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Disclaimer: any and all usernames listed in this chapter are not associated with any existing usernames in any field, and any similarities are purely coincidence
Since your last (and only) talk with Karkat about moiraillegiance, you've decided to get any and all advice from strangers on the internet. Because you're smart like that. You found a quadrant support and advice group, and the other members seem to be alright. Which reminds you, you haven't checked in on anyone today.
Your name is Dave Strider, and you have problems balancing your quadrants. Hi, Dave.
StridersGottaStride has joined Quadrant Support
StridersGottaStride yo
StridersGottaStride anyone on today
Guru hello Striders.
StridersGottaStride told you guru its just strider
StridersGottaStride anyway sup
Guru how are you doing?
StridersGottaStride oh you know same ol same ol just rocking the teen angst
StridersGottaStride at age 21
Guru now you know age has nothing to do with it, your feelings are legitimate no matter how old or young you may be.
StridersGottaStride yeah i guess
Guru and what, may i ask, is the cause for your emotional distress?
StridersGottaStride the usual
Guru express your feelings Strider.
StridersGottaStride ugh right
StridersGottaStride i dont know how to handle this moirail thing with john
StridersGottaStride I mean its no secret im a human and even if quadrants are the norm i just dont really get them
StridersGottaStride and i dont know how to go about
StridersGottaStride like
StridersGottaStride /telling him/
Guru does John have a grasp on quadrants?
StridersGottaStride i mean yeah he has a matesprit
Guru i see.
Guru then the issue is not that he wouldn't understand, but rather whether he would reciprocate?
StridersGottaStride i guess yeah
Guru well, i'd suggest that, while frightening, you confess your feelings.
Guru keeping them to yourself for a long period of time will just become more painful.
legendary69 Guru is right, Strider!
legendary69 Confeeeeessssss~!
StridersGottaStride oh hey legend
StridersGottaStride and its easier said than done
StridersGottaStride what if i fuck it up
legendary69 The only way to fuck it up is to not do it!
Guru in that sentiment, i suppose i would have to agree with legend.
legendary69 Yay!
Guru of course, it can also be considered a "fuck up" if you somehow use violence to get your answer.
Guru but other than that, i do not believe there is any way to wrongfully confess your feelings. whether John responds in kind or not has little to do with how you go about it.
ConcupiscentConsultant don forget to put a ring on it man ;)
StridersGottaStride hahaha fuck off consultant
legendary69 They're right though!
legendary69 Moirails are the most common marriages! Especially since you can still only marry one person!
StridersGottaStride which is cool
StridersGottaStride but it doesnt help
StridersGottaStride like i said hes got a matesprit
StridersGottaStride and hes hella old fashioned
StridersGottaStride if he was gonna marry itd be the matesprit
Your hands clench in your lap. While legend was right that most marriages were for moirails, John would want to marry the person he actually loves, in the human sense. It makes your chest hurt.
Guru i believe marriage may be a bit off topic, since we are simply regarding how to go about procuring the quadrant in the first place.
ConcupiscentConsultant ruinin all my fun man
Guru and yet i do not care.
legendary69 BURN! X3
StridersGottaStride need some ice for that consultant
Guru may we focus on the matter at hand?
StridersGottaStride I guess I can just
StridersGottaStride tell him
StridersGottaStride whats the worst that can happen
ConcupiscentConsultant meteors desecrate the earth
Your breath stops for a minute. How…
ConcupiscentConsultant alligators tear ya up
ConcupiscentConsultant nasa blows up ya house
ConcupiscentConsultant the kid turns outta be a high blood who hates humans
Oh. He's spit-balling. Okay…
StridersGottaStride just gonna lock these away for symptoms of homicidal schizophrenia
Guru i think you've both made your point. Strider, does this help?
StridersGottaStride yeah actually thanks
StridersGottaStride gonna go get shit done
StridersGottaStride see ya
Guru salutations.
legendary69 Bye Strider!
ConcupiscentConsultant later man
StridersGottaStride has quit Quadrant Support
You lean back in your chair, kicking away from your desk and only getting a few inches away on the carpet. You waste a minute and thirty seconds (you checked) staring at the ceiling before you launch yourself up and across the room. Maybe you can find something to much on while you wait for John or Karkat to get home.
You haven't had a day off by yourself in ages, and it is so. Fucking. Boring. You're starting to see why John wanted a job so bad, this shit just gets old, and you've only been off two days. You grab a bag of chips out of the cupboard and plop your ass down on the couch in front of the TV. You spend about half an hour mindlessly flipping through channels before you hear a car pull up the driveway. You lean over to reach the blinds and pull them aside, peaking at the driveway to see John's car. Good, you can just get this out of the way before Karkat gets here and potentially starts another fight. Cough, cough, collar tug.
John walks in, all smiles as he spots you on the couch and sits next to you.
"Hey Dave! What're we watching?" You look at the TV and see….. Toddlers in Tiaras. Jesus fucking christ.
"I was just, yanno, flippin through shit when you walked in. Made me stop on this travesty. I knew you were trouble when you walked in." John does that thing where he laughs and a snort comes out, and you smirk. Fuck yeah, you got him.
"Oh man Dave, you're so great. Best bro I could ask for." Aaaaaaand there goes your confidence. You try not to let it show.
"Hell yeah Egbutt, I am the greatest bro you are ever gonna get!" Cue sassy snapping for ironic affect.
Karkat walks in ten minutes later to you trying to calm down your best bro, who is still laughing his ass off. If looks could kill, you'd have been resurrected just to be killed a second time by the withered look he's giving you. John looks up, noticing Karkat as he wipes tears out of his eyes, and he gets up, moving to hug Karkat, still laughing somewhat.
Karkat is unamused. "Anyways, dinner will be ready in an hour." You nod and he disappears into the kitchen, followed by John.
You venture back to your room and open up the chat room site from earlier.
StridersGottaStride has joined Quadrant Support
StridersGottaStride couldnt do it
Guru i am sorry Strider.
legendary69 Oh no!
ConcupiscentConsultant sucks man
StridersGottaStride yeah
StridersGottaStride has quit Quadrant Support
You spin idly in your chair, letting your mind wonder. Karkat and John are Matesprits. Karkat and you are Kismesises…. Kismeses? And you want to be Moirails with John. Wait…. Is there some kind of…. Cross-quadranting going on? Maybe you can just… Fuck yeah, crayons. Okay.
Sounds 'bout right.
You gaze ironically at the shitty masterpiece you just made. It is so shitty. So, so shitty.
So shitty, in fact, that you are too busy deciding how shitty it is that you don't hear Karkat walk up behind you, and you don't notice him until he grabs the paper out of your hands. He just. Stares. Right at you.
"Really, Strider?"
You shrug. "Okay, so maybe the dicks weren't necessary." He raises an eyebrow at you and just shakes his head.
"I don't even – look, I just came in here to say dinner's ready. Do whatever the fuck you want, but unless you're ready to confess to John, you should probably guard your shit better." With that, he walks out of your room, leaving the paper to flutter to the floor where he stood.
You bend down slowly and pick it up, studying it for a moment. Without really thinking, you find yourself touching the shitty pink diamond, and you can't help but wonder if you'll ever be ready to tell John.
A/N: wouldn't let me post a doc with a pic, so here's the link to the picture Dave drew
you have to enter the standard https thing and then: scontent . fsnc1-1 . fna . fbcdn . net manually without all of the spaces before this next part because fanfiction doesnt like webpages for some reason?
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