A little tapping sound was being created at a quickened pace through fingertips and a keyboard colliding together. Sollux had made himself comfortable at the nearest Starbucks café, typing into his laptop ferociously in boredom, his caramel macchiato sitting by his side. Its fresh aroma made anyone who passed by want a little taste. Unfortunately for them, it was for Sollux and Sollux only. The afternoon sun shined brightly down against him, glinting against his screen and causing Sollux to tilt it slightly so he could see well. While tipping the screen, his eyes caught glimpse of his faithful companion and a little grumpy man whom happened to be his best friend, both making their way towards him. He smirked in acknowledgement as Karkat sat his merry self onto the chair opposite, his famous glare playing against Sollux's smug grin. After a quick entrance into the small building and an order of hot, extra-large espresso, he sat down and leaned against the table with his arms, the leash tied against the arm of the chair so Bicyclops wouldn't run off.
"How was the test? Did you manage to not fuck it up as badly as you do with everything else possible?" He inquired, his eyebrows furrowing while the Dalmatian lied down against the chair, tired out from the walk Karkat had given him. He picked up his espresso and began blowing against the steam seeping out of the hot liquid.
"Shut up, KK, I most certainly do not fuck everything up as easily as you think I do. To answer your question, though, I did pretty well considering I knew most of this shit before even entering this god damn university. I'm still waiting on the day they teach me something I don't know. This really can't be all there is to it." Sollux gave out a little sigh, his eyes looking up from the laptop for a brief moment before being sucked back into the monitor. He took his macchiato and began sipping it, licking the foam off his lips.
"If you knew the subject so undoubtedly well, why didn't you take something considerably more challenging for your omnipotent little mind? It would save a lot of breath from you annoying the ever-loving shit out of me and also maybe pose as some form of challenge, therefore being somewhat entertaining to you. You know what that means? It means you can start leaving me alone. All in favour of that being a good idea, say I. Fucking I." His espresso had been set down in front of him as he turned it around with the handle so his hands would be huddled up around the cup's warmth.
Before Sollux could say another word, a dash of purple and blue had flickered through his eyesight as he glanced up from the screen for a moment. He squinted his eyes at the man making his way over to the coffee shop to try and make out who it was. Upon recognition, he grimaced in horror. Karkat raised an eyebrow, turning around on his chair and looking for a bit before turning back and giving Sollux a grouchy, questioning face.
"Who could possibly get the honour of having you look away from technology even for the slightest second?" He muttered out, his thumb pointing over at the guy who had eventually sat himself on the table opposite them, right in front of Sollux's line of sight.
"Some asshole I bumped into earlier, he doesn't really matter so don't bother having any introductions flying in." He grumbled, looking down at his coffee and glaring at it instead of the screen, Karkat, or the victim of his clumsy actions.
"I wasn't planning on having any friendly gestures coming through. He isn't worthy of my presence let alone knowing my name." Karkat picked up his cup of espresso, blowing into it before carefully savouring the bitter taste, a little burn playing along but not enough for him to spit it out.
Sollux couldn't keep himself from glancing at the strange man every once in a while throughout his conversation with Karkat. He began looking slightly decent to Sollux's eyes, hell he had a pretty boy face and a good-looking body from what he could see. He had brought out a chocolate chip Frappuccino as his order, stirring the cream around before noticing Sollux's stare, his eyes narrowing at him. Sollux was quick to have his eyes dart back to his screen but that didn't stop the man from ascending from his chair and strolling towards their table. He stood at the side, his hands slamming against the table which caused it to vibrate along with the drinks as Sollux's and Karkat's eyes shot up to look at him.
"May I know why you seem so fuckin' inclined to stare at me?" He managed to hiss past his lips, directing his question towards Sollux. Karkat just watched this entire thing unravel, not as interested as he probably should be.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Sollux had simply shrugged, not wanting to get in any particular argument with some guy he bumped into earlier. It wasn't worth it.
"You know perfectly well what the fuck I'm talkin' about, don't play pretend with me you ignoramus. Also congratulations on completely messin' up my head for the entire day. Do you know how much of a headache I had after that horrifyin' encounter with your limp, frail ass?" He barked back at Sollux, causing him to flinch slightly.
"Woah, calm down. Talk about a complete and utter drama queen. Suck it up and take it like the man you are, if you really are a man." He rolled his eyes behind the frames before noticing something. The guy was staring straight at him.
Straight. At. Him.
Sollux shook it off, it was nothing special. He kept telling himself that considering how much of an asshole this guy was being. "I don't want any fucking trouble. I rather you just forget about the incident we had so we can both carry on with our lives. I have no interest on earning a new enemy, especially one like you." Sollux sneered.
Before the man could retort, Karkat stood up and pointed at him. "Listen here you asswipe, if I have to take another fucking second of you two moronic baboons arguing about who's in the wrong or right here, I will blow a nut and shove it up both of your asses in time for a daily detonation of your internal fucking organs. It would cause you both an immense amount of pain that it would have me laughing so hard, my guts would do flips and shit. Don't. Test. Me." He spat, pointing at Sollux as well, his eyes piercing angrily through his spectacles and into his eyes.
There was a pin-drop silence, the only one seated being Sollux. A sneeze had sounded, followed by a sniffle. Karkat and Sollux both eyed the man who sneezed again, his face scrunching up as he covered his mouth and nose with his hands. He looked down at the dog that was lying close by to his feet, grimacing in horror at him.
"What the fuck is that? I-" another sneeze, "- I'm allergic to fur, God damn it!" He demanded, pointing at Bicyclops in a way of showing blatant disgust.
"That would be the best thing that ever graced this god damn planet with his presence. At least in comparison to you." Sollux scorned, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose so it wouldn't fall off. This earned a glower from him.
They commenced another session of pointless arguing followed by a few sneezes here and there, leaving Karkat rubbing his temples in aggravation. He had had enough of this nonsense; he won't just stand by and let them annoy him senselessly. Grabbing his cup of still hot espresso, he splashed the two men with it as equally as he possibly could, allowing for black brown trails of coffee to drip down their faces. This had them both caught off guard, Sollux eyeing his laptop which had also been affected by the splash of caffeine. It was ruined and now he had to fix it. This set him steaming in discontent, glaring angrily towards Karkat. Without spitting out another word, he slammed his laptop screen down and shoved it in his bag. Taking the leash off the chair and jerking it so Bicyclops would get up, he left hastily, Bicyclops following happily along in contrast to his unhappy master.
Karkat rolled his eyes and set the cup down, his eyes resting on the man that stood by him. He groaned as he extended his hand, doing exactly the opposite of what he had said earlier.
"Karkat. That was Sollux just now, for your information. Try not to forget our names; I won't be repeating myself for your ignorant, sad excuse for a brain to comprehend." He scoffed, facing away in disdain considering he wasn't exactly looking forward to holding an actual conversation with this asshole.
He stared at Karkat's hand for a while, not bothering to take it as he swiped a tissue from their table instead and began dabbing it against his face and clothes. "Eridan Ampora." He muttered in response, not really pleased about the situation either and ignoring the comment about his brain. "Thanks a whole fuckin' lot by the way, not like these clothes cost a lot. Not at all."
Karkat eyed a bulky bag on Eridan's table by the abandoned Frappuccino. It was a camera bag. "Are you in the photography course or something?" He questioned. "Not exactly the smartest idea to leave that on the table with your back facing it." He added on, nodding towards the encased camera.
Eridan looked back to his camera and beverage, walking over to his own table and taking both in his hands. "I'm not in Photography, this is sort a just a past-time hobby a mine." He muttered, returning to Karkat's table and seating himself down on a chair that had no coffee splattered on it.
Karkat sat down in his own chair, his elbows propped up on the table as his chin rested against his knuckles. "Humour me; I'm genuinely interested in your life now. Sarcasm completely intended considering I seriously have nothing better to do than to sit by some hipster douchenozzle and listen in on his personal life."
"Well, Kar, I'm-" He started off before Karkat promptly cut him off.
"Woah, woah, woah. Who said you could call me that? I don't recall ever giving you the permission to be on such friendly terms that I require some stupid nickname that involves the first three letters of my name."
"As I was sayin'," he glared, ignoring him, "I'm in Applied Ethics for Art an' Design and I have Performance and Visual practices on the side."
"Isn't that all like… the same shit with some fancy ass names?" He grumbled, not very interested like he said he was and sighing in boredom.
"I'll have you know that it isn't. Take that as a little life lesson for your sad excuse of a brain." He retorted, grabbing his Frappuccino and getting up from his chair, pushing the seat back a bit. "I'll be taking my leave now, Kar. Farewell." He nodded his head at him as a somewhat friendly gesture, entering Starbucks for a while before leaving with a newspaper under his arm, waving.
Karkat didn't bother waving his hand back and just watched him leave, his face bewildered from his new found 'friend'. "God… I think Sollux has finally found someone worth killing if not himself, for once." He murmured to himself, getting up and taking leave.