Karkat's alarm started to scream at him and he smacked it as hard as he could.
Kankri was right, he didn't get much sleep.
He laid in his bed for a little while longer, his mind waking up and exploring everything that happened yesterday.
He turned to face his window. From where he was laying, he couldn't see anything ground level outside.
Karkat sat up in his bed, the cold making him want to crawl back under the covers and close his eyes.
He was going to have to wake up Kankri.
He stood up, his feet already starting to freeze. He walked across the hall and opened the door to his brother's
Kankri had fallen asleep with a book on his chest, and some paper that was still in his hand.
"Kankri." Karkat walked over to his brother and began to shake him. The moment Karkat laid a hand on his brother, Kankri woke up and threw his book. He missed Karkat by a long-shot, but the attempt was obvious.
"Get the FUCK out of my room! And DON'T touch me."
His brother didn't usually get mad, but when he did, it was never a delightful thing to be around.
"I need you to drive me to school." Karkat said cooly.
Kankri glared at him, his face red as if there were a fire raging underneath his skin.
"Why?!"
The moment he said that, his eyes lit up.
"Oh yeah! Please forgive me, if this is a triggering subject, please tell me. What's that word I'm looking for? God, I can't even remember this early in the morning. They say teenagers are supposed to get nine to ten hours of sleep and I don't mean to blame you for this, but you are kind of interrupting my health here."
Kankri got up and checked his phone.
"You might want to get ready."
The way he was talking sounded like the previous night was the only chance he had ever had at sleeping.
Karkat yawned and walked across the hall and into his room, stretching his arms. He pulled out a pair of jeans from his dresser and a black shirt. The tie yesterday was too formal, so he thought he'd cut it down today.
He went into the bathroom and brushed his hair. Kankri joined him and turned on the water. He opened the mirror above their sink and got out a razor.
"So Karkat, about my speech. Elections are a week after Christmas break. You'll be able to make it right? I would greatly appreciate you being present for such a significant moment in my life."
He paused to rub shaving cream on his cheeks.
"I really hope our peers recognize how much they need me to help lead our school to success."
Karkat put his hairbrush down and grabbed his toothbrush. He was about to get it wet when Kankri dipped his shaver underneath the water.
"Can you not wait for me to go?!" Karkat growled.
"I was at the sink first, and I am certain you are aware of that."
Karkat put his toothbrush under the water.
"The sink doesn't have your name on it you miserable lump of horsesh-"
"Karkat." Their dad peeped into the doorway. "I thought I told you not to talk in such a manner."
"Kankri cusses sometimes!"
"Well I can never tell with the amount of words flooding from his mouth. Kankri don't cuss."
Kankri began to brush his teeth.
"I'll respect your wishes father." He said with a mouth full of toothpaste.
"Thank you Kanny."
Kankri flashed his dad a glare sharp enough to cut through someone's soul.
"Don't you even start too. Did Porrim tell you that? It had to be Porrim. I am going to make sure she understands how stupid that nickname is. It's for babies, and it's annoying."
"Sorry, I thought it was cute." His dad shrugged.
Kankri rolled his eyes.
"It's not cute it's stupid. Come on Karkat, let's go."

Karkat followed his brother downstairs and to the door. He put on his coat and glanced outside. There were no signs of a purple eyed monster. Kankri opened the door and walked to his car.
They hurried inside of it, Kankri because he was cold, and Karkat because he was afraid he was going to be attacked.

It heated up relatively quick for such an old piece of metal. Kankri pulled out of their driveway and got onto the street. The ground was completely covered in snow, and indigo clouds were sprawled out across the sky like satin cotton candy. Every now and then, a star would peep out, watching as its brothers and sisters were chased away by the starting rays of the sun.
"Kankri!"
Kankri stopped the car. It made an awful screeching noise and the snow from the top of the car fell onto the front window.
"What?"
Karkat pointed to the road. Terezi was walking to the bus stop, holding her coat close to her.
"You stopped me because of that? Karkat do you have any idea what you could have done?! What if we were on the main street! You could have caused someone to crash with your sudden outburst! What were you thinking?"
"Can we give her a ride?" Karkat asked, leaning back into the chair.
Kankri sighed. He pulled up behind Terezi. Karkat was afraid she'd think they were some kind of stalker.
Karkat got out of the car. Terezi turned around when the car door was slammed shut.
"Come on." He said.
"What, why? I can just walk you know." Terezi said.
He'd never really noticed it, but Terezi's voice was kind of gentle... in a weird non gentle way.
Karkat looked around him, then leaned in, dropping his voice.
"I'll explain it later, I just don't think it's a good idea for you to be out right now."
Her eyes met his.
"Oh, alright then I guess, but don't think you're getting out of telling me why later."
Karkat led her to the car and opened the door for her. He had learned this trick from one of his favorite movies. Guys who opened doors always got the girls.
Not that he wanted to be with anyone. There was no way he was going to get caught up in some melodramatic emotion absorbation station.
Kanrki waited until everyone had their seat belts on to actually drive. The first few minutes, Karkat was anticipating the moment his brother would break out full Mouth-Mode.
Kankri looked up in the mirror, and his eyes grew twice their size. He stopped his car just before they were on the main road, and took a deep breath in.
"You're Latula's sister, is that correct?"
Terezi raised her eyebrows from the back seat.
"Yeah? Why?"
Kankri closed his eyes.
"Because, I was wondering if she would possibly like a ride to school. Due to the fact I have apparently taken the role of the bus driver, I don't see why driving her to school too would be an issue. You're sister's incredibly...rad Terezi. She also is really good with her skateboard. Oh, and when she plays games in gym, it is really interesting to see a girl do what she does. I think it is truly magnificent."
Terezi took her hood off.
"Uh... yeah. I don't think she needs a ride. Besides, she picks up Mituna in the mornings."
"I don't want you to take any of this the wrong way," He continued, completely ignoring what Terezi said. "Because our relationship is strictly platonic and for that I am entirely grateful. Anyway, I just thought you should be aware your sister is an incredibly astonishing person and I think she is really brave for doing all that she does."
"Are we going to go or now or what?!" Karkat asked. Kankri's eye's flashed again.
"Uh, yeah."