Sollux shivers as he and Feferi make the way across Derse Beach. The sand that normally would've been hot and scorching was nice and cool though. There weren't any 'studly men', as Fef put it, in fact, there were almost no people around except them two. There was a gathering of people on the far side, but they were too far away to be of Sollux's or Feferi's concern.

They picked a spot fairly close to the shore. Feferi sat down closer to the water, close enough to get her feet wet whenever the waves rolled in. She hugged her knees close to her chest, and stared out at the ocean with a thoughtful and sad look on her face.

Sollux walked over and sat next to her. "Hey FF, ith thomething up?"

"No." She paused. "Okay, yes, something is very much up. I just can't enjoy myself knowing that my moirail is sitting in a hotel room all by himself."

"Moi-what?" Sollux asked.

"Moirail. It's part of this 'perfect relationship' thing Karkat made up. Basically it's like being soul mates, only more platonic." Feferi explained. Sollux gave her a weird look. "I know, it's silly."

Sollux gave a snort, but didn't say anything about it. He cleared his throat. "Tho, what'th thith about Eridan, then? Thurely thith ithn't the firtht time ED'th been by himthelf thomewhere."

Feferi gave Sollux a weary look, before saying what she wanted. "Yeah, whale, things are different. I thought bringing him out here would cheer him up, but evidently it has not. You sea, Eridan has... destructive tendencies. Add that to the often violent mood swings he's been having, and things don't end up so well." Fef sighed. "It's a good thing he's such a failure at almost all things ever."

Realization dawned on Sollux as he finally understood what she meant. Her wrapped an arm around her protectively, but his mind drifted to other things. Feferi rested her head on the boy's chest. It suddenly felt a lot colder outside. Sollux's multi-colored eyes drifted back to the hotel room window.

Eridan sat on the bed alone, something that happens far too often for him to admit. He had already taken off his scarf and threw it on the opposite side of the room. He didn't want to look at it, let alone wear it. It was a terrible reminder of the bruises on his neck. He gave a sad chuckle as he recalled the time he tried to use it. The scarf wasn't able to support his weight and he ended up pulling the ceiling fan out of the ceiling.

He was currently caught up in a book. It was one he read thousands of times, about a poor, mistreated boy who turns out to be some sort of legend in the wizard world. There were 7 books in the series, but the first one was his favorite. He was so caught up in it that he didn't notice the fact that someone had entered the room, or that the same person had sat right next to him.

"Hey ED, watching readin'?" asked the last person Eridan had wanted to see at the moment. Eridan let out an unmanly gasp and tumbled out of the bed. He ended up tangling his limbs up in the green and blue sheets, and landed in an uncomfortable position on the floor.

Sollux snickered at him. "Um, a little help, please?" Eridan asked. Sollux reached over the bed and grabbed Eridan's hand, only to be pulled down by his on/off rival. "Oh you are tho on, fith fathe!"

The two wrestled with each other, eventually getting even more tangled up in the sheets than before. Sollux elbowed Eridan in the face, knocking off his glasses. Eridan returned the favor by digging his nails into Sollux's arm. Eridan flipped the two of them so that he was on top of Sollux. "You know, you look better without thothe thtupid glatheth." Sollux gave a mischievous smirk and flipped so he was on top.

His nail dug into Eridan's arms as the dark-haired boy wrestled to get this computer nerd off of him. Sollux had an evil grin on his face, but it disappeared as he noticed Eridan's neck. He grabbed the boy's face and moved it over to the side. Eridan's neck was littered with bruises of all shapes and sizes. Eridan tried to move away, but Sollux's grip was tight.

"Whoa, FF wathn't kiddin'..." Sollux muttered to himself. Before he had a chance to do anything about it, Eridan kicked the boy off of him. He grabbed his blue scarf and put it on hurriedly. He dashed out of the room, leaving nothing up to discussion.

He passed by Feferi in the hallway. She let a small "Eridan?" escape her mouth, but he went by too fast for her to say anything. She stormed into the room ready to rip Sollux to pieces.

"Sollux, what the glub did you do?!" Feferi yelled as she entered the hotel room.

"I didn't do anything! We were wrethling and then I notithed hith neck had a thit ton of bruitheth on it, and he flipped out and ran away!" Sollux explained as he scrambled to his feet. "I thwear, that'th it!"

Feferi threw up her hands in exasperation. She grabbed a black jacket, slipped it on, and rushed out of the room as well, leaving the computer nerd by himself.

A/N: Whoa, heavy shit in this chapter! I'm not even the slightest bit sorry for this because I feel like this could totally happen but aurgh I royally screwed up everyone! They're so OOC! Bluh bluh hopefully I'll get better at this at some point. Euh, anyway, please R&R, guys!