Eridan was frustrated at the moment because the person he is in love with is now millimeters from him all day every day. All he could think about was how mad he was at Feferi for making Sol stay at his house not hers, and she even brought him to where he was hiding! If there was one thing he was sure about, it was that he was going to get her back for this. However his biggest worry was Sollux, who he was sure, would be hard to get rid of. He hated thinking that but if Sollux stayed any longer he knew his true feelings would come out eventually, and honestly he just wasn't ready for the outcome.
As Eridan thought more and more about the predicament he was in, the bigger the crease between his brows became. And by some added notion Sollux ended up noticing this as well; which wasn't helping Eridan at all. Because the more he tries to pull away to hide his feelings the more Sol tried to find out, which was an ongoing cycle that drained him of all his energy.
By now Sollux had turned a full 360 degrees to look at Eridan who didn't look so good at the moment. Feeling concern for the smaller boy he put his hand on Eri's face while asking, "Is everything all right?" "No.", was the short answer given back quickly, as he pushed Sollux's hand aside. They were both now looking at each other, both trying to find something in the others eye, yet neither found what they were looking for. Finally after a few more minutes passed Sollux tried again "Your hair has gotten long, are you not going to cut it?" He questioned as his hand combed Eridan's hair behind his ear, hoping to get a better look at his face by doing so. However Eridan turned his head as he mumbled back "I don't feel like it." "Oh.", was all that could come out of Sollux's mouth as he noticed the way Eridan disliked when he was touched by him. Sollux sighed inwardly, ruffled Eri's hair and said, "I think I'll go for a walk." And before Eridan could reply (if he was going to) Sol was already out the door.
Eridan groaned as he cupped his face in his hands, as he thought about what to do next. At this point he almost felt like Sollux was purposefully touching him just to make things worse, even though he knew that wasn't true. As he kept thinking, confusing himself even more, his phone went off surprising him so much he almost fell off the couch. After retrieving the phone with a frown, he looked to see to see who it was; Feferi. She had texted him to see if he was doing ok. The frown deepened as he knew that Feferi knew that answer already and sent back I'm coming over.
As Sollux was walking by himself he could understand why Eridan liked it so much here. Sollux let a sigh escape his mouth as he thought about how Eridan had been treating him since he got here, and honestly he had no idea why he was staying. At first he had just wanted to find Eri to see how he was-no, he felt like that wasn't all there was to it but he just didn't know the answer. While walking further and further down random streets he got more confused and ended up heading back to Eridan's house. As he was about to open the door, simultaneously Eridan was leaving as well. He didn't need to ask why but did anyway, "Where are you going?" "Fef's house." Was the response given back as he quickly went past Sollux, then to his car and drove off.
All Sollux could feel was utter annoyance at how much Eridan spent with Fef, even though he had said he didn't like her in any way besides a friend. As Sollux was pondering this over he headed for the couch, as he anger rose when he thought of how touchy they were with one another.
Eridan was happy to be away from Sol for the time being, including since it was getting more uncomfortable by the day. It was nice spending time with Fef, because she understood him well and always gave him great advice; which was exactly what he was looking for right now. He had just gotten to her house and was waiting on the couch while she got drinks for the both of them. When she finally came back she stated, "I'm guessing this has to do with getting rid of Sollux." Eridan nodded in reply and gave her a pleading look saying help me or rather save me from dealing with this as Ferferi took it. Fef sighed and handed Eridan his drink as she sat down on the couch. Finally Feferi asked him what was bothering him so much that made him come to this decision of getting rid of him, even though she knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Eridan then went on to explaining how Sollux had been acting towards him lately and the way it was getting more uncomfortable as they spent more time with one another. After hearing all of this she understood exactly what was happening, maybe it was just her instinct but she knew that Sollux was most likely feeling something for Eri whether he knew it himself or not. And after coming to this conclusion she knew exactly what she should do to make them both open their eyes. She then proceeded to tell Eridan her idea yet making sure that he thought she was only doing it to help him get rid of Sollux, instead of trying to make him jealous. "What we'll do Eri is pretend that we have started going out to make Sollux want to leave or at least leave your house. Because who would want to be the third wheel whose presence is disturbing someone else's relationship." Once he nodded in understanding she continued, "Now we have to make sure that we look like we're in a relationship. However I want you to just act normally like you usually do with me, and I'll deal with the acting part." Feferi said this because she knew Eridan was horrible at acting and it would just make things worse if he even tried. As the plan came into fruition with all the questions needing to be answered being answered; everything was ready for starting the act of fooling Sollux.
What made the plan even better was at this moment Sollux was contemplating his feelings for Eridan once he noticed how he got angry when Eri decided to go to Feferi's house the third time this week. He was finally able to understand that he may be feeling something more for Eridan, which explained why he felt like he didn't want to leave Eri's house. As Sol thought this, everything started to click in place like putting the last pieces of a puzzle together. However what he didn't know was that by knowing this, it what going to be a hard few days for him. Though at the moment the only emotions he felt was anger, anger at his self for not even noticing his own feelings. Sollux even thought it was good that Eri had left because if he hadn't he would never have figured it out; well he only thanked Eridan for so long. Because once he had come back later that night Sollux started wishing Eri had never left.
Eridan had gotten out of his car and was now right in front of his door. He took a deep breath then proceeded to go inside, where he found Sollux on his computer. As he walked in Sol came up to him and said, "I want to talk to you about something." What Sollux wasn't expecting was to hear the reply back. "Sol I need you to leave my house soon because me and Feferi are moving in together." Sollux's face fell as he heard these words and as he swallowed back his hurt all that would come out of his mouth was, "oh."
(Sorry for not writing much. This time I wrote a longer chapter because I felt bad since the 2nd one was so short. I'm not used to writing more than one chapter which is why it's been taking me longer, but I already know how I plan to finish it now so look forward to the next chapter soon. Please tell me what you think of this chapter and the whole story, I look forward to it.)
******Just thought I'd tell everyone who is reading my story that I will be putting the last chapter(s) up this week and sorry for making you wait this long****