This is Humanstuck, btw

Terezi sat in her room, bored out of her mind. Her parents left to go out of town for a month, leaving her at the house by herself. She didn't have any strict rules other than keep the house clean, no strangers over, and no parties; just normal instructions. Her parents left some emergency money, and they were off. She was relieved her parents would actually give her enough responsibility to be left alone in the house. She was 17 now, and she had been waiting for this for a long time. But at this age, she sat wondering how she had nothing to do on Friday night. She decided a phone call would just have to be in order to a certain irritable somebody.j

Karkat stormed up the steps leading to his room, slamming the door behind him the moment he stomped inside. His father's voice was still booming downstairs, yelling at him to get his act together. He resisted the urge to open his door and bark down a response as best as he could. Instead, he flopped down on his bed and buried his head in his pillow, letting out a frustrated scream. Suddenly, his phone vibrated in his pocket, demanding attention. With an irritated sigh, he pulled it out and glanced at it. Ugh, what the fuck did she want? He debated ignoring it, but instead answered the call. "What do you want, Pyrope?" He demanded.

She chuckled, sitting up on her bed, and crossing her feet. "Who's to say I didn't want to just talk to a buddy? Who's to say I didn't really want anything to begin with?" She smiled to herself, twirling a few strands of her hair and twirling them between her fingers. After a few years of friendship, she was used to his snappy comebacks. When she thought about it, it wasn't really his fault. The last time she went over to his house, his father was yelling at him every chance he could. She would flinch every time his voice echoed through the house. It made her feel even worse that sometimes it was about her presence at the house. Overall, she knew he was a great person once he wasn't heated and angry. He just needed a few moments of cool-down and relaxation. "Who's to say I didn't want to say 'Hi' and cheer a friend up?"

"You always want something." He responded, flipping over onto his back. "Its either you wanting me to go over there to play one of your childish games or hang out with your retarded friends." It was a fairly true statement. Nine times out of ten, she was trying to rope him into joining her when her friends got together, thinking he'll have a wonderful time. He rarely did. She was bossy, sarcastic, and had the most annoying laugh of all fucking time. But, she was one of the few that would put up with his shit, so he guess he owed her something. "And who says I need cheering up? I'm in a fan-fucking-tastic mood thanks."

"Alright, then I won't cheer you up. What are you up to anyway?" She uncrossed her legs, stretching them out across her bed. "Brother still giving you those intensive lectures?" That was a bit of a stupid question. She put him on speaker phone for a moment while she got up and went to her closet, searching and then grabbing a soft, fuzzy, bright red colored blanket and wrapping herself up with it, then sitting back on the bed.

"I'm not really doing all that much. Dad is siding with Kankri on this whole college issue." He replied, glaring up at the ceiling above his bed. "The insufferable idiot calls me every fucking day, going on about picking a college and getting my applications in order and whatever the fuck else." He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I don't know why he's insisting I do this; I'm not going to get into college in the first place so what does it even matter?"

"Of course you could get in! I mean, they don't need to be rushing you on the matter, that's going to make you want to go even less. I'm positive if you tried you could get in. I know you're smart enough for it, but them trying to force you into it is not the right way to go on this. I mean, how are you going to pick your classes if you aren't even really sure what you want to do yet? I mean, I'm on your side about this, don't get me wrong, but maybe you just don't want to go right this second, and they just don't understand it yet." She sighed, leaning her head backwards to lay back on her pillow.

"Well I don't know if I want to go or not, you're right about that," He conceded. "The problem here though, is that my teachers are total fucking assholes. I mean, come on, did you see my grade on my speech for Gov?" He threw his free hand up into the air out of frustration. "Mattingly gave me a 79 on it because my 'dialect wasn't appropriate'. That's total bullshit! If the government is going to do stupid things and I'm given a chance to express my opinion, I'm going to express my fucking opinion in whichever way I see fit!" He stopped and took a deep breath, attempting to calm himself down some. "But you're right, I don't know what the hell I want to do. I have no talents and all I do is rant at people about the dumbass things they do." He let out another sigh and ran his hand down his face in an exasperated motion.

She rolled her eyes, chuckling lightly. "You are a lot smarter than you make yourself out to be. Do I have to keep reminding you of that?" She shook her head. "I think you just need to calm down a bit or something. Do you want to come over here and hang out and calm down? I don't want you to get so mad that your family decides to dismember you."

He glanced over at the clock beside his bed. It showed 5:45. "Well it isn't late, but I still doubt my dad is gonna let me come over. Of course, at this point I don't really give a flying fuck." He paused to think for a minute. His window wasn't really too far down and she didn't live all that far, just a couple of blocks over. "Why the fuck not. It'd get me away from these dumbasses."

"Be careful though.. Don't hurt yourself or something stupid." She picked her phone and blanket off of her bed, and slowly trotted downstairs and decided to clean up a bit before he got there. After setting her blanket on the couch, She began picking up various cups, plates, bowls, and setting them in the sink to wash later. Tidying up until everything was actually presentable, she sat on the couch with a sigh, phone still in hand.

"Why would I do something stupid? I'm not an idiot." He stood up and stretched, feeling his back pop multiple times. "Ow." He looked around his messy room. "Might as well get out of here before my dad comes up to check on me. I'll be there in a few."

"Alright, talk to you in a bit then. Bye Karkat." She picked up limp blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders and grabbed the remote, turning it on to Law and Order.

"See yah." He said, ending the call. He debated on whether or not to grab his keys. It would be pointless to drive, but he may need them as a back up to get back into his house. Shrugging, he grabbed them off his bedside table and shoved them in his pocket. He heard his dad yelling downstairs. Not wanting to get caught, he quickly makes his way over to his window. Sliding it open, he sticks his foot out and onto a branch of the tree right outside. He makes it out and closes it behind him. Grabbing onto the branch he's crouched on, he lets himself drop onto the branch below him. He repeats this again, then jumps down the last few feet to the ground. Quickly regaining his balance, he then takes off down the street towards Terezi's house.

As she sits, she thinks, a concentrated look on her face. How had he always managed to get out of the house without anyone noticing him? Was it just them not paying attention? Did Karkat just happen to be that sneaky? She guessed those would be questions to ask him when he got there. She layed back on the couch, eyes slowly shutting every few minutes, until she really couldn't keep them open any longer, and decided to lay her head on the arm rest, and just sleep until he arrived.

Karkat makes his way down the street, taking his time to cross a few times to avoid people while letting his mind wander. He finds his thoughts centering around Terezi. As much as he really hated to admit it, he was lucky to have her. Although she could be the most annoying little brat in all of existence, she also put up with his shitty attitude towards everything in general. Everything about him should have made her run in the opposite direction, but here she stayed. He didn't understand her sometimes, but most of the time, he didn't want to.

FINALLY GOT THE FIRST CHAPTER UP! That only took like 5 months. (first thing I've posted in 5 months too)

Anyways, this is an RP my friend Lex and I decided to throw together back in April and we're still working on it because we're not sure where its gonna end. So, stick around for all the fluffy Karezi goodness! (We're at 20k words so brace yourselves) We plan to update every Saturday for god knows how long, but because it's Karezi day, you'll be getting the first taste today :3

Anywho, I'll be the one posting updates here and on my AO3 account under the same name, while Lex will occasionally be posting spoilers (just the good stuff ;] ). You can follow my fanfiction tumblr, land-of-spirit-and-shadows, and you can follow this wonderful Terezi's tumblr, stopitlex