Nepeta knew that Equius was doing his best to comfort her, and she appreciated that more than she could say. However, as she picked through the soggy breakfast-in-bed he had attempted to make for her, she grew hungrier and hungrier. Finally, she dragged herself out of bed to find herself still fully clothed from the night before. After attempting to calm her hair somewhat but eventually just squashing it down under her blue hat, she padded into Equius' room.
Her moirail looked up from the robot pieces he was fiddling with, and looked pleased to see her out of bed. Nepeta ran to hug Equius, and thanked him. He patted her gingerly on the head.
"Are you going somewhere?" he asked. She nodded, and he walked her to the front door, not prying, but telling her to be careful. Once alone in the hallway, Nepeta climbed through the grate she kept unbolted for easy access and began to crawl her way throughout the asteroid. She often traveled using the air vents, as they were empty and, quite frankly, fun!
As she crawled along, trying to clear her head, she listened to the sound of her tail swishing against the metal and the air swooshing through the passages. She began to lose herself to her train of thought, but knew she had arrived at her destination when her musings were penetrated by the sound of someone humming.
Nepeta peeked through a familiar grate, and saw Gamzee busying himself in his kitchen. Whatever he was making smelled good, and she was so hungry, so Nepeta found herself letting out an involuntary meow.
Gamzee paused in his work, stopping his humming to listen. When he turned around, Nepeta could see his clown make-up was somewhat smeared, but his alert eyes were a sign that he hadn't eaten too much pie recently. Nepeta was glad he was sober, and pushed the grate off the wall. Her clown friend smiled, set a pan down, and strode across the room to help her down. Nepeta fell into Gamzee's arms and hugged him tightly.
"Hey, Nepeta, how's it motherfuckin' going?" Gamzee greeted, setting her down in a chair pulled up to a small table and resuming his work.
"Um, it's going all right, I guess," Nepeta answered, looking around the room.
"Well, that's just motherfuckin' grand. You hungry?" he asked, to which Nepeta nodded enthusiastically. "Well, how about I help you get your full on, then. I was just making this human dish called scrambled eggs. It's a breakfast food, but I woke up motherfuckin' late today."
"That's okay, I did too," Nepeta responded, and purred happily a few minutes later when Gamzee set a plate of something warm and yellow in front of her. He sat down across from her and they both tentatively took a bite.
"Mmm, you know, I think those humans might be motherfuckin' on to something," Gamzee noted appreciatively. Nepeta agreed through a mouth stuffed with food.
"So what brings you to my place besides hunger, my friend? I'm thinking that you don't completely have your happy on today."
Nepeta swallowed a large bite. "Um, yeah. I'm pretty upset, because, well. You know I like Karkat, right?"
The smile disappeared off of Gamzee's face and he nodded slowly. Nepeta wasn't used to seeing him frown, but at least she knew that Gamzee was taking her situation seriously.
"Well, I went over to see Terezi last night, and it turns out that…that she and Karkat are…back together," Nepeta finished, her throat tightening up once more. When she looked up, she thought she saw a flash of a grin on Gamzee's face, but it was gone so fast that she spoke through it. "And…I just don't know what to do."
Gamzee's chair screeched against the floor as he stood up and walked around the table to Nepeta. She stood too, and the clown enveloped her in a hug, his chin just barely touching the top of her head.
"Aw, Nepeta, that's just motherfuckin' sad. I'm sorry about that." Nepeta snuggled into Gamzee's chest, and the pain that was still constantly eating away at her heart lessened somewhat. She thought of Equius, and was glad that she had so many good friends that were willing to comfort her when she needed it.