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Characters: Terezi Pyrope and you!
Setting: The spring floor!
Format: Action
Summary: Terezi is trying to relax after chocolate shenanigans!
Warnings: Hopefully none????


[So, apparently both of Terezi's quadrants had decided it was the perfect time to go insane last week. Things seemed to have calmed down now, but she still wasn't completely positive, so she'd snuck off to the spring floor and plopped down underneath a tree. Sollux was safe, at least, and she hadn't bothered to go check on her matesprit for obvious reasons. There's still a pretty decent gash on her cheek from their last encounter.

It had certainly been the Tower. No other explanation made sense, but that didn't mean she wasn't still shaken up about the whole thing. At least this floor seems quiet for now.]

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[scalemate]

[Wait what.]

Yes, you did. You used your Thief powers on me and tried to do your mind control thing, too!

[caliginous]

[Yeah, he can't look at her after that, so he adverts his eyes and lets his hand fall.

After all, he hadn't really been thinking clearly, and he still wasn't entirely certain as to what had caused it, so until he knew...he really had no argument.]

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[That wasn't... Exactly her intention. She takes his hand as he pulls it away.]

It's okay.

[caliginous]

No, its not.

[He lets her take his hand, but he continues to keep from looking at her. And after a moment or two, he'll try and tug his hand back.]

[scalemate]

[Nooope.]

Karkat, stop. It wasn't your fault, right?

[caliginous]

Its always my fault.

[He scoffs and smirks when he says it, but he's only half kidding.]

[scalemate]

[Karkats and their Issues, man. She scoots forward to hug him.]

Stooop.

[caliginous]

[That just sort of makes him want to stand up and walk away. But instead, he finally turns to look down at her, eyelids drawing lightly.]

Would you stop that?

[There's a note of appreciation in his voice, but the guilt overrides it.]

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[She pulls away, frowning up at him.]

Do you want me to be angry at you?

[caliginous]

Of course not.

[Pausing...he doesn't want to give away his tough guy veil just yet, so he doesn't elaborate on his thought process.]

[scalemate]

[Fine she'll just... Squint at him...]

[caliginous]

[When he elaborates, he busies himself with fixing his jacket and playing with its lapels.]

Last I checked, you're the one with the injury, not me.

[scalemate]

I'm fine! You barely even scratched me.

[caliginous]

That ain't the point, Terezi.

[scalemate]

[Yeah yeah she knows.]

You will just have to make it up to me, then.

[caliginous]

I'm listening.

[The statement is a bit resigned.]

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[She grins.]

I can't tell you! That would be cheating!

[caliginous]

I'm running out of creativity on my end.

[scalemate]

[She reaches for his hands again.]

I am sure you can think of something.

[caliginous]

[He doesn't return the gesture initially. Instead he simply stares at their hands together, frowning in obvious deep thought. After a few moments of this, his expression evens out and he grips her hands as well.]

Eventually.

[scalemate]

[Jegus, Karkats and their self-deprecation. She leans forward to kiss him briefly.]

Don't be such a grump.

[caliginous]

I'm fine.

[Lie. He places her hands over one another briefly.]

Besides, whatever the fuck was going on with the Tower was what forced it anyway.

[Partial lie. He squeezes them both before letting them fall away from his.]

I barely even remember what was going on.

[Original truth, now a lie. He shrugs and leans forward to lean on his knees.]

[scalemate]

[Now she's squinting at him.]

Why are you lying to me?

[Especially about that second one.]

[caliginous]

[GOD HE HATES THAT POWER.]

Can we change the subject?

[scalemate]

[She tilts her head. FINE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS FOREVER.]

To what?