Sollux couldn't do anything other than focus on some massive headache. He had just woken up, and didn't know exactly where he was. He lets out a slight groan as he tries to massage his forehead to lessen the pain. He starts to feel a bit better, and he starts looking around at his surroundings.
Nothing much, just some blank rocky walls, with a doorway to gog knows where.
He felt a slight shift next to him. He looks over at it and sees a peacefully sleeping, entirely naked Nepeta. He tries not to flip out, but gently raises some blankets to cover her more, before realizing that he himself is also naked. He tries to grab a pile of his clothes, but Nep shifted over and unconsciously latched onto he side, forcing him to stay. At this point, it's pretty obvious she's waking up, so Sol just waits.
Nep yawns as she regains consciousness.
"P-Pawllux?" She says as she lets go in shock.
Sollux takes this opportunity to reach for his pile of clothes, and starts putting on his clothes while still in bed.
"W-what are mew doing here?"
"Honethtly, I have no clue. I think I know what I WATH doing, but I don't know what I'm going to do."
"What...what did mew do?"
"Well, I think ith pretty obviouth."
Nep glances down at herself before realizing, a dark green blush crossing her face. "O-oh..."
"Well, remembranth athide, where are we?"
She takes a quick look around, before she gets a look of realization. "This is the spare room in my hive. I don't go back here furry much."
He takes a second, after being fully dressed, to hand her her clothes and walk over to the door. "And thith ith a main room, then?"
She starts dressing herself, and nods."Yeah. If mew want, I could make some pancakes or something. Might as well eat while mew're here."
He walks through the door, and pokes his head back in. "Thur, why not I gueth. I haven't been here before, have I? I think I'd remember..."
She thinks to herself a moment, before stating, "No, mew haven't. I guess I should show mew around a bit. After we eat, of course." Now fully dressed, she walks out, past him and toward a kitchen area.
"Well, there ithn't much to know. I mean, there'th a giant thipping wall, the mouth, a thecret room, and I athume a more uthable bedroom." He says as he follows and finds a seat nearby. He also sees Nepeta's tablet device.
"Hey, maybe you have thome pethterlogth?"
She thinks a bit, while arranging ingrediants and heating up a fire. "Purrhaps. Could mew look at those? I'm a bit busy."
"Yeah, thur." He takes it and slides his finger around the screen, reading logs and stuff.
"Anything?"
He sets the device down. "Yeah, lookth like you were hitting on jutht about everyone yethterday. KKth pithed at you, too."
At the name, she growls quietly. "What's he care?"
"Well, I athumed he had a red-cruth on you."
"He had his chance. If he was interested, he could have accepted one of the many times I-" She stopped herself, not wanting to get too angry.
"Well, alongthide thith, I theemed the motht thutheptible. That might ekthplain why I'm here."
She mumbles something he can't quite make out. "Leastitwastherightone..."
"What wath that?"
"Oh, nothing. These are almost ready."
He seems a bit confused, buit quickly brushes it off. "Good, finally going to eat thomething. You have any regular honey?"
She giggles a bit. "Mew and mewr honey. Yeah, I have some."
"Good." He rubs his forehead a bit. "Thith headache really thuckth." But then he starts remembering stuff, specifically being at karkat's hive...and Gamzee was there.
"What's wrong Pawllux?" She says as she sets a tray next to him, with some honey and pancakes and butter and stuff.
"I...I remember thomething. I wath at KK'th hive. And gamthee wath there..."
A look of realization on both of their faces. "So Gamzee got mew to eat some pie? Weird, I remempurr being with Vriska befur she...gave me some catnip..."
Sol facepalms, but recoils lightly due to his headache. "Well, I think I know how thith happened. But why would they try thith?"
She sits down in front of him, taking some pancakes and butter. "Purrhaps Gamzee does some shipping? But they couldn't have seen that happening..."
Suddenly, Nepeta's tablet buzzes next to her.
"Hmm..?" She goes to look at it. "It's Equius."
"Whath he thaying?"
Nepeta goes completely pale, and her eyes water just so slightly.
"What? Whath wrong?"
She swallows, and then says, "He...he knows about what happened...between the catnip and the flirting and the...room, he doesn't want to be my meowrail anymore..." At this she starts crying softly.
"Woah, woah, what? I uh..." Unsure how to calm her, he moves next to her and tries patting her back.
She leans over next to him and gives him a giant hug, crying on his shoulder.
Shocked at first, he returns the hug, patting her back still. "Thhh...Jutht, let it all out I gueth." He's still looking over at the tablet when she gets a message from Feferi. Holding the hug, he looks at the message, reading:
"You beach! )(ow could you sleep with my matesprit! W)(y would you do this?
Well, I guess you can tell )(im t)(at we're done! You here me? DON-E."
He sets the tablet back down. Now this hug is one that he needed too. While Nep cried on his shoulder, he did his best to hold back his own tears.
They sat like this for a while, until Nep ran out of tears. They both agreed to start eating and ate in silence.
"Tho, ff broke up with me."
"What? Why? Mew two were soooo purrfect together!"
"The found out." He pointed at her tablet. "The told you."
"Oh...Pawllux, I'm so sorry..."
"Ith not your fault. Thtupid fucking Gamthee."
They sat for a bit, eating their food. Finally, Nep pushed her plate away and lay her head on the table.
"Tho, what now?"
"I don't meow. I don't have my meowrail, and fur all I meow, I lost my virginity due to Vriska's meddling. And then, I even messed up mewr relationship with Fefuri. I'm a screw-up..."
He flinches at this. "No, you're not a thcrew-up. You jutht...you were part of thome thick joke. And apparently all of thothe damn highbloodth were either affected or involved. It theemed like Eq knew what ekthactly what happened though..."
"What do mew mean?"
"I think they planned thith. They were tethting thomething...but what?"
She sighs, and explains. "Well...Equius mew efurrything about my relationships and feelines toward efurryone...including you."
He seems completely clueless. "What do you mean?"
After a deep breath, she explains further. "Well, efur since I gave up on karkat...I...I have had a bit of a..." Deeper breath. "Red-crush on mew..."
He seems shocked. "O-oh...I didn't know."
"Yeah, I have a habit of keeping my feelings hidden..."
"Not to thound careleth, but I think I know what they were trying to tetht."
"What? But Equius would nefur apurrove."
"Well, in hith eyeth, better a muthtard blood than a mutant-blood."
She growls pretty loudly. "If you're right, I'm going to be pissed at Equius."
And then the tablet buzzes again. Nepeta quickly picks it up, and reads the message, almost hissing at the screen. "Mew were right Pawllux. He was watching us this whole time."
Both Sol and Nepeta look around the room, before they spot cameras in the corners.
"Tho, that meanth thith wath all a tetht? ff didn't really break up with me?"
She looks back at her tablet, and shakes her head."I'm sorry Pawllux...she wasn't in on this."
He sits there sadly. She tries to cheer him up, failing.
"Thankth for trying Nep. I think I can find my way home...I'll get out of your hair."
"But...Pawllux, what about the" Sollux hastily retreats from the hive. "He's gone..."
She looks over at the nearest camera. "This was not helpful!"
Meanwhile, Sollux slowly walks back toward his own hive. He walks and considers what he'll do now. Nep did admit her feelings for him, but he was just too heartbroken to go back there. Maybe at some point he'd muster up the courage to try going out with someone like her, but for now all he could think of was all the great times he had with Feferi. He found himself back home, walked in and straight toward his bedroom. He shut the door and went to sleep.
To Be Continued.