"Shit!" Dave screeched and moved away quickly scrambling to find his shades. Karkat looked at Dave in utter shock. He was now more awake and had time to register what had just happened. Karkat moved back so that Dave could search the bed, but froze feeling something cold on his foot. Karkat looked down to see the gleaming black shades peeking out from the white and card printed comforter. The small troll quickly grabbed the shades, thinking that he would hand them back. Dave looked over at Karkat and his red eyes widened more. "Give me those!" The tall human yelled and jumped at Karkat.
"Fuck!" Karkat yelped attempting to reel back so he did not get pounced on. Only his leg got caught in the long shirt and he tripped up, almost falling off the bed. Dave grabbed him, trying to retrieve the shades and to keep the smaller from falling. Dave ended up gabbing Karkat's wrist and pulling him back onto the bed, sitting on Karkat's legs so he could grab the shades without Karkat pulling away. Karkat glared at him, unable to get back up. "Get off of me asshole!" The small cancer growled, finding his position awkward. The taller looked down at him with a sharp glare to his gleaming red eyes. The look made Karkat flinch.
"Hell no! You fucking took my shades asshole!" Dave growled back, still glaring at the small troll. Karkat glared back trying to push Dave off of him. The taller rolled his eyes, not even budging a little. "really?" he questioned sarcastically raising an eyebrow.
"Fuck you, I found them on the bed! I didn't take them." Karkat shot back and glared back more. "I don't even see why you are so angry, there just shades" Karkat committed and Dave looked at him a bit surprised. He suddenly noticed that Karkat didn't seem freaked out in the least about his eyes. Then again, Dave wasn't sure if Karkat knew humans didn't normally have red eyes. Dave sighed and slipped his shades back on.
"You better not tell anyone you fucking saw my eyes or the color of them" Dave said and was fixing to get off of the small troll, when the door swung open.
"Are you two up y-"Bro's voice cut off and he stood there, his face a bit in an awkward sort of shock. "Am I interrupting something?" Bro asked and Karkat's eyes widened in what he was implying. He could feel heat rise to his face. Shit not here! Karkat thought and moved his head to bury his face into the bed. Dave could also feel heat rise to his face and he quickly got off of Karkat throwing a pillow at the tallest.
"Bro!" Dave yelled and his brother shut the door before the pillow could hit him. Karkat felt like his face was on fire, shit this was embracing. Wait why was he embarrassed? He knew that they weren't doing anything, they didn't even kiss. Karkat's imagination decided it wanted to mess with him, Karkat began to think of them kissing and more heat rose to his face. Karkat kept his face buried and out of sight of Dave.
"What the hell are you doing?" Dave questioned looking down at Karkat. The small cancer froze and said nothing. Dave blinked, was he ok? Fuck is he crying?! Dave panicked a bit; did he make Karkat cry somehow?! Karkat tried to make the blush go away, but it refused to diminish. "Karkat?" Dave said, sounding a bit worried. Karkat didn't reply, he was too focused on making the blush go away. Dave suddenly grabbed the trolls shoulder, and the small troll instantly growls and pulled away grabbing a pillow to bury his face into.
"Don't fucking touch me." Karkat growled, he knew it sounded harsh but no one was allowed to see his blush. He knew Dave wouldn't understand, but he couldn't risk his secrete getting out. Dave was completely taken back by this. The tone of Karkat's voice was viscous and somehow pained. Dave decided to ignore his warning because he knew something was wrong. Dave grabbed Karkat and turned him around, finding that Karkat's face was completely hidden by the white pillow.
"Kitkat, put down the pillow." Dave said and Karkat shook his head holding the pillow tighter. Dave grabbed the pillow and Karkat hugged it as tight as he could. "Karkat. Let go" Dave said once more, he wanted to know what was wrong. Karkat was hiding something and Dave knew it rather that was tears or something else he didn't know. Dave finally just yanked it out of Karkat grasp. Karkat's eyes widened his face still a bright candy red. Dave froze, was he blushing? Damn it, this is cute as hell. Dave thought as he looked at the smaller troll.
"Damn it! Strider give it back!" Karkat growled, his face still a bright red. Dave threw the pillow off the bed and then turned back to Karkat. The smaller troll looked away quickly, his face still on fire, but depleting.
"What is the big deal?" Dave asked and he moved closer. He moved his face so that Karkat was facing him. Karkat sighed and shook his head. "Well tell me, why are you hiding your face?" Dave pushed further and Karkat shifted a bit. He looked back, meeting Dave's eyes with his own defeated ones. This surprised Dave even more, normally Karkat would send him death glares, but his eyes were soft and sad.
"Look, troll blood is not supposed to be this fucking color." Karkat explained with a sigh. "I was hatched with a mutation that made my blood candy red…. Normally trolls hatched with this blood color are culled on sight." Karkat explained and then his eyes went a bit sharp. "So you better not fucking tell anyone." Karkat said quickly, his face now back to normal. Dave nodded, he was in complete shock. He knew troll society was messed up, but this was extreme. This acutely explained a lot, especially why Karkat was always so angry and graded.
"I promise I won't fucking tell anyone, but why were you blushing anyway?" Dave asked out of curiosity, sure he blushed a bit too when Bro implied something between them, but Karkat's blush was intense. Karkat sighed, he didn't want to tell the taller that he imagined them kissing, that would most likely make things awkward. The thing that got Karkat is that he didn't like strider in a kismesis way… it was more matesprit than anything. That really threw him off.
"Just, it was embarrassing as hell" Karkat lied, he tried to sound normal but he was a slight hesitation in his voice. Dave could already tell that he had lied. Yet Dave laughed a bit suddenly realizing something. Karkat looked back at him in confusion. "What's so funny?"
"Well that you and me aren't that different. I mean you have your blood thing that you hide and for me it is my eyes that I hide." Dave explained and Karkat looked a bit surprised, then suddenly Dave saw something he never thought he would ever see. Karkat smiled, though it was slight and short lived. He still saw it. "Whoa was that a smile kitkat?"Dave questioned as he scooted closer. Karkat shook his head quickly.
"Fuck no. I don't smile." Karkat said back and Dave smirked getting an idea to try and make Karkat smile. The smaller saw the smirk and he eyed him spaciously. "What's with that look?" Karkat asked and the taller inched closer. "Dave?" Karkat questioned again and suddenly Dave jumped on Karkat attacking his sides. Troll had to be ticklish too. Karkat busted out into a historical fit of laughter. The smaller squirmed and giggled, he looked rather happy. "hahahaha damn you hahaha" Karkat managed to get out.
"So you never smile hu?" Dave said laughing, after a while he stopped so Karkat could breath. Karkat panted slightly and gave a small, but ineffective, glare. Dave sat there for a moment seeing that Karkat had relaxed and his breathing was evening out. He wondered, for a split second, what would happen if he kissed the cancer. "fuck it" Dave mumbled and leaned in kissing Karkat on the lips quickly. Karkat's face flushed brightly and his eyes widened. Yet as soon as it had started it ended. Dave looked at Karkat awaiting a punch.
Karkat said nothing, his expression bore shock. Dave sighed he knew that was stupid, but he did it anyway. He cursed at himself mentally, when suddenly Karkat kissed him on the lips quickly. It was just a peck, but it made Dave grin widely. Then a small ding came from his pocket.
"oh! Here." Dave said suddenly remembering Karkat's communicator in his pocket. He grabbed it and handed it back to Karkat. "The clown ass was trying to talk to you." The smaller looked down at it.
"Thanks." Karkat said and opened up the messages. "What the hell?!" Karkat screeched when he saw the picture the taller had sent Gamzee. "Why the hell did you take this!?" Karkat yelled looking up at Dave.
"Hey he called me a liar, besides you look fucking adorable." Dave replied with a shrug.