Each Touch

One Vantas

(This chapter is also the help of @PyroInfinite)

"He looked...Dave sounded just so...I can't explain it! I've never heard him sound like that before."

A frustrated John Egbert was lying on the bed of Karkat Vantas who was grumbling over his desk scribbling down answers to his homework which they were suppose to be doing together. The honey brown blond had been listening to the other for a little over half an hour and it was starting to get on his nerves. Red eyes moved over to look at the sulking teen who was staring up at the ceiling.

"John just please, I know you're worried but we've got to get this done before we sulk away in our personal problems." said Karkat, turning around to look at him.

John sat up, his black hair a mop of a mess and eyes derimmed from his glasses. He blinked a few times to get his eyes to focus on Karkat, his eyes burning from lack of blinking. His glasses were on the white pillow where his head laid.

"Sorry Karkat, I'm just feeling guilty."

Knock.
Knock.
Knock.

"I apologize for the intrusion Karkat, but fatheerrrr..."

The blond's door opened and came in a brunet, hair just as messy as Karkat's. His scarlet eyes set upon John, lips pursing as he looked back at Karkat. The three of them stood in silence for a good minute or two.

"...Kankr-"

"I sincerely apologize!! I didn't know we had a guest over!" said Kankri, "Why didn't you tell me you were bringing a friend over?? I would have gotten things ready for him."

"No one wants to see your list of trigger warnings Kankri. Anyone would just tell you-"

"No, no Karkat. I want to avoid saying anything that would cause them distress before hand."

Glasses were brought back to eyes, Kankri in their line of sight. He wore a bright red sweater that looked a size too big and a pair of black pants that were most likely skinny jeans. The brunet, despite the contrast in hair color and the slight shift in skin tone, looked almost exactly like Karkat.

"This is Kankri?" questioned John.

"My, Karkat has spoken of me. That is quite a big deal." softly smiled Kankri.

"Shut up." grumbled Karkat.

Kankri walked over to his younger brother, uttered a quick warning before flicking his forehead. The blond glared up at his brother; Kankri turned to look at John, giving him a small smile. The dark haired teen blinked up at the older Vantas.

"I hope Karkat has been treating you fairly, as you can see he isn't the most..."

John tilted his head as he waited for the other to finish his sentence, Karkat was just about ready to smack his brother up the head with a textbook. Kankri stood, a hand rising up to hold back the book. His red eyes glanced back before continuing what he was going to say.

"Trigger warning; Insults, sibling, hereinafter argument, possible physical violence, verbal attacks." he listed, "Proper when it comes to socializing."

Pressure was added to Kankri's hand as Karkat pushed down to try to let the textbook make contact with his brother's head. Hopefully with enough force to get it to hurt. A giggle could slipped from John as he watched the two siblings, as warned, fought back at each other verbally. He always wanted to have a feel of having a sibling no matter if there older or younger, it seemed like fun.

"As I was saying before this whole mess erupted, father told me to tell you that your Ampora and Captor are waiting for you."

"Eridan and Sollux? Waiting for me? The fuck did we-" stopped Karkat as realization it him, "...Shit."