You are Karkat Vantas, it's your last day of camping and you are being held over water.

Everyone decided to go to the beach today, since it was nice out and they wanted to have one last swim. You're not a fan of swimming really, and you just stay on the beach. Even those few times when you were dragged here, you stayed on the beach. But now, things are different. Dave thought it'd be a great idea to get you in the water, and now he's waist deep in the lake, holding you above the water and threatening to drop you in.

In other circumstances, you wouldn't mind being in his arms, when he's shirtless… and sweaty – stop that. But, this is a situation of life and death – okay, not really, but you don't want to end up wet. (If Dave could read your mind right now, he'd make soooo many jokes).

"Don't you fucking dare, Strider. I will burn all the AJ in the world if you drop me," You snarl out.

"Oh really?" He loosens his grip a bit and makes a movement like he's about to drop you but doesn't. In response, you cling to him like a koala, as embarrassing it is to admit, which makes him chuckle.

"You're literally like a cat… Karkitten," God that smirks of his is driving you up the wall.

"Call me that again and you'll never see the light of day again."

"You wound me, Karkat."

"Good."

"The wound hurts too much, Karkat! I can't hold you anymore!" He exclaims dramatically, and starts acting like he was literally wounded.

"Dave!" And he drops you. There's a sudden silence when you go under, very peaceful in a way. The water is pretty fucking cold, but refreshing considering how hot it is. When you resurface, sound returns and it's loud.

John, who's sitting on the shore, laughs at the scene, just as Jade and Rose dump a large pail of water over him does he shut up. Gamzee and Tavros are having a dual with Vriska and Terezi. Nepeta is building a sand castle over Equius, who doesn't seem too bothered, with Aradia. Feferi flipped Eridan off his pool tube, and overall there's a lot of commotion going on around you.

You attention turns back to Dave who has smug look one his face. That motherfucker. He ends up under water when your body slams against his – payback. He almost loses his shades in the process, but like usual they manage to never leave his face. How does one manage to keep classes on their face when they are knocked down into water in such a manner? Striders are mysterious nerds.

When he gets back up, it is war. He splashes you and you splash back. He manages to grab your ankle on pull you close, your faces just barely apart and just when you think he's about to kiss you, his hands thrust you upward so you fly out of the water and end up landing on Eridan, who was only a few feet away. Then he and Feferi get involved and so does everyone else, except Equius who still lies on the beach covered in Nepeta's and Aradia's sand castle.

Once things start to get intense, particularly when Bro, Mom-Lalonde, and Dad-Egbert join in, Nepeta returns for Equius and they team up. You and Dave went from being enemies to teaming up together with John and Sollux. Aradia teamed up with Jade, Nepeta, and Feferi – you must look out for them. Vriska and Terezi are cornering Eridan, Gamzee, and Tavros- who a screaming high pitched. Bro, Mom-Lalonde, and Dad-Egbert are having a battle with Rose and Kanaya, and Nepeta managed to get Bro in the back with a water balloon.

Meanwhile, Dirk, Jane, Jake, Roxy and the other trolls are out on boats. Latula and Roxy are water-skiing like it's a competition – probably is. Disciple somehow managed to get Signless on to a water-tube and he proceeds to wipe out every time – probably because the one driving is Grand, and he isn't familiar with control. Who thought it'd be a good idea to let him drive a boat anyway?

Back on the beach, it's a battle to the death that'll leave your bodies exhausted and sore when you return to the campgrounds. Sollux and you are back to back, and are being assaulted Terezi and Aradia. Terezi cackles as shot fires the water-gun at you, and Aradia simultaneously throws a water balloon at his face. Dave and John make the decision to jump in then with water balloons and bombard them.

What a wonderful fight to the death.

As predicted, you all return to the camp sore, and tired, some more than others. The sun's starting to set and it's fairly quiet, if you ignore the chattering of your peers. But there's only so much time left to finish stories and have conversations that need to be said, before you all leave.

Things have already started getting packed up, as you all leave tomorrow morning-ish. You'll finish packing up tomorrow, though, you're too tired. Instead you all hang around the fire pit, roasting marshmallows or making campfire pies. Kinda reminds you of one big happy family – well it practically is.

Everyone's altogether. Almost everyone. You notice that Dave seems to have disappeared, as you scan the crowd made up of your friends. Jake is sitting on Dirks lap, as he whispers "sweet nothings" in to his ear. Vriska and John have made up a few days ago, which is good, and they proceed to cuddle with one another. They actually plan to move in with another sometime soon, from what you heard from Jade.

Nepeta is sitting next to Equius and is braiding Feferi's hair. Latula and Mituna are being the adorably-rad couple as always, Cronus is helping Kankri with making some campfire pies with others, and Meenah is telling a story about something that happened to her and most of the others are listening intently. Tavros fell asleep in Gamzee's lap and he almost looks like he's dozing off as well, whereas Aradia is wide awake and telling a ghost story to whoever's listening.

Everyone's there except Dave. That's when you notice Bro, and he's looking at you with the never ending stoic expression. He gestures in the direction of a path, and then gives you a thumbs-up and continues on with whatever it was he was doing before. You absent mindedly scan over the crowd once more and make your leave down the path. Sometimes you wonder why Striders have to be so mysterious – if that's what you'll call it.

The path is small, like not many people have gone down it, and it's long. You literally have no idea where you are going, or what's ahead of you. You stumble a few times over some tree roots on your way. It's late, and fairly dark, so you're bound to run into things. You're pretty sure this is a path that not many people take or even know exist.

You've been walking for at least five minutes, far away from anyone else, when you see a flickering light. When you draw closer, you find that there is a medium-sized, closed-gazebo. Inside there's a table with a candle-light dinner set up, but with pizza, and the seats are connected to the rest of the structure – pretty much like a booth in a restaurant – with cushions set in place on them. Dave is also there, and he's looking at you expectantly.

"You romantic bastard." That's you really can say, and he just grins.

"See, I can be very romantic," he says as he stands up and walks towards you.

"I never said you couldn't be."

"I know, just wanted to make sure you'd never say that I wasn't, since all the proof is here."

"You're such a dork, you know."

"I'm your dork though."

"Yes, you are," You pull him down into a passionate kiss. God, he gets on your nerves, and still manages to make you swoon. This is the douche-muffin that you are in love with. And you wouldn't have in any other way.

He kisses back, and it turns to short sloppy make-out session that neither one of you want to break. You both pull at each trying to get even closer, though there is no space left between you. And suddenly, it is very hot, but it doesn't bother you since the night air keeps you cool.

Eventually, he pulls away and says, "So are we going to eat, or let the pizza get cold and continue."

You would like to continue, but you are pretty hungry, "Let's eat. But don't think we aren't done this." You plant a kiss on his cheek and make your way inside. He hums in response and joins you.

You're both about half way down with the pizza when he asks, "So did I do good or what?"

"Yes, you did good, if that wasn't obvious before."

"Just had to be sure, babe."

"Don't call me babe."

"Sweetheart?"

"No."

"Darling?"

"N-no." That one may have got to you for some reason – his accent is why – causing your face to heat up a bit. Hopefully he didn't notice, otherwise he'll know to use it against you.

"Angel?"

"No."

"Doll?"

"Do I look like Kankri to you?"

"Sort of. How about pumpkin?"

"No."

"Princess."

"No."

"Yummy Bear?

"Dear god, no."

"Sugar Mama?"

"Only if you want me to call you Sugar Daddy," apparently your response gets to Dave, since his face turns beat red. Oh. Oh. You're going to have fun with this.

"Uh, h-how about gorgeous?"

"Having problems… Sugar Daddy?" You can't stop the playful smirk that forms. Dave also becomes aware of his situation and turns even more red than before, which you didn't think was possible.

Oh, you are going to have fun with this.

Shorty chapter hear, since im still contemplating whether or not i'll have nsfw content in the next chapter. If there isn't, you can assume very well what happened here.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and sorry for any grammar mistakes. and for taking my sweet ass time on this.

-klmj01