"Yeah, I know there's like 200 alternate versions of me," Dave laughed.
"What if one of them was evil or something?" Karkat glanced over at him.
"Holy shit, that would be fucked up. Imagine if I had to go back in time and fight myself or some shit," the blonde folded his arms behind his head.
"That would be wild," the Knight of Blood said calmly.
"I've had enough fighting evil versions of characters to last my entire fuckin' life."
"Yeah. Me too." The Knight of blood let out a sigh, turning his eyes towards the bright stars spread infinitely above them.
Dave looked over at his matesprit, lying in the grass next to him. He heard a really girly scream, and then a slap. "Whoa, what the hell?"
Karkat was staring at his hand, his eyes wide.
"There was a marchbug on my hand!" He hissed. "A marchbug?" The Knight asked.
"You know! They're the small black bugs that always pick up crumbs that people drop!" "You mean ants?" The albino laughed. "No. I mean marchbugs, you piece of shit," Karkat grumbled. He looked directly at Dave and blushed his cute, soft red.
"What?" Dave asked, smiling obliviously.
"You look hot without your shades. I just...didn't really fucking realize. You wear them so goddamn much," the troll said.
"Well, I need them during the day. You know I have photosensitivity due to my condition. If I didn't wear them, I'd damage my retina. But now that it's dark, I can look at you without that silly gray filter," the Knight of Time gently rubbed his boyfriend's cheek with his thumb. Karkat put his hand over Dave's, blushing darker and averting his eyes.
He lied back down, taking Karkat's hand in his own and staring up at the stars. The grass was kind of prickly, but no matter. The troll next to him made it all worth it. He placed his matesprit's hand on his chest, and the alien could feel Dave's heart fluttering in his chest. He said nothing; a rare smile coming onto his face.
This was literally the best life ever. It was everything Dave could've wished for. No more danger, and he got to spend forever with the love of his life.
Eventually, he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, feeling Karkat's small hand still resting on his chest.
The albino awoke, sitting on a sharp rock. Below him was a river of what seemed to be blood, and a pale lavender fog blanketed the entire area.
What the hell?
Some kind of dream bubble, definitely. He removed his shades and rubbed his eyes, putting them back on. When he opened his eyes again, a figure was standing a few feet away from him. "Dave?"
That voice.
"Karkat?"
He glanced up, greeted with a blank white stare. "Whoa."
"Dave?"
"Is...that?"
"Uh...hi Karkat!" Dave stood up awkwardly, brushing off his god tier outfit. The small troll ran to him and hugged him, red tears welling up in his eyes. "I've waited so many fucking sweeps to see you again." The troll was wearing a god tier outfit that matched Dave's, except it was reddish-brown. He held Dave tightly, and the albino looked down at him, awkwardly petting his head.
Karkat took his hand, looking into his eyes. "Which Dave are you?"
"Uh...alpha Dave? The very first Dave. Not an offshoot Dave."
"Oh."
"What?"
"Sorry. I just thought you may have been my Dave," he sighed. "Regardless, it's good to see you again," Karkat's hand traveled to Dave's face, and the Knight of Time blushed softly. The troll's face was only inches away from him, and before he realized it, Karkat was kissing him. He tasted good, just like always. Pale red tears rolled down Alt Karkat's face, and the taller one found his hand traveling to Karkat's cape, gently fingering the soft brown fabric.
The Knight of Blood pulled away, blushing darkly. "Sorry. I haven't tasted you in so long."
"It's okay. You and I are together in my timeline."
"Really? We both lived?" Karkat asked.
"Yeah. We made it to the new universe too, thanks to John. Lord English, and all the Jacks are gone," Dave nodded.
"All the Jacks?" He questioned. "Oh. Yeah. Our session had 3."
"Oh. Do...you have memories of the other Daves?" Karkat asked, leaning against his taller Knight. Dave shook his head. "Please, will you stay with me? Just for a little while. I miss you so much," the smaller one begged. "Yeah. What...happened to your me?"
"You were killed by Jack. It was a heroic death. You died fighting him. He fucking killed everyone else, except Me, Kanaya, and the other Alpha kids. We defeated him. But the cost was so goddamn great, I don't even think it was fucking worth it," the troll explained, glancing up at Dave with his empty white eyes.
"But our timeline turned out to be a doomed one, and we all ended up dying later anyways."
The troll was sniveling now, grasping Dave's red cape and holding it close. He breathed in the scent, wiping his tears with it. "I was the one who doomed the session. It was an accident."
"Hey, it's okay. You didn't mean to. I'm sorry for dying on you," Dave laughed. Karkat scooted closer to him, wrapping himself in Dave's cape. He put his arm around the taller male's neck, leaning against him. He wiped his tears, sniffling a bit. He'd begun to calm down upon feeling Dave's familiar warmth and smelling his familiar scent.
Karkat blinked, awakening in a familiar room. The meteor. He was alone on his couch, and he sat up. "What the fuck?" The troll muttered. He was definitely dreaming, and he his as someone opened the door.
Dave?
He looked abnormally sad.
"Dave...?"
The troll sat up, looking at him. The albino's face brightened up almost instantly. "Karkat!"
He ran over to him and hugged him, running his fingers through the troll's black hair. He gently rubbed one of Karkat's horns, and the troll purred softly. "I missed you so much, oh my god," Dave breathed, hugging Karkat.
"Dave. What weird ass offshoot timeline is this?" The alien questioned. "Oh. Um...I don't know? You died fighting Jack. It's okay though, this timeline was doomed anyways. We had to fight the Condesce, but for some reason she had weird English powers, and none of us stood a chance. It's okay though.
I'm just glad to see you again."
"Uh...I'm glad to see you again too," Karkat said awkwardly. The Knight of Time leaned forward and kissed the troll, glancing down at him. "Oh. You didn't ascend?" He asked, looking at Karkat's gray shirt that had his sign printed on it. "No."
"What timeline are you from?" Alt Dave asked, leaning back against the couch arm. "The main one, I guess. Post-retcon Alpha."
"Whoa? Really? So...you're the real deal then?" The albino asked. Karkat simply shrugged. "I guess."
"Are we...together still? In your timeline, I mean?" Dave asked. "Yeah. We're matesprits in my timeline," the troll told him. "Ah. Good. I'm glad to know I still have some semblance of taste in the main timeline," Dave laughed.
Karkat smiled ever so slightly. Good to see that he still had his sense of humor. The same, stupid sense of humor that drove him crazy and made him laugh at 12 AM when he cracked a joke so unbearably cheesy and dumb that anyone else would've dumped his ass. "God."
"What?"
"Your sense of humor still sucks fucking ass," the troll teased.
"Oh yeah, like yours is any better. Your jokes don't even make sense!" Dave laughed.
Alt Karkat was wrapped in Dave's cape, leaning against him. Dave knew he was sleeping, and he looked down at the little troll. The blonde knew he didn't have much time until he woke up.
Oh well.
"Sorry. I love you. Maybe I'll see you again," Dave whispered, kissing his head. This wasn't a goodbye. This wasn't his Karkat.
And yet, his heart still ached, as if he was leaving a person he'd known for so long that he'd become a part of him.
"Don't be stupid, Dave. This isn't your Karkat," he muttered to himself as the dream bubble faded from his vision, and everything was replaced with black. He was conscious now, and could feel the wet grass touching him. Eugh.
He knew if he opened his eyes, the sun would make him cry. The blonde realized his Karkat still had his hand on his chest, his fingers splayed across the red Time aspect symbol. He used his free hand and felt around for his shades, which were disappointingly wet with dew. Regardless, he put them on and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He moved Karkat's hand to his thigh, and opened his eyes.
Karkat looked so cute, sleeping there peacefully.
The blonde Knight kissed him gently and picked him up, remembering how much smaller Karkat was than him. God.
He carried him inside, shutting the door behind them. The troll's golden eyes opened, and the first thing he saw was his Dave.
The ache was gone. This was his Karkat. That person he'd known for so many years that his very soul had became bonded with his matesprit's. This was that person he was leaving behind in that dream bubble, just wearing different clothes; with a different brain between his ears.
He was never going to leave his beloved Karkat again.
Never.
The troll sat up and hugged Dave, breathing in his scent. The Knight of Time did the same, smiling softly.
"I'll never leave you again."
