Eyes Like Rubies

Warning(s): OOC, Stridercest, Humanstuck, blood, language, and Jack Noir.

Note - Dimitri is Dirk's 'Bro' (from the Alphaverse) and Dex is Dave's 'Bro' (from the Betaverse).

I don't own Homestuck, Andrew Hussie-sama does!

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It was just another night at the local pet store. Jade, the store's owner's Dog type Anilae, was sleeping in her dog bed, her white ears occassionally flicking to and fro at every little noise as her tail twitched ever so slightly. She was comfortable, sleeping and keeping guard. There would be some minutes where she would yawn as she awoke, her eyes (the color for which she was named) opening slightly. She would make the quick trip into the bathroom then return, lightly drinking from a bottle of water that she had near her bed before laying back down and falling right back asleep.

Near her in on top of a cat stratching post was the Cat type Anilea, Rose, her clawed fingers coiling and uncoiling as she slept, a wizard plush in her arms, given to her by her owner, a girl named Roxy (who would be coming by the store in the morning to pick her up). Sometimes, she would wake up with a slight start, her beautiful lilac eyes looking around for only a moment before they would become hidden once more behind her eye lids, the Anilea herself going right back to sleep. She dreamed of happy days with her new owner, a slight smile to her lips.

Near the two of them was John in his bird cage. Oh, dear, bird brained John. He was smarter than the other Bird type Anilaes, but not really by much. His soon-to-be owners, a boy named Jake English and a girl named Jane Crocker, were already spoiling him rotten, Jake with sappy movies and Jane with sugary sweets. He was asleep in his cage, a goofy little smile on his lips as his wings wrapped around him, the muscles tensing up at times as he slept. Such a bird brain.

Then there was Dave. Poor, poor, Albino Rabbit type Dave. Nobody wanted him. He was ownerless. He wouldn't be taken home the next day. He already knew that much. Nobody wanted an Albino Rabbit type. Nobody wanted to have a young male, whose hair was so light blond, it looked white, whose ears were so long that they flopped over themselves, whose tail was straight and lengethened by just the soft, long fur, and whose eyes were as red as blood, who was albino. No, Dave had nobody. The only person who ever gazed at him with kind eyes was the young man who always came in. He didn't know his name. He just knew that he always looked at all of the Anilae's in a dull silence, a lack of interest in his beautiful, amber orange eyes. When his beautiful eyes landed on Dave, however, there was a dawning of a very tiny smile on his otherwise tight lips.

Sadly though, he never made any sort of indication that he was going to buy him.

Oh, well. It wasn't like Dave cared (he so cared). He could still hang with Jade at the pet store. He had no problem (he had a major problem) with that. He could just pass every day in the back room where he didn't have to deal with stupid people. He could live with that (he couldn't live with that).

Currently, the Albino Rabbit type was sitting in a chair, his arms crossed across his chest and his legs crossed over one another. He was keeping watch, one could say. Having to watch over the place at night meant he would be asleep during the day. Sleeping during the day meant that he didn't have to deal with the people who didn't want him. He would get to sleep and dream about Derse; a kingdom of darkness that very few dreamed of. As far as he knew, only he and Rose could dream about it.

Ah, Derse. Such a dark, purple place. In his dreams, he was just a human boy, homed and sheltered. Sure, some people tried to off him every now and again, but it was because of what he seemed to be in the dream world. A Knight. A Knight with scarlet armor and a cape with a light red gear in the center. With a blade in one hand and his helmet in the other, Dave was the coolest guy around. He served under the Dersite Queen, though at the same time, he was his own person with his own agenda.