The winning chapter: Sollux Take on a human disguise!

Sollux pushes himself up off of Dave's lap. Red and blue eyes narrowing to slits at John's hand still touching Karkat's arm. He slowly looks up into Karkat's terrified red eyes. "KK?"

Karkat gulps and chews on his lower lip but says nothing. Sollux growls and storms off towards the back of the restaurant, walking straight through the closed door like a ghost out of a movie.

"Dave!" John giggles letting go of Karkat and pulling out a chair. "You know I'm not a homosexual." He grins and flops down in the chair reaching out he snatches up Dave's apple juice and takes a drink of it. When Dave does not instantly snatch the juice back or make a snarky remark John stops drinking and tilts his head to look at him. He just sat there staring at the bathroom door. "Hey Dave? Gotta use the bathroom or something?" Dave makes a snort but says nothing. John raises an eyebrow and turns to look at Karkat. "Hey are you gonna sit down or..." He blinks in total confusion realizing that both pairs of red eyes were completely focused on the closed bathroom door. "um... guys? You're starting to scare me."

The bathroom door flies open slamming against the wall with a loud crack. Everyone in the restaurant turns to stare as Sollux storms out. Now visible to the humans around him Sollux's human form has dark blonde, almost brown hair in the same almost bowl cut style. His eyes are still bi-colored, one blue and one green, and his skin is a light tan with a dusting of freckles across his nose, cheeks, and arms. "Karkat!" He storms over to the table and stares slightly down at the other troll. "Thith ith where you've been hiding from me? In thith crappy town with thethe humanth?"

Karkat gulps chewing on his bottom lip. John looks back and forth from the newcomer to Karkat. "Hey Karkat... are you gay?"

Sollux turns a dark glare to John and opens his mouth to say something but Dave cuts him off with a grin. "Yeah Karkat, you a homosexual?"

A deep red blush spreads across Karkat's face like wildfire as he turns to glare down at Dave wishing with all his might he could punch those very familiar looking aviator sunglasses right off his smug human face.

Sollux growls and slams a hand down on the table scowling at Dave. "Tho what if he ith?" He was not happy with these humans getting in the way of twelve years of worrying and wondering. This was his personal business and he shouldn't have had to even take this disgusting human form to talk to his mate.

Dave smirks and kicks the two unoccupied chairs out from under the table. "Sit your gay asses down and lets eat." He turns his smirk to Sollux. "Or does your ass hurt too much to sit down." He practically purrs out those words as he watches Sollux's angry frown deepen. The two slowly lower themselves into sitting Sollux glaring daggers at Dave and Karkat wringing his hands in his lap.

"Hey! It's cool if you're gay!" John pipes in with an oblivious excited chime. "Dave's twin brother is gay and he's awesome!"

"Well that's an obvious statement John. We're Striders. Strider's are the definition of cool. Pop open a dictionary and look up cool and all they got is a picture of me and my bros. No words, just sweet strider glory."

Sollux snorts and cracks a slight smile. He could probably grow to like the blonde boy. But only a little bit. And only if he stays out of his way.

The blood drains from Karkat's face leaving him looking sickly and pale. His eyes widen and his mouth opens in shock. He tries to talk but all that comes out is a small squeak. He swallows and licks his lips and tries again. "Did you say... Strider?"

Dave gives a smug smirk and narrows his eyes at the troll. "Yea? That's my name. Dave Strider. Want an autograph or something?"

Karkat licks his lips again. "Where did you get those sunglasses?"

"What's that Karkles? you gotta speak up if you want me to hear what you're saying over the radiating aura of cool that surrounds me."

Karkat slams his hands down on the table jerking forward to glare viciously at Dave. "WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THOSE STUPID FUCKING SUNGLASSES YOU STUPID FUCKING COOL KID WANNA BE!"

John gives another bright grin and pipes in completely blowing off the angry aura around him. "Dave told me this story once! He said they were given to him by an angel who ripped his barely living body out of his parent's car after they slid off the road and down a cliff!"

Both trolls eyes widen as they stare at John, moths agape. They turn slowly in unison to stare at Dave.

Dave snatches his apple juice back from John and downs the rest before grinning at his captured audience. "You gotta romanticize everything you tell this kid like a bad movie or he just won't remember it."

Karkat takes a small shaking breath, then another. His vision blurring. "I have to go!" He shoves himself up and rushes for the door before anyone even has time to react. Sollux flinging himself up and rushing out after him.

John turns to Dave in confusion. "Did I say something wrong?"

Dave shrugs watching Sollux disappear from view. "They probably just couldn't handle the strider charm."

Next chapter:

Dave: Be cool on a different day this is stupid.
Sollux: Catch up to your ex.