A/N: Epitome of short, I apologize. ;u;

You wake up and you can immediately tell that it's dawn. You can almost smell the light bit of sunshine in the air, even through your blocked out windows.

What you can also tell is that there is a rather amazing smelling troll boy lying next to you and that you're pressed up against him. During the night, Karkat had shifted into lying down in your pile and now his body is stiff like he's distressed but he's got his arms wrapped around you. He's probably having nightmares from sleeping without the sopor. You feel bad for sleeping soundly; your dreams haven't been scary, not even when sleeping on the pile last night. That voice and colours are really the only things ever in them.

You smile to yourself thinking about how it would have played out if he would have been the one to wake up first. Carefully, you crawl out of his arms and sit up in your pile, rasing your arms above your head and stretching but quickly stop. You can tell someone else is in the room and it's really not that far away. Slowly, you lower your arms down, staring intently into what is your own personal darkness. It's force of habit that you try to see what's there but you know that it's no good. The person seems… familiar though. You have no idea why you can even tell they're there but… everything smells a familiar honey scent.

"Welcome back to the world of the waking." The lisp makes you grin and you stand up, grabbing your cane and making your way over to Sollux. "You enjoying yourself there?"

You giggle, sitting down next to him on the floor. "Oh, whatever do you mean?" You reply with a slight sing-song tone to your voice, leaning up against his shoulder.

"Looks like you and KK are getting pretty close. Do I need to even come anymore?" He teases, you can hear the smile in his voice.

"Oh, that." You play. "That's nothing. That was an accident."

A quiet laugh comes from beside you and you can feel his body move as he nods. "Yeah. Accident. Okay."
Karkat shifts in his sleep, making a slight whine at either his dreams or the noise that you two are making. You and Sollux sit in silence for a while but he's the first one to break it. "You red for him or something?"

You take this much more calmly than you probably should, shrugging at the question. "Why does it matter to you?" You tease, grinning at him. You can practically hear him roll his eyes at you, which just makes you laugh.
"Just curious of what I might be walking in on is all."

You shake your head at him, your smile widening slightly. "No need to worry there. Whatever shade I might be turning, Sleeping Beauty there isn't anything close to interested."

Now it's Sollux's turn to laugh and he rolls his eyes at you. You feel him shift to look down at you, as if looking for confirmation that you were actually being serious. "Whatever." He says, then gets up, slinging a small bag over his shoulder like before. You're confused, mostly because he just got here but he takes your arm and lightly tugs at you to stand up. "Looks like you're covered here. KK can stay for a while. Have him message me if the asshole wants to go home as soon as he wakes up."

You nod and he pulls you into a quick hug before climbing out your window. You worry about how fast he's going to have to go to get back to his hive before the sun rises to be too much, but you're sure he'll make it as always.
Walking back to the pile, you lie down next to Karkat again and crawl back into his arms. He'll be pissed but you have to admit, he's warm, he smells nice, and it's rather comforting.

Soon though, your squirming around wakes him up again and now was your turn to act like you were asleep.