Chapter 1
then i heard your heart beating
you were in the darkness too
so i stayed in the darkness
with you x
"Fuck!" Dave cursed as he tripped over yet another wire laying around in his "respite block" or whatever Karkat called them. He was trying to make his way into the common room. Kanaya was usually up at this time, reading or knitting, usually. If you ran into her, you would ask her to make tea. You've actually expressed that you would like to be taught (you just could not grasp the whole concept, even though it was painfully similar to making ramen) but she declines. She said she'd rather make it, she enjoys the process.
But instead of your feet taking you to the common room, you float to Karkat's respite block. You're not sure why. It's 1:41 AM (or as you guys have dubbed the time) and everyone's sleep schedules have been adjusted to fit those of the trolls' nocturnal sleeping patterns. Karkat would be asleep now. Also, why are you on your way to see Karkat in particular? Yeah, he's your best bro (you wish it was more than that, though) but best bros gotta respect Rule #17 of the Bro Code: Don't interrupt a Bro's sleep. Ok, you just pulled that shit out of your ass. Your distracting yourself at this point, because, oh! You've suddenly reached Karkat's door and you're too scared to knock! Typical Dave. You turn around and start to walk back to your respite block, or maybe the common room, but...it doesn't exactly go to plan.
Your future self is shaking his head in shame, because you were standing on your cape. And tripped and fell. And dented the wall. And woke Karkat up, goddammit! You heard a faint rustling inside the room, and you sat paralyzed for a moment, until you realized you should probably get the fuck out of there. But it's too late. His door is already open. He see's you flat on your ass, wondering if death from embarrassment is just or heroic.
"...Dave? What the fuck are you doing this late? Early? Whatever. What are you doing?" Karkat says, voice heavy with sleep. You can tell it's the first time he's gotten a good amount of sleep in a while, which makes you even more guilty. You disturbed his well deserved rest. There's copious amounts of bags under his eyes, and he has extremely messy hair. Messier than usual. It's oddly attractive, the way the rest of him is. His eyes are so unique, mostly gray, with more than a little bit of bright red showing through. And his lips, oh god his lips...
"DAVE! LISTEN TO ME GODDAMMIT!" And fuck he's yelling at you!
"Whoa there, calm down. What do you want?" You say as cool and nonchalantly as possible. But he can read you like an open fucking children's book, and he's told you before. It's unsettling.
"I will not calm down, and what I "want" is to know why you're pathetic ass is on the floor outside of my respite block, interrupting my well-fucking-deserved sleep? It's near 2 AM and if it wasn't for you being so goddamn noisy, I would've been tired enough to dismiss your bullshit and go right back to bed. But no. Your insufferable dickery has disrupted my life yet again." And damn. He's mad. Or cranky. Probably both, it's how he always is.
"Pffffffft. Dickery. Where did that come from? Do you even know what a dick looks like, Karkat? What have you been watc-"
"ATTENTION METEOR CREW! IT IS YOUR BRAVE LEADER OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM SPEAKING! WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A DREAM BUBBLE! PREPARE YOURSELVES!"
And then the meteor is gone.