Almost immediately he started kissing her back, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close.

She smiled, rubbing his back and pressing up against him.

He flipped her over, pushing up against her. Damn she could kiss, he ran his tongue along her lip, begging to be let in.

She opened her mouth, moving her hands to his hair and knotting her fingers in it.

He dove his tongue in, exploring her mouth. He leaned into her a little more, enjoying her hands in his hair.

She let out a small hum of pleasure, moving her own tongue up against his. She really shouldn't have been doing this; she'd only met him the day before. But... This seemed much more right than it had with Dave.

He moved his tongue in sinc with hers, his hands left her back and started exploring her stomach, slowly inching their way up. He wondered if he was pushing her to far, they just met and she spent the whole date acting shy and nervous.

She arched her back a bit, tugging at his hair.

He moaned when she pulled his hair, pushing into her even more. He inched his hands up pulling her shirt up with them.

She gasped a bit, pulling back. "Word... Word of warning. I... I've never done this before."

"Do you want me to stop?" He asked softly, wondering if she was ready for this yet.

"No." She tugged him down again, smashing their lips together with a new type of desperation.

He laughed, "Well someone wants to get in my pants." He went back to kissing her, pulling her shirt the rest of the way off.

She laughed slightly, dropping her hands back down to his pants.

"You really want in there." He laughed, teasing her by fingering her bra, but not undoing it.

"Shut up and fuck me," she mumbled, struggling to unbutton his jeans.

He laughed, loving how adorably horny and desperate she was. "Well that's one way to do it." He decided to let her struggle with the jeans, teasing her even more by running his finger under her bra, but stopping right before he reached her boob.

She moaned. "God, you're such a tease," she whined, finally unbuttoning his pants.

He laughed, "I can make it so much worse." He laughed, letting go of her and grabbing her hands, stopping her from making anymore progress with his pants.

"Karkat!" she groaned.

He smiled, "Yes Jade?" He purred.

"Stop it!"

He smiled devilishly. "Well if you insist." He laughed, sitting up and starting to rebutting his pants. God he loved teasing her.

"Nooooo!" she whimpered, giving him her best puppy dog face.

He laughed and went back to kissing her, not able to say no to that face. "You know I'm just teasing you baby."

"Thank god..."

He smiled and started to kiss her neck, teasing her with little nips.

She smiled, her eyes closing again.

He laughed, "Are you going to fall asleep /now /?" He teased, "And I thought I was good at this."

"Oh, god, no. Just enjoying it."

He laughed, gently pulling her pants off.

"'Bout time," she smirked.

"I can just go slower if you want." He smirked back, ripping his own pants off.

"You're so mean," she whined, kissing him again.

"And yet you keep kissing me." He laughed.

"Well yeah, I don't want you to stop."

"I can tell." He laughed, teasing her by playing with her panties.

She moaned. "Would you just fuck me?"

"Well someone's horny." He laughed, finally pulling her panties off.

"No shit."

"I think I'll wait. You're cute when you're horny."

"Karkaaaaaaaaaaaaat!"


Jade woke up around 3 in the morning with a scream. She tore herself away from Karkat, freaking out completely when she found herself naked and falling off the bed. She wrapped her arms around herself, bursting into tears as she felt the same agonizing pain as she did every night when she relived the scene.

Karkat jumped awake, wrapping the sheet around his waist and running over to her. He grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders. "Jade, are you okay?" He asked, sounding worried and panicked. "Jade, what happened?"

She collapsed into his arms, holding onto him for dear life and sobbing too hard to answer.

He pulled her onto his lap and started rocking her gently. Her was rubbing her back, trying to calm her down a little. "What happened baby?" He asked softly.

It took a while for her to calm down enough to speak to him. "N-Nightmares..."

"Nightmares about what?" He asked softly, getting up and carrying her back to bed. He sat down with her in his lap. "It's okay Jade, you're safe here with me. It was just a dream."

"But it wasn't just a dream. They aren't... Nightmares, they're... Actual living memories..."

"But memories are things that happened, not that will happen again. You're still safe Jade. They cant hurt you anymore. What were they memories of?"

"D-Dave..." She took another deep, shaky breath, the pain fading away.

"What did Dave do in the nightmare?" He asked softly.

"It wasn't a nightmare. It was real." She shook her head, wiping her eyes.

"What did he do to you?"

"He beat me. He pinned me to the floor and broke my arm and a couple fingers and I'm okay at shooting but I can't ever shoot /right/ anymore because of him. A-And he shattered a few of my ribs and stomped on my stomach and I can't have kids anymore because of him too and..." She had to catch her breath again, the words pouring from her mouth. "And it's all because of his... Gang..."

He sat there quietly for a minute, letting what she said sink in. "Why would he ever want to do that to you? " He asked softly. "What gang is he in?"

"They called themselves Derse Demons. I... I honestly don't know, but he liked seeing the pain on my face, h-he smiled when I screamed and cried..."

He sighed and hugged her tighter, "I'm so sorry he did that to you baby. I promise you I will never let him touch you again. I will never hurt you like he did. He's just sick. His gangs sick too. That's why we hate them so much. They go to far."

"Who... Who's the leader of yours?"

"Bro." He sighed. "Why do you ask?"

"Bro...?"

"He was the one I went off to talk to. He never gave us his real name. He told us it was just Bro."

"What's his last name? Do you know?"

"Strider I think. I'm not to sure, he never told us but someone called him Strider once so we just went with it."

"Strider..." She repeated slowly, her eyes wide. "O-Oh God, I can't..." She stood up quickly, her breath quickening. She started to pace.

He stood up and pulled her into a hug. "What's wrong?" He asked softly.

"His brother." Her voice shook and she hugged him back, sighing a bit.

"Bro is Dave's brother?" He asked softly. "I promise you Bro would never hurt you like that. He hates Dave's gang and what they do. Maybe that's why he started his own. He probably hates Dave too. You will be safe with us. I would make sure we protect you."

"I... You promise...?"

He nodded. "I won't let him hurt you again, and the gang sticks together so if I'm behind you they will he right behind me." He smiled. "We will be there for you."

"But what if you can't?"

"I will die trying then. But I know I can protect you. You don't have to worry about that."

"Thank you..." It was her first time hearing those words.

"You're welcome baby." He smiled.

"Karkat?"

"Yes Jade?"

"Why are you doing this for me?"

"Because I love you." He whispered, "And I don't want to see you get hurt."

"We only met two days ago..."

He shrugged, "Love is a strange thing. But all I know is it would kill me to see you hurt, and I plan on never letting that happen."

"... Thank you."