Confusion

It has been three years since you spoke with Dave Strider and a lot has happened in that time. You had presented and it was not what you expected. As an omega, you kinda smell like blueberry muffins which isn't bad since the smell since its very faint. Your status as a male omega also makes you more prone to attracting bullies, especially from your ex best friend, Dave.

After Dave had presented as an alpha, he was constantly approached by multiple betas, and omegas. He had also insisted on courting the people who are associated with you. First it was with your cousin Jade; at first it didn't bother you since Jade is adorable and a kick ass beta. What was unacceptable was that he broke up with her for a very weak reason. The next was an ex of yours, Vriska. She was an alpha and she was great, having the same interests as you, but Dave came into the picture. Now Vriska is happily dating Terezi, an ex of Dave's. Not that you were unhappy for Vriska, but Dave had gone out of his way to meet Vriska, tell her off, and set her up with Terezi while you two were still dating. It hurt a lot when you found out you were being cheated on, but you knew the root cause.

It didn't just stop with the taking away of friends and love interests either.

As you walk through the halls, to approach the grad committee room, someone shoves you into the lockers, making you drop your things. You look up and there is no surprise to what you see.

"Hey Egderp, why don't you fucking watch where you're going because that omega stench of yours is so weak that no one will notice you." Dave says with a smug look on his shaded face. You want to say something, anything, but if you do, not only is Dave's status way higher than yours, he is also physically bigger and stronger than you. Another thing is his stupid entourage, containing most of your old so-called friends. You look up at him, hold your tongue, and rush out as fast you can. You finally make it to the grad committee room with tears in your eyes.

You are in the grad committee room, you had joined grad committee because you had thought it would be fun to plan grad, and it would give you a chance to take your mind off of what just happened. It is a daily occurrence that Dave harasses you, but when you do manage to miss him, the next day the harassment gets ten times worse.

"HEY EGBERT YOU STOP SELF WALLOWING AND KEEP YOUR FUCKING HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO PLAN A FUCKING GRAD!" Karkat said/yells in your ear, getting your attention since you were kinda lost in thought.

"Oh sorry Karkat I didn't mean to get distracted." You say in an apologetic tone.

"JEGUS JOHN YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION MORE, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE SMARTEST KIDS IN THE CLASS. I KNOW THAT YOU FUCKING SLACK OFF LISTENING IN CLASS, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN FUCKING SLACK OFF HERE. IT'S OUR LAST YEAR IN THIS FUCKING HELL WE CALL HIGH SCHOOL AND WE MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO GO OUT IN A FUCKING BANG AND NOT IN A MISERABLE WHIMPER." Karkat was right and that's kinda what you like about him, he's a really determined leader, and he also kinda reminds you of Dave with his longwinded rants, and sometimes, in your eyes, he can be kinda cool.

Karkat is one of your very few friends that will hang out with you because he doesn't really care about the whole status thing, but more so about the relationships themselves. Karkat is a romance guru and he did help you with many of the few relationships you did have. Also, in a way he serves as a thin bridge between you and Dave because they have been from best bros to lovers, and back. You are happy for them, but Dave's bullying towards you doesn't stop. This lead to Karkat breaking up with him for being an insufferable prick.

"Hey John also I want to talk to you after if that's okay." Karkat uncharacteristically asks. It is actually kinda cute because that was one of the few times that Karkat used his softer voice and to be honest, you smiled. A year ago you wouldn't have admitted that Karkat could be cute in a sort of attractive way, if you were the same person a year ago. After the incident with Dave you had tried to apologize time after time, but Dave had not wanted to hear it. It had been agonizing, trying to get Dave's attention because he would avoid you completely. When you did get it, however, the attention was verbal or sometimes even physical harassment. So you gave up trying to talk to him directly, but indirectly through Karkat however as you both saw that didn't make things between you and Dave better.

After long self discovery and the relationship with Vriska, you kinda thought 'fuck it I don't care anymore'. Not like you were able to land yourself a girlfriend or boyfriend anyways. Before you know it, the meeting ends and everyone leaves expect for you and Karkat.

"So you wanted to talk to me Karkat?"

"Yes John, this is because I had noticed that my stupid ex has not stopped bullying you, and that he is a fucking insufferable prick."

"Yeah I know Karkat, but some of it is my fault because-"

"John I know the fucking story already because strider has in fact already told me about the stupid situation before, and you know this right. Regardless of that situation have you ever considered apologizing to him-"

"I have already Karkat you saw it, he won't fucking give me the time of day, and he doesn't know that I'm so fucking sorry and that I want to be friends again. But each time I see him he puts me down and because he is an alpha he has rank over me!" you start to burst into tears, and Karkat does something you would not expect, he starts to touch your face and pat it. It is kinda confusing but it stops you from crying.

"John I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry like that, but how about I offer you something that can try to make this better." Karkat stops patting you and you look at his face.

"Ok." Is all you can muster, and he wipes the rest of your tears away, leans into your face, and kisses you. Karkat being a beta has a stronger scent than you do, he smells like strawberry candy and kind of tastes like it too. Though the kiss is good it feels wrong in a way. It is stupid to compare it to Dave's kiss, but with that kiss there was something a little warmer than compared to this one. You two are too absorbed in the kiss to notice the door opening, or the smell of sour green apple move into the room. When the kiss is over the smell of green apple is more prominent than ever and you both look up to see where the smell is coming from. Tension fills the atmosphere like an electric current

"So I see that Egderp, and Karkles are now going steady, though I did not expect the fucking 'I'm not homosexual' Egderp would think about playing tonsil hockey with weird ass romantic here." Dave says and with every word the odor that is emitting from him seems to get stronger and stronger.

"Dav-" you try interrupt him, try to say that things change in 3 years, that you've changed, but he jumps at you with no hesitation, grabbing your left wrist and pushing Karkat out of the way. He drags you out of the room, then in a blink of an eye you are on your knees. You take a quick look around the room and see that this is the nurse's office, since there were beds. Then you hear a click, which directs your attention towards the door and you see Dave. Even with shades there is enough expression to see his anger.

You try to open your mouth, but no words come out and Dave harshly forces you onto your feet and towards the beds. 'Oh crap is he thinking what you think he is?' You try to retaliate, but he wraps his arms around you and you bite his arm. He winces and you rush to the door, trying to unlock it. You see Karkat rush to the door, but are grabbed by the shoulders and forced back further into the room.

"KAR-" you try to scream, but Dave covers your mouth with his hand, and pushed you onto the bed with your arms behind your back. He then leans behind you and whispers into your ear, though you are too scared to listen to what he says. Then he goes down to the back of your neck, biting it like he's going to eat you. He continues to bite at you while the door of the office continues to bang, you are scared for your life, hoping that Karkat can find a way to open the door.

Dave mumbles something under his breath, and there is a change from the sour apple scent, to sickly sweet apples. The scent is intoxicating and it's messing with your head, you feel a lot weaker which makes it easier for him to manipulate you. He turns you over to face him and he takes a brief look at you before going down to bite your neck. You feel really scared and vulnerable because not only is Dave completely furious, he is also an alpha and can easily manipulate you. You then notice that the smell gets worse as you involuntary let out your own scent, and you can feel Dave smirk against your throat. He reaches under the hem of your shirt, and you lose control, crying so hard that the tears roll down your face. You have no clue what to do; Karkat stopped banging on the door long ago, and you're crying like a fucking baby in front of your tormentor, which is probably encouraging him.

However, Dave stops, looks at you the same way that he had years ago, and he looks hurt. Before anything else happens the door was slams open, catching your attention.

""JOHN ARE YOU OKAY!?" Karkat rushes over to the two of you, pushing Dave off of you and inspecting you, noticing the bite marks. Before Karkat could say anything, a teacher that looks oddly familiar comes to up Dave and says,

"Mr. Strider I see that you have used your alpha status to force yourself on another student, and may I say that is a very triggering thing there is a chance that could have caused a chain reaction within the rest of the student body to encourage the same kind of behaviour. Also, may I add, since you are an alpha that does not mean that you can do anything to any student without consent from said party, also playing with their emotions, harming them physically, or triggering uncivilized behaviour. Another thing is that you can be charged with assault because as an omega Mr. Egbert does not have the same power to repel an alpha or even a beta for that matter. Also that-" it seems that Karkat has brought his older brother into the mix, Kankri, who is a teacher at the school. It is a known fact that Mr. Vantas likes to give long speeches as well.

"I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH KANKRI" Karkat thankfully interrupts.

"I see but Mr. Strider you are coming with me to the principle's office, as well as Karkat, and Mr. Egbert."

"But Kankri we didn't-",

"Ah ah ah all sides of the story needs to be heard." Then you all head to the principle's office to discuss the situation, and it is not very comfortable.

You are waiting outside the principle's office with Karkat while Dave is in the office.

Then you notice a familiar scent of orange, coming from a familiar man, who seems to notice you.

"Hey aren't you John Egbert? Haven't seen you in a while, sorry about Dave's behaviour. I'll make sure that the afternoon's strife is ten times hard for the little man. Anyways how have you been John, you seemed to have gotten smaller." Bro says as he approaches you and pats your head.

"I'm okay I guess, well considering that your brother almost tried to do." you want to ask why Dave does what he does, though you doubt that Mr. Strider would know.

"Again sorry 'bout that, Dave's been a bit emotional, so its kinda harder to control actions when your in that kind of state. Also he's kind of being a huge baby 'bout the situation instead of confronting the problem head on since it seems that someone is trying to be civil about it and is open to talking." Bro explains before he gets called into the office. Then you direct your attention to Karkat who is beyond pissed at what happened.

"Karkat thanks for saving me, it was really scary I thought Dave would have devoured me or worse."

"It's no problem John that insufferable prick should know when not to push the god damn boundaries and try to be mo-" Karkat stops himself like something is going to spill out that you don't need to hear about.

"Anyways John you are okay, but those bite marks look like they fucking hurt." Karkat tries to touch your neck but is stopped by a hand that grabs his wrist, which belongs to Dave.

"THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING STRIDER, OF ALL THE STUPID THINGS YOU COULD FUCKING DO YOU CROSSED THE LINE AND MES-" Karkat seems to catch himself again.

"Whatever Karkles its your turn to go to the office." Dave says in a monotone and calm way. Then again, they did date for a while so maybe Dave still has a soft spot left for Karkat, though it seems that he does not for you. After the small encounter, Karkat leaves his seat next to you, briefly leaving you with Dave as Bro finishes talking to the principle. There is nothing but an awkward silence between you two and you can feel holes being burned into your head as Dave stares at you. He mumbles something that seems improbable at the time, before leaving with Bro.

"I'm sorry."

I looked over this chapter again and had noticed a couple errors with it, and did some re editing, I'm sorry I'll try to be more careful next time.

Though the next chapter is going to be a little more uplifting hopefully