Fourth chapter right here! Probably gonna get two more up today, if I'm lucky. And then there will be a week with no updates. Oh no!

I hate all the delays as much as you do, trust me. And I hope all the old readers don't hate me for that ;_;

The ringtone on my phone goes off and I fall off the couch, hitting my head on the floor.

Groaning quietly I sit up and grab my phone turning the alarm off. Well, at least I'm awake. Wait. What am I doing in the living room? After a bit of thinking I remember my little talk with Karkat and falling asleep on Tavros's lap. I facepalm and make a mental note to never do something like that again.

I get up and go to the kitchen, grabbing a sandwich and a bottle of Faygo. I had around an hour or so to get to work today. I really hate these early mornings.

Quietly I sneak into my room and grab some clean clothes. I quickly strip out of yesterday's clothes and pull on my baggy gray pants. Next I get a little too big T-shirt on and head out of the bedroom without waking Tavros, who I notice is in his own bed. Lucky him, getting to sleep long. But didn't I go to sleep early yesterday? Yeah, that's probably why I wasn't feeling too tired right now.

I grab my keys stuffing them into the pockets of my pants and make sure I have my phone with me. Quickly finishing my sandwich I pull my Converse on and take my Faygo with me as I start walking towards Karkat's apartment.

It's not a long walk and I'm soon at his door. Digging out my keys I search for the one to his house and enter, closing the door behind me. I walk to his room and find him sitting there on his bed. He looked like he hadn't slept the whole night.

"What kept a motherfucker up the whole night?" I ask sitting down on the side of his bed.

He stays quiet and I wait if he's gonna respond. Just when I'm about to ask if he's okay he looks at me and I close my mouth. For a second we stare at each other and then he crawls up to me, burying his face into my chest. I just hold him for a second while he shakes.

"Sorry Gamzee", he says in a hoarse voice.

"For what exactly?" I ask smiling a bit as he looks up at me with his brown, almost red, eyes.

"For getting you to yell, you dumbfuck", he says frowning a bit and I smile.

"No problem. You up and ready to get to the coffee shop?" I ask standing up. "'Cause I need to get there soon."

"Sure", he mumbles and goes to get what he needs, which I suppose are his school stuff since he has school today, as does Tavros.

I walk with Karkat to the shop I work at, like I usually do. This isn't anything new to him. He sits down in his favorite spot as I go and make his coffee, getting one for myself too. There isn't really anyone else there yet, not counting the owner, Kanaya, so I might as well drink the awful coffee to get myself properly started. Usually I wouldn't drink this stuff. Faygo is much better. But this wakes me up somewhat.

I put Karkat's drink down and sit across from him. Silence falls between us while we drink our coffees. I simply fall into my own little world, thinking about Tavros. Would Dave really try to hit on him? Would Tavros understand? Would he really go out with Dave?

After emptying my cup I wait for Karkat to drink his. I take the two cups back behind the counter, say good bye to my best friend and take the order from another customer.

The days go by relatively quickly and soon it's Friday evening. I learned that Karkat, Feferi, Eridan, Sollux, Rose, Kanaya, Vriska and many of my friends had got Dave's invitation. The party seemed to be more than just a welcoming party for John and Jade. I try not to think about it too much, since it always gets my mood down a bit.

Tavros has been pretty excited about the party, and even Karkat has shown slight interest in seeing the new kids. I like the idea of new friends, but Strider's party isn't really too inviting. I'm mainly going to keep my eyes on Tavros. And I sort of feel like a creep for that. Like Tavros even belonged to me, which he of course didn't.

Wait... What am I even thinking? I blink a few times to get back to reality. I've been sitting on the couch for God knows how long. And I definitely don't want to waste the whole day here.

I get up and stretch a bit, walking to the bathroom. I wash my face with cold water and look at my reflection. First thing I notice is the scars. I really don't like remembering about them. I got them in a fight in front of some club. Someone had attacked me and Tavros on a walk. He had come at me with something very sharp and quickly had three cuts across my face, from above my left eye to under my right one. I remember hitting him hard against a wall and I actually almost killed him with that one hit. Nothing was charged at me, since it was put as self-defense, but the incident was awful to remember.

I applied a fresh layer of make-up on the older one. A clown make-up I had grown to like, not just because it hid my scars, but I really liked it somehow. Only bad thing about it was that people kept calling me a juggalo, which wasn't too nice, since I was definitely not one of them.

Oh for Heaven's sake, I'm drifting off again. I get out of the bathroom and go to my room. I turn my computer on and sit back in my chair while waiting for it to power up. I'm logged into Pesterchum at top speed and after checking the list of people I choose to pester Karkat.

terminallyCapricious [TC] began pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG]

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terminallyCapricious [TC] ceased pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG]