Dave tilts his head to the side thoughtfully. "Yeah, I mean. You seem like you have some really intense stuff inside of you. That you don't really wanna talk about most of the time. Like me. So...you and me? We get each other, yknow?" Dave gestures between them. "And that's what's really cool."
He nods in agreement. "Cool. It's... better than the usual bickering that we have, I must admit. Far better." He gives a small half laugh. "I can't really believe this! Of all the people on this meteor, of all the people that are still alive in this universe. I end up trusting Dave Fucking Strider!" He laughs shortly again and gives Dave a small smile.
Dave laughs too, a longer deeper laugh that comes from way inside. He's actually really enjoying himself. He doesn't feel lonely right now. "Yeah I mean you're the last person I thought I'd get alone with." Dave bites his tongue. "Along with. Along with, that's what I meant to say.
He turns his head at Dave, face heating up again. "Both. Both are true." He gives a small smile, trying to make sure Dave doesn't get too uncomfortable with anything. He leans back on his arms, still staring at Dave, conflicted.
"It's crazy nobody found out your blood color as soon as they saw you. If you turn red like you are now..." Dave takes off his glasses.
"Uh..." Karkat's jaw is hanging slightly open. God, are Dave's eyes always so hypnotizing? He tilted his head a bit and closed his mouth to stop himself from looking silly. "No, I don't, blush in front of the others at all."
"So that's what you're doing right now," Dave can feel a warmth in his chest and his breathing is coming shorter.
"I did say in front of the others..." He gives a small scoff/laughing noise after but continues to smile.
"Why're you blushing? Nervous?" he asks with a hint of bravado. His ruby eyes glint in the low light of the respiteblock.
"Slightly..." He admits, shifting slightly and tilts his head to the other side, still looking at Dave's eyes. "Your eyes... that's why..." Karkat gives a small 'hmph'.
Dave grins with all his teeth. "I always thought my eyes were nasty looking. But you like them that much, huh?"
"Um... They look nice right now... I never did really get to see them that often anyways. So the dark light doesn't hurt?" He gestures about the darker room.
He laughs again. "Dark light? Is your brain short circuiting from looking at me?"
"No, ah... darker, light?" Karkat rubs a hand at his neck. "Less intense light? Duller light?"
"Yeah. My eyes don't hurt at all the way it is in here. I can see a little better too." Dave leans forward. "All the better to see you with."
Karkat blinks in surprise and feels his cheeks heat up again. "Couldn't you see me properly before now?" he questions, still nervous as hell.
Dave smirks. Of course Karkat wouldn't get that joke. He guesses they don't have a Troll Red Riding Hood story. "In harsh light with shades on? Hell no, like that I'm about as blind as Harley or Egbert without their lenses." Dave bites his lip. "Are you the only troll with freckles?"
He flashes his hands up to his face and falls onto his back in embarrassment. "Ugh... no. I am the only troll I know that has these ugly spots!" He closes his eyes.
"No way haha, that's really..." Dave has to stop himself from using a word like cute or an even ungodlier word like kawaii (for irony's sake) because he knows Karkat would flay him if he uttered either one. "I have them too. Because I live in Texas where it's massively hope-fuckingly hot all the time. So I got them," he says kind of breathlessly, excitedly. He's discovered another thing he and Karkat have in common. That's...really sweet. He digs this.
Karkat pulls his hands back and looks at Dave's face, spotting the freckles for the first time. "Huh..." He lifts himself back up to look closer. "Ok, do humans usually have freckles? As like a genetic or biological type of thing?" He leans even closer, about a foot away from Dave right now.
"It's sometimes hereditary, sometimes biological, and sometimes you can just get them from being in the sun too much," Dave says slowly, eyes running over the planes of Karkat's face. "...Why do trolls get them...?"
He shrugs and plops his hands down in his lap. "I... don't think that other trolls get them? Maybe it's just me? I'm not sure. Troll skin is usually tough and don't have many blemishes. Freckles are probably just another mutation caused by my blood I bet."
Dave smirks and inches himself closer, "You're a special snowflake, Karkat Vantas."
"Ah um..." Karkat blinks and flushes a bit deeper, clearly flattered at the compliment. "You... think?"
As much of a joke and internet reference as that was, Dave Strider totally fucking meant it. "Yeah," Dave breathed, close enough that their nose were almost touching.
Karkat felt his breathing speeding up, getting heavier and he leans forward just the slightest, just touching his nose to Dave's cautiously.
There was a loaded silence before Dave broke it, gently uttering a single stupid question, "So are we gonna mack now or...?"
He pressed forward, quickly kissing Dave before he can regret it.