[Karkat frowns at that. Usually he's good about checking the network and trolling people who ask for romantic advice, but it's been a bad time for him lately.]

The thing is, with Naruto, you HAVE to go the direct route. Nothing short of beating it into his thick pan with all the force of a fucking sledgehammer will make it stick.

[he picks up more trash, debating whether or not to ask, then does it anyway.]

So, how it that going to work? I mean, I get that you're not the same person, but between you working with Neji and her trying to date that dumbass...