Tavros wasn't really a huge fan of romance movies, he'd concluded two hours into the movie.

But that was all Karkat seemed to have found on the meteor, so that's what they were stuck watching. The movie, entitled A Massive Yet Poorly-Built Ship Transports Many Trolls Across The Vast Alternian Sea To The New World Which Really Wasn't All That New At That Point But Was Still Discovered By Western Troll Society Later Than The Rest Of The World And Transports A Highblood And A Lowblood Across The Sea And The Highblood Contemplates Suicide But The Lowblood Saves Her And They Fall In Love But Due To A Vast Chain Of Incompetence On Pretty Much Everyone's Part The Lowblood Dies And The Highblood Gets Old And Tells The Story To Some People, starring Troll Leonardo DiCaprio, just didn't really tickle his fancy the way some of his other favorites like Pupa Pan would have. Still, it gave him an excuse to curl up next to Gamzee and have the highblood put his arm around him, which still made his stomach do this funny thing where it felt like it flopped upside-down. Not that Gamzee would have protested if Tav had asked him to cuddle any other time, but Tavros didn't really know if that was something you were supposed to do in a relationship. Watching a romantic movie with your matespirit, that was something you were supposed to do in a relationship, right? At least, Tavros thought they were matespirits. I mean, they cuddled sometimes, right? Gamzee liked to run his fingers through Tavros' hair and tell him how much of a motherfucking miracle he was and they rapped together and they laughed together... they were matespirits, right?

Suddenly he wasn't so sure anymore.

"Uhh, Gamzee?" he said quietly, interrupting the other troll's focus on the movie and making Tavros immediately regret saying anything in the first place. But Gamzee didn't seem upset about his concentration being broken. "Sorry, bro, I was just thinking about how much of a motherfucking miracle those two are, y'know? They got their wicked matespiritship on pretty motherfucking hard, y'know?"

Tavros coughed a little, and cleared his throat before continuing. "A-are we matespirits?" he whispered hoarsely, his voice catching a little in his shyness, and Gamzee immediately froze up.

Tavros was sure he'd done something wrong, with the way Gamzee's face had changed all of a sudden. Tears pricked the edge of his eyes. "I-I'm sorry if I –" he began, but was cut off when Gamzee grabbed his face and brought their lips together and kissed him.

Gamzee's lips were soft and inviting, and the kiss was slow and sweet, and Tavros melted into Gamzee's arms, smiling a little into the kiss. Tavros was so happy he didn't know what to do, his blood-pusher beating so fast he felt like it was going to fly out of his chest and into the sky to go on adventures with Pupa. Gamzee pulled back and smiled the biggest smile Tav had ever seen him make. Tav put his hand up to his face to feel a smudge of facepaint left on his cheek, and giggled a little.

"My wicked Tavbro, don't apologize for anything," Gamzee said, pulling him into a hug. Tavros let out another squeak of happiness. He still couldn't believe this was happening. "I don't care what anyone motherfuckin' says, you're the only one I ever want to have for a matespirit, ever. Don't you ever motherfuckin' doubt that."

Tavros was smiling so hard that it hurt, and hugged his matespirit as hard as he can while Gamzee ran his fingers through his Mohawk.

Tavros came to the conclusion that he really, really liked romance movies.