Hi guys! I'm so excited to have so many of you super sweet and adorable people reading and voting! But even with all of you devoted readers who are voting (even the anon votes I get on my tumblr) I can still get ties!

So when it came time to write today I was TIED! 8 to 8 on this chapter. In a fair (esk) turn of events after getting no further votes from my tumblr post asking for one more I decided it was best to ask my roommate. So I gave her the two options (mind you she is not homestuck) and she decided on this chapter. So make sure to vote so someone who actually reads it has a say in the story!

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Kanaya: take Karkat home

Kanaya sighed her finger gripping the leather of the steering wheel tightly as she glanced over at Karkat. He sat unbuckled in the leather seat next to her, his feet pulled up into the chair and his shoes on the floorboard below him. His arms are wrapped around his arms and he stares blankly out at the passing buildings.

"Stop fucking sighing." He mumbles as his eyes follow a dirty looking dog trudging ownerless down the street.

"Karkat I..."

"No." His fangs peek out to chew on his lower lip as he turns to further have his back pointed to her.

With a frustrated huff Kanaya pulls off the street, unbuckling herself to turn and glare solid jade eyes down at him. "Karkat Vantas! You are an adult and it's about damn time you started acting like one! The whole world needs your help. Rose is MORTAL and she's shoved herself into the resistance. I have to go with her. And I think she'd be better with your help. You could turn the tables on this war. You could go back to the world of our people. With honor! Don't you WANT to come back?"

Karkat's claws dig into his thighs as he keeps his face turned completely away from her. "No. I'm not one of you anymore. I don't want to fight."

"Not even for Sollux?" Kanaya tilted her head, hopeful as she reached out to grab his shoulder.

With a stiff jerk he knocks her hand off of him. "Sollux has Aradia! He doesn't need me."

Kanaya narrows her eyes. "I already told you what happened. Sollux LOVES you Karkat. He always will! Are you really just going to throw away any chance at ever REALLY being happy with him again because you don't want to fight?"

Fisting his hands Karkat jerks a solid red glare at the goddess. A single red tear escapes his left eye as he bares his fangs at her. "What the fuck do you care Kanaya? It's not YOUR love. Not YOUR life! You have your shaman! I gave Feferi the powers of death she can kill the condesce and you all can be one big happy fucking family WITHOUT me in it!"

Kanaya's eyes follow the path of another tear escaping the angry god's eyes and she sighs, her head dropping. Turning she buckles herself back in and shifts her green Chevy Cobalt back onto the road. Karkat jerks his back to her and glares out the window. Silent tears continue to escape his eyes with every blink, sticking to his lashes as he glares at a couple of gods walking hand in hand down the sidewalk. One had uneven cut hair and tall horns with five points coming out the back of them. Her eyes sparkled a bright blue and she wore a simple black shirt with bubbles on it, her belly showing over her plain black cargo pants. A bright orange crystal dangling down from her scar covered neck resting just above her breasts. The male had short spiked up hair and horns that rose up and curled tightly. He wore a baggy orange shirt with a target-like star on the chest and some plain cargo jean shorts with orange converse shoes. His bright orange eyes stared intently at his mate's as a smile spread across his face. Karkat growled as the couple disappeared from his view.

"Why?" Karkat blinks and glances over his shoulder at Kanaya, unsure if he actually heard the whispered question. He looked at her clenched jaw, the sparkle of unshed tears making her eyes seem an even darker shade of green. Her knuckles are white where she grips tightly to the wheel.

He swallows the lump in his throat and licks his lips. "Why?" She doesn't look at him, just nods slowly, defeat etched across her usually proud features. He looks down, holding his palms out in front of his knees. "Why didn't anyone look for me? Why did no one tell me what Sollux did, what Aradia's doing? Why do I have to find out now?"

A look of guilt crosses her features as Kanaya turns the wheel to round a corner. "I'm sorry Karkat. I... knew where you were all along. But I also knew you didn't want to see me. And, I thought because Tavros was always around you that he was keeping you company. I'm afraid I didn't learn until recently that he didn't tell you of his sister and Sollux's deal."

Karkat's eyes widened as he stared at her, his mouth slightly open in shock. "Tavros? Always around me?" Karkats hands clenched tightly into fists. "I haven't seen anyone in twelve years. The first time I've seen Tavros since the day I was tried was the day he appeared at my fucking doorstep with Sollux."

"He... didn't talk to you?" Kanaya's face filled with shock as she stopped the car in front of Karkat's apartment. "Some goddess of information I am if I didn't even know that. I should have known he wouldn't tell you even if he did talk to you, being so devoted to his sister. I'm so sorry Karkat. I should have been more attentive."

Karkat unclenched his fists and sighed, opening the door and climbing out. He turns and leans back in the car "Just... don't tell him I still love him. Okay?" Without getting an answer Karkat stands up straight shutting the door to the car and turning to walk up his steps.

Kanaya stares at Karkat's back until it disappears behind the beat up red door before pulling her car back out onto the busy street. "It's not my place to tell." She says to the empty car, her eyes bleeding back to normal. "I have all the information I need now."

So you may have noticed the insertion of non-cannon trolls in this chapter! I thought, if Hussie can insert the well paid for fantrolls into the recent updates, why can't I make fantrolls into the backgrounds? so using some fantrolls I've come across I added them in! If you would like your own fantroll/Kid added into the story's background send me a message with their description on my Tumblr SuccubustyKisses and I'll see what I can do!

What will the next chapter be? Make sure to vote!
Dave: try to go back into your body Feferi: Prepare for battle

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