For krakarat, everything I write turns into fluff, so this is just more of that haha.
There are many things that Karkat despises about humans. Their teeth are flatter than grubcakes, they don't have horns, and worst of all are the traditions they follow. Karkat will never understand why they insist on sleeping on slabs of cushion with not a drop of spoor slime in sight. So when Dave sits him and Terezi down to try something called "baking" he is expecting something similar to a wiggler being away from their lusus for the first time.
Apparently Rose alchemized a bunch of ingredients for making cake, and Dave thinks it'll be funny if he leaves the two puzzled trolls alone with only some badly written instructions to go by.
"It says here to break the eggs into the bowl." Karkat cradles one of said items in his hand, and he uses his free one to pick up a knife. "We hatched from eggs… this feels fucking weird."
Terezi cackles, reaching over with her long fingers to take the egg from Karkat. He moves away instinctively, raising his hand above his head so Terezi can't reach her objective.
"No way, you'll just get it all over…"
Terezi's typical grin stretches across her face, and Karkat finds himself smiling softly as well. Karkat is a few inches taller than Terezi, so he can easily hold the egg up out of her grasp. She wraps her fingers around his raised wrist and wiggles her eyebrows once mischievously.
Before Karkat can ask her what the hell she's thinking about, her tongue pokes out from between her lips and she brings it eagerly to Karkat's exposed arm. She drags her tongue slowly, relishing the shiver that runs down the taller teen's spine.
"Ew Terezi, fine you can have the fucking egg." Karkat lowers his hand, and Terezi picks the egg up out of his hand cautiously, bringing it up to her nose and inhaling deeply.
She plucks the knife wordlessly from Karkat's hand, sticking it into the top of the egg. Karkat winces as she draws it out slowly and brings it up to her lips to lick the tip. "Mmm delicious."
"What, it is?" Karkat leans towards her, peering at the yellow goo that has stuck to the knife. It doesn't look appetizing at all.
Terezi nods, "Yep, it reminds me of yummy lemon yellow, way better than Sollux's icky mustard color." Terezi tilts the egg over into the bowl Dave supplied them with, and the insides seem to crawl out in a way that reminds Karkat a little too much of hatching. It oozes, then plops into the bowl where it lies pathetically.
Karkat looks away from it, but Terezi goes to sniff it again, using the knife to poke it. "I wonder if this is what we're making will smell like, what are we making again?"
"Cake…" Karkat picks up the instructions, looking at the next thing on the list. "Next we have to mix in flour with the eggs."
"Wait don't we need to break in more eggs?"
"Terezi who's in charge here? Oh yeah that's right, it's me, and I think that one egg is plenty!" Karkat huffs, but both of them know he isn't really angry. He glances down at the sheet, and notices the number 3 scratched down next to the egg instructions.
As silently as he can, he reaches over to the remaining eggs. "Oh hey Terezi look it's a flying piece of red chalk!"
Even though she is blind, Terezi turns to look anyway, but only giggles as Karkat quickly cuts slits into the two eggs, emptying them into the bowl. She turns back once he's done, pretending to be confused, "Are you pulling my leg Karkles?"
Karkat grumbles a no, grabbing the bag near him labeled flour. Terezi passes him a measuring cup, and he pops open the bag, releasing a cloud of white flour into the air. "Ack what is this stuff?"
Terezi reaches into the bag, and when her hand comes back out it is layered in a thick coat of flour. Her skin looks completely white, and it almost reminds Karkat of human skin. He bursts out laughing when Terezi shoots him an inquisitive look, causing her even more confusion.
Karkat only continues to laugh, so Terezi decides to get a little revenge. She raises her flour coated hand, pressing it firmly to the cackling teen's cheek. She rubs it around a little, seeming satisfied when the white powder clings to her friend's face.
She removes her hand slowly, replacing it with her nose. "I almost can't smell your cherry red blood under all this."
"Well that's good." A light blush rises to Karkat's cheeks at the proximity of his supposed friend, and he feels her grin widen as she can probably smell it.
"I think I prefer the red," Terezi's voice is quiet now, and Karkat can tell she is being sincere. Then suddenly her seriousness is gone, and her tongue is on his cheek, getting a taste of flour mixed with grumpy troll skin.
This causes Karkat's slight blush to flare, and he gulps as he finds himself actually enjoying the moment.
Suddenly, someone clears their throat from across the room. Karkat has slid away from Terezi in less than a second, and when he turns his head he is face to face with one Dave Strider.
"Sorry for interrupting you love birds, but Lalonde sent me to check up on the cake."
Terezi turns her head slowly, and little white specks of flower are all over her face. As she cackles at the time traveling Strider, Karkat is reminded once again that he is undisputedly, hopelessly flushed for this girl, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
:3 I'm posting this from Japan guys (even though I wrote it a long time ago) This place is so cool, but I'm failing at communicating with the locals haha.