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it had only been a year and a half into the meteor trip and karkat was completely, utterly, undoubtedly, horns over heels for dave strider.
shit, he was in for the long run. not that he’d ever admit that out loud.. or to himself. he pushed it away, burying the feels deep within him and trying to convince he just likes the company, but on the rare occasions he was in the company of someone else without dave, dave was all he could think about.
he woke up every.. morning.. wondering what he and dave could possibly talk about that day. trying hard to desperately save every interaction with him because who the fuck knows what’ll happen at the end of this meteor trip.. he wasn't sure why he wanted to save every moment with dave though.
karkat was no stranger to romance. he ate romance novels for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and sometimes also as a snack if he was still hungry. (kidding, he reads them. only terezi does that with books!)
and karkat had been flushed before, he’d been pale before.. and for the very brief moment he had considered pitch feelings, although they definitely didn't work out. he had familiarised himself with romance.. so why the fuck couldn't he figure out what quadrant his feelings for dave fell into!?!?
it’s not like he could go to dave about this, either. for one, he would have to admit his weird kind of crush on him, and two, he would likely also have to explain how all the quadrants work.. again. and then dave would probably also think he’s weird and never talk to him again, right??!?
he’s convinced himself it's pale, it must be. they’re bros, best bros. nothing more. the meteor has just been lonely, right? yes. that’s it. it’s gotta be? but fuck if it couldn't feel any less wrong to label it pale.
kark
dude bro hey
earth to
wait no not earth
meteor to karkat
come in karkat
WHAT
you were totally spacing out there
damn im on fire with these space puns
anyway
you good or
you were kinda muttering to yourself
FINE
IM FINE
you sure
YEAH
YES IM FINE
you were kinda
muttering about the
quadrants
just making sure youre not getting any troll crushes on anyone
especially not on this meteor
were surrounded by lesbians and a juggalo
and me i guess but
. . . .
karkat looks away from dave. well fuck, nice going! yes, dave wont suspect a thing with the awkward way you’re fidgeting with the hems of your trousers and how you're avoiding eye contact.
dude
fr??
I DONT KNOW WHAT QUADRANT IT IS
does it still matter
i dont think interspecies relations are even supposed to exist
why does it matter what it falls under
IT MUST BE PALE
ITS PLATONIC
FOR SURE
IT FEELS WEIRD BUT IT HAS TO BE PALE
so the
broallegiance one
SURE FINE WHAT THE FUCK EVER
YES THE “BROALLEGIANCE” ONE
IT HAS TO BE
IT IS
BECAUSE
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING WAY IM FLUSHED FOR DAVE STRIDER
are you trying to convince me or yourself
BOTH OF US
I THINK
is it working
SHUT UP
dave cracks a laugh, they're rare. a smirk from dave can be hard to get, nevermind a laugh, nevermind the whole draining 3 year meteor trip making nobody in a very smiley mood anyway.
WHATS SO FUCKING FUNNY OVER THERE
nothing
woah
we perfected the love triangle
we both went for terezi now we are going after eachother
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE
WE ARE GOING AFTER EACHOTHER
AS IN BOTH OF US
AND I JUST SAID I WAS PALE
uhhhh
fuck
in a
in a pale way
the broallegiance way
i mean
HOLY SHIT
karkat almost jumps out of his seat when he turns to look at dave.
woah woah what
YOUR BLOOD IS SHOWING
what
IN YOUR FACE
ITS ALL RED
WHY IS IT DOING THAT
dave turns his head away, not before karkat got a very clear view of daves previously pale complexion now replaced with a very obnoxious red colour though.
its nothing
dont worry
YOU KNOW IF WE ARE PALE THEN IM GONNA FUCKING WORRY
if we are pale?
do you feel pale right now
NOT.. PARTICULARLY
BUT IM SURE THATS FINE
huh okay
WHY IS YOUR FACE SO RED
its
basically whenever your body gets like embarrassed or nervous
it feels the need to fucking call you out in front of everyone
by making you bright fucking red
and explaining it outloud probably definitely isnt fucking helping
SO ITS JUST BLUSHING??
oh
yea
YOU COULDVE JUST SAID
i dunno if trolls blush
YEAH WE DO
YOU WOULDNT REALLY SEE BECAUSE OUR SKIN IS A LOT THICKER THOUGH
AND ITS NOT THE COLOUR OF OUR BLOOD
OR THAT NOTICEABLE
WHY ARE YOU BLUSHING ANYWAY
well thats a question
i could answer
SO THEN ANSWER
well
fuck
what if i didnt want you to be pale for me
THEN ID IGNORE THE FEELINGS AND PRETEND NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED
ok
but i mean
because i wanted something else
LIKE???
like flushed
OH
THEN ID SAY IM PROBABLY FLUSHED FOR YOU
BECAUSE BEING PALE DEFINITELY DOESNT FEEL RIGHT
AND TO BE HONEST NEITHER DOES FLUSHED
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT JUST FITS PERFECTLY
BUT ID SUGGEST WE IGNORE THAT STATEMENT
ok well
if youre serious about that
i would say im probably a human equivalent of flushed for you
despite karkats earlier statement the blush was now very obviously presented on his face, dave would've picked up on this and commented on it if he could bare to look at karkat right now.
FUCK IM SICK OF THIS
oh
ouch
NO
SHUT UP
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
FUCK
IF IM PICKING UP WHATS BEING PUT DOWN CORRECTLY
WE ARE BOTH FLUSHED FOR EACHOTHER
.. OR KIND OF ARE
BUT ARE TOO PUSSY TO JUST ADMIT IT
BECAUSE WE BOTH DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK TO DO ABOUT IT
seems so
OK FINE
THEN I GUESS ILL SAY
IM FLUSHED FOR YOU DAVE
YOUR TURN
do i have to say flushed
not helping my face cool down
i dont think ive ever really blushed before fuck
SAY WHATEVER
ok
dave finally turn his head to karkat, his face still very much filled with a redish hue.
im flushed for you
FUCK THATS A RELIEF
so what are we now
I DUNNO
does this mean i cant say we are in a broallegiance
DAVE WE WERE NEVER IN A BROALLEGIANCE
MOIRAILLEGIANCE FUCK
haha
I MEAN
I GUESS THIS IS A MATESPRITSHIP
IF YOU WANT!!!!!
hell yeah i want a brospritship with you
matebrositship
hm
ill work on it
YOU ARE AN IDIOT
but youre still my brospritship
YES. YES I AM YOUR.. BROSPRITSHIP
FUCK THAT FEELS GOOD TO SAY
SAYING YES WE ARE MATESPRITS
NOT BROSPRITSHIP
THATS STUPID
DO YOU WANNA KISS
fuck yeah
sure man get over here i guess
we might need to install a fan in here though wow
its hot in here
like wow my face feels like its burning
so.. it turns out by the end of this fic karkats feelings were not entirely that pale (and neither was daves face.)