A 73% was plastered in green ink atop of the test he just received back. It's considered a C. A low C to be specific. Sollux stared down at the paper and sighed. His Dad was going to kill him when he found out. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see his best friend Aradia grinning down at him.

"Your Dad is going to kill you." She snickered.

"You think I don't know that?" Aradia moved into the empty seat next to him, taking his paper.

"It could be worse, it could've been an F. He knows you aren't the best at American History class."

Sollux rubbed at his temples, feeling a headache beginning to form at the back of his head.

"C's are still a death sentence for me. It sucks, he's taking after my grandma." He groaned, laying his head on the table. He felt Aradia's hand comb through his hair gently.

"Your Dad is nothing like your crazy grandma." She assured.

"He's way nicer and cooler and-"

"Are we still talking about my Dad or what."

The bell rung to signify lunch time. Sollux heard Aradia move her chair as she stood up and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"C'mon ya little grump, let's go get food before your Dad makes you eat your failure."

"Oh ha ha ha." He couldn't help grinning at her as she tugged him out the door of the class.

In the lunchroom Aradia immediately dragged Sollux to their lunch table. She pushed him down into the seat next to a disgruntled looking Karkat.

"Fuck is wrong with you." He grumbled between popping chips into his mouth.

"Sollux here is a dead man walking my friend." Aradia piped up before she could let the other boy talk. Sollux looked up at her and scowled.

"Gee thanks."

"Welcome~" She grinned and trotted over to where Feferi was getting lunch. Karkat turned back to Sollux who was face planted into the table.

"What the hell did you do."

"I got a 73% on my American History test."

The sudden crackle of laughter that erupted next to him made Sollux jolt up. Karkat was laughing and laughing hard.

"I hope you choke on that chip." Sollux said frowning. When he finally calmed, Karkat leaned on the back of his chair and began eating again.

"You're a fucking japanese kid learning American History and you're wondering why you only have a C?"

"K.K you're a fucking idiot, I'm still American asshole." Karkat snickered.

"I find this absolutely fucking hilarious."

"Shut up K.K."

"Are you sure you're not just an imbecile?"

"Shut up K.K."

"Man, if your Dad really is a fucking grade nut then you might actually be screwed."

"Go fuck yourself K.K." Sollux stood and lightly hit his smaller friend in the back of the head where he got a swat from him in return.

After purchasing a bag of cool ranch doritos from the vending machines, he was approached by a senior, Roxy Lalonde, who skipped over.

"Hey nerd, I see you're bringing your gamer fetishes to school with you." She grinned.

"Can't help it." He replied prying apart the bag's opening. Roxy quickly pulled a chip out and popped it in her mouth.

"Thanks for sharing!" She giggled. Sollux rolled his eyes.

"Oh, you're welcome."

"So fellow dork, are you joining that advanced programming class? It runs after school every Tuesday through Thursday. Starting this next Tuesday." Sollux ran his hand through his hair.

"I want to, any chance I get to outsmart a teacher at their job I'll take, but my Dad'll have to sign off on the permission slip right?"

"Yep. If you don't have one we can swing over to Mr. T's class and pick up new forms cause you need one and I need a new one. Hard liquor and paper don't really like each other."

As the two turned around to head out of the lunchroom, Sollux had bumped into someone who was heading the opposite direction. Their tray of salad flew backwards onto them. It would no doubt leave a stain.

"Are you fuckin kiddin me? This is new!" The person shrieked holding their cardigan. Sollux mimicked a thinking position.

"I don't know E.D, I think that nice splotch on your sweater makes it look better." Eridan narrowed his eyes at the taller boy.

"Watch where you're fuckin goin next time dickhead!" He growled, throwing the tray in the trash and storming away. Roxy grinned and grabbed too Sollux's wrist.

"Let's go before you bump into someone else and start World War three."

The end of the day came faster than expected then expected; the school opening its floodgates to release the students inside. Sollux was walking down the steps of the school, reading over his permission slip. Looking at all the things this teacher seems to be offering, doesn't make it sound too bad. After about the tenth time he read over the paper, he finally looked up as to where he was going. And collided into someone again.

"For the love of!-" Sollux looked at the person he crashed into and sighed deeply. Eridan was equally not happy to see him.

"Sol, I swear to fuckin God," the brunette hissed. "Watch where you're goin! You have glasses for a reason!" Sollux glared.

"Maybe you need to quit being in everyone's way, did you think of that?"

"I think you need to watch who you're talkin to, I'm an important person who has places to be. No time to dawdle with the lower class."

"Lower class?" Sollux laughed out. " If I am apart of the "lower class" or whatever the fuck you're talking about, I'm glad. Means I actually get to live rather than having my rich Daddy pamper me from head to toe like some goddamn princess."

"Well Captor, this "princeth" as more of a life then you'll ever wish to have." And with that, Eridan flipped his scarf over his shoulder, hiked up his satchel strap and flounced away.

"Fucking hate that sonuva bitch," Sollux grumbled under his breath and walked in the opposite direction. He could have sworn he saw Eridan again on the way home but of course it could have been his imagination. When he finally arrived, he unlocked the front door and went inside, throwing his stuff onto the floor, and him onto the couch. Not even two seconds of peace went by before loud footsteps were coming down the stairs, and his older brother Mituna had flopped onto him.

"M.T, get off!" He groaned pushing the other boy onto the floor. Mituna laughed and jumped back on top of him grinning. Sollux glared.

"Do you need something?"

"Dad said tat he wants to tolk to you aboat your grads layer."

"My grades?"

"Yep!"

"Shit."