Kankri Vantas sat on a park bench, the neck of his bright red sweater over his face, hiding his fear from the world to see. He was having his visions again, and they weren't pretty. His mind kept playing over the unidentified boys shriek, as the larger mans hands were pulling in opposite directions, tying the sharp metal into the creamy, pale skin the boy had. Kankri shook his head as the boy squirmed, the barbwire digging deeper into his skin, the perfection of a youthful body he had being taken away from him. Kankris head whipped to the side harshly, seeing the mans hands moving their way down the boys body, firmly gripping his waist. The man was about to pull the rest of the boys mud-covered clothes off, when light covered Kankris face, his eyes opening to the warm feeling.
"Some blood cells are red, the others are white. If I kissed you, would you put up a fight?" Cronus asked, the corners of his mouth raising after he'd hit on Kankri, who slapped the unlit cigarette from his mouth. "Cronus! I was...is there any small children related to you?" Kankri asked, turning to face Cronus who lazily flopped down on the bench, an arm going over Kankris shoulder. Kankri flicked the arm away, not in the mood for Cronus and his smooth talk. "Well...no. Eridans is the youngest in my whole family," Cronus said, eyes looking over Kankri who was still a bit shaky, arms unsteady and jittery. "Why?" Cronus asked, grabbing one of Kankris arms, who froze at the touch, before his face turned with an anything but pleased expression. "Release me." Kankri spoke, pushing the hand away again, but this time, it stayed. Kankri raised his eyes to Cronus, who stared lazily into his, an awkward feeling washing over them. "Kan. What's wrong?" Cronus asked once again, his accent making his w's and v's sound similar.
"Well...my visions. They're back. But this time they were worse. The boy...he resembled you! A lot actually! He looked like a younger version of you and..." "And what Kan!?" Cronus asked, yelling in his face, wanting his answer. "They boy looked in trouble. Like the man with him looked like he wanted to do nasty things. He tied the boy up and-" A hand covered Kankris mouth and Cronus looked at the floor, a look of hurt on his face. How did Kankri see that? He knew Kankri had weird visions of the 'future' and shit but this was ridiculous. That wasn't even the future, it was the past.
But what if he were to have the dream of that again? Cronus couldn't let that happen. He released Kankri's mouth and grabbed his hand instead, standing up quickly after. "Let's go see a movie!" Cronus exclaimed,changing the subject to anything besides what they had just spoken of. "But Cronus my vision-" "Ice is cold, the sun is hot. You should answer my question, and I should not!" Cronus exclaimed, turning towards the direction of the parking lot where his car was. "You and your damn poems. Fine, let's go see a movie if you wish. Not one of your romance films, you know seeing those with you make me triggered and uncomfortable." Kankri said, allowing Cronus to drag him through the park, to the opening where there was yellow painted gates with a sign that said 'Skaia park'. "Yea chief, whatever. Let's see a comedy yea?" He asked, letting go of Kankri's hand and the sleeve of his bright red sweater.
Yes, it was summer, and Kankri Vantas was wearing a brighter-than-tomatoes red sweater.
"Sure, but I'm not choosing, I'm horrible at choosing funny movies. I always seem to choose the movies that people find boring." "Yes Kan I know, no need to blabber." Cronus rolled his eyes, reaching in his jeans pocket to grab his car keys. He continued walking, ignoring Kankri's small speech of how rude it was to say that. He popped his neck before putting the key in the hole on the door handle, twisting it, and pulling it back out. He threw the door open and leaned over, unlocking the door for Kankri. "I suppose you're going to put the top down?" Kankri asked, sliding into the car and closing the door. Cronus laughed and nodded, doing the same. (Description of car in authors note at bottom)
"Kan, oh dear Kan. I wish I could've ran. But I didn't I stayed,listening to you ramble on, as the movie came on!" Cronus complained, nudging Kankri in the side with his elbow, staring at the screen as the lights of the theater dimmed. Kankri scoffed and turned to look at the screen as well, rolling his eyes. Cronus always made stupid poems when he spoke , which annoyed Kankri. But he was good to have around when a story for a class needed to be written. Fuck did he have a beautiful way with words. He was usually just a prick to people and hit on them in an inappropriate way. But something about Kankri made him want to seem like a gentleman. Like in a weird way where he just wanted to be polite so that Kankri wasn't offended by him.
They were about halfway through the movie and Kankri was starting to fall asleep, none of these jokes were making him laugh. His head was leaning onto his left shoulder, some of his fluffy black hair rubbing against Cronus' arm lightly. He stayed in place when Cronus' arm lightly brushed against his head, as Cronus fidgeted for something in his pocket. Cronus slid his phone out of his pocket, just enough to read the text message he had just gotten. "Fuck." He whispered out, sliding it back in his pocket and shoving his skittles into the other.
"Kan." Cronus whispered, shaking Kankri's shoulder lightly. Kankri shook his head and looked the other way, still partially asleep. This time the shake was more abrupt, and the voice louder. "Huh oh what?" Kankri said, stretching out his neck and being hushed by the person behind him. "We've gotta go." Cronus whispered in a serious tone, staring into Kankri's dark brown eyes. "Why?" Kankri whispered back, in the same tone Cronus had. "Eridan's in the hospital."
Cronus was calmer than Kankri as they followed the nurse to his brothers hospital room, yet more concerned as to how Eridan had been hospitalized. He had said this morning something about hanging out with his little friend Feferi, but Cronus was in too much of a hurry to listen correctly. The nurse stopped in front of them and opened a door, stepping out of the way smiling and letting them in. Kankri smiled back, going in the room, and Cronus winked, earning a frown. The door was lightly closed before them, and the room was crowded. There were two patients, one on either side of the room, and Cronus recognized the other. Sollux Captor, who look more damaged than Eridan. Solluxs brother and father were at his side, talking to him about things Cronus couldn't quite hear. In the middle of the room was a Feferi Piexes, who looked ready to pull her hair out, and next to her was Kankri's younger brother Karkat, comforting her. Then there was Eridan, being scolded by his father, and one of his step sisters laughing at his side, while the other wasn't even here.
"So Eridan, the fuck happened to you?" Cronus asked, staring at the large amount of bloody bandages wrapped around Eridans mid-section, which looked quite thick, like if there was many layers. "Well Cro, if you even care, I was in a gang fight." Eridan said rudely, noticing his brothers attention on his stomach. "Oh Eridan, you can fit in with the nerds when school starts, ya know that right? You don't have to resort to being a Mafia don or whatever the fuck it is you do." Cronus said, his eyes moving forward to meet Eridans which were a similar color to his, just a darker shade. "I'll have you know it WASN'T for attention Cro. Sol, Fef, Kar, and I were at earth park before these other kids started to beat us up." "I'm hurt that you'd lie." "I'm hurt that you'd think I was lying." "I'm hurt that you still try to make it about yourself." "I'm hurt that you guys won't shut up and let me get back to what I was saying." Drache Ampora said, turning back to Eridan who looked up at him.
Cronus turned back and saw Kankri at his brothers side, listening to what he was telling Feferi. Cronus decided to also go listen, so he stood at Kankri's side, throwing an arm over his shoulder. The talking stopped though, because Karkat was snapping at Feferi for staring at Drache, who had his arms crossed, still scolding his son. "I'm sorry!" She said, covering her face for a second, before moving her hands to her lap, a blush now across her face. "He's just so," Her tone hushed into a whisper, "Handsome." "Ew. Ew. Ew. You have the hots for Eridans dad, but not Eridan, or Cronus? Well i'm not judging, their dad isn't that much of a dick." "Hey!" Karkat turned his head to Cronus, who had a small look of hurt on his face. "Oh Hi Cronus, didn't fucking see you there." Karkat said, smiling innocently.
"So, is he lying?" Cronus asked, raising an eyebrow at Karkat who had turned his attention to Feferi, ready to speak again. His shoulders raised and he froze, his arms out a bit. Karkat turned his head over his shoulder, glaring at Cronus who still looked like a confused little kid.
"No."
'Great.' Cronus thought. 'I was hoping to get a good dream when I fell asleep tonight, but that's not going to happen.'
TSOS: So, I think I can take a liking to this story, a bigger one than I thought. The reason Kankri can 'see into the future' and Cronus 'has a way with words' is because of their titles of course! A Seer is someone who can tell the future, and a Bard (in some other mythologies other than my own) was a poet. I hope to give the other characters some attributes from their titles, but not too much.
This story won't be updated for a couple days, because I'll be camping. But I can, however, promise a chapter on Monday for when I get back. I know this chapter probably wasn't as good as the first, but I sort of hurried. Hope you liked :D
Cronus' car is a 1953 Chevy Convertible. It's painted a violet-ish color like his troll blood color. And the tires have a ring on them of the same color, which seems to get lighter as it goes. Because of the color it is, it is obvious it was modified a lot to his liking. It has a smooth texture on the outside, and it has black leather seats on the inside, which is important to know. It's important to know so that everytime Cronus is driving, you can imagine what it looks like, because he only drives with the top down.