Sollux was not a person that liked change. And not in the way where positive social improvement was concerned, but more in his personal life. There were things about his life that he would prefer stayed the same no matter what.

Of course, like any person his age, he knew that was impossible.

He was hit by this reality when Mituna, one of the most vulgar and immature people he knew, decided to grow up and go to college, he was admittedly surprised. His brother wasn't an idiot by any means, but it wasn't like he always talked about having plans for the future. He never mentioned what type of college he'd like to go to, what he'd major in, or even what he wanted as a career.

So when he left to get his degree, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked. And maybe (after some significant prodding by Karkat and Aradia) a little devastated by that. He'd always felt that his brother would be a constant part of his life, as the swearing, insane influence he always was. Not whatever college would make him out to be.

Another time, over a longer period of time, was when Aradia's mom died. It wasn't an immediate thing for him to realize how things would change since, admittedly, they still stayed friends after that. If only for a month or two.

He hadn't noticed until it was too late when Aradia had seemingly disconnected from the two of them, having gone off and made new friends that helped enforce her mental state. It was a weird year or two when they were on the verge of becoming friends to acquaintances. It took Karkat sitting them all down and talking things out for things to slowly get back to a new normal and actually hanging out again.

But that didn't mean he still liked change. It was why he never really thought about what he wanted to do outside of high school, what he figured his friends wanted to do other than the stuff they talked about as kids, or even what they'd be doing a month from now. Hell, he hadn't asked Aradia out because the dynamic would probably be ruined if they didn't work out as a couple or somehow left Karkat in the dust.

He'd later realize how stupid that was after the accident. The thing that basically changed everything.

Karkat was trying to act like everything was normal still. He and Aradia were guilty of that too, but he was the biggest one out of the three of them. Sure, he'd tried using his powers for their pranks as a way to cope with having them, but it was clear he was just trying not to think about it. He was just pretending everything was okay and that none of the stuff they were doing now was actually effecting the rest of their lives.

But the facts are that Karkat was not human anymore and was starting to become something other then their friend. Every action he made was someone trying to protect them and everyone else, each suggestion almost a command, and every thought was focusing on the ghost issue. And from the looks of things, that wasn't going to change in the immediate future.

Karkat had changed from grumpy asshole friend to undead superhero, and that was something Sollux was having a hard time accepting.

Something told him he'd have to get used to it.