Hnnngggg, I'm not really sure how I feel about what I wrote for this particular prompt. Definitely not my best work, I must say, but… I do hope it's good enough. I had some trouble actually writing this one; the muse was not in the mood today, apparently. Also, it seems shorter than usual.
Day 4's prompt was On a Date.
It's humanstuck (they're both, like, sixteen or seventeen) and it's from Karkat's pov.
I hope everyone enjoys and I'm very excited to try tomorrow's prompt.
Eridan still wasn't here. It was stupid that you kept checking the time, but god damn it, he was late and you were the one who had walked to the stupid movie theater. You would think he could be fucking timely, especially since this was your first "official" date.
Oh God, just that thought got your face to heat up and made you nauseous. No, that wasn't the right word for it; it made you nervous to the point of feeling shaky and stupid. What if you fucked it up?
Why were you so worried about this, anyway? The two of you had hung out before; you had slept over his freakishly large house at least once and he had seen the crappy video store that you lived in. You spent time gossiping and watching movies together; going out to eat. Why was this so much fucking different?
Okay, you needed to calm the fuck down. You were just going to see a movie with him and possibly get dinner afterwards; nothing to flip every metaphorical shit over.
It took you a moment or so to notice the tall dark haired boy in question walking towards you. "Hey, Kar, uh, sorry for bein' late. Cro was bein' an ass an' decided to take for-fuckin'-ever gettin' me here."
"The fact that you thought trusting your dick older brother was a good idea makes me question your sanity." You couldn't help but snicker, though, as his face flushed.
He glared a bit, crossing his arms over his chest, "Do you really think I had much of a choice?"
Shrugging a bit, you responded, "No, probably not. Anyway, we've probably missed all the shitty previews, but hey, besides that we haven't missed much else. I already got the tickets, so..."
"Okay, awesome. I'll pay for the popcorn then." And before you could even protest, he had taken your hand in his own and led you into the movie theater.
Shit, okay, you had calmed down when he first showed up, but now you were holding hands and your nervousness was back instantly. What if he realized that you were freaking the fuck out? Or if he realized how not worth dating you were? The only person you had ever dated was Terezi and that was in like, the 8th grade. It didn't really count. Oh God, fuck.
You snapped back to reality just as the two of you entered the theater. Wow, you had completely missed him getting the two of you popcorn just out of your idiotic inability to think like a proper human being. Fuck your life.
"Kar, are you okay?" you stared up at Eridan, noting the now worried expression.
Oh, shit. Not only were you a nervous asshole, it was entirely obvious. "I... uh... yeah. Just flipping a million shits because I'm stupid and if it's possible to fuck up a movie date, I'll manage it."
Eridan just stared at you for a bit before smiling slightly, "Don't worry so much, Kar. Seriously. It's just a date an' even if somethin' happens, it's no big deal. We're datin' an' that's not about to change."
Sometimes you forget that Eridan knows you really well and, while he was usually a douche, he did care a lot.