SLOPPY M4K3OUTS

Karkat knew something was wrong with Terezi the moment her Trollian window popped up on his screen and she began to type.

-- gallowsCalibrator began trolling carcinoGeneticist at 23:26 –

GC: H3H3H3

GC: H33333YYYYYY K4RKT

CG: THE FUCK?

CG: WHY ARE YOU SPELLING MY NAME LIKE THAT?

GC: H3H3 B3C4SS3 1TS CUT3

GC: JUST L13K YOU >;D

CG: SERIOUSLY TEREZI, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

CG: ARE YOU SICK OR SOMETHING?

GC: H3H3 NO W4Y, M1SST3R CR4BY

GC: 1M JUST F33LNG 4 L1TTL3… D1F3R3NT TOD4Y

GC: NO B1G D34L >:]

CG: GOD, I SWEAR YOU'RE ACTING WEIRDER THAN USUAL.

CG: AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING, CONSIDERING YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ACTING LIKE A FUCKING MANIAC.

GC: WH4T 4 COMPL1M3NT!

GC: 1M SHOCKD TH4T YOUR3 4BL3 TO GR4C33 M3 W1TH SUCH FOMR4LIT3S

GC: *FORM4L1T13S

GC: HH33 >8D

CG: FUCK

CG: OKAY, THAT'S IT.

CG: I AM COMING OVER TO YOUR HIVE RIGHT NOW TO FIND OUT WHAT SORT OF SHIT YOU'VE SCRAMBLED YOUR THINKPAN WITH THIS TIME.

CG: STAY PUT! I'LL BE RIGHT OVER.

GC: H3H3H3

GC: 1LL B3 W41TNG >;D

-- carcinoGeneticist has ceased trolling gallowsCalibrator at 23:39 --

Karkat growled a little to himself as he slammed his husktop shut and pushed himself to his feet. He wasn't positive what sort of shit Terezi had gotten into, but he was pretty fucking sure that it wasn't going to be pretty. Shoving a pair of shoes onto his bare feet, Karkat yanked open the door, hurrying from his room and out of his hive, into the outside world of Alternia.

Terezi's hive was deep in the forest, a fact which had always made Karkat edgy. He'd visited her a few times before, but never when she was acting this strange. After a few minutes of walking through the trees, he began to come across hanging scalemates, swinging in the breeze. Karkat couldn't help but shudder; it felt as if their empty button eyes were staring at him, judging him, wondering if he was guilty, too. Karkat began to walk faster, keeping his head down.

Soon, he noticed an increase in scalemates hanging from the trees and knew he was getting closer. Absurdly, his heart began to race, and Karkat nearly sprinted the short final distance between him and Terezi's treehive. He reached the bottom of the stairs and began to quickly climb, agitatedly kicking discarded scalemates out from under his feet as he went.

When he reached the front door, Karkat took a deep breath, and then pounded his fist against the hard wood. He barked, "Terezi I know you're in there so you might as well save yourself some trouble by opening the fucking door and letting me in!"

From inside the hive, Karkat heard peals of high-pitched laughter and the sound of footsteps staggering towards the door. Before Karkat could have any second thoughts, the door flew open and Terezi was standing there, a wide smile plastered on her face. "Hey, Karkat!" she managed before erupting in another fit of giggles. "C'mon in!"

Before Karkat could respond, Terezi grabbed his wrist and pulled him inside, ignoring his angry protests as she dragged him into her room. "Oh, quit being such a grump," she teased, flopping down onto a large pile of scalemates. Karkat yelped in surprise as she pulled him down next to her, plushies squeaking loudly.

"Terezi," Karkat snapped, trying to hide his growing blush as Terezi unabashedly hugged him around the waist and snuggled in close, "What the fuck are you doing?" She only laughed, cuddling in closer and refusing to let go despite Karkat's best attempts to shove her off.

"I can smell you blushing, Karkles," Terezi snickered, her words coming out a bit slurred. "It smells amazingly delicious, like candy." Terezi giggled again, singing to herself, "Candy, candy red. Candy, candy red. Candy, candy red."

Karkat's blush deepened to a dark crimson, and Terezi giggled. "Shut up!" Karkat snapped at her through clenched teeth, expression furious. "Shit, the only reason I'm here is to make sure that your think pan hadn't somehow been completely fucked up by some weird new disease or anything. Now that it's blatantly obvious it has, I'll just be going."

"But Karkat, are you sure that's the only reason you're here?" Terezi asked as he tried to get up. Karkat hesitated, eyes narrowing suspiciously.

"Why else would I be here?"

"To have sloppy make-outs with me!" Terezi exclaimed. Refusing to give Karkat even the slightest chance to respond, Terezi quickly reached up and licked Karkat's red flushed cheek.

"FUCK!" Karkat shouted, wrenching himself away from her and rolling off the plush pile onto the floor, fingers clutching his wet cheek. Terezi was giggling like a lunatic, doubled over and clutching her sides.

Karkat felt his eyes narrow furiously and his teeth grind together, but before he lost his shit completely, the smell hit him. Karkat stiffened as he slowly wiped the saliva off of his cheek and sniffed his fingers, nose wrinkling in disgust. The smell coming off his hand was bitter and sharp, burning his nose and throat like only strong alcohol could.

"Terezi," Karkat said slowly, "Have you been… drinking?"

Terezi covered her mouth in fake surprise before responding, "Oh crap. You caught me!" Karkat growled and smacked himself in the head with the palm of his hand in annoyance.

"God, Pyrope, I can't believe it," he grumbled. "What the hell kind of stuff were you drinking?"

"No idea," Terezi answered flippantly as she tried to stand up, but found it very hard to do in her drunken state. She tried several times, but each time ended with her falling back down into the scalemate pile, a frustrated expression on her face.

Karkat sighed and stood to help her up from the floor. She smiled at him, arms wrapped firmly around his neck just to keep her balance. "Thank you, Karkles," she giggled. He rolled his eyes.

"Quit calling me that," he grumbled.

"I'll call you anything I want, Mister Crabby-Kat," Terezi teased, smile wide. She leaned in closer to his face, and pressed her lips gently against his. Karkat jumped a little at the unexpected kiss, but soon relaxed and closed his eyes, pulling Terezi closer, running his hand through her short black hair…

Suddenly, Terezi lost her balance again, and the two went tumbling down into the scalemate pile. "Dammit," Terezi sighed as they managed to sit up. "And that was such a good kiss, too."

Karkat bit his lip for a moment, then turned to her. "Well, we could continue where we left off…" Karkat offered, but before he could finished his sentence, Terezi leaned over and licked his cheek. "Damn it Terezi!" Karkat exclaimed, pulling away. "Is it even possible for you to go five minutes without licking something?"

Terezi giggled, "But I'm drunk, remember?"

"Doesn't matter. You still lick the shit out of me when you're sober," Karkat complained.

Terezi put her index finger on Karkat's lips, smiling mischievously as she leaned in closer to his face. "Just shut up and kiss me, dumbass."