You are Karkat again and you're just chilling in your apartment. You realize that it's snowing and raining outside and the electricity just went off. You need candles that you don't have. You grunt, take a hoodie and go knock on the neighbour's door. There was some emergency lights in the hallway and it fucking freaks you out. You didn't expect to have to see Strider again but he's the one that answers. Your eyes widened a little and you think that maybe he's more surprised than you. You lean in a little, because he isn't moving at all.
"Strider..?" you call out.
He flinches and readjusts his shades, even if they weren't really badly positioned or anything. "Uh, yeah, sorry." he stutters. "I didn't really expect you to be here."
"Well I didn't fucking expect to see you answer the door either." you grin back, hands on your slightly titled hips.
He turns his head. Holy fuck was he blushing? You blush as well when he brings his hand up to hide the other half of his face that's not covered by his shades and his hair. Damn he looked hot. You turn away as well, hoping that he doesn't see how flustered you are.
"Well, um, I just needed something so... So I stopped by." you stutter.
He coughs nervously and leans on his door. It just makes you even more flustered. You spot a slight blush under his shades as well, but it doesn't really looks like he's trying to hide it.
"What do you need, KarKitty?" he grins.
You flinch and tell him what you need in one breath, staring at his shades, trying to find his eyes.
"Oh, okay then, come in." he gestures an inward move and walks in. You follow, and the door closes slowly behind you. Your heart begins to race. Aah, calm the fuck down, you stupid cardiac muscle!
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You are Dave and Karkat just fucking grinned at you. It made your heart skip a beat and you feel a blush rising to your face. You quickly turn around and bring your hand to try and hide your cheeks, even if half of it is already hidden by your shades and your bangs.
He turns away too and says he came by to borrow some candles. You cough and lean against the door and realize he's getting red too.
Holy fuck.
Your blush is getting more visible but you could care less right now. You lean closer to him and grin.
"What do you need, KarKitty?"
He quickly stutters the object he needs, sounding a little angry. Maybe he was, but he was still cute either ways.
"Oh, okay then, come in." you say, waving a hand inwards to your appartement. You walk in and hear his steps following you. You hear the door closing behind you guys and you realize
you're both alone in your appartement. You blush again as you walk in and light more candles along the way. They were there just for decoration, but you never guessed that you use them this way. You both hear a bang on a window and KarKitty jumps. He's holding onto your shirt. You turn around to him and grin.
"What, are we scared now, KarKitty?"
"N-no! Just startled!" he snaps at you.
You thank Jack Frost for 'startling' him and keep walking towards your kitchen. It's down a dark slender corridor and you feel Karkat's grip on your shirt tighten. You glance over your shoulder and you see him with his head lowered.
"I didn't know you disliked horror, KarKitty."
"Well, they're one of the things I hate the most after my fuckass parents."
"Fuckass parents huh." you chuckle. "Guess that's one thing we have in common."
"What?"
"Nothing." you say quickly, reaching to the cupboard in the kitchen. "Here, I don't have much though."
You hand him three big candles and two medium sized ones. He swipes them from your hand and was about to head back to the door, but another bang was heard and it made his shoulders arch and stop him in his tracks.
"Oh KarKitty, you can spend the night if you want you know." you smile at him.
He blushes brightly and starts stomping to the door. "N-no! Fuck off! And I was actually going to thank you!"
He storms out and you hear the door to his apartment beside yours slam loudly.
You chuckle, and cover your face with your hand. "Why the fuck are you so cute Karkat Vantas?"