"Are you feeling better, Karkat?" asked Kanaya, still cuddling close to Karkat and helping to calm him from his negative thoughts. Karkat smiled and nodded. He always smiled a lot more whenever Kanaya was around.

"Yeah, but there's still the main issue of telling Gamzee he's no longer my moirail," he said. "I'm a little fucking apprehensive about that, you know?"

"I understand, dear," she said. "Take your time in letting him know, but make sure you tell him once you are good and ready." But Karkat suspected that prolonging something like this was just going to make him more uncomfortable, so he huffed and broke away from Kanaya, standing up from the couch. She looked puzzled.

"Where are you going?" she asked. Karkat grabbed his laptop and opened up his Trollian application.

"I'm just going to get it over with," he said. "Why wait and prolong something like this?"

Kanaya shook her head and put her hands over his. "Karkat, trust me, it can wait. There is no need to be so hasty in breaking up with Gamzee in the pale quadrant. While it is necessary, I would still like to spend some more time with you without you jumping into a long discussion with him.

"Fine," he said, closing his laptop and putting it on the table. He crossed his arms and sighed. "This relationship stuff can be complicated sometimes you know."

"Of course it is," said Kanaya, snuggling up to him again, her hand on his chest. "If it were any easy it wouldn't be as rewarding." That made Karkat chuckle, and Karkat's chuckle warmed Kanaya's heart. "Your laughter is the most adorable thing on Alternia.'

"False," he said. "I can't believe you would say such an outright fucking lie."

"Nope, truth," she said. "Your laughter is the most amazing thing, truly." Now Karkat was even blushing a little. "I've never had a moirail before, Karkat. I would like to be the best moirail you have ever had, but I suppose I could use a little help."

"Like I said, you're doing a great job already," he said. "You're always listening to me and keeping me calm. I'll try and do the same with you, alright?" Kanaya nodded.

"You already listen to my troubles and keep me calm," said Kanaya. "But that is good to hear! Perhaps I could also ask Nepeta what else there is to this moirallegiance thing."

"Yeah that could help," said Karkat. Outside, the wind began to pick up as it whistled through the air, and it also began to rain. Kanaya frowned and glanced over at her jacket. That measly thing wasn't going to protect her from the oncoming storm.

"You can stay over," said Karkat. "It won't be a problem, and there's no way I'd ever let you walk through a storm like this." She sighed.

"Thank you," she said. "Now if there's nothing else plaguing your mind?"

"Nothing else, I'll let you know if there's anything bugging me," he said. "Now let's watch some TV."

Karkat blinked a couple times, waking up from his nap. His breath tasted of unpleasant saliva and he groaned, rubbing his eyes as he yawned and glanced around. The living room was dark, and the only thing providing light was the TV, which was still quietly playing some program. He looked next to him and saw Kanaya, still asleep.

Karkat got up from the couch and stretched and, knowing Kanaya was a heavy sleeper, picked her up princess-style and brought her upstairs to his room, placing her gently down into his recuperacoon. He watched Kanaya's body sink just a little bit into the green, gooey fluid before she settled onto the surface, looking like the adorable, sleepy troll she was. He could hear the pitter-patter of the rain on the windows and the roof of his hive, annoyed at the storm for making such an annoying sound, but also glad that Kanaya could spend the night instead of walk home through it. There would be no debates this time since Kanaya was asleep. She was going to sleep in his goddamn recuperacoon and he would take the couch downstairs whether she liked it or not.

She had told Karkat that she had felt bad for taking his room from him last time she slept over, but it didn't matter to him. He always assured her it was fine and that he had oftentimes just slept downstairs anyway due to conveniences (like the refrigerator being closer).

Karkat walked back downstairs and jumped onto the couch and sighed, rubbing his eyes and getting ready for bed. But no, something was bugging him. He knew that perhaps he should just tell Gamzee right now about the bad news. Well, it was bad news for him, anyway. Karkat grabbed his laptop and got right down to business.

carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling terminallyCapricious [TC]

CG: GAMZEE ARE YOU THERE?

TC: HaHa yEaH BrO WhAt dO YoU NeEd?

CG: I NEED YOU TO LISTEN UP BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME SHIT TO SAY.

CG: AND NOT THE GOOD KIND OF SHIT YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IN THE SAME LIGHT AS YOUR SOPOR SLIME BULLSHIT.

CG: BUT THE BAD KIND OF SHIT THAT REALLY STINKS AND MAKES YOU FEEL BAD FOR INVOLVING YOURSELF IN.

CG: THE KIND OF SHIT THAT YOU STEP IN ON YOUR WAY TO ENTERING SOME KIND OF ESTABLISHMENT AND YOU DON'T NOTICE UNTIL SOME KIND OF INOPPORTUNE TIME.

CG: SO MAYBE YOU JUST SORT OF SCRAPE IT OFF OF YOUR SHOE AND ONTO THE COLD CEMENT.

TC: WhAt

CG: BASICALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS

CG: YOU AND I CAN'T BE MOIRAILS ANYMORE AND YOU NEED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE.

TC: WaIt wHy i tHoUgHt i wAs a bItChTiTs mOiRaIl bRo

TC: :o(

CG: GAMZEE NO YOU ABSOLUTELY WERE NOT.

CG: AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRIED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT YOU WOULD BLOW ME OFF.

CG: AND NOT IN THE GOOD WAY EITHER.

TC: DaMn bRo i hAd nO IdEa yOu wErE AlL Up aNd fEeLiN ThAt wAy

TC: ThIs iS CoMiN RiGhT OuTtA NoWhErE ToO

CG: UGH SEE YOU'RE STILL NOT LISTENING! WHAT THE FUCK.

CG: IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME AT ALL FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS YOU'D KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE.

Kanaya sighed, floating around in Karkat's recuperacoon. Her eyes were lidded as she relaxed in the warm, welcoming goop. She was awake when Karkat had picked her up and placed her in here. She really did enjoy pretending to be asleep so that she could feel herself being held in Karkat's strong arms.

She moved a hand through the slime, splashing a little bit in the relaxing, pacifying, sleep-inducing fluid. Aside from Karkat having the most delicious blood she's ever had, he also had a bigger and more comfortable recuperacoon. However, Kanaya was unable to sleep with her clothes on.

Some trolls were able to sleep in their recuperacoons with their clothes on, but she found it messy and not as comfortable as she would like it to be, so she stood up in the shallow recuperacoon and brought her hands down to her shirt, and started to undress herself.

Once Kanaya had gotten all of her clothes off and folded them nicely, she put them down on Karkat's table and got back inside, stark naked. Now she was truly at peace, sighing as she relaxed and fell asleep, warm dreams approaching.