CrabApple High

Chapter !^: Call Me Out Of The Pain

[for this chapter the song i chose how i picture Dave feeling right about now, and for a later scene i also suggest listening to 'This Kiss' by Faith Hill]

==>Be The One Crying Into Your Ice Cream

Wait what?

"Karkat. Hey, Karkat!"

"Hmm?"

"You're crying sweetie, are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I didn't even realize I was crying. I was just thinking of what happened with Terezi. That's all." I wiped away the fallen tears and gave Kanaya a reassuring smile.

"Alright. I won't press on the matter. But its getting late, and I must get back to Rose, we have project to work on for our Psychology class. Are you done with your ice cream?"

"I'm done, I kinda ruined it with my stupid tears anyways, so you can get back to your girlfriend."

She smiled and paid for my frozen sugar milk, despite my protest.

I spent the rest of my weekend avoiding Kankri, and thinking about how I was going to confront Dave and apology for provoking him.I'm sure that douche-ass was going to apologize too, but whatever. Kanaya talked with me and helped me with what I should say, John came over and apologized for Fridays little mishap; even though I know he didn't mean to do it in the first place. Stupid John.

But then Monday came, and school started, and the plan me and Kanaya worked on over the weekend was supposed to be put into action.

She had Rose talk to Dave too, that way we both planned on 'running into each other' to do our make up thing. Which that would only work if we actually stopped fucking avoiding each other. God damn it.

I'm just doing this because I'm scared shitless that he'll reject me, and not accept my apology. I know that's not true, but my heads spinning a mile a minute and I'm not thinking straight.This is a hell of a lot more stressful than I thought it would be.Once it hit my study hall period, I knew Dave was going to be in the music room, so I maybe I could just walk down there and he sing another song for me and we could make up.

Just like last time.

But that was last time. This is a whole new day, a whole new situation. And I was not prepared for this.I was walking down the halls, and just before I turned the corners, I could have sworn I heard Strider's voice. What the hell is he doing talking to himself in the middle of the hall-

"Look, I just want go home." Why?

"Can't you just call the school and tell them I can drive myself out of here? I can't stand being in here right now." What is he talking about?

"Bro, seriously. It hurts just seeing him. I just want to run up to him and hold him and kiss him, tell him how sorry I am but I can't. He keeps running away from me. He fucking hates me, Bro. Not that I blame him; I would hate me too. I just want to get out of here and just to calm down; let him calm down, you know? Please, just do this for me." Wait, no; Dave that's not at all how I feel. Karkat, move idiot, do something. Tell him he's wrong. Don't just stand there like an idiot or else he'll think you hate him forever-

"Karkat?" Shit. Good going shit for brains. I got too busy with arguing with myself that I didn't even realized that he hung up with his Bro. I looked at him, still unable to speak for whatever ungodly reason.

He took a step towards me, leaving a very small gap between us."Shouldn't you be in class? Wait no, study hall, right?" I nodded. We had this very awkward stare down until the loud speaker turned on.