This is a chapter that's pretty much a bunch of cute stuff :3 Hope you all enjoy it.
As I write this, I've gotten no reviews for that highschoolstuck fanfic I just posted. (So sad...yeah, I'm trying to guilt trip everyone ready this.)
Whatever, just enjoy the chapter! :)
Nepeta awoke to the sound of birds chirping. She could feel a warm blanket around her, and a bed underneath her. She cracked open one of her eyes and looked around. She was in Car kitty's room again. Had the whole thing just been a bad dream? She sat up and looked down at herself. She was still wearing the shirt and jeans. And underneath three of her nails on her right hand was some dried red stuff. Blood. Nepeta shivered when she saw it and stuck her hands underneath the covers.
Looking around her, Nepeta realized there was no one else in the room. But on the bedside table there were some crayons and pieces of paper. Nepeta picked up the crayons, holding them up to look at them. She had never used crayons before. The closest she'd used was charcoal from the fireplace. And she had gotten in trouble when she'd been found drawing with that. But if they left these here for her, then it must be alright to use them. Nepeta glanced at the cream-coloured walls. They would be easier to draw on than wooden walls. The colours would show up better.
So Nepeta scooped up all the crayons into her hands and walked over to the wall by the door. She put the crayons on the floor and sat down. Now, what would she draw? Maybe she could draw Car kitty. He'd been so nice to her, she could repay him with a drawing. So first she took the black crayon and began to draw his hair. It was rather messy, so it was easy to draw. Nepeta smiled to herself as she drew. She was sure Car kitty would love the drawing!
Meanwhile, Karkat was finishing some paperwork. Apparently you couldn't just pick up a little homeless girl off the street and just adopt her. Paperwork had to be filled out. Kanaya also did some, since she would be Nepeta's guardian. But Karkat wanted to do most of it since he was adopting Nepeta. Gary had brought him the paperwork and informed him about how and why it had to be filled out. Karkat hated paperwork.
Kanaya and him had been spending a few hours on it. It had been taking so long because Karkat decided it was a good idea to go over a contract at least five times slowly and out loud to make sure you knew what you were agreeing to. Kanaya told him five times was rather excessive. He told her to shut up and just please do it.
They had finally finished it all, and Karkat breathed a sigh of gratitude. Nepeta was now officially his younger sister. He hoped she would be happy about it. He couldn't see a reason she wouldn't be, but he still worried.
Then his phone went off. He looked at it and nearly swore loudly. Somehow, Gamzee had gotten his number and was now texting him. There was no way Karkat was going to talk to him after what had happened at lunch. Not that he would have talked to him anyway. He put his phone back in his pocket and handed all the paperwork to Gary. He took them to wherever so the government could read and approve them.
"Why don't you go check on Nepeta now?" Kanaya suggested. "I am sure she is awake by now." Karkat nodded.
"Okay, ask Alex to bake some cookies for me, okay?"
"Do not spoil her, alright?" Kanaya said, smiling.
"I'm not spoiling her! I just want cookies!" Karkat protested. Kanaya just shook her head, still smiling. Karkat rolled his eyes and walked to his bedroom. They would need to give Nepeta her own bedroom. Maybe one close to his, if there was a spare room that was near his.
When Karkat opened his bedroom door he found Nepeta jumping on his bed. Her back was turned to him, so she didn't see him come in. Karkat opened his mouth to yell at her to stop, but he stopped himself before he could say anything. Okay, he had to admit she looked really adorable jumping up and down on his bed. He would let her get away with it. Just this once. He shut the door and walked up to Nepeta. She turned and smiled when she saw him.
"Car kitty!" she cried and pounced on him. Karkat was totally unprepared for that so he fell down. Hard. Nepeta just purred and hugged him. Whoa, purred? Karkat was impressed. How did someone manage to purr?
"Hi Nepeta. How are you feeling?" Karkat asked, sitting up.
"Great! Car kitty, I did a drawing for you!" Nepeta grabbed his arm and dragged him over to the wall. She had drawn a drawing of what could only be him. The drawing was quite childish but adorable. His hair looked even messier than it was (Karkat hoped his hair wasn't that messy) and his eyes were huge and he had a goofy smile.
"You drew it on the wall?" Karkat said. Nepeta nodded.
"Yeah." she said. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah, it's great. But why didn't you draw on the paper?" Nepeta looked confused.
"I was supposed to draw on the paper?" she asked.
"Well, that's what it was meant for." Karkat said. Nepeta looked crestfallen.
"I-I'm sorry!" Nepeta cried.
"I'm not mad!" Karkat exclaimed. "It's fine you drew it on the wall, just draw on paper from now on." Nepeta nodded.
"Okay." she said.
"Anyway, I've adopted you now. That's okay, right?" Karkat asked. Nepeta blinked at him.
"Adopted?" She asked.
"Well, it's more like Kanaya has. Basically, I'm now your big brother, and Kanaya is like your mom." Karkat explained. "Does that sound good to you?"
"Big brother?" Nepeta asked, her eyes sparkling.
"Yeah, I'm your big brother. You're my little sister." Nepeta squealed and hugged Karkat.
"Big brother Car kitty!" She cried. Karkat laughed.
"I'm glad you're so happy." He said. Nepeta nodded.
"I am so happy!" She said.
"Oh, this is so cute." Kanaya said. Karkat and Nepeta looked up to see her staring at them from the doorway. "I wish I could take a picture."
"Very funny." Karkat mumbled, blushing. Nepeta walked up to Kanaya and stared at her.
"Um, so what do I call you now?" she asked. "Mommy, Mama or Mom?"
"Whichever you like." Kanaya answered. Nepeta thought for a minute.
"I'll call you Mama!" she declared. "Then I won't get you confused with Mommy!" Kanaya frowned.
"You have a mom?" she asked.
"Um, well Daddy and said she died, and kicked me out. So I'm not sure. Do I still have a Mommy?" Nepeta asked. Karkat stared at Nepeta. Oh, she didn't understand what death was.
"Well, she'll always be your mommy, but she's up in heaven now." Kanaya said, patting Nepeta's head.
"Mommy mentioned heaven once. What is it?" Nepeta asked.
"It's where you go when your life ends and you leave this world." Karkat said. "But you only get there if you're a good person."
"Am I a good person?" Nepeta asked. Karkat nodded.
"Of course you are."
"Thanks Car kitty!" Nepeta said. "You're a good person too!" She kissed his cheek and hugged him. Karkat blushed slightly and hugged her back. Then Nepeta turned to Kanaya and hugged her. "And you're a good person too Mama." she said.
"Thank you Nepeta." Kanaya said.
"Wow, this is a really heartfull moment." Alex said. He stood in the doorway holding a plate of cookies. "Here are the cookies you wanted." He handed the plate to Karkat.
"Thanks." Karkat said. Nepeta looked at the cookies.
"What are those?" She asked.
"They're chocolate chip cookies." Karkat said. "Here, try one." He handed one to Nepeta. She bit into it and her eyes widened.
"Wow! Tasty!" she exclaimed. She purred and scarfed down the rest of the cookie. Karkat laughed and bit into one. They were really good. They reminded him of the ones his mom used to bake. Kanaya took a cookie too, and they all sat there, eating cookies until the plate was empty.
"Well, now then." Kanaya said. "I believe Nepeta should get her own room."
"Yeah, where would you like your bedroom, Nepeta?" Karkat asked. Nepeta looked up at him with wide eyes.
"I can choose?" She asked.
"Well, there are some spare rooms you can choose from. I'm not sure where they all are though." Karkat said.
"Near Car kitty's!" Nepeta declared.
"There is one around the corner." Kanaya said. Nepeta nodded vigorously.
"Yeah! There, there!" she cried. Karkat chuckled.
"Alright, let's go see it." He stood up and followed Kanaya out the room. Nepeta followed him, holding his hand and skipping.
The spare room was a bit smaller than Karkat's bedroom. There was a window that looked out right above the garden on the side of the mansion. There was a closet and a shelf on the left wall. The floor had a green carpet instead of wood floor. The walls were a bright white. Thanks to Kanaya's dusting, the room was clean. There wasn't any furniture yet of course. But Karkat could just order some off the internet. Nepeta looked around the whole room.
"It's all mine?" she asked.
"Yep, all yours." Karkat said. Nepeta jumped up and down, clapping.
"Wow! Thank you Car kitty!" She hugged Karkat and giggled.
"Let's go order some furniture for your room, okay?" Karkat said.
"I get my own furniture?" Nepeta asked, eyes wide. Karkat nodded.
"Yeah, come on." He led Nepeta back to his room and went to the computer. He sat in the chair and Nepeta sat on his lap. She was small enough that she wasn't in the way. Karkat began looking up some kid's furniture. Nepeta pointed to the pictures of ones she liked.
She picked out a ladybug shaped bed, a blue dresser with bubbles painted on it, a lamp with cats decorating the lamp covering, a rocking horse, a mirror shaped like a cloud, a yellow bedside table for the lamp with green cats painted on it, a blue stuffed cat and some matching blue cat slippers because they came with it. Karkat ordered all of it and Nepeta bounced happily with excitement.
"When will it all get here?!" she asked.
"I'm not sure. At most some time tomorrow." Nepeta nodded, still excited.
"Yay!" she said.
"Well, are you finished?" Kanaya asked, standing in the doorway.
"Yeah, all done." Karkat said.
"Good. Nepeta, I was wondering how old you are." Kanaya said. Nepeta blinked.
"How old?" she asked.
"Yes. How many years?" Nepeta blinked for a few seconds.
"I turned five on the day the movie with zombie vampires came out on DVD." Nepeta said.
"Oh god." Karkat muttered. "That movie was the worst."
"Ah, that was two years ago. So you turned seven last month." Kanaya said.
"Wait, you're seven?" Karkat exclaimed.
"Um, yeah?" Nepeta said. "Is that bad?"
"No, it's fine." Karkat said quickly. "It just surprised me because you're so small. I thought you were younger."
"Well, Nepeta have you ever gone to school?" Kanaya asked. Nepeta shook her head. "Well, if you would like me to, I could enroll you in the elementary school nearby."
"Um, I dunno." Nepeta said. "What do you do at school?"
"You learn things." Karkat said. "So that when you graduate you'll be able to start a job."
"Can I learn to draw better?!" Nepeta asked excitedly.
"Yeah, you'll do art class eventually." Karkat said. Nepeta clapped happily.
"Okay!" she said.
"Excellent. I will take you there and fill out the paperwork tomorrow, if that is alright with you?" Kanaya asked. Nepeta nodded.
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow!" she cried. Then Karkat's phone went off. He looked at it and was glad it wasn't Gamzee.
CT: D- Karkat, I heard you are taking the rest of the day off from school. This is an e%cellent opportunity to enhance your STRENGTH! You should come down to the gym to train!
How the heck had Equius gotten his number?! Oh well, maybe he could take Nepeta to the gym. She could try out something there.
CG: OKAY, I'LL BE BRINGING SOMEONE WITH ME.
CT: D- I see!
"Hey, Nepeta." Karkat said. "Want to go to the gym?"
"The gym?" Nepeta asked. "What's the gym?"
"It's a place you go to get fit and strong, or just faster or just because you need to have a workout." Karkat explained.
"Okay." Nepeta said. Nepeta followed Karkat to the front door and he helped her tie her shoes. Nepeta hid behind Karkat when she saw Dominic at the gate.
"Hey, Karkat." Dominic said. "And hello little girl. I still haven't figured out your name. What is it?"
"Nmunuh." Nepeta mumbled, her face pressed against Karkat's leg.
"Her name's Nepeta." Karkat said. "She's now my adopted little sister."
"Really? It's great to meet you Nepeta!" Dominic held out his hand for Nepeta to shake. Nepeta didn't move.
"Shake his hand Nepeta." Karkat said. "It's polite." So Nepeta lightly grabbed Dominic's hand and Dominic slowly shook it.
"Hi." Nepeta said to him.
"Where are you two headed?" Dominic asked.
"The gym." Karkat answered.
"Well, have fun!" Karkat nodded and led Nepeta out of the gate.
Yep. Nepeta purrs. Because that's just so cute. :3