It had been a couple days since April's flashback, and she was still taking time to recuperate. It was always hard to come back from things like that for her. April took a sip of your coffee as she checked her email on her phone. She hadn't been able to touch her laptop since that night. She just couldn't. Karkat was on the couch, watching one of his movies. Her eyes couldn't help but stray to him, constantly flitting from phone to him to phone to him.
"No, nonono don't you DARE get on that fucking plane, Sandra!" He yelled at the woman in the TV.
His sudden outburst towards the characters brought a smile to her face. She loved how he acted like they could hear him. It was adorable.
"You know, Karkat…" She said as she sat next to him on the couch, "I don't think they can hear you. Maybe speak louder." April chuckles at her words.
He scoffed at her, shaking his head, "Shut up."
She chuckled, drinking more of her coffee.
Today was one of the rare days that April had neither work nor school, so she sat on the couch most of the day. Karkat had to go to work in the middle of the day, and she spent the majority of the afternoon alone. After a couple of hours of Karkat being gone, April got bored. She broke into Karkat's movie stash, playing a random disk. "The Proposal". Nice.
Hours later, Karkat returns, "Home." he called to you as he closed the door behind him.
She didn't answer, her knees pressed to her chin as she watched one of his movies.
"Hey, did you hear me?-" He asked, walking into the living room, "Oh. 50 First Dates. Good pick!" He flopped down next to her.
"How was work?" She asked quietly.
"Tiring."
"I see."
"Oh, I got you this, by the way." he reaches into his pockets, throwing April a bag of skittles.
She jumped a bit, taking the bag in her hand, "oh! Thank you!"
"Don't mention it. It was a buy one get one free. I already ate mine."
April opened the bag, beginning to eat its contents. The movie ends soon enough, and she continued to hang out with him, talking about whatever came to mind. Music was playing softly in the background. In the middle of the conversation, Karkat went into the kitchen, digging through the fridge for a beer.
"Want one?" he offered, grabbing his own.
"Hm?" April turned to see him grabbing a beer, "Oh, yeah! Thanks."
Karkat grabbed a second one and walked back to the couch, "Sorry, What were we talking about?"
"Back in high school." She reminded him, opening your beer and taking a sip.
"Oh! Right!" He opened his own and began drinking too, "How was it at your high school?"
You give a shrug, "it was good, i guess. It certainly wasn't the best but I made do"
"You in any clubs back then?"
"Drama Club. But I almost never showed up." April said with a scoff, "You?"
"Computer club." he took another sip, "but I was fucking terrible at it."
"You were a computer nerd?" She inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Nah, not really. Now, my friend, Sollux, definitely deserves that title. Think you've met him before at that party."
"The guy with the glasses and the messy hair?"
"Yeah, that's him." He said with a chuckle, "He and I were pretty tight before graduation… i need to visit the asshole soon."
April nodded, "Maybe invite him over sometime!"
"You'd be okay with that?"
"Of course!"
"Sweet! Maybe next week or something." Karkat gave a small grin.
April and Karkat continued to talk into the night, the conversation shifting from school to show interests to school again, really anything that came to mind. It reminded her of the days back in high school, the days where the two typed away on their computers, miles apart but still so close. It reminded her of the days before she plagued her life. No matter what, he was there for her, and the fact that he was there for her even after everything made her ecstatic.
"Hey, immuna go to the bathroom real quick." Karkat said, getting up.
April nodded, looking up at him with drowsy eyes. Glancing to the clock on her phone, she yawned.
"Jesus, it's four thirty!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, I know." he said with a chuckle, "We've been talking for hours. Sit tight, I'll be back."
Karkat came back minutes later, sauntering back into the room, "anyways, what were we-"
He looked down to see April, already asleep. She was in an odd position, and it didn't look too comfortable. Karkat smiled softly and he bent over to pick her up- he couldn't just leave her there. April stirred slightly, but didn't wake as he carried her to her bed. Tucking her in, he lay down beside her, making sure she didn't wake up in a panic.
"G'night." he said to April's sleeping form before closing his eyes.