Why couldn't he be left to enjoy his romance novel in peace? It was bad enough that he was being bothered by the usual assholes, but when he heard John's voice - a little more tentative than usual, he noticed - he let out an annoyed, exasperated sigh. Lowering the book, Karkat tilted his head in his roommate's direction, keeping it open with one of his hands.

"What do you want, Egbert?" He sounds a little tired now, maybe a bit emotionally exhausted, but that doesn't mean that his tone is any less snappish than usual.