Bit of a time-skip here to Christmas! Enjoy! :)
"-Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!" Sollux clapped and Calliope bowed politely and Gamzee just grinned. Roxy cheered and clapped loudly. Yeah, they were spending Christmas day at Calliope's and she and Gamzee were singing carols.
While Calliope and Gamzee looked for another song to sing Roxy got up to use the bathroom. Karkat stared at the huge tree in the corner of the room. It was decorated like one of those freaking fancy trees you see on TV or at a store. There was a present to Calliope from Gamzee under the tree and one to Calliope from Roxy and another from her grandfather. It was easy to see it was a book from how it was wrapped. Calliope was going to open it later.
Karkat hadn't really gotten anyone anything except some fabric for Kanaya because he actually knew what she would want. She had said her present to him would be given to him later that day. He didn't really care. He usually just got a stupid Christmas sweater.
"Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas mah crazy friends!" Roxy yelled. Karkat realized her voice came down from the chimney. Roxy landed in the fireplace (which had no fire in it at that time) grinning and wearing a Santa suit. "Calliope, your grandpa is the BEST!" She stepped out and pulled a big bag with her. "Okay, I've got all your presents! Come get 'em!" Roxy tossed some presents out of her bag. Karkat picked one up and stared at it.
"Roxy, there are no name tagth on thethe." Sollux said.
"Oops! I thought I forgot something. Ha-ha. Just open them and try to figure out who they're for." Karkat watched Sollux open his. He pulled out a bright red dress with cloth roses a big K on the back.
"KK, I think thith ith for you." he said.
"Yep!" Roxy said.
"What?!" Karkat exclaimed.
"You all get to be princesses for Christmas!" Roxy said. Karkat opened the package he was holding and pulled out a yellow dress with black lace at the cuffs.
"Sollux, take your shit." Karkat said, throwing the dress at him. Sollux gave him his and Karkat realized it came with a tiara. It was made out of crab parts Roxy had super-glued together then painted red. Sollux had a tiara made out of computer parts that was painted yellow. Gamzee got a purple dress with lime green polka-dots and a tiara made out of horns and painted purple. Tavros got an orange dress decorated with brown ribbons and a tiara that was painted orange and made out of Pokémon merchandise. Calliope got a dark green dress with a border that was made of shiny cloth that was a bunch of squares of bright colours and a tiara that was a traditional princess tiara with plastic emeralds. Roxy took off her Santa costume to reveal her pink Victorian-style dress with black netting and long pink gloves. Her tiara had black cat ears on it and her dress had a black cat tail.
"Okay all of you, go put those on!" Roxy commanded.
"No! I'm not wearing this!" Karkat yelled.
"Gamzee, Sollux! Drag him to the guest room and force him into the dress!" Roxy commanded. Gamzee and Sollux instantly grabbed Karkat and dragged him off.
"No! Fuck! Stop it! Let me go! Sollux you dick! Cut it out! Gamzee put me down!" Gamzee and Sollux just laughed as they dragged Karkat into their guest room. They then proceeded to take Karkat's shirt off and stuff the dress on him. Karkat squirmed and shouted the whole time but it did no good. Sollux made sure Karkat couldn't get the dress off by holding him down while Gamzee and Tavros changed. Then Sollux changed while Gamzee held Karkat down. Once they were all dressed Sollux picked up Karkat and carried him back.
Calliope was in her dress and Roxy was complementing her. She laughed when Sollux and the others arrived.
"You look fabulous you guys!" she said.
"Fuck you!" Karkat snapped.
"I've brought hot chocolate." Calliope's grandfather said, coming in. He calmly put a tray of hot chocolate on the table. Apparently he didn't care if all of them were in princess dresses.
"Hey Calliope's grandpa!" Roxy said. "Can you take a picture of all of us on my phone?!"
"Certainly." He took Roxy's phone and held it up. Sollux dragged Karkat over to where they were standing.
"Put me down! You are not taking my fucking picture!"
"C'mon KK. Thmile for the camera." Sollux started to tickle Karkat and he burst out laughing. Karkat was very ticklish.
"S-Sollux! S-stop it!" Karkat laughed and Calliope's grandfather took a picture.
"Thanks!" Roxy said, taking the phone back. "Ha-ha-ha! Look at Karkat's face!" Roxy held up the phone to show Karkat laughing and glaring at Sollux at the same time.
"Give me that!" Karkat yelled, reaching for the phone. Roxy held it out of his reach and laughed. "Delete that fucking picture!"
"No way! I have to send it to the person who made the dresses."
"Who made the dresses?" Roxy grinned and tapped at her phone. After a few seconds her grin got wider.
"Kanaya says you're fabulous Karkat."
"Oh fuck no! Kanaya!" Roxy, Gamzee and Sollux laughed and Karkat tried to take the dress off, but he couldn't reach the zipper.
"Calm down KK, you're beautiful." Sollux said, grinning. Karkat glared at him.
"Shut the hell up Sollux!"
"Okay everyone!" Roxy yelled. "It's Christmas, so let's get drunk!"
"No thanks." Calliope said. Tavros shook his head and Karkat grunted no. Gamzee was okay with drinking a bit of alcohol and Sollux had one cup. In the end Roxy drank the most. She sang Christmas carols loudly and incorrectly and danced with Calliope. Gamzee picked Tavros up and danced with him and Roxy made Karkat dance with Sollux. All the while Calliope's grandfather would come refill their drinks or bring cookies and candy. Man, he could be pretty awesome.
Porrim came to pick Karkat up at night. She drove Sollux home too. They were still in the dresses and Karkat was too tired to change. So Sollux carried him into the car and Porrim drove. When they got to Sollux's Sollux said bye and Karkat waved sleepily. He thought Sollux poked his nose but he was too tired to remember and he just fell asleep.
Sollux walked inside and sat on the couch. His dad stared at him and grinned. Sollux grinned back and his dad looked back at the TV. After Sollux had decided the program was boring he got up and went to his room. He dumped his clothes on the floor and changed into pyjamas. He lay on his bed and sighed. He was pretty sure Karkat had been too tired to realize he'd kissed his nose. That had been pretty bold of him. Sollux sighed and stared at a picture of Aradia. He wasn't really sure if he liked Karkat. He still missed Aradia and wanted her back with him. He groaned and shoved his pillow over his head. He turned on his radio to drown out his thoughts and eventually he fell asleep.