Prompt: Terezi is new to being blind and she is dragged to the library by her inconsiderate friend (probably Vriska). She doesn't know what to do because: duh, she can't read and her friend ditched her. Karkat (who probably either works at the library or just comes there all the time for the quiet) sees the girl and decides to help her by giving her a brail book and helping her read/learn it.

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Thanks to Berticus98 for the prompt!

No matter what anyone says, don't stare directly into a solar eclipse. Even if a spider girl insists it's safe, get a second opinion, in fact, get a third and fourth opinion, they'll all say the same thing, which is DON'T.

But of course Terezi Pyrope didn't get those extra opinions. In her 13 year old brain Vriska Serket's web of lies made perfect sense, and she'll never forget the feeling of complete betrayal as the doctors told her she'd never see again.

That was a week ago, but Terezi is still struggling with coming to terms with her new disorder. Despite her friend's betrayal, Vriska insists on helping her get around and unfortunately Terezi has no one else to turn to. She has been stuck to her friend's side since the incident, and right now is being practically dragged down the street. Vriska had refused to tell her where they were going; simply saying she'd loooooooove it.

When they enter the foreign building, the first thing Terezi notices is the overwhelming scent of paper. The building seems large, but is mostly quiet, and Terezi's suddenly floundering as Vriska slides her hand out of her grasp.

"I'll meet you back up here in thirty minutes bye!" The loud girl skips away, and for a second Terezi just stands there in stunned silence. She really needs to make some new friends.

For now she's stuck, so she takes a few hesitant steps deeper into the building. She draws her retractable cane out of her back pocket, extending it so she can tap her way down the hall. She still isn't sure how she's supposed to sense things with the cane, but at least while she's using it people stay out of her way.

After about a hundred steps her cane hits against something, and she thinks it might be tall and made of wood. Her touch confirms the large wooden object, and she quickly realizes it's a bookshelf. It seems to be filled to the brim with books, and when Terezi keeps walking she finds more bookshelves like the first.

So it's a building associated with books somehow… Terezi notices a table next to the shelves, and she plops down with a sigh. The blind can't read books, and Terezi is still months away from even attempting to learn braille.

Once seated Terezi buries her head into her arms, listening to the soft sound of pages being turned around her.

Suddenly she hears a loud scraping sound from the chair next to her. Someone is sitting down but Terezi doesn't feel like acknowledging them.

"Hey."

Terezi immediately recognizes the rough voice coming from the teen next to her, but what is he doing here? She sits up slowly; shooting her new neighbor what she hopes is an inquisitive look. "Karkat?"

"Yeah… Look don't judge me okay? I got into some trouble and it was either this or picking up garbage off the street." The spiky haired boy grumbles a few more words under his breath, "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Vriska dragged me here." Terezi turns to face the teen even though the action is sort of pointless. "I'm not even sure where we are to be honest."

The teen shifts in his seat, possibly glancing around for Terezi's elusive sister. "Well you're in the library, which is kind of funny in a way."

"Oh yeah?" A grin fights its way onto Terezi's face, this boy has always had a way of cheering her up.

"Yeah, Serket probably thought it was some sick trick to bring you here, but maybe you can turn it around on her. Do you know braille?"

Terezi shakes her head, "Karkat, I've only been blind for a week, there's no way I could learn by now."

This silences the other teen, and then suddenly he's out of his seat. Great, more abandonment. His footsteps fade away quickly and Terezi can't help but feel a little disappointed. She slumps back into her seat, but a few seconds later hears his uneven steps making their way back to their table. Something is dropped onto the table with a loud thud, and Terezi runs one hand over it tentatively. "A book?"

"Not just any book," Karkat chirps as takes his seat, "Braille for Idiots." Karkat flips the book open to its first page and begins reading out loud, "So you want to learn Braille? Well you've come to the right place." He pauses, and Terezi can feel his gaze flick towards her, "Sounds like a fucking snooze huh?"

She nods and Karkat returns to the reading. She makes sure to pay attention as he reads, and soon they are doing the examples supplied by the book, guessing letters and writing notes to each other. All in all, it's the best time Terezi's had since she was blinded.

Of course all good things come to an end and Terezi soon finds herself being hauled out of the library by an irritated Vriska, but as she goes the promise of, "We'll keep going next time," rings in her ears.

The two continue to meet in the library for the next few weeks, and by the end Terezi thinks Karkat knows braille better than she does. She even manages to convince him to read her a few books when the braille books are checked out.

When Karkat asks Terezi to be his girlfriend, he buys her an engraved ring. He decides to put her name on the inside, and of course he gets it inscribed in braille.