Terezi didn't really care where she went; she had just needed to get off the roof and away from him. She had felt almost bad she had been spending so much time with Dave while Karkat wandered around the lab alone, but now she was disappointed she had gone to see him at all.
How could he say that? Even if she had said some things she regretted, how could he say something like that to her, even if he was angry! She had thought he felt the human emotion of friendship towards her, but she guessed she was wrong.
After wandering along the corridors for a while she sat down and buried her face in her hands.
She thought about their conversation for a while... about how stupid she had been... about things she shouldn't have said... even things she could have done...
She should have asked what was wrong... what was bothering him... maybe if she could help...
But it was all too late now... he probably thought of her as a Kismesis by now...
She heard someone coming, and she looked up, wiping the tears away. Suddenly she realized she had no idea where in the lab she was, and it could be anyone or anything coming down the hallway.
The footsteps were getting closer and soon she could smell the plum purple blood of Gamzee.
She didn't dare to move, and just hoped he might not see her, but she didn't get so lucky.
He sat down next to her and sighed.
"Oh... um... hey Gamzee..." She said quietly.
"hey terezi..." He said, "You wouldn't believe how motherfucking huge this lab is..."
She chuckled, "Yeah I know what you mean... I kind of lost the transportalizer pad..."
"Aw man... Well, my sister... you seem a little motherfuckin upset... Anything a brother could do?"
She shook her head, "Nah... It was just Karkat... he was being..." She paused, sighing, "... Karkat..."
"Aw man… I'm sorry my brother KK upset you terezi…" He said, "He really likes you, you know? He just doesn't know how to show it…"
She smirked "Yeah right… You know he has been giving me mixed signals for a long time? At first he seems like he wants to be flushed, and then he acts like a kismesis or a morial… he doesn't know how to make up his mind." She said pouting.
"Yeah… that's his only problem as a leader… he never knows when to stick to something." Gamzee said, standing up and stretching, "Here, I'll get you back to the transportalizer, just do me a favor and don't tell Kanaya where I am… I'd rather not have to deal with a rainbowdrinker wielding a chainsaw…"
She laughed as he helped her to her feet, "Sure, Gamzee, I'll be your Morial for now…" She said teasingly, "But don't start going crazy again, I Like the rest of our friends…"
"Yeah… so do I" He agreed almost sadly.
He showed her the way back, but when she turned to thank him, he had vanished down another corridor.
She sighed, she kind of almost missed the slime stupor Gamzee, he wasn't so secretive, or nearly as creepy, but as long as this one kept his rage in check, he was almost bearable.
She went back up to the room where she, Dave, and the Mayor had built a miniature town, but the room was empty.
Suddenly Dave appeared in the doorway, "What's up Terezi?" He asked, making her jump.
"Oh! Dave the super cool kid…" She said, trying to smile, "Not anything really…"
"What's wrong?" He asked, putting his arm around her in a friendly bro hug.
"Nothing… I… I'm fine…" She said, shrugging her shoulders, "Karkat was just being a Jerk face…" she sighed sadly.
Dave looked at her empathetically, "Yeah… he tends to do that…" He said quietly, "Well, Want to go be the loyal subjugator or whatever you do with your weird plushies?" He asked trying to cheer her up.
She giggled at him and nodded and together they walked out of the room.