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“…I-I’m sorry Karkat, I just…” Terezi paused, gathering herself, “I don’t think we can be together anymore…” She sniffed and wiped her sleeve over her eye, a small streak of black mascara trailing along with it. “It was fun while it lasted, I guess…”
Karkat was overcome with emotions. He couldn’t decide whether to be angry and yell or to run off and cry. He drew a long, shuddering breath and looked away. He couldn’t bear to look at Terezi or else he ran the risk of losing it right then and there.
“Ok… But before you go, can I get one last hug?”
Terezi nodded her head and embraced him. Karkat could feel the tension slowly release from her shoulders as the seconds dragged along. When they finally let go, Karkat was left wanting more, but he knew he couldn’t have it. He and Terezi were through. They parted ways and went back to their hives where comfort and friends awaited. Karkat needed someone to talk to. Badly. Crabdad had told him that the best way to keep himself from exploding in a fit of uncontrollable emotions is to vent to someone. He hasn’t been wrong yet.
Karkat pulled up the chat client and looked through his contacts. Hey, he thought to himself, Sollux is on. I’ll see if he wants to talk. He clicked on the tab that said twinArmageddons and started typing.
-- carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling twinArmageddons [TA] at 16:13 --
CG: HEY SOLLUX
CG: YOU HAVE TIME TO TALK? I NEED SOMEONE TO VENT TO.
TA: 2orry, kk, ii have a huge codiing project that ii have two fiinii2h by twomorrow
TA: ii hope you under2tand
CG: YEAH, IT’S OK. YOU KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU DO
TA: hey, ampora2 on
TA: why not tryiing two get hiim?
CG: ILL TRY
CG: THANKS
TA: no prob
-- twinArmageddons [TA] ceased trolling carcinoGeneticist [CG] at 16:15 --
Karkat looked blankly at the screen. Eridan’s probably having problems with Feferi, so I’d better not bother him right now, he thought. Well I guess I should at least try. He clicked on the tab that said caligulasAquarium and opened a new chat box.
-- carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling caligulasAquarium [CA] at 16:18 --
CG: HEY AMPORA GOT TIME TO TALK?
CG: OR ARE YOU STILL ARGUING WITH FEFERI?
CA: NO SORRY
CA: shit i forgot to turn the glubbin caps loch off
CA: sorry but fef an i are havvin a bit of an argument ovver stupid shit like apparently its impolite to discuss genocide at the dinner shell
CA: but then again i did havve the plans out an fully vvisible for evveryone to see
CA: anywwavve i havve to go noww fef is startin to get reely pissed
CG: HAVE YOU TRIED TO SEE THINGS FROM HER PERSPECTIVE?
CG: ITS REALLY STRESSFUL TO A MATESPRIT TO NOT SEE LOOKSPHERE TO LOOKSPHERE
CA: wwell no actually
CG: TRY IT
CG: IT WORKS LIKE A FUCKING MIRACLE WHEN YOURE ARGUING ABOUT POINTLESS SHIT
CG: TRY TO SEE IT AS LOOKING AT YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE IN
CG: IT WORKED FOR ME AND TEREZI
CA: ok ill try but i reely havve to go noww
CA: sorry for not bein able to talk
CG: NAH IT’S FINE
-- carcinoGeneticist [CG] ceased trolling caligulasAquarium [CA] at 16:21--
Karkat slumped down in his chair and buried his face into his palms. A few moments later, the familiar ding of a new contact online sounded and broke Karkat from his trance. He looked up to see that arsenicCatnip was online. Well, he shrugged, Nepeta’s better than no one, I guess. Karkat clicked on the tab with her name in it and opened yet another chat box.
-- carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling arsenicCatnip [AC] at 16:27 --
CG: HEY NEPETA DO YOU HAVE TIME TO TALK?
AC: :33 < *ac purrounces on top of cg* hey karkitty!
AC: :33 < why yes I do
CG: AWESOME
CG: IT’S ABOUT ME AND TEREZI…
AC: :33 < *ac sits up and cocks her head to the side* aww, what happened?
CG: WE KIND OF BROKE UP
AC: :33 < oh no! why did you guys break up?
CG: ERM…
CG: ID RATHER NOT SAY IT OVER TROLLIAN
CG: ITS TOO PERMANENT AND I DON’T WANT TO BE REMINDED ABOUT IT THE NEXT TIME I TALK TO YOU
CG: YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE AND TALK OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER THERE?
AC: :33 < *ac spurrings to her paws* i’ll be right over
CG: THANKS NEPETA
CG: YOU’RE A GOOD FRIEND
-- arsenicCatnip [AC] ceased trolling carcinoGeneticist [CG] at 16:31 --
No sooner had Karkat shut down his computer and gotten out of his seat than he heard a knock at his front door. He hurried down the steps and opened it to let her in.
“Hey,” he said, “Hold on just a sec.” Nepeta gave a small bounce of agreement as Karkat jogged over to the hallway on the far wall.
“DAD, I HAVE COMPANY,” Karkat shouted, “SHE’LL BE STAYING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IS THAT OK?” A series of incomprehensible clicks and screeching noises came from the hallway. Nepeta grimaced, but it soon melted into a giggle when she tried to count how many different faces Karkat was making as Crabdad was talking to him.
“NO! SHE’S NOT HERE FOR THAT!” Karkat yelled back, “JEEZ, IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, MAKE DINNER AND STOP BUGGING ME ABOUT MY JOKE OF A SOCIAL LIFE.” He looked over to Nepeta. “Is lasagna ok?” Nepeta shrugged and made a ‘why not’ gesture.
“NEPETA AND I WANT LASAGNA. WE’LL BE UPSTAIRS. CALL US WHEN IT’S DONE” Another series of clicks and screeches went on and Karkat turned back to Nepeta. He walked towards the stairs and motioned to her to follow him. “My respiteblock’s this way.”