Karkat shook his head. "It's fine," he told him.

"Alright, well" John plopped his happy ass down on the couch and patted the seat next to him "sit down." Karkat shuffled over and sat, pulling his knees up to his chest. John then proceed to throw a pillow and blanket at him. He wrapped the blanket around his shoulders and placed the pillow next to him. John then jumped up, exclaiming, "Shit! I forgot to make the popcorn!" and hurried into the kitchen. 

Karkat smiled slightly to himself and said, "Hurry your ass up or you're gonna miss the movie!"

"I'm moving, I'm moving!" John yelled back as he started the microwave. Karkat laughed. The microwave beeped a few minutes later and John took out the popcorn. "Ow! Hothothot!" he yelled and dropped the bag onto the counter. 

"Egbert, what did you do?" Karkat asked.

"I just took it out of the microwave. It's hot!" John told him.

Karkat stood up, asking, "Did you burn yourself?" He walked to the kitchen to see John closely examining his hand. 

John glanced up at Karkat and said, "I don't think so... maybe a little?" Karkat took John's hand in his own. Both boys were slightly fustered with being so close. 

"Put it under some cold water for a bit, that should help." Karkat told him. John went over to the sink and ran the cold water, sticking his hand under the faucet like Karkat had said.

"Did you pause the movie?" he asked. 

"Shit!" Karkat ran back to the living room to pause it, but the pants fell down and he tripped over the legs, falling with a loud thud.

"Karkat? You ok?" John asked, having heard it.

Karkat kicked off the pants and continued his journey to the living room. "Fine." he walked back into the kitchen in his underwear and rubbing his chin. John looked back and blushed.

"Uh... wh- what happened to your pants?" John asked, obviously flustered.

"I tripped on them, so I kicked them off." Karkat stated mater-of-factly. "I was getting sick of them anyways." 

John turned off the faucet and dried his hands, saying,"Oh... ok. Let's go." He grabbed the popcorn and they made their way back into the living room. When they sat down, Karkat took the bag and John wrapped his blanket around him, going around his shoulders and over his head and pressed play. "Oh yeah, Adam Sandler's in this!" John exclaimed.

Karkat looked up at him and laughed, putting more popcorn in his mouth. "Yeah, did you forget?"

"Yes, I did," John answered, slightly flustered. "I've never seen this movie, and I forgot what the cover looks like." Karkat just laughed and tossed a piece of popcorn at John's face, which he caught in his mouth. "Shoosh, I'm watching the movie." Karkat rolled his eyes and looked back towards the screen.

Just then, John started messing around with Karkat's hair. He stiffened before relaxing into John's touch and John  began doing small braids and running his fingers through the crazy, curly mess to undo them. Karkat sighed contentedly, both boys' attention still focused on the movie.

"This is a really good movie." John stated.

Karkat glanced back for a second before saying, "Yeah, shh, it's getting to the cute part."

"Ok, ok." John said, getting more popcorn from the bag. He smiled and continued playing with Karkat's white-blond hair.

"Aaaaand, there's the kiss."

"Eeeeeeee!" John squealed, bouncing up and down. He then abruptly stopped and blushed a bright red. 

Karkat laughed and said, "Heeey, I totally got you hooked on romcoms."

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