some shIT goes down in this chapter and so sorry for the cliffhanger (oh and its Karkats pov.)

You groan and reach over swatting at your alarm clock before pulling your arm back and smashing it with your fist, making it fly over to the other side of the room and leaving you with a peaceful bedroom once more. You ponder the thought of rolling back over and going to sleep but you then remember that it is indeed a school day. You go to stand but end up sprawled out on the floor, per usual nowadays.

Slowly standing, you scratch your bare back and turn for your dresser. Rummaging through it you find a short sleeve that fits loosely on you. On a more careful inspection you realize it was a light grey shirt Kanaya had made for you not to long ago. You smile at the memory as you wiggle into some blue skinny jeans and slip on your shoes.

You glance at where your alarm clock should have been before tracing the cord back to the broken device that now hangs by literally a thread of wire. Holy fuck you didn't mean to do that. You walk over and put it back on the bedside table before grabbing your phone. 7:36? Holy shit if you don't get moving right the fuck now your going to be late.

You jog out of your room and call into the kitchen about your departure, you get a reply yelled back but you don't understand it so you just grab your bag and exit through the front door. Popping in your earphones you turn on something that's easy to run to, and you're soon running/ jogging down the street with a good pace.

You check the time as you slow to a walk in front of the double doors. 7:41, new record. You rush in the doors already knowing you're late but you wanted to get there before you missed homeroom completely. You jog down the maze of halls and go to your locker.

You hear other footsteps but disregard them. You have to put the combination 3 times before it opens. As soon as you get it open it slams shut, taking your fingers with it. You yelp and try to pullback as you look up. The school bully, Ryan, is standing there, red hair all over the place sneering at you. You growl as he puts more pressure on the locker and your fingers in between them. You shove him away before snatching them out. Jesus, you knew he was famous for his talent at picking on people and forming new possies every other day, but trying to break your fingers is a new low even for him.

As soon as your fingers are free you look at the other boys he's dragged along. Five, including him. Great. You land a punch to the right side of his face before you're thrown to the floor not even registering the hand that had thrown you to your back. He walks over and stands, looking down at you as you try and scramble up and away, but he pins you with his large boot on your chest and chuckles.

"Lookie here boys, got ourselves a snack" He says, a hand on the side of his face wile addressing the boys behind him but never looking away from you. You hiss as he adds pressure and kick your feet up and in between his legs, hitting him dead in the balls. He lifts his boot off and you try to roll away, but someones heel comes crashing down on your side and you know that was a bad idea and holy fuck that hurt.

You manage to roll out and trip the boy with your feet before spinning and elbowing another boy in the gut, then the back when he hunched over. Realizing your not going to be able to win you spin on your heel and sprint as fast as your side would let you. It's first period so the twins are in their college credit class, something about health or some shit. You realize you wouldn't even have time to open the door with how close they are on your trail so you just run past the door screaming in your head at them, hoping they'll pick now to drop in and take a peek in your head.

You sprint then take a hard right and then slip into a janitor's closet. You hear their feet stomp past you and then stop as they start yelling at each other, then you hear them split up and start checking rooms. It was only a matter of time so you waited til one of them opened the door. Hitting him in the head with the handle of one of the brooms then shoving him into the metal cabinets before racing out. You hear them shout and race after you but now you know where to go.

You're almost at your first class, the one you had with Kanaya, when one of them tackle you to the ground. He rolls you over and lands a hard punch on your chin before you can shove him off. You both scramble to land punch after punch on sides, chest, and arms. You feel him being lifted off and you turn hard as if to sprint back down the hall but you get a sudden shock of pain that makes you groan and flop back on the floor, thinking that something must be broken.

Then a boot hits your back. Again and again. They start the taunting. The names, and slurs. But then they start on your friends, starting with the twins. Those struck home and anger burned your thoughts as you stand, even when there were hands and shoes trying to keep you down. You get one hard punch on a nose, feeling a loud crack, before all hell breaks lose.

The ring leader Ryan, who was the one stomping on you and the one who now has a broken nose, was thrown harshly against a locker. No one even touched him. The other boys looked stunned but you felt relieved as you hear the twins pound up the steps. You let a creepy smirk fill your face knowing these boys were going to receive hell.

Stunned they turn just as the twins turn the corner. Pollux glances, anger on his face, at Castor before throwing another kid against the wall, to land on Ryan. You suddenly feel really dizzy. You watch as Pollux approaches the band of boys making wild gestures like he was in an imaginary fight, but the boys reacted as if he made contact with a actual body part.

The dizziness was overwhelming and you decide to sit down, unknowing of where Castor is until he grabs you with his hands so you don't fall. He's standing to the front of you, blocking your view of Pollux and the other boys.

"KK, KK lithen to me, are you okay?" He puts his hands on your shoulder and you smile a bloody smile before gasping and holy shit those boys could punch. Right before you black out you hear him say a few curse words as you feel him throw you on his back, like a piggy back ride.