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Nepeta sighed deeply, a frown tugging at the edges of her chapped and neglected lips. Today marked Nepeta's 8th sweep. The dream bubbles had long since been passed by her friends as they made their way towards the scratch. Towards a new life and a new universe without her. Her calloused hands dragged along the wall beside her as she made her way towards her echo of a hive, her walk slow and unwilling.

The green coated troll's mind began to wander as she made her way up a long fleight of seemingly endless stairs. Do they miss me? Do they think of me? Does he think of me? She frowned deeper. Of course he wouldn't be thinking of her. He'd never remember her wriggling day, much less want to celebrate it or, to that extent, her.

She stopped as a tear that she hadn't realized she'd formed began slipping down her pale green cheeks. She shouldn't be thinking about him again, she thought she'd gotten over her silly little flushcrush ages ago. yet, every time she'd think of him either her mind and stomach would flutter and elate just as they had when she'd first met him, or they'd cloud and twist and knot, causing her discomfort and sadness that she couldn't bare to name.

Why was this so complicated for her? Why was it so difficult? There were so many good trolls here. So many of him too, but they weren't really him were they? If they were actually him they wouldn't be here. They would have been smart and not made the mistakes these karkats did that caused their ends so quickly. No, these trolls were only echos of him.

Nepeta sniffled, using her large sleeve to wipe away the oncoming stream of tears that had since started slowly pouring from her eyes. Her green eyes turned towards the opening of another bubble at the head of the staircase she'd been climbing. It was her bubble, the one she always journeyed to when she needed solice and quiet. It was so far out of the way of the other dreambubbles that no one ever made the trip to it. It was the perfect place for the lonely catgirl's reminiscent sobs and sleepless nights.
She stepped foreward, the staircase she'd travelled on dissapearing before the familiar light of derse filled her senses and calmed her mind. She took a deep breath, fully entering the castle-esce room that she had once spent many happy days on. Her tears slowed a moment as she came to her chalk strewn wall and rubbed her hand over it. A smile framed her porcelain features a moment before it was replaced again with a frown.
Her mini shipping wall wasn't what she needed right now. She turned and began walking towards the window of her room, her clothing changing into her dersite dress and shoes before she'd even touched the windowsill. Once her hands made contact with the cold stone she let her tears roll out. As she stared out into the empty city below she let a sob rack her form. Her knees buckled and her back arched, allowing her to curl in on herself further. Without a warning the catgirl threw her head up and let out a mournful scream into the purple night. She screamed until her lungs burned for air, until her eyes stung with tears.

"Are you okay?"

Her green eyes widened. Nepeta turned quickly, one hand still clinging to the windowsill as the other shot out in a protective posture against her body. She looked up where the voice had spilled from only to see gold and grey mixing over her watery eyes. She blinked a few times before recognizing the mop of black hair, nubby horns, and candy red eyes that stared back into her own olive green ones.
"K-Karkat?"
The only word she could get out was his name. Her arm shook, her sudden readiness to fight evaporating almost instantly. This wasn't right. His eyes were warm, clear, bright, and... alive. What was he doing here? HOW was he here??

It appeared karkat had a few questions of his own though and he, on the other hand, could get out quiet a few more words that the Olive blooded troll in front of him could.
"Nepeta, why are you crying? and why the fuck did you just scream into the eternal abyss?" He uttered out, walking towards her a bit cautiously, an arm in front of him in a steady attempt to catch hers if she chose to attack him with her raised blocking arm.
The catgirl in question blinked, letting her arm fall before moving back, practically pushing herself into the wall itself to put any distance she could between karkat and herself. "I-I.." She didn't know what to say. What could she say? Oh I was just so upset that you probably didn't care about me at all that I decided to let out all of my emotions on this desolate planet with no one around at all to hear me or help me is all. Yeah that sounded great. Nepeta inhaled sharply, swallowing hard and noting the slight sting she felt as the saliva travelled down her throat before she looked back to the waiting eyes of her flushcrush.

"I'm sorry" She whimpered. Not exactly what she was going for, but what more could she really say? Karkat looked puzzled, sighing and laying his palm to his face before walking over and engulfing the smaller troll into a hug. "One, that doesn't answer either of my questions. And two, you have nothing to be sorry about. Just... fuck... calm down, ok? No more crying." He sighed again, but this time nepeta could feel it against her hair as she leaned into his warm embrace. She rose her arms hesitantly before fully wrapping them around him.

They stayed like this for a good while, nepeta just calming down with her face buried in the golden yellow satin of karkat's dreamer pajamas and karkat holding her in a warm and calming embrace, occationally petting her hair or softly giving her words of encouragement to help further calm the emotionally drained and damaged troll in his arms. Karkat finally pulled back and looked down at nepeta, his tired eyes looking over her petite frame and tangled hair before settling on her green, tear-stained face.
"Now, tell me why you were crying. And before you start giving me some bullshit excuse, know I'm not gonna fall for that. I want you to tell me the truth." His voice was firm and commanding, though she could see that he was trying to be as caring as he possibly could right now and that was enough. "I... I thought you'd forgotten about me. That you'd all left and didn't even... even care if I was with you anymore." She sniffled, looking down again before karkat frowned, his eyebrows contorting and knitting together almost instantly. "What? Nepeta how the fuck could we forget you?? The catgirl who made our days drag on a little less with her silly bullshit antics and roleplay fuckery. Fat chance on that. You'd have a better chance of making me watch and forget equius finger his loadgaper with his own fucking towel collection that forgetting about you." Karkat's candy red eyes rolled in his head before coming back to land on the troll before him again.

Her eyes lit up and her tears stopped, a new green rising in her cheeks that wasn't caused by her sobbing. "And yes, before you ask the question we've all been waiting for, I did make feferi call her batshit lusis up from the deadrings of shitfucked hell just for us to be able to get to these bubbles so you better fucking appreciate just how much trouble I put in for us to get here on time for your god damn wriggling day, Leijon." Nepeta's eyes widened and she gasped softly. "Y-You remembered and... you did all of that fur me?"

Karkat seemed to want to roll his eyes again but simply stared at nepeta, his cheeks tinting red. "Well yeah, what else am I supposed to do when the girl I was flushed for goes and gets herself killed and I can't get to her for a whole fucking sweep?" The cat troll's bloodpumper practically burst at those words. "flushed fur... you... you mean??" She practically squealed with joy, leaning up and wrapping her arms around Karkat's shoulders and pulling herself up to kiss him before letting go and giggling. "Ah I'm sorry karkitty but I've wanted to do that fur a long time now. Hehe, I'm flushed for you too." She smiled, looking up at karkat with an overwhelmingly loving and joyful smile.
Karkat simply sighed. "I knew you'd call me that at one point. Fuck, If I weren't flushed for you I would throw you out that window so fast, Nep." He let out a deep chuckle before flashing nepeta a rare smile and leaning down to gently kiss her on the lips.

"Flushed for you too, catgirl, and happy wriggling day."

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Nepeta sighed deeply, a frown tugging at the edges of her chapped and neglected lips. Today marked Nepeta's 8th sweep. The dream bubbles had long since been passed by her friends as they made their way towards the scratch. Towards a new life and a new universe without her. Her calloused hands dragged along the wall beside her as she made her way towards her echo of a hive, her walk slow and unwilling.

The green coated troll's mind began to wander as she made her way up a long fleight of seemingly endless stairs. Do they miss me? Do they think of me? Does he think of me? She frowned deeper. Of course he wouldn't be thinking of her. He'd never remember her wriggling day, much less want to celebrate it or, to that extent, her.

She stopped as a tear that she hadn't realized she'd formed began slipping down her pale green cheeks. She shouldn't be thinking about him again, she thought she'd gotten over her silly little flushcrush ages ago. yet, every time she'd think of him either her mind and stomach would flutter and elate just as they had when she'd first met him, or they'd cloud and twist and knot, causing her discomfort and sadness that she couldn't bare to name.

Why was this so complicated for her? Why was it so difficult? There were so many good trolls here. So many of him too, but they weren't really him were they? If they were actually him they wouldn't be here. They would have been smart and not made the mistakes these karkats did that caused their ends so quickly. No, these trolls were only echos of him.

Nepeta sniffled, using her large sleeve to wipe away the oncoming stream of tears that had since started slowly pouring from her eyes. Her green eyes turned towards the opening of another bubble at the head of the staircase she'd been climbing. It was her bubble, the one she always journeyed to when she needed solice and quiet. It was so far out of the way of the other dreambubbles that no one ever made the trip to it. It was the perfect place for the lonely catgirl's reminiscent sobs and sleepless nights.
She stepped foreward, the staircase she'd travelled on dissapearing before the familiar light of derse filled her senses and calmed her mind. She took a deep breath, fully entering the castle-esce room that she had once spent many happy days on. Her tears slowed a moment as she came to her chalk strewn wall and rubbed her hand over it. A smile framed her porcelain features a moment before it was replaced again with a frown.
Her mini shipping wall wasn't what she needed right now. She turned and began walking towards the window of her room, her clothing changing into her dersite dress and shoes before she'd even touched the windowsill. Once her hands made contact with the cold stone she let her tears roll out. As she stared out into the empty city below she let a sob rack her form. Her knees buckled and her back arched, allowing her to curl in on herself further. Without a warning the catgirl threw her head up and let out a mournful scream into the purple night. She screamed until her lungs burned for air, until her eyes stung with tears.

"Are you okay?"

Her green eyes widened. Nepeta turned quickly, one hand still clinging to the windowsill as the other shot out in a protective posture against her body. She looked up where the voice had spilled from only to see gold and grey mixing over her watery eyes. She blinked a few times before recognizing the mop of black hair, nubby horns, and candy red eyes that stared back into her own olive green ones.
"K-Karkat?"
The only word she could get out was his name. Her arm shook, her sudden readiness to fight evaporating almost instantly. This wasn't right. His eyes were warm, clear, bright, and... alive. What was he doing here? HOW was he here??

It appeared karkat had a few questions of his own though and he, on the other hand, could get out quiet a few more words that the Olive blooded troll in front of him could.
"Nepeta, why are you crying? and why the fuck did you just scream into the eternal abyss?" He uttered out, walking towards her a bit cautiously, an arm in front of him in a steady attempt to catch hers if she chose to attack him with her raised blocking arm.
The catgirl in question blinked, letting her arm fall before moving back, practically pushing herself into the wall itself to put any distance she could between karkat and herself. "I-I.." She didn't know what to say. What could she say? Oh I was just so upset that you probably didn't care about me at all that I decided to let out all of my emotions on this desolate planet with no one around at all to hear me or help me is all. Yeah that sounded great. Nepeta inhaled sharply, swallowing hard and noting the slight sting she felt as the saliva travelled down her throat before she looked back to the waiting eyes of her flushcrush.

"I'm sorry" She whimpered. Not exactly what she was going for, but what more could she really say? Karkat looked puzzled, sighing and laying his palm to his face before walking over and engulfing the smaller troll into a hug. "One, that doesn't answer either of my questions. And two, you have nothing to be sorry about. Just... fuck... calm down, ok? No more crying." He sighed again, but this time nepeta could feel it against her hair as she leaned into his warm embrace. She rose her arms hesitantly before fully wrapping them around him.

They stayed like this for a good while, nepeta just calming down with her face buried in the golden yellow satin of karkat's dreamer pajamas and karkat holding her in a warm and calming embrace, occationally petting her hair or softly giving her words of encouragement to help further calm the emotionally drained and damaged troll in his arms. Karkat finally pulled back and looked down at nepeta, his tired eyes looking over her petite frame and tangled hair before settling on her green, tear-stained face.
"Now, tell me why you were crying. And before you start giving me some bullshit excuse, know I'm not gonna fall for that. I want you to tell me the truth." His voice was firm and commanding, though she could see that he was trying to be as caring as he possibly could right now and that was enough. "I... I thought you'd forgotten about me. That you'd all left and didn't even... even care if I was with you anymore." She sniffled, looking down again before karkat frowned, his eyebrows contorting and knitting together almost instantly. "What? Nepeta how the fuck could we forget you?? The catgirl who made our days drag on a little less with her silly bullshit antics and roleplay fuckery. Fat chance on that. You'd have a better chance of making me watch and forget equius finger his loadgaper with his own fucking towel collection that forgetting about you." Karkat's candy red eyes rolled in his head before coming back to land on the troll before him again.

Her eyes lit up and her tears stopped, a new green rising in her cheeks that wasn't caused by her sobbing. "And yes, before you ask the question we've all been waiting for, I did make feferi call her batshit lusis up from the deadrings of shitfucked hell just for us to be able to get to these bubbles so you better fucking appreciate just how much trouble I put in for us to get here on time for your god damn wriggling day, Leijon." Nepeta's eyes widened and she gasped softly. "Y-You remembered and... you did all of that fur me?"

Karkat seemed to want to roll his eyes again but simply stared at nepeta, his cheeks tinting red. "Well yeah, what else am I supposed to do when the girl I was flushed for goes and gets herself killed and I can't get to her for a whole fucking sweep?" The cat troll's bloodpumper practically burst at those words. "flushed fur... you... you mean??" She practically squealed with joy, leaning up and wrapping her arms around Karkat's shoulders and pulling herself up to kiss him before letting go and giggling. "Ah I'm sorry karkitty but I've wanted to do that fur a long time now. Hehe, I'm flushed for you too." She smiled, looking up at karkat with an overwhelmingly loving and joyful smile.
Karkat simply sighed. "I knew you'd call me that at one point. Fuck, If I weren't flushed for you I would throw you out that window so fast, Nep." He let out a deep chuckle before flashing nepeta a rare smile and leaning down to gently kiss her on the lips.

"Flushed for you too, catgirl, and happy wriggling day."