You’re going to tell him.
KANAYA: Youre Going To Tell Him
KANAYA: ?
NEPETA: :33< im going to tell him!
NEPETA: :33< im going to walk up right to him and tell him how i f33l!!!
NEPETA: :33< it doesnt even matter if he doesnt want me like that im still telling him!
KANAYA: Honestly A Direct Approach Is The Best Course Of Action All Things Considered
KANAYA: Was Your Conversation With Karkat That Persuasive
KANAYA: ?
NEPETA: :33< yeah... that and the fact he threatened vriska on me
KANAYA: Wait Was He Behind That
KANAYA: Oh That Makes So Much Sense
KANAYA: How Did We Never Consider That
NEPETA: :33< i know!!!
As the two of you walk to the common room, a newfound feeling of anixiety begins to curl up in your stomach, and your sensetive prongs wring themselves through your hair, forcing their way through knot after knot.
Finally, after what felt like too long to imagine, you're in the common room. You plop down on the beanbag, and let out a groan as you let youself sink into it.
NEPETA: :33< im gonna do it!!! im scared!!!
Your whinging has earned you the attention of Vriska, who pauses the game she was playing with Terezi ("H3Y!")to grin at you.
VRISKA: Soooooooo, what's this I hear a8out you telling Strider your feelings? Are you reaaaaaaaaly gonna do it, or will you cluck8east out like with Karkat?
KANAYA: Dont Worry Shes Going To
KANAYA: Please Dont Make This A Repeat Of Last Time
VRISKA: Oh, please! I only did that 8ecause Vantas gave me a 20.
TEREZI: W41T, K4RK4T W4S B3H1ND TH4T?
VRISKA: Yes, 8ut that's neither here nor there.
VRISKA: The important part is that I wish you luck.
Wait what.
KANAYA: Wait What
TEREZI: W41T WH4T.
NEPETA: :33< thank you vwiskers!
VRISKA: Yeah, yeah, no pro8lem!
VRISKA: Anyways, here he comes now.
You look behind you, and lo and behold, there he is.
He's looking at his phone, his gaze piercing through. His eyes are scanning through the text he's reading, and you can tell he's starting to feel nervous about something.
His gaze meets yours. Gog, you're nervous. You're doing it, man. You're making it happen.
You get up from the beanbag, and walk up to him.
DAVE: oh uh wassup pets?
DAVE: i was looking through some of our old logs and uh
DAVE: ok so im gonna say this really fucking quickly because this is fucking weird but you gotta fucking trust me on this
His face his flush, and you notice through your shades, that under his shades, his eyes are bouncing around, unable to go look you in the eyes.
DAVE: do you want me to be in that ashen shit
...
What????????
Your jaw is hung right open, and looking around the trolls behind you, who are all equally confused at his words.
Dave, not noticing, continues to prattle on.
DAVE: ok so like i looked at this old pesterlog from like three months ago
DAVE: and after conferring with rose im like
DAVE: at least ninety percent sure that youve been sending me some hints
DAVE: of being into me in the clubs direction-
NEPETA: :33< DAVE STRIDER I WANNA MAK ON YOU LIKE CRAZY!!!!
NEPETA: :33< I DONT WANT YOU IN CLUBS! I DONT WANT YOU IN ANY QUADRANT!
NEPETA: :33< I WANT *MEW*!! I WANNA BE WITH MEW! AND I WANT YOU TO BE WITH ME!
NEPETA: :33< IM PROBABLY GONNA FAINT FROM BEING SO EMBARRSSED BUT I *LOVE* YOU!!!
The two of you stare at eachother for a long time. The green and red of your faces compliment eachother, and eventually, with a shaky voice...
DAVE: so i
DAVE: i was wrong
DAVE: how fucking
DAVE: FUNNY is that!?
He starts laughing, and you join in too, and suddenly the two of you realise how fucking sweaty and flushed you've gotten.
NEPETA: :33< puretty- puretty funny!!! h33h33!!!
As you laugh, you realise how close his face has gotten, and the heat from your face rises again with a fury.
The two of you get closer, and your shaking hand is in his... and then...
VRISKA: Holy fuck, can you two get a room!?
Oh, yeah. Common room.
The two of you abscond like the wind, and laugh like insanity while doing so.
NEPETA: :33< gog, i was so corny, h33h33
NEPETA: :33< im sorry if it freaked you out...
On the other side of the pile in your room, Dave hums and you can feel the rhythm of his foot tapping agaisnt the floor.
DAVE: no its fucking
DAVE: its alright man
DAVE: i was freaking out from the start because it was fucking
DAVE: fuck man
The two of you share an awkward silence, and you smile.
This went well. You're happy.