Gamzee opens the door quietly, stepping in like a mouse. He closes the door behind him and walks into the kitchen to get a snack. His father is sitting
there, waiting. "welcome home, son." he says with a condescending tone. "how was school? Did you get to play with all your little buddies at recess?"
his father stands up, Gamzee shakes, knowing that he's going to hit him. "come on then, tell me about your fucking day." he pushes Gamzee lightly.
Gamzee looks at his feet. "I'm going upstairs." he says, going to walk past his father. The Grand Highblood grabs Gamzee's shoulder and pushes him
hard against the kitchen wall. "you're staying right here you little shit. You wanna know why?" His father leans down, but still towers over him. "no."
Gamzee says solemnly. His father slaps Gamzee across the face, same place as in the morning. Gamzee fights back tears, not wanting to show
weakness to him. "it's because you're a whiny little bitch,You're a fucking pussy, How can such a faggot like you be my son." he squints, hitting Gamzee
again. "i resent you. I hate your motherfucking guts," the words cut into Gamzee, slicing at his heart, which was only a tiny sliver by now. "and yet i
put up with you, but the second you turn 18, you're out on the street, buddy." he grabs Gamzee's shoulders again and pushes him into the living room.
"go to your motherfucking room, and while you're at it, why don't you quit those fucking drugs, you stuck-up prick." The Grand Highblood growls,
walking back to his chair and sitting down.
Gamzee runs up to his room and slams the door. "m-motherfucker!" he whispers to himself, letting the tears fall. "fine. You want me to quit, I'll
motherfuckin quit." Gamzee looks at a half-eaten sopor pie sitting on his bed. He picks it up and throws it out the window into the road, along with
some other pies he has lying around the room. "I'll quit dad, yeah, I'll fuckin' quit. Let's see how you like me then, huh? Let's see what you think of me
when I'm sober. Yeah, let's motherfuckin find out." he says to himself, wiping his eyes with his sleeves. He shuts the window and lies down on his bed,
pulling the covers over himself. "fuck you, dad. Fuck everyone." he sniffles.
Karkat approaches Gamzee's house. "god dammit, I'm going to regret this, i know it..." He knocks on the door three times. Gamzee's father opens the
door after a moment. "the fuck do you want?" he says, giving Karkat a mean look. "i-i uh...Gamzee forgot his homework. It's due Monday, so he has to
do it over the weekend." Karkat shakes, Gamzee's dad is terrifying to him. The Grand Highblood rolls his eyes and takes the paper. "yeah, whatever,
I'll give it to him." He snaps. "o-okay, thank you" Karkat bolts away from that house as quickly as possible. He doesn't like it there, the house gives off
bad vibes.
The Grand Highblood walks upstairs and throws the paper at Gamzee's door. It floats to the floor, landing silently. Gamzee's dad walks back to his seat
and continues with whatever he was doing.