Nepeta

Funny how you can be so excited for something you think will be so much fun and not really like it once you do it. That's how Nepeta felt at the concert. It might have been her favourite band saying those words into the microphone but the crowd dancing and screaming and laughing while they rubbed up against each other in the small room wasn't that pleasant. So she left. Imagine her surprise when she saw the boy hanging out where she was going to be. Well, might as well start up a conversation, right?

She wasn't joking when she said that it was a beautiful night. It really was. "You guess? Just look up there!" She motioned to the sky lit up with stars. "There are so many stars and not a single cloud! And the moon is big and bright. Oh gosh…" She smiled and looked over at him as he picked up where she left off.

"It's not too cold out, either, and with the little bit of fog left, the lights from the moon and stars have found a place to dance. I guess." He looked over at her and smiled a bit before noticing her shirt. "Oh, hey, I like your shirt. Great taste in music."

"Oh, thanks! Right back at ya." She laughed a bit and looked up at the sky again, watching her breath fog up. "I can't believe it's this cold. It's summer for crying out loud."

"I dunno, it's not so bad. Kind of nice, really."

"More like evil. I love the cold. I get used to the cold and then suddenly, out of nowhere, heat! Giant waves of it just crashing down on us all." She smiled, hearing his chuckle. It was nice talking to him about the weather, strangely, even though they didn't even know each other's names. Well that was about to change. "I'm Nepeta, by the way. Nepeta Leijon." She looked at him again curiously, asking what his was with her eyes.

"I'm Karkat Vantas. Nice to meet you." He looked up at the sky again, breathing in the crisp, cold air. "So, I'm curious as to how you found The Darkness Lifting. Not very many people know about them at all."

"Oh… I dunno. I was just going through the internet one day and was clicking on random videos on Youtube and just found it. The lyrics really meant a lot to me."

"How? They're like, about death and murder and shit." He looked down at her, confused as she looked up at him sadly.

"When I was seven, I watched my parents get murdered. I sat in a giant pool of blood for five hours, just screaming and crying until the cops showed up." Her blue ears moved down a bit as her eyes started to water. "I dunno. Their songs just kind of reminded me of that, but in a good sort of way. If that's possible."

"Huh." He tilted his head a bit as her ears sagged down some. She rubbed her eyes and looked up at him again, smiling happily.

"So how did you find out about them?"

"Oh same as you, really. Although I just really liked their music instead of having the lyrics speak to me." He looked away from her and back up at the sky, sighing a bit before continuing, "Hey so you know those times when you really want to do something but when you actually do it, you kind of hate it?"

"Yes. I'm having one of those moments currently."

He looked down at her again, a bit surprised by her reply. "Seriously? Same here."

She perked up a bit, her ears twitching again. "Oh! I have an idea."

He leaned a bit closer to her and smiled slightly. "Want to blow this joint?"

"Exactly what I was thinking!" She grabbed his hand and started walking away from the church, hearing the song fading away as they left it behind, not caring about her friend left inside. Only senses focused on the boy next to her.