By the way, their chaperone is probably Dave. My sister asked if he was Dave and I just said "Sure" so yeah that's Dave.
"Ow! Crap!" Karkat jumped awake and looked around. Oh, look at that. Their chaperone just fell out of his bed. Ha-ha.
"Are you okay, motherfucker?" Gamzee asked. The chaperone nodded and stood up.
"Totally fine. Okay, it's conveniently time for breakfast, so all of you get up."
Breakfast that day was bacon and eggs with toast. While they ate Karkat noticed Tavros would occasionally glance at Gamzee. He had to get more confidence so he could confess his feelings. And from what Karkat could tell, Gamzee seemed totally oblivious. It was actually really pissing him off.
"Hey, apparently we're making snow sculptures today." Roxy said. "And it's gonna be a contest! Everyone's in groups of twos and tries to make the best sculptures!"
"What doeth the winner get?" Sollux asked. "Ticketth to the Bahamath?"
"Ha-ha! No, they get tickets to an amusement park." Roxy said. "Not sure how many, but let's all try to win!"
"And I bet we're doing the same groups as always." Karkat grumbled.
"Yeah, so? Don't you like being with Sollux?" Calliope asked. Karkat shrugged.
"I think he's shyyyyyy." Roxy said, grinning. Karkat groaned and rolled his eyes.
"Do not start this." he grumbled. Roxy's grin just widened.
"He's soooo shyyyyyy!"
"Cut it out Roxy!"
"Y'know, denial's proof!"
"No it's not! That's just stupid!"
"You denied that rather forcefully Karkat…"
"Fuck you."
"Aren't you gay KK?"
"Holy fuck! Don't you start too! Jesus!"
"Hee-hee! Karkat's shyyy! Karkat's shyyy!" Roxy sang.
"Real mature guys." Karkat grumbled. Roxy kept teasing him until they left with the other kids for the snow-sculpture contest.
The contest was being held in a big field with plenty of deep snow. There were sections marked with flags at the corners for each group. Karkat and Sollux went in one next to Gamzee and Tavros while Roxy and Calliope went in one across from them.
"Good luck you dream couple!" Roxy called to them. Karkat fingered her and she laughed.
"Okay, you all have an hour and a half to make your sculptures. After that you're stuck with what you've got. So get ready…set…go!" The principal blew his whistle and kids immediately started sculpting.
"What the hell are we supposed to make?" Karkat wondered aloud.
"I dunno. How about a two-headed guy fighting a giant crab?" Sollux said.
"What the actual fuck?"
"Why not? I'll make the guy with two headth. You make the crab."
"What—oh, fine." Karkat started scooping some snow together and trying to form a crab's body. But he honestly didn't know much about crabs, so he doubted he could do very good. Sollux, on the other hand, wasn't doing too bad making a person's legs. Karkat was pretty sure his crab was going to look like something from a cartoon, while Sollux's two-headed person would actually look good.
While he worked Karkat looked at what his friends were doing. Gamzee and Tavros were making some sort of giant head. Probably a clown. Meanwhile Roxy and Calliope were making a whole lot of cat sculptures. A whole lot.
When Karkat finished his crab sculpture he sighed and smacked his forehead. It looked really stupid. Especially compared to Sollux's, which didn't look half bad.
"Here, I'll make it look better." Sollux said. He bent over the sculpture and started working on it. In the meantime Karkat watched what everyone else was doing. Some kids were making a dragon, two girls were making a bunch of snow flowers and two boys were trying to do the mountain they were currently on. That probably wouldn't give them extra points.
When the principal blew his whistle again Karkat decided their sculpture was…decent. Sollux hadn't been able to do much to improve Karkat's crab and one of the heads on the two-headed guy was starting to fall off. The principal and some teachers went around and looked at all the sculptures. Gamzee and Tavros really had done a giant clown head. It was surprisingly detailed and Karkat decided it looked creepy as fuck. Roxy and Calliope had done maybe more than twenty cat sculptures, all curled up together. The dragon some kids had tried to do looked a bit deformed and the two boys who did the mountain really just ended up with a lump of snow. The girls who did the flowers did good though.
"Okay, we've got the results down." the principal announced. "The winners are Gamzee Makara and Tavros Nitram. Here's your prize." Gamzee took the tickets then put Tavros on his shoulders. Roxy and Calliope clapped and Roxy cheered loudly. Karkat grinned at how embarrassed Tavros looked. Gamzee looked positively thrilled.
After the contest they all went to the lounge and Roxy grabbed some soda for them all. They threw a small party (not really much of one considering they just drank soda and talked) for a few hours before it was lunch. During that time Roxy complemented them on the sculpture and they talked about the tickets.
"They're for March." Gamzee said, looking at them. "And there's only two, so they're for me and Tavbro."
"No fair! Now we all need to get some!" Roxy said. "Right guys? You all have to get tickets so we go as a group!"
"Okay, sure." Calliope said. Sollux nodded and Karkat shrugged.
"Doubt I can afford one. I'm broke." he said.
"Aww, don't be like that Karkat." Roxy said. "Just ask your parents to buy you a ticket! I bet they'll get one if you say it's so you can hang out with your friends!"
Karkat glared at Roxy and stood up. He stormed out of the room and went to the boy's washroom. No one else was there and he locked himself in a stall. He sat on the toilet (which had the lid down) and curled up into a ball, covering his face with his arms. Oh, she just had to go and say that! Say his parents! Well guess what? They're fucking dead! Karkat took a deep breath and tried to calm down. He pushed away the memories of the man with the knife that started coming back up. Stupid Roxy! Why did she have to do that?! That just ruined the whole fucking day!
"Why did he get mad?" Roxy asked. Sollux sighed and Gamzee ran his fingers through his hair.
"Karbro's parents-"
"Um, Gamzee?" Tavros said. "He could just tell her if he wanted to. He might not want her to know, or…"
"What? I stepped on a sensitive subject, didn't I?" Roxy asked. Gamzee, Tavros and Sollux nodded.
"Yeah, I think you did." Sollux said.
"Karbro's parents are dead." Gamzee said. Roxy covered her face with her hands.
"Shit." she said. Calliope frowned and patted Roxy on the back.
"It's not your fault, you didn't know." she said. Roxy sighed and nodded.
"That still makes me a bit of a jerk." Sollux stood up.
"I'll go talk to him." he said. Gamzee looked at him briefly before nodding. Sollux walked down the hall and listened to the sounds around him. He could hear Karkat's breathing, which was a bit uneven. He followed the sound to the washroom. Sollux walked in and looked around. He stopped by the only closed stall and knocked on the door.
"Go away!" Karkat snapped. Sollux sighed.
"KK, I'm trying to comfort you. Can I come in?"
"No. Fuck you. Leave me alone!"
"I will climb in there KK. I'm theriouth."
"Go away!" Sollux grabbed the top of the stall door and pulled himself up. He dropped down into the stall and stood in front of Karkat, who glared at him. "I said go away!" Sollux crossed his arms and shook his head.
"Nope. I'm not gonna KK." Karkat groaned and covered his face with his arms. Sollux reached over and pulled his arms away. Karkat glared up at him. "Look, are you okay?"
"Oh for—no! I'm not!" Karkat snapped. "My parents are dead." he muttered. "How the fuck could I be okay?! She just brought up that fucking subject like it's no big deal-"
"Okay, calm down!" Sollux snapped. "She didn't know, tho it'th not her fault! And having a huge tantrum over it ithn't helping!"
"Fuck you! Don't talk to me like that! You're not my mom-" Karkat scowled and pulled his arms out of Sollux's grip. "Just go away." Sollux sighed and pulled Karkat into a hug.
"Nope."
"Fuck you! Let me go!" Karkat shoved him off him and glared at him. "I'm fine! Just leave me alone!" Karkat curled up into a ball and turned his back to Sollux.
"You thure you're okay?" Sollux asked.
"…I just want some quiet, okay?"
"Okay. But I'm not leaving."
"Fine."
After that Sollux didn't try to talk to Karkat. That obviously would have set him off again. Instead Sollux just stayed there and kept an eye on him. Karkat didn't move the whole time. Sollux had no idea how long they stayed there. But eventually Karkat got up and walked out of the stall and Sollux followed him. It was past lunch time and everyone was off somewhere. Karkat and Sollux just went to their cabin and went in through the window because it was still locked. Karkat lay down on his bed and so did Sollux. They were both quiet and the only sound was their breathing.
After a few hours Gamzee and Tavros arrived.
"It's time for supper." Tavros said. Karkat got up quietly and Sollux followed him and the others to the eating hall. Supper was hamburgers but Karkat didn't really eat much of his.
"Um, I'm sorry for what I said earlier." Roxy said. Karkat ignored her and kept picking at his hamburger. "I really didn't mean to-"
"It's fine!" Karkat snapped. He picked up his burger and started eating it. They were all quiet during for the rest of the supper. When they finished they all went to bed. But they didn't talk at all.
"Jeez, aren't you guys usually more talkative?" their chaperone asked.
"Maybe we just don't feel like fucking talking!" Karkat snapped. The chaperone glared at him but didn't get into an argument. After awhile everyone fell asleep one after the other. Except Sollux. He stayed awake awhile after the others were asleep. He stared at the bottom of the bed above him, which Karkat was in. Sollux was filled with self-doubts and he tried to repress them. But it was hard. Roxy had brought up an upsetting subject, and Karkat wasn't the only one who was upset by it.
Eventually Sollux forced himself to stop thinking and fell asleep after awhile.