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Day 3

Karkat sighed contently as he let John work his magic fingers into his tight muscles. Feferi had left him with even more tight muscles than Sollux had, but he guessed that would happen seeing as she was the highest on the hemospectrum. Of course, it didn't make him feel any better considering that some troll was going to screw with him and cause him to have to collect her sample again.

"You alright, Karkat?" John asked, noticing how quiet Karkat seemed.

"I'm just fucking thinking too much" Karkat huffed.

"You want to talk about it?"

"No!"

"You know you can tell me anything. I may not understand completely, but I'll listen and give advice if I can" John smiled as he began rubbing Karkat's muscles a bit harder.

"Gog! John, I still want to know how you fucking do this. I feel like my fucking worries can just fucking melt away" Karkat began to purr and relax at the feeling of John's hands kneading away the sore tight muscles in his back.

"Happy to help" John smiled as he continued to rub Karkat's back.

"John, can I ask you something?" Karkat asked, sounding slightly nervous.

"What?"

"What if you knew something really bad was going to fucking happen to you, but if you tried to fucking stop it then you wouldn't fucking accomplish your destined goal and meet your destined love?" Karkat asked, hoping that John wouldn't question him on the subject.

"I guess I would just let it happen. If there was no way around preventing it from happening then I would just let it happen. It's hard to change destiny, Karkat, and trying to avoid it may cause others to suffer" John said.

Karkat instantly rolled over and hugged John. He still had flushed feeling for the human and hoped that he was his destined matesprit. Even if he wasn't then maybe they could become close morails after everything was done with this fucking matriorb that was growing inside him. He hated that he had to pail with almost everyone on the fucking meteor.

"Hey! You feeling alright, Karkat?" John asked, hugging and patting Karkat's back.

"I'm scared, John. I hate this whole fucking situation. Why did I have to be the fucking host?" Karkat sniffed, red tears threatening to slip from his eyes.

"If I understand it correctly...It's because of your blood, Karkat" John said, knowing that he probably enraged the troll by saying that, but seemed like a reasonable answer..

"You're right, but it still fucking sucks" Karkat sighed, ignoring that John had said anything about his mutant blood and nuzzling his face into John's chest and inhaling his beautiful scent.

John sighed, holding Karkat close to him until he heard soft snoring coming from the troll. John smiled and tried to move Karkat, but found that he was gripped tighter when he tried to get Karkat off of him. John giggled and began running his hands through Karkat's hair. He thought that Karkat looked kind of cute when he was asleep. As John stroked Karkat's hair, he heard Karkat purring and wondered if he could get him to make any other kind of sounds. John moved his hands to slightly brush against Karkat's horns. John froze when he heard Karkat gasp. He hadn't expected that kind of reaction, but like it and brushed against Karkat's horns again. John soon began slowly stroking Karkat's horn non-stop, enjoying the gasps and whimpers that came from the troll.

"John" Karkat panted in his sleep.

John smiled, thinking it was funny that even asleep that Karkat knew that he was next to the troll. John ran one of his hands down to Karkat's neck, earning his a throaty moan and a pleased growl.

"How long are you going to molest him in his sleep?" Kanaya's voice made John jump. He hadn't realized that Kanaya had knock on the door before coming in.

"I didn't mean to. I was just curious" John swallowed nervously.

"Well, you have unintentionally given Karkat a problem" Kanaya sigh as she rolled the sleeping troll onto his back and showing John that something was moving inside his pants.

"What the hell?" John flinched before he felt Karkat's arms wrap around his waist.

"I'm guessing that you have yet to read up on troll anatomy" Kanaya stated knowingly.

"You guessed right...What's moving around in Karkat's pant?" John blushed at the question.

"That would be his tentabulge. All trolls have one. It's similar to your human penis, John" Kanaya giggles as she watched John turn bright red.

"I'm sorry"

"It's not your fault entirely, John. Karkat is in heat, so any soft touch can turn him on"

"Oh...So, I shouldn't be touching him?"

"You can touch, but watch where you touch. Troll horns are very sensitive"

"Oh! So I can still give Karkat back rubs?" John smiled, knowing how Karkat liked his back rubs.

"Back rubs? You have been giving Karkat back rub?"

"Yeah! Karkat was complaining about the muscles in his back being tight, so I decided to give him a back rubs. He liked it so much, I figured that when he want one that I would come give him one before we talked about movies and hung out"

"I hope this isn't too personal, but do you have red feeling for Karkat?" Kanaya asked.

"What!? No, we're just really good friends" John said, questioning his own answer.

"I see...That's too bad. Karkat could use a matesprit, but he can't really stand anyone that I have seen him interact with. Save for Gamzee, but their relationship is very pale and Gamzee is red for someone else" Kanaya sighed, not wanting to meddle too much.

"I thought Karkat said something about me being his kismesis" John wondered if he have read that chat with Karkat wrong.

"John, in troll society, having the same person as your matesprit and kismesis isn't uncommon. There is a fine line between pity and hate. A perfect example is Aradia and Equius" Kanaya smiled, knowing that everyone had seen those two, at least once, have a fight before making-out soon after it was over.

"Oh yeah! I never got how those two could fight so much and still be in love" John shivered, remembering the time he saw Aradia crack a table over Equius's head before he started to baby talk to her like that was a normal thing.

"That's troll love, John"

"So did you need something, Kanaya? You never said why you came it" John wanted to change the subject.

"I wanted to check on Karkat. He hasn't really left his room since his genes were activated"

"He seems fine to me. Still the crabby, cranky, and cussing like there is no tomorrow Karkat that we all know" John said, rubbing a hand gently through Karkat's hair.

"I also wanted to get a sample from him to see how his body is adjusting to the changes" Kanaya sighed as she brought out a syringe that John didn't know she had.

"Can't you get it later?" John swallowed hard, knowing that Karkat probably wouldn't like getting a needle anyplace when he was asleep.

"I would if I knew that he would let me. If he got wind of it then I don't even think tempting him with treats would get him to appear. I really need this sample. Please, John"

"How can you get the sample without waking him?"

"Can you just rub his horns for a bit while I get the sample?" Kanaya asked as she uncapped the syringe.

"But you said..."

"I know, but I can't think of anything else that would distract him enough" Kanaya interrupted John before he could complete his sentence.

John sighed in defeat and began to rub Karkat's horns once again. Instantly, Karkat began purring, moaning, and keening. John blushed slightly, never hearing Karkat keen before. John decided to watch Karkat's face as he didn't want to see Kanaya draw the sample from Karkat.

"John..." Karkat purred before he smiled.

John was slightly taken back. He had never seen Karkat smile before. It actually was nice to see Karkat smile. He wanted to see Karkat smile more. John smiled and rubbed Karkat's horns more. Karkat hissed suddenly, telling John that Kanaya has suck him with the needle.

"I'm sorry" John whispered into Karkat's ear.

"Thank you, John. I'm done" Kanaya said as she capped the syringe, now full of Karkat's candy red blood.

"When do you think he'll wake up?" John asked, slightly surprised that Karkat hadn't woken up yet.

"He could wake up anytime, John. Karkat is a bit of an insomniac, so any sleep he gets is a good thing. If you're worried about him than you can wake him up after I leave" Kanaya said as she put the syringe in her pocket and stood up.

"Kanaya, I was wondering what will happen to Karkat after the matriorb is complete and is...extracted?" John watched Kanaya carefully.

"He, physically, should go back to being normal. Mentally, he might be a bit more insecure of himself. It is hard to tell seeing as he can't really ask to talk to anyone about his problems because of his new-found trust issues. Like I said before, John, if he had a matesprit then the whole process would be easier on him" Kanaya sighed before leaving Karkat's room.

John looked as Karkat, who was still asleep, and wondered how mentally stable he was. John didn't like the idea of Karkat not being Karkat. Suddenly, Karkat began to whimper and claw at his bed sheets.

"Shhhh! It's alright, Karkat. I'm right here" John said, taking Karkat's hands into his, so that he wouldn't rip up his bed.

"Leave me alone! No!" Karkat said, fear painted in his voice.

"Karkat! Wake up, Karkat!" John said, shaking him a bit.

Karkat jolts awake after a few minutes of John shaking him. He, instinctively, hugs John upon seeing him, red tears slowly leaking from his eyes. John wraps his arms around Karkat, patting his back to comfort him. Karkat buried his face in John's chest, inhaling in his scent to claim himself down.

"Shhh! It's okay. It was just a bad dream" John whispered to Karkat.

"John"

"Yeah"

"John"

"Yeah! I'm here"

"John"

"Shh! It's okay, Karkat"

"John" Karkat sniffed and held John tighter.

"Want me to stay here?" John asked, hoping Karkat would claim down soon. He didn't like seeing the usually crabby troll like this. He wanted to see him smile or at least act like he usually did.

"Please don't leave me" Karkat finally choked out.

"I won't. I'm not going anywhere, Karkat" John sighed, before he reached up and lightly brushed Karkat's horns.

Karkat, instantly, pushed John away from him. He growled as John looked at him somewhat confused. Karkat sighed as he tried to relax and claim his emotions back to normal.

"Don't ever touch my horns again" Karkat hissed, a bright red blush apparent across his face.

"I'm sorry, Karkat. Are they really sensitive?" John asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yes, John! Troll horns are very sensitive. Don't touch them!"

"Okay, so now what should we do?" John asked, wondering if Karkat might want to talk now that he was awake.

"How the fuck should I know?" Karkat growled.

"How about we go outside?" John asked, think about what Kanaya said about Karkat not leaving his room.

"No way! I don't want anyone trying to seduce me. I'm staying right here" Karkat hissed.

"Karkat, they can only seduce you if you're alone. I don't intend to leave you outside. I just want you to take a walk with me" John smiled, lacing his fingers with Karkat's. Karkat shivered at the odd feeling as John gently gripped his hands before unlacing their fingers and then just holding his hands.

"Fine, but you better not leave me by myself" Karkat warned.

"I won't" John smiled as he got up and pulled Karkat up with him.

Karkat smiled a little bit as he began to walk towards the door, holding John's hand tight. John walked with him as they walked out the door and headed for one of the transportalizer that would take them to an area that lead outside.

"Come on, Karkat" John said as he began to run when they got outside, pulling the troll behind him to follow.

"Slow down, John! The outside isn't fucking going anywhere" Karkat yelled as he was drug by the human.

"Let's fly, Karkat" John smiled as he used him wind powers to lift himself and Karkat into the air.

"John, stop it! I don't fly" Karkat yelled, nervousness thick in his voice.

"It's alright! I got you, Karkat" John said as he used the wind to bring Karkat closer to him.

"Put me down, John! I never achieved God Tier, so I can't fly" Karkat hissed slightly.

"I got you, Karkat. I'm not going to drop you or anything. If you remember, I flew a car around with my wind powers before" John smiled, hugging Karkat.

Karkat whimpered as he clung to John, closing his eyes in fear. John was taken back a bit as by Karkat's reaction to flying with him. John smiled and rotated them, so that Karkat could actually sit on top of him as they floated in to air. John stroked Karkat's hair to get his attention. Karkat cracked his eye open before looking straight at John, slightly blushing at the nice gesture that John did for him.

"Karkat, have your eyes always been red?" John whispered.

"What? My eyes turned red, already?" Karkat blushed more and started to have a small panic attack.

"It's alright, Karkat. I like them" John said, hoping to claim Karkat down.

"You do?" Karkat was confused and a little dumbfounded by John's confession.

"Red is an awesome color. I think red eyes suit you a lot better than gray"

"How so?" Karkat asked in a dangerous tone.

"They show off your personality better" John grinned.

"So...What exactly are we doing? You said that you wanted us to take a walk together" Karkat stated, looking down to the ground that was several feet below.

"Yes, but I wanted to show you what it was like to fly considering that you never got the chance to explore Prospit" John looked at the clouds that there floating above his head.

"Oh! Yeah, I never did. Terezi told me once that it was fun to fly around Prospit" Karkat sighed sadly.

"Hey! It's not your fault that you didn't wake up on Prospit sooner" John said, placing a hand on Karkat's cheek. Karkat leaned into John's touch, red tears threatening to spill from his eyes.

"John, can you put me the fuck down. You can fly me around another time" Karkat sighed, placing his hand on top of John's and smiling slightly.

"Alright" John smiled and used his wind powers to lower them to the ground.

Karkat noticed that they weren't in the same spot that they had taken off from. They had landed next to a crater. The crater have a gate above it and looked like water was coming out of the gate. In fact, so much water had come out of the gate that it created a lake in the crater.

"You like it? Rose show it to me. I guess your buddy, Sollux, hacked into the gate code and created a gate over this crater. I though it was cool that he fixed the other side of this gate to Rose's world" John chuckled.

"Sollux did this? When?" Karkat was in shock as Sollux never showed a lot of interest in anything that had to do with the humans.

"I think he opened the gate yesterday morning" John said, thinking about when Rose had showed him the gate.

"Oh!" Karkat muttered, as he got off John.

"Come on, Karkat" John said as he got off the ground and began to walk along the edge of the crater lake.

Karkat followed closely next to John. Karkat felt comfortable like this with John. He blushed as he realized that he was thinking strange things about John again. Then again, he knew that he would have to pail with John or Dave close to the end of his collection dead line. He would prefer John to do it, but maybe it would be a good idea to ask him.

"John?" Karkat said, nervousness clear in his voice.

"Yes, Karkat" John smiled as he looked at the blushing troll.

"I was wondering if Dave and you decided on which of you would be submitting the genetic sample to me when it's time for me to collect it?" Karkat bit his lip.

"We've talked a little about it, but we haven't decided which of us will be the one to do that" John blushed.

"Oh! Okay then" Karkat swallowed hard, hoping that John would consider doing it instead of Dave.

"Hey, isn't that Gamzee and Tavros?" John said, seeing two trolls sitting next to the lake, quiet a distance ahead of them.

"Yeah! It is...what are they...Oh hell! They're kissing, John" Karkat growled as he realized why they must have been out here.

"Wow! Are they an item? Matesprits, that is?" John asked as both he and Karkat stopped walking.

"I guess. I never heard a thing about it" Karkat hissed a bit, wondering why Gamzee didn't tell him about having a matespritship with Tavros.

"Maybe, they just became matesprits" John said, seeing how it looked as if Tavros was nervous about Gamzee's touch.

"Let's find out" Karkat said as he began to walk over to them.

"No, let them be. I'm sure they'll tell everyone later" John said as he grabbed Karkat's arm to stop him from interrupting the private moment between the trolls.

"But..." Karkat started to say.

"What if someone interrupted your alone time with your matesprit? Wouldn't you be mad?" John asked, hoping to get Karkat to see his point.

"I would be fucking pissed, John" Karkat said.

"Then let's leave them alone" John smiled, pulling Karkat back the way they had come.

Karkat huffed, but let John take him in away from the happy matesprits. As they walked, Karkat began to lean against John, simply enjoying his scent and company. John glanced at Karkat and smiled before wrapping his arm around the troll.

"Why are you hugging me?" Karkat asked, feeling John's arm around him.

"You started leaning on me, Karkat. Are you tired?" John asked, hoping to dodge the question.

"I'm a bit tired. We have been walking for a while" Karkat sighed, wanting to just lay down for a nap with John.

"Alright, we're close to a transportalizer" John said, hugging Karkat closer to him.

"I'm too tired to walk any more. Let's just take a nap next to the lake"

"How about I just carry you?" John smiled as he pick up Karkat, bridal style.

"John! Put me down!" Karkat growled as he kicked and squirmed in John's arms.

"Take it easy, Karkat. You said that you were tired. Now, if you want to fall asleep then you can" John chuckled as he held Karkat tight, so he wouldn't fall out of his grip.

"You better not drop me, Egbert" Karkat hissed, wrapping him arms around John's neck.

John smiled as he continued to walk towards the transportalizer. Karkat soon fell asleep in John's arms, purring quietly. John chuckled and kissed Karkat's head, thinking that he couldn't look any more adorable than he did at that moment.

John sighed as he finally stepped on to the transportalizer, thinking about what Karkat had asked about the genetic sample. He wasn't sure if he could do it and not feel any differently about Karkat after wards. Of course, then what Kanaya has said earlier that day crawled into his mind. John still wasn't sure about his feelings for Karkat or if Karkat had the same feeling for him. John decided that he would have to talk to Dave or maybe even Rose for this one, after he put Karkat to bed.