So sorry for my delay! I meant to have uploaded this Friday.. I hope it's good enough ;u ; It's hard to write Dave and a lot of pressure. Can't mess up my favorite cool kid.
Anyways! Enjoy!
Meanwhile simultaneously…
"Shit…" Looks like they've found you and just when you thought you could have a moment of peace. That never seems to be the case for you though, being a cool kid is tough sometimes. That short troll has being dying to get you to watch one his cheesy troll romcoms with him and John but you'd much rather being doing just about anything else. "Daaave, come on just one won't ruin your 'cool guy' reputation!" Egbert pleads with you. You know he really just wants you to hang out with him and Karkat so he doesn't feel guilty.
Meeting the trolls had changed everyone, for better and worse it seemed. Jade had made friends with Feferi and Nepeta almost instantly and spent most of her time exploring with them. Rose was glued to Kanaya which was fine with you; you didn't really need her psychoanalysis right now anyways. But John… He was your best bro, he was always trying to get you to make friends with the trolls and you had. The weird chalk eating girl, Terezi, always wanted to do crazy things with you but you could never expect her to understand how you felt nor could you keep up with her endless energy. John had adopted the trolls' quadrant system and had filled the flushed quadrant with that troll who was obsessed with the number eight, you think her name was Vriska or something like that. He'd formed an ashen quadrant with Karkat and me, but Karkat was always making black solicitations towards John even though John was completely oblivious.
Honestly you don't think the kid could ever hate anything, but that's just how he has always been. It was nice John wanted to include you so you'd find some friends but you didn't really have an interest, you'd served your purpose what more could you be of use for? But looking at John now with his big cobalt eyes and his goofy grin with his slight overbite you couldn't disappoint him by saying no. "Alright John, I'll watch one movie but that's it." Your monotonous voice always astounded you, but after years of living with bro you've learned to keep your head together even if it was a mess on the inside. "So thoughtful for the insufferable prick to join us now we're guaranteed a great time." The sarcastic shout seemed so close but Karkat was a good ways away throwing his arms in the air for dramatic effect.
Man he really got on your nerves sometimes; you really thought you and the troll could get along what with you both being knights. His suggestion on how to cope with everything was always 'to just get the fuck over it' but he had Kanaya and hell the weird clown dude at least listened to him even though he was a complete douche. Waiting outside Karkats hive, since he had to do something with crabdad he wasn't the friendliest of guardians, you glance at the sky and see a flash of purple and white. 'Wow, hallucinating… Not cool Strider.' You think you haven't been getting the best sleep but you didn't realize it was this bad. "C'mon Dave! Karkat swears this is the greatest film ever! I'm gonna make popcorn!" John beams and you walk into Karkats hive. You take you seat as Karkat begins to say the beginning of the title of the movie. "Whoa man, I feel like I already watched it. That's a hella name for a movie." You comment and the short troll goes into a ridiculously long speech about how much better troll cinema is compared to human cinema. "God, even that douche-y sea-dweller can appreciate a good film when he sees one. Oh I mean SEAS." Karkat rolls his eyes drawing out the last word carefully. "That's not cool man, Feferi may be weird but she's pretty chill. Plus she's Jades' moirail or whatever." You attempt to defend the sea-dweller. "What? Dave are you hearing the words that are falling out of your protein shoot? God how stupid are you humans? I was taking about the other sea-dweller you assclown." He barks at you. How does he not lose his voice you wonder…? "Geez man, chill out. The movies startin' anyway." John sits between you and Karkat and you watch bits and pieces of the shitty romcom that's in front of you wondering about the other sea troll.
Though you dismiss the thought after a little while figuring you'd never meet them since you hadn't already, though maybe you'd ask around a bit. "Well thanks for the shitty movie and mediocre hospitality Karkat. Later Egbert." You wave them off and head back to Tavros's hive, you had decided to stay with him since it was one very ironic and two he threw some sick fire with you every now and again. Plus he never tried to pry into your feelings like Kanaya or Rose. "Hey Tav I'm here. Goin' to bed early." You don't even bother waiting for a response fleeing to your room and falling into your bed. You reach into your nightstands bottom drawer for your newest best friends, a nice bottle of Vodka.
You'd catchaplogued one on your adventure to celebrate victory at the end but you have better use for it now. When you run out you can simply alchemize another, knowing this you take a huge swig the alcohol burning your throat you cough at bit and shudder. No matter how many times you drink it nothing ever prepares you for the first swig. Warmth hugs your body; you take a few smaller gulps until you become giddy and begin to wobble. Laughing you fall back onto your bed and place your shades down, you loved how everything felt so much better as if you didn't have a care in the world. You decide to do something spontaneous and fuck up your 'cool kid' hair letting streams of almost translucent hair fly around in chaotic patterns. You look into the mirror proud of your work turning off the light you fumble into bed and giggle a few times before falling asleep mumbling "Evvvvvverrrythiing will be allllright, evvvvvverything will be alrightttt." Ironically of course it was a song by The Killers and it strangely made you feel like everything was indeed going to be alright or so you hoped…
Welp thus concluding chapter two! This will probably be the beta chapter till I find an editor/talent. ;u ;''