Thread: Homestuck: The Trickster and the Thief [Ahren and Resident Homestuck]

RE Homestuck The Trickster and the Thief Vriska Give up and be in the flushed quadrant already You allow your other hand to be caught in Johns and watch with a mixture of amusement and affection as his smile grows and he glances at the ceiling and then back to you. At first, you almost hadnt been sure what he would say, but now that he says it, you know that the answer could never have been anything else. His reply confuses you a little, but you get the gist of it - its officially a date now. You are going on a date. With John. On a meteor. After two years of not talking to him. This has got to be the craziest thing youve ever done. And you wouldnt change it for anything. You find yourself still looking into his bright blue eyes as your own eyes move toward the floor. For some reason this strikes you as an incredibly sweet gesture. The feeling is only magnified by the sudden warmth of his forehead against yours. You are a little surprised by the suddenness of the movement, but it feels nice to just stand there with both of your hands in his and kind of just be together. It feels peaceful, for a change. Not boring, not dull. Just peaceful. Wait, hang on. This is a relatively new feeling to you. You realize that you can no longer doubt or deny having flushed feelings for John. Not when simple little touches like this send your heart fluttering. As ridiculous as some of the others might find it, you know youve completely fallen for this guy. As all of this courses through your mind, you stand in easy silence for a few seconds before breaking away from each other, leaving only one of your hands in Johns hand. You are well aware of the level of cheesiness of the way the two of you look at the moment. For once in your life, you dont care one bit. Youre perfectly happy in this position. You allow John to lead you out of the room and down the dim hallway, walking slowly back toward the room you started in. You aren't in any particular hurry - you just enjoy the sensation of his skin against yours for more than just a few seconds at a time. As you approach the room that houses the alchemiter, you hear footsteps, and suddenly Strider is standing in front of you holding a handful of chalk. It doesn't take you long to piece it together. Terezi loves chalk. Her obsession with it is a little creepy, but you guess it's understandable. You've seen the weird city of cans. Its...well, its weird. You give Strider a nod as he acknowledges you. It took next to no time to learn that physical gestures work at least as well as a handful of words when communicating with him. You listen somewhat awkwardly to the inevitable question and the response. Youre sure John will now have to know exactly what Cantropolis is eventually. Daves voice calling your name stops you from following John into the room. You let go of Johns hand and watch as he heads into the room to get things started, then you return your attention to the human in front of you. You think you already know what hes going to say though. As soon as he mentions genuine affection, you know you were right. And his voice didnt have any of its usual sarcasm. At all. But you saw this coming miles away and knew you would have to deal with it eventually. After spending two years on a meteor with you, anyone who knew you even the slightest bit could see the extent of your boredom. You guess you understand the reason why hes talking to you about it. And you guess you kind of deserve it. After all youve done, you can think of no reason why Dave should trust you with his best friend. Sure, it makes sense. You still dont like it, but you cant blame him for confronting you about it. Still, at least he isnt telling you to back off and unleashing a twenty-minute rant, rather like Karkat probably would. You appreciate being given the benefit of the doubt. Thinking back a few years, in retrospect, you know you were kind of crazy. You still are its just that you feel more...normal when youre around John. Youve never actually met Jade, nor do you really know anything about her besides a few vague details. But she does sound powerful. Like, really powerful. This, of course, changes absolutely nothing about how you feel. You knew how you felt about John long before you were told the extent of his paradox sisters powers. You stand with your hands shoved into your pockets, listening to Daves small monologue in silence, and you watch him walk away without a word. You know the advice was well meant for both of you. Probably more in Johns interest, but thats irrelevant. You know youll never have to worry about following that advice. You just kind of stand there for a few seconds, staring thoughtfully down the hall. If Dave reacted this strongly, even forgoing his normal tone to the implied affection between you and John, youd hate to see how your friends would take it. You know Karkat would just become enraged and start off on one of his exhaustive rants. Terezi would probably...well, you dont know what Terezi would do. You just know that none of them would be too pleased with you. But enough of that. John is still waiting for you inside. This is supposed to be a date. You head into the room, into a familiar setting. The first thing you notice is that John is no longer wearing his God Tier outfit. You find yourself smiling at the sight of his new shirt. He even made the shirt in your color and added one of dice as a design on a pocket. You walk forward, closing the distance between you and him until less than a foot of space separates you. Its wonderful, you reply softly, lightly tracing the outline of the die on the front pocket with a finger before letting your hand fall again. Changing the shirt was only a small thing, but it does mean a lot to you. You know youre terrible at expressing really any kind of emotion besides anger, so you hope John can tell that you actually do appreciate the gesture.