'I Pity You No More'
'Terezi, we need to talk.' Karkat said, coming up from behind her.
'Yes Karkles?' Terezi said with a nervous cackle. Karkat? Karkat Vantas wanted to talk? Karkat never 'talked.' He yelled, screamed, roared, but never 'talked.'
He grabbed her hand and led her to his computer desk. 'Please sit down. I think it might be better this way.' He grabbed her hands, and guided her into the chair. She was confused. Why was he being so damn nice?
'Karkat. Why aren't you yelling? Is something wrong? Is everyone okay? Karkat you're scaring me!' With each syllable she spoke, her voice rose higher and higher.
'Nothing's… wrong, per say, although the matter I want to discuss is kind of serious. Terezi,' Karkat stood. 'I don't pity you anymore. I don't think we should be matesprites.'
She was silent for a few moments, a look of pure shock plastered on her face, he trademark grin nowhere to be seen on her downturned lips.
'Terezi? Look, I'm sorry okay? I just didn't want to lie to you anymore. I've been feeling this way for a few weeks now, and it's been eating me alive. 'Karkat placed a hand on her shoulder, worriedly. He looked genuinely concerned.
Terezi stood up and walked away. It was happening. The one thing she had feared most since the day they landed on this godforsaken asteroid. She thought Karkat would stay with her, until they got off, at least. She had truly pitied him. What had made her pity him in the first place was his detachedness to feelings, his self-hate. She always wanted to gather him in her arms and give him a big hug.
She pondered the thought of filling another one of his quadrants. If she couldn't be his matesprite, maybe she could be his moirail? No, Gamzee had filled that one solidly. She didn't hate him enough to be his Kismesis, and he didn't have a kismesis to auspistice for anyway.
As she walked further away, she could hear Karkat calling after her, something about being sorry. Feferi asked her if she was okay, but she waved her off. Quite frankly, after today, she was done with pity.