Good Intentions

Chapter One

The door of the small, rather shabby apartment flew open as Karkat strode inside in his typical, strutting fashion. He made directly for the couch, flopping down on it with a sigh as he scooped his laptop up in what was practically the same movement. Gamzee followed after a minute or two after, never one for rushing up the stairs that led to their door, moving instead for their small, cramped, and slightly messy kitchen in search of something to eat.

"Well, that was just fucking rainbows, wasn't it?" The smaller of the two glared at his computer screen. He seemed, if possible, even more agitated than his usual uptight self. "The two of them have a snot-nosed little fucking brat now."

"Mm-hm…" Gamzee was only half listening, focusing on finding himself a bottle of his favorite soda as the other ranted on.

"And now they're just the happiest little fucking family and they're all perfect and shit." He growled slightly, typing viciously. Gamzee looked to him, frowning slightly. The two of them were returning from, with quite some haste on the part of Karkat, the house of Sollux and Aradia, who had recently been blessed with an adorable little son. The clown was slightly worried, as his boyfriend of almost two years now had been acting like this for the entire time back. It was strange, as he had seemed so happy while playing with the child.

"And now Aradia's going to be all smug and shit and rub this in my face because-" He cut off, looking quickly over to the clown as though to gauge his reaction to the nearly-admitted secret. He didn't return the look, focused on rolling himself a joint. Given how much practice he had with the specific task, it took him less than a minute before he was headed towards the opposite end of the couch with one of his cheap disposable lighters. Karkat, for a moment, deluded himself into thinking that Gamzee hadn't been paying attention. The clown took a long drag, holding it in for what seemed like an impossible time before speaking again, turning to look at him.

"Bro, do you all up and want a kid?"

"I…What?" That certainly wasn't the reaction he had been expecting at all. Never in his wildest dreams had he thought Gamzee would pick up on it. Itwasn't that he was stupid, no, just...given to be unobservant.

"You were so happy with their kid, do you want one?"

"I-it's…it's impossible."

He nodded in his complacent way, taking another drag.