A red tip pressed firmly against the sheet of paper flicking left and right to bring color to one among multiple figures that had danced across the paper.

Every week was something to look forward to for the class, the penpal activity was definitely such a fun idea!
But well, since kindergarten was more of just learning to tie your shoes and communicating with each other it was that more memorable.
And Nepeta hoped letter-writing day would come soon because after an hour at work she'd finally finished
a piece she had felt proud of!

At first her penpal, Karkat, had found it to be incredibly silly but had gradually become encouraged to play along with taking turns in writing small and nonsensical stories at the backside of their letters.
Each person could add a sentence or phrase; they could have their own character, and making one was one of the fun parts, or simply progress the story by making the other's character move along.

Initially Karkat had just made her super-duper cool cat-huntress of the wild act really dumb as soon as they started off but to Nepeta's delight he'd introduced some odd crab-like sea monster who'd often just grumble and snip about.
And it was funny how similarly it would act to her penpal judging how both of them seem to ramble so often on paper.

And with the crab in mind she'd admired the work she's done of coloring it on paper.
Her art was quite crude compared to her older sister's but hey, it felt like she'd improved somewhat!
She'd just had the greatest idea of translating their current story into a comic strip.
It was vaguely about exploring a sunken tunnel full of treasures and monsters along with some other whimsies.

Nepeta grinned at her genious.
Karkat had better appreciate this one! She'd spilt her blood, sweat and tears on this thing.
Or...more of cereal she'd spilled on the floor and had to clean up some time ago really.

Nepeta sat up straight, her neck was killing her! Already beginning to clean up her crayons and pens. Folding the paper and tucking it into a pocket in her small backpack and then opting to nap on the couch afterwards with Pounce.

Letter-writing day couldn't come as quickly as she had hoped and when it did she had immediately began spilling her thoughts onto the lined paper.
Nepeta had filled him up on recent happenings, simple replies to things he's asked.
He'd always been fun to talk to, she'd wondered how great it would be to do the same without waiting for ages for a response.
She'd been allowed to express her contempt about things to him without Equius scolding her or having to wait until the girls were done speaking for her to add something in!

She let out a snorted laugh that shortly grabbed the attention of amused looks from her friends to which she just shrugged and grinned again.
Nepeta had remembered that he made mention of a "dopey friend" who'd caused a rather unpleasant chain of events during snack time that had made the room much more vibrant with shades of macaroni and cheese yellow, ketchup red and so on.

Nepeta had slipped the letter into an envelope along with her comic strip with her hands beneath the table.

Shady...

Hey, it was classified information!

Mumbled chatter had began to rise around the classroom signalling that the other kids in her class had finished too.

And looking up she found a rather bored Terezi with her chin leaning against the palm of her hand.

Beginning to rise from her seat Nepeta asked, "Still no letter from Gamzee?"

"Nnnope." was the response from her friend with a emphasising pop on the nnnope-puh.

"Perhaps you could have Ms. Aranea ask about him?" Nepeta heard Equius offer as she'd started making her way over to the small shoe box on her teacher's desk where letters were being placed.

"It's fine, I think. Half the time I can barely make out what he's writing!" Terezi answered, for a tiny moment her brows scrunched together in mild irritation behind her glasses.

Feferi, who had already passed on her note had added, "You could ask her to get you a new partner instead, then?"

"If they aren't all already taken." Aradia pointed out at which Feferi's shoulders slumped with a slight pout on her face; "Oh, right...!"

Now returning to her seat beside Equius, Feferi had already changed the subject.
"But speaking of partners, what are yours like? Mine writes funny, I can't tell his v's and w's apart!"

"Huh, my penpal looks like he likes the number two and computer games too apparently." Aradia laughed.

Equius pursed his lips, as if carefully choosing his words, before briefly saying "She is polite...but a bit prodding on what goes on here."

"Mine kinda complains a lot, I think it's pretty funny!"

"They sound really cool, you guys, I'm jealous!" Terezi said jokingly, prompting a laugh from her friends.

They however, with the others in class had quieted down when their teacher had called out to the class to settle down.

"I'm sure you'd be very excited to hear that in about a month, hopefully, that everyone in this class will be able to go on a fieldtrip. We haven't planned where yet but you will be able to meet your penpals." Ms. Aranea had announced, to which the class had responded with cheery whoops and hollers.

Nepeta was wide-eyed at this point, it felt as though her jaw had comically dropped onto the floor.

No way, this must be dream! Looking around she spotted the smiling faces of her friends with the exception of Terezi who, even with the ruckus the kids made, was heard saying "I'd be surprised if he'd even show up!"

Nepeta stared ahead at nothing and with a blank, seemingly entranced voice she said, "Somebody pinch me."

"I'd rather not-" Equius could barely muster before Feferi had reached across the table with an "Okay!"

"OWW!"
This was definitely, completely, a hundred perecent not a dream.

Whew, had this up in a whim! Thanks for the first two review you guys, I'm glad you like it so far.
I'll try to update as often as possible.