Unspoken Attraction

Dave stared at his brother for a moment too long before turning towards the television. "Haha, yeah. I bet it'll go over great."

"What's the worst the Egbert kid'll do? Say no homo again?" Bro teased lighlty. "We both know that's a cop out"

"I'm pretty sure he's interested in someone else, anyway," Dave muttered.

"What makes you say that?" Bro asked in honest curiosity.

"I dunno, he keeps talking about this Jake guy a lot," Dave grumbled.

"Who's that?" Bro asked with a hum. "His babysitter?"

Karkat made a face at the mention of Jake.

"Old enough to be," Dave grumbled.

Bro's eyebrows shot up. "How old we talkin here kid?"

"I think he's probably twenty-five now." Dave shrugged, popping the rest of the chicken nugget in his mouth and chewing.

"Not bad. Not as old as me, but still, respectable age. So any other digs on the dude?" Bro asked.

Karkat rolled his eyes and wriggled out of Bro's lap.

Dave finished eating his nugget before answering. "I dunno, they work at camp together and he really has a hard on for guns and action movies."

"Sounds like a red neck" Bro replied. "John could do better."

Dave snorted. "But he talks like an Englishman. A very old Englishman, like the kind you might see in those black and white short films doing gentleman fisticuffs."

Bro snorted. "That must be pretty rich. John ever introduce you?"

"Not really. Just seen some videos from his phone of them pulling shenanigans at the camp."

"You get to see his face on those videos then? Or were they not in them in person?" Bro asked

Dave shrugged. "Just quick bits here and there. He kinda looks like he could be John's cousin."

"He's not miserable in the looks department then?" Bro chuckled. "Better make a move quick if you don't want him stealing John away"

"I'm pretty sure he's already been stolen," Dave sulked.

"Skype call with John and let him know how ya feel" Bro encouraged warmly. He reached out and ruffled Dave's hair. "If not, just skype him and tell him how the runt is doing. I bet Karkat would like to see him again."

Hahahahaha, yeah, just tell him how he feels, that would go about as smoothly as cold butter on dry toast. Dave combed his fingers through his hair to settle it back in place again before rising to his feet and over to the kitchen to wash his hands. "Yeah, I might call him so Karkat can see him. Lil' guy could probably use a familiar face right about now."

Karkat shuffled back into the livingroom with two of Dave's apple juice bottles. He paused and looked up at Dave with a chirp.

Dave smiled warmly at Karkat. "You wanna go see John on skype for a bit?"

Karkat shrugged, offering one of the bottles to Dave. He didn't particularly want to see John, especially so soon after having to hear about Jake.

Dave took the box of aj and lead Karkat over to his room, taking a seat at his computer and starting it up.