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It’s just puppy love.
He shrugs off the way that Gamzee is practically attached to his hip; the kid might as well have been abandoned, with himself as a surrogate father. It only made sense for him to be clingy. That was normal for a child of his age.
It could be argued that Gamzee is simply in that stage of development. Completely fine; to be expected, even.
So Kurloz rationalizes it away.
What he can’t explain, however, is the feeling of insistent lips against his. Small hands grasping at his shoulders and keeping him close.
Kids aren’t supposed to kiss their brothers on the mouth like that.