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I was hoping to get this up earlier today but I didn't get the time due to going to the hospital to have my wisdom teeth (all 4 of them...) removed. Surprisingly, I'm not in a WHOLE lot of pain, well there is a bit of pain but not as bad as I expected since I've already eaten a lot a couple of hours ago CB
I'm taking it like a real man unlike my older brother who was a grown man who threw the biggest Diva tantrum I have ever seen, and my older sister was couldn't even open her mouth for the first few days and was sore for about two weeks
Chapter Five
Today's the day Dave turned 1, and Dirk may have been a little too enthusiastic about the decorations. A sea of balloons, the ceiling was hidden by various colourful streamers and smuppets…smuppets everywhere. Okay, so Dirk may have gone a little overboard in excitement but can you blame him? His little bro is finally turning 1!
This could be rather interesting when the guests arrive and find out Mr Cool, Dirk Strider had decorated the apartment room as if a rainbow has vomited. If anyone asks, he'll just give the irony excuse, works every time.
"Alright little man, time to get dressed an…Yo, where'd you go?" Dirk said, looking around the floor for his little brother in the sea of balloons.
There was a low growl coming from the couch, looking in that direction, Dirk saw Karkat had awoken from his nap and seemed to find the colourful round objects as some form of threat. The grub let out a vicious snarl and its stubby little legs pushed his body off the couch as he leaped onto a green balloon and sunk his nubby little fangs into the rubbery surface. The balloon did not give into the weight and pressure of the grub's attack, which only edged the wiggler on to defeat his strange, round opponent. With a savage bite, the balloon finally burst with a loud 'POP!' gravity forced the grub to the ground with a light thud, Karkat's beady eyes widened in shock for a few seconds before he started crying.
Dirk would be lying if he said that it wasn't amusing, since he was trying (and failing) not to smirk or laugh but still being a (somewhat) responsible guardian, he picked up the sobbing grub and scratched the crown of his head.
"Heh, you're a weird little shit aren't you? Damn you're getting heavy." Dirk commented, Karkat began calming down and soon nuzzling into his guardians chest, stabbing him slightly with his nubby horns. "Now where's Dave run off to?"
His answer came from a loud pop from the kitchen. The loud sound caused Karkat to flinch and bury himself into Dirks chest even more. More popping as Dirk walked into the kitchen, it seemed Dave was enjoying himself while he decimated the balloons in the room while…Naked? When the hell did his nappy come off? Dave was giggling as he bellyflopped onto a red balloon, Dirk picked him up before the child managed to pop it and quickly moved to Dave's room where he put a new nappy on (with some difficulty, the balloon popping had hyped him up) and pulled his favourite red shirt on. By the time Dave was completely dressed, there was a knock on the door. Dirk placed the two infants on the ground to wonder around before he walked to the door of the apartment to welcome his guests.
Well, he would have if Roxy didn't flop on him the instant he opened the door. There was a troll also at the door, wearing her blue dress that matched her somewhat freaky eyes, (well the right eye was normal, the left was just creepy with its eight pupils) who looked rather worried and was holding Rose in one arm and two present boxes in the other.
"Ahh! I'm so sorry Dirk! I found Roxy like this so I had to get her here safely before she had the chance to run onto the road and get hit by a car!" the cerulean blood panicked.
Roxy began giggling as she tried to pull herself up, only to lose balance and end up back into Dirks chest "HARPY, no wait…HAPPY BIRFDAY DIRT…DERP…DIRK!"
Dirk raised an eyebrow at the inebriated woman still clinging onto him and glanced over to the troll who was looking even more stressed. "Calm down Aranea, I've got this. Just put the presents in the kitchen and put Rose with Dave then just chill in the lounge room."
The troll, Aranea, sighed heavily but complied to Dirk's suggestion. Walking into the apartment, she noticed the absurdly colourful decorations, "Umm…Should I even ask?"
Dirk just shook his head, about to say something before Roxy slapped her and in his face.
"Oh wow! I tink my drink was spocked…spiked," the girl looked around the room and then gasped. "OGM! Arachne, Dirk has adopted the cuttest lil' thing, umm, what's his name?"
"Err, you mean-"
"NO! Don't tell me, I've got this." The drunken girl shouted, stroking her chin while she was seeking for the answer, snapping her fingers when she thought of it.
"I GOT IT! HIS NAME IS WICKLPUFF!"
Aranea looked dumfounded and confused and Dirk was happy he had his shades on to hide his eye from twitching.
"It's Karkat."
"No, I remember you said Wicklpuff. Karkat's a ridiculous name."
As if on cue, the red grub had scuttled his way through the balloons and streamers, letting out a small cry, telling the grownups that he demanded attention.
"There he is! Dis is Wicklpuff!"
"AWW~ HE'S SO ADORABLE!" Aranea squealed, finding and placing the presents on a solid surface and Rose on the floor before picking up the grub and began making silly, clicking noises and other odd sounds that Dirk was familiar with. Karkat seemed to respond by making even more chirping and growling sounds.
"That's Karkat, I'd be careful if I were you, he has a nasty bite." Dirk warned, guiding his drunken friend inside and placed her onto the couch.
Aranea followed but refused to take her attention off of Karkat, "I will, and he's just so precious. Where on earth did you find him?"
"I found him with one of those animal things that looks after them."
"You mean a lusus?"
"Yeah, that. Anyway, those 'lusus' things were fighting outside the apartment and I tried chasing them off but one of them was dead on the steps and the other one was gone. I found Karkat with the corps, so I took him in."
"Poor bubsy," She whined a little and nuzzled the bright red grub body. "Has he been any trouble?"
"Well…Dave and Karkat don't get along but I just separate them and easy fix. The only real issue is his biting, they look nubby but he's teeth fucking hurt." Dirk glanced down and looked at the tiny scar on his finger after the sopor slime accident.
"Well, if you need any help, I'm always available," Aranea gave Karkat an Eskimo kiss before sitting him on the ground and let him scuttle away, surprisingly, less grumpy than he usually is.
"I'll have to take you up on that offer; you'd have a better idea than me, though I don't think I'm doing a bad job."
"You're doing fine, he looks very healthy, a little small from what I'm estimating his age is, but he looks perfectly fine."
Dirk smiled at the comment, "Thanks, you want a drink while we wait for the others?"
Aranea nodded and took a seat next to Roxy, who looked like she was either going to throw up or pass out. Better grab a bucket.
Rose had found Dave and were now crawling and walking around the room, cooing and giggling and having a blast. Karkat had collected several streamers and built himself a small cave in the corner which he was currently occupying, probably to hide from the much larger human children.
Dirk, brought himself back to his job of making tea for Aranea, coffee for himself and Roxy if she felt like drinking it, an empty ice-cream container for the drunk girl in case she vomited (He still needed to tend to cultural differences, so the bucket idea was scratched) and brought out a few small snacks before heading back to join the girls on the couch and distract themselves with stories while waiting for the other guests to arrive.
I plan to continue the rest of Dave's party next chapter B)
I'm also gonna admit that I haven't double checked this yet, I'm currently on some heavy pain killers that's making me drowzy and I REALLY wanted to get this up...Don't judge me! I'm sleepy, a little sore and lazy!
So If anyone is kind enough to point out anything that's not right or needs editing (other than Roxy's drunken words and possibly Aranea being OOC...It's my first time working with a character like her ;A;)
Finally - FAWETWAGWTHSZA! WHAT IS IT ABOUT HOMESTUCK THAT MAKES IT SO EASY TO WORK WITH?! I'VE BEEN SPAMMING MY TUMBLR (Shezzalenko) AND DEVIANTART (FeralFighter) WITH FANART AND I KEEP GETTING OVER FOUR CHAPTERS IN FANFICTION! (I usually end up stopping there for unknown reasons 0_o)
*ahem* Right, I'm off before I pass out and I end up button mashing hundreds of lines from my head being on the keyboard. I'll make sure to double check tomorrow and edit anything that I was stupid enough to put and leave in there
Night guys! :)