Tavros's eyebrows furrow even more, because... why was Karkat not going to tell him what he meant? He didn't want to push the issue, if Karkat really didn't want to talk about it. He knew how much of a sensitive topic it was. But... why had he brought it up in the first place? Tavros was so confused.

But once again, Karkat's next words made him forget the previous ones, and he was honestly surprised by them. Mainly, because... hearing them made him realize it was true. He hadn't realized until then that... He didn't feel scared around Karkat. He felt safe, and comfortable, and he hadn't realized that he was just letting himself go whenever he was with Karkat.

He didn't know how to feel about this realization. It was wrong, wasn't it? If he was allowing himself to do these things with Karkat, what did it mean? And... what about when they were with other people? How would he ever feel okay with it away from Karkat? He didn't want these things to be real, and yet Karkat had just pointed it all out. It made him feel like what they were doing was... bad. Maybe it was a mistake.

His stomach churned and he felt a little nauseous. The fact that he liked the things he did with Karkat made him feel so conflicted though. He didn't want them to end. He liked being himself around Karkat, even if he didn't like who he was apparently turning out to be. Even if people kept telling him it was okay. He just wanted to be normal.

"I-I..." But he didn't know what to even say, because he didn't know how to really and truly feel about any of it. "What do, w-we do, then?" Stop doing it? Try and figure it out some other way? He didn't know. He had no idea what to do, or how to do it, all he knew was that he was just. Scared.