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Part 3 of ==> Dave & Karkat: Be roommates. Have shenanigans.
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2014-11-21
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In which a concerned Karkat confronts Dave about his weird behaviour at night and Dave suddenly becomes very defensive

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling turntechGodhead [TG]

CG: HEY.
TG: sup?
CG: HOW ARE YOU?
TG: what
CG: I SAID HOW ARE YOU, FUCKASS.
TG: no i heard you
TG: or read you i guess
TG: what i dont understand is why the hell karkat vantas is asking me how i am
CG: WHAT, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE A CONSIDERATE FUCKING FRIEND OCCASIONALLY?
TG: nah man its just
TG: weird i guess
TG: not even ironic weird
TG: just straight up motherfucking strange
TG: but alright man who am i to pass up this golden opportunity
TG: karkat vantas the considerate friend
TG: man that feels so wrong to even type
CG: FUCK YOU.
TG: see now thats the karkat i know
CG: WHATEVER. SO YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
TG: man what was it again im so caught off guard by this new karkat that my brain is having trouble functioning properly
CG: ARE.
CG: YOU.
CG: OKAY.
TG: yeah bro why wouldnt i be
CG: ARE YOU SURE?
TG: pretty goddamn sure yeah
TG: not feeling any different from how i felt yesterday
TG: and i do recall feeling pretty damn fine yesterday
CG: WHAT ABOUT LAST NIGHT?
TG: i dont know man what about last night
CG: YOU WERE UP AT 1:00AM.
CG: CROUCHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN WITH YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD.
CG: I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WERE SHAKING.
CG: WELL?
TG: lets not talk about this
CG: WHAT?
TG: i said lets not talk about this please
CG: WHY NOT? ARE YOU OKAY? WHAT'S WRONG?
TG: fucking drop it karkat
TG: im not talking about this
CG: OH AND WHY THE FUCK NOT?
CG: NO. YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCKING NO. YOU DON'T GET TO SCARE ME HALF TO DEATH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING NIGHT AND THEN JUST BLOW ME OFF WHEN I TRY TO BE CONCERNED. YOU DON'T GET THAT FUCKING RIGHT.
CG: YOU ARE MY FRIEND, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT OKAY, AND I WANT TO HELP YOU.
TG: its nothing okay just leave it alone
CG: NO IT'S NOT "NOTHING" AND NO I WILL NOT LEAVE IT ALONE. BECAUSE CLEARLY IT IS SOMETHING AND LEAVING IT ALONE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER.
CG: NOW TELL ME DAVE.
CG: WHAT'S WRONG.
TG: fucking hell youre stubborn
TG: fine
TG: i get night terrors okay
CG: WHAT'S A NIGHT TERROR?
TG: its like... do trolls have nightmares
CG: YES.
TG: its kind of like that
TG: but not at the same time
TG: its like a nightmare that you dont wake up from
TG: that you cant always remember
TG: and sometimes you do really weird shit
TG: i dont know why i get them
TG: maybe it was all that strife with my bro
TG: maybe it was the game and all the shit we went through to win it
TG: maybe it was all the friends i saw die over and over again in so many doomed and off shoot timelines that you dont even know
TG: i just dont fucking know
TG: but its horrible and i dont like talking about it
TG: so can we please stop
TG: please

turntechGodhead [TG] ceased pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG]

CG: ... FUCK.

***

carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling turntechGodhead [TG]

CG: OKAY.
CG: I'M SORRY.
CG: I'M REALLY, REALLY FUCKING SORRY.
CG: I'VE BEEN READING AND
CG: I DIDN'T REALISE WHAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH.
CG: I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO SHOVE MY STUPID CARTILAGINOUS NUB IN YOUR PRIVATE BUSINESS.
CG: DAVE?
CG: OH FUCK DAVE ARE YOU OKAY
CG: DAVE ARE YOU THERE
CG: SPEAK TO ME PLEASE
TG: im alright man
CG: OH THANK GOD
CG:I WAS REALLY FUCKING WORRIED FOR A MINUTE THERE.
CG: HOW DARE YOU, YOU INSENSITIVE ASSHOLE.
TG: haha its good to have the old karkat back
TG: i mean
TG: not that i didn't like you being concerned
TG: it was kind of nice
TG: i just... dont like talking about that particular thing
CG: WHAT THING? THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STRIDER YOU'RE NOT MAKING SENSE.
TG: thanks man
TG: thanks for just being you
CG: ADMIT IT. YOU'D BE LOST WITHOUT MY NATURAL SKILLS AS A LEADER. NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME I HAVE A ROMCOM MARATHON TO BEGIN.

carcinoGeneticist [CG] ceased trolling turntechGodhead [TG]

TG: yeah...
TG: yeah i would be

Notes:

Just a short pesterlog because I wanted to write something but I wasn't feeling up to full paragraphs. Plus I like doing pesterlogs, I don't know if you could tell.

I decided to make this one a little bit more heartfelt and probably totally botched the characterisation even more by doing so but fuck it - I can just totally see Karkat being genuinely concerned but being all aggressive about it initially until he realises he's really struck a nerve and is actually being a huge asshole.

I read a college AU fanfic once where Dave had night terrors so I decided to incorporate that little headcanon in here - I'm not entirely educated about what exactly night terrors are, but I did some reading and from what I can gather erratic behaviour like what Karkat describes is fairly standard - or at least possible - in night terror victims. That said I'm not a doctor and I don't really know shit so please if you think I've done a poor depiction of night terrors, do let me know so I can make changes.

I'm also still really bad at writing Dave. Or at least it feels that way - the coolkid is too hard to capture accurately. But I'm going to keep trying because damn I like this ship too much and judging by the amount of hits and kudos you guys seem to like this stuff so I guess that's as good a reason as any to carry on doing them =3 (thank you so much as well every hit and every kudo bumps my writing-self-esteem up just a little bit and it's really awesome so yeah thanks a heap!)

See you in the next short!