Lulu: *looks to the calendar* ah, it's October...should probably update that fanfic...with yet another 2 year time skip :3 Granted, it's not very long, but I still hope you enjoy it anyway. Enjoy~

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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HOMESTUCK, FOR THAT IS OWNED BY ANDREW HUSSIE. ENJOY

WARNING: THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FANFICTION AND THEIR PERSONALITIES MAY NOT BE TRULY CORRECT; THIS IS BECAUSE THE AUTHOR (aka Me) MAY EITHER INTERPRET THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE INTERPRETED, THEY MAY BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO FIT THE SPECIFIC AU, OR IN WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE AUTHOR (again, Me) MAY HAVE HAD THEIR PERCEPTION OF THESE SPECFIC CHARACTERS CHANGED DUE TO READING TOO MANY OTHER FANFICTIONS CENTERING AROUND THESE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. PLEASE READ THIS FANFICTION WITH THESE THOUGHTS IN MIND.

POV specifically targeted in this chapter:

Your name is Karkat Slick, and you think you might have a stalker. Well, scratch that, you know you have a stalker. She was a peculiar but friendly girl, someone you'd known for quite a while now. She has light brown hair, vivid green eyes, and her tanned skin makes her stand out easily in a crowd.

If someone thought that you were being followed by Jade Harley, your current love interest, they'd be sorely mistaken. No, your unfortunate stalker loved cats more than dogs, was obsessed with them even. She'd worn the same light blue cat hat since even before you met first met her (you learned that the hat was apparently made my Grandpa Harley, so you never made fun of her for it, but it was obvious that the hat was too small for her now. She could always keep the old hat in a safe place and make a new one, but if you ever suggested that, you know you'd just get your eyes clawed out).

She was Nepeta Harley, a "wild child" of sorts that was found when she was 3 years old on an otherwise uninhabited island, filled with tons of dangerous animals. Somehow during those three years, she'd been able to figure out how to hunt for herself. Jake Harley the First, the one who'd discovered Nepeta, had found this a delightful trait and decided to adopt her as one of his granddaughters.

You weren't really sure why she was so attached to you. The most probable answer would've been her crush on you, which she'd unknowingly made painfully obvious at some point in your pre-teens, though that wouldn't explain why she never approached you at all. She just kept…watching, peering at you from behind walls and corners. It was creepy, like really really creepy. Maybe she was just shy? Even so, she could've just hidden behind Equius instead. The two were "best friends for all eternity and forever but not in a romantic way" (or BFFAEFBNRW, for short), so you wouldn't see Equius really minding if Nepeta used him as a meat shield.

Maybe she was trying to hunt you. Some people really love a good game of "Cat and Mouse", but this was getting ridiculous. Even in your dreams, you could see her eyes glinting in the darkness. She was waiting for when you would be weak, heartbroken over another lost opportunity. Nepeta was there after Terezi, Vriska, Rose, Jane, and even after that odd crush you had on John (which totally never existed if anyone asked you about it). But she was never truly there. When she saw you upset, curled up and crying, she never came closer. Never said everything was going to be alright, that she'd be there for me. Maybe she was too timid to do it, too nervous to try what she wanted to do this whole time. Or, maybe she just thought the silence was enough.

It wasn't, though, the silence. Silence was never enough. You were a selfish creature; you thrived on contact in your darkest hours, no matter how much you'd pretend to shirk it off. Lux usually had you in that department, though that was because you two had a certain unspoken bond. You didn't "like" like each other, but whenever something was wrong with one, the other would see it and try to make things better. It would've been embarrassing with anyone else, but with Lux it was fine.

Nepeta couldn't fill that spot in your heart. She was the energetic catgirl that loved hunting for mice and calling you "Karkitty". But you had no real feelings for her, and you didn't want to lead her on. You had to do it. You had to reject her feelings in the most calm and respectful way that your thirteen year old self could manage…so yeah, of course it didn't go well. You ended up with a black eye, scratches on your chest, and a broken rib. And that was just from Nepeta. You got an even worse beating from Terezi years later.

Lulu: End~

Confirmed ships so far in this fanfiction: JadeTav, TerNep, DaveKat, SolAra

(Edit from 2/5/16: Hey guys, just wanted to say that I plan on ending this fic with the next chapter. I know its sudden, but I've been lazy for a while so I figured that I shouldn't just keep you guys hanging like this. Don't worry though, the final chapter's going to be, like, super-duper long, with so many ships guys, just so many. and ship-babies! I'm hoping you'll enjoy it. I got one part of it done, but there's still a couple more scenes I'll need to finish before ending this and moving onto something else. maybe I'll finish my Pokestuck fic?...nah, I'll probably make another fic that will grab my attention. Well, bye~)