The date is February thirteenth, the time, approximately 7:30 in the morning, and you are currently situated in a small bakery and café. This isn’t any old shitty chain store coffee place either. This little gem has been taking five dollars of your hard earned cash every day for two years. That is cash you could have been spending on more important things, like rent, or your bus pass. There is no denying that it has the best hot drinks and pastries in town. It also helps that it is run by a friend of yours. He and his father manage the place. From your position you can watch him work the counter and not seem creepy. You’re
Aradia? Karkat asked, Youre sure. Youre absolutely sure it was her?
How could I possibly mistake her? His voice seemed hostile at the very thought of not recognizing her. He was visibly shaken, it wasnt certain if that was from excitement or something else.
John stirred in the bed and whimpered at Karkats missing warmth, Whats going on? He rubbed his eyes and sat up, Sollux? What are you doing here?
The blind troll ignored John, She had something very important to tell me. But I fucking woke up before she could say anything. Im so worthles
"John are you ok?" Karkat stuck his head out of the shower they were previously sharing and looked at his quivering Matesprit. John never answered and through the fogged mirrors Karkat could see blue tears. "John?"
The other troll blasted Karkat with a wide range of feelings from anger to depression before covering his face with his hands. "No I'm not ok Karkat!"
Carefully Karkat moved from the shower to stand behind John, "Would you like to tell me what's wrong?"
"No," John sniffled.
Moving slowly Karkat wrapped his arms around John and pulled him close, "You have to tell me, I can't help unless you tell me what's wrong."
"I don't want
Still the Same Chapter Eight by Tien13, literature
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The hall was shrouded in shadows, but none of this was new to Sollux. It had been a few months since the accident that rendered him blind and weak, seeing darkness was something he had long begun accustomed to. 'Though,' he thought about it, 'it wasn't really an accident, Eridan and I were both asking for it.' He proceeded down the hall, sweeping the cane back and forth feeling for objects on the ground.
Being blind was a hassle, but it wasn't the worst thing that could have happened to him. At least he had someone who had gone through it before, 'Thank the fucking gods we are aren't on Alternia anymore.' The news about Karkat and John's rec
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The next day was better for Karkat. He woke up and started packing right away. "Guys, get your lazy asses up we have to keep moving." The lab looked vastly the same. Every corridor was just as dark and poorly lit as the next. It didn't help that any signs were written in a language that was foreign to the trolls. They just had to move in a relatively straight line and hope they ran into something decent.
They really had no clue what they were looking for. New transport pads were what they were hoping for. Or something that could be used to break the game even further than the scratch did.
"What are we doing?" Karkat mumbled half to himself
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When John woke the next morning he was still surrounded by quietly sleeping trolls. He went to move but found himself trapped in Karkat's embrace. He didn't mind, for the first time in almost a month he didn't wake up alone. It felt nice to be surrounded by others he could relate to a little bit. His senses were off, compared to the others, the closeness was getting uncomfortable but he would rather be uncomfortable then alone. The troll next to him shifted and pulled John with him. He couldn't help giggling when Karkat couldn't pull him over with him like a huge stuffed animal.
Karkat opened his eyes blinking a few times, "Oh, hey Egbert."
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Karkat woke up to the sound of muffled talking. Actually, he realized the voices weren't muffled he just couldn't hear them clearly at the moment. He leaned up and stretched, wincing at the pain in his shoulder. He looked around and noticed he was on a familiar bed; the humming of computers joined the sounds of people talking. Grumbling he leaned against the wall and rubbed his temples.
"Oh good, Karkat you're awake."
His eyes caught the faces of Kanaya, Sollux and Terezi. They were all seated in a somewhat circle around the bed Karkat was napping on. "What's going on?"
"We need to discuss something," Terezi started. "It's something I've n
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John was surprised at Sollux's presence outside his door. 'Why does he want to speak to me? Sollux hasn't shown much interest in me or the other humans, so why now?' It puzzled him, he thought that maybe Sollux was just being friendly. "Sure, what do you want to talk about?"
"I'm going to be blunt. KK."
"Karkat?"
"Yeth Karkat." He took a few steps forward towards John, "I think it'th time thomeone on thith thtupid athteroid talked to you. Thinth KK theemth unable to do it I will."
"Talk about what?" John asked, "This is sorta random," he laughed a bit, "I mean, you never talk to me."
"I know." He continued past John, "We're going back to
Karkat awoke early that morning. He groaned and rolled out of bed. For the first time in weeks Karkat had actually had nightmares of his own. They were terrible dreams, but they were not the dreams of his ancestors. He dreamed of his friend's deaths, over and over again, he saw his remaining friends die as well. But the one that hurt the most, the one that had Karkat sitting up in bed, gasping for air, and nearly clawing his blankets to shreds, was his dream of John. It was a dream where John died, saving Karkat.
The troll shook his head and cleared his thoughts. Growling he set off to do what made him wake up early in the first place. His h