AN: Humanstuck
(Wait, you mean it's *not* alterniearth? **gasp**)
Dirk, Dave and Karkat share an apartment.
Dave and Karkat share a room.
You feel two pairs of eyes snap to you as you step through the door, carrying the uniforms over your shoulder.
"Are those what I think they are?" Dirk asks, a small smile forming on his lips.
"Yup. This one's yours." You pass him one of the sets and he trows his controller aside, practically running to his room to try it on.
"What are those?" Karkat asks suspiciously, discarding his own controller now his gaming partner had disappeared.
"You know that con this weekend…" you trail off, waiting for him to put two and two together.
"The con..? Wait. Oh FUCK no. I'm not doing any of that creepy cosplay shit. No fucking way." He glares at you, his chocolate eyes sending very strong 'don't you fucking dare' vibes at you.
"Aww but Karkat.. They're from your favourite anime…" you pout slightly, anything to get him to agree.
You see him waver, wanting to know who, but not wanting to know anything at the same time. His curiosity wins, though and he asks.
"Fuck, fine. Who're we going as?" he sighs, holding his hand out for the uniform.
"Dirk and I will be Hikaru and Kaoru. You're Haruhi."
"Well, at least you don't have to try for the annoying twins thing." He smirks and you can't help but lean down to kiss him.
"Glad to have you on board babe." You smile warmly, then gesture at the uniforms. "We should try these on, make sure they fit."
"Ah, yeah. We should."
You both head down the hall, you peel off into the bedroom you share while he continues towards the bathroom.
"Not gonna change in here?" you question as he starts to close the door.
"What? And have you creeping around?" he glares at you, "No thanks you perv." He kicks the bathroom door closed and you're utterly confused for a moment before you hear his laughter and realise he was joking.
You shake your head, laughing a little as you close the bedroom door and begin to change.
Ten minutes later you've changed and put your wig on and you head back out to the lounge room to see Dirk straightening his tie.
You've put yellow contacts in, so now your eyes look orange and looking at Dirk is like looking in a mirror except…
"Fuck. One of us did the wig wrong. The fringes are going the same way."
He glances at the fringes and swears too. You're about to rock off to see who has to re-do it when you hear the bathroom door open and see… no. That can't be Karkat.
He's gone all out, digging out some gel and styling his hair so it looks right. He even – did he put mascara on? Some how he's managed to make himself look more feminine without making the initial impression be 'female'.
"How do I look?" he asks, fuck he even gives a little giggle, and your jaw drops through the floor. That's not Karkat.
"Well fuck." You hear Dirk say. "If I had've known you were this good I'd have asked you to cosplay with us a long time ago." You're vaguely aware that he's pretending to be you so you can pull yourself together but you can't find it in yourself to care. You're too busy looking at Karkat.
He's not even scowling. And he answers Dirk perfectly in character, even calling him Kaoru.
You really should have asked him sooner.