John… JOHN, fuck this dorky idiot, I can't write for him to save my life
On more interesting news, I'm making this story short so I can focus on other works
Chapter 4: In which the plot starts making sense
One could also very well say that it started when John finally decided to hear his best friend and talk to one Robin Aresta, and following that train of thought one could very well say that the read head was the one at fault, one would be very much right to think that but they would also need to understand a few things
First off, however, one should concentrate in how it happened and then the why. The how is the one explained here
John Egbert was usually very quick to remind everyone that he was no homo, even when he himself started doubting such proclamation, he obviously hasn't said as much to too many people, just the ones he could trust with such a thing, which somehow included Dave, but unlike with other matters this time the cool kid did actually offer some help, or rather pointed at someone who could help, it just so happened that said someone was a certain red-haired girl who spoke with a lisp but in a friendly enough manner
John had only ever crossed words with Robin on two occasions, once when he tried to join the hacker club and she was messing around with something in a computer, Sollux introduced her to him and also introduced him to Benedict, Benedict was amazing at coding but unlike Sollux he didn't mind sharing his knowledge, Robin was mainly there to check a few things in Sollux's computer, she apparently was the bet when it came to cleaning stuff up the troll said he would do it himself but couldn't be bothered and she just laughed at him. The second time is something neither of them talks about, John would only ever say that the girl saved him big time and Robin would just say she was at the right place at the right time; that one occasion might have had part of the fault in John trusting Robin with something like this when he barely knew her, Robin of corse said that maybe it'd be better to convince a troll because they would be more ok with this sort of thing, everything was going according to plan, until it wasn't
In retrospect the red-head should have known that the whole pissing Karkat off was Dave's way of keeping the distance, she shouldn't have tried to help them actually get along, but the violet-eyed teen had obviously too blind to see the mess that ensued happening, which was probably why when both Dave and Karkat were on her house just arguing with each other she all out auspistice-sized their asses apart and glared at them in a way that gave no room for commentary, her voice however remained the same but they felt that made the whole thing a lot more terrifying
"I am zo done with you two, I'll get your azzez in plasse" said Robin
Her posture changed and Karkat seemed to regain some of his confidence back because he started up a low sound, she growled back kind of startling him
"One outing, not a date but with enough time for the two of you to try and find zomething in common" said Robin
"And why the fuck would we do that?" asked Karkat
"Well, it'z either that or me locking you in a clozet, your pick" said Robin
Karkat shivered which caused Robin to grin; Dave looked from one to another suddenly feeling concerned about the mental health of the read-head
"N-no fuking way I'm going through that shit again" said Karkat
"You would actually do it?" asked Dave
Violet eyes shifted towards him, almost staring through his shades, it was unnerving to say the least
"If it comez to it then yez, I don't really have any izzuez doing it" said Robin
She then smirked in a way that was entirely intimidating and went back to looking at Karkat
"Izn't that right Kar?" asked Robin
"I wouldn't put it past you Aresta" said Karkat
So it was decided, the two idiots would go out to sort their little problem, that was actually a really big thing, Karkat and Robin would have their movie night and then the next week the plan would be put in motion, she had already told John she'd get him someone to agree and that they would arrange things on Monday, when Friday came around Karkat was both eager and pissed off, Dave on the other hand dreaded Saturday for it was when they were supposed to go out and he really didn't want to get more fucked than he already was, but he knew things were going downhill and there was no stopping it
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I had so much fun writing this, you have no idea
Chapter 5: In which the two protagonists (do not) go on a date
Friday came and went way too fast, or at least Dave thought so, John had complained about the day going too slow, luckily neither the blue-eyed dork, nor anyone else just yet, noticed anything weird about him. But by Saturday he's shaking and his sister catches him, the real reason he got into the street at all was because he was absconding from her, he then figured he should just head to the Aresta-Mills household while he's out because, now that he thinks about it, he really doesn't want to find out if Robin was serious about the closet
On the other hand, Friday went really great for Karkat, once he got out of school that is. Robin and him walked to the red-head's house and Karkat was reminded of the fact that one Gregory Mills was in fact related to his new-found moirrail, it literally took the guy parking his motorcycle right in front of him to make that connection, it was easy to forget since they didn't look like brothers at first sight but once you remembered you could see the similarities, not like with Dave and Rose or John and Jade, but still there were some
Lunch was made by Robin, who made the best spaghetti ever and no one could tell you otherwise, they then proceeded to go to the living room and Karkat helped Robin set up the living room while Gregory went on doing his own things
"Do you want to do your homework now zo you don't have to do it later?" asked Robin
"That, might actually be a good idea" said Karkat
"Good, I'm planning to write thiz weekend zo I could really uze the free time" said Robin
And so they did their homework, Robin was really good at history, Karkat was better at chemistry and they both were on equal ground on Spanish which developed into an all out conversation in the language that kept going through the rest of the subjects, neither of them was all that good at biology but Robin had a knack for math and Karkat found geography was more of his forte, or at least he was better than Robin
"Fuck Aresta, how is it possible that I know this planet better than you?" said Karkat
"I juzt zuck at thoze kind of thingz" said Robin
"She's not lying, she wouldn't know where the North is even if you pointed it out, it's a wonder how she doesn't get lost in the city" said Gregory
He had gotten downstairs at some point and was dressed to go out; Robin rolled his eyes at him
"I know how to get places, not how to guide others to them" said Robin
Gregory chuckles and Karkat raises an eyebrow
"Why are you here anywayz? I thought you didn't like zeeing me work" said Robin
"I don't, I'm just going out and decided to bother you" said Gregory
"Of courze, you coming back?" asked Robin
"Nah, the guys got a bunch of new games so I'm staying there, don't burn down the house" said Gregory
"Shut up, it waz one time!" said Robin
"You burned down your hive?" asked Karkat
"I waz zeven! Who the hell leavez a zeven year old by herself?"
"Yes, yes, whatever, I'll go now" aid Gregory
Karkat decided not to pry anymore about that and Robin concentrated on doing her work furiously, once they finished she was somewhat calmer and let him pick the first film they would watch, then they took turns picking movies and by dinner time they were laughing and arguing and screaming at the screen, it was amazing, they had pizza because Robin didn't feel like cooking again and pizza could be eaten in the living room. They felt asleep in the bundle of pillows and blackest they had installed there after turning the TV off
The next morning Robin had the decency of making breakfast, which consisted of toast because really neither actually ate breakfast; then she fixed him up against his protests because she aid he had the worst case of bed-head ever and that she wouldn't let him outside looking like that, it took the ringing of the door-bell to actually get what she was doing
"Go answer the fucking door and leave my hair alone you insufferable nookwif" said Karkat
Robin let him go but smiled while she went to get the door, Karkat hid in the living room and she opened the door
"Hi Dave, good to zee you actually came, let me get Karkat" said Robin
She went back in leaving the door open so Dave could come inside, he saw how she dragged the troll out of hiding and into the entrance
"Now, be nisse and zay hello to mr Ztrider" said Robin
Karkat growled but wasn't fighting her hold, Dave smirked
"Always nice to see you Karkles" said Dave
"Yeah whatever, let' just get this over with" said Karkat
Robin pushed him outside and then gave Dave an amused smile
"Remember the deal Ztrider, play nisse" said Robin
Dave raised his hands in defense and she gave an approving nod, he got outside where Karkat was waiting still scolding
"Uze protection" said Robin
"Shut the fuck up" said Karkat
She rolled her eyes smiling and then closed the door, once she was out of the picture a weird awkwardness settled with them
"Uhm so, there's a fair not too far from here" said Dave
"Fine, sure, I can deal with that" said Karkat
"Great, so let's go" said Dave
Against all odds this wasn't as shitty as either party thought it'd be, Dave even managed to crack a smile on Karkat's face a few times, but as soon as he managed to make Karkat laugh he was done for, seriously the troll had to had the cuttest laugh ever, it should be a sin for someone so grumpy to have such a cute laugh, this is bad, he's going to want to hear it again, that can't end well and... shit! It's already happening, isn't it? Danm that troll and his cute laugh and danm Aresta for making you go through this. Although you guess she was right, the two of you can get along when you want to, and you have to admit that Karkat's not so bad to hang arround, and it probably beats the closet... that would have raised many questions from everyone and probably endless teasing from the read-head
Karkat on the other hand had a decent day and thinks that maybe Strider isn't so bad after all, Robin probably guessed they should get along since Karkat was interested in John, a friendship with Strider could only end well, right?