1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

hello everyone, dawnatsky here! this cute little storyline just kind of happened, so hell. i'm kind of a bad writer, so it's mostly a one-shot, but i'll most likely keep writing.

anyway, enough of my being silly!

sushi or die

chapter 01

summary: black hair, blood-red eyes, and an ear twitch. the booth fell silent, and he knew what sollux wanted to say. 'why don't you jutht ditch the dithguithe?' it was all over his lisp... lips. a homestuck au with cat-boy karkat vantas shenanigans. rated t for karkat. humanstuck to a degree.

a soft purring animated the clean dorm room as the black-haired boy scratched at refrigerator, reaching up for the sweets on top and failing horribly. he swore he would obtain his keeper's – roommate's- jar of honey and finally try the food he loves oh so much. yes... a soft black tail swished by in the wind, and his gray ears twitched. no dice. he slumped onto the ground after almost an hour of trying, karkat vantas was going to get that fucking food, one way or another. he let out a growl as he stared up at the accursed forbidden sweets, they were laughing at him! stupid roommate and his hiding the good food. today was going to be different. yes, that food was as good as hi-

"what are you doing, kk?"

fuck. he was so engrossed with obtaining his food that he nearly forgot that today wasn't a school day, and sollux was home. he jumped back as the gemini

ushed past him,

iskly. he just pulled out a soda from the fridge, another thing he restricted karkat from having, and stood by the now closed door. the angry cat-boy let out a harsh growl as sollux enjoyed all of the sweets to himself. "fuckass." he muttered.

"you were going after my honey again, weren't you kk." karkat let out a his, knowing that he wasn't going to explain his way out of this one. "i told you no thugary thingth. they're too harsh on your thtomach."

"i want to try it though." he whined. sollux just let out a laugh and put away his drink. asshole didn't even need to say anything at this point, seeing as how he was right. he had a smile on his face all the while, though. what was he planning?

"get your shit on, kk. we're going out to get thome food."

his eye

ow raised, expectantly. yeah, he said the same thing an hour ago. karkat crossed his arms and checked for his shoes, that always meant he was telling the truth. oh, they were gonna get food! the cancer dashed off without any complaint. time to get his outerwear on. being the middle of spring, it really wasn't the best choice of attire, but karkat's long coat and black beanie hat beckoned to him! karkat sat down in front of the mirror, pulling out some light clips. he had to clip his ears down for the hat, after all.

karkat was considered among the humans as a freak, a mutant. to the ranks of similar sub-species, or alternians as they are often referred to these days, he was normal. normal for other human-blooded cat-boys at least. he didn't know the entire story, but about one hundred years ago, human-equivalents began to emerge from the ranks of civilization. abstract color blooded mutated freaks, non-humans. today even mentioning the word 'mutated to alternians would end up badly for the human.

his father, the self-dubbed signless politician of equality, would have a field day if he saw his son so self-conscious. karkat's specific variance was embarrassing. it could even be considered... well, it wasn't pleasant, that's for sure.

"ow, fuck!" he hadn't been outside in a while. clipping his ears down always hurt, he special-ordered the softest clips on the planet, but it never helped. being a college student had it's advantages though. karkat didn't have to leave the dorm for long, he could stay inside for days on end. it was a comfort he just couldn't do without. he refused to leave even for a tiny bit without this all.

"are you done, yet kk?" sollux looked impatient. karkat just rolled his eyes and slipped on the black beanie. he spent as much time as it took adjusting to the pinch while staring at the pale image in front of him. dark black circles under his eyes shaped the thin blood-red eyes that stared right back at him through the mirror.

"where are we going today?" sollux let out a shrug. he never cared where they went, he knew letting karkat choose would result in the same place every time. "sushi, then." karkat smoothed down the grooves in his beanie before pulling on his tall coat. the fucking thing reached his knees, but had just enough length to effectively hide his tail. this thing made karkat look so short. but at least he'd only have to deal with it for a little while.

leaving the apartment was hard, the

ight lights all around hurt his eyes, almost to the point of burning. summer was going to be horrible this year. he was lucky to grow up alaska, but north california was a huge difference for him.

ight days, warm weather. it sucked the first months after they moved in. karkat was lucky, compared to some of the other assholes they called friends. he wound up getting permission to ensure sollux as his roommate, too.

sollux was always prepared, he had his 3d glasses on like the weirdo he was. sollux happened to be human, like most other people here. back when they were kids, they shared the bully abuse growing up. people were afraid of karkat's ears, his tail. those deathly-sharp fangs didn't help much, either. sollux was a stereotypical nerdy kid. he used to have quite a bit of weight on him, too. now if anything, karkat was the one who could stand to lose some weight. sollux was extremely lean, his clothes always hung off of him, effectively underweight he'd call it.

although they shared a programming major, karkat took up a minor in business to counteract their balance. sollux chose a computer engineering minor, so he always had computer parts lying around their dorm. karkat had his own little space as well, an exercise bike to keep him from being inactive all day, and a flat-screen tv for karkat's movie obsession. they shared a bedroom, which didn't ever cause problems for either party. their kitchen functioned just fine, but they were both terrible cooks.

karkat and sollux went out for food more often that anything, and karkat's love for seafood always pushed them to cafes and sushi bars around town, as wel as new places that smell good. there would be no mentions of the stereotypical cat seafood love, or a certain cancer will claw your face off.

karkat pulled the hood over his face as he waited for sollux to lock the door. the

ight lights were already bothering him. it was only spring and this much time outside was insufferable. sollux got him to agree on wearing less of a disguise on warmer seasons, but...