Holy cow I have not updated in awhile. I'm so sorry ; A ; but here's a new chapter! If I don't start updating again feel free to harass me on Tumblr (whatlurksbeneathinnocence dot tumblr dot com) until I do!
Without saying another word you step into Kar's hive, seeing his boring taste in furniture has not changed which made you smile a bit you enjoyed his simplicity. You both envied and pitied him he'd always hate himself but he always managed to keep everyone else in check so they wouldn't fall apart, perhaps that's why he would never open up if everyone saw the 'fearless leader' fall apart everything would surely follow suit. However there were times you'd see genuine happiness come to the disgruntled trolls face and that gave you a little hope and a pang of guilt because all you did was gripe and add more stress to him though he's told you over and over if he didn't want to talk to you he wouldn't.
"Hey idiots we have a guest try not to act like poorly trained pawbeasts." He gestures to you to introduce yourself and you cough a bit trying to force your voice to make a sound and you succeed with a feeble "Hey, names Eridan…". The bright blue clad boy stands up and shakes your hand, must be a weird human custom but you oblige. "Nice to meet you Eridan! I didn't know there were any other trolls! Have we talked before? I don't remember." His voice is laced with genuine wonder and it appears he's actually happy to meet you though the fact that you weren't even mentioned stung a bit but you don't think he knew what he said. "Same to you, John. I sort of stayed awway for awwhile I wwas… Dealin wwith some personal issues. I don't believve wwe'vve spoken before" You try to be as polite as possible hopefully you wouldn't have to go into detail about your issues the human looked like he was about to ask when the other male finally spoke up. "Well welcome to the party. Hope you brought some booze you're gonna need it with that asshole over there. Oh and names Dave." He jested towards Karkat his voice was calm with an almost a forced apathetic tone. Karkat looked like he was trying not to play Dave's games but the attempt was in vain "Is that how you treat people that invite you into their home? Not to mention let you lie on their couch and watch their movies! Fucking hell if anyone needs 'booze' it's me. I should be awarded for putting up with all of your bullshit!" His hands are spastically moving while he talks you can tell Karkat's not really serious and you begin to laugh a bit and soon John follows suit. Karkat turns and looks at you incredulously, "Oh-oh looks like it's your turn Eridan-" John giggles. This of course brings up another bubble of laughter and even Dave is smiling giving a few chuckles here and there. Karkat gives up on yelling and smiles giving a heartfelt 'fuck you all' before continuing whatever shitty movie they were watching.
"Seats taken." Dave announces to you. "By wwho?" Staring at the obviously empty seat and seeing both Karkat and John sitting on the floor, perhaps he didn't want you sitting there? What would he have against you, I mean you just met the guy right? "By me" He states as if it were a common fact swinging his legs up onto the couch for emphasis giving you a challenging look. "Fine by be." Playing along into his game that you were going to win you sit on his legs which were very fucking uncomfortable and a bad decision in the long run. He lifts and eyebrow and senses your discomfort so he says nothing and lets you remain seated… fucking asshole. By the time TrollBella and TrollEdward had awkward stared at each other for the twentieth time you couldn't feel your butt so making up the excuse of going to the restroom you get up and try not to express your relief and slight pain. Idling in the restroom for a minute or two you flush the toilet and wash your hands to keep up your ruse though you doubt Dave bought it. When you mentally prepared yourself to win this little game you walked into the living room only to see he moved his legs leaving a spot for you to sit. You narrow your eyes at him and pats on the cushion of the couch to sit down if you could see his eyes you're sure they'd be full of mockery. It did keep things entertaining you hoped you could speak more with him perhaps you could be friends?
You decide it's safe and go to sit not seeing his hand move swiftly and grab your butt firmly causing you to jump up and make a queer yelping noise in the midst of your fit you actually hear Dave begin to laugh along with John who gave him a thumbs up for his prank and he taps you with his foot and you topple onto Karkat. "What the fuck! Ow you shithead watch it-" He's now kicking and struggling. "Kar get your foot out of my face I'm trying to get up-" . Eventually you're standing damn that asshole really got you he looks at you now awaiting your move. "Wwell noww, wwe're not even flushed kinda rude mister Strider~" You grin at him thinking you've won this game for good. "Whatever you say sweetcheeks" HeHe retorts and turns to Karkat "I'm gonna head out Karkat, I can't say it was a pleasure to see you again." To which he is responded with "Fuck you very much Strider see you tomorrow unfortunately." You shift awkwardly not really wanting to leave and go back to your hive perhaps you could ask to tag along with Dave. You open your mouth to ask but doubt creeps in and shuts it, he'd probably had enough of you for one day better not push your friendship on him. "You coming or did you forget how to walk?" Dave says halfway leaning out the door Karkat shoves at you a bit. "Get out of my hive I have to clean up your fucking messes."
He grimaces at the living room which was littered with popcorn and the couch cushions were everywhere a few drink cans were strewn about as well. He does give you a small smile though as if to encourage you, it always amazed you how caring he could be even after yelling so much though he did looked pretty pissed about having to clean up. "Wwell then i'll sea you later Karkat!" You emphasize the 'sea' part so he knows you used an ocean pun knowing it's extremely cheesy but lets him know you're happy and with that you exit following Dave.
"So.. Wwhere are wwe goin?" You inquire. "You're a fish right? We're going swimming obviously." He says bored but his pace quickens slightly. You stick your tongue out at him and say mockingly "I'm not a fish you idiot. Do you evven knoww howw to swwim?" He doesn't answer you instead he stops takes off his red shirt with his gear symbol for time off and removes his pants along with it revealing his white boxers with… Wait what the hell is that? "Take a picture and maybe I'll sign it." He adjusts his shades and turns to you. "Wwhat the fuck are those?" You're still trying to figure out the red creatures printed on his boxers. "Chill they're just smuppets dude." "Those are fuckin' creepy as hell" You laugh a bit at the irony and begin to remove your own clothes until of course you remember you sea-horse boxers. Freezing inplace you hope you can take a really long time and he'll just go on ahead but he's busy fussing with his ipod on top of his folded pile of clothes. You decide to quickly remove your pants, careful not to yank your boxers with them, and attempt to get in the water before he sees.
"Whoa dude are those sea-horses? That's fuckin' adorable." Well shit. "Fuck off I got them because my lusus-" You begin to defend yourself stopping as the word adorable registered in your brain you're now really aware of the warm feeling across your face knowing it wasn't showing but still hiding your face a bit. "Whatever you say man, let's have a race" He's already stretching and you can't help but laugh "You can't beat me you know, I wwas built for swwimmin'." You can't help but to brag a bit. He seems unimpressed and goes to remove his sunglasses keeping his eyes closed as he slips a pair of red goggles on in their place. You have a sudden curiosity of what his eyes look like but it passes as you prepare to race stepping into the crisp water it brought relief to your heated flesh and almost gave you a renewed energy as the cold water woke up your muscles. Dave found his way up to a small ledge and dove into the water splashing you in the process.
"You ready there fish boy?" He glances at you for a brief second and you swore you saw red eyes but it was probably just the goggles. "I should be askin' you that, try not to drown.~" You taunt him a bit feeling confident in your abilities. "To that rock over there and back" You nod and he begins to count down "1…2…3…4…Go!" Both you dive under the water and you focus all of your energy on swimming as fast as possible.
Wowee such a lame update! Next one should be triggering and sad yes. But it's okay because sadness leads into kissies maybe? (/)u(\)