Friday, December 23, 2011.

It had seriously been the longest five days of his life sitting here. Not only did he have to sit in a bed half naked, but he was forced to eat all the shitty food too while they monitored his health and sent him to some kind of mental therapist.

He hadn't been remembering things very well. Sometimes he'd get this warm feeling deep in his stomach and he'd see a flash of SOMETHING. Most of the time they never made sense, maybe they weren't even memories but just something new and crazy his mind had invented. Just last night he was talking to Eridan when he got this image of a yellow and purple dragon getting married.

Lately he'd been getting a lot of these weird thoughts when Eridan was around, which wasn't a lot. Eridan had brought Sollux's laptop in for him to pass time on and then rarely visited since then. On top of that, even if they were having a nice conversation he would abscond the moment Aradia showed up.

Nobody said anything about the little 'spat' they had.

This was probably the perfect time to address injuries as well. Because after a car crash you don't usually walk away scot free. Through the weeks both men had healed up pretty well. Eridan still had a few bruises and his left wrist was all wrapped up because of a sprain. Sollux got away with just the head injury and two broken ribs. Which were still tightly wrapped as well.

Today was the day Sollux was finally allowed to go back into his dorm. Karkat and Eridan showed up at noon to pick him up, thankfully with a change of clothes. Sollux slipped off to the bathroom to put on his favorite outfit. He paused halfway through pulling on the loose black shirt, wondering which one of the two had gotten it for him. They'd even brought the miss-matched white and black shoes.

Sollux exited the washroom and stuffed his hands in his pockets, pulling out a slip of paper with a frown. It was a movie ticket with blood on the corner, a movie ticket to "New Year's Eve" in theaters in the 9th, the day of the car crash. He couldn't remember going to the movies that night…

"Hey asshat, are you ready to go?"

Sollux shoved the slip of paper back into his pocket and nodded, joining Karkat and Eridan at the door. Eridan wordlessly handed Sollux a thick black coat. Something new looking to him, he put it on and zipped himself inside the warm jacket.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome." Eridan's words were clipped and he stalked out of the hospital. Karkat stared after him and sighed, waving Sollux outside.

"Let's get going, I don't have all day to cater your asses around." He grumbled.

"Yeah, sorry kk." Sollux mumbled, stepping out into the freezing December air. Almost everything was blanketed in white now. Sollux could only see a couple feet in front of him which unfortunately Eridan was in that line of sight. Absently his eyes started to wander from his snow flaked hair to the sway of his perfectly outlined ass.

Roughly he shook his head from these thoughts and tried not to focus on his purple clad booty. It wasn't working. Karkat pushed Sollux's damaged mind towards the truck. It wasn't exactly the best truck ever…actually fuck that, it looked like a piece of shit. Its blue-gray paint was chipping and the bumpers were a little dented in the front. Sometimes you had to be careful not to rip the shitty door off.

"Uhh, is this piece of shit yours?" Sollux teased, grinning as he received a punch to the arm.

"You know you fucking love dusty, now get it." Karkat grumbled, returning somewhat of a smile as he clambered into the driver's seat. Sollux got shot gun. Which in his opinion was a good thing. Not that he didn't want to chill in the back seat with Eridan.

So far he was finding he actually enjoyed the rich prince. They had decent taste in games and shit like that but honestly they got along because they were both really huge dicks about everything. That's what made him and Karkat a great pair too. This was just a big pile of assholes in a truck that got along.

Hell yes.

But sometimes Sollux got this weird feeling around Eridan. Like there was some tension between them, which honestly there was. A lot. Eridan wouldn't say anything about the months they had spent together as roommates when Sollux asked about it. He'd just get in this really shitty mood and avoid the conversation.

Sollux belted himself in when he caught Karkat looking at him expectantly. A moment later the truck was flipped into gear and they pulled away from the hospital. After a few minutes of listening to Karkat's 'good taste in music' he twisted around in his seat to look at Eridan in the back.

Eridan had his chin resting in his palm, gazing through the slightly frosted window. Most of his hair was hidden under his hat, but the purple lock was still pasted to his forehead. Sollux was starting to noticed Eridan's obsession with purple, that and scarves. It was actually pretty cute.

"Hey e.d." Sollux had started using the shortened nickname on Eridan like everyone else. It turned out that in his phone Eridan's contact name had been E.D My violet prince. Eridan turned his head at the call and raised and raised an eyebrow. "I was wondering, you got any girlfriend I should be worrying about?"

The truck had come to a stop at a red light and Sollux could hear Karkat slamming his head against the steering wheel beside him. Eridan just stared at Sollux, his mouth slightly open. His expression became more annoyed by the time he answered.

"I like dick Sol. I'm gay."

Realization in… 3… 2… 1

"Oh. Oh shit! Sorry!" Sollux started to back pedal as the information sunk in. "I should have known, I guess. Damn, well that's cool." He added, rubbing the back of his neck. Eridan just shrugged and looked out the window again.

"Whatever ya say, Sol."

Sollux turned around in his seat again and focused on the view out his window. It was probably better if he stopped asking really stupid questions. Instead he dug out his phone and started to text Aradia…

hey babe are you 2tiill coming over today?

Too bad his phone was all fucked up now. The "I" kept getting jammed and making doubles where the "s" didn't even exist. Which was total bullshit if you ask him.

I'll be there d0n't w0rry! 0u0

And then there was just the quirky way Aradia had always texted, but it made him feel a bit less like a tool now that his typing was screwed up.

2ee you 2oon then.

Sollux shoved the phone back in his pocket and distracted himself with scenery while they drove along. When they finally got out of the car Sollux and Eridan were left to trudge to the dorm together.