The Pages Between Us (Karkat Vantas x Reader)

Chapter Two

You didn't get to open your phone until you were walking down the hall to second period. Achlys and Jade no longer accompanied you in your walk since your next class was pretty much in the opposite direction from theirs. Dave had waited for you to finish first period so you could walk together, but since his friends John and Rose were there, you just stepped back and followed them behind. To avoid facing the sheer awkwardness and discomfort of the situation, you opened your phone to read CG's message.

YH: Sure, if I don't kill myself first.
yourHandle (YH) logged off.
CG: DON'T FUCKING KILL YOURSELF, OKAY?
CG: IF YOU DIE, THAT MEANS THE WORLD BECOMES ONE PERCENT SHITTIER. AND THAT ONE PERCENT COULD MEAN THE END OF THE DAMN WORLD.
CG: EARTH'S LAND PENISES WILL EJACULATE LAVA LIKE GRUB-SHITTING PISS CONFETTI. CUSTODIANS WILL KILL THEMSELVES AND *THEN* RESURRECT ONLY BECAUSE THEY FORGOT TO KILL THE CHILDREN FIRST.
CG: AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN OFFICIALLY FUCKING MET, FUCKASS.
CG: SO YOU BETTER TAKE GOOD FUCKING CARE OF YOURSELF.

You couldn't suppress your smile soon enough to prevent Dave from once again teasing you about having a boyfriend. Rose politely initiated a very brief conversation about this matesprit, while John went to his usual teasing and joking. Though, you liked the idea of having your internet friend as a matesprit - you've known him for nearly six months now, and somewhere in between those weeks of fun conversations and phone calls and collaborative multiplayer games, you developed a hot-red flush crush for carcinoGenetist (or as you nicknamed him, Carc).

He was still shy about his identity, though. All you knew about him was that he attended your high school (I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MOVED AWAY, he said vaguely, BUT I CAN SAY THAT I FOUND YOUR CHUM HANDLE THROUGH ACHLYS. SHE'S YOUR MOIRAIL, RIGHT?). Of course, Achlys wouldn't speak up about carcinoGeneticist, and insisted that he should be the one to tell you. You understood this reasoning, and promised to him that you would be patient with it. He promised, in turn, that he will tell you everything in the future. You still don't understand what that meant.

YH: Aww. Thanks, Carc!
YH: That's so sweet of you to say. :')
YH: But I hope you know that what I said was a joke. I'd never kill myself over an evil doll.
CG: JOKE OR NOT, MY SPEECH STILL STANDS.
YH: You think volcanoes are penises?
CG: SHUT THE FUCK UP.
YH: So you DO think it.
CG: VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ARE JUST MASSIVE EARTHLY EJACULATIONS.
CG: DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING LAUGH. DON'T YOU *DARE*.
YH: Pfft.
CG: YOU'RE LAUGHING RIGHT NOW, AREN'T YOU?
YH: Maybe.

"Bye, guys." Rose waved to Dave and John as she turned around the corner. "I'll see you around, (Name)!" The three of you continued towards your second period.

You've known John and Rose since you were a child. You used to play with them a lot, and you vaguely remember a time when both Jade and Rose had a crush on Dave. They would often "fight" over who would get to be with him. They never did it in front of him, though. Imagine what that could've done to his ego.

You sit through the rest of the second period, occasionally drifting away from the lecture. It was really boring. You have a strong urge to sleep, especially with the teacher's voice being so soft and soothing. What brought you back to your senses, before you could manage one wink of sleep, was the sharp scratching sound of chalk against the blackboard.

"Now, class, the project will be done by pairs," said the teacher, whose name you didn't pin down when she introduced herself at the start of class. From now on, you decide to call her Ms. Partridge, after the bronze partridge pin over her left breast.

Feferi's hand shot up in the air.

"No, Feferi, you cannot have groups of three." Ms. Partridge said, not bothering to call the troll. Feferi let out an "aw," and slumped back into her seat. "Nepeta, cease your napping. Dave, John, I can see you thumb wrestling under that desk. Stop that."