School Romance (DaveKat)

Guess It's Just Us For Tonight

You stare at Dave. Did he just ask you to the school dance? As students head for their lockers, you sit in your seat, slightly shocked.

"Yo, Karkles, school is over. You're still coming to my house, right?"

"Uh, yeah."

You both head to your lockers, put your science books in your bags, and walk out the building's entrance. On the way to Strider's house, you talked about which science experiment you would do. When you arrived at the house, Dave's bro greeted you both. He was already heading out, so when you walked through the door he waved and walked outside.

"Guess it's just us." Dave says with that cool-kid smirk of his.

You walk upstairs into his room and sit down on the bed. He sits down beside you, opening up his text book. Before you get a chance to suggest a topic for the experiment, Dave says something.

"You never answered my question."

"What question?"

"The one on the note."

"Oh, that question."

"Well?"

You didn't know what to say. Dave Strider was asking you to a dance. It's not that you don't like him, of course not! You kissed him and confessed your love to him already. It's not as if you wanted to take that back either. No, nothing like that. It's just you don't know how people would react. You think long and hard about the concept.

"Okay, Dave."

"Sweet!"

Dave kisses you softly and sweetly for just a moment before hopping off the bed to Google "super ironic science experiments". Wow, did this boy love irony. When nothing shows up he replaces ironic with cool. You get up wrapping your arms around his neck from behind the chair, trying to look at the screen. You end up putting it off since you couldn't find any suitable experiments. Dave turns around in his office chair just like in the movies. All he needed was a cat in his lap.

"So, Karkitty. Since we are dating-"

"I don't remember being asked out."

"Okay, fine. Karkat Vantas, will you go out with me?"

"Duh," you say hugging him. "Now finish what you were saying."

"Right. Since we are NOW dating, I was thinking we should go on a date. "

"Like, in public?"

"If you want."

"Yeah, I guess. If you don't mind the stares we would get.'

"I already get stares from my ironic coolness. They can't take their eyes off of me."

"Suuuuuuuure."

The room becomes silent and you both stare into each others' eyes. You move closer as your lips connect. Just then, Dave's brother opened the door.

"Yo, Lil' Man, is that kid still her-" he sees you two kissing. "Guess so. Have fun. Dave. Don't stain the bedsheets."

Both of your faces burn bright red. Dave yells at his brother as he closes the door.

"BRO! SHUT UP! OH MY GOD!"

After Bro had left, Dave sat back down on the bed, flustered and red-faced. You couldn't help but giggle.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Oh, nothing. Just the fact that the Dave Strider can blush."

"Well, you did, too"

"Yes, but I'm not a cool-kid such as you."

"Whatever. Just get over here."

You crawl over to his body on the bed, wrapping yourselves under the covers as your limbs get tangled. You fall asleep together, accomplishing nothing for the project you came to work on. That night you had a dream. First one in ages.