The Adventures of Reader

Reader x Karkat - Tired

Whoops my friend got me into Homestuck... Kind of still new to the characters and I'm still in Act 5 so these might be a bit weird before I get back into the hang of Reader x's. Also still on hiatus, I just happened to finish this today.

The title fits my mental state.

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"Just friends." That's what you told yourself every single time you talked. "We are just friends," You would tell Nepeta, your best troll friend who seemed intent on shipping you with him. "We're pretty much moirails, you idiot!" You had shouted at Terezi when she brought it up. Her reply was something about tasting the lies in my sentence. When Gamzee brought it up in his high as heaven state, you merely slapped him and walked away.

In short, you were starting to get sick of everyone asking about your feelings towards Karkat. One more person and you were start going to throw the knives you had hidden in various pieces of clothing.

"_______! You've been keeping secrets from your own moirail!" Feferi cried as she ran towards you. You narrowly missed getting knocked down (and maybe accidentally killed) as you dodged out of the way of what the trolls called a moirail.

"What the hell are you taking about, Fairyfish?" You asked, yawning as she stopped. "And how many times do I have to tell you to be careful? Humans equal weak."

"You're not that weak, and Nepeta told me about your little flushed-crush for Karkat!"

Your smile dropped, your eyes sharpening to create a glare at your best friend. "You're lucky you're my best friend, or you'd have just narrowly dodged a knife."

"SO IT'S TRUE!"

"Did you hear a word I just said, fishbreath?"

"Of course I did. You're being defensive about it oh this is so cute!" More glaring from you as Feferi started jumping around like Nepeta. "Oh, do you want me to find out if he likes you back?"

"Did I say I actually liked the jerk?"

"You didn't deny it."

"Shitsponge."

"Language."

You sighed, rubbing your eyes and glaring at the troll princess. "Fine, I fully admit to having a crush on the parton troll of Cancer." You had already told Feferi about the twelve starsigns and their names, which were pretty different to the troll names.

"WHO'S THE PATRON TROLL OF CANCER, _______?" You heard your crush shouting down the hallway. You glanced at Karkat, who had apparently been talking to Sollux when he heard you.

You tiredly glanced over at Feferi, panicking when you saw her mischievous expression. "Nope nope nope nope NO FUCKING WAY FAIRYFISH BITCH." You turned down a hall as you shouted at Feferi. You could hear someone following you, making you run faster. No matter which of the three trolls it was, you knew that it wouldn't end well if they caught up with you. You slipped a knife out of a secret pocket in your shirt, throwing it behind you.

"WHAT THE HELL, _______?" Karkat yelled angrily as his footsteps became closer. You ran down a few more halls before coming down a very familiar one. This was the hall with that led to your bedroom. You bedroom with a very strong lock. It was good, too, because you were about to pass out from tiredness. You prepared yourself to make the short distance to your bedroom when you were suddenly tackled to the ground by who you assumed was Karkat.

"Get off me or I swear I'll-"

"You'll what, _______? There's not much you can do when you're being pinned down." You could hear the smirk in Karkat's voice. You shifted around, freeing one of your arms and quickly rubbing one of the horns on Karkat's head, making him freeze. "No need to do that, I'm getting up," He muttered, pretty much rolling off of you.

"There, that wasn't so hard, was it Karkat?"

"I feel sorry for your flushed crush," He muttered, "You know way too much about trolls, and you're way too prepared to use it." You rolled your eyes at him, turning to go into your room. "Seriously though, who is it?" He asked softly.

"None of your business."

"From what Feferi told me, it is my business." He replied, standing up and leaning on the wall beside you.

"No, it really isn't," You growled, opening your door. "You really wouldn't like it. Trust me."

"How would you know, _______? You haven't been talking to me recently." He was right, you mostly just glanced at him from afar. Discreetly, of course, "Although you do stare at me," damn it.

You shrugged, slipping into your room. "It's you." And with that, you closed your door, locking it.

There were a few seconds of silence, and then Karkat started banging on your door. "_______ OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR." You didn't say anything. "OPEN IT OR I'LL PICK YOUR LOCK. DON'T FUCKING THINK I DON'T FUCKING KNOW HOW TO."

You knew Karkat was being serious, and to be honest you didn't want to deal with what would most likely turn into a broken door, so you unlocked it and flopped onto your bed, faceplanting into your pillow. You heard Karkat shuffle over, sitting next to you on your bed. You had closed your eyes, wondering why you felt so tired when you remembered you had stayed up for 2 days straight avoiding the trolls who seemed intent on talking about your feelings.

"_______? Are you even awake?" Karkat sounded amused. You lifted up a hand tiredly, turning it into a thumbs up. "Can you at least look at me while I say this?" You thought about it for a second, and then turned your hand to be the opposite.

You felt him push on your shoulder as light filtered into your eyes. "Hey water you doin'?" You asked, not making eye contact. You could see Karkat roll his eyes before you closed yours again.

Wait.

Holy shit.

Karkat was kissing you.

Before you could kiss back properly, the troll pulled back, smiling at you. "I'm flushed for you too, you fucking idiot."

"Hmm, extremely glad to know," You mumbled tiredly. "Can we sleep now?"

"What do you mean, we?"

"You look like you're about to pass out, Karkat. Might as well pass out with me."

"Remember that time you fell asleep in the middle if the computer room with only me and Feferi there?"

"Vaguely." You yawned.

"You ended up spooning your pillow in your sleep."

"So? How I act in my sleep depends on the person slash inanimate object with me. I kicked my sister in her sleep and with my friends I'm really still."

Karkat didn't look convinced, however he seemed to be defenceless against your puppy dog eyes. "Dammit, _______, why are you so fucking adorable..." He muttered, laying down on your bed and facing you. He wrapped his arms loosely t around your waist, kissing your forehead as the two of you fell asleep together.

-~:~-

"Um, _______... please wake up..." Karkat muttered, obviously only have woken up a moment before you. You were about ask Karkat what was wrong when you realised what you had accidentally done in your sleep.

You didn't really want to move.

There was much less space between you and Karkat now, and yours and his legs were tangled together. One of yours hands had moved to near his horns, and the other was laying in between the two of you. Karkat's arms had tightened around your waist at some point, and you could feel his breath on your face.

"Looks like my subconscious likes you, Karkat," you murmured, kissing the adorable troll.