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▼: Karkat growled softly as he was pulled up onto the stage, his hands bound behind his back and a collar tugging uncomfortably around his neck. He didn't know how he had been so stupid, to wind up at the slave market. But here he was, tied up and standing on the auction block. The auctioneer told the crowd why Karkat should be bought, touching on all the important details, such as his age, height, the fact that he was a virgin, which earned a few cheers from the crown and caused Karkat to blushed furiously. The auctioneer ended with Karkat's blood color, untying Karkat's hands and cutting his palm so that the bright red blood was visible to the crowd. The bidding was done quickly, someone had bid ridiculously high to have Karkat. Karkat looked out into the crowd, trying to see who had bought him, but he was led off the stage and into a cage, awaiting the arrival of his new owner to bring him to his new home.

▲: John had no idea why he felt the urge to buy this particular slave, but he felt he needed to. John smiled brightly in his seat while other slaves where being bought. He couldn't wait to meet his new slave. As the last slave was sold John got up and headed to behind the selling station to find his new slave. Now where did they put him, John wondered before a girl came up to him and showed him to Karkats cell.

▼: Karkat sighed to himself, watching from between the bars at all the other trolls and humans walking around the slave market. He saw several people heading in his general direction, and he wondered which one of them had just bought him. As much as he hated that he was now a slave, there was really nothing he could do about it now.

▲: As the girl brought John to the cell he wondered what kind of person the slave would be. He never really listened to the seller ever. This was his first purchase so John was a bit worried. Would he hate him, John wondered. Damn to many questions was in his head as he stood infront of his new slaves cell. He smiled and looked down at the boy in the cage. "Hello there! I guess I'm your new master now!"

▼: Karkat looked up, at his apparent new owner. He quickly looked him over, noting his bright smile. He looked up at his face when John spoke, nodding just slightly "Hi." In all honesty, he was a mixture of nervous, mad and just all around wanting to get as far away from the slave market as possible. He really hated it there. He wished that he could go back to his hive, but he knew he couldn't, even if he managed to escape. When the slave market people had come to take him, they had ransacked his hive, and it was probably being inhabited by someone else by now.

▲: John grinned as the girl opened the cage door and brought the boy out on a leash. She handed the leash to John and John produced the money he bidded for the boy. As the girl walked away John turned and smiled at the boy. "My names John. John Egbert. May I know your name?"

▼: Karkat tensed up as the girl put him on a leash, he hated that thing. He turned to look at John "I'm Karkat Vantas". He stretched his arms out a little bit, glad to be out of the cage and looked around again before turning his attention back to John.

▲: John kept his smile as he gently tugged Karkat towards the parking lot. "Karkat huh? Thats a cool name! Ha beep beep meow!" John said giggling a bit at his own play on words.

▼: Karkat bit the inside of his cheek to keep from making some sarcastic reply to what John said. "Yeah, ha." He followed after John towards the parking lot.

▲: John soon came up to a very new looking car and unlocked the passenger door holding it open for Karkat, a smile on his face. "Well I guess we can go to your new home now. I hope you don't mind, its a bit much even for me."

▼: Karkat nodded to John "Alright, sure" There wasn't really anything else he could say or do, since John had bought him, he had to go with John whether he minded or not. He got into the car, making sure the leash didn't get caught as the door closed.

▲: John went quickly to the drivers side and got in and started the car. "I do hope though, that we will become friends Karkat!" John said as they glided out of the parking lot and headed towards Johns house.

▼: Karkat nodded a bit "Maybe we will" John seemed nice enough, and Karkat didn't have anyone else anymore, so he hoped they would be friends too.

▲: Soon John pulled up to an unusually large house and stopped the car. "Well this is it!" John said happily getting out of the car. He rushed over to the other side to let Karkat out. "Home sweet home!"

▼: Karkat watched out the window as they drove, looking out at the house they pulled up to. He stepped outside once John unlocked his door, looking around."It's a nice house you have.."

▲: John gave Karkat one of his biggest smiles. "Why thank you Karkat! Its a little bigger than I hoped but its nice. Just wait until you see the inside!" and with that John turned and walked towards the house forgetting to grab Karkats leash so that Karkat could walk on his own.

▼: Karkat nodded, following close behind John and holding the end of his leash so it wouldn't drag on the ground.

▲: John stood at the door and quicly unlocked it. He then held the door open for Karkat to enter. "Here we go! Head on in!"

▼: Karkat stepped inside, looking around the inside of the house "It's really nice inside too" it looked even bigger from the inside, and Karkat just looked around, clearly impressed

▲: John stepped in and shut the door. When he looked at Karkat hr chuckled a little, had he never been in a house this large before? The thought made him giggle. John after all grew up in bigger houses than even this! But that didn't matter, Karkat was impressed and that was all that mattered to John.

▼: Karkat looked around for a couple more minutes then turned his attention back to John. "So what now?"

▲: "Well..." John said removing the leash on Karkat. "You can look around the place while I take a shower. Who knows what some of those people had?" John said smiling before turning and heading to the bathroom. "Just don't break anything ok?"

▼: Karkat nodded, glad that his lease was off, it really bothered him, it was probably his least favorite thing about being a slave now. "Alright. I'll be sure not to break anything"

▲: John turned around and smiled at Karkat real quick before going into the bathroom. Man did John feel unclean from being around those strange buyers. But it was worth it he thought as he climbed out of his clothes and into the shower, he had got Karkat after all.

▼: Once John had left, Karkat looked around the house, not going to far from the front of the house. He zoned out for a couple minutes, just thinking about his life now and how different it was/would be.

▲: When John had finished his shower he hoped out and used a towel to dry his hair. He grabbed another towel and rapped it around his waist. Smiling he left the bathroom and heard noices coming from his living room. John quickly went to his living room and leaned against the doorway watching Karkat look around, inspecting his new home and chuckled a little. Now that was cute no matter how much John couldve tried to deny it, it was like a puppy wondering around curiously.

▼: Karkat snapped out of his trance then continued to look around then stopped, hearing a noise. He turned, seeing John in the doorway. Karkat walked over to him.

▲: John smiled and ruffled Karkats hair. "So do you like what you see yet?" he asked forgetting he was still only wearing a towel around his waist, a bright smile on his face.

▼: A small smile tugged at Karkat's lips and he shrugged "It's nice here" he noticed that John was only wearing a towel, blushing very lightly in reaction.

▲: John smiled bighter when he saw a slight smile on Karkats lips. But why was he blushing, he wondered. Did Karkat catch a cold? He brought a hand up to Karkats forhead to see if he was hot. "Are you alright your face is red. Did you catch the flu or something?" john said a worried expression crossing his face. He didn't want Karkat to be hurt or anything.

▼: Karkat shook his head "No, I'm fine, it's nothing" Trolls naturally have a higher body temperature than humans, so John wouldn't have been able to tell if Karkat had had a fever anyway. Karkat looked up, seeing John's worried expression. He felt bad for making John worry about him, even if he hadn't meant to.

▲: Man Karkats head felt hot as he pulled his hand away, where all trolls like that he wondered. He guessed he'd have to take karkats word for it. He ran a hand through his hair, "Well ok then but your still red is something wrong Karkat?"

▼: Karkat focused on other things to make his blush go away, which worked. He shook his head again "No no, I really am fine John, don't worry."

▲: "Well ok then?" John said tilting his head a little, confused. What could've had Karkat so riled up, he wondered.

▼: Karkat turned slightly, looking into the rest of the house that he hadn't seen yet. "So...would you mind giving me a tour of the house?"

▲: "Why of course but let me get some clothes on first! I almost forgot I just got a shower!" John said turning around his cheeks a bit red as he headed up some stairs to his room.

▼: Karkat nodded, waiting in the living room and busying himself by looking at pictures that John had on his wall

▲: John practically ran to his room. Damn it! How'd he forget he was naked, he wondered. He quickly grabbed a t-shirt, some underwear and a pair of pants and began to get dressed. That must've been why Karkat was embarrassed earlier, he thought.

▼: Karkat shifted, walking around in the living room and looking at everything that was there while he waited for John to return.

▲: As soon as John was properly dressed he headed down stairs back to Karkat. "Sorry about that! I forget a lot of things but that was a first for me to forget!" John said his cheeks still a little red.

▼: Karkat looked up as John came back into the living room and then he nodded "It's fine, don't worry about it"

▲: "Well no its not fine." John said rubbing the back of his neck. "I mean I should atleast remember my own pants when I have company and I'm going to have company all the time now! And I'm just sorry." John said his eyes of Karkat, his face getting even redder.

▼: Karkat shrugged a little bit, nodding again "Okay."

▲: John looked at Karkat "Well I guess we can look around now? I am really sorry about that though." he said as he walked out into the hall.

▼: "Yeah, okay. And its fine John, its not that big of a deal" Karkat nodded, following him into the hall

▲: "Maybe not to you." he mumbled to himself as he pointed towards a room that had the faint sent of spices coming from it. "Thats the kitchen. You can get whatever you want to eat, whenever. Oh wait are you hungry?"

▼: Karkat followed him, looking around as they walked. "Yeah, I am a little hungry". That was definitely an understatement. Over that last week, since being at the slave market, he had barely eaten; between the small portions and awful food that the place gave them.

▲: "Well then how about I make you some spaghetti? I'm a decent cook if I do say!" john said a smile returning to his face as he entered the kitchen.

▼: Karkat nodded, smiling a small smile at the thought of food "Sure, that would be great"

▲: John chuckled a little as he got the stuff out. "You don't have to stay here you can look around if you like. It doesn't matter though." he said pouring water into the pot.

▼: Karkat nodded again "I'll look around for a bit" He headed back into the hallway, walking in no specific direction, just looking all around

▲: John chuckled as he placed the pot on the stove. He turned it on and went to the fridge and poured himself a glass of lemonade while he waited.

▼: A little while later, Karkat began to head back to the kitchen, smelling the food.

▲: John smiled turning a big spoon in the spaghetti. How come it smelled so good, he wondered. Perhaps he was just hungry to as he pulled out two plates and pilled them high with spaghetti.

▼: Karkat walked into the kitchen, his stomach grumbling a little bit when he saw the food. He went and sat down at the table covering a yawn with his hand; he hadn't gotten much sleep while at the market either, but that could wait until later.

▲: John picked up the plates and plopped one down infront of Karkat snd the other across from him. John then turned around and got some forks handing one to Karkat before sitting down and digging in.

▼: Karkat took the fork "Thanks John" He smiled a little then began eating, being careful not to eat too fast, but still eating, enjoying the fact that it tasted really good.

▲: John swallowed what was in his mouth before he said "Not a problem!" and digging back into his food. Man he really was hungry for some reason!

▼: Karkat nodded, continuing to eat the food in front of him, his expression brightening a little

▲: John stopped eating for a second and saw Karkat almost smiling. That brought a huge smile to Johns face before he went back to eating.

▼: Karkat continued to eat, until all the spaghetti in his plate was gone. He swallowed then sat back in the chair "That was really good"

▲: John sat up and smiled, he'd finished to. "If you want some more I'll get you some." he said sipping his lemonade. "Oh I didn't even ask if you wanted a drink! Would you like some lemonade to?" John said as he stood up ready to put his plate in the sink.

▼: "I'm fine, but yeah, lemonade would be nice" He got up, picking up his plate and following John's example, putting it in the sink.

▲: John walked over to the cupboard and pulled out a glass and went to the fridge. Pulling out the lemonade he poured Karkat a glass and replaced the jug of lemonade back in the fridge and handed Karkat the lemonade.

▼: Karkat took the glass, taking a sip of the lemonade "Thanks again" He sat back down at the table, sipping at the juice.

▲: John chuckled "Don't thank me I mean I kinda have to take care of you now that you live here don't I? Also before I forget do you want your own room?"