"Would. You. STOP IT?!" Karkat screamed to the living room. Eridan had stopped by after receiving an offensive text from Sollux earlier. They were now engaged in a verbal battle of barbs, and Karkat was just trying to fucKING STUDY GODDAMNIT.
Of course, Karkat's comment went ignored, and from the sounds of it, the two were now wrestling as well. A triumphant laugh from Sollux indicated the winner, as did Eridan's cry of "Pissblooded motherf-OWW! GET OFFA ME DAMMIT!"
Karkat rolled his eyes and stormed out of the room, to see Eridan on the ground with Sollux holding him down in an undoubtedly uncomfortable position. Karkat hurled his book and them, and Sollux flinched, stopping it midair, a soft red and blue glow surrounding it. He realized what he'd done, and panicked, directing it to finish its path towards his head. Karkat wanted to facepalm. That was supposed to be a secret, dumbass. You want him to know about your freaky mutant mind shit? Luckily, Eridan's face had been shoved into the carpet so he didn't see anything.
The force of the book threw Sollux off his kismesis, who took the chance to turn the tables, wrestling him down and smirking. "As it should be, you beneath me," his voice dripping with smug satisfaction, quickly replaced by a yelp when Karkat smacked him head.
"Take your stupid hateflirting somewhere else, fuckers, I got shit to do."
"You're no fun, Kar," The violetblood frowned. He stood up and helped Sollux stand as well.
Before Karkat could spew his usual aggravated word vomit, their door swung open. And in swaggered (straight up swaggered) the Strider twins. He let out a groan and accepted the fact he wasn't going to be studying for a while as Rose, Roxy, and Feferi stepped over the threshold as well.
"Hey Karkles. I'm hurt. You wouldn't answer my calls. Damn near shattered my poor fragile heart. Had me worried as a m-," Dave dodged the nubby troll's fist and smirked. "If you'd answer your phone we wouldn't have this problem right now. No one to blame but yourself. Here I was just tryin to be a good bro-"
"I was trying to study. What the fuck do you want?"
"Resonance training again. Apparently there was a disconcerting occurrence last night and it's become necessary to speed up our lessons. They refuse to tell us more than that. We have been attempting to contact you three for the past twenty minutes. Eridan, you left your phone at home. Here," Rose handed the prince his phone, and started rushing everyone out the door.
••••••
The chainsaw in her hands was being way too quiet. As much as she hated what came out of his mouth when he did talk, this silence, in addition to his odd (for him, at least) behaviour lately, was just unsettling. She swung again at the training dummy, aiming for a clean cut directly in the middle. The moment its top half landed across the room, she heard a low chuckle. Shivers ran down her spine and she pretended not to hear.
He would sometimes laugh during battles, but it was always light, and usually directed at some random thing he'd seen or thought of, rather than finding killing something funny. This was different. He was amused by cutting this thing in half. She was debating asking him about it, but was interrupted by the door opening, and Aradia poked her head in.
"Kanaya, hi! I was looking for you. Resonance lessons are starting in half an hour, they're going to start having them every day. I guess something happened, but no one's saying what," she shrugged.
Kanaya nodded, "Alright, thank you Aradia. We shall be there shortly."
Gamzee transformed and locked his eyes on the floor, walking out past Aradia without a word. Aradia watched him leave, a worried look on her face. She gave Kanaya a questioning look, but the jadeblood simply shook her head and shrugged. The two trailed after him to the front doors of the school.
••••••
Vriska and Terezi watched from the top of the stairs as Tavros climbed them. He hated those stairs, and they were amused by his misfortune. After all, everyone had to climb the stairs, not just him. Just as he reached the top, they walked over to him.
He was panting, and they grinned. "Guess what, Taaaaaaaavros?" Vriska drawled. "We've got lessons! Right. Now. Let's go!" She patted him on the shoulder with a giggle, and started prancing down the stairs. Terezi cackled as she followed.
Tavros sighed and shook his head. The rest of the group was walking out the front doors, sans Maka and Soul who would already be waiting in the training area. He finally managed to catch his breath, and began the trip back down the stairs beside Gamzee, who threw an arm over his shoulder and offered him a swig of his Faygo, a lazy smile on his face even as Tavros declined the offer. He took a sip himself, and started rambling, the way he always does. Tavros smiled, and listened to his friend go on about whatever the whole way to the woods.
