Hi, this is Nepeta/Equius red for MissShadowLover. That's one of my OTPs too! :) Fingers crossed...
Your name is EQUIUS ZAHHAK, and you are having a terrible day. You've turned out to have feelings for your moirail, your flushed crush is one of the lower blood types, and she's spent the entire day talking about a certain Karkat Vantas, What do you do?
You lie in a heap of towels and feel sorry for yourself, because of course that is the obvious thing to do. Clean ones. Of course. The alternative is just too vulgar to even consider.
"Hey Equius!" Nepeta says, and pounces in the towel pile. "Miss Leijon asks Mr. Zahhak if he's alright, because he looks really sad."
"I'm okay," you say. "I'm just feeling a little bloo…"
She looks concerned. "Fur sure?"
"Of course."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"Just leave me alone for now." You wave her off, and she pouts before scurrying off. Probably to talk to Vantas.
The thought of Vantas flirting and chatting with Nepeta makes you completely and utterly sick to your stomach. He's a lowblood, too! Why would she ever have feelings for somebody of that blood colour? And a mutant, too!
There is only one thing to do at at time like this, and that is to go and confront Vantas about this issue. He will surely back off if you order him.
You think.
You hope.
"Vantas?" you call out. He doesn't reply, so you go try to find him. Ah, of course, he's ordering everybody about as usual, just because he can. He has no right to do that. It makes you sick.
You grab him by the shoulders and swing him around to face you. "We need to talk."
His face is contorted in pain. Normally you would feel a little guilty about forgetting to be gentle with him, but not today.
"I said we need to talk, Vantas. Answer your betters when they speak to you."
Karkat manages a snort through his agony. "You're not better than me."
"I am ordering you as of now to cut off all contact with Nepeta, do you understand?"
"Are you flushed for her?" Vantas says, raising an eyebrow.
"No! I just think that… she… should be spending her time with the higher castes. It's for her own benefit."
"Hah. Yeah, right. Until you admit you're flushed for her, I'll keep talking to her! In fact, I might even ask her out! How'd that make you feel, hm?"
You punch him in the face and he goes straight through the wall and into the next room, where Nepeta is adding some touches to her shipping wall.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she yells, immediately rushing to help Vantas. You roll your eyes angrily and walk off.
Why is he so important to her? You know he's just going to break her heart and be nasty to her and be a vulgar little mutant and—
"Equius, come help me!" Nepeta cries. You wince. You want to succumb to her gorgeous voice and do whatever she says sometimes. But you can't right now. You cannot help Vantas.
"Admit it," Vantas laughs. "You're flushed for Nepeta!"
"You totally are," the other trolls agree, while Eridan goes to sulk in the corner.
You can feel your face turning a vicious shade of blue. "I…"
"Is it true, Equius?" Nepeta asks, her voice little more than a whisper. Karkat is raising his hand towards some of her body parts rather suggestively. He's stroking her arm now.
"FINE!" you yell. "I HAVE FLUSHED FEELINGS FOR NEPETA, SO STOP TOUCHING HER OR I WILL KILL YOU."
Nepeta just looks at you. And then she tiptoes over and kisses you gently on the mouth.
"Why didn't you tell me furlier?" she mewls.
You are slightly confused, yet still happy. You also wish you had a clean towel with you right now. "I thought you were flushed for Vantas?"
"No!" she laughs.
"But you were talking to him all the time!"
"Yeah, I was asking him for advice on how I could tell you I wanted you as my matesprit!"
You would feel bad about breaking Vantas's face, but you're just too happy right now.
"Welp, I'm off to go add this to the shipping wall!" she giggles. "Do you wanna help me?"
"Of course. But would you mind giving me a towel?"