A/N: here's a super short chapter! Thought I should go ahead and publish it since the things I have going on next would be too soon for this chapter.

I'm really glad I started writing this fic, even though I don't ship this pairing all that much! Thanks for making it worth it guys!

I've been getting some nice reviews! Keep them coming guys! Give me your feedback! I try to respond to all of those that I can. Some don't have reply links so I guess that means you are reviewing anonymously? Idk, I'm new here.

So I guess I'll answer a question I got in one review.

Yes Aradia is dead. I'll get to the details of her death later, but yes, our dear rust-blood has passed away.

Disclaimer: I only wish I owned Homestuck.


Feferi, against the advice of Eridan and other highbloods, continued to visit the human, secretly hiding behind her rock. Although she was hiding and she didn't think the other noticed her, he didn't talk anymore. He only sat on the beach and looked out into the water after depositing his bottle. It was a little disheartening to Feferi, who craved to hear his voice speak such heartfelt words to whoever Aradia was. Her time on the shore was consolation to having to go home to a nosy fiancé who would never give her any peace; however, without the comforting words of the land dwelling boy, she was at wit's end with Eridan.

"No! I don't have to tell you where I've been! It isn't your business!" Eridan growled at her attitude. She had never gotten so angry with him before.

"You'vve been hooked by some other man, havven't you? Been sea-in' other guys?" Eridan questioned defensively.

"Oh, don't you carp using fish puns with me, mister!" she huffed. "And what if I have? There are other fish in the sea!"

Eridan stared at her in blatant shock.

"Yeah! Maybe I don't want to come home to a fiancé who only glubs about his own problems and can't even lend a fin to help me with anything!" Feferi rambled, swimming frantically in angry circles.

"Wwell, I hate to break it to ya, princess, but you havve no choice but to marry me. You fuckin' wwell know that."

"Not if I have any say about it!" Feferi bit back, clenching her webbed fists. "I don't want to marry you!"

Before Eridan could get another word in, she stormed from her window, leaving only bubbles in her wake.

"Fef! Get back here!" Eridan shouted after her.

He prepared to leave the room after her, but angry cuttlefish swarmed him, enabling him from chasing after the upset girl. He whipped his powerful tail against the smaller beings, forcing some of them across the room with such force, their shells broke open and they sank to the floor limp. Eridan huffed. A few less of these obnoxious creatures to worry about.

He broke from the angry swarm and exited through a hole in the ceiling of the structure. Looking around, he could see no sign of Feferi. He sighed. So much for chasing her down.

It was going to be a long night.


Sollux threw his keys on the table beside his front door and collapsed onto his couch.

Work today had been hectic. He had had to deal with more people than his social skills called for and it exhausted him. To top it all of, Karkat had called him angry and demanding he come over. Sollux could only chalk it up to the red head backtracking in his relationship with John, which was less of a relationship and more of Karkat toeing around his feelings for the raven-haired geek and the blue-eyed boy being too naïve to notice the blatantly romantic feelings laid out in front of him.

They were both hopeless.

Sollux had always promised to be there to pick up Karkat's broken pieces, but now he was just getting tired. He was tired of being ignored by his so-called best friend until he needed a distraction from John or a release of sexual tension. It was usually both and Sollux didn't really feel in the mood to get it up right now.

He looked out over to his pool.

Sollux had managed to do pretty well upon getting out of college. He managed his own company that was slowly but surely taking over and gaining a lot of power. It had given him quite a nice chunk of cash and he bought a house on the west coast, close to the ocean and away from the hustle and bustle of everyone else. Yes, that meant a longer commute to work on the few days that he had to go into the office, but that also meant total peace and quite for him to work on the databases at home.

He loved the ocean and water. Well, more like Aradia always preferred the ocean and the water, and Sollux just quickly learned why. He bought a pool even though he lived right by the ocean and converted it to salt water, so on days where he couldn't dip his feet into the sea, he could at least mimic the action and not worry about the chlorine messing with his already sensitive skin.

His phone rang, snapping him out of his train of thought.

"What ith it, athhole?" Sollux spat into the receiver.

"Someone seems happy."

Had Sollux added being tired of Dave yet? Because that was a thing that was quickly happening too.

"What do you want Thtrider?" he groaned, resting his arm over his dichromatic eyes.

"Just wanted to know if you were up to spin some sick beats soon. The club's getting kinda antsy with all the shit that the current DJ's been spinnin," the other said monotonously. Sollux groaned remembering that Karkat was supposed to come over. How could he have forgotten.

"I dunno dude. I'll try and thee if I can penthil you in thometime."

"Aight," the other said before disconnecting the call.

That was one thing Sollux hated about some people. Not saying "bye" before hanging up. Aradia had always made sure to tell Sollux goodbye, stating that you could never know what could happen so you say goodbye every time you could.

Sollux let out another long sigh.

He couldn't think about Aradia today. Not today. He would get too emotional and he had to be the rock that Karkat could cry on. Today was not a day for him.

A knock came to his door and Sollux ran a hand through his hair before getting up to open it.

It was going to be a long night.


Told you it was short! Like I said, next chapter is going to be longer and important I swear! But now we see some insight into Sollux's life!