"Thanks for having me over again," Karkat said, entering Terezi's hive.
The two Trolls ran straight for Terezi's room as they always did. The pair hung out almost every Saturday. People at school called them inseparable; some even speculated that they were matesprits, but they most definitely weren't. Karkat and Terezi had been friends since kindergarten, and even though most of the time you would catch them bickering with each other, they always stuck together.
In eighth grade, there was a terrible accident that led to Terezi losing her eyesight. She lost many friends, Humans and Trolls alike, because they were afraid of her becoming too big a burden, but who stuck around? Karkat did. There were of few others that didn't ditch either but Karkat didn't really feel like thinking about those douchebags. Luckily, Terezi's lusus taught her how to see using other senses, which really sucks for those "friends" who left because she knows some pretty radical tricks now.
Karkat entered the room after Terezi. He loved the familiarity of it all. Over the years, Terezi's place had become like a second hive to him. Karkat knew pretty much every nook and cranny of the place, and he always felt welcome. The two plopped down on the small sofa in unison.
"So what do you want to do today?" Terezi asked in a polite way, as if Karkat was a guest, which technically, he is, but he felt that he's been here enough times to skip all of that meaningless hosting bullshit.
"I don't fucking know. What's the point of doing anything any day?" Karkat said folding his arms and shifting his gaze to some far off corner in the room.
"Awww! Karkat, baby! Is someone down in the dumps?" Terezi asked puckering her lips and using a voice that sounded like she was speaking to an idiotic, drooling grub.
"Actually, yes I am! And do you know why, Terezi? It's because everywhere I look I see birds cheerily singing their annoying songs, couples are snogging grotesquely on park benches and the hot sun is constantly bombarding me with it's hot summer rays!"
"Ahhh, but don't those things just renew your faith in the world!? Heehee!" Terezi retorted, nudging Karkat with her elbow so that he'd return to making eye contact with her again or at least stare at her super cool glasses while she smelt which direction his eyeballs were looking. Wow. That sounded weirder than she thought it would.
Karkat did stare blankly at Terezi's glasses, but his eyes did not convey any uplifting in his mood. Terezi grew more serious. "Seriously, what's wrong, Karkat?"
Karkat sighed, and then said, "I couldn't even tell you, Terezi, because I don't actually know myself. I just feel like there's this void in my life and I have no idea how to fill it. This huge, gaping hole is literally causing me to huddle in a foetal position of sorrow in my recuperacoon every night, which sounds really pitiful, I know, but that's because it is. Am I making any sense?"
"Sounds to me like someone wants a date for the Valentine's Day dance!"
"NO! IT IS NOT THAT AT ALL! BLECH!"
Terezi started howling and Karkat shoved his blushing face into his turtle neck. After wiping a tear away from her eye, Terezi got back on track again. "Well I can't say I know that feeling, to be honest," Terezi said, making a face that resembled :?, "but I know that whenever I'm feeling down, I like to go for a nice afternoon walk and stop somewhere to just gather all that's around me, it helps clear my head a bit, so why don't you try that?"
"Ah, yes. Walking followed by philosophical contemplations of my life and the universe and how much both of those things suck ass. I can see how that could help me, thanks a bunch," Karkat replied sarcastically.
"Listen, dickwad! Just trust me on this," Terezi said, grasping Karkat's hand and basically dragging him down the stairs and out the door with him clumsily tripping behind. "The sun is setting and there's a park just down those two streets," Terezi said as she pointed, "Go chill there for a while and you don't even have to think hard! Just let whatever thoughts come to you make their way through your disgruntled little head, alright?"
"Fine," Karkat said, slumping off in the direction that Terezi had pointed to.
Terezi watched him leave until he turned the corner, then she was going to head back inside when she remembered that she wanted to make a call. Terezi pulled her cell phone out from her pocket and searched her contacts for the number she sought, and then dialled it. Terezi had to wait for her friend to pick up on the other end. You could hear it ring once...then twice...and then another six times before she finally picked up, which might have bugged you, if she didn't do this every time Terezi called.
"Must you wait for it to ring eight times before you finally pick up your fucking phone!?" Terezi asked, somewhat annoyed, but not really.
"Well of courrrrrrrrse I do! Eight is my lucky number, you know that!" Vriska, your (kind of) best friend, next to Karkat of course, replied.
"How can you even tell how many times it's rung on my end?" Terezi asked, truly baffled.
"Intuition I guess!"
Terezi could practically hear her smugly winking through the metaphorical void between the two phones.
"Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies tomorrow." Terezi asked.
"No I don't, you bitch."
"Why not, you whore!?"
"BECAUSE I SAID SO, YOU SLUT!"
"WELL THAT'S FINE WITH ME, SKANK!"
"BITCH."
"BITCH."
They both hang up simultaneously. Terezi instantly redialled Vriska's number.
"So movies Sunday then?" Terezi asked.
"Yeah I'd totes love to go." Vriska answered.
"Okay, cool. You can bring someone if you want. I mean, I'm not going to, but I know that you always need a shoulder to cry on." Terezi said jokingly.
"You're just jealous because you never have a shoulder to cry on!" Vriska replied, in an equally mischievous way.
"Heehee, whatever! See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, ok." Vriska said as she hung up.
Vriska shoved her phone forcefully back into her pocket and began pacing around her room, rubbing her chin trying to think of an actual friend that she could bring to the movies. What was she even talking about? She has tons of friends! She has Terezi and Karkat and...Well Tavros is a different kind of friend, (one that is always willing to be a punching bag when you're feeling down, what a pal!) but a friend nonetheless!
Vriska was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea. "How about," she began mumbling to herself, "that dorky kid from first period! John, I think his name was? Oh!" Vriska exclaimed as she got out her phone once again, "I know I have his number in here somewherrrrrrrre." Vriska said, stretching her words as she shuffled through all her contacts. "AH! There he is!" She selected the number immediately, or should she say imedi8ly, and brought the phone to her ear.
"Hello?" Vriska could hear a quirky voice on the other end say.
"Yo, John?"
"Yeah...who is this? Is this a prank call? Did Dave put you up to this? I bet he did, wow. What was he even thinking trying to prank the pranking master?!" John rambled, but was cut off by Vriska.
"Shut up, you dork! It's Vriska. You know, from first period?"
"Oh, yeah! What's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go see a movie with me and my friend Terezi on Sunday."
"I'd totally love to do that! I'm not sure if you know this, Vriska, but I'm a bit of a movie connoisseur, although, I must admit that I'm nothing compared to Jake!"
"Yeah yeah I don't care about any of that." Vriska said bluntly.
"Oh. Ok." John replied, not seeming very upset. "Wait, Terezi...that's Dave's blind friend, right?"
"Uh...Yeah, I guess."
"Ohhhhh now I'm excited! I've always needed an excuse to talk to her because she sounds really cool! You sound pretty rad too, Vris!"
"Please, John. I'm sure you'll find that I am the absolute raaaaaaaadist!"
"Hehe! Ok! Talk to you later, Vriska!"
"See you Sunday!" Vriska hung up, and then toppled onto the ground giggling. "What a dork." She said to herself.