AN: I'm truly sorry, I told someone I would be updating a little while ago... Well, I got caught in life, couldn't find the time nor the inspiration to write this update. Also, there will be a little GamTav (DAMN YOU HUSSIE FOR SINKING THAT SHIP!) throughout the story, simply because I like this pairing just as much (AND BECAUSE I CAN! IN YOUR FACE HUSSIE!) Anyway, here goes!The other rock was moving towards them slowly, so damn slowly, Karkat couldn't stand just looking at it move without being able to do anything to make it go faster. He had told everyone else on the asteroid about Aradia and Sollux joining them again soon so everyone could keep an eye out for whenever they would get close enough to board their current 'ship'. But until then, Gamzee stayed low profile, not getting near anyone else than Karkat every now and then, mostly to find a warm and comfy place to sleep.
The Cancer couldn't fall asleep, he did sleep a whole lot more than he usually would since they got on this rock and it seemed like there was absolutely nothing better to do around this place. He had found a way to get his morial to shower so he would be less disgusting to be around and now Gamzee was curled up on Karkat's bed, head resting on his lap. The short angry troll was reading a book, trying to fight off the boredom, one hand mindlessly going through the Capricorn's hair now that the mess of hair was not greasy or knotted. Everything was quiet until a soft knock could be heard coming from the door, too soft to be anyone but Rose or Kanaya.
As a matter of fact; "Karkat, Sollux and Aradia are almost here. Do you want to welcome them Dave, Rose and I?" Kanaya's soft voice could be heard from the other side of the door. Of all the people he had to live with on this rock, Rose and Kanaya were from far the easiest to live with when you didn't get in any argument with one or the other.
At those words, the Cancer tensed a little, stirring his morial from his slumber. "I'll be out in a moment." He said shifting a little, Gamzee rolling off his lap. And with that, they both heard the sound of short heals walking away from his room.
The clown sat up and smiled at Karkat; to anyone this was just a smile, but the lowblood knew Gamzee. "Don't give me that look nooksniffer, I told you I'm not kicking you out of my room just because Sollux is back..." He said as he pushed himself off the bed.
"I know..." The indigo blood said as he got up as well, ruffling his hair back to his usual mess of hair.
"And you better not fucking disappearing again either, or I'll find you and kick your sorry ass back to Alternia..." Karkat continued, not wanting Gamzee to leave and not come back. "Now get your shirt back on, you're coming with me to get them..." He finished tossing Gamzee a now clean shirt that had been drying on the pole of the shower curtain.
"No, I'm not, motherfucker, it's your reunion... I'll wander around for a bit again." Was all Gamzee could reply.
"What is 'a bit' for you anyway? Nights? Weeks?" Karkat asked again knowing that if Gamzee left now, he wouldn't see him again for a long time. "You are coming period." He finished getting his shoes on, raising a hand to stop any complaints or protest from his best friend.
"Fine fine. You win motherfucker. Happy?" Gamzee snapped, making the red blooded troll flinch a little at the uncharacteristic reaction. "Come on brother, don't make your flushed buddy wait for you..." he finally said, seeing the slight discomfort in Karkat's expression.
"Thank you fuck ass..." He said softly with a rare sincere smile.
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The walk through the lab and empty corridors of the large building they were all living in was quiet, but comfortable, Gamzee trying to avoid anyone that would walk into the both of them since the others still didn't know what happened to him or where he went all this time. "'his is motherfucking awkward bro, you sure you want me around?" He said, feeling uneasy about coming out in the open like this after so long.
"Of course Gamzee, stop being such a fucking pain and just follow me. If someone looks at you weird I'll make sure they fucking get not to fuck with my damn morial. Alright?" Karkat tried to reassure the highblood.
"Alright motherfucker..." Gamzee said following close behind Karkat as they finally came face to face with another troll.
Terezi walked up to Karkat and smiled at him as she smelled his cherry red scent, but soon sniffed the air again. "Karkles... Is it Gamzee?" She asked, her face changing a little to utter concern.
"Hi sis... Longtime no see..." Gamzee simply said, feeling like a wild animal being thought how to live in an actual society.
"It's been a while indeed..." She said a little uneasy about the whole situation.
"Ok, please, this is fucking heavy; Gamzee, Terezi. Terezi, Gamzee. Now stop being so damn stuck up and move on, it's the same old Gamzee, don't get you fucking panties in a twist." Karkat said, trying to break the awkwardness of the moment. "Now either you join us to go welcome Aradia and Sollux aboard or you fuck off..." The short troll said as he walked passed Terezi, followed closely by his morial.
Terezi scratched the back of her head and decided to follow and not say anything else about Gamzee, trying to make as if nothing happened.
The three of them made their way outside to join Kanaya, Rose and Dave and soon their eyes moved to the large rock right next to the one they were riding through space. It was slightly smaller than theirs, but it was still pretty big and Karkat was happy to see that Sollux managed to 'pilot' this asteroid this far.
The first one to fly off the other asteroid was Aradia, smiling brightly at all of them, leaving Sollux behind to get rid of the rock without it crashing down on the larger one. But when Sollux made his way out, he was followed by two other silhouettes that the trolls recognized soon enough. A second later the smaller asteroid was sent off in the opposite direction, far enough to be safe.
"Hi everyone!" Aradia said happily as he feet touched the ground again, soon followed by Sollux and the two other troll.
"T-Tav?" Gamzee finally spoke up, seeing the large bull horns of the Troll standing shyly behind Aradia.
"Look who we found on the way... Seems like they've been left behind in a dream bubble that never died..." Sollux said with a smile pointing out at Tavros and Vriska.
Before anyone could say anything else, Gamzee was backing off and leaving the group, and walking off without looking back. Karkat saw him walk off, but was torn between following him or staying to welcome his lover.
When he saw Gamzee walking away Tavros couldn't help but to go after him, wrapping his arms around his shoulders. "D-don't go, I-I just got here..." He said holding him tight, making the high blood take a deep breath before turning around to face the bull.
"I'm sorry Tavbro... I didn't want to all up and make things weird with you Motherfucker... I didn't think you would both fit so horribly together..." Gamzee started to apologise about what he'd done to him and Vriska.
"I-I know... It wasn't cool at all, but- I'm not angry at you..." Tavros said softly remembering the event of when he and Vriska got stuck in the same body. "Uh-Beside, I think it was harder for her..." He finished not really wanting to look back at Vriska now that he had Gamzee right in front of him.
Gamzee smiled at Tavros when he said, and that with barely any stutter, that he was not angry and lunge himself forward, hugging him tightly. "Thank you Tav..."He simply said, finally feeling like he was worth something to someone else's eyes other than Karkat.
Seeing that his best friend was doing alright, Karkat smiled a little to himself and turned back to his 'lover' not really sure of how he should act around everyone else; he decided to act his old self and get closer to Sollux when they would be together. "I hope you didn't exhaust your weakling ass on your way here nooksniffer." He said, his words harsh as always, but his tone letting everyone know he was not angry and seemed actually happy to see them all again.
"Ith that the betht you've got after all thith time?" Sollux asked with a smile on his face, his lisp as present as ever now that his teeth grew back. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have the same luck with his eyes that were still a pair of two toned colors, one white and one black and empty, the only reminder of his half-dead state.
"For now I think it is..." Karkat said chuckling a little. "I'm not used to argue with you anymore, gotta work on this again soon..." He finished as he turned back to leave, hoping everyone else would follow inside. When he turned his head around, he noticed that Gamzee was gone... Along with Tavros. 'Damn it... You better not be doing any funny bullshit now...'he thought to himself, hoping Gamzee wouldn't hurt Tavros or go berserk again.
Everyone followed Karkat back inside, Sollux looking back one last time to make sure the other asteroid they've been ridding was out of their path. "I was just about to make some brownies..." Rose said as she walked past Karkat and went straight to the kitchen area followed closely by Kanaya.
Aradia decided that it would be nice to have everyone sharing some food now that they could all be together again, but Sollux was obviously thinking otherwise seeing that he was so tired from the long trip. "You guys have an extra respite blocks? I'm getting a bad case of thinkpan breakdown." He simply said once he was inside.
"Guess we'll have to rearrange the sleeping arrangements..." Terezi said with her usual smile.
Karkat saw the opportunity and bite the inside of his mouth for only half a second before offering his respite block for now. "I just got up a little while ago, I won't be sleepy for a long time so you can sleep in my room... Don't be surprised if you wake up with a crazy clown painted fucker standing next to the soft pile, Gamzee got this weird habit of coming to my room to sleep for the last few weeks..." He simply said, getting some weird looks from the few trolls/humans that were living on the asteroid and hadn't seen the clown for so long until just now. "Fuck you, all of you, he's my morial, I'm not letting him sleep in a gog damn closet, or airduckt, or wherever this sober clown ass would be hanging out." And with that he walked to Sollux and grabbed his arm to lead him to his room.
"Come here." Sollux said softly as he pulled him out of anyone's sight once they were further away and leaned down, boldly kissing Karkat's lips quickly, but gently. Karkat only yelped a little in surprised, but blushed a bright red as they kissed for only this short moment.
"Don't do that..." The cancer finally mumbled once they broke the kiss, but didn't really want to get away from the slightly taller troll, not minding his blush since he knew Sollux couldn't or could barely see.
The Gemini simply smiled a little and hugged the short troll for a moment before they walked again. "I missed you." He stated as he let his hand slip into Karkat's letting him lead the way. "How've you been?" He asked as they walked again.
"Been alright, nothing much to do around here other than watch movies or read, you'll see just how fucking bad it is." The angry troll said as he turned this way and that way until they finally made it to the door where he was spending most of his lonely time. "How about you?" He asked softly, finally showing some sort of interest now that they were alone; no need to pretend anymore.
"I don't know, I barely been lucid while driving this rock through space, it takes too much energy." Sollux said as Karkat opened the door and led him inside.
"What the fucking hell?!" The red blooded troll exclaimed once he got inside, leaving Sollux slightly confused until he picked up the sound of two trolls in the room; Tavros sitting on the floor next to the bed and a tall Gamzee hunched over him, smearing his face paint over the bull's lips, cheeks and chin.
Tavros shyly pulled back and turned toward the other wall, not wanting to face Karkat curling his legs up, hugging them to his chest. "Sorry my bestbro... We-" Gamzee started but was quickly cut by Karkat.
"No, I don't want to know. Shut up you psychopath." He said as he walked in the room and quickly pulled his moirial up and showed him toward the door. "Wait for me outside the door, I'll show you a room where you can have you 'sloppy make out session' with no one walking up on that horrible scene." He said, looking at the brown blood when he followed Gamzee out.
Karkat closed the door once they were outside and sighed loudly. "Bold assholes..." He whispered angrily as he walked to his dresser. "You can sleep here for a bit if you want... I'll go take care of those fackfaces for a bit while you rest..." He said as he got a hold of a slightly large t-shirt and tossed it to the Gemini. "I'll be back when you get up whenever you decide you got enough sleep..." He said before walking to the bed, making sure there was enough blankets, pillows were fluffy enough.
"Don't worry your cute little head, I doubt I'll be awake for the next few hours..." Sollux said as he pulled his shirt up and took it off to replace it with Karkat's. "Go take care of Gamzee while he still needs you..." he finished as he lifted walked toward Karkat and kissed his cheak. "Thanks for the hospitality by the way..." He said with a smile before walking to the bed again.
Karkat caught himself looking at Sollux as he changed shirt and tried to look away for a moment; going to bed with his handsome lover was more than appealing, but Sollux was right, Gamzee still needed him now. "Thanks... Sleep well." The cancer said before turning away and walking out the door again.
Without a word he walked out of his room, passed Gamzee who got the hint to follow, Tavros shilly following them. "You better get this room straight and alchamize your shit, cause I don't want to act like you fucking lucus and hold your hand while you arrange a decent respite block..." He said, hoping that Tavros would have de decency of helping him out a little. He walked not really far away from his own room, showing them both to an empty room. "Make yourself home." He said looking at Gamzee and turned to the bull again. "We'll see about getting you a room soon too."
"No need, Tavbro'll stay with this motherfucker." The highblood said as he walked into the room, followed by the young Taurus. Tavros looked a little uncomfortable for a moment but silently thanked Karkat.
"You better behave Gamz... I'm not kidding. I don't want more blood on your hands or I take it all away from you..." The mutant said, feeling like one of those parental figures he saw in those humans movies he grew used to watch.
"Take the words of a motherfucker on this, blood on my hand will not be a thing that will be happening again, except if someone hurts my homie or my flushedbuddy..." Gamzee said pointing out at Karkat and then Tavros respectively.
"Shut up and get your fucking ass to work if you don't want your "flushedbuddy" to fall asleep in the hallway." The Cancer simply said as he walked out the door; Gamzee would be alright and that did make him feel much better.
And he was off. Karkat walked passed his room, smiling to himself a little as he glanced at the closed door and walked toward the commune nutrition block, smelling the sweet brownies being baked. "So, Sollux is in bed?" Kanaya simply asked as he made his way in the room.
"Yeah. It seemed to be a pain to get this rock all the way here..." He said as he walked to the fridge and got himself a peer eating it quietly, not really sure where to go now that his room was occupied with a certain handsome troll.
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A few hours later, Karkat got sick of dealing with Dave's douchy attitude, Terezi's stupid comment, Rose and Kanaya's comfortable silence. Everyone move to the living room area and he was finally alone in the kitchen. He was walking in circle, not knowing what to do. So after a short while he decided he would be preparing something for Sollux when he'd wake up. He looked through the kitchen for the old book Rose used to make food for all of them and decided to try and make a little something for his lover.
A little while later (Almost 3 hours later) the lowblood was sick of cooking, bored and getting tired. He baked muffins, got the leftover of the brownies and even went as far as making sweet frenchtoasts. That was all way more than what Sollux could obviously eat. So he placed half of it all on a large plate and decided to drop it at Gamzee's door, surely Tavros and him would enjoy such a snack.
Once he dropped it all there, he gave a soft knock and walked away, not really wanting to deal with him or the bull, and walked back to his own room with the food. He opened it carefully, trying to make as little noise as possible and set everything on the bedside table.
As he stepped close to the bed, Sollux stirred and his eyes flew open. "KK?" He asked softly not sure he could recognise the other with just the smell like Terezi would and the dime light made it hard for him to see anything with his blind eye and his barely working white eye.
"Get your skinny ass out of bed, I got you food..." The cancer said as he got himself one of the 3 banana muffin and settled down on the bed.
Sollux smiled softly to himself. "Karkat fucking Vantas preparing food for me? What a lucky bastard I am... You have a cute apron for cooking?" He teased.
"Shut the fuck up and eat or I'll bring it back to the kitchen and others will eat it instead." The slightly shorter troll said with irritation.
"Thanks KK." The Gemini said as he stretched out and got a hold of the slightly burnt French toast; Karkat was not a cook, but he tried his best.
The Cancer didn't give a reply other than a nod of the head, knowing Sollux probably didn't even see it. He munched silently on his muffin for a long while, feeling a little unsure of what to do or what to say now that his matesprit was back. "You still tired?" He simply asked, trying to come up with something to break the silence only him seemed to think was getting awkward.
"A little." The Gemini replied. "I doubt a few hours sleep will get me back on track so easily." He finished before taking the last few bits of the French toast he was holding, not caring for a fork or anything. Once it was gone, he reached out for a brownie and settled back down on the bed, munching on the sweet.
"I should let you rest then…" Karkat said as he got up but was stopped by a hand holding his wrist.
"Or you can sleep with me for a bit…" The yellow blooded troll said with a smile as he pulled him down.
"What if I'm not tired fuckface?" Karkat asked with no malice in his voice other than the usual insult.
"What if I don't give a flying fuck?" Sollux replied, insisting on having a personal heater for the rest of his day (Surely it was day time somewhere in the universe).
"Alright, alright. Move." The lowblood ordered as he settled down on the bed next to his lover. He fought with the covers for a moment to get them both comfortably under it and stretched out to turn off the lamp on the bed side table. Once it was dark enough for his liking, he squirmed out of his pants, only keeping his boxer and shirt on and rolled on his side to snuggle Sollux' side.
Once he felt the other's heat against him, Sollux turned on his side as well, facing Karkat and pulled him close, holding him like a body pillow, his chin resting over the other troll's head, knowing his horns would mean no arm even as he slept. "That's much better than sleeping alone already…" He sighed, letting his slightly cold hands run under the back of Karkat's shirt, tracing circles on his lower back.
The Cancer shivered lightly under the touch and buried his heated face into Sollux' chest and soon felt sleep claim him. He closed his eyes, his hands clenching the shirt he was wearing and slowly dosed off to sleep from the comfort and safety feeling provided by the arms holding him close.
AU: Let me know if you want a little more PBJ in the next chapter, I won't switch the whole fanfic to them, but I can put Karkat and Sollux on the side for just a little bit. XP
Also; be warned, I'll try to start and make it a little more smutty in the next chapters! (Chapters, did I say chapters? This story was not even supposed to be this long when I first started it, I'm hopeless XD)