[mingle post!]

[cavedwellers]

Boy Valentine's Day was sure an adventure, wasn't it? Gosh, it's a good thing all that's over with.

Have a mingle post! If you're starting a new thread, mention where you are in the subject line. Tag each other, hang out, do whatevs.

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[prankster_gambit]

[you scrub your eyes free of tears because you guys are having a MANLY discussions are tears would just ruin that, seriously.]

It's not your fault! How does that even make sense? I should have...I should have stopped myself! But apparently I'm a huge jerk and I suck at relationships and you should hate me.

[pincerattack]

BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS MY FUCKING FAULT.

[you finally are crying like you've been trying not to since all this started; you can feel it. good job.]

[prankster_gambit]

[oh no.

You hug him, arms around his shoulders.]

I'm sorry, Karkat. It wasn't your fault at all. I'm completely to blame here, okay? I-I'm a shitty boyfriend and you would totally be better off finding a nice troll instead of me.

[Well now you're definitely crying. Time to peel the MANLY sticker off this conversation, that label is totally misleading.]

[pincerattack]

[wait wait wait, rewind this stupid fucking conversation a little.]

What the fuck are you talking about? You say that like I didn't do something stupid at that party, too.

[wait, fuck, maybe he didn't realize? you think it would have been difficult not to, given how you still have that scabbed-over bite mark from where you bit through your own lip, but maybe he really didn't know. now he really is going to hate you. still, you hug him right back and cry on him because fuck if you aren't going to get as much out of these last few seconds before he throws you across the cave with the windy thing as you can.]

[prankster_gambit]

[You gently smack the back of his head.]

No, I get that the stupid things you did are pretty similar to the stupid things I did but you're not responsible for what I did. And, well. Being super mad at you would be pretty hypocritical.

[But you know that Karkat collects guilt like weirdos collect stamps and while that's kind of a stupid thing to collect, it's also stupidly endearing and it makes you swallow up a sob because what if this whole thing means you guys just aren't really meant for each other?]

Besides, I mean. Tavros. He's a friend of yours, I think that makes it like ten times worse. Don't...don't be mad at him though, okay? Be mad at me.

[pincerattack]

He and I... already talked it out. Sort of. In a way that is probably going to cause even more problems, because me having fucked-up problems of my own making is a universal constant.

I don't hate you. You are too gogdamn pitiful and anyway, I'm pretty sure my hate setting is stuck so that I can only really hate myself.

[prankster_gambit]

[you pull back and grin at him]

Gosh, Karkat, I never thought I'd be in a relationship where I'm so happy to be pitiful! I'm going to help you not hate yourself but in the meantime, I'll love you enough for the both of us, okay?

[cue the music and spotlights, that was an awesome speech!]

[pincerattack]

[that was a horrible speech, actually! quadrant-flipping hivewrecker! for shame! if you sound panicky, it is because you are absolutely not what are you talking about trolls do not panic. especially not you.]

But I don't want you for an auspistice! I like our quadrant where it is!

[prankster_gambit]

[oh noooo, quadrant stuff]

Uhm, yeah! I don't know what an auspis-whatever is! I thought we were matesprits, right? The ones who make out in a nice way? That's what we are.

[and then you kiss him because maybe that will make him feel better. But this is Karkat so it will probably make him angrier! But whatever, at least you're getting a kiss!]

[pincerattack]

[you're going to explain about what an auspistice is and why you absolutely do not want him to be yours ever, but then he's kissing you. which is actually much nicer when you're sober enough to appreciate it for what it is, instead of just biting at him and trying to immediately get under his clothes. gog, that was humiliating. ...STOP BERATING YOURSELF AND JUST KISS HIM BACK, STUPID.]