A/N: I AM SO SORRY
"Okay, Dorknaya, what's the scoop on the mother P.U.?" Rose typed into the messaging app on her phone. She turned the phone screen off to wait for a reply from Kanaya. After what happened earlier in the day, she was slightly worried about what Ms. Maryam would do to her girlfriend. She didn't want to be the reason Kan got yelled at, but that was the case, any way she looked at it.
It was around 8:25 at night, so she figured Kanaya was just now getting to be alone. As Rose sighed, there was a knock at the door. "Eyyy, Rosie, can I come in?" Roxy asked.
"Sure, just close the door behind you." Rose replied. Roxy walked in and shut the door. "What's up, Rox?"
"I heard about the little incident with Ol' Maryam today. What happened?"
"Wait, how did you hear about it?"
"From Porrim, and she heard about it when she came home to Ms. Maryam scolding Kanaya."
"Gotcha. Well, Kanaya and I skipped school today and went to the movies, then we went to get some pizza. Kanaya's mom showed up, and one of the waitresses apparently knew Ms. Maryam, so she ratted on us."
"Wowie. Talk about a snake in the grass.. What a bitch. How's Kanaya doing?"
"I texted asking about it, but she hasn't responded." Her phone buzzed. "Oh, wait, there she is."
Rose opened the phone to read the text. "Here, I'll read it." she cleared her throat and opened the message. "It says, 'Rose, I'm Absolutely Terrified. Mom, She...' … 'Her Boyfriend Is Over And... He Hit Me For Admitting I'm A Lesbian.' Oh god... 'And I Think He's Going To Try It Again. She's Not Helping, Rose.' Holy. Shit. Roxy..."
"Jesus Christ, Rosie... Has it been this bad before? She was never like that to Porrim. The farthest she went was to kick her out..."
"As much as I know, no... We have to help her, Roxy... Wait. I'm getting another text. It says 'Rose. She's Kicking Me Out On The Street. Can You Get Karkat And Come Pick Me Up...?'"
Roxy could see the anger building simply by Rose's expression. "Come on, Rosie. I'm going with you." Rose nodded and texted Kanaya back. "We'll be over as soon as possible." Then, she texted Karkat saying "Hey, be ready outside of your house. We need to go get Kanaya. I'll explain on the way."
…
Rose and Roxy got to Karkats house. Rose got out of the car as Karkat ran up to the car in a frantic motion, Porrim following behind. "Rose, what the fuck is going on?!"
"Porrim, your mothers boyfriend hit Kan. More than once," Rose said with anger in her voice.
"Oh, HELL no. They can do all that they want to me, but they do NOT touch my little sister. You guys go get her, I'll be ready with some medical stuff. Just in case. If it's worse, text me to meet you at the hospital, okay?"
"Jesus fuck... Okay. Lets go, Rose."
Rose and Karkat jumped back into the car. "Porrim is getting a first aid kit ready just in case we need it. We're coming back here after we pick her up unless we have to go to the hospital. If we do, can you text Porrim and tell her?" Rose said to Roxy. Roxy nodded.
The three were glad that Karkats house wasn't very far from Kanayas house. They got there in about eight minutes... But, much to their disdain, she wasn't outside. Karkat suggested that he'd go inside and get Kanaya, but before he could finish speaking, Rose rushed out to the door. Karkat ran after her. The door was open, so the two went inside. They made their way to Kanaya's room, to see that the boyfriend was standing over Kanaya with a pocket knife. Ms. Maryam was standing in the doorway, watching. Kanaya had lacerations on her arms, a busted lip, her nose was bleeding, and she also had a black eye. Who knew how many other bruises she had on her body.
Karkat rushed up and, without thinking, pushed Ms. Maryam out of the way. "Hey! You stop that right now- ...Mr. Makara? What the fuck, you're dating Ms. Maryam? ..Whatever, that doesn't matter. You get the FUCK away from Kanaya!
"Oh look, one of the Vantas brats, here to be the knight that saves the day. What are YOU going to do about it?" the Makara hissed as the blade he was holding neared Kanaya. Rose was watching as Karkat tried to snatch the blade from his hands. Mr. Makara cut Karkats face in the process. Rose flinched and pulled out her phone, texting Roxy to call the cops.
"You have NO RIGHT to hit her like you have been! She's not YOUR daughter, and even if she was, you still wouldn't have the fucking right to hit her!"
"Pft, why? Because she's a girl?" He smirked. "Fuck that. Women want equality so much, I'll show them equality."
"NO, not because she's a girl you giant fucking crack head! Because she's HUMAN, you imbecile!" Karkat wiped the blood off of his face. "God damn, you're a stupid motherfucker!"
"You shut your mouth, BOY."
"Psychotic BASTARD."
"I said shut your MOUTH."
"And why should I? Oh, what, don't have a good comeback? Because you're a big old NINNY."
"Why you little... I'll fucking KILL you!" The Makara said as he started to chase Karkat. Karkat bolted out of the door. Rose hoped he would be okay. After all, he was one of the fastest people at Skaia High.
In the meantime, Rose went up to Kanaya and tried to wake her up. She found that Kan was unconscious by this point. Faintly, Rose heard sirens, and she was glad for it. She heard Karkat spewing insults at Gamzee's father as he ran outside, where the cops got a hold of him. Karkat was okay, thankfully, but Kanaya was not. With all of her strength, Rose picked Kanaya up and rushed outside, glaring at Ms. Maryam as she went by her. Karkat saw Rose and helped her. And ambulance had pulled up as well. Rose was glad that Roxy had called for an ambulance as well.
Rose looked at Karkat, then back at the ambulance. "You ride with them, Karkat. I'll go get Porrim and we'll meet you at the hospital."
"Okay. Get my dad to head over there with Kankri, too. I know Kankri is probably worried as fuck. See you there."
…
"I don't understand how someones own mother could just stand there and watch her own child get basically mauled like that..." Rose said, staring at the floor. Roxy hugged her worried sister. "I just don't get it."
"You'll do stupid things when you're blinded be hatred," Porrim said. "My mother is a clear example of that. It's disgusting..." she sighed. "Don't worry, Rose. I'm sure she'll be fine." Roxy wiped Rose's face off, hugging her tight.
Kankri and Mr. Vantas rushed into the waiting room. Porrim walked up to them and explained the situation. Rose eagerly waited for Karkat to come out, saying that everything was okay as of now. Hoping that he would come out very soon. "It's okay, Rosie. She'll be fine. She's a tough girlie," Roxy said with a smile.
"You're right, but... It's only human nature to be worried," Rose sighed, leaning onto Roxy. "I just hope she will be fine..."
…
It was around 11:00 P.M. before the group got notified about Kanaya. Karkat finally came out to notify them of the news. He had obviously been crying, and Rose started to fear the worst.
Everyone stared at him as he pulled himself together. "Well, Kar? What's the news?" Roxy asked in a concerned voice. Rose's eyes started to water up, her heart sinking as the silence grew stronger. But then, Karkat smiled and wiped his the tears off of his face.
"She's fine. She's still unconscious, though." Everyone let out a big sigh of relief. Rose wiped her eyes and turned her attention back to Karkat as he spoke again. "They wrapped up all of the cuts and everything. We can go see her for about 30 minutes, but then we have to leave her here overnight. They'll make sure that only we have access to the room."
The group made their way to the room they had put Kanaya in. Rose let Porrim go up to the bed first, since they were sisters. She knew Porrim was probably worried sick. Rose went to the other side of the bed and took Kanaya's hand. "I'm so glad she's okay," Rose said, looking at Porrim.
"Me too," Porrim replied. "...I wish it were me instead of her. If only I had been there." She sighed and put her hand on Kanaya's head, running her fingers through her hair.
…
Rose was frustrated, seeing as their thirty minutes was almost up. She didn't want to leave the bedside. She knew she wouldn't be able to sleep that night, unless it was from exhaustion.
"Come on, kids. We should get ready to leave," Mr. Vantas said to everyone in the room. Hesitantly, Kankri, Roxy, and Karkat started to leave. Porrim followed after. Rose sighed and stood up. She looked at Kanaya and whispered "I love you," followed by a kiss on the forehead. She started walking out of the room, before she heard a faint voice.
"R...os..e?"
Rose turned around to see that Kanaya was awake. "Oh..."
"...Oh my god." Rose stuck her head out of the door. "Porrim, wait! She woke up! She's awake!" Before Porrim could even tell the others Kanaya woke up, Karkat was already speeding back to the room.
Rose blinked, then turned around to see Karkat sobbing next to the bed. "Kanaya I'm so glad you're okay holy shit I thought you almost died and uuggGGGH" Rose went back into the room, followed by the rest of the group.
"I'm in the hospital?" Kanaya asked, looking at everyone.
"Yes. You were knocked unconscious by Mr. Dickface," Porrim said. "I'm sorry I wasn't there, Kan... It should have been me."
"No.. what happened, happened. I'm just glad you all showed up when you did, though..."
"We're glad you're okay, Kanaya. Especially those three right there," Mr. Vantas said, pointing to Porrim, Rose, and Karkat. "I'm definitely going to have a little chat with your mother about this. She's crossed the line for the last time."
"Thank you, Mr. Vantas... I think..." Kanaya smiled. She looked at Rose. She paused for a little bit before saying "Hi."
"Hi, Kan." Rose said, smiling back at her. She wiped her eyes off. "I love you." she whispered.
"I love you too," Kanaya said in return. "You're like my knight in shining armor."
"Oh, now that's just offensive," Karkat said, perking up. "I'M the knight, here. She's the lover."
"I know. I said that just to piss you off," Kanaya laughed. Karkat pouted and rolled his eyes. Everyone in the room laughed.
Eventually a nurse came and made everyone get ready to leave. Rose was, obviously, the last one to leave. She stayed a little longer simply because she could.
"I'll be back first thing tomorrow, Kan," Rose said. "I promise, okay?"
"I know you will..."
"I'm so glad you're okay. I love you, Dorknaya." Rose said as she put her forehead against Kanayas.
"I love you too, nerd," Kanaya smiled as Rose kissed her. A little longer than normally, at that.
"Well, I love you the most," Rose said as she started to leave the room. "And that definitely won't change anytime soon."
"It better not, or I'll be sad." Kanaya laughed. "Farewell for now, my Space Lesbian."
"Oh my god, you are SUCH a dork."
