Okay, so maybe he liked that dork a little bit, as it was the third night in a row that he was up thinking about him, and it was starting to get irritating. He had to do something about it. But what the hell was he going to do about it? He couldn't just walk back to that store and ask him on a date or anything..., could he? Was that something that people did? What if he wasn't even gay? What if he said no? What if he threw something at him!? Oh Gog, there were just way too many things that could go wrong! Curling up some more in his bed, Karkat held onto his pillow as if it was about to fly off as he watched one of his many rom-coms, hoping that maybe they would give him some sort of idea of how to go about this. It didn't seem to be working, though.

A week had passed now and he still couldn't figure out what to do, Karkat found himself wandering passed the little flower shop almost every day on the way to work, even if it was a little bit out of his way. Every time he passed he told himself that the boy had probably forgotten him by now; part of him wished that he could do the same.

Eventually, on one of his days off, Karkat wandered over as he usually did, telling himself that he was on the way to the coffee shop across the street, when he decided to actually go back into the flower shop again. The boy probably wasn't even working anyway, he told himself; he was just going in to get some flowers to stick in his room or some shit. No problem. Nothing out of the ordinary about that. As he walked in, Karkat forced himself to keep his eyes on the flowers, looking for some that stood out; that was... until he heard a hauntingly familiar voice.

"Hey! I remember you! You're the really grumpy guy who demanded violets!" Karkat whipped his head around at those words, staring up at John with wide eyes for a moment, scowl meeting a goofy grin, before Karkat turned, grunting slightly... Though inside there was a huge burst of emotions. He had remembered him! How had he remembered? There had to have been at least-

"Oh, hey..., sorry. I didn't mean anything bad...; sometimes I don't think before I speak, it's just nice to see a customer, especially a familiar one! We haven't had any for a while," John puffed, looking over the shop for a moment before back to Karkat, who had his hopes crushed a little... So that was why he remembered, just because he had been the only one in here for forever... He managed not to show his disappointment though.

"Uh..., so anyway! Hi! I'm John!" The bucktoothed teen grinned, sticking out a hand which Karkat slowly took, giving a small shake before taking his back and shoving it into his pocket, glaring up at John for a good moment before speaking up.

"My name is Karkat," he stated simply, it was really all he could manage before he stomped off, supposedly to go look for whatever he had come in for, leaving John wondering if he had said something wrong, and frowning a little as he made his way back to the cash register, perching himself on the stool there and leaning his head against his hand as he watched Karkat wander about the store. The way he stomped around was kind of adorable; John couldn't rip his eyes away for some reason..., the other man was just... alluring, somehow... in a totally heterosexual way, of course.

Karkat, forcing himself to sift through the flowers, did feel the eyes on him a little, but he didn't dare look over...; eventually just settling on getting a small sunflower, he took it over to the counter. He carefully put the pot down and reached into his pocket for the cash to pay for it, only to accidentally drop the movie tickets that Sollux had given him for tonight, to repay him for the flowers. Not noticing though, he handed the cash over to John, and turned to leave when the employee noticed the dropped tickets.

"Hey Karkat, you dropped these- holy shit, are these for the new Nic Cage movie!? Those are all sold out! Luuuuucky!" John seemed just in complete awe of the movie tickets, and Karkat couldn't help a small smile that crept up onto his face as he smoothly walked over and took his tickets back... So, this John boy liked movies? That really only made him want to get all the more closer to him. Karkat got an idea; glancing at the tickets slightly, he shifted a little nervously before sending a hard stare back towards John.

"I have an extra ticket, I suppose I could bear dragging your dorky ass along with me." Karkat grunted, managing to pull off sounding a little pissed off about it, but of course that just flew over John's head anyway, who's smile grew tenfold. It was getting to the point where Karkat was starting to think that it was going to consume his whole fucking face. Next thing he knew it would be just all smile and two giant ass buckteeth staring at him instead of those adorable oceanic eyes... Oh shit, how did those thoughts get there? Just as a small blush was rising on his cheeks, he tuned to John giving a rather nerdy cheer and nodding.

"Fuck yes! I can't wait!" He practically squealed, and the smaller teen could have sworn that the boy's voice went up an octave or two, but he didn't comment, just stating the time and that they could meet a little before to make sure that they got good seats. Heading back home to get ready, Karkat was grinning pretty wide to himself... So, maybe it wasn't technically a date, but it was one step closer, and now maybe he could get some fucking sleep or something! Hopefully not during the movie, though.

Getting home in half the time it usually took him, Karkat began the search for something to wear, feeling a little bit like a teenage girl..., which he soon got angry at himself for even thinking of making that comparison, and instead settled on a simple sweater and jeans like he usually wore. Having stuck his flower on the dining room table, Karkat tidied up just a bit, as he had told John to meet him here a bit before the movie, before sitting himself down and trying to stop his nerves, and cover up his excitement a little bit before the other teen arrived.

As he waited, he fiddled with the tickets a little bit, glad that Sollux had managed to grab two, though he had no idea why he would of..., other than the fact of his weird obsession with the number two. That was probably it. Either way, he couldn't keep his thoughts focused on much of anything other than the fact that he was going to be seeing a movie, with the boy he had been losing sleep from for almost two weeks, and that just a few hours ago didn't even know the name of.

That all sounded a little odd..., but holy shit he was going out with John.

... More or less.


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-Zoe