Why don't you change someone's life today?

by readwritebeawesome

Karkat's parents died when he was ten. He's lived in the mansion they left him for six years. But the rich life can bring boredom. Then Karkat finds an orphaned girl on the streets named Nepeta. And his life begins to change, in both good and bad ways.

8. Chapter 8

And I'm back with another chapter. Please enjoy and review.

Karkat was sitting with Nepeta in her newly furnished bedroom. Nepeta was jumping on her ladybug shaped bed and giggling. Karkat was sitting against the wall, texting Terezi.

CG: SO APPARENTLY MR. EGBERT AND MRS. LALONDE ARE MARRIED.

GC: S3R1OUSLY?!

CG: YEAH, THEIR DAUGHTER CASEY IS IN NEPETA'S CLASS. I MET HER TODAY WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP NEPETA.

GC: OH! H4S SH3 M4D3 LOTS OF FR13NDS?

CG: YEAH, SHE'S FRIENDS WITH CASEY, THIS GIRL ARANEA, EQUIUS'S SON HORRUS, CASEY'S COUSIN JANE AND SOME KID NAMED RUFIOH.

GC: GR34T! 1S SH3 3NJOY1NG SCHOOL?

CG: YEAH.

CG: …

CG: ANYTHING GOING ON WITH YOU?

GC: W3LL, 1 M3Y L4TUL4'S BOYFR13ND M1TUNA. H3R3'S 4 P1CTUR3.

Terezi sent him a picture of a guy with brown hair and a yellow and black helmet with an eye cover that was half red and half blue. He was balancing awkwardly on a skateboard, and he wasn't staring directly at the camera. He reminded Karkat of Sollux.

CG: WHAT'S HE LIKE?

GC: R34LLY N1C3, 4CTU4LLY. H3'S R34L SW33T 4ND L4TUL4 T4K3S GOOD C4R3 OF H1M.

CG: THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

GC: 1 4LSO M3T TH1S K1D N4M3D D4V3. H3 S41D H3'S COMP3T1NG 1N 4 R4P CONT3ST H3R3 1N TOWN. W4NT M3 TO V1D3O T4P3 1T?

CG: NAH, THAT'S OKAY.

GC: OK4Y.

GC: GO DO YOU'R3 HOM3WORK!

CG: IS THAT AN ORDER?

GC: Y3S! :]

CG: OKAY. LOVE YOU.

GC: YOU TOO. T4LK SOON!

GC: *K1SS3S*

CG: *HUGS*

Karkat sighed and got off his phone. Might as well stop delaying and do that homework. He picked up the paper and pulled a pencil out of his jeans pocket. He stared at the questions with a blank mind. This was going to be impossible! Maybe Kanaya could help. So Karkat texted Kanaya.

CG: HEY, WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR A CAREER?

GA: Oh, Are You Doing A Worksheet For School?

CG: YEAH, WHAT SHOULD I PUT ON IT?

GA: I Cannot Tell You What You Should Do. That Is Your Own Decision.

CG: DAMMIT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. C'MON, GIVE ME AN IDEA TO START WITH.

GA: Well, What Do You Like Doing?

CG: HANGING OUT WITH TEREZI, MAKING NEPETA HAPPY AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.

GA: Alright, Focus On The Making Nepeta Happy Part. What Sort Of Job Could You Do For Children?

CG: UH, START AN ORPHANAGE?

GA: Is That Something You Would Like To Do?

CG: UM, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.

GA: Alright, What Else?

CG: UH…BE A TEACHER?

CG: NAH, DON'T WANNA DO THAT. HANG ON.

CG: WORK AT A DAYCARE?

GA: Do You Want To Do That?

CG: UH, I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY NOT.

CG: HOW ABOUT…

CG: …

CG: …WORK AT A KID'S HOSPITAL?

GA: Are You Interested In Medical Study?

CG: NO.

GA: Well, I Think You Have Found Your Career.

CG: WAIT, START AN ORPHANAGE?

CG: SERIOUSLY?

GA: Only If You Want To.

CG: …OKAY.

GA: Now Finish Your Homework!

GA: And Stop Depending On Others For Answers!

CG: WAIT, I HAVE A QUESTION.

GA: What?

CG: DO I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY GOOGLE?

GA: No.

CG: DANGIT!

Karkat got off his phone and wrote down his answer to question one: I want to start an orphanage. Karkat looked at the second question and wrote: I'll buy or build an orphanage and look for orphaned kids left on the street. Karkat decided that it was a good answer, and he really did like the idea of doing that. Karkat looked at Nepeta, who was still jumping up and down.

"How's your arm feeling?" Karkat asked.

"Fine." Nepeta said. She stopped jumping and sat down next to Karkat.

"I can spell your name now!" she said.

"You can?" Karkat asked. Nepeta nodded.

"I learnt to at school! Watch." she took a piece of paper and a crayon and wrote some curvy letters: Car cat. Nepeta beamed up at Karkat proudly. Karkat shook his head.

"That's not actually how you spell it." he said. Nepeta frowned.

"But…it's the words 'car' and 'cat'. That's right, isn't it?"

"My name isn't actually the words car and cat. It just sounds like it." Karkat said. Nepeta blinked at him with wide eyes, clearly confused. "Here, I'll show you." Karkat took the crayon and wrote his name on the paper. "See? The Cs are replaced with Ks and it's one whole word, so there's no spacing between kar and kat. Get it?" Nepeta nodded slowly.

"I think so." she said. She took the crayon and began to repeatedly write Karkat's name.

Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat. Karkat.

"How's that?" Nepeta asked.

"That's great." Karkat said. "Can you spell your name?"

"Yeah!" Nepeta said. She wrote her name multiple times on the paper.

Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta.

"Nice." Karkat said. Nepeta beamed proudly at him.

"Thanks." she said. A knock at the door interrupted her before she could say more. Kanaya poked her head in.

"Karkat, Dominic said some kid gave him this letter for you." she said, handing Karkat a letter. It hadn't been sealed shut so Karkat just took the note out of the envelope and opened it.

HONK :0)

Karkat crumpled up the paper and threw it against the wall. That little prick! Karkat had been able to forget he existed until he sent that letter. Kanaya picked up the note and smoothed it out.

"Who is this from?" she asked.

"Gamzee." Karkat said bitterly. Kanaya nodded.

"I will recycle it. Why don't you two watch some TV?"

"Yeah, sure." Karkat said. It would help get his mind off of Gamzee.

"Can I watch?" Nepeta asked. Karkat nodded.

"Yeah, of course. What kind of show do you want to watch?"

"Uhh, I don't know." Nepeta said.

"Just watch a children's channel and I'm sure there will be something she likes." Kanaya said. Karkat nodded.

"Come on Nepeta." Karkat said, taking her hand. He led her to the living room. The living room had a large flat screen TV, a long comfy couch and a box of movies and video games. There was also a coffee table with the remotes. Karkat had Nepeta sit on the couch while he turned on the TV. It was currently at a sport's game. Karkat flipped through channels until he finally found something for little kids. There was a TV show about a little boy with a rod that shoots rainbows and it looked like he was fighting evil moths. And the good guy's army was a bunch of butterflies. Wow, what the heck?

Nepeta seemed to love it though. She stared with interest at the show. Karkat sat next to her, but didn't really feel like watching the show. Instead he decided to text Terezi.

CG: HEY, I FINISHED MY HOMEWORK.

GC: GR34T. WH4T D1D YOU PUT DOWN?

CG: START AN ORPHANAGE.

GC: 4WWW! TH4T'S SO CUT3!

CG: IT IS?

GC: Y43H!

GC: 1T'S R34LLY CUT3!

CG: THANKS.

GC: HOW'S N3P3T4?

CG: SHE'S WATCHING TV RIGHT NOW. SOME SHOW ABOUT A KID WITH A RAINBOW-SHOOTING WAND WITH AN ARMY OF BUTTERFLIES FIGHTING EVIL MOTHS.

GC: WH4T TH3 H3CK?

CG: YEAH, THAT WAS MY REACTION TOO.

GC: 1'D FORGOTT3N HOW WE1RD K1DS SHOWS 4R3.

CG: YEAH, SAME HERE.

CG: ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON WITH YOU?

GC: NOT MUCH.

GC: OH, L4TUL4's HE

GC: H3y, K4rkl3z?!

GC: 1t'z K4rkl3z! H1!

CG: LATULA, I'M TRYING TO TALK TO TEREZI!

GC: But K4rkl3z, 1 h4v3n't t4lk3d to you 1n 4g3z!

GC: How 4r3 th1ngz?! T3r3z1 won't t3ll m3 4nyth1ng!

CG: CAN YOU JUST GIVE THE PHONE BACK TO TEREZI?

CG: HELLO?

CG: WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

GC: Who'z N3p3t4?

CG: YOU WERE READING OUR CONVERSATION!

GC: Of courz3 1 w4z!

GC: So who'z N3p3t4?!

CG: GIVE TEREZI BACK HER PHONE!

GC: No!

GC: Now who'z N3p3t4?

CG: STFU! I'M NOT SAYING!

GC: T3ll m3 K4rkl3z!

GC: T3ll m3!

CG: NO!

CG: JESUS! GIVE TEREZI BACK HER PHONE!

GC: Not unt1l you t3ll m3!

GC: Who'z N3p3t4?

CG: SHE'S A LITTLE GIRL. END OF CONVERSATION, NOW GIVE TEREZI THE PHONE!

GC: No w4y! Th4t w4z 4 t3rr1bl3 d3zcripti

GC: H1, 1 GOT TH3 PHON3 B4CK!

CG: OH, GREAT.

GC: OK4Y, L4TUL4'S B31NG 4 BOTH3R.

GC: 1'M GO1NG TO H4V3 TO C4LL YOU B4CK.

GC: BY3.

CG: BYE.

Karkat put his phone back in his pocket and looked at Nepeta. She had fallen asleep and was hugging a pillow. Karkat looked at the clock and realized it was about time for Nepeta to go to bed. So Karkat picked her up and carried her over to her room. He put her in bed and she blinked at him tiredly.

"Bedtime Nepeta." Karkat said. "Go to sleep."

"Tell me a story." Nepeta said. "Please Karkitty?"

"Uh…okay, let me think." Karkat said. "Once upon a time, there was a princess. She ruled over a nice and happy kingdom. When invaders from the north attacked a hero from a distant realm saved the kingdom. The hero and the princess got married and they lived happily ever after." When Karkat finished he realized Nepeta was asleep. That was fine, he didn't want to have to think up another story. He wasn't exactly good at it. Karkat got up and turned off the lights.

"Good night." he whispered before closing the door.

Hope it was cute. :3