Hey ya'll, Swifty here! So, I got this great idea, and I couldn't help but write it out. Honestly, I have no idea whether or not this will be turn into a chaptered story. In case I do decide to write up more chapters for this, though, I'd love to hear ideas from you guys! Ideas are always nice, especially when I'm suffering from a big bad case of Writer's Block. Which I am now; basically, this was written to unwind and practice, although I do like where it's going. Anyways, let me warn you, I'm horrible at keeping up with chaptered stories if this turns into more than a one-time thing, so updates won't be often. Well, hopefully you enjoy this! Leave reviews if you'd like, and although it'd be greatly appreciated by me, you don't have to if you don't want to! ^_^ Have fun!

It's another boring day, of another boring week, of a boring month, all packed up into one boring year. Basically, a typical day in the life of Karkat Vantas.

If it weren't for his girlfriend, Terezi, he'd still be at home, snuggled up in his bed until four o' clock in the afternoon and watching Romcoms like there's no tomorrow. Which there may not be – how the hell should he know? It's not like he can predict the future. If he heard you say that, the response would probably be something along the lines of 'fuck you, dumbass'.

But he can't hear you, so you're spared the poison of his fowl mouth.

Instead of being in his bed though, he's walking through the department store at 12:45 in the afternoon, Terezi holding onto his arm like a giggling three-year old. Actually, that's how she acts all the time. All the fucking time. Sometimes, Karkat will ask how he deals with her shit, and she'll usually reply with a snarky 'because I'm the only one who will deal with yours!' That usually shuts him up for at least a little while.

"Terezi, can we go yet!?" He runs his free hand through his messy hair, still tangled from the lack of brushing it never received that very morning when Terezi came barging through his front door, spare apartment key in hand and wallet in tow. She had decided that today, although rainy and kind of cold would make a perfect shopping day; an idea he wasn't too keen on in the slightest. But, alas, she begged and begged until he finally gave in, as long as it would shut her up. Which it did for a little while, but as soon as they arrived at the large store, she began the excessive cackling and babbling again. "It's getting way too fucking packed in here for my liking."

"But Karkles, we haven't even bought anything!" She let go of his arm and whined, turning on her heels to face him with a distraught look on her face.

"Yeah, that's because we've been fucking walking around for the last goddamn hour and a half! Doing absolutely, jack shit nothing! Just. Looking." His fingers twitch as little kids laugh and scream happily, some of them even crying, and as adults and teenagers pass by, bumping into him and muttering rather rude things as if it were his fault.

Karkat is not and will not be afraid to shout the rude things back.

"Because we haven't found the right store yet!" Her red glasses reflect a glare from some of the lighting in the store, causing him to flinch his sunken in eyes and kicking the floor grumpily.

"You're blind, you can't even see what the fuck you're looking at it." For emphasis, he waved his hand in front of her face. She licked it happily. "Agh, you know I hate it when you do that!" His black shirt is rather useful for drying the Terezi saliva off of his hand, and it has been for the last two years they've been together.

They met at age seventeen, started dating at age eighteen, and have a healthy relationship at their current age of twenty.

"Why do you think I do it?" Her cackling is loud and obnoxious over all the commotion going around the large space, and he looks around a bit self-consciously. Sometimes, he'll admit, Terezi is an embarrassment to have in public, but he'd never say that out loud. Even if he is a douche, he isn't that big of a douche. "Anyways, I can just sense what I really want! If you were blind too, you'd get it." Terezi crosses her arms over her chest defensively, styled, black hair bouncing as she complete the movement.

"Terezi," He grabs her shoulders and brings her face close to his just to get her attention. "In the last department, you were sniffing unused panties."

"Maybe I need some underwear? You don't know." Quickly, she gives him a quick kiss, making his pale cheeks light up in a bright red. "Just, please. Let's keep walking." With a grunt and no more words, he holds out his arm for her to grab, which she takes excitedly and begins the process of dragging him around the store again.

Black, winged hair bounces along with a head as the lankily-built teenager strides into the video store, followed closely by a grinning girl. The boy, about nineteen years of age, making him just a year younger than the newly arrived customers, behind the counter nods at them, and they nod back.

This is Sollux Captor, followed by his lovely girlfriend, Feferi.

He steps towards the counter with his long legs, Feferi bouncing excitedly behind him, and props his elbows onto the surface before placing his head in his hands.

"Can I help you?" The counter-boy asks with a raised eyebrow.

Braced teeth flashing, Sollux quickly explains his reasoning for entering. "Do you know where…Let's say, the manager's office is?" His lisp shines through any and all attempts at hiding it, so he doesn't bother trying that anymore; anyways, Feferi thinks it's cute.

"Why?" The stranger's monotonous voice is already beginning to irk the, obviously, much more intelligent and cool Sollux, and his fingers twitch slightly.

"Why should we be telling you our business with the manager? Now would you please tell us where it is?" The hesitance in counter-boy makes Sollux let out an exasperated sigh, and Feferi puts a hand on his shoulder, squeezing it subtly in an attempt to tell the hacker boy to calm down. The attempt is successful.

"Look here Mister, we have every right to know, and you have no right to know our business!" She steps in suddenly, glaring at him with a frown. "Now, you'll either tell us where he is, or we'll find him ourselves and tell him about your refusal to cooperate with us!" Her threat seems to affect counter-boy, because his eyes widen and he shakes his head.

"Sorry, sorry! Jesus Christ, he's on the third floor, near the food court." His finger points towards the next staircase, leading up to the third floor. Feferi and Sollux nod at him without another word and begin to walk again.

"Sorry about that, but he was getting on my nerves!" She apologizes quickly for her sudden anger, but Sollux shakes his head and grabs her hand in his own, a smirk appearing on his lips.

"It's fine, really; you know I think it's hot when you take charge like that." Her blush is obvious, and he snickers a bit, enjoying her reaction.

"Now, would you mind telling me our business with the manager?"

"Well, the security systems must be near his office, right?" The girl nods uneasily, suddenly reluctant to keep the adventure going. "What? Don't look at me that way, it'll be an innocent prank, I promise! Nobody will get hurt, and nobody will get in trouble!"

"If you say so…"

"Mmf! These corn dogs are the best!" Terezi says through a mouthful of food, causing Karkat to stick out his tongue in disgust and turn away. "I don't understand why you don't like any of this!"

"It's all greasy and disgusting! Why the fuck would I want a heart attack at the age of twenty?" He's scanning the crowd for anybody else he might know, but when he doesn't recognize anybody, he sets his sight upon two people who seem to stand out – a couple, holding hands.

The boy is rather lanky and tall, the opposite of Karkat's own skinny, short structure. His hair is winged, and a pair of 3D glasses rest upon his nose as if they were meant to be there. 'What the fuck? Who the hell wears fucking 3D glasses casually?' The usually-angry man scrunches his nose up and continues examining them. Long gray pants are rolled up near the ends, and a black T-shirt with yellow seams adorns his torso. It's loose and baggy, unlike Karkat's tucked in, tight shirt.

The girl has long, flowing brown hair that reaches almost to her butt.

Shit, Karkat, why the fuck would you be looking there with your girlfriend sitting right across from you?

As if he could hear you think that, which he can't, an awkward grunt escapes his mouth as he turns his attention to some other part of her body. Goggles hang loosely from her neck, the bright pink easy to spot. 'What is up with these guys and wearing weird fucking glasses-like objects? It's not even attractive!' He thinks sourly. Her black tank-top is covered with a pink windbreaker that matches her pink and green skirt.

"Karkles? Are you listening to me?" His observations are cut short when Terezi snaps her fingers, bringing his attention back to her.

"Huh? Uh, no, sorry."

"Whatever, it wasn't important anyways." When Karkat looks back, the two have disappeared from sight. Strange. "Anyways, let's get going! There are more stores to search and sniff!" Her cane taps the ground next to her chair so she can make sure nothing is in her way, and after confirming that nothing is, she jumps to her feet.

"Fine, fine…" With some more grumbling beneath his breath, Karkat is up and holding onto her arm as they begin their journey through the Department Store.

Twenty-some minutes later, they find themselves searching about a video store the floor below them. While Terezi sifts through a big bin of used movies for only God knows why since she is blind after all and can't see whatever she's looking at, Karkat watches her with a bored expression. He worries about her sometimes; it isn't hard to think that she sometimes pretends to be able to see, simply so she doesn't seem as different as everybody else. Even when he asks and she says that being blind was something that was meant to happen to her and that she doesn't want to see anymore, he can't help but think she's just lying to both himself and herself.

There isn't much more time to think about that, because in about ten seconds flat, a few different things happen: a loud alarm sounds off throughout the whole entire building, red lights begin flashing everywhere, Terezi becomes so startled that the two movies in her hands go flying through the air and she quickly reaches out for Karkat, who hugs her tightly in an attempt to comfort the scared girl, and suddenly people are freaking out.

Gates are closing on the whole store itself, and the countless mini-stores inside. The metal kind that assure no entering. Or escaping.

The only thing going through Karkat's mind is 'get out, get out, get out!' So that's what he does. Mumbling an apology for what he's about to do, the man suddenly charges forward with all his force, dragging a speechless Terezi with him. Her cane falls to the floor, but there isn't time to retrieve it – with speed, he shoves his girlfriend out into the open of the store, her head barely hitting the gate. Quickly, he slides under it to join her.

They stand there without words for a few short moments before Karkat finally has the breath to scream: "What the fuck is going on!?"

As for Sollux and the now panicking Feferi...

His head is in his hands as he shakes it back and forth mumbling the word 'sorry' and 'shit' repeatedly.

"S – Sollux!? What's happened, what did you do!?" A security guard lay unconscious in the floor not too far away, slumped against the wall after Feferi used one of the moves she learned in karate lessons.

"I – I messed up the code! I must've missed something, or, or…" Becoming flustered, he speaks no more and throws caution to the wind, and instead, starts mashing buttons until the alarm stops going off. Well, that's one problem solved. Now how the hell does he fix everything else and get away before anybody ahs the chance to catch him and Feferi?

Okay, hi, it's Swifty here again! I just wanted to say, that if this doesn't become a chaptered story, I apologize for the cliffhanger. :3