Karkat didn't realize just how quickly they'd been going. He had to admit he had high expectations of relationships, but he also expected lower of his own. Probably because he'd never considered the possibility of landing in one, just always on the outside looking in. Like with everything. He didn't exactly know how they were going to take a step back either, but there wasn't much else he could suggest short of breaking up.

Karkat had already broken his own heart once.

He drew his hands up to place them on the edges of his pant pockets, looking down at the roof of the Astronomy tower as he pursed his lips together. "It's scary for me too, bro. I mean I never considered the fact that...this could happen. I was happy having a best friend crush on Gamzee and thought that was it. But...I...I like you. Maybe more than should be considered healthy."