Did I promise a fast update? Oops. That didn't happen. I'm not promising that anymore. I am going to dedicate this chapter to FF user Frozen-temptation who reviewed and suggested "try Karkat forcing Dave to watch tons of romcoms until they fall asleep on the couch of somefin". Here you go.


Dave was relishing the fact that he had the house to himself that night. Dirk and Jake were out having some date night and wouldn't be home until late (if they came home at all). He had been playing video games since he got home from school, only stopping to order a pizza- which he was still waiting for. When he heard a knock on the door, he bolted up the stairs.
"Finally! I'm fucking starving!" he muttered to himself. Dave yanked the door open to reveal not the pizza guy, but Karkat.
"Uh, hi," Dave said, trying to hide his surprise.
"Hey. I need somewhere to hide from my stupid family for a few days. I brought movies and video games and snacks," Karkat said, gesturing to the duffel bag he was holding.
"You don't have to bribe me, kitten. Come on in. Pizza should be here soon." Dave said with a slight smirk.
"Great. I forgot to actually fucking eat before I left and I'm starving."

Dave started heading back downstairs, with Karkat following. He had barely reached the bottom step when there was another knock on the door.
"That better be the pizza guy," Dave said. He moved around Karkat and went back up the stairs. Thankfully, it was the pizza guy. Dave paid him and grabbed some drinks from the fridge, bringing them and the pizza downstairs. He plunked it on the coffee table between him and Karkat. They both tore into it like animals, as starving teenage boys do.

"So, what movies did you bring?" Dave asked between mouthfuls of pizza. Karkat put his slice down and rummaged through his bag.
"Umm… Just Go With It, Life as We Know It, 50 First Dates, 27 Dresses, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and The Notebook,"Karkat looked up to find Dave staring at him.
"You brought a bunch of chick flicks?" Dave asked.
"Romantic comedies." Karkat corrected.
"Chick flicks."
"ROMANTIC COMEDIES!"
"Fine. 'Romantic comedies'," Dave said, using air quotes. Karkat glared at him.
"They are fucking fantastic movies, you douchenozzle. Also, I went through the trouble of picking ones I thought you would fucking like, instead of just bringing all my favourites. So you're fucking welcome."
Dave sighed. "Fine, I'll watch your chick flicks, just because you have shitty family visiting."
"Romantic fucking comedies." Karkat corrected him again.
"Whatever. Just pick one to watch." Dave said. Karkat grabbed The Notebook and put it in the DVD player, then returned to his spot on the couch next to Dave, who was still stuffing his face with pizza.

As soon as the movie started, Dave knew he would hate it. He tried to keep quiet, but his comments about the film just couldn't be kept in.
"This is fucking ridiculous."
"Oh god, she's crying again?"
"Whyyy are they so stupid?"
"And there's the sex. Again."
"And more crying!"
"What is even the point of this? I mean, seriously."

Dave's commentary was kept up through most of the movie. Karkat smacked him a few times to shut him up. He was just muttering his comments to himself near the end, when he heard sniffling.
"Dude, are you crying?" he asked Karkat.
"No you fuckwing, I just have Pepsi fizz up my nose." Karkat growled.
"Hey, not judging, just asking."

Dave jumped up as soon as the movie finished.
"My turn to pick. We're watching something that's actually good now," Dave said, grabbing a movie and putting it in.
"What's the movie that fits your definition of 'good'?" Karkat asked.
"Back to the Future." Dave replied. Karkat groaned.
"Shut up. It's a good movie. Unlike your chick flicks, it actually has a storyline."
"Romantic comedies. And it's not good, it's fucked up and confusing," Karkat argued.
"It's confusing to you because shit actually happens and it's not just two people breaking up and getting back together and crying." Dave retorted.
"Whatever. Let's just get it over with." Karkat grumbled.

The boys settled back onto the couch and started the movie. The rest of the night continued in a similar way over and over. Take turns picking a movie, arguing about the movie, Dave making sarcastic comments during Karkat's movies, Karkat grumbling about the lack of romance in Dave's movies. They both fell asleep about halfway through the third Back to the Future movie, somehow ending up in a very cuddle-like position. That's how they stayed for the rest of the night.


I do not know anything about romantic movies. I literally googled a list of romcoms in order to write this chapter. I have seen The Notebook though. My three friends forced me to watch it and they were all crying and I was basically Dave. Also, writing this I couldn't remember a single thing about that movie so I watched the "Honest Trailer" on youtube. Thank you to that video.