A week passed, and it was guitar night again. Dave and I had been working on a song all week, and I have to say, it was pretty sweet. Me, Dave, and Karkat sat at a table together, and we waited during the other acts. Karkat held my hand under the table the whole time until our show, which made me less nervous. No matter how many shows I did, I was always super nervous, but one thing I loved about Karkat was that he was always there for me. Dave bought us coffees from the shop, and we all went around telling stories to each other while they set up the guitar night and all.

"Okay, one, my sister, before she came out, was in her room with her 'friend', and my Bro walked in, and found them making out. Then he went on got our mom, and she just laughed and Kanaya wouldn't come over for like two months." he said.

"What did your dad do?" I asked.

"Oh, I don't exactly have a dad. My Bro adopted me when I was a little tiny nugglet, and then he found LaLonde, and they got married, then Rose became my sister so yeah."

"Did you just refer to your baby self as a nugglet?"

"Hell yeah I did." He said with a straight face. I have come to realize, over the past week, that Dave is nowhere near a coolkid, but I huge-ass nerd.

"Damn son. Well, did you know, when Nepeta and I were in like, third grade, we were at my house, and we had just gotten a dog, and Nepeta didn't know, and we fell asleep watching a movie, and woke up to a puppy licking er face, and she screamed and fell over. It was seriously so funny!" Karkat said.

"Oh, really now? Well, what about the time you laughed so hard, you squirted water out of your nose, and were more comfortable admitting that it was pee?" I said with a condescending smirk. He sighed and help his hands up in surrender.

"Damn, you got me.." He said, laughing. The lights dimmed a bit, and we got quiet while they announced the acts.

Dave and I went on about halfway through the show. We played Little Talks by Monsters and Men. When Dave sang, I played ukulele, and vice versa with him and his guitar. When we both sang, we played together. It was a hit, everyone loved it. We played one more song, and then we left the stage. We sat back down with Karkat, and Karkat gave me a kiss.

"Babe, that was amazing! You did pretty awesome too, Strider."

"What, no kiss for the Strider? Rude" He said, crossing is arms, but with the slightest smirk. I laughed and Karkat just frowned.

We stayed at the cafe for a bit, then Karkat's dad drove us all home. Me and Karkat hung out at his house for a bit (Read: Made out until we heard Kankri come home), We sat in his room and watched movies, and kissed a little.

At one point, about halfway into the movie, we were getting really into kissing. He started moving his hands in...places... where I started to feel a little uncomfortable. He suddenly started lifting my shirt, and I squirmed a little uncomfortably. He stopped, pulled away and looked at me. I just felt my cheeks and neck heat up and I shook my head. He nodded and let go of my shirt, and hugged me to his chest, and we finished the movie. Karkat walked me back home, and he stopped me outside my house. He put his hands on my shoulders, and looked at me.

"Hey, Nep.. about earlier.." He said quietly. I blushed and looked down, but he put his hand under my chin, and tilted it up so I would look at him. "Hey.. if you're not ready, we're not ready. I would never force myself on you, and I value your comfort and safety. Don't ever be afraid to say no, okay?" I blushed bright, and I just felt very overwhelmed. I hugged him tight, and pressed my face into his chest.

"You have no idea how much that means to me, Karkat... I love you.."

"I love you too, Nepeta... I love you so much, and don't ever forget it." He said, He rubbed my back, and kissed the top of my head, hugging me tight. And to be honest, I've never felt safer with one person than I did right there with Karkat.

He walked me inside, and kissed me at the door, then he left. I went upstairs, and laid down on my bed. I smiled and grabbed a pillow and just pressed it to my face. I couldn't get over how there was just so much to love about him. I got up, grabbed my notebook, and just poured out a whole song in about an hour. I closed my journal, turned off my light, and crawled into bed.

My deepest apologies for not updating. I have been sick, and I still kind of am, but I managed to write this over the past few days. I will try to update each day until next Sunday, but starting next Monday, I have band camp, which is eight hours a day for two weeks. It's two weeks long, but i have weekends off, so the last few chapters will be uploaded every week. It's unavoidable, and I have about ten chapters left to write. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I will try to upload tomorrow, but I feel very sick, and to be honest, it's noot a very high chance I'll be able to, forgive me, please. Thank you. 3

I love you all, and thank you for reading, and staying with me. I love you all, don't ever forget it, my darling readers!