So I'm sorry for the late update, but like I said before, they're going to be slower. Because of school. Anyways, enjoy!

PoV: Dave

I sat in mine and John's room, not at all ready to go to Eridan's party.

"C'mon, Dave!" John called to me from outside the bedroom door. "We're gonna be late! And we still have to pick up Jade and Rose!"

"I told you I don't want to go," I told him. "You know how awkward it's going to be? I haven't spoken to Karkat since game night, and I'm pretty sure you're going to find a way to make me talk to him tonight."

"Dave, you're the one making it awkward! Just suck it up! All he said was that he still likes you," John pointed out to me.

I sighed loudly, he was right, after all.

"Fine," I replied. "I'll go. But I won't enjoy it."

As soon as I was dressed, John and I hopped into his truck and stopped by Rose and Jade's hotel to pick them up, finally arriving at Eridan's Christmas party 15 minutes late. John hopped out of the truck and opened Rose's door. I followed his lead and opened Jade's, and we led the girls inside.

As soon as we walked in, Vriska looked at us with a smoochy face, and pointed up. Great, mistletoe. I rolled my eyes, face tinged with pink as I gave Jade a small kiss, John doing the same with Rose. As soon as that was over and done with, we were formally welcomed inside by Eridan.

I separated myself from John and the girls to meet some new people. The first person I met was a hyperactive girl named Feferi, who was clinging onto a male wearing 3D glasses. His name was Sollux. Near Vriska was a male in a wheelchair, who stuttered a lot and went by the name of Tavros. With them was a guy who looked completely stoned. He introduced himself with a honk as Gamzee. Later on in the party, two girls walked in, Aradia and Kanaya. Rose and Kanaya practically became instant best friends. Lastly was a muscular male, who was accompanied by a smaller female. They were Equius and Nepeta, I soon learned. Once I had introduced myself to everyone, I went off in a search for Karkat, ready to overcome and be done with this hurdle as soon as possible.

After a good 45 minutes of searching, and not finding Karkat, I finally resorted to questioning Terezi about him.

"Hey TZ," I greeted her.

"Hi Dave!" she greeted me happily in return.

"You seen Karkat anywhere?" I asked her, as casually as I could.

She frowned a bit before answering.

"He didn't come."

"So he's at the apartment?"

She nodded.

"Okay, thanks," I told her, and walked up to John to get his truck keys.

"Hey bro, I need to borrow your truck," I told John, in a tone that made him not dare to question me. He simply nodded at me as he reached for the keys in his pocket, handing them over to me. I took the keys from him, heading to his truck and starting it, then proceeding to drive to the old apartment. I was glad when I realized that I still had my key, so I let myself in. As soon as I closed the door behind me, I heard Karkat's voice call out.

"Terezi? Why are you back so early?" I gave no response and he entered the room living room, where I was standing. When his eyes landed on me, he sputtered and gasped, like a fish out of water.

"Wh-...D-Dave? What are you doing here?" he asked when he managed to form coherent words.

"I've come to sort things out," I told him. I took a step towards him, but he took a step back, so I stayed put, deciding to respect his space.

We stood there in silence for awhile before Karkat spoke.

"What do you want to sort out?"

"Umm...us, I guess," I answered nervously. "I don't like how everything has been really weird between us. I want to fix it."

"Are you sure you really want to fix our friendship? Now isn't the time for drama, Dave. I'm still getting over my break up with Terezi," he told me, looking away.

"You guys broke up?" I asked, raising my eyebrows in surprise.

"Yeah, the day after the game night at your place. For obvious reasons," he added at the last minute. "How are you and John?" he asked.

"I don't know," I replied honestly. "Sometimes we kiss or hold hands or cuddle, or just stuff like that, but he never says he loves me when I say it, and when I asked him if we were a thing, he told me he wasn't a homosexual."

"Well his actions quite contradict that, don't they?"

"Yeah," I replied. "I don't get that boy sometimes..."

Karkat grunted in reply, and I had to remind myself what I was here for.

"So I was looking for you at the party to sort things out but you weren't there, so I came here. I really think we should fix things," I told Karkat.

"Fix things?" Karkat questioned.

"Yeah. Fix things. We've spent time apart now and that's what I said we should do...," I said, trailing off.

"Ummm...wait. You want to...get back...together?" his voice rose with each word.

"I guess. I mean its not like I ever stopped caring about you, Karkat. I hate to admit it, but John is...was sort of a rebound," I answered.

The silence that followed was deafening.

"Dave, do you really mean that?" Karkat asked eventually.

"Y-yeah. I do mean it," I replied. When I stepped forward this time, Karkat didn't move away. He moved towards me, and we were hugging. He buried his face in my chest, and I buried mine in his hair and he was squeezing me so hard, I could barely breathe.

"I missed you, Dave," Karkat choked out softly. I didn't realize he was crying until now. I tried to pull away to see what was wrong, but Karkat held me all the harder.

I sighed, but I was okay with this. I could hold Karkat in my arms forever.

PoV: John

30 minutes ago, Dave left with my truck, and no explanation of where he was going. I was a little worried at this point, but Vriska and Jade just told me to chill out, he'll be back. All I could do was believe them and accept the beer bottle that Terezi handed me. She herself looked drunk off her ass.

Something seemed wrong with Terezi, so I sat her down to chat, getting straight to the point.

"Terezi, is something bothering you? And where's Karkat?" I asked, just now noticing his absence.

Terezi growled slightly. "He's at home. He didn't want to come, and I have no right to force him anymore," she told me.

"Huh?" I asked.

"We broke up. He doesn't love me, just Dave."

"Oh…I'm sorry to hear that," I said to her, speechless now.

"We'll I'm glad someone is. Thanks," she replied. "You know, it's my fault though. I shouldn't have gotten attached. It was just a ploy to make Dave jealous, but I don't even care about him anymore."

Well now she had me confused. But when she continued talking, I didn't interrupt her.

"I mean, I let her use her stupid mind control ability on Karkat. That was so stupid, I should have known the feelings wouldn't be genuine. Was she even on my side? I mean, she made Karkat say the truth at your party. It's like she's out to ruin everyone, and their relationships."

Mind control? Oh shit. Oh shit! This had been a stupid Vriska set up this entire time! Karkat never liked Terezi, Dave never really liked me, I wasn't sure where I stood, but that didn't matter. I wondered if Dave and Karkat knew about this. If not, I would need to tell them.

Terezi babbled on about something or another, but I had stopped listening. I stared at the door anxiously instead, waiting for Dave to come back. When he did finally return, he wasn't alone. Karkat was with him.

"Dave! Karkat!" I called out, rushing over to them. They stopped and I joined them, and no one cared that all three of us were under the mistletoe at once. No one was even paying attention to us. I was able to explain everything without interruption.

Dave and Karkat were speechless after I finished explaining.

"Seriously, that's what happened? Vriska's such a fuckass!" Karkat exclaimed when he was finally able to form coherent words.

"Yeah," I replied. Shit was serious now. We knew we couldn't do anything to Vriska, and to shun her would just be childish. So we decided instead to confront her. But not today. Today, we were going to party, because its Christmas Eve, and Christmas Eve is a perfect time to party.

Just don't question how they all accept the mind control thing. They're pretty much all drunk anyways, so that's the excuse I'm using xDDD