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staring contest

Summary:

dave wonders a lot about trolls, now he finds himself wondering how long they can go without blinking. however, to compare he has to take off his beloved shades.. and accidentally gets a boyfriend at the same time.

Notes:

hi sorry for vanishing for leik a month i got new interests that i wanna write for that have no fandoms and it kinda demotivated me for ages. i also went on holiday.

enjoy this i wrote it in like 20 minutes.

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do trolls have any other strange abilities that you havent told me about yet

LIKE WHAT?

i dunno can you breathe underwater

DO I LOOK LIKE A SEA-DWELLER? NO, DAVE.

can you keep your eyes open for a freakishly long amount of time

I DON’T KNOW?? WHAT’S CONSIDERED “FREAKISHLY LONG”???

fuck the movie its experiment time

by experiment i mean staring contest

STARING CONTEST?

yup get ready

WELL THAT’S HARDLY FAIR.

how so

WELL, DAVE, LET’S THINK.

THOSE POINTLESS SHADES ACTUALLY DO PREVENT ME FROM SEEING YOUR EYES. HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL WHEN YOU BLINK??

shit

uhhhh okay

i can just tell you

ill be honest

scouts honour

wait does it count if i didnt do scouts

NONE OF THAT COUNTS BECAUSE NO!

I’M JUST SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE YOU??

well yeah

do you not trust me karkat

NO.

ow okay then

SO..??

i guess this is a one sided staring contest

FUCK NO.

WHY DON’T WE JUST HAVE A COMPLETELY NORMAL STARING CONTEST LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD???

because the shades

YES I KNOW ABOUT THE SHADES. I’M SUGGESTING YOU JUST TAKE THEM OFF!!!

oh

i mean i could do that

i guess

SO DO!?!?

I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR EYES, DAVE.

IF WE ARE GONNA DO THIS WE ARE GONNA DO IT PROPERLY.

AND THAT MEANS I FIRSTLY HAVE TO AT LEAST SEE YOUR EYES.

if you insist

OH.

oh

OH.

UH. SO.

STARING CONTEST.

okay so

staring contest

THEY ARE..

i know

NICE.

A WEIRDLY NICE COLOUR.

NOT WEIRDLY.

THEY ARE A NICE COLOUR.

I’M GLAD YOU TOOK THEM OFF, FINALLY.

I DO LIKE THEM.

ALSO, I THINK YOU BLINKED.

yeah these old things are not adjusted to how bright this room is

ouch

OK BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR SHADES ON FOREVER AGAIN CAN I SEE THEM?

have you been enchanted by these pure strider eyes

YOU WISH.

maybe just a little bit yeah

CAN I SEE THEM OR NO?

ok maybe a little bit just for you bro

OK, COOL.

THEY ARE..

I CAN’T EVEN WORD IT RIGHT..

are you attracted to them or what

cause youre getting very close here dude

A LITTLE?

I MEAN LIKE.

FUCK NEVERMIND.

YOU CAN PUT THEM BACK ON NOW.

ESPECIALLY IF THE ROOM BRIGHTNESS IS HURTING.

no wait what were you saying

about being attracted to them

continue that

NOTHING.

YOU DON’T NEED A BIGGER EGO, DAVE. JUST FORGET ABOUT THAT.

do you like me

like like me

WHAT?

flush way

OH.

UH.

also have you still not blinked cause thats fucking crazy dude

OH. NO, I DON’T THINK SO?

crazy

anyways yeah

weird question i know but does your attraction go beyond my eyes

IT..

. . .

okay fine round two

WHAT?

staring contest round two

my eyes are adjusted a bit more

OKAY.. SURE.

. . .

. . .

WHAT THE FUCK??

DAVE??

sup

was that

yay or nay

DAVE. THAT WAS

yay or nay

DID THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

do you think i wouldve done it if it didnt

OKAY. FUCK. I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT.

awesome

thats cool

me either

staring contest round three or

YES.

BUT.. UH.

YOU DON’T NEED TO START A STARING CONTEST AS AN EXCUSE TO KISS ME.

JUST DO IT.

Notes:

ty for readinf :-)
if u enjoyed then pls lmk by giving this kudos, or commenting! helps me to actually have motivation to write these 😓