"NO, I DON'T THINK YOU FUCKING GET IT! I'M THE DAMN LEADER HERE YOU NOOKWHIFFING ASSHAT, YOU DON'T GET TO DISRESPECT ME LIKE THAT!" Eridan hears Karkat's yelling from three rooms away. He shuts his book and starts to walk towards the yelling. While in the hall, he sees Karkat slam open a door. Karkat starts storming down the hall, seeing Eridan. He grabs Eridan's hand and pulls him into a nearby room, which is Eridan's makeshift respite block. "I NEED SOME FUCKING CUDDLES." Eridan laughs quietly and smiles at his moirail. He sits in a beanbag chair and pulls Karkat sideways into his lap, "Tell me wwhat happened." Karkat leans into Eridan and starts fiddling with his scarf, and Eridan cards his hand through Karkat's hair, listening intently to his rant. "I MEAN, I TRY TO BE A GOOD LEADER, BUT APPARENTLY I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH IF NO ONE IS GETTING ALONG! AT LEAST NO ONE HAS MURDERED ANYONE." Eridan buries his head into the crook of Karkat's neck, placing a soft kiss on his collarbone. "You're an amazin leader Kar, the others are just difficult. Once they see howw stressed it makes you, they'll stop." Karkat grumbles some more, "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DAY."
"Wwell I didn't fight wwith Sol today, so that brings consecutivve peaceful days up to three. I didn't bother Fef, an Nep an I hung out. Wwe dreww wwith chalk. Then I read at the library, an then I heard you yellin." Karkat hums, "I'M PROUD OF YOU FISHFACE." Eridan's face heats up and he smiles, "Thanks Kar." They talk for a bit more and eventually fall asleep, hanging on to each other. They sleep peacefully for a while until Karkat has a nightmare in a dream bubble or however that shit works. He jumps, waking Eridan in the process. "Kar, are you okay?" Eridan didn't get a reply, and he sees Karkat's chest heaving as he hyperventilates. "Kar look at me." He gently grabs Karkat's face and turns it towards him, "Breathe. Four in, yeah, that's good, hold it for four, out for four, hold again, then back in." Eridan rubbed circles into Karkat's back as he calmed down, "You okay noww?" Karkat nods and curls up in Eridan's lap, attempting to fall back asleep. Eridan carded his hands through Karkat's hair until he heard soft snores, then went back to sleep himself.
