Sorry for the delay, was kind of blocked for this story
This way of writing is so much easier! [Read in stressed tone]
I apologize for any and all OoC-ness that might appear in this chapter
Chapter 7: In which the main character is confused
Your name is Karkat Vantas and you're definitely regretting this
Your moirrail, missies Robin Aresta, has all but tricked you into participating in what can only be the most humiliating thing ever invented, which is to say, she left you alone with your flush-crush, one John Egbert to have lunch together, everything was alright, you and John actually talked a little, discussed movies and what not, but then you didn't know what else to talk about and the two of you were attacked by the mother of all awkward silences
Sure you had liked John for a while, granted some of that time it was blacker than it was red, but things kind of changed when you actually started chatting with the prankster via pesterchum. Talking through a machine was a lot easier when it came to John, this also applied to some of your other friends, like Sollux for instance, who was a lot less of an asshole on the web and with his matesprit, but that was different
Matespritship is a very important thing in troll romance, so it wasn't that odd that it took you some time for your black feelings to turn red, however now that you actually had a chance to actually, to put it in human terms, 'make a move'… you are currently doubting your own decisions
"So uhm, how did Robin Convince you of doing this?" asked John
Fuck, ok, think quickly; try not to give anything away
"She's my moirrail, it wasn't that hard for her" you say
It sounds believable enough, mainly because in any other situation that would be a plausible occurrence, not only because she's your moirrail either, Aresta has a way with words. John seems to believe that, thankfully he doesn't make any stupid questions so you think this might actually work
== Stop being Karkat
You stop being Karkat and become Dave Strider, you become him in hopes of getting the outlook from the view of the cool kid; you don't know if you will succeed but you will try regardless
You are the cool kid and you have just left the place where you've been having a real talk with one Robin Aresta, the details of the talk are not something you'll discuss but you've been given the green light on wooing her moirrail, problem was you would have to solve the Egbert problem first
You walk into the cafeteria to realize that the Egbert problem might be a bit easier to solve than you thought, John is being his dorky self and Karkat is obviously trying not to get into an argument with him. Time to be the knight in shining armour and save the obviously distressed troll; by which you mean become a bothersome asshole to savage what appears to be a very awkward situation so you make your way to the table thinking how to make this work
"Sup dudes" you say coolly
You were honestly expecting Karkat to growl at you but are instead rewarded with an expression of sheer annoyance, but it isn't directed at you, you can tell that much, John looks nervous now, poor kid must be embarrassed or something, it's not like they were doing anything romantic, you really don't want to think about what would've happened if they were, it'd probably break your tiny heart seeing something like that
"Hi Dave, I thought you didn't eat to be ironic or something?" said John
"Dude, being in the cafeteria makes it all the more ironic" you say
"But, doesn't it make you hungry?" asked John
"Nah bro, I ate during recess" you say
John smiles in a way that tells you he doesn't understand completely so you direct your attention to Karkat who has been playing silent troll
"Dude, are you dead? You haven't snapped at me yet… yo, earth to Karkles! Dude, John, did you break Karkat?" asked Dave
== Be Karkat
You go back to being Karkat; you are currently losing your shit because of what just happened
You were starting to regret everything you've ever said, because listening to John hurts your think pan in ways you had forgotten, although you're not sure how you forgot that. You were going to snap, Robin would understand and look for someone else to help the dork, she should give you a prize for holding on this much, what did you find pitiful about this idiot?
Just when you were going to rant at John for being horrible a certain cool guy appeared, problem was that you never felt this glad about seeing someone and that thought combined with Dave Strider was simply not right, you hear him talk but you're not listening because the sound is nice and you're freaking out so you just get up and abscond the hell out of there, you hear John say your name but you run
You run fast with no real direction, you end up on the roof where you see Robin calmly eating her lunch, she glances at you and her violet eyes widen
She's at your side faster than you can think and has you shaking in her arms, there's a familiar noise coming from her and you don't realize it's clicking until you calmed down somewhat
== Stop being Karkat
"How in the world are you doing that sound?" asked Karkat
The sound stopped
"I figured it would help, doez it bother you?" asked Robin
"No, it helps, but you might hurt your throat" said Karkat
"You're uzing human anatomy, I'm zo proud" said Robin
"Oh, forget about it, I don't know why I even bothered" said Karkat
Robin chuckled; her breathing and steady beat were calming
"But zeriouzly, what'z wrong?" asked Robin
Karkat growled, Robin started clicking again
"Just… I don't think I pity Egbert a much as I thought" said Karkat
Robin didn't stop clicking, a way of saying she wa listening but not saying anything, Karkat then told her all that happened, how he had brightened up when Dave interrupted and how he panicked and run away, Robin listened quietly
"I'm zorry, I thought something waz off today, zhould've told you" said Robin
Karkat let out a chocked laugh, he hid himself in the red-head not noticing the door opening, Robin did and sent the intruder an 'it's ok' sign and probably shooed them out never stopping the sound she was making