That diirty rotten piiece of 2hit excu2e for a kii2me2ii2. Sollux was beyond pissed. This was the final straw. He had it up to here with Eridan's bullshit. Sollux stormed into Eridan's room, ready to scream and yell and possibly throw a few punches here and there.

Eridan heard the commotion and spun around in his computer. Sollux raced to him and fisted his hands into Eridan's stupid scarf and pulled him up out of his chair and off the ground to meet his eye level. Sollux was ready to throw him when he froze.

Eridan had purple tinted tears running down his face and the expression he had almost made him seem… weak and vulnerable. Eridan didn't squirm or try to escape the troll's grip. He just hung there, in midair, face inches from Sollux's.

"If you're goin to yell and scream then do it already." Eridan's voice cracked and was thick from tears. "Stop fuckin starin at me, Sol. Say somethin, cod damn it!"

Sollux continued to just stare, completely numbed from the feelings forming in his chest. Eridan's face. How he looks so vulnerable and soft and fragile. This can't be..

Sollux sat Eridan back down in his chair and slowly took a few steps backwards. "Ii… ii'm 2orry. Ii 2houldn't have even come iin here."

Sollux's heart was racing as he speedily walked away from Eridan. His heart picked up a few paces when he felt soft tender fingers around his wrist, halting him gently to a stop.

"Sol, you look troubled. Wwhat's wwrong? Wwhat did you evven come in here for?" The look on Eridan's face was genuinely worried about his kismesis. Sollux just looked at him, dumbfounded. He doesn't remember why he was mad in the first place, but he just wanted to leave.

"Ju2t forget about iit, alriight. Iit wa2 nothiing." With that, Sollux raced out of the room and up to his own. He slammed the door shut and leaned against it, trying to catch his breath and calm his heart rate.

Plea2e, plea2e. Let thii2 not be true. Sollux thought back on the encounter with Eridan. What had he gone in there for? That doesn't matter. Images of Eridan popped into his head, ruining his progress of steadying his heart rate. Eridan. Beautiful, lean, powerful, smooth, fragile, vulnerable.

There were three rather harsh knocks at his door, pulling him away from his thoughts. Plea2e don't be who ii thiink iit ii2. Sollux slowly walked to the door and opened it. He breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered it to be his loving moirail.

"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU JUST RACE PAST ME IN THE HALLWAY? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Karkat invited himself into Sollux's room and sat down on the trolls bed still ranting.

"Kk. Wiill you 2hut the fuck up for a 2econd 2o ii can thiink?"
Sollux sat on his floor, back up against the door. His head was in his hands and his fingers were rubbing his temples trying to subdue the headache threatening to take over his thoughts. Karkat, silenced from his moirail's outburst, shifted awkwardly, making the bed squeak loudly.

"SOL, WHATS WRONG? WHAT THE FUCK HAS GOT YOU SO UPSET?" Karkat crossed the room and laid his hand on the other trolls shoulder. Sollux contemplated what to say.

"Kk, can we talk 2eriiou2ly for a 2ec?" Sollux looked into the other trolls yellow eyes, searching for the love he knows Karkat has for him.

"WHATS WRONG, DUDE?"

"Kk, have you ever… have you ever been flu2hed for someone but you know iit2 wrong?"

"UGH DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED." Karkat threw his hands up dramatically before falling backwards off his heals into a sitting position with a light thud. "YOU KNOW THAT EGBERT ASSHOLE? THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE I STAND WITH HIM. I KNOW INTER SPECIES MATING IS WRONG BUT I CANT GET THAT NOOKSTAIN OUT OF MY HEAD." Karkat went off about his red feelings for John for the next twenty minutes. When he was done, Karkat forgot that Sollux was troubled and just left, promising to hang out later.

After Sollux closed the door, he sulked to his bed and belly flopped onto it with a loud groan. It wasn't long before his computer went off notifying him of a new message on Trollian. He groaned loudly as he rolled off the bed to see who would bother him and interrupt his self-pity party, though he already had a feeling he knew who it was.

CA: wwhat in the evver lovvin fuck is wwrong wwith you sol

Sollux didn't want to deal with this shit-for-brains bullshit right now, but he felt a need to talk to Eridan.

TA: what do you mean

Sollux face palmed at the stupid response. Really? That2 ALL you could come up wiith?
His computer notified him of another message.

CA: you knoww, you're a really shitty kismesis wwhy did you evven come up here if you wwere just gonna leavve like that?

TA: iim dealiing wiith 2ome pretty heavy 2hiit riight now and ii don't need your bull2hiit added on top

CA: wwhy cant you evver just say wwhat's wwrong? I swear, you're like a fuckin wwriggler wwhen it comes to your emotions

Sollux sat, deciding what to reply, but his hands already decided for him.

TA: er, can… can you come up here for a 2ec?

CA: wwhy in the evver lovving fuck wwould I do that?

TA: a 2iimple no would have been niice two

CA: cod I'll be up in a second you wworthless piss blood

Sollux slammed his laptop shut, angry at the fact that he just invited his kismesis to his room. He got out of his chair and paced around his room, kicking a dirty shirt into his closet and dirty boxers under his bed. Why the fuck am ii cleaniing for thii2 douche?

Sollux couldn't think much before he heard more knocking on his door. He quickly walked over and opened it. His heart immediately started racing when he saw the irritated face push past him.

"Wwhy did you want me to come up h-"

Eridan didn't have a chance to finish before Sollux's lips were crushed against his. They've kissed before, but this kiss had more passion and was a lot gentler. Eridan didn't know how to react and froze. As soon as he realized it wasn't a kiss of hate, he pushed Sollux away, taking a few steps back to put more distance.

"Wwhat in the evver lovvin fuck was that? Don't tell me…" Eridans face grew softer and had a look of surprise on it as he came to terms of what was happening. "…Sol?"

Sollux had fallen to his knees. His head hung down and was buried in his hands. Sollux shook his head back and forth, trying to banish the flushed feelings. Eridan walked over and knelt in front of him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Sol, look at me." When the troll didn't look up, Eridan pried his hands away from his face. He lifted his kismesis's head by the chin and stared into his dichromatic eyes, trying to see if it was true.

Sollux just stared, feeling tears burning in his eyes. He wanted to kiss Eridan again. He wanted to feel his soft purple tinted lips pressed up against his. He wanted to feel Eridan's body melt against his.

"Sol.." Eridan shook his head and looked down. Sollux's heart fell to the floor. He knew what Eridan was going to say next.

But Eridan didn't say anything. He stood up and left without another word. Sollux stayed frozen, staring into the empty space Eridan once occupied. He felt like he was going to cry and vomit and spontaneously combust all at once. He collapsed onto the floor and curled into a tight ball, biting his lip to hold back a whimper.

He heard his computer go off. Sollux crawled to see who messaged him.

CA: ill think about it

Sollux stared at the message for what seemed like ages. He hadn't noticed tears running down his face. He looked at who was online, who could comfort him, who he could trust with this. There was only one person, and that person had to think.