Videogame Wars Karkat X Reader Part 1

As I strolled along in the park, my phone began to vibrate. It was a message from Pesterchum, meaning someone was pestering me.

carcinoGenetisist [CG] began pestering chumHandle [CH] at 15:37 --

CG:HEY ______, SOLLUX GOT A NEW GAME, WANNA COME OVER AND PLAY WITH US? IT'S MULTIPLAYER, AND WE HAVE, LIKE, FIVE FUCKING CONTROLLERS OVER HERE.

I thought this over. I haven't played a videogame in a while, so I was tempted with the offer, but I couldn't, because I had to grubsit some young grubs, my neighbor's kids.

[CH]: Sorry Vantas, can't. I gotta sit some grubs across the street. You know the Marston's, right?

[CG]: OH, I FUCKING HATE THEM. THEY'RE FUCKING ANNOYING. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GRUBSIT FOR THEM!?

I rolled my eyes. He barely knew them, yet he already hated them.

[CH]: They're very nice trolls, thank you! Plus, they're paying me, and Tavvy won't give me my allowance until I do my chores, which me and him both know won't be any time soon.

[CG]: HOW ARE YOU EVEN RELATED TO THAT NOOKWHIFFER?

[CG]: DON'T ANSWER THAT...

I chuckled. Classic Karkat to avoid the topic of buckets. Even as a troll, I didn't understand it too well, being raised by my human mother and all, but I still found it funny at how a 16 year old (7.4 Alternian Solar Sweeps, if you will), after knowing for years, wasn't comfortable talking about buckets.

[CH]: I really don't understand you, Vantas.

I can't help calling him by his last time, since when me and Kankri used to date, I always called him "Vantas". Yes, it's really awkward to be best friends with your ex boyfriend's younger brother, but I had developed feelings for the younger Vantas after knowing him for almost seven years. As my mother is human, I have her (h/c) hair and (e/c) eyes, I was often called a freak. Luckily, I was lucky to have Karkat by my side. But, for some reason, I still went for the older one. We broke up after a year, and still maintain a friend relationship, but he still finds my presence to be "Triggering".

I sighed and scratched at the hair around my horns. Another thing that I loved about Karkat was that, like me, he had nubby horns. My horns compared to Tavros' was, oh my Gog, I don't even want to talk about it. Not that there's a problem with nubby horns, it's just that my horns are half the size of Tavros', and they're not pointy.

I looked down at my phone. I had missed a few messages from Karkat during my space out.

[CG]: WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CALL ME VANTAS? THAT'S NOT MY FUCKING NAME AND YOU KNOW THAT.

[CG]: YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T CARE!

[CG]: JUST COME OVER IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, OKAY?

carcinoGenetisist [CG] ceased pestering chumHandle [CH] at 15:49

I sighed. I really wanted to go, I really did. I would have canceled, if it weren't for a fact that I had to grubsit at 4:00. Wait. What time is it now? I looked down at my phone. It said that Karkat stopped pestering me at 15:49, which if you translate it, means 3:49.

Oh shit.

I bolted off the bench and climbed onto my bike, heading out of the park and back to my street. I saw the hive that belonged to the Marston's. I hopped off my bike and leaned it up against a tree. I took out my phone once again and checked the time. It was 4:03. Not too bad, but that family was a little too exact on time. So, I ran up the driveway and rang the doorbell. As soon as the ring noise had stopped, a very tired looking Mrs. Marston opened the door with a green blooded grub chewing on one of her horns.

"Thank you so much for coming, ______!" She sighed of relief," We really need this night out..."

"She was three minutes late, dear! Do I even need to remind you?", Mr. Marston groaned as he desperately tried to pulled the grub off his wife's horn, "Carson, release!"

The tiny grub ignored his father and continued to chew. As Carson was a growing grub, I could tell that he was simply doing what all grubs do at this stage. I chuckled and gently pulled him off, patting his little head.

Mr. Marston eyed me in amazement, " You work wonders, ______. I don't know how you do it."

"Who cares, let's go!" Mrs. Marston pulled her husband away and said their goodbyes. I waved as they left for their date night. I looked down at the little grub," Why don't we go inside, little guy!"

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Time skip because why not!?

I sighed as I saw Mr. and Mrs. Marston pull up in the driveway. It was six o'clock, giving me lots of time to head to Karkat's hive. They paid me the usual and I said thank you. I kicked up the stand on my bike and headed down the road to the Vantas hivehold. that's the sad part, really. I could have left and said I had to cancel, but I just couldn't bring myself to it. I sighed as Karkat's ringtone began to blare. I stopped my bike and went on the side walk and answered my phone.

"Hello?" I replied, slightly aggravated from when Sandra, the oldest troll I had to sit for previously, had mocked my strange appearance.

"Hey, can you came over to Karkat'th?" It wasn't Karkat, it was Sollux.

"Uh, yeah. I was just on my way there. Why?"

I heard an annoyed sigh and a very colorful stream of language in the background," He'th been really in a thour mood lately, and he theemth to be happier around you. He did a lot of over kill on other playerth in the game, tho I'm a bit concerned for him..."

I blushed a bit, but shook it off and returned to my pissy mood," Yeah, so what? He's always like that."

"Thith time ith different. He'th never been tho, tho.... deprethsed before."

I raised an eyebrow, but shrugged," Okay, I'm on my way."