It had been a week since you last talked to Karkat or since you've seen him. You remember that moment so clearly, your heart still flutters. Your face went red every time you thought of him and you couldn't help but smile. You didn't know exactly what to think of him yet but you knew it was positive.

You have been avoiding Nepeta as well, you wanted to know exactly how you felt before speaking to her. She won't stop messaging you and you are worried if you don't answer sometimes that she will leave. She is so beautiful and you feel she deserves so much more and you have told her this but she told you that she couldn't ask for a better friend. You always felt better when she told you these things. And now thinking about it, you were being and feeling like a bad friend.

Horruss would come in and check up on you every once and awhile, you liked having him as your brother, even if he was inappropriate at times. He had his boyfriend over yesterday, he was nice. Although after he left, Horuss was grounded. You dad didn't take well to homosexual pairs, you didn't understand why; there was nothing wrong with intercourse with a male. You sighed after everything went down and decided that it would be better to keep your feelings about males a secret. At least you still liked girls unlike Horrus.

You have been home thinking, maybe for way too long but maybe just enough, you really couldn't tell. You haven't stopped thinking about Karkat, you were happy though. You had another friend… yes, he was your friend, nothing more. Friends make you smile and laugh and they give you compliments and make you feel better about yourself, he was your friend. You felt better knowing this, you knew now that you didn't have to avoid Nepeta now. You could message Vantas too, Everything was going well. You smiled to yourself before pestering Nepeta.

CT: D - Nepeta.
AC: :33 oh. equius.
CT: D - I realized that I have made friends with your crush, Karkat.
AC: :33 why? he is a jerk.
CT: D - What?
AC: :33 i told him how i felt and…
CT: D - And?
AC: :33 he said that he doesn't feel the same.
CT: D → Oh.

You should be upset, right? You should be angry that he didn't take the opportunity to date such a lovely girl. You should be upset with him because he gave up a once in a lifetime change with a ball of lovely cat energy that will make you feel better on your bad days and make the good ones rememberable. And most definitely you should feel sad because Nepeta is heart broken. Your small delicate flower has now lost some of its beautiful petals, it's been stepped on, smashed, ruined. You should have felt horrible.

But instead for some reason you had a small smile on your face and let out a small giggle before you looked at her next message.You didn't know why but you were happy Karkat didn't like her.

AC: :33 why haven't you been talking to me?
CT: D - A lot has been going on with Horuss
AC: :33 so much that you couldn't just say hi? it feels like you've been avoiding me.
CT: D - Well…
AC: :33 no what? i'm tired i don't wanna hear it.

You sighed, deciding that tomorrow would be when you two would hang out and talk and cry about everything that happened, that was if you could get this smile off your face. It was strange, you told her to get over him and now she really had to; you guess this was just because you knew you were right. You weren't going to tell her that but still. You were just happy she was over the small boy or at least getting there.

You could understand how it would be hard to get over Karkat, he was attractive and sweet (at times) and you didn't really know. It was just something about him. His hair suited him and he had lovely eyes and he was there for you when you needed him. He didn't seem to make things awkward or even made you feel uncomfortable, he was nice to you. He made you feel like you mattered. You felt better with him you didn't know why. it was just, better there. And it wasn't like you weren't attracted to him in more ways than one. You had thought about doing a few inappropriate things to him, but mostly you thought about kiss him; you were curious about what he tasted like. You also liked the way his name rolled off your tongue, Karkat. It sounded right when you said it, like it was meant for you to say.

...What were you thinking? You didn't like this boy. Your best friend did, he just broke her heart. Yes, she might be upset but at least it was the truth; he was honest with her. So it's okay.

But this isn't okay, why are you defending him? It's not okay that he broke her little heart, she has loved him for a long time and he should at least give her a chance. He should at least give you a chance. You mean, Nepeta. he should give Nepeta a chance. He doesn't need to give you a chance you didn't like him. You should tell him to give her a chance. You decided to message him.

CT: D- Karkat.
CG: HEY ASSHOLE
CG: WAIT
CT: D- What?
CG: YOU CALLED ME BY MY FIRST NAME
CT: D- Is that a problem?
CG: WELL NO, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU THOUGHT OF ME AS YOUR FRIEND
CT: D- Oh.
CG: WHAT'S UP, EQUIUS?

You could feel your face heat up, you didn't think he would notice, and he corrected himself too. He didn't call you the "A" word. He was sweet. Wait, stop. You were here for a reason. He needed to give Nepeta a chance.

CT: D - Give Nepeta a chance.
CG: WHAT?
CT: D - Give her a chance. You haven't even gone on a date with her yet.
CG: I'LL GO ON A DATE WITH HER IF IT'S A DOUBLE DATE.
CT: D - With who?
CG: YOU AND GAMZEE.
CT: D - The druggie?
CG: YEAH.
CT: D - Fine.
CG: TOMORROW AT FIVE, GAMZEE WILL PICK THE BOTH OF YOU UP AT SIX. PLEASE BE AT THE SAME SPOT.
CT: D - We will be at my house.
CG: I'LL TALK TO HER THEN.
CT: D - Don't tell her I told you to do this.
CG: I WON'T.
CT: D - Thank you.
CT: D - I'll see you tomorrow.