A Mess It Grows

[Thanks for all the support/love everyone! <3 I hope you all had a good New years and a happy holidays! Also sorry if I said anything wrong about building tents xD]

You felt an elbow jab into your stomach and your head shot up immediatly. You drowsily rubbed your eyes and looked around. It was nightfall, and everyone seemed to settle in an opening in the middle of the woods. You unwrapped your arms from Dave and slide off the horse.

Dave jumped off aswell and lead the horse to a post where a few other noble horses where settled. He unhitched the saddle and the fanny pack looking thing that was connected to it. The blonde unzipped it, and pulled out a few screws, strings, and a large peice of fabric.

"Here." Dave held up a hammer and placed some of the screws in your hand. "Help me put of the tent."

You nodded, but honestly, you had no fucking idea what you where doing.

Dave placed the fabric and directed you to where you should put the screws and what not. After you had placed down the four screws, You went back over to the pile of materials and pulled the large peice of wood over to Dave.

As you handed it to Dave, you felt a small prick and you quickly retracted your hand. You grumbled as you saw some of your mutant blood drip from your finger and you had the feeling someone was looking at you. Sure enough, when you turned your head you saw one of the high-bloods staring at you. You glared at him and he walked past you, bumping into along the way. "Fuckin' loww-bloods." He muttered.

You decided it was best to keep your mouth shut.

"Alright, finished!" You heard Dave say and you turned to face the tent. Wow it was....great...

yeah, You two shouldn't build tents anymore.

You tried to give a small smile at Dave but it kinda just looked like you passed gas. Dave chuckled and ruffled your hair. "Stop fucking doing that!" you growled. He just smirk and shook his head in amusement. You rolled your eyes and where about to head inside the tent but Dave grabbed your shoulder.

"Hey before you go in we gotta get the stuff before Dirk gets upset about it."

"Dirk?" You asked, a confused look on your face.

"Bro."

"oh."

You and Dave walked over to another tent that was set up and Dave told you to wait outside. You grudginly complied and kicked some rocks around as you waited. Suddenly, one of the rocks came flying at your face and by reflex you tried pushing away. This only made you fall into the mud and you mentally scolded yourself. You looked up and you saw that High-blood again with his High-blood friends.

They all laughed and pointed at you and you felt like you wanted to die. It seemedlike everyone was looking at you and one of the high-bloods, a girl, came up to you.

"What's wrong mutty-mc-mutant? Kat got your tongue?" She then started to cackle and the rest joined her. You laid your ears back and glared at her. That wasn't even a proper insult. You tried to get up but another male pushed you back down. He started to kick you in the side and you screamed in pain, shutting your eyes and tried to block out everything.

People started to gather around you and it sounded like they where cheering? oh gog no. What if Dave was joining them? What if they kicked you out? Wht if they killed you? what if-

A loud scream interupted your thought process and you opened your eyes to see Dave throwing the heiress to the ground. He had some backpack on him and although you couldn't really see his face, but you could tell he was pissed. He turned to the male and started to walk over to him. The high-blood didn't budge, but the other few members ran away. Pft. Fuckasses.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? all of you? He just a troll like them." He gestured over to the other servants who had gathered around. "You have no right to push him around and make him your individual punching bag."

You bit your lip, watching the people's emotions go from excited, to suprised, to shame.

Dave glared at the crowd and just shook his head. "Everyone leave."

People and trolls scattered to leave the scene and Dave walked over to you. He bent down and frowned, giving you a sympathetic look. You didn't want his pity. He was probably disgusted anyway. You turned your head so you wheren't facing him and tears threatened to fall from your eyes.

"Karkat."

. . .

"Karkat, look at me."

You slowly turned you head towards Dave and a few tears escaped.

Dave rested his forehead against yours. "I'm not going to hurt you. Ever."

Your lip quivered and more tears fell from your eyes. Dave picked you up bridal style and your whole body ached. You clenched your teeth, trying not to curse. He brought you over to the tent and set you down so you where proped against the tent. He pulled that backpack off of him and pulled oume blankets, food, water, and some pairs of clothes.

"Anything hurt?" He asked suddenly. You looked up at him and mumbled, "no. well, nothing is broken." Dave just nodded and his poker face made you boil with guilt. He handed you a pair of clothes and told you to get changed in the woods.

It took you a bit but you eventually got changed into the most softest clothes ever. seriously.

You headed back and saw Dave had everything set up and Dave pointed to two bowls of food. "One of those are yours, eat up." He then walked over to the woods to get changed. You crawled into the tent which was pretty warm and picked up one of the bowls. What was this? You think it was called goat me all? oat meat full? no, Oatmeal. that's what it was. You took a bite and immediatly tasted blood in your mouth, but you didn't care. You where so fucking hungry.

Dave returned and sat down to eat Oatmeal with you. You both ate in an awkward silence and once you two had finished, Dave took the bowls and put them outside the tent.

"Won't that attract animals?"

"Yeah, especially crows."

"Crows?"

He nodded and shrugged, shifting his body so he was about to lie down. You yawned and settled down as well, burrying your face into the blanket. Dave blew on the candle of the lantern and the tent was pitch black. You could hear Dave removed his shades and slide underneath the sheets. You closed your eyes and as soon as you where about to fall asleep you felt a pair of arms wrap around you from behind and a head rest on your own. You opened one eye and you heard Dave mummble "I won't let them hurt you." You smiled to yourself and let yourself relax in Dave's arms as you both fell asleep.