SORRY FOR THE WAIT UGHHH. There's some Erisol, but not much.
Read on~
After breakfast, Dave was over again. He apologized to John by taking him out to the movies and then lunch. Karkat, of course, was not invited. He gritted his teeth as the two walked out, wanting to beat the shit out of Strider so badly.
He calmed down when Sollux shot him a text, asking if he wanted to come to lunch with Eridan and him. The mutant blood agreed and got ready before the two picked him up.
"Hey." He nodded at Eridan and waved at Sollux as he got into the car twenty minutes later, not in the mood for talking. The whole car drive there, he listened to the couple talk and chat about idle things.
Once they reached there, he hopped out along with the couple, and entered the café, they got a table, and everyone sat in awkward silence until Eridan started to talk.
"So, I heard that you'v-ve taken in a resident?" Eridan questioned after a pause. Karkat just grunted and shrugged, looking down.
"KK…you like him, don't you?" The dual eyed troll asked, and the mutant blood flushed deep red and spluttered, "How the actual f*ck do you know that?!"
Sollux just smirked. "It was a hunch, and you proved it." Karkat started to angrily rant as the waitress came up to them, taking their drink orders and then leaving.
"W-why do you like him? I thought you liked Terezi." The purple-blooded troll looked at Karkat for an explanation.
"I just…I can't explain without sounding like I'm in a cliché rom-com." He huffed, crossing his arms. Sollux and Eridan snickered and nudged each other. They all ordered their food and waited for it to come.
Sighing, Karkat confessed how jealous he had been of Dave, who he had been talking to Gamzee about earlier this morning. Sollux offered words of sympathy and Eridan offered creepy ways to woo John.
He thanked the two with a roll of his eyes and a slight smile. He knew his friends were trying to help, they just didn't really know how, which was fine. Karkat himself didn't know. They got off the topic of his love life when the food came, and just made small talk for the rest of the time.
The couple dropped Karkat back home, who was surprised to find John in the kitchen, making what seemed to be a cake. He frowned when he noticed there were tears streaming down the boy's face. He immediately thought Strider had said something to him, and rushed over.
"John..?"
upon hearing his name, the teen jumped, hastily dropping the wooden spoon he had been holding and hastily wiped at his tears as he turned around, smiling weakly at the troll.
"H-h-h-hi—" He tried to say, before bursting into tears. Pulling him into a hug, Karkat let the boy wet his shirt with tears as he rubbed his back, highly concerned and worried now.
"I'm s-s-s—" John started to choke out, and Karkat shushed him, gently kissing his head and holding the boy close.
He sniffled and pulled back after a while, eyes puffy and face tear stained. He sat at the table without another word, and Karkat sat across from him. After a while, he decided he needed to know what had happened.
"John, what happened? Did Strider say something?"
Tears welled in his eyes as he recalled the previous events…
They had been walking around for hours. Dave had bought John ice cream and gushers and movies.
They walked down the street as the blonde pointed out various shops and cool places to hang out. He then got a text. John looked over as his friend's face paled considerably.
"What's wrong?" The younger teen questioned, putting his bag off stuff on his other hand, and Dave sighed, walking over to a bench and pulling down.
"We need to talk." The blonde bit his lip, and actually looked worried, which made John himself worried.
"It's about your dad…"
"What about him?"
"John, he…he's dead. He's been dead for a year."
John froze up, his eyes going wide and watery. he couldn't believe it. Even though his dad had kicked him out, he was still his dad. His throat closed up as he turned to his best friend with agonizing blue eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me, Dave?" He whispered, and the blonde winced.
"Why didn't you tell me!"
He got up, and ran. Dave followed him, but the wind seemed to pick the ebony up as he ran, heading back to Karkat's house. That's why he had been making a cake, in honor of his dad.
And then Karkat had come back, and here they were.
John had started to cry again, and the troll looked alarmed as he wrapped an arm around the boy and hugging him. He basically climbed into Karkat's lap. His face went red but he allowed it, wrapping his arms around John's waist and rocking him back and forth.
"M-my dad's been d-dead for a year and Dave j-just told me!" He managed to say in between sobs and hiccups. The troll's eyes widened and he held the boy closer.
"I'm so sorry. I'm going to kill that asshole, I swear." He growled as John cried into his chest. He petted the soft black hair until the boy's cries had ceased, then watched as John got up, kissing the troll's cheek and muttering a thanks. He went back to the kitchen to finish the cake.
When it was done, he let Karkat help frost and decorate the cake. Neither of them was hungry, so the mutant blood put the cake carefully in the fridge to eat for later.
John went to take a nap, and Karkat decided he needed to talk to Dave. He sent him a text to meet him at the beach, then got into the car and drove over.
ATTENTION: remember how I said Dave would screw up horribly? This isn't it. He'll do something even worse to John in a few chapters, you'll see!
review maybe?
~samx
