Over time, rage draws blood in the mind. If that statement isn't self explanatory- read it again.

All the events prior lead up to this moment now- and now, Karkat found himself in a very uncomfortable situation. He hated himself for letting something like this happen. There was a number of people he could blame but when it came down to it the fault was entirely his.

Karkat Vantas who was the source of ruin in their Sburb session had nothing more than to sit in the main room of this stupid meteor with Terezi and Strider.

Flicking his eyes back and forth between the two, he could very well see what was going on.

Terezi was all over Dave. She had been since they first discovered the ignorant humans to begin with. It was significantly harder to read the cool kid, but Karkat could tell Dave definitely didn't mind the attention from her. It made him absolutely sick. Karkat knew he had told Dave before to fuck off of her- as if he'd actually listen. And he had just about given but with the whole thing, but now...now they were just rubbing it in his face.

Rose and Kanaya didn't help with his irritation. They were over at the table- books piled around them as they chatted. The two pitied each other so much, Karkat wouldn't be surprised if they were flushed. He watched as Kanaya giggled and listened intently to whatever Rose was saying.

Oh yeah. They were flushed. Everyone around here was.

Sitting cross armed in a fit of anger on the other side of the room, Karkat watched the too of them color together. They were having a drawing contest that Dave would ultimately win seeing as Pyrope was blind anyway.

Dave glanced up at him, gesturing for the troll to go over there. "Yo Karkat, wanna come over here and hang with us?"

Karkat grunted and made a face back at Dave, "No, I don't want to participate in any of the bone-headed activities the two of you could possibly come up with." he growled back.

Dave only shrugged and went back to nudging Terezi affectionately, which didn't help Karkat's anger.

Look at them. Look at that shit. Why couldn't that be him. Why is it that they get to be together being perfectly fucking pitiful while he sit's here wallowing in self loathe? Why?

He glanced over at Rose and Kanaya again. And then those two- they were just the same. Everyone around here had someone. Everyone except him.

"HEHEHE, D4V3 S70P SN1FF1NG M3 L1K3 7H47~!"

Oh my fuck, that was it.

Karkat stood up in a fit, growling so loud that everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to him. He could barely think straight as he stood up in a swift motion.

"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP YOU FUCKERS." he stalked over to Dave specifically and looked down at his dumb shades in fury, "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF ALL OF YOU WANT TO BE PITIFUL TOGETHER" he snarled, "ALL I CARE ABOUT IS YOU..." he bent over and bared his teeth at Dave, "...MAKING SURE SHE'S HAPPY, RESPECT HER DAMN IT!" his voice cracked a bit as he nearly lost his composure. Wait- what composure? That was lost awhile ago.

He knew they were all looking at him with wide eyed expressions, even Rose and Kanaya who were out of his sight.

Dave's mouth was gaped open, but Karkat couldn't see the expression in his eyes and it pissed him off. Before anyone could respond Karkat continued, "YOU CAN ALL SPEND THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON THIS HELL HOLE BEING HAPPY AND FLUSHED FOR ALL I FUCKING CARE BUT YOU COULD AT THE VERY LEAST HAVE THE DECENCY TO KEEP IT THE FUCK TO YOURSELVES SOMETIMES."

After he finally stopped ranting at them the room fell silent. No one barely moved and the slightest sounds were heard collectively. Karkat took a few sharp breaths and eased up a bit. He noticed that Terezi was looking at him with..was that..irritation?! She narrowed her blind eyes and scowled, clenching her fist. Karkat breathed heavily as he stared at Dave's surprised figure, his eyes would scan from him to Terezi who appeared to be getting angrier fast. Finally Dave eased up and opened his mouth to respond but was quickly stopped by Terezi.

She shook her head at Dave and whipped her head over at Karkat with vexation in her tone, "K4RK47 N0 0N3 G1V3S 4 FUCK 4B0U7 Y0UR M1SR1BL3 L1F3."

Those words stabbed him like daggers. Rusty iron daggers with jagged edges that dripped with poison, right to the heart. The kind of daggers that cause such pain but were still just enough to keep you alive for you to suffer through it without end.

Yeah. That sounds about right.

He heard the distant gasps of Kanaya and Rose between the rushing blood to his head and tears to his eyes. They would probably have tried to intervene the next series of verbal jabs had Dave not gotten up and stood in between Karkat and Terezi. Facing Karkat, Dave put his hands on the trolls shoulders.

Without the ability to react Karkat allowed him to look down on his pathetic stature and everyone fell still again. Not because no one could say anything but because no one knew what to say. As if anything one of them would think of could actually help- because it wouldn't.

Karkat looked down, he wanted to start shaking, he wanted to cry. He couldn't though, not now. Not in front of Terezi, and certainly not in front of Dave.

Dave's hand clenched Karkat's shoulders and he couldn't quite figure out why. Dave had never shown any sort of care for anything- ever. There was no way the prick actually had any form of pity for him so why did he feel the need to stop everyone dead in their tracks. Perhaps he just wanted to prevent a conflict but he was only twisting Karkat's emotions more.

He had never been so close to Dave's body before. He could almost feel the humans strong warmth, something trolls didn't usually possess.

After what seemed like ages of stillness Dave removed one hand from Karkat's shoulder. As Karkat lifted his head slightly he saw Dave move to the side just enough to nudge him in the direction of the door. Karkat understood; even Dave wanted him out of here. He gritted his teeth as anger swirled back into his body, "I get it." he croaked darkly.

"Just get off me already, puppetfucker!" he brought back his hand to slap Dave hand off but instead he hit Dave's cape. The sound of ripping fabric followed the trolls sharp fingernails and four large tears were made in the dark red cloth.

Dave took a few steps back and Karkat could tell his expression darkened heavily, "Oh hell no." his voice had turned lower and twenty times scarier.

Karkat moved away quickly, backing up with his eyes caught on what he had done.

"Of fuck..Dave I'm sorry I didn't-"

"K4RK4T S33 WH47 Y0U D0?" he heard Terezi jab at him, but didn't bother to look over at her.

Rose and Kanaya had gotten up after that. While Rose made her way up to Dave, Kanaya stood near Karkat.

"Terezi That's More Than Enough- If We Are Going To Last Three Years With Each Other We Best Make It Enjoyable Collectively."

"0H BU7 1 D1DN'7 D0 4NYTH1NG Y0U S33 7T W4SN'7 M3. N0N3 0F 1T W4S."

Karkat's eyes widened. Was Terezi just angry that he had interrupted her moment with Dave? No. He knew what Terezi was talking about. She blamed him for what happened to them. But she couldn't possibly blame him for all of it, could she? She probably did. After all it was entirely his fault.

If that wasn't enough Dave probably hated him now. Oh yeah, Dave definitely hated him.

With a flicker of his eyes he caught Rose holding back an extremely pissed off Dave, and then back to Kanaya who was politely asking Terezi to shut the fuck up.

Karkat shook away his mixture of emotions and turned to run out of the room. No one called his name to stop. Why would they? He didn't stop running until he was right outside his room. Bursting through the door he slammed it shakily and fell to the ground in a heap of tears.

Great. Just fucking great. Now Karkat had three whole years to wallow in exactly how much he hated himself.

Oh yeah- over time, rage draws blood in the mind. That much was true.