[Whoa, hey, Dave did not call this Turnabout Paletalk to court, he obviously does not need shooshed like Karkat did. He opens his mouth to interrupt a fruitless handful of times before finally giving up with a huff and staring at Karkat's eyes as well as he can from this distance. It's odd, him trying to look angry this close. It doesn't work at all. At most, Dave's just distracted picking out the different strands of color in Karkat's strange-but-human iris, the varying shades of red. They're brighter than Dave's, he thinks.
His distraction lasts about as long as it takes Karkat to get through half of his second sentence. The questions take him aback, the rest even more so, and he just sits there, blinking, with his forehead pressed to Karkat's as words continue to happen at him.
He only stirs at two things: '...So much stronger than I ever was' makes him frown and start to say something, but the quick return of Karkat's gaze and what he says next--'with your insane lusus'--knock the words out of his mouth, make his eyes tighten a little. He listens. He just listens. And when Karkat is done, when Dave's sure he is, he closes his eyes and bumps their foreheads together in the gentlest, palest headbutt ever witnessed.]
Dumbass.
[It's as soft as Karkat's last sentence.]
That's what I was trying to tell you. If you already knew that shit, why did you make me waste so many words when I could've gone back to mumbling inane horseshit and using your thorax as a pillow. Hella inconsiderate. I'm appalled at this treatment. I demand two face-sized waffles and an ice cream sundae. For breakfast. Five minutes ago. I'll find a Pokémon Denny's, don't think I won't. DeDenny's. It has to exist.
[He doesn't actually want to move, though. Not even for giant waffles. He still feels over-extended after that Tales from the Crypt confession, and kind of generally wrung-out, otherwise. And cold. He wants to go back to his blanket nest and at least zone out, if not sleep.
It makes his voice all quiet and mumbly. He rubs his nose against Karkat's nose, because fuck you.]
I wasn't saying any of that stuff. I don't agree with all of it, but I just meant--it's nice to hear. To, like. Know that I'm actually wanted around. And that I'm not just some big emotional sink that doesn't give anything back.
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His distraction lasts about as long as it takes Karkat to get through half of his second sentence. The questions take him aback, the rest even more so, and he just sits there, blinking, with his forehead pressed to Karkat's as words continue to happen at him.
He only stirs at two things: '...So much stronger than I ever was' makes him frown and start to say something, but the quick return of Karkat's gaze and what he says next--'with your insane lusus'--knock the words out of his mouth, make his eyes tighten a little. He listens. He just listens. And when Karkat is done, when Dave's sure he is, he closes his eyes and bumps their foreheads together in the gentlest, palest headbutt ever witnessed.]
Dumbass.
[It's as soft as Karkat's last sentence.]
That's what I was trying to tell you. If you already knew that shit, why did you make me waste so many words when I could've gone back to mumbling inane horseshit and using your thorax as a pillow. Hella inconsiderate. I'm appalled at this treatment. I demand two face-sized waffles and an ice cream sundae. For breakfast. Five minutes ago. I'll find a Pokémon Denny's, don't think I won't. DeDenny's. It has to exist.
[He doesn't actually want to move, though. Not even for giant waffles. He still feels over-extended after that Tales from the Crypt confession, and kind of generally wrung-out, otherwise. And cold. He wants to go back to his blanket nest and at least zone out, if not sleep.
It makes his voice all quiet and mumbly. He rubs his nose against Karkat's nose, because fuck you.]
I wasn't saying any of that stuff. I don't agree with all of it, but I just meant--it's nice to hear. To, like. Know that I'm actually wanted around. And that I'm not just some big emotional sink that doesn't give anything back.