It's been about a month since the fiasco at Rose's wriggling day celebration. It was only two weeks after it that she began to message Karkat to try and be communicative towards him after their "talk," if it could be called that. To Karkat, he found it a bit strange that she'd already be as past Kanaya as she is. That day, when Karkat came back to his domicile, he could hear Kanaya talking with Vriska over the phone. Admittedly, it made him a bit sick. Sure. He himself is usually one to spout curse words here and there and telling others to fuck off, but even he couldn't have been so callous. He didn't even ask why she did it in that manner when he had the chance. It wouldn't have mattered.
Karkat lied in bed just staring up at the ceiling out of boredom when he heard his mobile device buzz and ding. As he picked it up and unlocked it, he saw that it's a text message from Rose. It was a little odd that it wasn't over pesterchum/trollian, but whatever. A message is a message.
It said, "Karkat, would you like to come to the movie theater with my sister and I?"
He passed it through his mind a bit as he thought of the proposition. He wasn't really doing anything at the moment, nor did he really have anything in mind for later. But did he really want to go out for this outing?
He types back, "What movie are you thinking about seeing?"
A minute later, she replies, "Guardians of the Galaxy"
Karkat couldn't help but crack a small grin as he typed back, "Really trying to make me homesick? Fine. I'll meet you there. What time?"
Another minute passes before he hears a knock at his door. Opening it, he sees Roxy standing outside. "Hiya Karkat~ You ready to go?"
Karkat stood there dumbfounded, but just shook his head knowing that he really should have seen it coming from Roxy. He didn't say anything as he grabbed his wallet and followed her downstairs to her car. Rose was sitting in the passenger seat of the car and gave him a small wave when he came into sight. As he hopped in the back, she says, "Thank you for coming along with us, Karkat." Karkat mumbles something, but Rose takes it as something nice rather than his usual grumpy profanity.
When they get to the movie theater and buy their tickets and concessions, they go into the theater and find some seats. There aren't too many people in the place so they take some seats in the front so they can use the bars as footrests. Soon after, the lights begin to dim as the pre-movie trailers and commercials start to play.
Roughly an hour and a half later, the movie ends, and Karkat realizes something was touching his hand. He looks down and sees Rose's hand still there from when the final showdown happened. She seemed to be calm now as she watched the credits scroll up the screen. He moves it a bit to try and get her attention and when she notices, she draws it back quickly and blushes a bit. "Sorry..." She says sheepishly. After the credits finish and show the secret bit, the three of them get up, throw away their trash, and get back in Roxy's car. As Karkat gets in the back, he notices Rose climbing into the back with him. He didn't say anything. But on the way back to his apartment, she gets very sleepy and starts to slide over to Karkat and rests her head on his broad shoulder.
After the credits finish and show the secret bit, the three of them get up, throw away their trash, and get back in Roxy's car. As Karkat gets in the back, he notices Rose climbing into the back with him. He didn't say anything. But on the way back to his apartment, she gets very sleepy and starts to slide over to Karkat and rests her head on his broad shoulder. He felt awkward with her there, especially when the thought finally came to him; she was probably falling in love with him. Realistically, he should have seen it sooner with all the romcoms he watched when he was alone. Karkat decides to just let her rest on him until he gets back home. Roxy looks back discreetly through the rear-view mirror and smiles softly.
When they reach Karkat's place, he slowly unbuckles his belt and tries to moves Rose off of him and back over to her side of the seat. She wakes up a bit and in a dreamy state says, "I'll text you later, Karkat. Nigh' nigh'."
Karkat blushed as he walked upstairs and entered his home. Kanaya was sitting in the living room, knitting a scarf from the looks of it, and looks up when she hears him come in.
"Oh, Karkat. Where did you go?" she asks, taking a break from her needlework.
"Went to the movies," Karkat says in a somewhat grumpy voice, trying to hide who he was with. He strode past her to his room and shut his door as he plopped back down on his bed and fell asleep. Thoughts of Rose came into his dreams during the night. When he woke up, he felt a little strange. Was he forming a flush crush with Rose?