If it was possible, Tavros squeezed him tighter, while letting out a whimper at the insult. He squeezed harder, because the thought of doing it was scary and pretty much the worst thing imaginable, and he whimpered because despite the fact it was Karkat, and he was used to the Gryffindor saying things like that, it still hurt.

He pulled back, and wiped at his eyes as fresh tears welled in them and his lip began quivering more. "S-Sorry..." he repeated, turning his head away again, unable to look him in the eye. He felt silly, for so many reasons, and it combined with his misery to make him overall feel pretty awful.