The quiet declaration only receives another flinch at first, but while it initially resembles the ongoing Litany of Reasons Why Karkat Vantas Sucks, it also... doesn't. For one, it's too short, and for another...
It's too soft.
He dares to look up at the Dave-puddle on the floor, and. What. What the fuck is this. Hello, sorry, no, he does not speak your language, what is this thing you're doing, please? Hello? Dave actually wants him to—him!—to come over?
There has to be some mistake. But... fuck, even if this is just some act of platonic pity, something to get Karkat to shut the fuck up before whoever owns this temporary communal hivestem kicks them out, he's sick to death of fucking fighting, especially when the one he's fighting is—]
Dave.
[He'd been right, probably—Karkat, that is, and about himself. He couldn't possibly be more pathetic when it comes to this human.
He stumbles over his feet more than once on the way (why the fuck are his legs suddenly jelly, this is stupid), but soon, he's sinking to the ground right next to his moirail and throwing his arms around him. If Dave wants him to let go, he'll have to get a fucking crowbar to pry him off, end of story.]
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The quiet declaration only receives another flinch at first, but while it initially resembles the ongoing Litany of Reasons Why Karkat Vantas Sucks, it also... doesn't. For one, it's too short, and for another...
It's too soft.
He dares to look up at the Dave-puddle on the floor, and. What. What the fuck is this. Hello, sorry, no, he does not speak your language, what is this thing you're doing, please? Hello? Dave actually wants him to—him!—to come over?
There has to be some mistake. But... fuck, even if this is just some act of platonic pity, something to get Karkat to shut the fuck up before whoever owns this temporary communal hivestem kicks them out, he's sick to death of fucking fighting, especially when the one he's fighting is—]
Dave.
[He'd been right, probably—Karkat, that is, and about himself. He couldn't possibly be more pathetic when it comes to this human.
He stumbles over his feet more than once on the way (why the fuck are his legs suddenly jelly, this is stupid), but soon, he's sinking to the ground right next to his moirail and throwing his arms around him. If Dave wants him to let go, he'll have to get a fucking crowbar to pry him off, end of story.]