Dirk was super sick, dude. He'd have worried himself even more sick if he knew I was sick before now.

[ so clearly the answer was to tell fucking no one? but he squeezes karkat's hand back automatically. ]

I can teach you to fold 'em proper sometime if you want. Like. I know a few?

[ also plz hold while he starts getting messages from dirk

the easy smile that started to build is gonna fade pretty fast ]