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Alright guys. First and most important thing, THIS IS NOT MY STORY. Its a MIRROR from the Homestuck kink meme and was written by ribsgrowback there.

ribsgrowback has given permission for people to mirror their fanfiction, so I am going to do it here. Original can be found here: ht tp: / homesmut .livejournal .com / 9406 . ht ml? thread = 14554302 just remove the spaces.

This is the original promt from the meme:

I've seen things about Karkat having self-harm issues. And it made me think that maybe someone could write an AU where the trolls are in a psychiatric treatment center? And I guess the kids could be the therapists/psychiatrists, especially Rose, since she's into psychoanalysis. No smut necessary, but I like Sollux/Feferi, Gamzee/Tavros, and most other pairings if you want to add it.

I will be updating the chapters as close as possible to when the author post new stuff on the kink meme. Also, rating and genre may (and are quite likely) to change, MAY BE TRIGGER WARNINGS LATER. I WILL MARK THESE CHAPTERS. I say MAY because I have no idea what the original author is planning, seeing as I am just mirroring for them.

This is a really great story, so lets all enjoy it!


Your name is KARKAT VANTAS and you do not know how all of your roommates are always douchebags. Granted, you've only had one roommate so far, but you just know you're going to hate your next one, too. Also, you're in a psychiatric hospital... but even so, you should be able to get roomed with someone who's not totally insane, right?

Your first roommate was SOLLUX CAPTOR. He was already unpacked and lying down when you walked in, and was lying on his bed, facing the wall. You guessed you should introduce yourself.

"Uh. Hi." He just shrugs in response.

"I'm Karkat."

Shrug.

"Uh. Okay. I guess I'll just.. unpack then."

Shrug.

Your roommate did not react at all while you unpacked, or while you cursed loudly from dropping a dresser drawer on your foot, or while you asked him what it was like here. You figured that he was just depressed, which was understandable enough, and decided to leave him alone. You got along by mutually ignoring each other until about two in the morning, when he decided to sit bolt upright and start functioning. Vigorously.

"Hi, 2orry about earliier man II wa2 in 2uch a funk oh man my name'2 2ollux did you 2ay your name wa2 Karkat? II2 iit okay iif II call you KK? II'm gonna call you KK iif that'2 okay what'd you do two get you here? Waiit that'2 probably not the be2t thiing to a2k 2orry KK eheheheh..." as he rambled, Sollux also paced, waved his arms, and eventually decided it'd be a great idea to turn on the lights because, as he said, "God II feel great, II could do anythiing riight now ii2 iit ok for me two turn on the liight2? II gotta turn on the liight2 man 2leepiing ii2 for wu22e2." He then proceeded to rapidly flick the lights on and off twice before turning them on for good and pacing more.

"Sollux? That's your name, right?" You're seriously not sure if this is real life or some kind of sick joke.

"Yeah man what'2 up?" He was literally bouncing on the balls of his feet, he was so excited. What the fuck.

"Go the fuck to sleep."

Sollux, however, did not go the fuck to sleep. He did not go the hell to sleep, or go to goddamn sleep, or even just go to sleep. The word "sleep" seemed permanently removed from his vocabulary unless he was heavily sedated-something the orderlies always seemed to wait until nearly sunrise to do. The first night, he practically buzzed with energy and paced and flailed around the room for an hour before an orderly noticed that the light was on and came in to investigate. She gave him a sedative and a lecture, and left you to try to find sleep again after that shitshow. You would have written it off, had Sollux not stayed completely manic for three more days-and nights. You liked the guy, he seemed okay, but you could not handle rooming with his crazy ass any more. You didn't exactly blame him, because somewhere in his mile-a-minute rambling you learned that he's got severe bipolar and just got new meds so they're taking a while to kick in, hence the manic episode. But you sleep little enough as it is without his one-two one-two light switch flicking at three AM and his tendency to pace loudly and shoot his lispy mouth off and the way he has to give you two fist bumps every time you enter the room, or occasionally his line of sight. So on the fourth day, you walked down to the nurse's station with him chattering in your wake, and asked for a different roommmate. No offense, bro, but a guy's gotta sleep.

"Ehehehehe, iit'2 totally cool man 2orry about all of thii2 damn though II am wiired II'm gonna go do 2omethiing II dunno what yet but II'll find 2omethiing II feel liike II can do anythiing riight now..."

Your name is KARKAT VANTAS, and now you're just sitting around, waiting, because your new douchebag roommate should be here soon and hopefully he won't be as much as a fuckass as Sollux was.


== BE THE NEW DOUCHEBAG ROOMMATE

You are now the other guy. Your name is ERIDAN AMPORA, and you were, at one point, in love. Fuck it, who are you even kidding, you are still in love and always will be. Never mind the fact that your girlfriend broke up with you when you carved her name into your forearm to "provve your commitment," you know that she will realize that she made a mistake and come back to you. Hopefully. Especially since your post-breakup depressive freakout was enough to get you institutionalized.

You're rooming with KARKAT VANTAS, who seems pretty grumpy but you're sure that he'll come around once you guys get to know each other. He's been here a few days longer than you, but you don't know why he's here. Yet. You're sure you'll find out, because you can already tell that you two will be great friends and oh cod he's throwing stuff at you maybe you should shut up.