After second period you head to third where you see "Sol" which you are pretty sure is not his real name. In this class you don't have assigned seats so you just sit next to him. He looks over at you and looks then back down at his paper.
"God, I hate Eridan." he finally says during the freetime the teacher gives the class. It was an obvious attempt at a conversation.
"Who? The kid with the blonde streak?" you ask jumping at a chance to get to know someone.
"Yeah. He ith alwayth hitting on me. I am ga- I mean I am not interethted in him thpethifically." Oh, fuck he has a lisp.
"It's alright I am really okay with you being gay and all."
"Good becauthe thome people are jutht homophobeth."
"I know it is just stupid."
"Tho anyway I told Eridan I am gay thith patht thummer and he hath not left me alone thinthe. He jutht got hith driverth lithenthe and keepth begging me to let him give me a ride to thchool thinthe we live in the thame neighborhood but I am truly afraid to go anywhere with him. And what'th wortht ith my mom agreeth that I should go with him. She doethn't know about me being gay or anything though."
"Wait, I saw you walking your dogs this morning."
"Tho your the new neighborth!"
"Fuck does that mean that Eridan lives by me, too?"
"Unfortunatly yeth."
"God damn it!"
"I jutht feel thorry for hith thithter."
"He has a sister?"
"Yeah her name ith Feferi. They are twinth."
"I can't stand sharing a neighborhood with him. I can't imagine what it would be like- for nine months-" shivers run down you spine.
"I know right?" he says as the bell rings.
"By the way my name is Karkat."
"Oh yeah, Thollukth." He says as he holds out his hand. You shake hands and depart. God you hate his glasses and his lisp.
You head to fourth period but stop by your locker on the way there. As you exchange books you see a Eridan coming your way. You quickly shut your locker and grab your books trying avoid him. It is a narrow escape.
You are able to meet up with Nepeta in fourth period without Equius breathing down your neck. When the bell rings you are off to yet another uneventful period. Now everyone is anxious and hungry because it is right before lunch. You are among the many that can't wait, however, you do.
