[Karkat grabs it, smacks it down against the couch, and turns away. His knees pull up onto the couch, his arms then wrapping around his legs; his face buries against them.]

Okay, fine. It was this totally stupid hate at first sight sort of deal except over text and still, I really couldn't fucking stand him, but he didn't hate me at all! Not even a little! And then the whole stupid "I'm not a homosexual" deal and just--

[He tries to curl up tighter.]

Supposedly back in the Veil, I ended up trolling him backwards through time. That had to be why.