Red (Davekat)

Why Hello There

Got a new cover. You can thank twinMuffIn for that. Other than that, nothing new. Enjoy.

<You are still Karkat. What a blessing>

The kiss went on for quite some time, neither of us wanting to pull away. Well, I sure as fuck didn't, in any case. I dunno about Dave.

When I finally got it together enough to pull back as I needed to breathe. I panted slightly and licked my lips self-consciously, feeling as though they were swollen and wet. Looking up at Dave, I flushed and looked back away, staring at his chest. He had the cutest little disheveled face ever.

The faint blush and the tousled hair matched perfectly together and I knew that I would end up staring if I didn't look away. Biting my bottom lip, I sighed shakily and scratched the back of my neck.

Opening my mouth, I was about to say something when there was a soft thudding sound and a sharp hiss of pain, causing Dave to stand up and push me behind him hastily.  I rolled my eyes but still managed to blush harder because that simple act of protection seemed too pure.

I started peering curiously around his shoulder once I saw his shoulders relax and the supple muscles in his back loosen up due to a quiet word that sounded slightly like "oh" from the mysterious person.

It was just John though. It could have been much worse. It could have been Sollux... or a murderer, I suppose.

"Um..." was the only thing that left his lips for a while. The weak, wavering syllable only seemed more pathetic in the uncomfortable silence that followed. Even I was quiet in the fear of saying something wrong. Who knows? Maybe he didn't see.

"So I see you two are awake...?" he mumbled meekly, the sentence sounding oddly like a question.

"WELL, NO SHI-" I cut my words off when Dave looked back at me with the most stern expression that I have ever seen on him and held up a hand. I didn't realize that in our haste to stand up, I was still clutching his shades tightly in my fist. The crazy bastard was ready to fight someone with his eyes closed.

Lifting my hand, I relinquished my hold on his shades and he put them on, looking back at John. Honestly, I was a little surprised that he could tell that it was John just from that simple little "oh".

I swallowed hard and ducked back behind Dave, too scared to say anything. No one was supposed to find out yet. I really hoped that Dave had a plan on how to deal with this because god knows I didn't.

"Yup. We're up," I could see John flushing as he fixed his glasses nervously.

"Well, um... are you two," he made a small gesture with his hands, "or is it just a...?" he made a few other gestures as Dave sighed.

"Yes, John. Karkat and I are together-"

"HOLD THE FU-"

"Shoosh, Karks," he mumbled to me before turning back to John, "and we'd really appreciate it if you could not say anything. I mean, you'd understand how it might be a little difficult to just waltz out there like we're goin' to front-row seats at a darn football game an' announce that we're a couple," I blinked because halfway through that, Dave's calm, cool and collected voice seemed to strain and revert back to a southern accent. It was kind of dumb-sounding. But a cute dumb. Y'know, because it's Dave.

John fidgeted for a little bit before the tips of his ears flushed and he nodded, "y-yea. I can-sure I can do that. I don't mind," he smiled nervously and gave us a thumbs-up before backing out of the house slowly.

As soon as John was gone, Dave let out a long sigh and relaxed, "Maybe we don't make out in the living room next time, eh, Karkles?"

I snorted and crossed my arms, "SURE. WHATEVER YOU SAY, FUCKASS."

He chuckled and nodded, grabbing my hand, "Wanna go back upstairs?" he asked, tugging my hand to his chest as he looked down at me.

Shrugging, I just stepped closer, "I MEAN, SURE," I was so... not chill that it was hard to keep my voice calm. He didn't seem to mind that and nodded, starting to take me up to my room.

When we got there, he set me down on the floor and I wobbled for a moment before plopping in a chair and grabbing my phone, just in case.

There was a missed message from Kankri. I had forgotten that he was supposed to text me. Sighing, I opened it and I felt all of the blood drain from my face as I bolted up.

"d-dave.... we gotta go."

Sorry that I keep going on long breaks like this, but it's hard to keep me motivated. Thanks for your time, bye-bye!