Ah my gog... this was a long chapter and hard to without bringing the total smex scene into it. Dave is sort of a jerk in this one. Also this is biased on what happened with some friends at a restaurant. Ps: Never go with an ill- tempered Karkat. Screaming kids and Karkat don't mix! THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS. You shall get rewarded in the next chapter!

**EDIT: I corrected the use of Eridan's and Terezi's name in some areas in this one too. I did have this stuff on MY PHONE e-e.. its hard to do! So everything should be fine now! Enjoy!

WARNING: John/Karkat scene is a bit dirty? Towards the end of the chapter. Also no trolls were hurt in the making, Gamzee just freaked out over a prop. (READ note at bottom when story's chapter ends.)

Tip: The Song is shut up and kiss me. The lisp is Sollux and the rest is Eridan on the song.

"Iim driiviing you crazy, iit's my liittle game." Sollux sang into the mic while looking on the karaoke screen. "LOVVE" Eridan shouted in the mic. "HATE" Sollux said getting louder than the other. "Relationship! Kiick, SCREAM, your full of it- so shut up and kii-kiss me."They both sang, ending the song. "Thiith wath…thtupid. You got more pointh than me!" Sollux thought the game cheated or better yet Eridan. They were at one of those restaurants that had games in them. "I wwon, suck it up!" Sollux slammed his hand on the table and stormed off. "YOU CHEATED CAUTHE ii HAVE TWO MUCH THWAG!" Eridan proudly sat back at his table only to get slapped by Fef. "Rude!"

'"Wwhy are wwe here again... oh yeah…"Dave couldn't cook worth shit, so they all voted for a restaurant. Eridan didn't want to eat what Dave made after that sushi incident. Eridan twirled his straw in his water and tried to talk to Fef again.

-Line Break—

Karkat was playing Fruit Ninja with Nepeta. From a distance it looked like a cat fight, mainly when he got mad at how he had unperfected cuts. "FUCKING FRUIT" He hissed as he punched a watermelon that came towards the screen. "WHAT GAME OVER?! FUCK THIS SHIT!" Karkat kicked the machine as he stormed off in the same direction as Sollux.


John flicked the ketchup trying to get it to empty. "I think it's clogged up, hey Rose do you-"He hit it a little too hard. "Hey you got a something on your face there." Dave swiped his finger across John's face and licked the ketchup off. Rose eyed Dave, he was up to something... she didn't like it so she started a conversation.

"So how are you and Karkat, John?" She kept her gaze sternly on him. "Uh….well something happened… so we aren't talking much-" "You know this is Hallows Eve, you must fix this before tomorrow. Preferably tonight, because of the hotel situation." 'Damn, she's right…' He silently thought while cleaning up the mess. Everyone thought it would be better if they all stayed together until after the party, the hotel seemed a good idea at the time, except the fact some had to share a room. His phone buzzed and flipped it open to find Gamzee texting him.

GZ: yO mOtHeR fUcKeR :O)

JE: What is it Gamzee?

GZ: nEpEtA tOlD mE tO tElL yOu tOo MeEt HeR aT tHe EnD oF tHe GaMe ArEa.

JE: Uh okay thanks.

GZ: Np.

-Line Break-

"Nepeta? Where are y-"She quickly hushed him and led him to the back of the restaurant. There was an empty storage room and voices behind the door. She led him through and they ducked behind a box to listen.

"KK are you thure?" Karkat had his head buried in his knees; John could tell he wasn't happy. "They are already turning red, and after what happened today he probably thinks it was discus-" "Thomeone's here…." Sollux picked up a discarded bottle and threw it at the box. Nepeta jumped up knocking John over in the process. Karkat and him locked eye contact and stayed silent. Karkat's eyes held silent pain; it was noticeable along with a hint of red. 'That was what he meant… but why would it be-…." His thought process was interrupted when Karkat stormed out leaving the three alone.

-Line Break—

The hotel was classy and decorated for the holiday as well. They booked five rooms for the night; John didn't pay attention after he knew about his sharing with Karkat. He quickly raced up the room to see the troll.

Karkat was unpacking his clothes when the door opened, he didn't have to glance to know who it was. When the door shut, he started walking to the bath room only to be stopped by a hand. "Karkat, tell me what's wrong…" He pushed the hand away and walked away before he could grab him again. Too late, because he was pinned to the wall. "Karkat, tell me." Karkat was going to insult him when the lights flickered and a boom sent him to the boy's arms. He hated storms and the dark, but he didn't let anyone know besides Gamzee. John tightened his arms around the shaking Karkat, leading him to the bed. He did something unlike himself and rubbed his head, humming a lullaby he was taught when little.

He wondered what was happening, he felt strange and the fact he didn't want to let go didn't help him either. 'Wait there isn't supposed to be a storm…' He dismissed it as he realized Karkat's breathing evened out. 'Am I Homosexual…? No, can't be…" He set the other boy down and tucked him in, walking out to get fresh air.


"Ii told you to thtop hiittiing the wall Eridan! You're making the liights fliicker!" Sollux threw pillows at Eridan when he took his bed near the air vents. Why Sollux was paired up with someone like him, he didn't even know. Eridan fell backwards hitting his head onto the wall causing the lights to flick. "Your fuckiing hardheaded, liiterally."

Eridan gave up and changed into his pajamas while Sollux kept talking to himself. He came out of the bathroom to find him going at it still. "And another thiing you're tho th-"he was cut off by Eridan's lips connecting with his. Sollux didn't move until he broke away. Eridan's face turned a shade of his purple blush and walked back to his bed. "Wwhatever shut up Sol." Sollux sat there staring at the floor before he got up mumbling something along "Took you long enough.", and just before he walked out of the room he threw a stuffed bee at him. "Your thtill thtupiid fiish face" Eridan picked up the plushie and stared at it.

"This is the plushie I gave him.. He does lovve me!" Eridan jumped up and hit his head on the wall again. "OWW, stupid wwall!"

-Line Break—

Sollux walked down the hall and passed Dave. 'Where iith he goiing?' he quietly followed him having nothing better to do.

Dave was following John and stood next to him over a balcony , Sollux hid behind a wall that split the balcony from the hallway. "Hey, what are you doing here? Its cold ya know." John glanced at Dave and quietly nodded. "Karkat got… Uh troubled by what he thought was a storm, but turns out it wasn't one. That's why I'm out here." 'Lame excuthe.' thought Sollux as he kept watching.

"You and that troll seem close, you…you know?" John turned around rather quickly and held his hands up defensively. "No oh no, I'm not homosexual Dave! You of all people know this, why do you think me and Ka-"He was cut off by Dave's mouth on his. It took John a moment to register what was happening before he broke the kiss. "D-Dave! What are you doing?!" Dave slowly took off his glasses and looked at John. His eyes held a deep bright red and a hidden emotion behind them as well.

Sollux began to back away before things started to turn; he started to walk away when his foot hit a cart of cleaning supplies. The two at the balcony looked in Sollux direction, only to see a fading running figure in the distance.

'Shit, it better not be that troll messing up my plans again.',Cursed Dave under his breath. John looked at Dave and back at the empty hallway. Dave thought it was a good idea at the time to force Karkat in the same room as John. Dave knew he liked John, so he thought the torment would drive him crazy, mainly how Karkat reacted when he found out.

-Flash Back—

"You're shitting me Strider…" Oh he got his pay back; he laughed it up at Karkat's face. The room had one bed, and to make things worse he had to share with "EGDERP AND ME?!" He grabbed Dave's collar and pushed him against the wall. Dave pushed up his shades and his smile didn't alter. "Eeyup."

Karkat kept a straight face trying to mask his anger, which didn't help much. He ran off to his room with the key in hand leaving Dave in a fit of laughter.

-End of Flashback—

"I'm going to check on Karkat." 'That damn name again.' Dave grabbed John's arm and pushed him against the wall. "It's not like he's your boyfriend, so why go to him. All he does is push you around and call you names." John let those words sink in and relaxed. Those words did make sense to some degree, it was true Karkat did call him names, But he got so used to it he didn't mind much anymore. Dave leaned his head on John's and whispered in his ear. "I will never treat you like that." He said as he leaned in for another kiss. Surprisingly John kissed back after some time. He closed his eyes only to hear Karkat's voice instead of Dave's and Dave's moan being Karkat's. He broke out of his daydream and opened his eyes to find out it was Dave kissing him again, not Karkat. He pushed Dave away and started to run down the hallway.

He looked at his watch as it read 2:45 A.M. It was Hallows Eve still and his time was running out. He needed to find Karkat fast. 'What if that was Karkat that was in the hallway, god I'm screwed! Wait why am I even caring about this?' His thoughts ran a marathon trying to figure out why he felt this way. The guilt of that kiss with Dave kept bothering him. He felt nothing behind it, only kissed back because he thought of "Karkat…" He sped up his running trying to find the room they were staying in.


"Thiit! Gotta run!" Sollux rounded corners trying not to trip over anything this time. He heard footsteps running after him. "Why iith thiith kiinda like thome thiitty horror moviie?" He found his room and barged into the nearest bed. "Wwhat the fuck Sol?" 'Fuck iit had to be thiith bed.' He heard the foot steps outside the door and quickly got under the blankets with Eridan. "Thut the hell up and stay quiiet." The footsteps stopped and the door started to open. Sollux quickly buried himself within the sheets pretending to sleep.

John peeked his head in to find a sleeping Sollux curled up to Eridan. For some reason Eridan had a huge grin on his face. Sollux looked like he was having a nightmare but quickly faded away. John shrugged and closed the door heading back to the right room.

"Eridan… Eridan get off. Augh!" Sollux was stuck in a pair of arms with no way out till morning. "Fuck iit, ii'l kill him when morniing cometh." He dozed off to sleep unaware of Eridan saying good night to him.

-Line Break—

John arrived at his room and looked around to find Karkat hugging a pillow. "Guess it was just the Hallow Eve getting to me." He changed into a blue pajama shirt with cloud pants and slipped into bed. He had to get used to the one bed thing, mostly when Karkat took all the room. He rolled over John a few times knocking his glasses off his face. Karkat later stopped rolling and snuggled up to his side with the pillow in his arms still. John took the pillow and placed it under Karkat's side from preventing him from rolling off the bed. Karkat whimpered and clung to his waist resting his head on top of his stomach.

John blinked and decided to give into the warm fuzzy feeling. 'Maybe… I need to talk to Rose about this. She would know.' He closed his eyes and fell asleep soon after. A soft purring sounded the room and then silence.


It was 8:00A.M when everyone was woken up by a smash and a shrill. "Uh… G-Gamzee are you alright?" He was far from it. "AHH HE GOT MY MOTHERFUCKING EYES, SAVE YOURSELFS!" Gamzee ran into walls as the ghost prop of caught on his horns blocked his sight. He woke up half the hotel, some referred it to crazy kids in costumes making ruckus and to go back to their rooms. Gamzee calmed down when Vriska took it off of him. She was in her grey tank and shorts; she had been awake for some time watching Gamzee in a fit of laughter. "It's a stupid prop!" She tossed it down next to the others. "Oh, so that what it was... can I have my Faygo now?"


They all sat in the breakfast area divided up by tables. All the girls had one table and the boys the other. "WHY THE FUCK THEY GET A BOOTH?!" People started looking at their table, some covering their children's ears whenever Karkat cursed. Terezi and Vriska shouted for him to shut up and he was being rude whenever he busted out like that. "FUCK YOU BOTH, YOU'RE YELLING TOO." "Oh Karkles I would love to!" He shivered when Tezeri said that and stayed quiet.

-The Girl's booth—

After they ordered, and Terezi's attempt to lick the waiter, they started talking among themselves.

"This is pawsome!" Nepeta sipped her juice as she happily rocked in her seat. She was sitting beside Feferi and Rose, with herself being in the middle. Vriska and Terezi sat on the other side of the booth fighting about which was better, flap jacks or pancakes. Every now and then they would stick their tongues out at a pissed off Karkat from across the room.

"Nepeta, May I ask what you are doing?" Nepeta handed her one of her shipping papers she brought along with her. Rose examined it to be Karkat and John's. She wrote something down beside it and the girl squealed at Roses reply.

"John talked to me this morning before breakfast, your ship is sailing." She sipped her drink while Nepeta continued to draw. She was happy for Karkat and happy that her ship had sailed, but she still felt feelings for the troll. "As long as he is purrfectly happy! I'm happy!"

-Flash back to early this morning—

John picked up his phone and texted Rose.

JE: Hey Rose it's urgent.

JE: Rose!

RL: Sorry, what is it?

JE: I get these fuzzy feelings when Karkat is near me, and we…. Kind of...

RL: kind of what?

JE: Never mind!

RL: I can't help you if you don't tell me the real problem.

JE: We kissed! There I said it! But I'm not homosexual! And Dave kissed me last night and during that kiss I imaged Karkat kissing me!

RL: John, there is nothing wrong with liking someone back, regardless of gender. If you're happy with it, go to him. Also Dave is trying to get with you it seems. He's been acting weird lately with you and Karkat. He was the one who plotted the room you shared.

JE: He wanted to drive Karkat crazy? Sounds like him. Thanks Rose, I guess I am falling for Karkat, hopefully he doesn't think of it as a prank... ahaha...

RL: Good luck.

-End flashback—

Rose kept a close watch on the other table while she ate. She didn't want anything to happen with her friend.

-Back to the boys table—

"MIRACLOUS WAFFLE CAKES" Gamzee dumped some Faygo into his waffles and dug into them face first. Tavros was giggling while Karkat complained about bits of food everywhere. Karkat was seated between Gamzee and Eridan, Tavros was right next to Gamzee in the same row. John and Dave sat a seat apart with Sollux between them.

Karkat was eating some pancakes with strawberries while avoiding John. He woke up in the weirdest way possible for him.

-Early on in the morning—

Karkat woke up to a warm pillow… that was breathing! He opened his eyes and figured out the pillow was a body, John's body. Somehow his shirt got pushed up to his upper torso. Karkat had been setting his head on the bare stomach. He sat up quickly stirring the boy next to him to be awake. "Hm... Karkat?" Karkat froze and opened his mouth to say something when Gamzee's yell was heard.

-Back to the present—

Karkat got annoyed when the memory kept flooding back, also at the little kid who threw straw rappers at him. He glared at the kid; he was about a few years younger than him. He bared his fangs and growled scaring the kid to scream. Karkat scooted to the far side while flipping people off.

He wasn't paying attention to the conversation, something about trick or treating before the party. Bad enough he had to dress up, but go to some nooksniffers house and beg for food? He didn't think that was fun at all.


After they got finished with their breakfast they decided to teach Karkat and the few who didn't know trick or treat how to do so. John and Dave pretended to be people giving out candy at their hotel rooms. Karkat along with Gamzee and Terezi were being taught the right way.

"This fucking stupid…" Karkat had his arms over his chest watching Gamzee go first. Terezi failed whenever Dave opened the door, she got the trick or treat right, but Dave wasn't the treat. She licked him anyway. Gamzee knocked on John's door and passed. He honked his horn with satisfaction. Karkat was up; he knocked on the same door with Dave. "Say trick or treat." Karkat's eye twitched as he said it. "Trick or treat fuckass." "Wrong." Dave closed the door and reopened it when Karkat knocked again. "I said… TRICK OR TREAT YOU NOOKSNIFFING FUCK" He slammed his bag at Dave's face knocking him down against the door.

"Uh that's enough today!" John dragged a growling Karkat away from Dave. Gamzee then volunteered to teach makeup. Everyone shrugged seeing no harm in that. Oh were they wrong…

-Line break—

Karkat got a bunch of colorful things suggested by Terezi. Ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, powder, flour, and V8. Karkat thought V8 was a weird name for makeup. Terezi dumped it on his head and rubbed it in, with ketchup on his cheeks. Dave fell down to the floor with a fit of laughter along with Vriska. "Karkles you are good enough to eat! All these wonderful shades!" She licked his face sending him into a spasm attack until she stopped.

"Uh Terezi…" John watched as she kept pouring food. Karkat twisted in the chair and looked at himself in the mirror. "WHAT THE FUCK TEREZI YOU CRAZY BITCH." Vriska led Terezi out of the room before things got worse. Dave threw a bucket of water on him at attempt to wash and left the bucket on his head. Karkat's face got redder and redder as it stayed on his head. John remembered Karkat was sensitive about buckets. John lifted the bucket off to make eye contact with a blushing Karkat. The troll looked at John and turned redder. "Enough of your stupid pranks…" John looked hurt when Karkat walked out of the room. He looked at Rose and she gave him a reassuring pat on the back.


After a good scrubbing Karkat seemed fine, but made sure to avoid Tezeri for the rest of the day. Rose still watched Dave, John noticed that during the day.

They all decided to end the day with a thriller movie. Nepeta informed him of Karkats fears of monsters; he then answered how Tezeri or Vriska didn't scare him which was still a mystery.

-Later at night—

"POPCORN READY- Hey Terezi! That's for all of us!" Terezi grabbed the bowl and started munching ignoring Eridan. Nepeta snuggled in between some pillows on the floor with Rose and Feferi while the rest shared the sofa. Gamzee sat on the far side with Tavros in his lap drinking a Faygo, Edrian sat next to them followed by Sollux. Karkat complained about not being enough room so went to the loveseat where John was. Terezi, Vriska, and Dave brought bean bag chairs from their hotel rooms. They we in the lobby's movie room with other people. They were grateful they even got floor space it was so packed.

When the commercials came on Eridan and Sollux started throwing popcorn because the other wouldn't move. "Eridan shut the shell up!" Feferi spoke up while throwing a pillow at his face. "Burrrrn!" Sollux shoved some popcorn in his mouth while he watched the fight. "Thith iis better than a moviie... Eridan getth hiith asth therved-"Eridan shoved the pillow in his mouth. "Taste the rainboww bitch." Karkat spoke up after watching them for a while. "Pretty sure you say that with the humans' earth rainbow food, AFTER you hit them with it. SO SHUT UP AND STOP FLIRTING LOVEBIRDS!" Vriska laughed with her mouth full and started to cough after hearing that. Some people in the front shushed them and ended up with a Karkat flipping them off.

When the movie started everyone got quiet, Tavros hid his face in Gamzee's shirt whenever gory parts were shown. Vriska and Terezi had their 3D glasses on and reaching for the flying objects. Karkat tensed up at parts and relaxed every now and then. John had his hand in the popcorn bowl staring at the screen with his mouth slightly agape.

It was towards the end of the movie when the guy with the mask came after the girl with a knife. They were in a deserted underground sewer and her friend was on the ground assumed dead. Just as he was about the strike, her friend took the stab and fell to the ground. The blood was scattered along the screen causing Vriska to laugh. Tavros was tearing up, and Nepeta's scream blended in with the rest of the rooms'.

Karkat had his hand next to John's and grabbed it tight without realizing it. John looked down and noticed Karkat was scared. He couldn't blame him after all he went through in the past. He smiled and squeezed back.

The movie ended with the guy turning out not dead and the girl thinking he was. Gamzee stood up and shouted at the movie ending at an unfinished part. "Aw come on motherfucker! He got up with a knife in him and then scary music, that's it?" Gamzee sat back down as he saw that he knocked Tavros out of his lap when he stood. "Oh sorry there Tav."


After they went to their rooms John decided to talk to Karkat. He was going to follow Rose's advice and figure out what he really was.

"Hey Karkat?" Karkat was in the middle of pulling his shirt on. His pajamas were black shirt and red bottoms with his symbol on the side of his hip. "What do you want Egbert." John proceeded to sit on the bed with the troll. "Uh... I think I have what you call flush feelings… for you." Karkat's face widened then turned into a scowl. "Is this some sick joke of yours Edgbert? I told you I had enough of-"John cut Karkat off as he kissed him pushing him down into the mattress. Karkat found himself kissing back, deepening it.

Karkat slid his hands down John's back as he ran his tongue around John's. John fought back trying to win dominance, but ended up losing to Karkat. Karkat began exploring the other boy's mouth earning a moan. Karkat smirked in the kiss and bit his lip teasing him further. John's arms gave out as he fell on top of Karkat. John accidently rocked their hips together, making Karkat moan.

"Karkat s-stop I'm not sure about this anymore." Karkat ignored the protest and slid his hand under John's shirt. "K-Karkat!" He pushed him away and sat far to the edge. Karkat was flustered and his eyes were pure red. "Your eyes are red…" This jerked Karkat out of his daze and sent him rushing to a mirror.

"FUCK! It's closer than I thought…" He turned back and looked at John who had a questioning look. "The mating cycle…"


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John tugged on his hand and led him away from the group.

"Egbert where the fuck are you taking me." John looked back and smiled softly. "To be alone with you." Karkat eyed him and squeezed his hand whenever the thunder sounded off in the distance.