Hi. Sorry, I was gonna post another chapter yesterday, but I was really tired and just watched my sister play videogames.

Anyway, here's another chapter. Please enjoy. :)

The days seemed to pass rather slowly for Karkat, with moments of Nepeta being adorable filling them in. Like when she learned finger painting in school. That night she used her finger painting talents on the sleeping Dominic. She painted cat whiskers on his cheeks and gave him a red nose. The next day when Karkat was leaving for school and he saw Dominic, he wondered if he should mention it. In the end he didn't. When Kanaya was leaving to get groceries she had to try not to laugh when she saw Dominic.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" he asked.

"Yes, you do." Kanaya said, smiling. Dominic pulled out his phone and checked his face. He immediately texted Karkat.

DD: Karkat! Why the hell didn't you tell me I had whiskers and a red nose painted on me! Did you do this?!

CG: DOMINIC, OUT OF EVERYONE AT THE MANOR, WHO LIKES CATS THE MOST AND WHO LOVES FINGER PAINTING?

DD: Nepeta.

CG: EXACTLY. AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WILL HURT NEPETA'S FEELINGS IF YOU TAKE IT OFF.

DD: But I look so stupid!

CG: YEAH, BUT JUST KEEP IT ON FOR THE DAY. WE NEVER GET ANY VISITORS ANYWAY.

DD: Fine.

Coincidentally, they did get a visitor. While Karkat was picking up Nepeta the boy with clown face paint came. Dominic remembered him from when he'd come with a letter for Karkat. Dominic had found him suspicious when he'd first seen him. He was no happier to see him now, especially with his face painted by Nepeta.

"What do you want?" Dominic asked.

"Whoa, nice face paint motherfucker." the boy said. Dominic rolled his eyes.

"Ha-ha. What do you want?"

"But my face paint's much more miraculous, wouldn't you say?" the boy continued on like he hadn't heard him. "I could do your face paint motherfucker. It'd look like a motherfucking miracle."

"No thanks. Now what do you want?" Dominic asked again. He was losing his patience.

"I was wondering if Karbro is home."

"He's not."

"Will he be home soon?"

"No." Dominic lied. "So you can leave!" The boy glared at him and stalked off. When Karkat got home, Dominic mentioned what happened (while Nepeta was in her room).

"What the fuck?!" Karkat exclaimed. Dominic nodded.

"Yeah. I'm guessing he's bad news, right?"

"Oh yeah. Didn't Kanaya mention what happened at school?" Karkat asked.

"Oh, yeah. That was the kid?" Dominic asked. Karkat nodded, scowling. "Well, I'll let you know if he shows up again." Dominic promised.

He didn't show up, but Karkat still asked the next day. He was glad that Gamzee hadn't shown up, but the fact that he had twice now worried him.

But after the slow passing of days Karkat completely forgot about Gamzee. Instead he was focused on one fact: Terezi was coming home today! She'd promised to come visit after school, since she would be getting back during the last class of the day. Karkat was excited and distracted the whole school day. When the end-of-day bell finally rang he ran to his locker and grabbed his stuff. He then ran to pick up Nepeta, but he didn't make her hurry, since that would have been mean.

Nepeta noticed that Karkat seemed excited. She wondered why, but didn't ask him because she was pretty sure he wasn't in a calm enough mood to have a conversation. It was a nice and sunny day, but of course there was still a cold breeze since it was September. Nepeta missed summer already.

When they got home Karkat sat in the living room, but he didn't turn on the TV. Nepeta sat next to him and picked up the remote. She still didn't understand all the buttons on it, so she didn't know how to turn the TV on. She looked at Karkat but he was distracted.

"Karkitty, can you turn the TV on?" Nepeta asked. Karkat jumped slightly like he hadn't realized she was there.

"Sure." he said. He pressed a button on the remote and the TV turned on. It was still at the channel Nepeta liked to watch. Nepeta grinned and climbed onto Karkat's lap. Karkat patted her head.

After awhile Nepeta started to get tired. School had involved lots of running that day, and Nepeta was feeling really worn out. She yawned and lay down on Karkat's lap. Karkat scratched behind her ears and Nepeta hummed softly. She was pretty sure it sounded like purring. She sighed and felt herself relax. She could tell she was falling asleep.

When Nepeta woke up Karkat wasn't in the room anymore. Nepeta got up and walked out of the room. Where did he go? Kanaya walked by carrying some laundry.

"Mama! Where's Karkitty?" Nepeta asked.

"He's in his room." Kanaya said. Nepeta ran off down the halls. She could remember where Karkat's room was because it was close to hers! When she got to the door she shoved it open.

"Karkitty!" she said. She stopped in the doorway when she noticed another girl sitting next to Karkat.

Karkat jumped when Nepeta came in, yelling. Terezi looked at Nepeta in surprise and there was a moment of awkward silence. Nepeta ran out and shut the door.

"Nepeta! Come back, it's okay." Karkat said, getting up. He opened the door and Nepeta jumped on him.

"Karkitty! Who's she?" Nepeta asked, pointing at Terezi. Terezi smiled and waved sort of in their direction.

"Oh, are you Nepeta?" Terezi asked.

"How does she know my name?" Nepeta whispered, hiding behind Karkat.

"It's okay Nepeta." Karkat said. "This is my girlfriend Terezi. Terezi, this is Nepeta."

"Hi Nepeta!" Terezi said, coming over and holding out her hand. Nepeta shuffled shyly over to her and slowly shook her hand.

"Your friend?" Nepeta asked.

"No, girlfriend." Karkat said. Nepeta looked confused.

"Lover." Terezi said. Nepeta's face brightened up and she grinned.

"Oh! Oh! Really Karkitty?!" she said. Karkat nodded. Nepeta squealed and clapped her hands. "Oh! You're so cute together!"

"Ha ha! Thank you!" Terezi said. Nepeta jumped up.

"Wait here. I'll be right back!" she said. She ran out of the room, leaving Karkat and Terezi in some awkward silence.

"Where's she going?" Terezi asked. Karkat shrugged.

"I have no idea." he said. They waited in silence for a few minutes until Nepeta came running back.

"Here!" she said, holding up a drawing. It was a drawing of Karkat and Terezi with a heart above their heads. "Do you like it? Do you?"

"Yeah, it's really cute." Karkat said. Nepeta grinned and looked at Terezi.

"Do you like it?" she asked.

"Um, I can't see it." Terezi said.

"But I'm holding it right here." Nepeta said. She held it closer to Terezi's face. "Do you see it now?"

"No, Nepeta." Karkat said. "Terezi's blind. She can't see."

"Huh?" Nepeta asked.

"I was born unable to see things." Terezi said. Nepeta stared at her with wide eyes.

"So you've never seen a cat?" she asked. Terezi laughed and shook her head.

"No. But what did you do that Karkat likes?" she asked.

"She did a drawing of us." Karkat said.

"It's a shipping drawing!" Nepeta said. "I'm gonna do them for all my friends too!"

"That's so sweet." Terezi said. Nepeta grinned and hugged her.

"Thank you!" she said. Terezi smiled and patted Nepeta's head.

"You're welcome." Terezi said. Nepeta let go of her and turned to Karkat.

"Karkitty, you can keep the shipping drawing!" she said, handing it to Karkat.

"Oh, thanks." he said. He put it on the desk with his computer. "I'll stick it on the wall later."

"You could put it next to the drawing she did of you." Terezi said. "You described it pretty well, and I think the drawing would look good next to it."

"Yeah!" Nepeta said. "It'll be so cute!"

"Hey who wants a snack?" Alex asked, coming in. He was carrying a plate with apple slices.

"Food!" Nepeta said, jumping to reach the plate. Alex laughed and put it on the ground.

"Hi Terezi. How have you been?" Alex asked. All of the staff had met Terezi a long time ago.

"Good. Latula was kind of annoying, but she always is." Terezi said. Alex smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, cousins can be like that sometimes." he said.

"Do you wanna see my shipping drawing?" Nepeta asked.

"Yeah! You did a shipping drawing?" Alex said. Nepeta nodded and grabbed the drawing.

"See? It's Karkitty and Terezi." Nepeta said.

"That's really cute. Have you done others?" Alex asked.

"Not yet. I'll go do them now!" Nepeta said. She dropped the drawing and ran out of the room.

Nepeta sat down in her room and grabbed some crayons. The papers were still lying on the floor conveniently. Nepeta picked up a piece of paper and grinned. First, she would draw Rufioh and Horrus. They were so cute together! Though Nepeta wasn't sure who to ship Casey and Aranea with yet. But she was sure she'd find someone eventually. Wait, how would they look together? Nepeta stopped and pictured it and began to grin.

"Purrfect!" she said, purring happily. She began to draw, humming as she did.

"So, anything interesting happen with you?" Alex asked Terezi. Terezi shook her head.

"Not really. Oh, but I did video tape a bit of a rap contest." she said.

"I thought you weren't going to." Karkat said. Terezi shrugged.

"You can be kinda indecisive, so I decided to anyway." She pulled her phone and handed it to Karkat. He brought up the video and hit play. "I actually had Latula video tape it." Karkat nodded as a guy with hair so blond it was white with black shades that hid his eyes walked onto a stage. "That's the guy Dave I mentioned to you."

"How can he see in the dark light with those shades on?" Alex asked. Terezi just shrugged as Dave started rapping. Karkat didn't really follow the rap, but it involved lots of apple juice and irony. The video finished when he stopped.

"That's it?" Karkat asked.

"My phone's battery got low after that, and I didn't want it to die in case you called." Terezi explained. Karkat smiled and patted her head.

"I did shipping drawings!" Nepeta yelled suddenly, running in. She held up two drawings, one with two boys Karkat didn't recognize and another with Casey and Aranea. "Do you like them?"

"They're cute." Karkat said. "But don't mention them to you're friends."

"What? Why not?" Nepeta pouted.

"Because they might find it weird that you're shipping them together." Karkat explained. Nepeta pouted but nodded.

"Hey, why don't we go have some ice cream?" Terezi asked, changing the subject.

"Ice-cream! Ice-cream!" Nepeta exclaimed, jumping up and down. Karkat grinned and nodded.

"Sure, let's go." They got their shoes on and walked outside. Dominic waved to them as they left and Nepeta offered to paint his face again.

"No thanks." he said. Nepeta pouted but didn't insist further. They walked to the park, where an ice-cream truck was parked. Nepeta ran ahead of them to it. Karkat grabbed Terezi's hand and ran after her. At the ice-cream truck, Nepeta asked for rainbow sherbet. Karkat got chocolate and Terezi got strawberry. They sat down on a bench and had their ice-cream.

"This is yummy!" Nepeta announced. Karkat nodded, smiling. Ice-cream always put him in a good mood.

"Oh, aren't you Karkat?" Karkat turned around to see Sollux standing behind him.

"Yeah, hi." Karkat said. Sollux grinned.

"You're computer thkillth thuck, you know?" Karkat scowled at him. For a kid, he was pretty obnoxious.

"Oh yeah? Well-"

"Karkles!" Oh, what the heck?! Karkat groaned when he saw Latula on her skateboard, racing over to him. "Karkles! I didn't know you were friends with Sollux!"

"Oh, we're not really friendth Latula." Sollux said. "We're jutht in the thame computer clath."

"Ah, right! Because you're a genius!" Latula grinned and ruffled Sollux's hair. "Bet you're mom's proud!" Sollux frowned and nodded. "Oh, but here comes you're dad!" Latula turned and pointed at a guy Karkat recognized as Mituna. He was slowly skateboarding over, balancing carefully. Sollux ran up to him.

"Dad!" he yelled, grinning. Mituna stopped and hugged Sollux.

"You're dating his dad?" Terezi asked.

"Yeah, he's so sweet!" Latula said. "Sollux's parents are divorced, and his mom's raising him. Mituna's always in touch with him though. Since he wanted to go visit him I decided to come along." Mituna and Sollux walked over to them.

"Tula! Your cousin?" Mituna asked, pointing at Terezi.

"Yeah, you met her already, remember?" Latula said. Mituna cocked his head to the side and frowned.

"Uh, huh?" Latula just smiled and shook her head.

"Never mind. How have you been Sollux?"

"Good. I hacked into the thcool account and almotht got to canthel thcool next week, but mom caught me." Sollux grinned. Latula laughed and Mituna smiled.

"Good kid." he said, patting Sollux's head. Sollux smiled.

"Thanks dad." he said.

"Sollux! Time to go home!" Principal Megido came walking up to him. Sollux scowled.

"Already? But mom, dad just got here!" he whined. Megido sighed.

"I know, and I'm sorry, but you have so much coding to do for tomorrow." She patted his head and he flinched. "You can see him tomorrow, I promise."

"Bye dad." Sollux grumbled, hugging Mituna. Mituna hugged him back, but he was watching Principal Megido. She didn't even look at him and instead took Sollux's hand.

"Nice to see you're back Terezi." she said. Terezi nodded.

"Aradia?" Mituna said. He reached out his hand at her but Megido pushed it down.

"I'm sorry, I have to go now, Mituna. You can see Sollux tomorrow, okay?" Mituna nodded, still staring at her. Megido nodded at Latula then walked off, dragging Sollux with her.

"How old is Principal Megido?" Terezi asked.

"Uh, twenty seven." Latula said. Karkat frowned. She and Mituna were five years apart, and if Sollux was eleven, then she'd been sixteen when she gave birth.

"Ice-cream." Mituna said suddenly, looking at Karkat's melting chocolate ice-cream. Karkat started eating it before more of it dripped down his hand. Latula grinned.

"Yeah! Let's go get ice-cream Mituna!" Latula dragged him over to the ice-cream truck. They came back with their ice-cream and the group talked for awhile. Eventually Karkat and Nepeta went home. Latula offered to drive them but Karkat declined. So instead she would be driving Terezi home.

"Bye." Karkat said, kissing Terezi.

"Talk to you tomorrow." she said, smiling. Nepeta grinned at them, and so did Latula. Karkat blushed and said another goodbye to Terezi before walking home. When he got home he watched some TV with Nepeta. When it was time for her to go to bed he told her the story Cinderella from memory. He was pretty sure he got it all right, and Nepeta fell asleep. Karkat went back to his room and realized he still had to tape up the shipping drawing. He grabbed some tape and put it next to Nepeta's drawing of him. It did look good there. He smiled and lay down in bed. Monday, he could talk to Terezi at school. And in the meantime, he could see her tomorrow, and the day after! Now, things wouldn't be boring!

Nepeta ships it so hard. :3

And ages: Dave-(I didn't mention him yet, right? I just mentioned him first in this chapter, right?)-: 16