Bound chapter 3

You watch Karkat cautiously from the couch. He's looking around the apartment. You notice that he seems mesmerised by the place, then you remember what Jade told you. Because of his blood he was most likely banished from the demon world and probably lived in the forest, so he probably hasn't had much experience with technology, or actually having a roof over his head.

After you had calmed him down once he woke up you all introduced yourselves to him and set a few rules. You don't have to worry about him breaking them since he has to do what ever you tell him to do.

You watch as Karkat silently went through the cupboards. You don't mind him snooping through your home. That way he can get used to being here. You can tell he's scared because his tail is tucked under his legs like a dogs would be and his pointed ears are perked so he's on high guard. You don't blame him for being scared, he's in a new environment with new people and he probably thinks one of us is gonna kill him.

Once he's done looking through your stuff he stands awkwardly, not knowing what to do. It's kinda cute really. The way he looks so confused and helpless. You sigh and look at the clock. It's almost eleven o'clock at night.

That reminds you that you're going to have to sort Karkat's sleeping pattern out. Demons are nocturnal, so you're going to have to try get him to sleep at night and be awake during the day.

You stand and look over to him "it's getting late, it's about time for bed" he looks out the window into the dark sky "what time is it?" He asked, a confused look on his face. "It's almost eleven at night" he raised an eyebrow and stared at you "I only got up a few hours ago" you sigh "yeah well you need to learn to sleep during the night and say awake during the day" he scowls and crosses his arms.

You then remember that you have nowhere for him to sleep. You don't have any spare rooms or beds and he can't just sleep on the couch every night. You chew the inside of your cheek as you think. Karkat keeps his eyes locked onto you as you walk towards your room "come with me" he slowly unfolds his arms and follows you.

You open your closet once you're in your room. You pass him some blankets and pillows "I don't have anywhere for you to sleep yet so for now just make a pile in the corner of the room" he glances to the corner. Your turntables are kind of in the way so you move them to the other side of the room.

You open a draw and grab a pair of your pyjama bottoms. You hate wearing shirts to bed, it's so uncomfortable. You leave your room and go change in the bathroom.

When you come back you find Karkat cuddles up in a pile of blankets and pillows in the corner. He looks kinda cold. You grab another blanket and place it over him. He looks up at you and frowns but his eyes say 'thank you'. You smirk and go over to your bed and get under the covers.

You glance over to the mutant demon once more before closing your eyes to fall asleep.

You wake up yawning. You're still tired but you need to get up. Your boss will want to meet Karkat. You sit up and look over to him...wait where the hell is he!? You leap out of bed. The bastard must have ran off! You quickly get dressed and end up falling over as you put your pants on.

You rush out of your room and head to the kitchen "bro! Karkats gone!...oh" Dirk, Jake, Jade and Karkat all stare at you in utter confusion from their seats at the table. You facepalm. It would have been a good idea to check if he was still in the apartment before you make a complete fool of yourself.

Jade chuckles and bro pats your back "getting a bit paranoid huh lil man" you scowl and sit down. You notice that everyone has a bowl of cereal but Karkat hasn't got anything. "You not eating?" He looks over to you and frowns. Jake looks up from his bowl "he said he only eats human flesh so we don't know how you wanna go about that" you frown "well he can get used to eating proper food from now on"

Jade rolls her eyes "uh Dave. Demons can only digest human flesh and drink human blood and water. Their digestive system can't handle anything else" you chew your cheek again and go to the fridge. You pull out a chocolate bar and toss it to Karkat "try that" he catches it and eyes it cautiously.

He opens the wrapper and raised an eyebrow. He glanced up at you and you nod towards the bar, he takes a bit and swallows. You all wait for a moment and nothing happens "see he's fine. He can ea-" you're cut off when Karkat groans in discomfort and runs to the bathroom. You can hear him being sick. "Dammit"

Jade sighed "I told you" you frown "shut up"