Wanted to update yesterday, but it was Canada Day so the library was closed :( But I'm back with a chapter! :)
The next day Karkat woke up and found out he was still in the dress. He also had a headache and someone had drawn butterflies on his left shoulder in permanent marker. He groaned and hit his head against the wall, which just made his headache worse. He went and had a shower but found out he could barely wash any of the marker off. He was in the shower for two hours scrubbing his shoulder with soap until he gave up. He would have to keep trying every day until it finally came off.
Karkat put some clothes on and sat at the table. Kankri was still having breakfast and Karkat grabbed himself a bowl of cereal and sat down. Kankri instantly started talking to him.
"Karkat, I was wondering about that dress you were wearing yesterday when Porrim brought you home. I apologize if my suddenly bringing this up triggers you and please let me know if it does and I will stop discussing it instantly. Anyway, I was wondering why you were wearing the dress and if this means you are in fact gay and what were you doing with your friends? I understand it probably triggers you that I would assume things about what you do with your friends but I feel it is my duty to ask as I am acting as your guardian at this moment. Anyway, really, why were you wearing that dress? Because I-"
"Can you just not mention it?!" Karkat snapped.
"Oh, of course. I apologize for triggering you Karkat. I assure you I didn't mean to at all. I will refrain from bringing up that subject now that I know it triggers you. If there are other subjects that trigger you that I am not aware of please let me know so that I can add them to the list I have. Otherwise I risk triggering you when trying to have a conversation with you and…"
Karkat covered his ears and looked at Porrim. He mouthed "Make him stop!" and she walked up to Kankri.
"…therefore it will be easier to have a conversation with you and the risk of triggers will drop, but unfortunately not disappear. I apologize if the fact that the risk of triggers can't disappear triggers you and I will try to refrain from mentioning that if it does-" Porrim grabbed Kankri and kissed him. Karkat unplugged his ears and quickly ate his breakfast while Porrim was kissing Kankri so he couldn't talk. When he finished he dumped his dishes in the sink and ran out of the house.
"Good morning Karkat." Kanaya said. "You aren't going to wear the dress today?"
"No! Why did you even make them?!"
"I'm the only one with your measurements."
"That's not what I asked!"
"I made them because Roxy asked me to. And I thought you would look good in a dress."
"God damn it." Karkat turned and walked down the sidewalk. He wasn't really going anywhere, he just needed to get out of the house. After awhile Sollux phoned.
"I told you you'd look good in a dreth."
"Shut the fuck up Sollux! Do not bring that up!" Sollux laughed and Karkat rolled his eyes.
"Do you even remember getting driven home? You were tho tired."
"I think I fell asleep when we got to your house. Why?"
"Jutht wondering. Tho, are you doing anything today?"
"No. I'm just going for a walk. Why?"
"I'm bored. Wanna play in the thnow at my plathe?"
"Fine, sure."
"Great. I'll be waiting."
"Okay." Karkat hung up and turned around and walked to Sollux's. He told Kanaya where he was going when he passed by his house again. She promised to tell Porrim when Kankri calmed down.
When Karkat got to Sollux's he got a snowball thrown at him. Karkat swore loudly and chased after Sollux. Sollux laughed and ran behind the house. Eventually Karkat tackled him and they wrestled in the snow for a bit until they calmed down. Karkat lay down and took some deep breaths. He was out of breath after that. Sollux laughed and lay down next to him.
"Way to say hello Sollux." Karkat grunted. Sollux laughed and tugged at his hair.
"I can't be boring KK. You'd be tho dithapointed." Karkat rolled his eyes and Sollux smirked.
"So what the fuck are we supposed to do?"
"I dunno. Build an igloo?" Karkat laughed and sat up.
"That sounds dumb, but whatever." Sollux grinned and they stood up and got to work. The snow in Sollux's backyard was really deep so they had plenty to make it with. Sollux did most of the work while Karkat cleared an area and helped stack the blocks of snow. The roof was the trickiest part but after a couple hours they had an igloo that Sollux guaranteed wouldn't collapse. Karkat followed Sollux inside the igloo and sat down next to him. The igloo was big enough for both of them to sit down in, but not much else.
"Cool huh?" Sollux said, staring up at the ceiling. Karkat shrugged and tucked his hands in his coat pocket. Sollux grinned and leaned back against the wall. Luckily it didn't break. Karkat leaned against the wall too and stared at the igloo.
"I can't believe his piece of shit is standing." he said. Sollux laughed and nodded.
"You can thank me for my awethome thkillth." Karkat rolled his eyes.
"I helped too you know."
"Yeah, but you didn't make all the thnow blockth."
"Whatever." They sat in the igloo for awhile and Karkat started to get tired. He yawned and leaned his head back and closed his eyes.
Karkat couldn't tell where he was. Or if he was even really there or just observing a location, like through a telescope. But he could see Gamzee wrestling someone, and when he took a closer look he realized it was another Gamzee! But the other Gamzee's eyes were a bright red and he had a crazy look in him. Gamzee had him pinned to the ground and seemed to be keeping him there effortlessly.
Karkat looked around and saw Sollux sitting with his back to him. He walked up behind him and reached to touch his shoulder, but his hand passed through him. He could hear Sollux whispering something, but he couldn't tell what the words were. Karkat tried to talk to him but he couldn't open his mouth.
He looked back at Gamzee but found that he wasn't there anymore. Instead he found himself staring at a boy he didn't recognise. He was crouched down and scratching at the ground. Karkat walked up to him and knelt down in front of him. But he still couldn't see who he was. He tried to say something but he still couldn't open his mouth.
Then some liquid splashed on him. Karkat looked up and saw Roxy laughing at him, holding an almost empty bottle of vodka. Karkat scowled and stood up and tried to wipe the alcohol out of his hair, but it was no use. Roxy gulped down half of the vodka left and offered the rest to Karkat. He tried to talk but then he remembered he couldn't open his mouth. So instead he shook his head. Roxy shrugged and gulped down the rest of the vodka.
Karkat turned away from her and started walking. He wanted to find someone he could actually communicate with. And figure out where the hell he was. So he walked for a little bit until his feet started to get sore. Then he sat down and rested them.
"Hey KK." Karkat turned around but Sollux wasn't there. "KK? Hey, KK."
"KK!" Karkat jolted awake and opened his eyes. Sollux was shaking his shoulder. He grinned when he saw that Karkat was awake. "Man, you're one heavy thleeper KK." Karkat rolled his eyes and stretched out his legs.
"Whatever. What do you want?"
"It'th boring in here. Let'th go have a thnowball fight." Karkat smirked and stood up.
"You're on!" Karkat and Sollux ran out of the igloo and quickly grabbed some snow. Karkat made some lousy snowballs as quickly as he could and chucked them at Sollux. Of course all but one missed and that one just grazed his head. Sollux on the other hand hit Karkat with his snowballs each time he threw them. Karkat cursed and lobbed some more at him. Sollux just dodged and counterattacked. They went on for a couple hours.
"Gotcha KK!" Sollux yelled as he shoved snow down Karkat's shirt.
"Fuck!" Karkat grabbed some snow and shoved it in Sollux's face. Sollux laughed and Karkat jumped on him. They wrestled around and kept dumping snow down each other's shirts and coats until they were both shivering and laughing as they lay in the snow.
"Tie?" Sollux said. Karkat nodded and stood up. They walked inside Sollux's house and took off their coats and boots when they got inside. Sollux's dad smiled when he saw them.
"Hi Thollux. Ith thith "KK"?" he asked. Karkat groaned and Sollux grinned and nodded. "Nithe to meet you. You two should go get changed. You're both thoaked." Sollux nodded and led Karkat to his room. He grabbed some clothes and handed them to him.
"Here. Thee if thethe fit." Karkat tried them on and found out they didn't fit at all. He had to roll up the pant legs and put a belt on. The shirt almost reached down to his knees and even though it was a t-shirt the sleeves almost reached his elbows. Sollux laughed when he saw Karkat. Karkat flipped him off in response.
"Fuck you. Cut it out." Sollux grinned.
"You look great KK." He chuckled again and Karkat punched his arm. Sollux swung back and Karkat actually managed to duck. Pretty soon they were wrestling on the floor again. Of course, Sollux was stronger than Karkat so he pinned him down pretty easily.
"Dammit. Get off me you asshole." Karkat grumbled. Sollux just laughed.
"Are you thtaying over for dinner?" Sollux's dad asked, standing in the doorway. Karkat tried to get up but Sollux wouldn't get off him. He growled and kicked Sollux in the stomach. Sollux got off him and Karkat sat up.
"I dunno. Sure." Sollux's dad nodded and walked off.
"Wanna play thome videogameth?" Sollux asked. Karkat nodded and sat next to Sollux.
"I bet you I'll kick your ass." he said. Sollux smirked.
"Twenty buckth thayth I kick yourth."
"Deal."