Ok so just for this chapter (and for when Sollux talks a lot.) So everyone can understand him, cuz half the time I don't even know what the hell he's saying when I type his lisp. So for his big talking parts, I'm just going to type it normally and you can lisp in your imagination. :B
Sollux started his story slowly, thinking about everything he said before he said it.
"First off you have to understand where kk comes from, you see because he's albino, he has quite a few major health problems. His site is starting to leave him, he bruises like a peach and his skin tears at the gentlest of swipes. If he goes out into the sun he could actually get third degree burns from its rays. He also has respiratory problems and a weak digestive system. So he needs mandatory doctor's visits and a special diet. He also needs special sunblock and an inhaler." Sollux said as he carefully ran his fingers through Karkat's wispy white hair, pausing for a moment to think.
"You see his biological parents were very poor, and very young, when they had him. They weren't married, the mother was in high school and the boy didn't want to pay for a baby. The woman wouldn't abort him though. She believed he deserved a chance in life. By the way, I tracked these people down behind kk's back to find this out. He was pissed for a week but forgave me." The blonde grinned down at Karkat, who just hugging him tighter, listening to the story.
Sollux sighed a little and looked back at Tavros," so the mother gave him up for adoption. The problem was that no one adopts special needs children, well. Rich people do, but this was a poverty ridden area, and no one had the money to take care of him. So he was raised in the orphanage and the state paid the minimum for his medical. Once he got older he went through foster home after foster home as the state tried to place him. Almost begging families to take him." Sollux paused again and wrapped his arms around Karkat when he felt the smaller begin to shake.
"It got to the point where kk thought no one wanted him. That no one would ever want him. He…he cut himself often, and having such thin skin, it was easy for him to do…especially in large quantities. He wanted to die." Sollux stated, holding Karkat as close as he could without bruising him, silently telling him that he needed him and that he loved him.
"Karkat entered high school, bitter and angry at the world. Cursing everyone for having a smile on their face and a pair of loving parents. I met him through a tutoring course. One of his foster families took more interest in kk's school work than him as a person. They forced him to get a pier tutor. That was probably that luckiest thing that had ever happened to him. Heheh I remember that day." Sollux smirked and shut his eyes, remembering the memory fondly," Kk stomped into the room and sat down on the chair across from me and said to me, "HI THERE FUCKASS."" Sollux laughed and opened his eyes," I couldn't help but bust up laughing! Which just made him angrier! His face flushed and his fists clenched and he began to yell at me. I don't really remember what he yelled, but I do remember him punching me in the face!" Sollux grinned and lifted a hand from Karkat's back, lightly tapping his jaw," right here. Problem was, it hurt him more than it hurt me! He began crying out in pain and I was around that table in a second, holding his injured hand. Cooing little nothings as I yanked an icepack from my lunch pale, icing his bruising fist."
Sollux sighed happily and looked down at Karkat, who just hung onto him, not looking at Tavros," he shut up so fast and just stared at me. The rest, in sense, was history. What point was I trying to make? Oh yeah! Right so kk was friends with Gamzee before he had met me. They were kind of together, kind of not. Karkat hated touching and Gamzee was too rough. So they were just really good friends. During that time, kk was trying to clean Gamzee up. The two made a pact, that kk would stop hurting himself, and Gamzee would stop with the drugs. Turns out, it was harder than they both thought."
"Kk and I didn't get together for a while actually, and that made kk really depressed, because the poor thing fell in love with me the second I touched him without causing him pain. I was still wondering about my sexuality though. It's hard to know what you are when you have two dads. Do you be gay for them? Or straight? What I learned though, was that you're born a specific way, and it doesn't matter what way it is, it's right in your eyes and your parents eyes. So I talked to my dad's about kk and they poked fun at me, told me I had a crush on kk. Which was true. I…heheh actually, had way too many wet dreams about this one here. Mmm his pail skin, his lavender eyes, his voice…." Sollux laughed and yelped though when Karkat shot him a glare and pinched his side," ok ok sorry! I won't go into details. But short story is, I got kk to stop cutting. I helped him feel needed. My dad's sorta, adopted him? More like a ward though, less like a son. Cuz kk didn't want parents; he wanted to be free, but needed. He got that with me. Oh a little tidbit, I'm earning in the top 5% of the U.S.A right now. I help companies design antivirus software, heheh after I bomb them with an untraceable virus. Anyways though, I earn a lot of money, so I was able to pay for kk's medical stuff, and get us a nice little apartment away from it all."
"STOP TALKING ABOUT US AND GET BACK TO THE POINT ASSWIPE." Karkat grumbled.
"Aww kk you're so romantic." Sollux said with a grin," actually he's the most romantic person I know. He has this whole other half of a hopeless roma…OW! KK STOP PINCHING ME!" Sollux just laughed again though," sorry I keep getting off topic. Anyways, while things were finally going up for kk, things were going down for Gamzee. He told kk that he wasn't helping him enough to get off the drugs. Told him he was never there and that he was a bad friend. This happened though when Gamzee was coming off of some hard shit. So he wasn't thinking about how this was affecting kk. Kk relapsed and sliced himself up. I caught him. Told him to stop. No. I begged him to stop. Back to point though. Gamzee is self-destructive, he expects everyone to fix his problems for him. The psychology behind it is that no one took care of him as a kid, so now he needs someone to take care of him. The help he needs though, no one could give. Not kk, not you, not anyone. Hell even Equius tried to help him. Told him to get a hobby, like exercising, so that he could just lift weights when he wanted to shoot up. That didn't work. Kanaya tried too. She threatened him, in the gentlest manner of course, but it was a threat none the less. Gamzee didn't care though. All during this time span though, he was crushing hard on you, wishing you'd look up at him. Notice him." Sollux paused, wording things very carefully.
"He…felt that, you were as miserable as him. Misery loves company. He talked to me and kk about you. We told him to get clean and ask you out. That didn't work." Sollux sighed and absentmindedly rubbed Karkat's back as he talked," he started to...think that…hmm how should I say this. He thought that the higher he got, the closer you'd get. If you weren't tangible, he'd have you only in his dreams and trips. Then you let him in. He actually got clean for a bit. The problem is though, his mind is so far gone, and he's really unstable when he's off his drugs. I keep telling him to compromise. I keep telling him to just do pot. Just smoke cigarettes. Pot just makes you lazy and cigarettes just eat your lungs, problem is, Gamzee has an addictive personality. So if he does one thing, he has to do them all. He needs therapy. Rehab. I tried to pay for him to go, but he refused to go. Kk brought up intervention. I really don't think that would end well though." Sollux paused again and realized his hands had drifted low and were rubbing Karkat's butt. He raised them back up to rub his lower back, then smirked when he realized, his gentle rubs had put the tired teen to sleep. He looked at Tavros and said," oh jeez. Poor thing doesn't sleep well. So it's good he's asleep, I better take him home though. Just…Tavros? It's not your fault. It really isn't. Gamzee just…needs to have some sense slapped into him. I'm just shocked that this," Sollux gestured to Tavros' legs," didn't wake him up."
Tavros just stared at his hands, thinking about everything Sollux had just said. He slowly nodded then looked up at Sollux," um…th, thanks Sollux."
Sollux nodded and smiled kindly at Tavros, scooping Karkat up bridal style as he did so, and walked out of the store, leaving Tavros to his thoughts.