Here's another chapter. It's cute and stuff. Enjoy. :3
The next day Karkat woke up with a kitten tangled in his hair. He sighed and got up. Kanaya was in the dining room and snickered when she was Karkat. Nepeta was up too and giggled when she saw him.
"Kanaya, can you get Nepkat out of my hair?" Karkat asked pathetically. Kanaya smiled and carefully untangled Nepkat from his hair, then handed her to Nepeta.
"So, what do you want to do today, Nepeta?" Karkat asked, grabbing some waffles and pouring maple syrup over them.
"I wanna go to the gym!" Nepeta said. "My arm's all good now, so I can do something!"
"Okay, what do you want to do?" Nepeta shrugged.
"Dunno." she said.
"Okay, we'll see when we get there."
Karkat finished eating his breakfast and got ready. Then he took Nepeta out and they walked to the gym. Equius was standing by the door when they got there.
"Hello, Karkat and Nepeta." he said. "It's nice to see your arm is all better, Nepeta."
"Thanks!" Nepeta said, smiling. "Now I can do something here!"
"Yes! I hope you enjoy yourself." Equius said, patting her head. Nepeta nodded and Karkat led her through the gym to see everything. Equius came with them and explained everything to Nepeta. Then they came to the climbing wall.
"I wanna do that!" Nepeta yelled, pointing at it.
"You're sure?" Karkat asked. The climbing wall went awfully high and he didn't want to have to drag Nepeta down.
"I'm sure!" Nepeta declared. Karkat sighed.
"Alright. Let's get you suited up." So they got Nepeta set up with ropes and a harness and everything. Equius explained to Nepeta what she had to do.
"I will hold the line for you. When you want to come down, yell down to me." he said. Nepeta nodded.
"Okay." She said.
She walked up to the climbing wall and gripped the colourful handholds. She slowly began to climb. Karkat had gotten her to do the easiest rout. It had handholds the closest together. Karkat watched as Nepeta climbed, and climbed, and climbed and climbed. He was impressed. How high was she going to go? Karkat watched as Nepeta got higher and higher until she actually reached the top! Karkat gaped at her. He could never have done that.
"Well done!" Equius called. "I will begin to lower you now, Nepeta. Ready?" Then Nepeta looked down at them and turned pale. She clutched the climbing wall and whimpered. Karkat sighed. He had been afraid of this. Nepeta hadn't realized how high up she was, and now that she did she was terrified.
"Karkitty!" she whined.
"Nepeta, just come on down!" Karkat called.
"I can't!" she cried.
"Karkat, hold the rope for me." Equius said. "I shall go get her."
"No!" Nepeta screeched. "I want Karkitty!"
Oh god no. Karkat looked up at her pathetically. He hated heights. How was he supposed to get her down?! There was no way he could ignore how high up that was! He didn't know how she had managed to do it. But he certainly wouldn't be able to. But there was no way anyone else would be able to get her down! Oh god, the things he'd do to help a sibling.
So that is why Karkat found himself five minutes later with a harness on and climbing the climbing wall to get Nepeta down. God, this was the worst. Not to mention everyone in the room was staring. Karkat couldn't lose his cool, he'd be a laughing stock. He inched slowly up the wall, making sure to not look down. Equius was holding both his and Nepeta's ropes down on the ground. Karkat wished he could be on the ground instead.
He shivered as he climbed higher. He was never sure why he didn't like heights. They just scared him for some reason. After this, Nepeta probably wouldn't like them either. Karkat wondered what Terezi would think when he told her about this. If he actually managed to get Nepeta down, she would probably congratulate him. If he failed, she would probably nag him. So Karkat was determined to get Nepeta down and be congratulated.
It was harder than it sounded. By the time Karkat was halfway, he was sweating almost as much as Equius after a workout. His hands shook and his palms were sweaty. He worried he would slip and fall. But hearing Nepeta whimper he kept going. He was not going to let her go on the climbing wall again after this! No matter what she might say.
When Karkat finally reached Nepeta he was shaking and his breathing was ragged. But he grabbed Nepeta with one hand and called down to Equius to bring them down. Karkat found going down to be just as nerve wracking. His stomach did flip flops and he kept hyperventilating. But Nepeta was alright and eventually they got to the bottom. Nepeta was sweating but otherwise fine. She looked up at the climbing wall and then at Karkat.
"Can I go again?" she asked.
"No!" Karkat cried. "That's enough alright?"
"O-okay." Nepeta said. They got their harnesses off and Karkat decided that that was enough for the day. They walked out of the gym and Equius came with them.
"Goodbye." Equius said, waving. Nepeta waved back and followed Karkat outside.
"Are you mad?" Nepeta asked.
"No." Karkat said. "Just don't go so high on the climbing wall if you can't get back down."
"Okay." Nepeta said.
When they got home Karkat sat down in front of the TV and texted Terezi while Nepeta played with Nepkat.
CG: NEPETA WENT ON THE CLIMBING WALL.
GC: OH, HOW D1D SH3 DO?
CG: SHE GOT TO THE TOP.
GC: WHO4H! S3R1OUSLY?!
CG: THEN SHE GOT STUCK, AND I HAD TO GET HER DOWN.
GC: OH.
GC: D1D YOU?
CG: YEAH, BUT IT WASN'T EASY.
GC: CONGR4TS, K4RK4T!
CG: THANKS.
GC: OK4Y, 1 C4N'T T4LK NOW, L4TUL4'S TRY1NG TO T4LK TO M3.
GC: 4ND YOU KNOW HOW SH3 C4N G3T.
CG: YEAH, OKAY.
CG: BYE.
GC: BY3.
Karkat sighed and stared at the ceiling. What was he supposed to do now? Nepeta tugged on his sleeve and he looked at her.
"Do you wanna play with Nepkat Karkitty?" she asked. Karkat nodded and picked Nepkat up and put her on his lap. She pawed at his hands so he grabbed her paws and waved them from side to side. Nepeta giggled. "She's dancing!" she said. Karkat grinned. But the whole time he played with Nepkat, all he could think of was the dream he'd had over a month ago. This was just like when he'd given Godcat to his mom to play with.
Hope you're all enjoying this. Review and whatever please. :)
