There and Back Again {On Hold}

sickness.

Karkat's POV:

It was Monday morning and I woke up with a splitting headache.
I felt terrible.
I guess I slept in a little cause I heard a knock and then the door open. I assumed it was mr Egbert but it was john. He was dressed in a blue hoodie with blue jeans and for some reason yellow sneakers. That kid needs to learn to match his fucking clothes so he doesn't look like a fucking idiot at school.

"Karkat?" He asked. "What are you doing? We're gonna be late for the bus!"
"Um yeah about that...could you get dad? I don't feel too good..." I responded.
He nodded and left my room.
Not soon after mr Egbert came into my room.

"Not feeling too good?" He asked.
I nodded.
He felt my head.
"Well...you feel warm but not warm enough for a really bad feaver, you'll be fine but I'm gonna keep you from school just in case."
I nodded again and he left.
I rolled back over and was asleep before long.

I woke back up later. I looked at my phone, 2:28.
School gets out at 2:35.
John should be home soon.

I sat up and pain shot through my head.
I got out of bed and shuffled my way down the hall to the bathroom. I needed a shower.
I stared at myself in the mirror. My ginger hair was all over the place, my freakles stood out against my pale skin, I had bags under my eye from the lack of sleep I've needed lately and my dark brown eyes seemed to reflect my pain.

I signed and stripped myself of my clothing.
I turned the water to the right temp and let the water slide down my bare back.

After I got out I felt somewhat better I guess. I left the bathroom, not even bothering to comb my ginger mess.

I went downstairs and it seemed abnormally quiet.
Usually mr Egbert would be fooling around in the kitchen.
I went in and found nobody was there, but the was a note on the kitchen table.

Dear boys, I had to go into work early so don't be alarmed if I'm not here when you wake up, and or get home. Love you guys
-dad/mr Egbert.

Well looks like I got the house to myself until john gets home, speaking of john. Where is he?
I looked at the clock on the microwave and it read, 3:58.
That's weird, usually we get off the bus at 3:15.
I wonder where he is.

I went back upstairs and grabbed my phone to pester him.

~carcinoGeneticist began pestering ectoBiologist~

CG: HEY

CG: FUCKASS

CG: WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!

EB: hehe...what does fuckass mean?

CG: DOESNT MATTER. WHERE ARE YOU? SHOULDN'T YOU BE HOME BY NOW?

EB: we decided to meet at the park today so I won't be home till later, why is something wrong?

CG: NO IM JUST FUCKING BORED! DAD WENT TO WORK EARLY AND I HAVE NO ONE HERE WITH ME.

EB: I can come home if you want?

CG: NO YOU GO TO THE PARK AND HAVE FUN

EB: are you sure? Are you feeling better? I can come home if you need me to.

CG: NO I FEEL BETTER. YOU HAVE FUN WITH THE GROUP ILL BE OK.

EB: ok but text me if you need anything. I'm at the park I gotta go!

~ectoBiologist ceased pestering carcinoGenet~

I sighed and leaned back on my bed. All of a sudden I got this huge surge of pain go through my head. I closed my eyes and waited for the pain to go away. After ten minutes of pain, I couldn't take it and I got up off the bed to get some pain pills from the bathroom. But as soon as I got up everything started spinning, I could barley walk. I somehow got out to the hallway but halfway to the bathroom I tripped and fell on the ground. I was too weak to get up, and me being the idiot I was I left my phone on my bed so I couldn't text John to come help so I was stuck. I couldn't get up to save my life. Then everything went black.

Dave's POV:

I guess I've been depressed these last couple of days. Not only because I'm moving but because I'm probably the reason reason karkat didn't come to school. He seemed  pretty upset since I told him I was moving. He said he cared more then he was supposed to. What did he mean by that?! I wanna ask him but I'm afraid that I'll upset him even more. I mean he was an orphan for the longest time... And after the stories he told us about his dad dying and getting separated from his brother and being in and out of multiple orphanages it seems he's had a pretty screwed up life. I don't wanna make it worse.

I decided to question john about it since he lived with him and probably knew why he stayed home today.
"Yo john? Why didn't KitKat come to school?" I asked my nerdy friend.
"He didn't feel good and my dad said he had a slight fever this morning." He responded.

I knew what this meant. I've been through it. I just hoped it wasn't.

"Um..has he eaten anything lately?" I asked.

"Um well...he didn't eat anything yesterday and he didn't eat dinner the night before. I'm not sure if he ate anything today." I responded casually like it didn't matter.

"Um..hey guys, uh bro wanted me home early so gotta go." I lied to them.
I needed to make sure karkat was ok.

I started to walk out of the park but started sprinting as soon as I got out.

I ran as fast as I could to john and karkats house and I ran up to the door and knocked. There was no answer.
I tried the door and it was surprisingly open. I opened it and went in. The house was quiet. I kept my cool.

"KitKat?" Yelled through the house. No response.
"Karkat." I yelled a bit louder.
He was probably in his room. I knew where it was since that's where we hang out when I come over after school.
I walked upstairs. As I walked up I heard no sound whatsoever. I got extremely worried.

When I got to the top of the stairs I saw something that made sickness crawl up my throat.

There in the ground laied karkat vantas.