JohnxKarkat 3

John's hair was smooth and soft under Karkat's shaking hand. John let his eyes drift about midway shut in pleasure. Karkat sat up a little straighter, and ran both his hands through. Karkat's heart clenched, stopped, then thudded even quicker. He leaned forward and gently put his foreheaad against John's. John took a quick intake of breath, and started to say, "But Karkat I'm not- at least not supposed to be-"
"SHUDDUP FUCKASS." Karkat growled before pushing his mouth against John's. John froze, shocked by Karkat's forwardness, before slowly and almost robotically moving his arms to entwine his fingers in Karkat's hair. The kiss was rough and unpracticed, for neither of them had been in a romantic relationship. Even Karkat had only done a few reviving kisses. Karkat pulled away, brave streak coming to a screeching halt.
"SORRY." He breathed to John, who still had his hands in Karkat's hair.
"'S fine" John mumbled back.  The second kiss was gentler, less rushed. And when they pulled away, Karkat's eyebrows were still furrowed, but his eyes were crinkling and his lips tilted upwards. Was he... smiling? John gaped a little, in shock. Karkat smirked and asked, "NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D SEE ME SMILE, HUH?"
"Never thought I'd hear you go a whole sentence without swearing!" John giggled.
"FUCK YOU" Karkat mumbled as he laid a series of small kisses along John's jawline. Karkat pulled John's head back a little by the hair to get a better angle. As Karkat trailed down his neck, John started giggling again.
Karkat pulled away. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"
"It tickled!" John cried, hands tucked against his throat. Karkat sighed, leaning against the wall and giving another tiny smile.
"I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL, JOHN. IF I CAN SIT THROUGH ANY MOVIE OF YOUR CHOICE, YOU HAVE TO WATCH ONE OF MY ROMCOMS"
John smiled, and held out a hand. "deal!" The two shook hands, both smirking at eachother.
Karkat managed to stay awake through one of John's stupid ass movies, but John seemed less inclined to do so during Karkat's romcom. His head dipped and bobbed. He was on the edge of sleep, and eventually he would tumble over the edge. And when he did, it was a few minutes before Karkat heard the doorbell ring. Confused, he bounded down the stairs. A woman in a blue uniform was complaining of an over filled box for several moments before really looking at Karkat. She saw the grey skin, black hair, horns, and deep scowl, staring in shock. He grabbed the parcels from her forzen hands.
"IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME THESE BELONG TO JOHN. THANKS, I'LL TELL HIM TO START CHECKING HIS FUCKING BOX MORE OFTEN. I THOUGHT HE WAS OBSESSED WITH CHECKING IT, BUT I GUESS
THAT CHANGED SINCE... NEVERMIND." The woman was babbling in shock. Karkat went to close the door, but the woman jammed her boot in the door.
"Are you a friend of the boy who lives here?"
"YEAH, WHAT'S IT TO YOU?"
"Nothing, it's just that you're almost as tall as his father." 'father' must be what they call their lusus here. Weird.
"WELL HE'S JUST AS TALL AS ME."
"Last I saw him, he was quite short. It hasn't been THAT long..."
Of course. They hadn't played the game for that long either.
Karkat sighed and gently kicked her foot out of the way and closed the door. When he turned, John was at the bottom of the stairs, rubbing his eyes.
"was that Jade?" he asked. Oh yeah, Jade was coming over later today. That oughta be interesting.
"NAW, IT WAS SOME BITCH WITH... THESE." he handed the papers to John, who rifled through them, looking a little nostalgic.
"Alot of these are bills for my dad... hmm." He looked more than a little sad too.
He knew John had been closer to his lusus than Karkat had been to his, so he could only imagine his sorrow multiplied. He sighed again and side-hugged John. This didn't seem to help, because John sniffled and wiped at his eyes. Karkat pulled his arm tighter around John's shoulders and rested his head against his left one. John put his head aginst the top of Karkat's just as the door rang again. John brightened visibly.
"That must be Jade!" he crowed excitedly.
Tugging the door opened, John revealed Jade, in her denim skirt and long sleeved shirt with her devil dog's head printed on the front. She waved, grinning buck- toothedly at her brother. When she saw Karkat, her expression soured a little. As her patron troll, he had given her a lot of crap. She was still holding that against him apprently. He felt like pissing her off again, for old time's sake, so he walked forward until he was standing next to John again, then put his arm around John's waist, pulling him close.
As John blushed furiously, Karkat said, "WELL WELL, LOOK WHO IT IS! HEY, JADE! LONG TIME, NO ARGUE, HUH?"
She looked at him with anger and a little embarassment. Then she seemed proud of herself as she said, "Hope you don't mind I brought Dave!!"
Dave Strider came walking up the path behind her, looking a little flustered.
"Jade, can you not leave me behind for one- Oh. Hello, Vantas."
"STRIDER" Karkat growled. John removed himself from Karkat's grasp, pulling his friends inside.
"C'mon in! I have tons of candy, soda, popcorn-"
"AND PLENTY OF SHIT MOVIES" Karkat cut in, smirking at John.
"Well, if you don't want to watch my movies, we could always watch one of your silly romcoms!"
Karkat scowled at Dave as he chuckled. John gave his sister a hug before escorting her and her- Karkat shuddered to think about it- date into the kitchen.
He followed behind the three humans, wondering why Dave didn't bring his own sister. Karkat asked, because he was honestly curious about the one human he'd never really talked to.
"That troll she's with, Maryam, doesn't seem to find my, or your, company pleasant."
"Rose is with a troll too?" John squeaked, shocked.
"What do you mean too-" Strider started before looking at Karkat. He smirked. Karkat just growled back.