[Mm. It's strange, at first, the warmth of a living touch against him--especially from behind, where he can't see, can't prepare himself. Karkat's hand is part of a completely conscious being, making all sorts of decisions on how to move and where to be and what to do entirely independent of Dave, and it's a weird and weirdly momentous thing for that consciousness to be turned towards him, to be an object of benign interest, or curiosity, or this kind of soft care.
It's strange and, as he doesn't flinch away, as he lets Karkat test the waters (and the waters are simultaneously Dave himself and something he has no knowledge of, something he's experiencing as new just as much as Karkat is), he finds that it's nice. After a moment, he frees his arms from his blanket cocoon and pillows his head on them, breathes out, lets his eyes fall closed under Karkat's hand. Yes, the governor of Dave County approves this motion. The Alternian representative may continue, he has the floor.]
Okay. Um, exclusivity. For this quadrant, I mean. ...What's that gonna look like.
[Because, yeah, that's another boundary to figure out. While the practical details are important--and also, yeah, he doesn't want Karkat to stop with that any time soon, like. Dave's human. Casual affection happens, even for him, and he's handsy and open with Jade, too, and it wouldn't be fair to...he doesn't want to give that up with her, she's been one of his best friends for so long, and he's always...]
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It's strange and, as he doesn't flinch away, as he lets Karkat test the waters (and the waters are simultaneously Dave himself and something he has no knowledge of, something he's experiencing as new just as much as Karkat is), he finds that it's nice. After a moment, he frees his arms from his blanket cocoon and pillows his head on them, breathes out, lets his eyes fall closed under Karkat's hand. Yes, the governor of Dave County approves this motion. The Alternian representative may continue, he has the floor.]
Okay. Um, exclusivity. For this quadrant, I mean. ...What's that gonna look like.
[Because, yeah, that's another boundary to figure out. While the practical details are important--and also, yeah, he doesn't want Karkat to stop with that any time soon, like. Dave's human. Casual affection happens, even for him, and he's handsy and open with Jade, too, and it wouldn't be fair to...he doesn't want to give that up with her, she's been one of his best friends for so long, and he's always...]