Sollux waited in their room for Eridan to get back from class, tapping his foot anxiously on the floor. Tonight was the night that he was going to tell him the truth, no matter what. They had been dating for a year and a half now, and friends longer than that. Eridan always insisted he loved him more than anything else, no matter what. Hopefully that would still be true after he knew. Hopefully he even believed it, for that matter. It wasn't exactly common knowledge that vampires were real.
He looked up when the door to their dorm room creaked open, slipping his glasses off and setting them on his desk. Maybe the serious look in his eyes would help convince his boyfriend that this was absolutely true.
"You said we needed to talk?" Eridan sounded nervous, and the knowledge that it was probably the vague nature of his comment that morning that made him that way sent a stab of guilt to Sollux's heart. The fear in the other's eyes wasn't likely to go away anytime soon though.
"Yeah...I'm sorry for making you nervous, I'm not breaking up with you or anything, even though you are a massive douchebag. I love you, ED. It's just...there's something I haven't told you. It's going to sound crazy, fuck, I don't even believe it at times. But I swear it's the truth, even if it is the type of thing I would tell you sarcastically after building up loads of drama." He took a deep breath, looking down at the faded carpet. This was even harder than he thought.
Laying back on his bed, he tugged Eridan down to lay next to him. The urge to bury his face in the crook of his neck was ridiculously strong, but it would be a poor choice given what he was about to say. Sollux opted to rest his head on the other male's chest instead. That might not be much better, but he liked listening to his heartbeat. It was comforting, in a way/
"Fuck, Sol, just tell me already! You're makin me nervous." Right, time to just say it. Don't think.
"God, okay, don't rush me. Just, don't laugh. The thing is...that I'm a vampire," Sollux murmured, not daring to look up and meet Eridan's gaze. He honestly wasn't sure how it hadn't been figured out before this, other than the possibility of his boyfriend just being in denial about the whole thing.
There were several long seconds of silence, and he found himself tensing up in preparation for whatever response he would get. Why did he have to fall in love? It wasn't exactly something that was good in his situation, but Eridan had just been too wonderful to resist.
"It's kinda hard to believe, Sol...but it makes a whole lot a sense when I think about it. So I believe you, an I still love you." To Sollux's relief, he leaned down to kiss him lightly, seeming relatively unfazed by the whole thing. It was honestly rather impressive. His next comment was more embarrassing than anything, though.
"So would bitin me turn you on?"