*WARNING* There is drug use ahead. I also have never, nor do I ever want to, do drugs. So this'll probably suck! Sorry!
As Sollux strode through the hall looking for Karkat many of the patients he met in his therapy group were eying him if and when he passed by. Wow, that really helped his self confidence. The hyper girl, Nepeta, called him over to talk. He though it both irksome and entertaining when she called him "Pawllux", that must be how Karkat feels when Sollux calls him "KK".
He gave her a small smile and she smiled brightly back to him. "Hey, uh, Nepeta? Do you know where I could find Karkat?" She offered him another small smile before thinking about his question.
"You're looking for Karkitty? Well… I think he followed Gamzee to his room." She nodded to herself as if to confirm that as the truth.
"Thankth, Nepeta, and I gueth I'll role play with you later if that'th okay." Sollux responded, seeing the somewhat disappointed look on the girls face. "By the way, where'th GZ's room?"
Her face lit up and she responded with, "Oh, thanks Pawllux! That's purrfect! Oh, and I'll take you to his room, okay? Since you're new here and all." with that said, she motioned for Sollux to follow her and they made their way to Gamzee's room where Karkat supposedly was. On the way there Sollux saw some familiar faces and either gave them a small wave or sent a smile in their direction.
"Okay, we're here!" cheered Nepeta when they arrived at their destination. He offered her a small thanks and as she left he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" came a grumpy reply from behind the door, meaning Karkat was really in there. He responded with a soft, "It'th Tholluckth" before the door was opened and a puff of smoke was released from the room along with a horrid smell.
"Oh, well if it isn't you," Karkat said unenthusiastically. "Just come the ever-loving fuck in or something, Gamzee's out getting more stuff." Sollux walked into the room and the door was closed behind him. The room's walls were painted a dark violet and outlandish jester items were strewn across the room, not to mention the whole room smelled like one big joint of marijuana.
"What'th thith 'thtuff' your talking about?" he couldn't help but ask. The though of what this "stuff" was had been bothering him since Karkat had mentioned it.
"Why don't you use common sense and smell the room then tell me what this 'stuff' is." Karkat responded, clearly really irritated.
Another whiff of the room, and Sollux was almost completely sure it was marijuana. The self-entitled "cool kids" used to smoke it all the time in the back of the school. Once they had offered Sollux a joint, but he declined, knowing that smoking that shit would just screw him up even more. "Tho… it is marijuana?" he asked, more than stated.
"No duh, dipshit. So, what the hell are you doing here if you're not here for drugs?" he asked while planting himself on a couch by one of the two windows.
"I dunno… I jutht needed thomething to do and thought that maybe you and GZ would want to hang out…" he trailed off, not really knowing what else to say. He got the feeling that Karkat didn't really want him there, but for some reason, Sollux just couldn't get him out of his mind. He felt determined to get the cranky patient to at least become somewhat friends.
Karkat scowled, "Well we don't need you here if you just want to 'hang out', and I honestly would probably never want to hang out with a skinny, lispy idiot like you." he made sure to put extra anger in his statement just to piss the other off. But, of course it didn't work. Sollux was now near immune to verbal threats due to all of the bullying. He had to be forced to change schools various times just because he couldn't deal with just the verbal part of the bullying.
Sollux shifted his feet trying to think of what to say. He had been thinking a lot lately. "Well then, I'm here for the drugth," he said, already nervous of what could happen if he just took a small swig of a joint.
The other visibly grimaced as Gamzee burst through the door saying, "The miracle party is now all up and ready to be enjoyed!" Sollux smiled as Gamzee strolled nonchalantly into his room with a paper bag in one hand and a lighter in the other. Gamzee was sort of funny. The way he walked, with long strides and a dazed look on his face, and also the way he spoke. It was all in some way amusing.
Gamzee handed a joint to Karkat who ripped the lighter out of his hand and lit it. He looked to Sollux, who was standing and wishing to just disappear before he really had to do the drugs. "Hey, Karbro we should be some motherfucking awesome friends and all up and share that miracle in your hand." Karkat's pleasant look turned into one of utter despair as he handed the drug to Gamzee, who quickly took a swig of it before giving it to Sollux, who had no idea what to do.
He held the joint awkwardly and his palms started to get a little bit sweaty. What would his das say if they found out he did this? He couldn't lie to them, but was sure that the question wouldn't come up. Sollux squeezed his eyes shut, put the end of the joint to his lips, and inhaled all he could.
His throat started to burn and he started a fit of coughing, the smoke escaping his mouth as he coughed, and coughed, and coughed. Honestly, the feeling was hard to describe. It felt like someone had set a blazing flame in his throat, but he didn't feel thirsty. His lungs felt similar. Burning, on fire, unbearable, searing pain. It was like nothing he had ever felt before, and he couldn't see what everyone else seemed to like about it.
Gamzee lead him to the couch next Karkat and patted his back. "It's alright, bro. I know it's your first time motherfucker, don't get all up and red-faced." Karkat scowled at the coughing mess that was sitting next to him. Meanwhile, Sollux was still coughing his guts out and his lungs were still on fire.
After his coughing died down, Karkat handed him the joint and said, "Jesus, don't take so much at a time you're going to fucking end that pitiful life of yours. Just… take a little bit in at a time and do it real slow." Sollux did what Karkat told him and there was no burning and no coughing. He even felt a little good, like he was flying and there was nothing stopping him.
The joint went around the three a couple more times before Sollux was high beyond the clouds. He was giggling and saying the craziest things both him and the other two had ever heard. "KK, oh KK! You are the bethtetht friend ever! Event though you thwear at me I know you really want to be my friend!" he said in a sing-song voice. Somehow he ended up putting his head in Karkat's lap. He grabbed the sides of Karkat's face and said with a giggle, "KK, why'd you thteal my handth?"
Karkat took Sollux's hands off his face and held them is his own. "I haven't the slightest fucking idea why," he smiled and Sollux felt his face heat up even through the stoned-ness. He suddenly felt the urge to tell Karkat something. So, he whispered to him,
"KK I love you," Both his and Karkat's face turned bright red and Sollux couldn't really come to understand why he had just said that. Of course he really did feel that way, but he'd never have said it out loud.
Sollux got up, still blushing, and somehow managed to get up off the couch. "By KK," he whispered before he left, his brief high wearing off. Grasping onto the walls for slight balance, Sollux proceeded to go back to his room. He had just made a huge fool of himself, and he really hoped that Karkat was too high to notice.
Okay, so I know this is late, but I've been UBER busy. School will be over though in seven and a half days and I can bust out some awesome chapters! Yay!
Okay, so a couple things:
1. Please, please, please, PLEASE don't assault me with exclamation points that were typed out of aggravation! I really do not like them they make me sad and useless! T~T
I understand that I wrote Karkles wrong, but I hadn't got to him yet on Homestuck! I just BARELY got to Act Five when I started typing this! So, I'm sorry! Please forgive me!
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