So I was going to put the one that I posted yesterday today, but then I saw a video, some of you might've seen it, but the video where WetsJet delivered presents, and I just had the ultimate inspiration so, this happened! (*if you want to look up the video it's called WestJet Christmas Miracle)
Sorry, but Solkat is my nature, I had to guys.
Happy Holidays and a Happy Christmas!
You guys are all amazing and I hope you have a nice cheery day and wake up to read this ridiculously Christmas themed-not-really-planned-story and laugh about it (or get feelings), I love you all and yeah, I hope your day is totally top!
And if you're feeling lonely, I honestly have nothing better to do so you are absolutely welcome to message me on here and I will talk to you however long time will allow me!
He was tired of being at the airport.
Karkat knew it would be crowded, especially since it was the holiday rush, but he just wanted to get on his flight and leave to go visit his family, then get back home and return to his stereotypical teen-turning-adult college life of living off ramen noodles and playing video games until he had to go to class again. Of course with the rare events of parties and the horrible job he had to work a majority of weekdays.
He could feel people staring at him, unsurprisingly. With his naturally pitch black hair and face piercings, he stuck out like a sore thumb. His earbuds, even though they were blasting music at the highest volume, just barely shut out the noise of the other people frantically running to their planes or hastily gathering up children.
His flight wasn't set to leave for another hour and a half, but he had gotten here two hours ago because he knew he was going to take awhile to go through all the security because of his piercings: a nose ring and stud plus a stud on his lip, so he got there extra early.
The only thing keeping him from not throwing himself under a taxi was his boyfriend. Yes, he had a boyfriend.
As most romances happen these days, they had met over the internet, more specifically Xbox, a game of Halo with a couple of Karkat's other friends. They began talking more, eventually giving each other their numbers, then skyping, and finally the lispy idiot had asked him out not five days before today. Today, December 24, Christmas Eve, and he was the biggest idiot to agree to his parents that they should buy him tickets to Orlando only the day before.
Sollux's shitty typing style, due to a broken phone keyboard, made the barest of smiles appear on Karkat's lips as he was jostled by a mom carrying two kids and the dad carrying another and their suitcases. He wished he could see him, but unfortunately, he and Sollux lived halfway across the country from each other.
Sollux: a22umiing youre at the aiirport
Sollux: youre not in the be2t mood
Karkat: Yeah im not actually
Karkat: I wish i could see you
Sollux: me two
Sollux: 2adly im poor a2 diick2 and youre going to your parent2 anyway
Karkat growls angrily as his earbud gets knocked out of his ear by a family. He doesn't understand why they were in such a hurry, but when he looks up, he stares for a few minutes before pausing his music and pocketing his phone. Although he feels the buzz of a new text, he doesn't answer it as he joins the small crowd in front of a large, almost photo-booth looking box.
He was facing a screen, and he watched curiously as a young boy steps up onto a small reindeer mat and states: "I want a new tablet" nervously before quickly running back to his mother. The Santa on the screen chuckles and beckons the next family up, asking the typical 'what would you like for Christmas?' and they answer laughingly, thinking it was just a joke.
"A tv, some underwear and socks".
Karkat continues to observe the scene as family after family, people and kids of varying ages stepping up and getting asked what they wanted. After a bit, Karkat realizes he's alone, staring at the box as the last child skips off to their mom, who smiles and takes their hand and leads them away. The Santa on screen, which he notices for the first time is wearing a blue suit, not a red one, looks right at him.
Karkat glances around and sees that the crowd had thinned, most of their flights had been called, and he hears his flight on the list of being boarded in ten minutes, so he looks back at the Santa, realizing he had spent and hour and half watching people talk to him.
"Karkat Vantas! May I ask what you want for Christmas!" He asks with a loud and boisterous laugh. "You're the lucky last one to listen before I have to go prepare!"
Karkat wasn't terribly surprised that the Santa knew his name: he had heard him address many different people by their names who obviously didn't know the Santa, so he merely takes a few steps forward, clearing his throat.
"Are you asking honestly? What I really want or just what I would like?" He asks with his naturally rough voice. The Santa seems a bit shocked, but continues.
"You can answer both if you want!" he chuckles kindheartedly, giving Karkat a look as if saying 'go ahead'.
"Well, what I really fucking want," he begins, a mix between a smile and a scowl on his face, "Is to see my boyfriend, but I know that's not going to happen," he stops for a moment, not giving himself time to regret what he just said. "But I'd sure as fuck love a new laptop," he finishes, staring 'Santa' right in the eyes.
"Oho! What's your boyfriends name lad!" Santa asks, a smile bright on his face. Karkat doesn't know how to answer the question, he wasn't expecting this. He swallows hard and squeezes the phone in his pocket.
"Sollux Captor," he says clearly. He pays close attention as the Santa looks over at the side and nods at someone behind the camera.
"Well Karkat! I hope you have a nice trip! Merry Christmas!" The Santa waves as Karkat nods, smiling hesitantly as he begins walking toward his departure gate, carry-on bag clutched tightly in his hands.
Karkat: Sorry i didnt answer i got caught up in the crowds and ended up talking to santa
Karkat: ill explain once i land so i will talk to you as soon as i can
Sollux: of cour2e
Sollux: have a 2afe fliight
With that, Karkat turns off his phone after turning on the airplane mode. He quickly finds his seat, on the window side of a dad and his daughter. Without the escape of music, he decided to discretely listen in on conversations.
"-nd I wonder if Santa's actually going to get us presents!" The no older than eight year old girl exclaims hyper-actively. The dad smiles gently at her as he instructs her to calm down.
"Maybe Cecilia, now calm down so you don't disturb anyone," Karkat can feel the man glance over at him, but just ignores it and stares at the window out on the runway as the attendants begin to give the standard plane speech. He only halfway listens as he contemplates the motive behind the Santa, he had a feeling there was something going on here.
The late afternoon sun reflected of the wings of the plane, and Karkat sighs as he leans back in his chair. The flight was five hours, so at the least he could take a short nap. By the time he got to Florida it would be around seven pm.
Yeah, that nap sounds good about now.
Immediately after 'Santa' talked to Karkat, the Santa team leaped into action.
A majority of the team began to gather their things and leave to buy the various items, but the main member of the 'Christmas Miracle' plan stepped forward.
"So I guess we should call that man's boyfriend shouldn't we," he says with a small smile, the tablet balanced on his arm was ready to be used.
"Of course, it's what the teen wants after all!" The 'Santa' proclaims, pulling down the beard so he could talk easier. The man smiles as he pulls out his phone, dialing the number for a certain Sollux Captor.
Sollux is shocked when his phone begins ringing.
He pauses his game and checks the caller ID, and unfamiliar number. He knew it couldn't be Karkat, because he was on a plane at that very moment and that was the only reason he allowed himself to play video games.
"Uh hello?" He answers hesitantly, glancing at the time. It was a bit past four, not the normal time for receiving calls.
"Hello Sollux Captor, we are with WestJet and we would like to offer you a plane ticket to Florida, leaving in an hour."
It takes Sollux a few moments to comprehend what he had just been told. Florida, that's where Karkat was going, to visit his parents.
"What? Wait, you're jutht giving me a ticket? What?" He sputters, standing and running to his room, in total shock of what to do.
"Yes Mr. Captor, we know it would make a certain Mr. Vantas quite happy and it's at no expense to you. Just get to your airport in an hour and you will be able to get on a plane that will let you arrive at Mr. Vantas's airport at almost precisely the same time. I assume you're going to agree?" the man sounds uncertain.
"OF COURTHE!" Sollux shouts happily, not even believing it. "I'll head over now!" He listens to the man say goodbye before hanging up and dashing around his room, stuffing clothing articles in a bag without any thought. He was wearing decent clothes and had taken a shower earlier so he was fine appearance wise. Snatching up his phone and jacket, he prepared himself for the cold air of Washington state.
He texted his parents where he was going, along with his brother as he locked the door, putting on his paper 3-D glasses as he jumps into his old truck. He makes it to the airport, which was relatively nearby, in near record time, and quickly finds a person waiting for him. He smiles widely, because for the first time, he would be able to talk to Karkat in person.
This day just didn't seem real.
Karkat falls asleep for little over three hours, and wakes up disoriented, before remembering where he was. He immediately feels the absence of not being able to text Sollux. It was his routine, every time he slept he would check his phone to see if Sollux had texted. It was just a sort of habit, plus Sollux had a knack for texting him right when he woke up.
The plus side was that he only had an hour left for his flight. The man and daughter beside him were watching the in-flight movie, and the plane was surprisingly quiet, only a few murmured conversations were occurring. He sits back and begins to think about the Santa at the airport.
Why would he ask for Sollux's name...unless if they were going to actually going to get Sollux. Karkat's eyes widen and he sits forward a bit before he shakes his head. There was no way, it was too much trouble. He bets that they had set that up to get everyone's hopes up. Those people are cruel.
He sighs and relaxes, leaning his head back; looking at the ceiling of the plane. Yeah, there was no way that they would actually do anything, that's just a hopeful thought. He somehow feels sadder than when he realized Sollux hadn't texted him on the plane.
All he could do now was wait for the plane to land. Then he would deal with his immediate family, then extended family, shit he didn't bother with presents.
Today was starting to be rather shitty.
Sollux was almost bursting with energy as he sat on the plane, thinking about what the man had told him. He kept wanting to check his phone to see if Karkat had texted him, but he knew that was unlikely since Karkat was also on a plane. Sollux taps his foot against the floor anxiously. According to the man, he was supposed to get to the airport at almost the same time that Karkat's plane was supposed to arrive: only ten minutes ahead.
It made him anxious because he couldn't exactly control the weather, he hopes there isn't any sort of delay. He chews on the tip of his thumb as he listens to the loud conversations around him. He smiles as he hears a majority of them are about meeting up with family in various different parts of Florida. He feels a tug on the sleeve of his shirt and he looks over to see a young boy grinning at him from the other seat across the aisle.
"Those are cool glasses! Why do you wear them?" The boy asks loudly, a toothy grin splitting his face. Sollux can see the two parents look over at the kid nervously, but he waves them down with a small smile.
"Becauthe they're awethome of courthe," He says with a grin similar to the boys'.
"Wow! Can I try them on?" Sollux sees the parents ready to intervene again but he just smiles gently and takes them off.
"Careful, I wouldn't want them to break," he says as he hands them over. The kid seems surprised that Sollux would actually let him wear them, but instantly 'oohs' and puts them on.
"You see all weird though! Do you like to see like that?" the kid asks as he scrunches up his face in a dubious expression. Sollux shrugs and folds them up in his hand as the kid gives them back.
"I've gotten uthed to it, pluth the colourth begin to look pretty cool if you wear them long enough," He says in a stage whisper, as if he was telling the boy a secret. The boy grins.
"Really, maybe I should ask for a pair for Christmas," he whispers back, meeting Sollux's eyes. His eyes widen though as he notices Sollux's eye colour, "WHOA! You're eyes are so cool! Are those contacts?"
Sollux chuckles, "Nope, they're natural." he can feel the parents gaze on him and he tries hard not to look away as he can see them stare.
"You're really cool! What's your name? Mine's Carter!"
"Heh, thankth, mine'th Tholluckth, where are you headed Carter?" Sollux asks, finding himself enjoying the conversation.
"My mom and dad are taking me to Disneyland in Orlando! Then we're going to visit relatives, but that's ok, because I still get to go to Disneyland! Where are you going Sollux?"
Sollux shrugs, "To be honetht, thith ith a latht minute flight, I'm meeting up with thomeone." He smiles fondly, and the boy makes a knowing expression.
"Ooh, a girl?" He asks, "I'm only eight but I can kinda guess."
"Heh, nope actually, a guy," Sollux leaves it at that as Carter looks confused.
"A friend? Or more?" Carter inquires. Sollux can feel the parents staring at him, and he almost doesn't answer.
"A bit more actually, but uh, Carter, I'm going to work on hith prethent," Sollux says nervously as he feels more nervous that everyone is listening to him.
"Sure Sollux! Merry Christmas!" Carter chirps, turning back to his parents and beginning to babble about something. Sollux exhales and pulls out a notebook and a pencil. He wasn't really going to work on a present, he was just going to work on coding some new programs for his college class. If anything he could work on his college homework.
He couldn't wait for the plane to land.
"Ten minutes to landing, this is the captain and I'd like to wish you Folks a merry Christmas and happy holidays," Karkat is jolted out of his thoughts by the announcement and he feels himself getting nervous for almost no reason. He takes a deep breath and looks out the window, beginning to see signs of civilization. Ten minutes pass and he sighs as he grabs his overhead bag and gets off the plane, heading into the airport.
He notices that there's a crowd forming around a sign, he gets curious as he gets close enough to read it. 'All members on the flight please remain in the lobby'. He stares at it and stands with the crowd of other people from the flight. They stand there for almost ten minutes, milling around before they all notice the baggage claim has been turned on. Their belongings weren't coming towards them though, instead it was wrapped presents.
Karkat stares in shock as a woman walks up and looks at a box, pulling out a tag and examining the name.
"Cecilia?"
The little girl squeals and squirms from her fathers grip to run forward and take the box, tearing off the paper to reveal a doll.
"It's what I asked for!" she grins. It doesn't take much longer for others to run forward and begin removing presents, some people yelling names.
"Karkat Vantas?" Someone yells. Karkat walks forward and carefully takes the box, unwrapping the paper to see a new laptop, the most recent model. He covers his mouth with one hand as he looks up, glancing around almost desperately. He blocks out the eager shouts and crying from the people around him as he scans faces. He can feel his stomach drop, and tears begin to build at the corner of his eyes as he grabs his bag and begins to walk away, around to the other side of the baggage claim. He doesn't notice a certain someone walking in through a side door until they slam into him.
"Karkat!" A voice yells into his ear, and he almost doesn't register it until Sollux hugs him tightly.
"Oh my...HOLY FUCKING SHIT SOLLUX!" he yells, halfway between a laugh and a sob. Sollux pulls back a bit and kisses him roughly.
"Merry Chrithtmath KK!" he replies, a lopsided smile on his face. Karkat stares at him, still shocked before laughing.
"I can't believe they actually did it," Karkat chuckles as he hugs Sollux tightly. "And now I'm never letting you go," he murmurs.
The two of them don't notice the camera crew hiding behind the baggage claim, or the crows slowly forming, but they can hear the 'aws' of a few of the onlookers, and the two of them quickly blush and pull apart.
"You're crazy Captor,"Karkat says quietly as he begins to walk out, one hand holding his belongings and the other holding Sollux's hand tightly.
"You could say that, but I'm glad you asked for me for Christmas," Sollux grins, squeezing Karkat's hand, getting a squeeze in return.
"I love you, you big idiot," Karkat says once they walk out of the airport. He looks over to see Sollux staring at him with a large smile as well.
"I love you too, you loud moron," Sollux chuckles, leaning forward to give Karkat another kiss.
"I'm glad I asked for you for Christmas," Karkat whispers happily, just loud enough for Sollux to hear.
"Me too."
I can never get a good ending but I think I did ok! So much Solkat (not much but still some ^u^)
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED THIS
~Disclaimer~ I own nothing in this story except for the plot
