"See ya later motherfuckers!" Gamzee shouts after us with a smile. I give a small wave in response as he and Tavros begin walking away, and I pull Sollux with me as we begin walking back to my apartment.
"As far as I know Nepeta is going to Terezi's again, or Feferi's, so we won't have to pick her up," I grin, feeling surprisingly happy about the situation.
"heh nithe, tho what are we even going to do?"
I shrug, genuinely not knowing. "Who knows and who cares? It's a Friday after all, we could lie on the ground for the rest of the night and it wouldn't matter."
"Hm, yeah, I gueth you're right."
We walk in amiable silence until we reach my apartment, then we silently agree to race to the floor, which by the both of us slamming our palms against the wall at the same time, we agreed to leave it at a tie. Although there's quite a bit of arguing on both of our parts.
A sudden bout of laughter leaves us as we enter the apartment, and I see that my mom has set up a large canvas against the wall and is tossing paint at it with a surprising amount of ferocity. She's almost dancing in a way and a smile comes to my lips as I see earbuds underneath thin locks of her pale blond hair. She's bobbing her head as she takes a paint tube and puts a large glob of paint on her hand before looking up and noticing us.
"Oh, hi," She says, giving a small wave, showing off the multiple colours slopped over her hand and arm. She doesn't remove her earbuds, but I can tell it's just because she doesn't want to lose her inspiration.
"C'mon," I laugh, grabbing Sollux's hand to drag him to my room, despite the fact that I know he knows where it is. He dutifully follows, seemingly unfazed by the action.
"Doeth your mom do that often?" He asks, setting his backpack on the floor beside my bed.
I shrug, "She used to do stuff like that alot, then she sorta...stopped." Yeah, she stopped because she couldn't stand to be around Silas, and Silas could barely stand to be around her. It's honestly a very strange relationship.
"Well it'th a nithe hobby, or ith that her job?" He looks curious as he sits on the edge of the bed.
"Sure, I think her stuff was in a gallery at one point, some sort of English building gallery, probably had the word Lord in there somewhere, I can't really remember."
He nods, then looks at my tv. "I bet I can kick your ass at whatever video games you have," he says suddenly, a sly smirk gracing his lips.
"Oh, challenge fucking accepted you lispy asshole," I scoff in return.
"Motherfucker, how the hell?!" I yell, hitting my head against the bed as I lose yet another game.
"Oh you know, jutht thkillth," Sollux mocks, before I slap him over the back of the head.
"Bullshit Captor," I snort, then yelp as he quickly retaliates by knocking me off balance and pinning me to the ground, using his palms to pin my shoulders. He leans his face close to mine, and I stare wide eyed as he grins.
"I can even beat you at this game," he says; I feel his soft breath brush over my face. My face must be bright red, but a small cough by the doorway gains our attention.
"Uh hey boys, now I'm ok with all that, just don't do anything too noisy, you know how thin the walls are and the neighbors are super annoying when we're too loud. Anyway, I'll be back Karkat, I've got to go to the store to grab some more paint, I might be gone awhile," Layla smiles, watching me as I quickly squirm out of Sollux's grasp and stand, trying in vain to keep my blush down.
"Ok fine," I say quickly, hearing her chuckle as she exits. I wait for the door to close, hearing her leave before I turn and pounce at Sollux, having heard him chuckle while my mom was talking. It's immensely satisfying to hear him yelp as the two of us hit the ground. I notice a small scar on his ear, it looks old, but I brush that thought off as I lean down to glare at him.
"You're a cruel person Sollux," I growl, but with a strange smile on my face.
"I think your mom approve'th of me," He laughs in response. I huff at him, but climb off his chest, allowing him to sit up. I pretend like I don't hear it as I walk to the kitchen, snatching the bag of chips from the cupboard. I walk over to the canvas, it's almost as tall as I am, but it's almost as wide as Sollux is tall. I contemplate the art for a few seconds, then take a chip and eat it.
Sollux walks out after me, but when he takes a look at the painting, he immediately pales and takes a half step back. "Oh..." I look over at him, then back at the unfinished painting. At the moment it was only a black outline of a figure in the center, placed as if staring out. The sides are painted as if fire was licking at the edge of the canvas, and there's a bit of red paint near the foot of the figure. The rest of the expanse was the pristine white of an untouched canvas. But the entire thing is still abstract in entirety.
"Uh, KK, is everything your mom paints usually this dark?" He asks, sounding nervous, but the rest of his tone of voice makes me frown.
"Uhm, sometimes, why?" I look over and see him shake his head. The expression on his face is almost that of disbelief, but with a mixture of fear as well. "Sollux?"
"I, uh..." he swallows before attempting to continue, "You know when I had my dream? Wait, not here...your room? Yeah that sounds right," He mutters the last part, then moves quickly to my room. I'm left to follow him, and I see that he's sitting on the bed, biting his lip. I'm unsure what to do as he doesn't say anything. So after a few minutes of silence I speak up.
"Sollux?" I keep my gaze on my hands, which I've clasped in front of me. I'm sort of worried about him; I can tell he's worried about saying whatever it is that's bothering him. Why is he so stubborn about telling me? I need to know why he's so freaked out!
"K...KK..." He sounds choked, and when I glance up at him, he's angrily wiping at his eyes. On instinct, I move to his side and after a moments hesitation, I wrap an arm around his shoulders. He chokes on a sob but doesn't try to push my away.
"Ok...I guess I should explain shouldn't I," He let's out a dry chuckle, I notice he isn't lisping, but that makes me more worried than anything. "So this probably sounds really stupid but, I get...bad feelings sometimes. Like, for normal, you would get this horrible moment of fear, or a little voice in the back of your mind warning you against something." He pauses and shakes his head, probably thinking about how ridiculous he's being.
"But, see I get this alot more than a normal person apparently, especially when I was younger...and I began to notice a pattern. The first time I really noticed was when we first moved. We used to own a dog, a little dachshund that we named honey because of his coat color. While my dad and Mituna were unloading the moving truck I was playing with him, to try and get him used to the place ya know? But...before I could get very close to the street I had a paralyzing moment of fear...I literally couldn't move...Basically I watched my pet dog get run over..." He trails off and I just kind of sit there, holding him a bit tighter.
"I guess...I noticed from then on, one time there was a shooting in one of the old neighborhoods, I think the only reason we were ok was because I basically just collapsed. This small scar by my ear is caused from that actually, the window was shattered..."
"Then of course there was the times when I was going to be made fun of for my eyes, I was able to somewhat avoid those confrontations...but still..."
"The worst by far was when Mituna had his freakout...other than the night I found you...and the dream...the night Mituna freaked out, I couldn't even control myself, it's often times the base of my nightmares unfortunately..."
"But...I've come to associate this feeling with one of Doom, honestly it's the only true emotion I can sort out of it, just Doom."
"The night I freaked out...there was many reasons to be honest but mostly because..."
He finally meets gaze with me, and I see raw fear in his bi-coloured irises, it sends a pang of worry through my chest.
"You were dead."
AN:
So from the original upload the lovely InuLoverNr1Hitomi drew the end to this chapter which you can find by going to their profile and going to either their deviantart or tumblr, it's titled "You were dead" so go check it out because it's amazing!
