Sorry for not updating yesterday (which I had meant to do), I had book club. But here's the chapter! :)
"Karkat Vantas!" Kankri yelled.
"What did I do know?!" Karkat snapped. Kankri glared at him.
"Well, I got some images of you and Sollux from yesterday."
"Huh?" Kankri held up some photos. They were of Karkat and Sollux going around setting up the paint-bombs. Oh yeah, he hadn't known about that. Yet.
"Karkat, I want to tell you how triggering it is for you to do that. And if Sollux simply influenced you to do that, then that's not an excuse because you can control your own behaviour. However, if you influenced Sollux then I am extremely disappointed in you, more so than I am now in fact. If it is neither and this is simply an account of both your personalities, then you are still in trouble. I will not tolerate you misbehaving, and as such I am going to have to punish you in some manner. Please do not be triggered by this as I am only doing what a parent does for their child. So, for your punishment I have confiscated you're computer-"
"What?!"
"-and I am also confiscating you're TV privileges. Now, if you have any homework, you can work on it in you're room. If you don't, go to you're room anyway. You're grounded for the rest of today, and possibly tomorrow."
"That's not fair!" Karkat protested.
"Karkat! NOW!" Kankri yelled. Karkat glared at him and stormed off to his room. He slammed the door shut and threw his bag at the wall. He spent ten minutes throwing his bag around until he calmed down enough to do his homework. He'd only gotten halfway done the first homework, and he still had the other one to do. So he sat down on his bed and worked on them until Porrim called him for supper.
Supper was quesadillas. Karkat didn't like them that much, but he didn't complain. He was in enough trouble as it was. When he finished he went back to his room and finished his homework. It took awhile since he was in a bad mood while he did it, but he got it finished. After lying on his bed for awhile his phone rang.
"Hi KK." Sollux said.
"Hi." Karkat grumbled.
"Did you get lectured too?"
"Yeah, for the paint-bombs?"
"Yeah, my dad got pictureth."
"Yeah, Kankri got some too. Who took the pictures?"
"Dunno, probably thomeone one of uth knowth."
"Whatever. Did you get grounded?"
"Yep, you too?"
"Yeah, and I got my computer taken away and I can't watch TV."
"That thuckth."
"Yeah."
"….Tho, why don't you be thleeping beauty?"
"Oh, fuck you!"
"I didn't know you were gay."
"Oh, ha-ha. Hilarious Sollux." Sollux laughed.
"You didn't deny it KK."
"I don't even know! So cut it out!"
"Oh, theriouthly?"
"Yeah, so what?!"
"Chill KK. It jutht thurprithed me."
"Whatever. And just so you know, NO! I will not be sleeping beauty!"
"Honethly, I bet you'd look good in a dreth."
"Fuck you!"
"Hey, I'm theriouth. You totally would."
"Sollux, don't you dare fucking picture that!"
"Heh-heh. Too late KK."
"God dammit Sollux."
"Heh. Anyway, how about you thneak out tonight?"
"Huh?"
"I found thomething cool the firtht night we moved in here. Wanna thee it?"
"What is it?"
"A thurprithe. It'th in the woodth near my houthe."
"Okay, sure. Why not?"
"Great. Meet me at my houthe at midnight."
So, some hours later Karkat was walking down the street to Sollux's. It was cold out so he'd grabbed a hoodie. He wondered what Sollux had found. When he got to Sollux's house he snuck over to the garage. Sollux was there waiting for him.
"Hi. Come on." Sollux said. He led Karkat into the forest. He turned on a flashlight and shone around the ground.
"How deep are we going into here?" Karkat asked.
"Not too far." Sollux said. They kept walking for awhile until Sollux stopped. "Down there." He pointed into what looked like a dried-up lake. It had been taken over by plants and fallen leaves. Sollux shone the flashlight on the wreck of a car.
"Okay, it's a car." Karkat said. Sollux grinned at him and climbed down into the lake. Karkat followed him and they walked up to the car.
"Check it out." Sollux said. He pointed the flashlight inside the car. Karkat jumped and almost yelled but Sollux covered his mouth. There was a skeleton! A real skeleton was sitting in the driver's seat! Karkat took some deep breaths to calm down. His heart was still pounding and he stared at the skeleton. Sollux took his hand off his mouth.
"Oh shit." Karkat muttered.
"Yeah." Sollux moved the flashlight's beam, revealing other skeletons in the car. There were two adults in the front and two small kids in the back.
"That's just creepy." Karkat said. Sollux grinned at him.
"Wanna go inthide?"
"What?! No!" Karkat backed away from the car quickly.
"I wath jutht kidding KK. Even I wouldn't do that."
"Whatever. Why don't we go back?"
"What'th wrong? Are you thcared of ghothtth?" Karkat glared at Sollux, who just grinned.
"No, I'm not! I just don't want to fall asleep during class tomorrow." Sollux didn't look like he believed him, but he walked away from the car.
"Okay, thure." They walked back to Sollux's place. Sollux put the flashlight in the garage. "Thee ya."
"Yeah." Karkat walked home quickly. He opened his bedroom window and climbed in. He took his hoodie off and snuck his shoes back to the door. Then he lay down in bed and closed his eyes. He tried not to think of the skeletons and get some sleep.