Jake nodded "sure I can curl up on the couch and you can take my bed if you don't mind the furr on the bed" Jake smiled lightly going to the kitchen and returning with three cups of ice cold water "this should cool you off Kar" he said with a faint but noticeable wag to his tail. karkat looked up and smiled a little bit " thanks jake.. " he takes a glass a sets the other two on the floor. his tail wrapped around the other and he let out a sigh. " that's nice" he takes a few sips before putting it on the floor as well. gamzee stretches and nods lazily getting up. " naw it's cool motherfucker, i'll sleep on the couch. thats where i sleep at home anyway." Jake smiled at Kar "anytime" he smiled drinking out of his cup handing gamzee the other, "sorry it's not faygo" he said with a playful tease in his tone.
gamzee grinned lightly taking the cup. " water is good sometimes too, bro" he dipped his finger into it experimentally. and pulled it out quickly. " cold" he stared at the clear liquid and took a swig then set it on a desk. " weird shit.." he mumbled to himself. kar curled himself up on the bed and threw a pillow over his head the bones inside clanking around. he pulled one out and started doodling. gamzee sat on the floor humming to himself in a sort of daze. " should have brought my motherfuckin guitar." "you all good with a keyboard?" he asked his tail wagging fast. gamzee looked up and paused for a minute before shrugging," that's cool to too motherfucker. cant be that hard."
Jake offered Gamzees his keyboard his tail wagging, "hey Kar...would it be fine if i actually curled up at your feet instead? It'll help me feel better to reassure your safe" Jake asked. karkat looked up and bit his lip contemplating the idea before closing one eye and nodding once. " sure " gamzee turned on the keyboard and pressed one of them. he nodded and cracked his knuckles. " this'll do." he sighed and let his fingers run across the kes before stopping and playing several chords. he looked up at karkat and jake. " any requests?" Jake changed into his pj's and crawled up so he was curled up againsts the corner at the very foot of Karkats bed laying his head on his paws with his comforter covering him while he laid on Karkats "soft music" he asked softly. gamzee nodded and stuck out his tongue trying to find a song. He smiled when he found one. He began playing "I wont give up" * by Jason mraz.
Jakes tail laid limp beside him as he drifted to sleep it swished softly causing a soothing breeze to go across the bed, Jakes ears twitched over and over as if they were listening for /any/ other noise aside from karkat gamzee and the keyboard. once gamzee looked up again from the keys jake was asleep. he smiled lazily at karkat. " sure does fall asleep fast hmm" karkat looked up from his bone and looked at jake. he scratched behind his ear softly. running the soft hair through his fingers it was relaxing. he pulled his hand away and tucked it back into his lap. gamzee looked between karkat and jake, and then back again before a little smile split his face. " hmm," he hummed knowingly. karkat looked at him. " what are you hmm-ing at?" he growled out weakly. the smile never left gamzee's face as he shrugged. " nothing bro."
Jakes tail wagged abit and he inclined his head towards karkats hand but stopped when he felt it draw away he laid there slightly on his side now but still in his little corner of karkats bed his tail wiggling lightly in his sleep he gave a soft whisper and laid there. karkats eyes wandered back over to jakes sleeping form. he stared for a minute examining him, stopping on his ears. That's right, he was the only other one who knew what it was like to be different. he let his gaze drop to his face. so calm and peaceful in his sleep. he pulled his eyes away and stared at the bone he was carving, his eyes widened a little and then relaxed and he sighed. it was jake. he threw the bone into a pile of others on the bed and hugged his knees. gamzee let his smile reappear as he laid down on his back on the floor. " yep" karkat looked down at his friend questioningly and brushed it off as just regular gamzee weirdness.
Jake slept soundly his tail swaying he'd forgotten to take his glasses off and they were askew on his face as he laid fast asleep on the foot of the bed his head againsts the wall. harkat looked at jakes face again and noticed the glasses. he leaned over and slid them off his face gently " gamzee put these over there.." he gestured over to the night stand by jakes bed. gamzee took thm and set them on the small table when he turned back around he found karkat leaning close to jake and just looking at him. he continued watching as the other brushed jakes bangs lightly placing a kiss on his forehead before sitting up and noticing gamzee with a long lazy smirk streched across his face again. his eyes widened and he looked away "you-" gamzee nodded " yep." karkat hugged his knees and buried his face into his knees. Jake stirred abit and his eyes opened abit "k-kar?" he asked. karkat groaned and fell on his side. " great" gamzee walked over and sat down next to the bed grinning like an idiot. " hmm~ karbro.." karkat shoved his face into his pillow. " shutup gamzee" Gamzee just smiled inhumanly wide in response. "some motherfucker has feels." Jake sat up and shook his head faintly but then he flopped down he hadn't woke up he'd just stirred in his sleep in a faint daze.
karkat looked over his shouder. jake fell back asleep. he let out a relieved breath and turned to gamzee. " what are you staring at" gamzee shruged." just a moherfuckin miracle waiting to happen brother" karkat sighed. " not likely. dont go and fucking have a parade now." gamzee raised and eyebrow, " oh and what makes you all up and think that?" kar rolled over and hugged his blankets. " he's my friend. i dont want to ruin that." gamzee shock his head lightly . " whatever feels right man. just dont go hurting yourself" karkat nodded and sighed deeply they had just met. he couldn't risk ruining they're friendship over this.. Jake woke up later in the morning after Gamzee had drifted to sleep, he crawled a bit closer to karkats legs warming his feet up "still having trouble with your insomnia?" he asked softly. karkat looked down at jake and buried his face a bit deeper into his knees. he was thinking about earlier. he sighed softly." yea.. its a bit annoying sometimes." "want me to sing for you or play something? he offered. karkat shook his head gently, " its fine like this" he whispered he looked at the clock, it was now 4 am. he looked around the room and his gaze landed on jakes glasses. a light red blush spread across his cheeks. "hey where'd my glasses go?" Jake asked karkats knees he was technically blind without his glasses. karkat looked at jake thankful he couldnt see the red colour spreding over his face. " uh,, here ill .. get them" he stood up slowly, twitching a bit as he did so. and walked over to jakes night stand picking up the glasses and sort of limping back to bed. he sat down and handed jake his glasses and buried his face in his knees once more.
"what's wrong karkat?" he asked looking worried for his friend. the stupid blush wouldnt leave his face so he kept his head down his pointed ears swivled slightly and his tail flicked nervously. " nothing" Jake got down and gathered some of his clean clothes, "are you alright with the smell of wet dog?" he asked. "I won't be falling asleep any time soon" he said true he was wide awake now. karkat nodded into his knees. " yea" he sneeked a peek at jake over his knees. Jake had gather three bottles out of his bag and was heading into the bathroom with abit of an embarassed expression on his face, Jakes singing was heard from the shower in their bathroom. karkat almost snickered but held it in. jake loved to sing so it was only normal that he sang in the shower it was kinda cute. karkat shook his head. 'bad karkat'. Jake came back out after a little bit he was in just his shorts his paws and tail were dry and he had the towel around his neck. karkat looked at him and blushed slightly. he cursed his bright red blood for being so noticeable. and he rolled on to his side facing the opposite direction. Jake shook his hair out a few flecks getting gamzee in the face he took the towel and tried his best to dry his hair without whimpering as it tugged his ears. gamzee rolled over with a grunt and snored once loudly and them settled back down fast asleep. karkats ear twitched as he heard a small noise. he turned around to see jake trying to dry his hair an dhe sat up. " i could help?" he mumbled out softly. "sure thanks" he smiled sitting by karkat offering him the towel. karkat took the towel and scooched closer to jake, gently drying his hair and minding his ears. his finger brushed over one and it flicked. he continued drying jakes hair but kept watching his ears concentratedly, catching every small detail and occasionally brushing his finger against one to watch it flick. Jake couldn't help but giggle "mind it my ears are ticklish" he blushed. karkat blushes slightly and smiles a little bit. before brushing jakes ear again.
Jake rubbed his ear and smiled "that was on purpose" he said through a small giggle. karkat stared at the back of his head for a second before setting his chin on jakes shoulder and sighing. " sorry couldn't help it." "it's alright" he smiled his tail wagging "it's funny I never imagined I'd end up having a spot back there until now" he commented leaning his head lightly so it was laying on Karkats. karkat blushed a bit more when jake laid his head down. " hmm." karka tput the towel down on the bed. his heart wouldn't stop pounding, he swore if jake was any closer he could hear it. he cleared his throat nervously. Jake pulled his head up and he stretched softly "want anything to eat?" Jake offered hopping down and going to the kitchen. karkat nodded softly." sure, uh anythings fine. im pretty hungry." Jake smiled and he cooked up three steaks making his and karkats medium rare he also made some over easy eggs as well, "can you wake Gamzee up?" he asked Karkat.
karkat looks down over the side of the side of the bed and pokes gamzee in the face. " wak-OW FUCK" he quickly pulls his finger away and gamzee glares up at him groggily. he was not, a morning person. plus he hadnt taken his meds yet so he was even more irritable. " thought i motherfucking warned you not to do that." he growled out. karkat backed up on the bed a bit as gamzee sat up and stretched. he looked at jake. " throw me that bag" he pointed to a small pouch by the door. Jake threw the bag to Gamzee and gave Karkat an icepack for his finger before continuing to tend to their food. gamzee caught the bag and pulled out a small bottle of pills and popped a few. cringing as he swallowed. then he sighed a bit. standing up and throwing the bag back by the door and walked off to the bathroom when he came back he was his usual self again. Jake came out he had one plate on each hand and the third balanced on his head "breakfast is ready" he commented. gamzee smiled softly and chuckled " you need a hand bro?" he reached out and took one of the plates for himself and sat down on the floor. looking down at it quizzically " you motherfuckers eat steak, for breakfast? " he mumbled to himself and shrugged. any food was good right now. karkat looked up at john with a half smile. "thanks." Jake smiled "I basically just shut ours karkat" he laughed softly before sitting on his bed and eating his breakfast his tail wagging to the tempo of volatile times. karkat dug into his own and sighed contently. his tail flicking happily from time to time. he glanced back and noticed jakes own tail. he smiled to himself as his tail wrapped itself around his arm. he looked at it and pulled it off. continuing to eat but it returned to the spot. he sighed frustratedly and pulled it off again. it danced around behind him flicking from side to side sharply. he bit his lip and looked at the clock. it was now almost 8. he cringed a bit. it was starting to come back "great."
"keep something cold near you Kar you'll be okay" Jake soothed him washing his plate, he felt kinda bad for Karkat and wanted to ditch classes to stay with him but knew he really couldn't. Jake nodded faintly and grabbed his helmet and keys "I'll come by at lunch" he promised heading out his tail just hanging behind him. "karbro's a big boy he can motherfucking handle himself yea? " gamzee nodded slightly at jake. " yea we should stop by hm?" he looked at jake. and the keys. " you got a ride then?" "yeah taking my bike" he smiled with a wagging tail. gamzee grinned lazily " never been on one of those.." he followed jake out after patting kar on the head. "so, have you met my old man yet?" "he's scary as fuck I nearly bloody pissed myself yesturday" he blushed tossing his bag into the sidecart. gamzee let out a laugh. " yea hes a pretty big motherfucker huh? you get used to it. man, he said when, i all up and finish growing i'll be taller." he cringes. " hope i dont scare a brother when im older.." he sat on the back of the bike admiring it. " nice ride bro.." "thanks it was a gift from my sister Ella, I gotta remember to mention her to Karkat" Jake said sitting on the front and coiling his tail around gamzees middle out of habit from riding with Karkat once they both had on helmets Jake kicked it to life and drove them to the school. gamzee raised his brow as a tail wraped around is waist. he shrugged and closed his eyes as the bike revved up and smiled " yea thats sweet shit." once they got to the school he hopped off the bike and stretched looking at jake. " what now bro? "
"uhh I guess we could head to my class unless you wanna talk to the others" he commented. gamzee shrugged. " whatever is cool with you man. what class do you have first man?" he looked around scratching his head A bit anxiously "sorry bro just dont feel like running into the old man , you know what im saying?" Jake nodded and took gamzee to his greek mythology class siting in his seat in the back. gamzee walked into the class and imediatly cringed as he saw the teacher. he lowered his head and lengthened his stride to catch up with jake " this is gonna be fun" he said in a not to happy tone. as if on queue equius looked up and saw gamzee. " .. ahh, sir.. what.. brings you here." he said. gamzee's eye twitched slightly at his tone. his voice always sounded just a little too heated for gamzee's liking. he scratched his head nervously. " uh.. im just here to motherfuckin stay with my bro.." Jakes tail wagged softly and he sat next to Gamzee "you shoulda come yesturday he nearly blew his top" he commented softly. gamzee's eyes widened slightly and he grinned a little. " oh really? damn that wouldve been some funny shit to watch ,what happened?" "he asked me to name the lowest zodiac and i said sagitarius instead of cancer" he said softly taking notes. gamzee's grin widened a bit as he kicked back in his chair. " he was always a bit touchy with the whole " caste system" thing. alwaysall up and all over my old man like some kinda school girl. scary shit man, pops thinks its creepy too." he stared at the cieling with a disbelieving look. he shook his head and and looked over at jake. Jake giggled into his paws as he wrote notes looking kinda tired.
gamzee sighed contently sitting back up and looking over jakes shoulder. and setting his chin down on it. bro we gotta talk about kar sometime eh. his eyes dropped into a caring gaze " brother's hard to get sometimes." "whatchu mean?" Jake asked as he did his class work his tail swaying softly. Jake looked at Gamzee "hey what's faygo taste like?" he asked. gamzee shook his head lightly, " he just hasn't been all up and school fed as to how to talk to a brother." he sighed but perked up when faygo was brought up. " awe man! faygo is like.. a miracle sent from the mirthful massiahs themselves.. its like drinking happiness brother." he smiled lazily. and raised his brow. " i could motherfuckin go for one of those." "I've never had one before my sister said she'd buy me some before i left but she couldn't afford it" he said softly. gamzee stared at him in bewilderment. " never tried one? thats just a motherfucking shame.. hey at lunch i'll pick some up hm?" he stared off into space for a second. " you have a sister?" "yeah her names Ella she's three years older then me, very playful she basically raised me aside my nana." he explained handing in his homework. gamzee smiled thoughtfully, well as thoughtfully as possible for gamzee. " sweet bro. does she live round here?" Jakes tail wagged "yeah I'll call her over for lunch" he smiled. gamzee nodded. the more the mirthfuler eh? " sou- wait back up not a cool idea bro. not if we're stopping by karbro." "cause his heat...here" he wrote down her number "text her and tell her to meet us in my piano class I'll let my teacher know it's something important and with a sick roommate it couldn't be done in my dorm" he smiled.
gamzee nodded " that sounds good" he took the paper and typed the number into the small message box. - hEy sIs.- Jake laughed "just tell her something like" he broke into a decent imitation "your bro all up and needs help with his keyboard" he stated packing his bags and grabbing his keyboards bag. gamzee grinned " hey brother you all up and make a good me." then he nodded " alright." he picked up his phone and texted her - hEy sIs, iM a fRiEnD oF yOuR bRo So ItS cOoL. hE sAiD tO aLl uP aNd cOmE dOWn AnD hElP hIm wItH hIs kEyBoArD, cOoL?- Jake blushed when he laughed and got up, shortly after while they were walking Gamzee got her reply "alright tell Jake I'll meet him at the music room" her message read. he nodded at the phone and looked up. "your sis says she'll all up and be there kay?" he slips the phone into his pocket and kept on walking when he froze. he looked behind him and twitched slightly. " gamzee! what the motherfuck are you doing here? and why.. did i not know you were in town?" Jakes ears dropped his tail stopped dead and just dropped "fuck fuck fuck" his tail darted between his legs. gamzee side stepped infront of jake, and looked up at his spoke more quietly than normal as well his entire persona changed. he looked simmilar to what he was like this morning. " im here, because kar. needed some motherfuckin help with his shit. and you, motherfucker dont need to know as to where im all up and being." one of his hands was behind his back and it was shaking. he didnt like being around his dad. his dad looked down at him and raised his eye brow. " you seem less calm motherfucker. have you've finally decided to stop taking that shit and grow up like the rest of us?" he growled out. gamzee twitched slightly. and glanced back at jake. leaving would be a good thing right about now. " he narrowed his eyes slightly. " no. i will not grow up like you fuckers. got it? now, if you excuse us motherfucker. we have shit to do." he grabbed jakes wrist and pulled him onto his back and ran out of there. Jake ran along side gamzee to music room three there was a beautiful girl outside the door she had flowing black hair and eyes the same shade of emerald as Jakes she was tan like him too, "hey Jake what's wrong? you two look so winded?" she asked worriedly catching Jake when he tripped over his tail shaking. gamzee fell onto a wall and covered his face with a shaking hand. " fuck- probably... the worst motherfucking time to see that motherfucker." he reached into his pocket and pulled out the small bottle from earlier. he dropped about 5 pills into his palm and threw them into his mouth swallowing hard and cringing. " tastes like shit without faygo.." he stood up straight again and sighed slowly. and closing his eyes, " better" he looked up at jake's sister and smiled greeting her. " hey sis." he looked her up and down." you look just like your bro." he smiled again. "sweet. so how about that faygo hm jake?.. i guess you're coming along too then huh? wicked." "yeah, I'm Ella it's nice to meet you. Kinda thought ahead" pulls out a bag that has Faygos
she smiled. gamzee through his arms up into the air " your sister is a miracle bro!" he cleared the distance between them in two steps and smiled at her. ella laughed and handed Jake a cola she offered Gamzee the bag as they walked inside.
Jake sat at his usual piano in the back the space usually occupied for karkat was now open for Gamzee to take while Ella sat in an old chair behind them fixing some loose wires in his keyboard she'd plugged in headphones to it so she wouldn't disrupt the class. gamzee pulled out a grape faygo and opened the lid. he closed his eyes as the pop fizzed and he sighed. " awe yea, thats amazing.. like its hissing. who all up and tells it to do that? miracles." he takes a swig and smacks his lips. looking back at jake and Ella. " so what now?" Jake listened half to his teacher and half to Gamzee "well she'll have us each do some song playing then I guess we get to work on our projects" he added picking up on his piano from where the last kid stopped when it came to be his turn. gamzee say and listened to the music " some pretty sweet shit" he mumbled to himself. then he walked over to ella and looked down at the keyboard " whatcha playin' sis " he whispered next to her head he didn't want to be loud and disrupt the class. "rewiring the hotbox" she said lightly sliding out an earbud, "it had a few sour keys but it's all good now" she smiled lightly pulling out an indigo hair tie and pulling her hair back into a ponytail. gamzee nodded once. " hm." he walked around and sat on the floor by her. " you know, you and your bro, are like, the same person. but different." his eyes widened slightly in awe as he explained his odd theory. " brother talks about you alot too. looks up to you and shit. its sweet." he looked up at her. and then stared at the floor with a bit of a questioning and confused expression, like a small lost child. " some wicked shit, loving your family." Ella smiled lightly at him and adjusted some stray strands of gamzees hair "yeah Jakes the only family I got it's just us and Otto on the island, it's kind of nice just us. I tend to be more of the grown up then Jake he's like a big child" she laughed softly finishing with the keyboard, Jake flushed hearing everything they said.
gamzee sighed contently. and chuckled a little bit " guess he is. only met the brother yesturday, but he's cool. takes care of karbro good. never seen that motherfucker so, well happy in all of my knowing him." he looks up at her and smiles lazily. " you two have like this thing that just makes a brother happy as shit. it's like a miracle. yea you two are miracles." she smiled lightly "I think it has to do with how close we are, I treat Jake more like a son then a brother, I taught him to play the piano. we're over playful for our age" she chuckled. gamzee chuckled softly along " cute shit. ahh, i was never mature. my old man used to tell me i'd grow up just like him, but i just never did. guess it wasn't motherfuckin' meant to be. im happy like this." he stretched and looked up at her with a childish grin. " are you gonna stick around for a bit sis?" "yeah I may end up going to school here if I can find an empty dorm" she smiled at him as she packed up Jakes keyboard, near the end of class Jake sat with the two of them to talk since he was done with his work "that'd be brilliant but what about otto?" he asked he was fond of the robot, "I'm not afraid of the dean Jake if I want or need Otto here he's coming with me" she reassured him ruffling his hair. gamzee stood up and nodded. he finished school already, but hey, coming down here for a bit could be chill. he really didnt have much else to do. he stretched and and walked by jake ruffling his hair too. he looked at ella." man i wish you could meet karbro... having the two of you around could really open the brother up."
"maybe in a few days" Jake commented laughing and batting away their hands, Ella chuckled at Jake and hugging him and planting a kiss on his cheek. gamzee smiled." yea that'd be cool. man we could like jam! awe shit thats gonna be somethin' sicknasty." he picked up his bottle of faygo and chugged the rest. "so, what now jake?" gamzee looked at jake.
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