He actually kind of had wanted to go for real. Keeping an eye on Equius had been the perfect excuse. Karkat slouched a little in his eat, a flush covering his face at the thought of wearing a dress. Kanaya sometimes forced him to help her out by modeling, so there wasn't really much of a difference to him. Though it would...probably be weird.

"It would be kind of weird," he said, but his voice didn't sound scathing at all. His flush grew deeper, something that stood out among the bright red of his hair. "Especially in the Forest. I don't think Kanaya would appreciate one of her dresses getting torn or something." He knew that all that hard work gone to waste would be hard on the Ravenclaw.

He paused, tilting his head. "When's your birthday?"