[It isn't a yes by any stretch of the imagination—at least, not to the question Karkat wants to ask, the one that's been nagging at him ever since he'd coaxed Dave into dropping his damn coolkid facade and talking to him. Maybe it had started even earlier than that; he doesn't know. All he knows is that Dave is actually listening and if he wants to be even remotely successful, he has to proceed very, very carefully and not just blurt out his feelings everywhere.
... Or. He could do that. Dave can only reject him once, right? Because there's no way in fuck he'd ever approach him about any other quadrant after this, assuming he ever... fuck, no, just no, he's not going to just vomit diamonds all over the place and call it a day, that's stupid and he's stupid for thinking it.
But.
He takes a slow, deep breath.]
I know you're not... I mean, it's not like...
[fuck]
Nothing has to change if you don't want it to. I just...
[His hands are clasped tightly in his lap and he's not even sure when that happened. Should he just tell him? Ask him? No, not ask him, he can't force Dave to decide on something like this with so little warning, what the fuck is wrong with him. So then... how the hell should he say this?
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... Or. He could do that. Dave can only reject him once, right? Because there's no way in fuck he'd ever approach him about any other quadrant after this, assuming he ever... fuck, no, just no, he's not going to just vomit diamonds all over the place and call it a day, that's stupid and he's stupid for thinking it.
But.
He takes a slow, deep breath.]
I know you're not... I mean, it's not like...
[fuck]
Nothing has to change if you don't want it to. I just...
[His hands are clasped tightly in his lap and he's not even sure when that happened. Should he just tell him? Ask him? No, not ask him, he can't force Dave to decide on something like this with so little warning, what the fuck is wrong with him. So then... how the hell should he say this?
...
...
...
Fuck it.]
I'm pale for you.