Oh my god you guuuuys! I'm so happy with all the reviews and alerts you guys are giving me. You guys seriously make me so happy, you have no idea. I love you guys, and thank you again. You encourage me to keep this going.

So I was asked something that I thought I should answer here: I imagine that John would usually take bottom during sex, but once in a while he'll top just to fluster Karkat because that sounds like a bucket of fun (pun intended ha ha I'm hilarious).

Anyway, enjoy, and if you guys have anymore comments or questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to tell me.

Damn, he had done Jade's bidding again. Here he was, asking John if he wanted help setting his shitty table for his shitty dinner (it actually smelt really good, but there was no way Karkat would ever admit that) all because Jade gave him her damn puppy-dog eyes. Why didn't he have a fucking defense mechanism against that yet? He would have to ask Feferi what she does to combat that trickery.

John seemed frozen in place, staring at Karkat with a fucking deer-in-the-headlights look. The plate in his hand barely touched the table and his mouth hung open ever so slightly. He could see John's face begin to flush. It made Karkat blush more. He tried to avoid actually looking at the gaping fool, but it was a little hard considering he looked so fucking ridiculous and attractive. Wait. Not attractive. Stupid. He looked stupid.

Karkat's heart pounded in his ears. He couldn't tell if the others were eavesdropping or not, but they probably were, the bastards. This wasn't a good time to have a heart-to-fucking-heart with dear ol' Egbert here. There were people around. He had always imagined this meeting to be private, not a fucking scene for their friends to enjoy and eat popcorn to. This was wrong. They shouldn't be talking.

He got fed up waiting for John to recuperate, "Are you just gonna fucking stand there like an idiot or are you gonna answer me, asshat?" He shifted his wait slightly so he could stand with a little more sass for further emphasis.

This seemed to grab the fucker's attention.

"Um, ah, I-I think I've got it, but…thanks," John looked away and proceeded with his chore twice as fast as he was doing it before.

Karkat turned to Jade, who was, as he predicted, eavesdropping. He gestured to her in a 'He's being stubborn, what the hell do you want from me?' sort of way. She gave encouraging wrist flicks as is to say, 'Go on, keep trying, it'll work." Her Boston terrier took that moment to finally come in from the other room (presumably a bedroom where she was napping. She as kind of old and didn't get too enthused by visitors too much anymore). She wagged her tail and licked his toes as if to agree with Jade. Karkat thought Lady's sudden appearance as awfully fucking suspicious, as if Jade summoned her in for some damn puppy-eye backup. Those two were a sneaky pair.

Karkat made a strange motion to indicate defeat: he flopped his arms, shrugged, looked at the window, and made an exaggerated sigh all at once. He looked like a shitty fucking Neanderthal when he did it.

He turned back to John who was now fumbling with silverware. He appeared unaware to the odd exchange that just took place, but John was usually pretty damned oblivious to most things which is how people could sneak up on him so easily. Karkat walked over to him and took the utensils from his grip rather forcefully and stated, "Get the bowls, ya twitching asshole."

But instead of following instructions, John just stared at him in disbelief as he picked up the task. God, did Karkat have to baby the fruity douche? "Well? Get the fuck moving, and get napkins while you're at it. This table ain't gonna set itself, and the food's gonna go bad if you don't get your fruity douche ass into gear. Jesus…" Karkat said a little too loudly. He didn't really mean to go off like that, but it felt really fucking good.

And it got John to actually do what he fucking wanted him to do. Took him long enough.

In a manner of seconds, the table was ready and everyone began to gather around it, including Lady. They began complimenting John on the smell and look of the meal, and Karkat couldn't help but agree (but again, he would never verbally admit that).

They sat and ate, talking and laughing as Karkat could only assume as what they always do. He didn't really understand this ritual they had. It was kind of fucking stupid. Seriously, why would they meet once a week? What the fuck could have happened in a week that they needed to update each other on? How do they not get tired of each other? Karkat was already tired of them and he wasn't even here all the damned time like they apparently are. They need to fucking get away from each other, seriously. This was just stupid.

But to each their own, he supposed. If they were happy, why the fuck did he care?

He didn't, he realized. He was just complaining for the sake of complaining. Because that's his only skill. Well, that and masturbating. He's had too much practice at both.

Midway through the meal, the lights flickered.

"Oh shit," Dave stated, "Those lights might go out. You guys got flashlights, right? And an Ouija board with spooky candles? 'Cause this'll be the shittiest black out if you don't have the essentials,"

"Uh, yeah, I think we do," John looked over to Jade to confirm this guess.

"I'll go look for them, just in case," Jade stood and went on the hunt with her trusty hound at her heels.

"Ouija boards don't actually work, do they?" Kanaya asked, "It's always someone in the circle pushing the pointer. Because it seems a little strange that spirits would be willing to partake in something so childish."

"Kanaya, the mystery is the fun!" Terezi pointed out, "Who cares if it's real, it's entertaining."

"Personally, I believe in spirits and ghostly powers," Rose stated, "But I might have to agree with Kanaya; spirits probably have better things to do than interact with a bunch of silly twenty-something-year-olds."

The conversation continued as such for a while. They watched the lights flicker a couple more times before Jade returned with her spoils, "You guys should really look outside," she advised, setting a few board games, a flashlight, candles, and a book of matches on the coffee table.

The group began to congregate around the window in the living room. They gasped and murmured in awe. The snow was literally as tall as Karkat, maybe even taller. Though the streets had been plowed, they didn't look much better than the rest of the landscape. Not a fucking thing was recognizable in the piles of white. Cars, streetlamps, trees, everything, completely covered in feet of snow.

"Holy fuck," Karkat breathed. He couldn't help it. That was a lot of fucking snow. And it was still coming.

"Yeah," Jade agreed. She grabbed the remote for the small TV and turned it onto the news. The group then began to gather around the television instead, listening to the report on how the snow was causing a shit ton of power outages, closed streets, and a metric fuck-ton of people stuck in various airports, stadiums, and businesses. This apparently was happening in more than one or two states, too. The entire fucking Midwest and parts of New England were experiencing the same phenomenon.

"Shit, son," Dave said, "Okay, what the fuck is this? Mother Nature throwing a fucking temper tantrum or some shit? Someone needs to tell her to calm her tits, seriously."

Thunder sounded outside as if to answer Dave. The lights flickered again. Lady yipped from under the coffee table. Her frightened little face stared up at them.

Terezi seemed to be particularly flustered by this, "Was that thunder? Are we seriously having thunder snow right now?"

"It appears that way," John replied, moving back to the window.

"These lights can't last forever," Rose observed, "We need to start preparing. Let's light those candles before-"

The apartment went dark.

"Fuck," the statement just kind of spilled out of Karkat's mouth. He heard Lady whine slightly.

"Come here, baby, its okay," Jade cooed to the terrier. She turned on the flashlight and set it up so it illuminated most of the room, then took Lady into her arms and settled on the couch with the terrified pooch on her lap. Rose took up the responsibility of lighting the candles. Thunder sounded again, louder this time, and Terezi jumped. Oh, right. Karkat forgot that Terezi was afraid of thunder. What a fucking predicament they were in. Dave took her into his arms and whispered what Karkat could only assume was comforting words into her ear. The rest of the group seemed unfazed by the new conditions they found themselves in.

"Well," John began, still standing beside the window, "I guess you're all staying here tonight."

Wait. What. No. Fuck no. There was no fucking way. Karkat had already stayed in this godforsaken apartment for far too long. He had no intention of staying whatsoever. He didn't care how much snow was outside. He would swim through a fucking ocean of snow and risk getting legitimate frostbite just to get away from this place.

"Oh, fuck that," his mouth had run away with his thoughts again. But he decided to just let it happen, "No fucking way. I'm not staying at this fruity rumpus asshole factory any longer than I need to. I'm going the fuck home." Karkat went to the dryer and began to dig through the warm clothes to find his things.

"Have you fucking looked outside, you fucking idiot?" John raised his voice, "You'll be buried before you even get halfway. Just fucking stay here and leave first thing in the morning."

John didn't often curse that much at people let alone raise his voice. Karkat decided to ignore these signs, though, and slipped on his socks and jacket anyway.

"Karkat," Jade was suddenly beside him. She had abandoned Lady on the couch and Kanaya decided to take up the job of soothing her. Jade continued, "Please, stay. You know as well as I do that leaving is a bad idea. You're just being stubborn and moody."

"Oh, yeah, telling me what my flaws are is a great way to get me to do what you want. While you're at it, why not give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?" Karkat snapped. Oh shit, he realized he used a Princess Bride quote. That's John's fucking influence. It made him want to leave even more.

"That's not what I meant and you know it!" Jade barked back. She immediately recomposed herself, though, and said in a significantly calmer tone, "We're worried about you. We'll be terrified if you actually leave, and you know one of us will follow you and get you to come back even if you do storm out. Please. It'll be easier on everyone if you just stay. At least for now."

Fuck. Jade knew exactly how to pull his strings. She was like his damn puppet master or some shit. And he was a sucker for it every time. He definitely needed to talk to Feferi about this problem. He was tired of succumbing to her witchy antics.

"Damn it, fine, you fucking win, you happy?" Karkat mumbled in defeat. Jade didn't answer. Instead she slid his jacket off his shoulders and hung it by the door.

She spun back to the group with a smile, "So, board games, anyone?"