Here, have some John's POV for a change :)

After the small incident in the cafeteria I pull Dave away from the others and look at him hard.

"What have you done to him?" I ask all serious business like.

"Nothin'. I wanted to have some fun, he kicked me out, we broke up", Dave answers cool as ever.

"No, did you try to force him into something?" I ask sternly.

"No, why would I?" he asks shrugging.

"I am not buying this, Dave. I know you did something!" I say now angry.

"Come on, John, what are you? His babysitter? Big brother? That's right, you barely know him. He doesn't want people to act like you do", Dave says coldly and I stare at him.

"What do you mean he doesn't want people to help?" I ask dumbfounded.

"He doesn't want your pity, that's what I mean", Dave says, turns around and walks off to some of his other friends.

"What happened?" I hear Karkat behind me and turn around to him, smiling.

"Dave got mad at me. Nothing special", I answer chuckling and Karkat stares at me like I'm walking on water or something. "What?"

"Dave got mad at you? Dave fucking Strider got mad at you and you got through it with only a few harsh words? What are you, a god?" he asks and I chuckle again.

"Come on, he's not that bad", I say and Karkat shakes his head.

"He's just that bad", he answers and I punch his arm lightly. "What was that for?"

"Don't shout Karkitty", I tease and I notice the blush creeping from under his turtleneck sweater.

"Never. Call me. Karkitty. Again", he breathes out, sounding very angry and embarrassed.

"How about Karkles, then?" I ask and he snaps at me to shut up. I keep on teasing him until I'm let into the classroom where we are forced to sit on different sides of the room.

After school Karkat comes over to my place. I catch Bec before he can tackle Karkat. Karkat, like Dave, seems frightened by the dog.

"What the ever-loving fuck is that?" he squeaks.

"It's Jade's dog, Becquerel", I answer and pull the dog away. "Jade! Come get Bec! He's after Karkitty!" I yell and Karkat growls something from behind me. Jade yells something about no time now so I sigh and hold onto the dog while Karkat slips up the stairs and go there after him, Bec on my heels.

"So what breed is it?" he asks sitting on a chair with Bec's head on his lap.

"Oh, it's mixed. It has something from a German Shepherd and an Irish Wolfhound. Then I think it has a bit of Golden Retriever, too, or some retriever at least. It loves to fetch. Oh yeah, of course. It's mother is a wolf", I say and I see Karkat tense up. He quickly pushes Bec's head off his lap and yanks his legs onto the chair, pulling them against his chest.

"Come on! He's really nice!" I laugh and Karkat stares at me. "Here Bec!"

"Tell me again how you've managed to stay alive", he retorts and I laugh, scratching Bec behind the ear.

"Bec wouldn't hurt a human", I say smiling widely.

"Can he like, do tricks, or something?" Karkat asks not letting go of his feet.

"Jade taught him something. Um, I think I might have some treats for him here, if he hasn't found them already", I say rummaging through my room, finding a hidden bag of dog treats. Bec's already jumping up against me and I have to push him down to be able to do anything.

"Bec, sit", I say and the dog obediently sits down.

"Down", I say and Bec lay's down on the floor.

I go through the tricks Bec knows, making him roll over, beg, give me his paw and the one I love the most.

"Hand's up", I say, pointing my fingers at the dog like pistols. He puts his front paws into the air and I grin. "Bam!" and Bec falls down on his back, not moving.

"Good dog!" I praise and he gets up to get his treat. "Now where's Jade? Go find Jade!"

Bec excitedly runs from the room and I close the door, smiling.

"That's... Cool... I guess. The last one was nice. How the fuck do you get a dog to do that?" Karkat asks.

"You really should ask Jade that. She gets him to do all sorts of weird things like count and fetch items", I say. Karkat's expression was definitely worth seeing and I burst out laughing at it, which makes Karkat get up and slap me behind the head.

"Ow! That hurt! Karkaaat~" I whine and he growls, sitting down next to me. I smile widely.

"Watcha wanna do?" I ask and he shrugs.

"Something we can do in here without the fucking demon dog from hell", Karkat answers and my smile widens.

"Is Karkitty afraid?" I retort and he punches me rather hard on the arm. "Fine, fine, I'll stop."

"You better do, or you'll lose your arm", he snaps. I chuckle and look at him.

"You know, I've been rather curious. You have this nice little group of friends. What's there now, around 14 not counting the two of us? So I wanna know who are with who", I suggest and he glances at me.

"Well, I don't really know. I think Kanaya and Rose have something, but I'm not sure. Eridan and Feferi are together, that I'm sure of. Not like Eridan would let anyone else even try. I think Nepeta likes me. Her cousin Equius likes Aradia. They'll probably end up together. Terezi seems to like Dave. We used to be dating, Terezi and I. Then there's... Um... Sollux has liked many of us, but right now I don't know of him. And Dave and Tavros just broke up. That must have been a first time for Tavros. And Gamzee likes Tavros. Wait, fuck. I shouldn't have said that", Karkat curses under his breath and starts bitching at himself.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone", I promise and he looks at me like he doesn't really know if to trust me or not.

"Promise?" he asks.

"Promise", I say smiling. "So Gamzee likes our little Tavros. That's sort of cool. I think Gamzee has some chances. He's pretty good looking, though I wouldn't date him", I say. Karkat looks at me like he's asking why not. And so he does.

"Why not?" he asks.

"Because I'm not a homosexual", I answer and he looks like he's going to choke. He turns his head coughing and I quickly run some water from downstairs.

"Are you all right?" I worry, standing there in front of him.

"Yes, I'm fan-fucking-tastic. Just about choked there", he answers sarcastically and I chuckle.

"I think Dave was right. You can be so grumpy when you want to."