John and Jade sighed as they carted load after load of freshly clean clothes up the stairs to John's apartment to put on the bed, curious yellow eyes watching their every move. The third or fourth time they came down the stairs, neither noticed that Karkat dashed up them, running into the depths of the flat.
John let out a loud sigh and shut the door, about to flop onto the bed when he heard a loud purring. Brows raising, he followed the sound and grinned when he found Karkat buried in the warm pile of clothes, eyes closed and a content smile on his face.
So instead of jumping onto the bed, John toed off his sneakers and burrowed into the mound as well, laying down facing him and sighing in bliss as he was blanketed by a towel.
"…Maybe your planet isn't entirely bad," Karkat murmured, curling more tightly and letting out a content noise of his own, not even snapping at the other when John raised a hand to pet his hair. "It took you this long to figure that out?" he laughed softly, and the troll let out a noncommittal hum and unhesitantly wriggled close to the human.
Pleasantly surprised-he was being shown affection?-the youngest Egbert wrapped his arms around the other and continued to play with raven hair.