As Karkat had almost finished his breakfast concoction when suddenly, a pair of fleshy, soft hands blinded the troll. "WHAT THE…" Karkat flailed about until he heard a familiar chuckle come from behind. "EGBERT!" John stepped to the side of his grumpy troll matesprit.
"you're making me breakfast?" John leans over to look at the batter Karkat was heating in a pan.
"YES, I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA, SINCE YOU MADE ME SOME FOOD. I THOUGHT I'D TRY TO MAKE YOU A HUMAN BREAKFAST."
"aww thank you," John grasped Karkat from the side pulling him into a half-hug. "i can't wait to try it!"
The troll made human pancakes were soon finished and the couple sat down to eat. John took his first bite hesitantly. He paused after swallowing. "wow, Karkat this is a lot better than i was expecting!"
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?" John giggled.
"nothing, hehe."
They soon finished the meal and John grabbed Karkat's arm, and pulls him back upstairs. John quickly hands the troll a dark purple sweatshirt and black jeans. "here, put this on!"
"WHY?"
"i'm going to take you out today! so come on get dressed!"
"WE'RE GOING OUT?"
"yeah, remember last night I told you that I was going to take you on a date!"
"OH RIGHT, YOU DID SAY THAT." Karkat slightly blushed and began to change into John's outfit.
"i hope you like those clothes. i've never worn them since they're not my style."
"WELL, HUMAN FASHION IS WEIRD, BUT I DON'T REALLY MIND IT." They both changed and John turned back to the now changed Karkat. The troll was fiddling with strings on the sweatshirt.
"Karkat, you look really, hot," John stared at Karkat in awe.
"DON'T… DON'T STARE AT ME LIKE THAT… "
"oh, you might also need this," he pulled a light gray beanie over Karkat's horns. "just in case…" Karkat pulled on the hat.
"IT FEELS REALLY STRANGE."
"i know, just wear it. i just don't want anything to happen. humans have never seen a troll before so… you know." Karkat sighed at him.
"YEAH, I UNDERSTAND."
"well, let's go!" John tugged Karkat into his car. Karkat hesitantly got into the vehicle. The car soon arrived at the mall at John got out with Karkat and pulled him to the entrance.
"WHAT IS THIS GIANT BUILDING?" Karkat asked, staring up.
"hehe, it's the mall. just come inside!" They entered the automatically opening doors, which thoroughly surprised the troll. Inside, Karkat stared at the masses of people walking in and out of stores holding bags.
"HOW CAN YOU FIND THIS ENJOYABLE, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY HUMANS?"
"just ignore them all. just focus on us!" John giggled and winked. "it's fun, just cooperate!" Karkat pouted and nodded. As they walked about, the troll glared at each of the display windows in confusion. He'd occasionally stop at a display to inquire to John about some strange human items. They shortly stopped in front of a store that sold many random knickknacks. "hey, let's go in here!" John grabbed his lover's hand, tugging him into the shop. The shelves were riddled with random items that didn't belong anywhere else, and as they passed a shelf with stuffed toys, a huge stuffed cat with big "ugu" cute eyes fell on top of Karkat's head.
"WHAT THE…" he held the stuffed toy in front him. John turned to face Karkat and held in a laugh.
"Karkat, do you… hehe… like that?"
"WHAT? NO! THIS MAGGOT JUST FELL ON ME!" He blushed, and threw the cat to the side.
"hey, no need to hurt it!" John giggled and they continued browsing. A section filled with random DVD and VHS movies caught Karkat's eye. He kneeled down and grabbed a DVD which looked rather interesting to him. John leaned over his shoulder. "The Notebook, eh? i've never seen it. want to buy it? we could watch it later! you should try a human romance movie anyway."
"YOU'D WATCH IT WITH ME?" Karkat mumbled.
"of course!" John smiled and he checked out at the counter before heading back into the mall. "oh um, I need to get something real quick! you can look around here for a bit, just don't wander off too far!" John ran off to somewhere Karkat didn't bother to see. He turned to a human clothing store.
"I GUESS IT WOULD HURT TO LOOK AROUND," Karkat entered the human store and casually looked about. "HUMAN CLOTHES ARE SO STRANGE." He mumbled to himself and continued browsing aimlessly.
"Hey punk!" Karkat rotated his head to meet eyes with the voice that called out.
"ME?" He was staring at a tall but younger looking kid. He couldn't be too much older than himself. He was wearing a big red t-shirt, jeans that clearly needed to be pulled up and a crooked baseball cap. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Although just the sight of this filth made him want to slit someone's throat, Karkat attempted keeping his cool for John's sake.
"You look freaking weird. What's up with all the gray face paint you got there?" He smirked and tried to rub off this "paint".
"Yeah, what's up with it?" A kid looking almost no different from this douche echoed him.
"THIS IS MY NATURAL SKIN COLOR, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING IT." Karkat batted away the jerk's hand.
"Ew!" The pair laughed. "What the heck? That's disgusting!"
"WELL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SENSELESS NOOKSNIFFERS?" Karkat shoved his hands in his pockets and leaned towards them, smiling to show off his numerous sharp teeth. "I FIND YOU RATHER DISGUSTING AS WELL, AND UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO BREAK YOUR HUMAN BULGE OFF, I RECOMMEND YOU BACK OFF."
"Whoa there shorty," he remarked laughing, "you don't want to start a fight with us now do you?"
"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DO. I COULD EASILY RIP OUT EVERY HUMAN ORGAN IN THAT LIMP FLESH SACK OF YOURS AND CUT THEM INTO A THOUSAND PIECES THEN FEED THEM TO YOUR CORPSE." The idiots laughed, brushy off Karkat's threats which he meant all too well.
"Try us!" Karkat wound back his fist, preparing a punch that once it impacted, this dude would probably have the life knocked out of him. However, halfway through his swing, a familiar happy voice reached his ear.
"Kar…" John, who had just returned stopped in his tracks, "…kat."
"JOHN." Karkat let his arms fall to his limp at his sides. "JOHN, I'M SORRY I UH…" John grabbed Karkat's wrist.
"Karkat, come on let's just go." John didn't even look up. As they walked away, the rotten kid grabbed John's shoulder.
"Well now, John Egbert. Who would've thought my little prisoner would show his face in public again? It's only been a year!" John cringed. Could this be that crazy guy? "Why don't you come on back home with me? It'll be just like old time? Besides, nobody needs to get hurt, so just come with me."
"DON'T TOUCH HIM." Karkat grabbed his arm.
"Huh? Your still trying to act tough? Who are you anyway? John's pet?" The troll gripped his arm tightly.
"WHY DOES IT MATTER? NOTHING WILL MATTER ONCE YOU'RE DEAD ANYWAY." He dug him nails into this idiot's weak skin, drawing blood.
"What the?" He tried to pull away, but Karkat wasn't going to let go. He let his other fist fly, knocking the human into a clothes rack. His partner jumped toward Karkat, landing a punch on his cheek. Karkat stumbled back as he swung again. Karkat dodged and sent another solid blow to the stomach of the punk. The troll wiped off the candy red blood off his chin that was dripping from his mouth.
"Karkat!" John ran toward his lover dropping the bag he was holding. He grabbed the trolls hands who pulled away and knelt in front of John's ex. He had just regained consciousness as he began to throw punch after punch to his face. "Karkat stop!" John grabbed Karkat from behind and pulled him off the body. Two security guards had also arrived and pulled Karkat away from John.
"We're going to have to ask you two to leave now. He can't have any violence here." The other man helped the two punks. "Wait," he looked at John's ex. "Are you Tyler Blaine?" He stayed silent. "Cuff him. This man has three charges of sexual abuse on him. I don't even know why he's causing so much attention in public." Karkat heard the police man whisper, "idiot," before they were escorted from the mall. The police man left once they were back at John's car, letting them off with a warning, content with having one man arrested.
"Karkat… what were you thinking?!" John looked at him with slight anger in his eyes.
"JOHN I… I JUST COULDN'T STAND HIM. I COULDN'T WATCH HIM TALK TO YOU LIKE THAT… I…" Karkat was cut off by John pulling Karkat into an embrace.
"it's okay. i'm just glad you're okay."
"JOHN I…"
"it's okay… really. let's just go home. we can watch that movie, okay?" John looked up smiling.
"ALRIGHT, LET'S GO HOME."