nice, especially in baths and pools, again, she liked swimming, and with her love of cats, it contradicted.
She wrapped her towel around her, and walked to the bathroom door. She reached her hand out to open the door, but then stopped. She reached down and threw what clothes she had been wearing into her hamper off in the corner of the bathroom. Everything but her jacket of course. It was her favorite, one and only, comfy green jacket, and she wore it all the time. She picked up her jacket and opened her door.
The outside of the steamy warm bathroom was a sudden chill over her body. She shivered before closing the bathroom door behind her and walking towards her dresser. But then she stopped, she turned, and like she had luckily thought, her bedroom door was open. She quickly dashed over to the door, and gently shut it before pushing the lock, she would rather not have someone walking in while she was changing.
She walked over to her dresser and started reaching into draws and pulling out clothes. All of her clothes were neatly folded and organized, so it was easy to find what she was looking to wear. She pulled out underwear, a pair of dark grey sweatpants, and a black shirt with a Leo symbol, her zodiac sign, in the same olive green as her eyes.
But before she unwrapped her towel from around her, she looked to her uncovered window. She walked to it and gazed out of it, towards her neighbor's house. There she saw his room window, the window covered by a curtain. She stepped back and closed her curtain, rather safe than sorry. Then she made her way back to her gathered clothes. She unwrapped her towel and placed it on her bed, just barely missing her tuxedo cat Felix. The cat gave a funny reaction to the near hit, and attacked the towel, before only three seconds later stopping and lying back down.
She then slipped into her underwear, before hooking on her bra. Then she slipped on her sweatpants, and then she put on her shirt. After she was dressed she realized she had forgotten socks and went through her draw to find a pair. She grabbed the first pair she could find before finding herself on the bed next to Felix. She slipped her socks on with ease before picking up her jacket and sliding her arms through the sleeves.
She stood and made her way over to her beanbag chair. Then she sat down comfortably and looked at the screen. And to her greatest pleasure, Sollux had responded. She immediately picked up the keyboard and stared typing back.
TA: *ta return2 ac'2 good morniing greetiing wiith a 2liightly le22 enthu2iia2tiic hug iin return, and wiith a nod of the head 2ay2* what'2 up nep?
AC: :33 hey pawlux, how are you?
TA: II'm awake thii2 early nep, how do you thiink II am?
AC: :33 well…I would imagine you're still a little bit sl33py
AC: :33 but I wouldn't be a good judge of that pawlux, I always wake up this early
AC: :33 so I'm not sure, so tell me, how are you pawlux?
TA: well that'2 a good enough rea2on II 2uppo2e
TA: II woke up becau2e of the niightmare2 agaiin
AC: :33 *ac grips pawlux tight and swears to protect him from those nasty old nightmares*
TA: heh, thank2 nep, II feel a lot better
AC: :33 *ac purrs next to pawlux, glad that she has helped a good friend*
AC: :33 you're welcome pawlux
AC: :33 I'm always here for such a close friend like you
TA: 2o nep, ii2 today the day?
AC: :33 *ac tilts her head in confusion as to what pawlux means by his question*
TA: II mean ii2 today the day you tell kar how you feel?
TA: You've only been telliing me about iit for year2 now
AC: :33 *ac blushes fiercely at pawlux's words*
AC: :33 *ac hides her head under her paws and tries to make herself as least noticeable as is pawsible*
AC: :33 *ac begs pawlux not to talk about that, it is her deepest darkest secret, one she has only entrusted to him*
TA: ok, ok, II won't talk about iit
TA: *ta 2wear2 not two talk about iit iif iit make2 you that uncomfortable when he briing2 iit up*
AC: :33 *ac uncovers her still fiercely blushing face and looks thankful at pawlux*
AC: :33 *ac then stops pawlux from stopping the topic to ask him one thing*
TA: what would that be?
AC: :33 *ac blushes deeper as she dares to ask this of her good friend pawlux, but she was just wondering...has your best friend karkitty talked about her at all?*
AC: :33 *ac goes back to hiding under her paws after she immediately regrets asking him such a question*
TA: heh, no worriie2 nep, II don't miind an2weriing your que2tiion2
TA: but II'm 2orry two 2ay nep
TA: that no…he ha2n't mentioned you at all
TA: but then, you haven't come up iin any of our conver2atiion2
TA: but that doe2n't mean he doe2n't like you, but…well…
TA: you know kar, he ii2n't exactly the mo2t emotiionally 2en2iitiive per2on iin the world
AC: :33 yeah…I know pawlux
AC: :33 but if he does will you be sure to tell me?
TA: of cour2e II wiill nep
AC: :33 hey pawlux, if you don't mind me asking, how are things betw33n you and aradia?
Sollux looked at her question for a long moment. He wasn't quite sure how to answer that. He and Aradia had been dating for a few years now, but it had never really gone anywhere. They kissed, and they had had make-outs but it had never gone much farther than that. They had been close friends just as he and Nepeta were, so when they decided to start dating once they reached high-school it was nice. But recently Aradia had seemed to be trying to push him back to the friend zone. He had always had a huge crush on her when they were becoming close friends, and when he had asked her to go out with him she had said yes. But he was beginning to think that maybe she had only done it for him, and not for herself. They had never acted much different from when they had been friends besides the make-outs and just general kissing. They had started to call their visits to the movies together dates even though it really just made them sound different, when in reality they weren't at all different.
He decided not to try and explain the unique situation he found himself in, as he would rather not worry Nepeta with his strange relationship problems. Plus he didn't even know how to really put it, as he wasn't sure if they were drifting apart or if he had just always been blind to the truth. So in the end, after a good at least two minute debate in his head he wrote back to her.
TA: we're okay, ju2t been caught iin a biit of a confu2iing 2iituatiion at pre2ent, but nothiing two worry about
AC: :33 are you purr pawlux?
AC: :33 *ac looks at ta with a sad little face, worried for her friend* you took a pawfully long time to answer
TA: yeah, don't you worry your liittle cat taiil about me, ok?
AC: :33 *ac looks at tc skeptically, but decides to trust him and honor his wish* ok pawlux, I'll believe you
TA: thank2, hey, II'm goiing two go now, but II'll 2ee you at the bu2 2top okay Nep?
AC: :33 okay pawlux, s33 you then!
arsenicCatnip ceased pestering twinArmageddons at 6:21 AM on Thursday
With that Sollux logged out of Pesterchum and brought up a project he was currently working on. He had begun to write the code for this project over two months ago, and he was finally nearing its conclusion. He was developing a program to hack into a certain someone's programs, emails, accounts, along with multiple other things. And once it was done he would finally have something to hold over that snooty rich kid.