"K4RK4T, TH1S MOV13 SUCKS," Terezi whined loudly, leaning her head roughly against Karkat's shoulder.
"SHUT UP THIS MOVIE IS A CLASSIC," he snapped back, pushing her away as her horns were practically stabbing him in the face. "JUST WATCH THE FUCKING FILM."
"BUT K4RK4T," she began, a sly grin spreading across her face.
"DONT YOU FUCKING DARE," he snarled, glaring at her.
"1 C4NT," she giggled, wiggling her eyebrows. Karkat groaned audibly at her ridiculous sense of humour as she burst into energetic giggles.
"CAN YOU BE ANY MORE ANNOYING?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at his matesprit.
"Y3S," she responded simply, grinning widely as she sprawled across his lap. He rolled his eyes and returned to watching his movie. A few moments of comfortable silence passed as Karkat watched the film, Terezi drawing patterns aimlessly on his leg with her finger. He began to think that maybe he could watch the rest of his movie without her interrupting.
He was wrong.
"K4RK4T," she whispered. Karkat barely stopped himself groaning at her interruption and took a deep breath to calm himself before responding in an overly polite tone.
"YES TEREZI?"
"WHY 1S H3 RUNN1NG 4CROSS TOWN TO M33T H3R? COULDNT H3 JUST W41T 4T H3R H1V3 OR SOM3TH1NG? 1 M34N COM3 ON H3 COULD H4V3 3V3N JUST C4LL3D H3R OR M3SS4G3D H3R. TH1S PURSU1T 1S PR3TTY STUP1D."
"BECAUSE ITS ROMANTIC," he answered, not taking his eyes off of the screen. He'd learnt already that trying to explain the ins and outs of romcoms to Terezi was a wasted effort. Last time he'd tried to explain why the death of Jack at the end of Titanic was necessary they'd gotten into a huge argument that resulted in him storming off. He refused to get himself into another screaming match over something stupid. He could feel her eyes boring into him, despite the fact that she obviously couldn't actually be staring at him.
"TH4TS NOT ROM4NT1C. TH4TS JUST DUMB," she commented plainly. Karkat clenched his fists in irritation.
"TEREZI CAN WE PLEASE JUST WATCH ONE FUCKING MOVIE WITHOUT YOU RUNNING YOUR IGNORANCE TUNNEL CONSTANTLY? I MEAN IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? FOR FUCKS SAKES DO YOU ONLY EXIST TO MAKE MY LIFE DIFFICULT?!"
Terezi frowned at him, climbing off of his lap and getting to her feet.
"W3LL 1 C4N T3LL WH3N 1M NOT W4NT3D. 1LL JUST L34V3 SO 1 STOP M4K1NG YOUR L1F3 SO 4WFUL," she sniffed dramatically, crossing her arms over her chest.
"NOT THIS AGAIN," Karkat muttered irritably, putting his face in his hands.
"1 WOND3R WH4T D4V3 1S DOING," she announced airily, heading towards the door, " 1 B3T TH4T H3'LL 4PPR3C14T3 MY PR3S3NC3 UNL1K3 MY STUP1D M4T3SPR1T."
"OH NO YOU DONT," he growled, grabbing her hand and tugging her back into his lap. Before she could protest, he pressed a slow, gentle kiss to her lips. He felt her smile against his lips, returning the kiss enthusiastically and blushed at the fluttery feeling it caused in his chest. He pulled away slowly.
"OKAY NOW WE'RE GONNA WATCH THE REST OF THIS MOVIE WITHOUT ANY MORE TALKING AND WITHOUT YOU MAKING JOKES OR GETTING UPSET. YOU ARE GOING TO SIT IN SILENCE AND JUST CUDDLE WITH ME, GOT IT?"
Terezi pouted childishly, but muttered a quiet "OK4Y," before cuddling up next to him. She interlaced her fingers with his and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek. He wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close.
"C4N W3 W4TCH CR1M1N4L M1NDS N3XT?" she asked enthusiastically, glancing up at her matesprit.
"FIN3," he mumbled, smiling.