Secret Love
Chapter 4: Day 3 John's PoV
I awoke to sunlight filtering through my curtains. My eyes flinched from the bright light. I turned onto my left side to try and help shield my eyes from the sun's rays. It was a bright Friday morning, too bright, in my opinion. I staid laid out in my bed for about 10 minutes. My eyes burned less now that they had adjusted to the light. My dad had already left for work around 7, and it was 10 now. I had the house to myself. Dad probably already made me breakfast. I decided to take a quick 5 minute shower to help me wake up. I'd eat whatever he made afterwards.
After my shower, I put on a pair of baggy sky blue pants and a blue tee shirt with what I like to call a windy symbol on it. I headed downstairs to the kitchen to look for my breakfast. Dad did indeed make me breakfast. He had made me scrambled eggs with toast and bacon. He put it in the fridge, probably figuring that I would sleep in late, and I did. At least he made something that wasn't sweet for once.
I picked up the plate out of the fridge and found a note under it, like always. It read,
"I'm proud of you son. You've grown so much over the years. Karkat called earlier and wanted to know if you two could hang out today. You've made such nice friends, son, especially one so close and caring. I'm proud of you, and I love you. See you when I get home.
Dad
P.S. We're having potato bacon soup for dinner. Please go ahead and start it without me for I will be home late."
I set the letter down after I finished reading. He was always doing things like this. I've figured since he has to work all the time doing who knows what, this is probably his way of helping me grow up and be responsible. I used to hate that he does this. It made me feel so alone, just getting a slip of paper from him. Usually I had to search to find the paper because he'd hide it in the most random places. I once found a slip taped to the bottom of s milk carton, although I have no idea how he even got it in there, much less how the ink didn't run or the paper actually get soaked. I thought for the longest time he had used magic to get those slips of paper into weird places until I saw him slip one into my bouncy slime ghost thingy in the backyard. I don't know what he wanted me to do to even get it, but I don't think I want to know. Ever.
I took my breakfast to the living room and turned on the tv. Adventure Time was on. The current episode playing was called 'Do You Remember Me' or something like that. It was probably one of the most depressing episodes of this show. I continued to watch it until it ended 5 minutes later. Some lame show came on next so I switched the channel to Animal Planet. The show that was currently on was called Too Cute, and it really was too cute. You physically could not stop smiling from the adorableness of the kittens and puppies. Even Karkat smiled the entire show. Speaking of Karkat, I still had to call him back. I finished eating about 10 minutes later. I turned off the tv and headed back to my room. I had almost forgotten we had a date-not-date today at the movies. That's probably what he called about, making sure I didn't forget. Again. I may or may not have forgotten once or twice that we had planned to go to the movies or do something. Not my fault if my brain doesn't want to remember something.
I turned on my computer and opened Pesterchum once I got into my room. Karkat was online, as he usually is. If he's not on a computer, then he's usually on his phone.
ectoBiologist began pestering carcinoGeneticist
EB: hey karkat! i'm finally up :B
CG: ITS ABOUT FUCKING TIME
CG: I'VE BEEN UP SINCE LIKE 5 BECAUSE CRABDAD WOULDN'T SHUT THE FUCK UP
EB: hehe sorry. i slept in late today
CG: NEVER NOTICED
EB: hehehehe your sarcasm is showing karkat! ;B
CG: SHUT UP
CG: SO WHEN DO YOU WANT TO GO
EB: uhh let me look up the movie listings real quick
EB: so the next one starts at 1:20
EB: we could meet up around 12:30 and just hang out until it's time to go
CG: YEAH THAT SOUNDS FINE
CG: FINALLY YOU'RE LEARNING TO USE YOUR THINKING PAN FOR SOMETHING USEFUL
EB: hehe :B
EB: we can meet up at the boba tea house. i really wanna get some royal milk tea
CG: THAT SOUNDS FINE
CG: I'M GONNA TAKE A NAP SO I DON'T FALL ASLEEP AT THE MOVIES
CG: THAT'D BE TOO EMBARASSING
EB: hehe don't give me any ideas
CG: FUCKING HELL
EB: bye have a nice nap
CG: DAMMIT JOHN DON'T YOU DARE-
ectoBiologist cease pestering carcinoGeneticist
I sighed. What to do until 12:30. It was about 11 now. I decided to watch Evangelion 2.22 seeing as that was pretty long. I'm still only on episode 7 of the anime and this'll be the first movie I watch, but I recorded it on dvr when it aired on Toonami. Might as well watch it now. I also know way more about the series than I should from Karkat, other friends, and tumblr. I ship Shinji and Kawaro so hard and it physically hurts my heart so much to watch this. That's also why I've been stuck on episode 7 for the longest time. Of course no one knows I ship anything. I don't need to give them any ideas. I may not be gay, but at doesn't mean I am against other gay couples.
When the movie was over I screamed at the end because no. " WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT I MEAN SERIOUSLY WHAT KIND OF ENDING WAS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO ASKUSA AND KAWARO SCREAMS AT EVERYTHING," I screamed (A/N I literally did scream this at the end of the movie because I think it is the proper reaction to this movie. I also screamed when I realized Shinji has the same voice actor as Naegi from DR and Kawaro has the same voice actor as Byakuya, also from DR and if I didn't ship it before, I shipped it even harder. Anyway sorry back to the story).
I spent another 5 minutes rage yelling at the tv. I finally concluded that yelling at my tv wasn't going to do me any good. It was now about 12:15. I should probably leave soon. I went back upstairs to my room and checked over my outfit. My attire were probably a little too casual, so I put on a pair of black skinny jeans and my jacket. Like my shirt, it was a light blue color and had a windy symbol on it. The only difference was the symbol was in the center of my shirt, and on the left side of my jacket and on the back.
I wasted 3 minutes trying to get my hair into place. It never did what I wanted so I don't even know why I try. I left shortly after I applied some Axe body spray. Walking to our meet up place didn't take very long. I had arrived at 12:24. Six minutes early. I usually arrived pretty early. Once I accidentally showed up and hour early and it had been raining so I stood in the rain for an hour waiting on Karkat. When he finally arrived he yelled at me for "being a fucking idiot who didn't use their thinking pan".
I eventually walked into the tea house when I felt like I looked like a creeper just standing there. I got into the short line and placed my order when I got to the counter. I also went ahead and ordered strawberry milk tea for Karkat. He arrived about 4 minutes later.
"Sorry if I made you wait too long. I know how you like to get here way too early. I mean seriously it's like you're a nervous girl waiting for her date," Karkat chuckled. My face immediately went red.
"I am not! I just hate being late," I yelled as quietly as I could, not wanting to draw too much attention. This only made Karkat laugh harder. I punched him in the arm after he looked up at my pouting face and laughed even harder than before.
We left after another five minutes of Karkat laughing at me and insisting that I must be a little gay. I just kept turning redder and redder at everything he said. I swear if my hair were green, I'd look just like a tomato. It took us about 30 minutes to walk to the theater. We payed for our tickets and were seated 10 minutes later.
Odd Thomas (I think it's the right name) was a pretty good movie. I hated how they ended it though. It was too sad for my liking (I'm not gonna say how it ended. No spoilers!). I actually almost started crying because that ending wasn't expected. I did suspect it at the beginning of the movie, but since it didn't happen in the middle of the movie I thought maybe I was wrong. Apparently not.
Karkat and I watched a few other movies before finally deciding to leave. It was almost 6 by the time we actually managed to get out of the theater.
"Hey John, you wanna do something else before heading home?" Karkat asked me as we began walking in the direction of our houses.
"I'd love to, but I have to make potato soup so it's ready for my dad when he gets home."
"Ooo wanna share. You know how much I love your potato soup, especially when you put a bunch of bacon in it," Karkat smiled at me. I blushed slightly, not sure if it was because of the compliment, or his smile. "Oh yeah, I just gotta run by my house real quick and get my phone. I left it on my desk by accident, which is why I was a couple minutes late and didn't call you."
"Yeah, that's fine," I replied," you may need it if your dad gets home early and calls you."
It only took a short while to get to Karkat's house.
"That's strange," Karkat said," I know I remembered to lock the door when I left."
"That is pretty strange. Maybe your dad is home?"
"No, there's no way he'd get off this early, no matter what."
There was a sudden sound on the other side of the door. I instantly panicked and glanced at Karkat. His gaze was strictly focused on the door. I bit my lip, contemplating what I should do. I'll have to admit I was a little scared. I didn't know what to expect. My first thought was what if it was a robber and they had a gun. My next thought was about Karkat and how much I loved him and wanted him to know my feelings for him. I turned to reach up to his face and kiss him just as the door opened.
"Karkat! You're finally home! And whose this. Your boyfriend," the strange man asked.
"You? What are you doing here? I thought you were in college, what are you doing home," Karkat said to the man, completely oblivious to my actions. He looked to be in his early twenties with short black hair and red eyes. His eyebrows were white, so my guess was that he dyed his hair. If I wasn't mistaken, he actually looked alot like Karkat. Maybe close to being a twin, only a little taller and more mature looking.
"Come on, is that any way to speak to your own brother? I haven't seen you in years," the man said. I guess I was right.
"I don't care Kankri, you never called or texted or anything. I don't even want to see you. I'm leaving anyway. I only came to get my phone."
"Well then. You almost triggered me. I guess I need to give you another lesson in-"
"No, don't even start. Don't talk to my FRIEND John. Don't even think about touching him or even looking at him. Just leave," Karkat said. His voice contained sadness, even though it seemed as though he was trying to sound angry. Karkat ran up the stairs after he finished talking. I was left alone with Karkat's brother, Kankri.
"So you're Karkat's friend then, huh? When did you guys meet," Kankri asked me.
"Uhh we met back when he moved here when we were 13. At first he really seemed to hate me but eventually we became best friends."
"That's good. He was never able to make friends when he was younger. I'd always try to help him, but I apparently just made it worse for him. He had a few friends, I think his best friend, although I guess was just the friend he liked the most, was named Sollux."
"Yeah Karkat has told me about him before. I actually kinda forced Karkat to be my friend," I awkwardly laughed out, my face beginning to blush because I was sure I looked like and idiot.
"Ha ha, well that would explain it then! I'm glad you decided to reach out to my younger brother. Thank you, John," Kankri said, his eyes softening. "Oh and I wanted to ask you-" The man was cut off by his younger brother's sudden appearance back at the door.
"I'm going over to John's house for the night. I may be back, I may not. Just be gone when I return. Oh and stay gone this time. It's such a fucking pain in the ass when someone you care about more than anything just suddenly walks out of your life with no notice and then showing up years later on your doorstep," Karkat said as he grabbed my hand and quickly hustled out of the house and away from his brother.
"It was nice meeting you, John! I hope we can meet again soon," Kankri called to me while waving. I waved back at him before I turned my attention back to my Secret Love. Karkat defiantly wasn't going to be laughing much more today.
Kankri's Pov
I watched as Karkat and his friend, John, left. It was almost painfully obvious that Karkat liked him. It's also probably why he became so defensive when I asked about him. I guess he's still pissed at me for the thing I did before I left him. Of course. who wouldn't be? I chuckled.
"This is going to be fun," I whisper into the wind, already planning my scheme.
A/N:
I'm sososososoosososososososososososo sorry that it took me so long to update! I've had this finished for awhile now, I just keep forgetting to upload it or when I do I either don't have internet access or I don't have enough time or something to upload it. But it's done now! So I guess that makes up for something?
So I don't really know where I'm going with the Kankri thing. I like literally just added that last part 5 minutes prior to me typing this. I was thinking maybe have Kankri pretend to pursu John with a romantic intent and see where it goes from that, but this is still a JohnKat story so it wouldn't stay like that. I just want to know what you guys think and it that would be ok or if you wanted me to add anything. I'm open to any suggestions (that isn't mpreg or something like that because that is one thing that I just really don't like) and I like constructive critisism. My writing is for other people to read, which is why I post it, so I'd like to know what you think about my story (and of course I don't own Homestuck that much should be obvious) and if I should add or change anything or if you guys want me to remove that last Kankri PoV or something.
Anyway thank you so much for reading this. I will try my hardest to update sooner. It will be posted on, if not before, a holiday because idk. I'll make it seem festive or I could maybe do a one-shot holiday au or whatever. Just ask. Please R&R. It means alot to me!