FIVE ♋

[selfhatred]

THEY'RE BOTH HERE.
I CAN'T
I CAN'T FUCKING DEAL WITH THIS.
MOM I COULD DEAL WITH BUT...
THIS IS JUST FUCKING BULLSHIT.

[OOC: Karkat's parents should be easy to spot among the other dead ones here. His mother was run over, her neck is twisted to the side and her stomach is sunken on one side, like her organs are missing. His father is the one shot full of bullet holes '^']

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[mo_cara]

cOuLd We Go SoMeWhErE bRo?

[selfhatred]

charms classroom
it's warded against ghosts

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

wAIT, wAIT,
uM, cAN i COME PLEASE,
mY DAD'S HERE AND i DON'T THINK i HANDLE THAT,
aND i DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE,

[mo_cara]

k let's go

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

oKAY, i'LL MEET YOU THERE,
i'M NOT TOO FAR AWAY,
uHHH, iF i DON'T SHOW UP, iT'S BECAUSE HE FOUND ME,

[Despite this, he does make it to the charms classroom a little while later.]

[selfhatred]

[Karkat is already there sitting on a desk, shoulders a bit hunched. His eyes are a bit puffy and bloodshot but aside from that he looks pretty much normal.]

[mo_cara]

[Gamzee had arrived shortly after, and he's sitting behind Karkat, cheek resting on the other boy's shoulder, eyes half closed, though he opens them properly when Tavros comes in and offers the Hufflepuff a small smile.]

Hey, motherfucker.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

Hey, guys...

[Tav's voice is quiet, but he tries not to sound too upset as he wheels closer to them.]

How are you both doing...?

[selfhatred]

Headache.

[He doesn't mention the ache in his chest. Karkat gives a small sigh, rubbing his forehead with the heel of his hand. He's calmed down a lot since breaking down in Feferi's arms and talking to Maka and taking his anger out on Amber. Having Gamzee wrapped around him makes him feel a bit better. His voice sounds drained, like everything in him has just left, but he lifts his head to look at Tavros.]

You?

[mo_cara]

[Gamzee's tired and anxious - from talking to his da and trying to hide from wherever his mum might be. But he hasn't said a thing about it - at least his parents are alive, even if one of them did abandon him and the other's never there. He's not going to be so churlish as to complain about that when his best bros have it worse.

Instead, he just keeps smiling at Tavros and holds out a hand for him, as the Hufflepuff wheels over.]

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Tavros is just too depressed to even feel awkward, so he takes Gamzee's hand without a second thought, offering him a weak smile before looking to Karkat.]

I'm... uh, alright, I guess. Like I said, um...dad's here. And I... nevermind, um. It doesn't matter. Because we came here to get away, so... [he trails off, looking away.]

[selfhatred]

[Karkat barely acknowledges what Tavros's words, just nodding in response as he leans his elbows on his legs. After a long while, he speaks, licking his lips.]

I don't like fucking sitting around doing nothing.

[mo_cara]

[Squeezes Tavros's hand and rubs his thumb along the smaller boy's palm lightly.]

Then let's get the motherfuck out of Dodge. [declares, squeezing the arm around Karkat's waist tighter, too. These are his boys, and he loves them dearly, and damn it, if he can find a way to make them feel even a little better, he'll do it.]

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Tavros can't help but feel a little better when Gamzee squeezes his hand and rubs his thumb against his palm. Under normal circumstances he'd have felt kinda weird, but... not that day. He needed it too much.]

Y-yeah, that sounds like a good, um, idea. I mean, uh, I mentioned to Karkat on the journal that, uh, maybe we could go in the forest... kinda like we did after Christmas. The castle feels, uh...it's not home, right now anymore.