[NOT EVEN GOING TO DIGNIFY THAT WITH A RESPONSE, HARLEY. As for the rest of it, he's—okay, he's somewhat accustomed to Jade's hugging of everyone and everything, but he somehow hadn't expected her ecto-sibling to share that trait. Is it genetic? How do human genetics work? Whatever the case, he's only just too late to back away in time, and yep, there it goes, he's being hugged.]
Goddammit, John, would you—ugh.
[Trolls are not a naturally huggy species, this is weird, get off please. He'd tolerated it from Jade because he'd been too stunned at the time to react (it had nothing at all to do with any former or current crushes at all, shut up), but from John, it's. It's. sADSjghafghjsdjlkha how do normal friend hugs work, do they even have a relationship where hugs are appropriate, should he be pushing him off? Oh god, what if he interprets that as more caliginous flirting, what if it is caliginous flirting, what if this hug is caliginous flirting, John has to know he's uncomfortable with it, what the HELL.
Karkat gives him a tentative push, just to see if he'll let go. Are they done yet. Is the hug done yet. Please say the hug is done, this is stupid.]
now that i've had more time to think about it
Goddammit, John, would you—ugh.
[Trolls are not a naturally huggy species, this is weird, get off please. He'd tolerated it from Jade because he'd been too stunned at the time to react (it had nothing at all to do with any former or current crushes at all, shut up), but from John, it's. It's. sADSjghafghjsdjlkha how do normal friend hugs work, do they even have a relationship where hugs are appropriate, should he be pushing him off? Oh god, what if he interprets that as more caliginous flirting, what if it is caliginous flirting, what if this hug is caliginous flirting, John has to know he's uncomfortable with it, what the HELL.
Karkat gives him a tentative push, just to see if he'll let go. Are they done yet. Is the hug done yet. Please say the hug is done, this is stupid.]
Would you let the fuck go already.