The next day at school, We all sat in the library before school like we usually did. However, this morning, I had woken up with a headache, and that was never good, because it made my synesthesia stronger, and that meant Sensory Overload. I managed to push away the pain today, but the synesthesia (I looked up the word the night before) was persistent.

It wasn't so bad in first period health, just minor irritation from the disgustingly bright pink teacher. She wrote a lot of words, causing a rainbow hodgepodge of colors to appear on the board, and I couldn't even look at it for too long.

Then second period, I was a library helper, and almost no one was there, so my head got a break from the auras, but not the words. I had to go under the desk and draw for the whole period, and the librarian didn't mind. Second period was her slowest period, anyway.

Third period, was math. Nothing there, just a bunch of rowdy red auras. Few words appeared, as it was a worksheet (thank god), so I just did my work in peace.

Fourth period world studies made it worse. So many dull grey, blue, and red words clouded my mind, and I was about to cry.

Fifth period was lunch. I had that with Karkat and Equius. Equius already knew about my synesthesia, and he and Karkat were talking about it when I sat down. They both gave me a nod, and asked how I was. I just groaned, and laid my head down. One of them put their hand on my back, and Equius asked what was wrong.

"Headache..." I managed. I sat up, and looked around. All the colors started clashing together, and there were so many.. words being spoken everywhere, turning the cafeteria into potluck of horrible color clashes. I covered my ears and closed my eyes to drown it all out, but that did nothing.

Both Karkat and Equius had scooted closer, and Equius pried one hand off my ear to ask if I was okay. I looked at him as tears sprang into my eyes, and just told him to get me the hell out of there.

Equius picked me up, and Karkat grabbed all our stuff, and they rushed me down to the nurse's office. I kept my ears covered and my eyes closed, and they both stayed there the rest of their lunch period, trying to help me calm down. They didn't say anything, and stayed behind me, Karkat rubbing my back, and Equius stroking my hair. This helped me calm down enough to manage to ask the nurse to call my mom to come get me. She nodded sympathetically and called my mom. I sat up and reached for Karkat to hug him, and held him for a moment, then moved over and held Equius for a moment. I laid back down and faced them, and held each of their hands, Equius still playing with my hair.

The nurse called and said my mom would be at the school shortly to pick me up, and Karkat got up and went to my locker to get my things. When he came back, he laid my jacket over me, and pat my shoulder. When my mom got here, Karkat walked me to the door, promised he'd check on me after school, and watched me get into the car. I laid down in the back and put my jacket over my head until I got home. I went up to my room, turned off the lights, closed the blinds, and fell asleep.

I woke up a few hours later to my mom gently shaking me, saying Karkat was here. I sat up groggily, and looked at him, and smiled. He hugged me, and I could almost feel his warm grey aura surround me in the most comforting way. He sat next to me, and signed to me. He had picked some up over the years, as that's the main way we spoke around Meulin. I told him it was okay to talk, and he nodded.

"Equius, Sollux, and I have all been worried about you... are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm cool... sleeping usually takes the edge off sensory overload. I'm okay talking to one person at a time right now, I think..."

"Well, good...Sollux and Equius are downstairs, we all agreed to ride the bus to your house today after school, and decided to go up one at a time to be sure you were okay. We're worried about you."

"You guys are the sweetest...thank you..." I smiled and sat up and pulled him into a tight hug. He tensed slightly as I moved to hug him, then relaxed and wrapped his arms around me. I pressed my face into his shoulder, and he rubbed my back, sighing slightly. We sat like that for a while, and then pulled away, both us us flushing quite a bit.

"Well, I better send Equius in now... I've probably been here longer than I should have.. but i'll see if I can stay for dinner, and maybe spend the night to be sure you're okay..?"

"Yeah, that sounds cool.. thanks..." I said as he walked off. He hesitated at the door, like he wanted to say something, then shook his head, and left.

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