"Feeeeeeefeeeeeriiiii." I burst into the backyard, calling out for my best friend. She stared back at me in her pool like always. It took me a moment to realize it was our friend Nepeta who was trapped within her arms, the smaller girl's face bright red. "Am I interrupting something?"

"No!" The reply came from the bright red girl who scrambled to get back on land. Feferi shot me a look would have killed me if it could. No matter. I needed her help.

"What is it Eridan?"

"Sollux won't talk to meeeee." I pouted as I knelt next to the water. "I mean, its been like a week since the movies and he hasn't said anyfin to me since then."

"Seriously? This was your emergency?" Feferi looked exasperated. I'd hoped for some advice from her instead she looked angry with me. They were friends, wouldn't she know why he wasn't talking to me.

"Fef. Please this is important." The words came out as a whine. I didn't care. I was getting tired of reading all the wrong signs and getting my hopes up only to have them crushed. Was I really that undesirable? I had really thought that there had been something between us that night but it without so much as another text or insult to show that he didn't regret our actions. He must think me pathetic, and not in the way I had hoped. A damp hand rested against my arm, cooling the fabric. Feferi's eyes were full of an apology. How many times had we played this tune?

"Um, Eridan?" My friend's visitor clutched her phone in hand, looking as if she wanted to be anywhere but here. "I just texted Karkitty. He said he talked to Sollux about what happened. He probably yelled at him."

I stared at the girl blankly. What did that have to do with anyfin?

"Oh!" It made sense to my closest friend at least. "He's probably not ignoring you on porpoise Eridan, here this is his address, why don't you go and talk to him?" I tried not to grab at my phone before the information was imputed. It nearly dropped from my hands, slippery from still wet hands. My thanks was called out over a shoulder as my feet pounded back towards the gate. He lived in the city, my driver knew the area.

In front of his door I hesitated. What if he did laugh in my face? Would it really be any worse than the last time I'd had my collapsing and expanding bladder based aquatic vascular system crushed? Probably not. A deep breath calmed me enough that I could smooth my clothes, rumpled from the rush I'd been in. Still it took me a few minutes before I could raise my hand and knock. The door clicked open and I strode in, head held high. I hoped he couldn't see the uncertainty in my eyes.

I walked in to find myself not greeted. The stupid psionic used his powers to open the door. Rude. A quick sweep of the room revealed his form curled up in a darkened corner. My teeth clenched, my jaw aching from the effort.

"Gog you disgust me. Are you really moping like a stupid little wriggler right now?"

"Go away." The voice was muffled and he didn't shift.

"I come all this way to see what's going on and you're kicking me out?" I thumped down onto the floor next to the pile of lanky limbs and wrinkled clothes as I laughed off the idea. That was absurd. At least that's what I wanted him to think. The chance of him really kicking me out was so high that it made me feel sick.

"I'm a thorry excuthe for a troll. Go away."

"I'll say you're pretty much the worst troll I've ever met."

"Theriouthy, go away you are the biggetht douthebag I have ever met."

I switched my tactics, if they could really be called that.

"See normally I would accuse you of comin' on strong there only to be told that I'm imaginin' things."

"You musth really love the thound of your own voithe."

"I just wanted you to know that you are a hugely stupid wriggler and next time just tell someone outright they've got the wrong idea."

"Do you ever just thut up?"

"I'm just sayin' asshole, you-"

I hadn't heard him sit up, wasn't expecting him to cut me off this way. This was vicious, there was nothing sweet behind the way his mouth moved on mine, his teeth scrapping for flesh as he crushed himself to me. Desperation raced through my body as I wrapped arms around his too small frame. I was not gentle. Hands searching my flesh found gills, a line of pain drawn along them. That was what I needed. I retaliated with fingers that dug into grey flesh, nails pressing deep into skin. Fangs on the tender flesh of my ear caused a low rumble in my throat as I bit back at soft neck. A series of dings from a lit computer screen pulled him from me. A fist full of fabric brought him back. The tingle of electricity along my limbs pulled me away, held me in place. Fucker was using his powers.

Even from here I could see the messages. Made me wonder if he wanted me to read them.

carcinoGeneticist: HEY FUCKASS.

carcinoGeneticist: MY SOURCES TELL ME THAT YOU ARE THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOT EVER.

carcinoGeneticist: AND THAT A PARTICULAR SEADWELLER WENT TO YOUR HIVE.

carcinoGeneticist: PLEASE TELL ME YOU USED YOUR THINK PAN FOR ONCE AND TOLD HIM TO FUCK OFF.

carcinoGeneticist: BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOG IF YOU ARE MAKING OUT WITH HIM WE ARE THROUGH BEING FRIENDS.

twinArmageddons: okay KK iit wa2 niice knowiing you.

twinArmageddons: you know you are ju2t jealou2.

twinArmageddons: becau2e no one want2 your hiidiou2 face.

carcinoGeneticist: SOLLUX YOU COLOSSAL IDIOT.

carcinoGeneticist: THATS IT.

carcinoGeneticist: GOODBYE TO OUR FRIENDSHIP.

carcinoGeneticist: I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE.

Sollux just laughed at the messages on his screen before he turned to face me. I was pulled forward against my will until he could ruin my perfect hair with hands that gasped my face fiercely. His powers dropped me and my hands returned to bruising the hacker's frail body. This rush of hate that boiled through me was stronger than anything I could have believed possible. More dings at his computer though they went ignored this time. Our grips didn't loosen as we had to stop for air, his odd eyes bright behind strange lenses.

"I hate you tho fucking much. Don't you ever forget it."