[He chuckles, the sound even briefer than the laugh from before. Karkat doesn't do happy for long periods of time. Smiling kind of hurts his frown muscles.]

Lemme let you in on a little secret, Leijon... You're not subtle.

[He bumps his weight into her again.] But whatever, this place smells good and now I'm hungry. So if it's a date, let me buy you dinner. Think of it also as congratulations for coming back in one piece. [He's enjoying her flustered reaction, and focusing on that to ignore his own. Because, wow. He was suddenly on a date with Nepeta.]