Meanwhile, Tavros sighed, not able to do a single thing in gym. Why was he even in that class? He got some weird looks. Why was the leg-less kid in a gym class? Instead he watched Gamzee run around with a ball.

Karkat chased Gamzee. "This isn't how you play!" Karkat stopped running "Tav! Control him!"

Gamzee laughed as he paused to catch his breath. "Hi Tav!"

Tavros laughed, smiling widely. "Aw." he said, wheeling forward a little. "You guys are funny. Too bad I can't play at all." he said, tapping his chin.

Gamzee went from looking happy to sad in an instant. "I'm sorry Tav. I can sit with you if you want."

Karkat rolled his eyes. "He'll be able to play soon." Karkat muttered, stealing the ball back from Gamzee.

Tavros frowned. "I'll be fine. Go play." he pushed himself back up against the wall, watching. He knew he wouldn't be able to for a while. His legs would be a little troublesome for him to work with... But maybe one day he could play with them.

Gamzee watched Tavros' face for a moment before walking back onto the floor with Karkat. He knew that Tavros was upset by the fact that he couldn't play and Gamzee felt horrible about it.

As he walked to his locker, he pulled his phone out. Karkat smiled, seeing the 15 texts that Sollux had sent him.

Sollux had sent him texts talking about how he accidentally had exploded something in the microwave, about how bored he was at home, and how there was literally nothing to do but to scroll through the lists of shit there were on Netflix.

"I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING OKAY." Karkat texted back, smiling like a school girl.

Sollux replied back as soon as he could. "thii2 ii2 2tupiid." he then wrote on about how hard it was to get crusted cheese off the inside of the microwave.

"I'LL CLEAN IT WHEN I GET HOME. LEAVE IT ALOVE OR YOU'LL BREAK IT." He replied, trying not to laugh in the middle of class.

"iim not gonna break iit, dumba22." he wrote back, holding a sponge in his hand. "thii2 fuckiing 2uck2."

"YEAH YEAH, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE." Karkat sent back. "3"

Sollux looked down at his phone, finding not a text from Karkat, but one from...

"Ugh. What the fuck do you want, Eridan..." he grumbled, texting the annoying fish breath boy back.

"wwhy aren't you at school Sol?" Eridan typed back.

"ii got 2u2pended for 2hiit. why are you textiing me?" Sollux wrote back, glaring at his phone screen.

"Fef wwas wworried about you. Her phone is dead." Eridan typed back.

Karkat was starting to kinda worry... Sollux hadn't texted him in 15 minutes.

"why doe2 fef care?" Sollux replied back, opening the text from Karkat. "yeah, yeah ii wiill."

"I don't knoww. She just asked me to text you!" Eridan replied. Feferi didn't even know that he was texting Sollux, let alone that Sollux wasn't at school.

"GOOD." Karkat typed back. "CLASS IS ABOUT TO LET OUT. I'LL BE HOME AROUND 5:30."

Sollux texted Karkat a single "K 3" and let it go. "well erii, iidk why 2he'2 even textiing me."

Eridan read the message from Sol. "Fuck." He whispered to himself as he slipped the phone back in his pocket.

Sollux grumbled. The nerve of that boy. He scowled and went back over to the computer.

Karkat walked over to the gym that Equius works at. He walked in, dropping his bag by his locker and changing into some comfier clothes before going out into the main workout room and wrapping his hands.

Sollux dug around on the internet, having stricken a wonderful plan. Eridan had stopped bugging him for now, and he knew Karkat was at boxing, so he left him alone. He frowned, pouting. He was bored.

After class, he walked with Tav to their locker. "Why don't we go to the store later? I want to know if humans have Faygo!" He smiled down at Tavros.

Tavros nodded. "I like that idea." he said, smiling.

"Yeah! Let's go on a mother fucking adventure!"

Tavros nodded. "Not ..with you on the back of my chair again." he bit his lip. "That was dangerous."

"Fine... But that was fun!" Gamzee smiled.

Tavros smiled. "We'll go after class okay?" he said, reaching out his hand for Gamzee's. "Okay?"

"Okay!" Gamzee's smile widened.

Tavros smiled, wheeling himself to his next class.

"I wonder how many flavors of Faygo they have here?" Gamzee said, his hand on Tavros' chair.'

"I dunno." he said, wheeling down the hall, turning the corner. He still hadn't gotten quite enough upper body strength to push himself. "A-A little help?"

Gamzee nodded and pushed on the wheelchair a little, helping Tavros.

Tavros sighed quietly, and leaned back, letting his hair touch Gamzee's arm.

Gamzee put his hand on Tavros' shoulder, rubbing it gently.

Gamzee wheeled Tavros around the store, finally finding what they had come for. Blessed Mirthful Messiahs. There was an entire section of Faygo down this aisle.

Tavros grinned. "Yay!" he said, smiling as he picked out a few flavors. "Mmmm~"

Visions of sopor slime in pans started to run through Gamzee's mind. He put his hand to his head. He started to feel sick. "Tav..."

Tavros frowned, reaching over to him. "Gamzee...? You okay?" he asked.

"My head hurts... Memories..." He whispered, knowing Tavros would understand.

Tavros bit his lip. "Are... Are you gonna be okay?" he asked.

Gamzee nodded, grabbing Tavros' hand. "Just don't go anywhere..."

Tavros nodded. "I won't and I'll be here for you if you uh... Fall." he said, frowning.

Gamzee sat down in the middle of the aisle, resting his head on Tavros' lap. "Thanks Tavbro."

Or what was left of it, Tavros looked down, gently touching Gamzee's hair. "Nnn..." he hummed, frowning.

"Gamzee?" Tavros asked. "You gonna uh... Be okay?"

Gamzee's headache finally went away. He stood slowly, nodding. "I'm fine. Just a small relapse." He smiled. "Let's go pay for our Faygo!"

Tavros nodded, holding all the Faygo in his lap.

"Hello Sollux! Meow has your day been?" Nepeta sent the message to Sollux figuring he was bored.

Sollux replied back. "boriing a2 2hiit."

"Well then why don't you go internet shopurring? It might be fun :33" Nepeta typed back.

"you know, KK ha2 your fla2h driive."

Uh... How was Nepeta supposed to answer? "I know." Was all she could say.

"why?" Sollux replied before adding. "there was liike...ton2 of porn on iit."

"I can't tell you... He'll be mad at me... *AC makes sad face*"

Sollux growled. "oh come on." he typed back.

"He thought it would make you happy if he knew what he was doing so he asked me to find stuff about it... He came over and watched everything on my computer so you wouldn't hack him and find out what he was doing... *AC gasps* It's your fault if he gets mad!"

Sollux laughed. "that2 KK for you. alway2 keepiing 2ecret2 from me."

"He didn't want you to think that he is a purrvert." She replied.

Sollux laughed even harder. "hahahahaha, that2 funny. KK ii2 2o weiird. ii thiink maybe ii 2hould do 2omethiing for him."

"Like what? I want to help!" She shifted, laying on her beanbag chair.

Sollux divulged his plans of mass creepiness on Karkat. "How doe2 that 2ound?"

"OMG! IT'S PURRFECT!" You could hear Nepeta's squeals throughout the entire apartment building.

Karkat unwrapped his hands, wincing slightly at the new cuts on them. He decided that he didn't feel like cooking again. "Pizza sounds good." he said pulling his wallet from his backpack, sitting on the bench. $50 was more than enough to get a large pizza and a two liter. He dialed the pizza place. "Can I get a large meatlovers, an order of breadsticks and a two liter of mountain dew? Pick up."

Sollux turned off his computer, going back over to the microwave trying to get it to be clean again. He didn't want Karkat to come home to a huge mess. He grumbled.

Karkat walked in, carrying the boxes and the two liter. "Sol! I got pizza!" He yelled as he sat the boxes on the kitchen island. "Sol?"

Sollux peered from around the corner of the bedroom. "KK, don't be mad." he said softly.

"About what?" Karkat asked, looking toward the bedroom door. "What happened?" He started to walk back toward the room.

He frowned, holding the broken dish from the microwave in his hands. "I broke it on athhident." he frowned, biting his lip. "I'm thorry... You told me not to and I did..."

"Dumbass you're bleeding!" Karkat went into the bathroom, grabbing the small first aid kit. "Sit down." He grumbled. "I don't care about the microwave. That can be replaced but you... You can't..." He cleaned the cut on Sollux's hand. "You're such a dumbass." He pulled Sollux close to him. He had almost thought that some human girl, or worse, a human guy, was going to come out of their room.

Sollux sighed, leaning against him. "KK..." he whispered quietly, wrapping his now bandaged hand and arm around him. "I'm thorry I'm tho thtupid." he frowned. "But I'm glad you're home. I'm hungry."

Together, they walked into the kitchen. "Want to watch a movie?" Karkat asked as he made the plates.

"Thure." he said, settling down in a chair. "Thank you."

Karkat smiled as he handed Sollux the plate. "Can you hold this? I want to get comfy." Karkat asked after putting the DVD in the player. He kinda hoped that Sollux would use his powers to hold his plate so Karkat could cuddle with him while they ate.

Sollux blinked, nuzzling him, using his powers to lift the plate. "Come here." he said, pulling Karkat close.

Karkat smiled snuggling into Sollux. He was happy. "I'm comfy now. How about you?" He asked looking up at Sollux.

Sollux nodded. "Ath comfy ath I'll get." he replied, resting his head on top of Karkat's. "Ith thith a thitty romcom?"

"Well... You let me pick the movie... And they're not shitty! Their romantic! Kinda like what I wish you could be sometimes..." He smirked.

"Pfthhhhp." he laughed, shaking his head. "Trutht me." he said, grinning. "I'm thoooo romantic."

"Prove it." Karkat grinned at him. "Now shut up. My movie is starting." He snuggled back into Sollux watching intently as the intro played.

Sollux laughed a little, taking bits of pizza before shoving them into his mouth. He hated these movies, but he would put up with them for KK.

By the end of the movie, there were soft tears streaming down Karkat's cheeks. "That was so beautiful..." He sniffled before the soft snoring caught his attention. "Sol?" He shifted so he could see Sollux's face.

Sollux was lying with his head back against the couch, his mouth open slightly.

Karkat pulled his phone from his pocket, carefully taking a picture of the sleeping adorableness. "You're so cute." He smiled before setting the alarm on his phone and cuddling back into Sollux, pulling the blanket further around himself.

Somewhere in the night Sollux had shifted, frightening himself awake. "G-gWAUH" he screamed out, awaking from a nightmare.

Karkat jumped. "What?" Karkat turned to look at him. "Sol, what happened?"

Sollux shivered. He reached out, grabbing hold of Karkat, pulling him close. He buried his head in Karkat's chest, his whole body covered in shivers.

"What happened? What did you dream about?" Karkat asked, his fingers playing with Sollux's hair.

Sollux mumbled something into his chest, but you couldn't hear it. He clung to him tightly.

"Sol. Talk to me. What happened in the dream?" Karkat pushed away a little but not enough for Sollux to freak out.

Sollux looked up at him. "Don't you dare die on me." he said, his voice soft but stern.