Authors note: Sorry the chapter is so short (its mostly a cute filler chapter for the characters to start to know each other). Next chapter will be longer

He nodded, remembering the name for later. He knew asking her his last name would be pushing it right now, he would find that out later and track the kid down. He sat down on her couch with her, rocking her gently. "How are you feeling now?"

"I... I don't know. Don't leave, please." She grabbed onto his sleeve.

"I wasn't planning on it." He held her a little tighter, "It's okay, I'll stay if you want me to." He whispered, "I'll stay all night if you want me too."

She nodded a bit. "I... I would like that a lot."

"Do you have anywhere I can sleep? Not that I don't mind the couch, but I was just wondering if you had an extra bed or something."

She shook her head a bit. "My bed is a double, though..."

He shook his head, "I could never intrude like that. That wouldn't be right of me."

"I'm offering."

"If you really don't mind, I would be honored. And I promise to be a complete gentleman and not do anything that would make you uncomfortable." He smiled, glad she trusted him so much.

She smiled a bit. It would be nice for her to wake up to some comfort rather than being alone in the dark.

He smiled even wider, enjoying her smile a lot. It made her already beautiful face glow. He leaned down a little, going to kiss her, but stopped inches from her lips, not quite sure of she wanted this.

Her smile fell away. She looked away, shaking her head a bit. "I-I'm not ready."

He nodded and backed up a little, "It's fine I understand. I can wait."

"Thank you so much..."

He smiled, "Wanna watch a movie? Maybe help get your mind off things and help calm you a little."

She nodded, smiling back at him.

"What movies do you have?" He asked, picking her up off his lap and putting her down on the couch next to him.

"There's a case over there. My brother is kind of obsessed with them."

He got up and walked over to the case, laughing at the movie choices. "I see your bro is a big Nic Cage fan." He grabbed the least sucky movie and put it on, sitting down next to Jade again.

"Yeah, its kinda embarrassing."

He laughed and pulled her onto his lap again. "Well we can try to enjoy what looks to be the least suckiest movie in his collection." Of course the movie sucked anyway, Karkat could barely pay attention, his eyes kept wandering to watch Jade.

"Good enough." She snuggled closer to him.

He rested his head on top of her's, smiling. Damn, he really liked holding her. He didn't pay to much attention to the movie, he was more interested in her.

She yawned a bit, seeming about to fall asleep by the end of the movie.

When the movie was over, Karkat picked her up, assuming she was asleep. He carried her to bed, putting her down and climbing in next to her.

She opened her eyes as he set her down, looking up at him. She reached for his hand.

He smiled and took her hand. "Sorry, did I wake you?" He asked softly.

"No, I wasn't sleeping." She closed her eyes once more and moved closer to him.

"What were you doing then?" He asked, wrapping an arm around her.

"Just... Resting my eyes..." she yawned and snuggled closer.

He laughed, "No, you're falling asleep sweetheart."

"Am not..."

He laughed, "Yes you are darling. You are barely awake as we speak."

She yawned again, rolling over to face him.

"That yawn is betraying you." He laughed, pulling her closer.

She buried her face in his shoulder. "It's... The boring movies make me tired..."

"Yeah that movie really did suck. Where did your brother get such a bad taste in movies?" He smiled, rubbing her back gently.

"Probably his dorky dad..." She sighed, starting to drift off.

"His dad? Are you only half siblings?" He asked, a little confused.

"Yeah. I don't have a dad."

"Wait. How is that possible? I mean I failed health, but I'm pretty sure it takes two to make a kid."

She laughed. "It was our mom. She ran off after John was born and I ended up here with them."

"So you're older then?" He asked, a little confused. "You have a dad, you just don't know who he is then." He clarified.

"Yeah, I'm older, but no. I know who he is, but he died shortly after I was born."

"Ohh. I'm sorry." He sighed, hugging her a little tighter.

"It's not your fault. I didn't know him, so it didn't really affect me. John's dad has been my father figure, so it's not like I grew up without one."

He nodded, "Well that's good at least. Do you get along with your brother well?"

"Yeah, he's kinda annoying sometimes, but I don't mind him."

He nodded, "That's good. I always fought with my younger brother, and we haven't talked in ages." He sighed, "I'm pretty sure he ended up on drugs too."

"Really? Who was your brother?"

"Gamzee." He sighed, "We had a really bad relationship growing up. We would always end up beating the crap out of each other."

"Oh." She bit her lip. "So... Is that why you got into a gang?"

He shrugged, "I guess it could be. Maybe that's why he turned into a druggy. I don't know, it didn't help our dad was worse." He sighed, wondering why he was opening up to her already. They just met and he never told anyone this stuff before.

"... So why did you want me?"

"Because Bro would have skinned me if I didn't get someone and you were the best shooter there. It also helped that you are really beautiful and I wanted to be able to get to know you and spend time with you. I'm sorry if I freaked you out when I asked you to join." He sighed, "I was convinced you would want to join, guess I was really wrong." He laughed.

"I'm... sorry, I just... I can't hurt anyone. Not after what happened to me..."

"Shh. Its okay Jade. I understand, if you don't want to join you don't have to. I don't think I even want you in the gang anymore. Even if you told Bro you didn't want to hurt anyone he would still make you. I never wanted to hurt anyone but he made me do some really bad things." He sighed, regretting it all.

"... Like what?"

He shook his head. "You would hate me if you knew." He sighed, not really ready to share his past.

"I don't hate people. I-I don't even hate Dave."

He sighed, "If I tell you, you need to understand I didn't want to do it. I had to, it was do it or Bro would have killed me." He sighed, shame filling his expression.

She nodded slowly.

He sighed and looked away, not able to meet her gaze. "I had to blind a girl, I had to beat up whoever went against the gang or anyone in it, I had to kill other gang rivals, I had to burn down buildings, I had to steal things, I had to kill people just because they pissed off the wrong person." He sighed, "Most of them were innocent too. I ruined so many lives." He choked out, starting to lose it.

She opened her eyes again, pulling his face down to look at her. "For what it's worth... I don't think you're a bad person."

He looked her in the eyes, tearing up a little. "How can you? I've ruined, and ended, the lives of so many innocent people. How am I even close to a good person?"

She ran her thumbs under his eyes, cupping his face and pulling him closer, into a kiss.