I held onto his arm as tears fell down my face. I could feel his nails scratching away my skin as my red candy like blood took its place.
"Gamzee…" I placed my other arm on his arm that was slowly entering my neck. I never thought that my love for him would be this deep, but was it love that I am feeling or is it fear that is slowly rising into my mind.
"You're hurting me…" I said muffled. I wondered if he heard me or if I had to say it louder. His nails continued to dig into my neck as I cringed at the pain.
"Don't worry the dark carnival will come soon brother!" Gamzee said. I felt as if my heart suddenly fell into a dark abyss. The dark carnival only meant one thing to me, and that was death. I saw the death of a lot of the trolls but being killed is different. What scared me more was being killed by him, but I wanted him to be my moirial. Even though he could kill me with ease. I couldn't bring myself to tell him. I just looked into his eyes while the tears kept flowing out of my own.
"Don't worry Karkat…. I'll protect you." He said as his nails dug deeper into my skin. I thought I was going to scream. He was the guitarist and I was the guitar and he knew how to use me. No this is much worse. He was the lion tamer and I was the caged lion and I know I can't escape. I didn't notice that the grip that I had on his arm had tightened till he said "Karkat what are you doing?" He sounded so innocent as if he never killed them, but there's no getting around it. He was the one who killed them. I'm in love with a murderer. He was waiting for me to answer him. I looked at him and said shakily said "Don't leave me here…"