Time goes by, classes end, and at around 2:10, the bell for school to end rings. Students gather their belongings, and rush to get out to the busses, since they don't wait long enough for any students to go by their lockers on their way out. The car riders and the students who walk file out after the madness clears from the hallway, Karkat among that calmer crowd. He walked with Terezi out to the car rider area, which was just the front of the school, so he could wait with her for her mother to go pick her up. The duo sat down on the benches near the flag pole, and they resumed talking about what seemed to be nothing, but was basically code for "John is on his way over so act as casual as you possibly can". It took every ounce of effort not to turn and watch the idiot run over like he's being chased by a flock of geese and laugh, but he managed anyway. The human stopped running once he approached the bench, sticking his head between the two.
"Have you guys seen Dave? He took my book bag and my bus is about to leave." He asks, obviously out of breath. Which, for some reason, pushed every thought Karkat had in the back, and he remembered the similar panting john had a few weeks prior.
"I can't see anything." Terezi chuckles, and John laughs, and Karkat turned to look down at the concrete ground.
"Karkat, seriously, what's wrong?" John asks. Karkat shook his head, and he looked back over to John, cheeks slightly flushed from both frustration and the anger from Johns dense mind.
"Dave left. He got in his car and he drove away. Not but three minutes ago." Karkat says. "Terezi, your mom is here." He says, and Terezi perked up.
Karkat stood up and helped guide Terezi over to the car, waving at her mother like he always did. He helped her get into the car, and ruffled her hair again, before shutting said door and stepping back, watching her drive off. Then, he troll walked over and sat back down. John walked around and sat down next to him. Karkat turned his head and stared at him, one eyebrow raised in confusion at the fact John hasn't left yet. Mostly since his bus is leaving right now.
"Why are you still here? Your bus is leaving." He says. John scooted closer, but Karkat inched in the same way to avoid getting to close to him.
"You've been avoiding me." John says. Karkat chuckled and shook his head, which made John huff out in frustration. "You need to talk to me. Ever since the one night, you've been -"
"I Haven't been avoiding you. Don't bring up that night. If you're coming over, come on." Karkat bit his lip and stood up, throwing his book bag over his shoulder, waiting for John to do the same.
"Why don't you want me to bring it up?" John asks, standing up along with him. They both began walking across the large parking lot to get to the sidewalk that leads out of the school. "I've actually been wanting to talk to you about it."
"We can talk about that at my house, alright? Fuck if i start talking about it now, I'll end up crying or some shit and you'll have to walk me across the street as i wipe away my translucent red tears." John says, earning a laugh from the both of them.
"Okay, i can make do with that agreement. What do you want to talk about now?" John asks, and Karkat pursed his lips in concentration. John watched carefully, before he looked ahead again.
"Let's talk about Roxy. She seems to really like you. And you seem to really like her." Karkat says, and John cleared his throat directly after, which sparked a curiosity inside Karkats mind.
"Oh, right. She is cool. She likes movies and junk like that, and she's funny too! But uh, i don't know if it'll last for a while. I like her but i don't think its in a serious romantic sense. Does that make sense?" He asks. Karkat nodded, earning a sigh of relief from John. "Don't get me wrong, i feel like an ass for already thinking of breaking up with her, but it was sort of.. rushed? I barely knew her when she asked me out, and even you know i can't say no for shit."
"I get what you're saying. And if you don't like her that way, don't lead her on. It sucks being led on, not a fun feeling in the long run." Karkat says. "I don't have anything against her, but she seems pushy too." He shrugged.
"You think correctly. She doesn't let me hang out with any female friends in the fear I'll cheat on her. So i haven't talked to Rose in like, a week. I miss everyone." He chuckled, and Karkat scoffed.
"Where is she now, by the way?" He asks. John shrugged. "Shit, you don't know where your girlfriend is. How charming of you, Egbert." He joked.
"Oh, hush. I meant i don't know what she does after school. And we don't ever meet up after school so.. i just have no idea know where she is. And, please don't refer to her as 'my girlfriend'', it freaks me out." He says.
"Right, sorry. But, seriously, if you don't like her in the romantic sense, just break up with her. I say this on her behalf, not yours. Fuck you, i don't like you." He crossed his arms.
"Oh, lighten up, Karkat. Of course you like me, because if you didn't, you would've punched me by now." He says. Karkat rolled his eyes, and John threw an arm around him. "How about, when we get to your house, we go to your room and i can kick your ass in grand theft auto like i always do?"
"Bullshit! i beat you last time!" He says, and he moved away from him, hopping onto the sidewalk. "I'll beat you this time. You won't win again. I've been practicing."
"Oh, have you now?" He asks. "Who've you been practicing with?" He asks, jogging up and next to Karkat again, holding an arm out to make sure he doesn't walk into the road before the crosswalk pole changes for them to cross the street. Karkat went along with it.
"Dave comes over sometimes and i beat him i the game all the time. Seeing him get mad is the funniest thing, his face goes bright fucking red and i swear his ears will start smoking." Karkat says, and John just nodded.
John felt jealously bubble up in his chest, and he clenched his jaw shut to make sure he didn't say anything rude sounding. The idea of Someone else hanging out with Karkat in the way he's supposed to is what's making him jealous. Mostly since he doesn't hang out with Karkat like that anymore, and he's surprised Karkat's even letting him come over. The light changed, and they began crossing the street.
"So.. Dave, huh?" John asks. Dave was johns good friend, don't get him wrong, but Dave is somewhat known to seduce the people he likes. But he doesn't fully know Dave's feelings towards Karkat, so he doesn't know what they do. "What other stuff do you two do when you're alone?"
"If you're suggesting that we fuck, John, think again. I've only ever been with you when it comes to that stuff, relax." He says. John blushed some, and he scratched behind his head.
"I still don't get how you can read me that easily. Like, you know what I'm thinking when i try to imply something different." John says. Karkat rolled his eyes.
"Its the fact you do that. It makes it really fucking obvious when you do that. a baby could tell what you're thinking." He snickered.
"Ha-Ha. But seriously, We do need to talk about that when we get to your house. I have questions and I'm about.. 60% positive you have some too." John nodded to himself. and Karkat nodded along with him.
They continued walking for another few minutes, arriving to Karkats house quickly. The house was small, since it was just Karkat and his dad who lived there, kind of like Johns situation, accept he has Jade, who was his twin sister. Karkat unlocked the front door and stepped inside first, waiting for John to come in too. Once John walked in completely, Karkat shut his front door, and went over to put his bag down by the closet near the front door.
"So, what do you plan on doing? because if we play the game first, then talk, we're going to forget and not talk. and if we talk first, I'll be emotional and you'll beat me in the game." Karkat says.
"True. So, how about we just watch a movie? And since its Friday, we can play the game later tonight." John looked down to his cellphone, sighing. "Roxy wants me to go to her house." He says.
"You can go if you want to. I don't care." Karkat says, and he flopped down on the couch, watching as John typed on his phone.
"No, I'm staying with you. You wont get rid of me that easily, I'm a persistent guy." John smirked, and he locked his phone screen before he sat down next to Karkat on the couch. "I told her i was hanging out with you, and if you'll let me stay the night..?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I'm not letting you sleep in my bed again. You fucked up my mattress." Karkat grumbled, which earned a laugh from John.
"Karkat, me sleeping in your bed didn't fuck up the mattress. Us-"
"I Know what fucked up the mattress, shut up." Karkat blushed. John put an arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer again. "John, move your arm before I eat it."
"Whoa there, Karkat. I need that arm. Its my favorite arm." He says, however he kept his arm there. Karkat eventually gave in, and he leaned against him slightly. "So, can we talk about it now?"
"Yeah, yeah. You ask questions first, ill find us a movie." Karkat says quietly, flipping through the movie channels to see what was on first, ears quirked upwards to listen to John.
"Well, uh.. Before we did anything, you said we couldn't ever do it again. And that we should just stay friends after that." John says. "And what bugs me about it the most is that after it was done, you just kind of.. left? You slept in the living room, and at like 7 in the morning, you told me to get out and go home."
"I did that because i didn't want to lose you as a best friend. and me telling you to leave was me being crabby in the morning, and my back hurt from sleeping on the couch, and i was confused." Karkat says. "What i want to know is why you did it so.. gently? Lovingly would be another word, i guess."
"You.. Karkat, oh my god. That was a dumb question. I did it gently because one, it was our first time. Two, i didn't want you to hurt at all during it. Three, its because i wanted it to be worth something. I mean, not many best friends take each others virginities. It was special for me, as cheesy as that sounds." John rubbed his forehead, and he looked down to Karkat. "Did you think i just did it to do it?"
"Actually, yeah. I didn't. Congrats, you actually managed to tell what i meant this time." Karkat shifted some, and he sat up, moving Johns arm. "Then right after you got with Roxy. I mean, fuck, was i supposed to think when you did that? You fuck me, then go and fuck another girl. You didn't seem to care that we did it at all, and Dave talks about how he uses sweet moves at first, then he would not do it again after that one time, and move on. That's what i thought you were doing."
"Karkat, that's a dick move. I would never, ever do that. I told you i only said yes to Roxy because she asked and i didn't want to hurt her feelings. I guess I didn't take yours into consideration either. I messed it up, and i take the blame for this one." John admits, and Karkat shook his head.
"I have to take some of the blame too, though. I fucked up on my part too, but mine was literally right after instead of a day later." He shrugged. John shrugged.
"Well, now that its all cleared up, i have one more question to ask." John says. Karkat turned to look at him, raising an eyebrow. "Are you jealous that I'm dating Roxy?" He asks.
"No. Maybe a little. But i have good reason for it, she up and took you from me entirely. You stopped hugging me, so i started rejecting hugs completely. So yeah, I'm jealous that she took you from me." He huffed, and looked away. "Don't give me that smile, it doesn't help.
"Karkat, its adorable! I never knew you were jealous of Roxy, and that she took all my killer Egbert hugs from you." He scooted over, and he hugged Karkat tightly. "You don't have to be jealous, don't worry your little head." He says calmingly.
Karkat waited until John stated getting irritated he wasn't hugging him back; which you could tell because John would start head-butting him. Karkat shifted and turned, and he hugged him back, shutting his eyes. Then Johns phone started ringing, so he pulled back and reached for it, rolling his eyes at the caller ID. He didn't hear his phone go off, and Roxy was obviously mad John was at Karkats house. John stood up, and answered it with caution.
"Hello?" he asks. And he began walking back and fourth, his eyes looking up while he listened to Roxy explain how she doesn't want John over there because they had sex before. "Roxy, relax. I wont do anything with him." He says. The yelling he heard over the phone quieted down. "Okay. Tomorrow, yeah. I'll see you then. Bye." he hung up.
"That sounded exhilarating." John says sarcastically, earning a groan from John, who felt as though he spoke a little too seen on the 'wont do anything with him' part of the conversation. "Well fuck, Egbert, speak." Karkat says.
"Sorry, sorry. Roxy got mad because she thinks were going to have sex again or something." He says, and Karkat chuckled.
"Interesting. Now, come on, i found a movie." Karkat says, and he waited for John to sit down next to him again, before he began playing the movie, his eyes locked on the screen.
Despite the two of them having their focus on the TV, they were both thinking the same exact thing. Which was the fact they both wanted to do it again, but John was still with Roxy, and Karkat was worried about old feelings he tried to force away would come right back to bite him in the ass. About thirty minutes into the movie, the two of them were knocked the fuck out. John fell back on the couch, and Karkat flopped on top of him. John had Karkat fitted between his legs, the troll laying on his side. Karkats arm was extended out, the other tucked in. John had one arm down and resting on Karkats back, the other behind his head. Due to lack of sleep they had that week, neither of them woke up, even when Johns phone began ringing over and over again.
John was first to wake up about three hours later. He stayed put, and he moved his one hand up so he could check his phone, seeing about 6 missed calls from Roxy, and one from his dad. He sent his dad a text simply saying he's going to stay the night with Karkat, then he made sure Karkat was still asleep, before he called Roxy. He shifted some to make sure Karkat wouldn't fall off of him and the couch, then she answered.
"What?" John asks, voice lowered due to the fact he just woke up. Roxy began spitting accusations that he was cheating, which confused John for a second, before he chuckled. "Roxy, i fell asleep on his couch, chill out. I didn't cheat on you with him." He spoke quietly. "Calm down, okay?"
They continued to talk quietly, and John reassured he wasn't sleeping with Karkat, but he did fall asleep with him. She hung up about ten minutes later. John lowered his hand again, and shut his eyes, running his hand slowly through the trolls hair while he slept. Karkat wormed up higher, one hand moving up o johns chest, holding onto his shirt lightly. His heart thumped, and he nearly had a heart attack when the front door suddenly opened. John tilted his head back, seeing it was just Karkats dad.
"John! I haven't seen you in a while." Mr. Vantas says cheerfully, as usual. John chuckled, one hand still petting Karkats hair.
"Hey Mr. Vantas. I missed being here. Karkat refused to have me over." He says, earning a laugh from Karkats dad. "How've you been?" He asks.
"Oh, I've been alright. Its been a slow couple of weeks, but they've been relaxing at the same time. I ran into your father today also, he wanted me to tell you to clean your room when you go back home." He nodded. "Is Karkat sleeping?" He asks.
"No." Karkat says, but he stayed laying on John, eyes shut. "Thanks to our booming, loud, preacher-like voice, i woke up." He added. John stopped petting his hair, and Karkat flicked his chest. "Asshole, just because i woke up doesn't mean you have to stop." he mumbled.
"Oh, well excuse me." John says, and he resumed petting his head. He looked back over to see Karkats dad grinning and watching the two of them. "Yes..?" John asks.
"Are you to finally dating?" Mr. Vantas asks, his eyebrows raised in excitement. John and Karkat both sat straight up, sputtering 'no's and 'no way's as much as they could. "Oh, whatever you say. You're forgetting being a counselor and a therapist means i can tell when two people like each other. Now, I'll leave you two alone and go back up to my room." He added, and with that, he walked off.
John sat there with a blank stare, and Karkat was covering his face. Then John turned and looked over to Karkat, who peeked at him through his hands, then he covered his face again. John chuckled, and he laid back down, and Karkat laid back down on to of him, looking up at him.
"Your dad cracks me up, dude." John says, earning a slap to the chest from the lovely Karkat. "Easy now, if you leave a mark, Roxy might think I'm cheating." He whispers.
"You are one cold motherfucker." Karkat snickered, and he looked over to the TV again, and John went back to petting his hair. "I don't want you to go with her tomorrow." he sighed. "I have you again for now and i want you to stay here." He added.
"I knew you wouldn't want me to. I just didn't think you would say it out loud." John says, swallowing. "I'm going to her house at around 2 tomorrow afternoon, so i can stay until then." John says.
"Do you two kiss like we did?" Karkat asks quietly. "Or do you touch her like you did me?" He added. John sighed deeply, and he shook his head.
"I don't kiss her like that, and i don't touch her like i did you." john says. "I told you, Karkat. That night was just for us. I wont repeat that with anyone else but you." He looked down at him, a slight smile on his face. "Why are you so worried about it?"
"Because she's hot, and a girl, and doesn't have a weird tentacle that will latch onto anything it can." Karkat mumbled.
"Hey now, you know i like your bulge. I think i proved that pretty well, if i may say so myself." John smirked, and Karkat blushed.
"You didn't, uh.. you didn't have to be so fucking gentle, you know. I get you wanted it to be sweet, and i liked it, but you didn't have to be so soft." He added.
"Duly noted, Karkat." He chuckled, and he let his eyes stay focused on Karkat. It was quiet, but despite that, they were both thinking of that night again. Now that it didn't bug them anymore, it was a memory they wanted to relive, and anyone could tell at this point.
To make it simple, John took his sweet time, but he still managed to drive Karkat completely nuts. Before they actually had sex, the foreplay was what did most of the work. He could remember easily Johns head fitted between his thighs, the way his eyes flashed each time he looked up again, how soft his hands were, and the roughest part was that Karkat bucked his hips too hard, and John held them down. And for John, he can remember the way Karkat squirmed when he was down on his knees, how he would whimper when he started to rub the bases of his horns, and the way he would keep bucking his hips if John touched the right spots. But, before any of that, the desperate kisses they had, and the way Karkat didn't stop grinding his hips, even when John was trying to get his pants off. It was gentle for the most part, which Karkat and John were both happy for, but they did want to go again, Karkat probably wanting it a little more than John did.
The only problem Karkat had was John and his inability to say no. He knows John wont be able to break up with Roxy, since he doesn't like hurting anyone's feelings, and since they're still together, he doesn't want to be the reason they break up. Even if Karkat is 100% in love with him, and John feels the exact same way about Karkat. So, for now, Karkat would have to keep himself calm, and he would have to be patient. Because Johns the one that's worth waiting for, so he would gladly wait for him until it was the right time. No matter how badly he wanted to be with him at this point.