Your name is Eridan Ampora, and you are not getting the hang of this romance thing.

Everything was going fine, perfectly even. You have no idea what the fuck possessed your dear kismesis to do what he did. But he did, nonetheless.

He ended it. Just like that. After everything, he destroyed the connection you had and ended it.

Ended everything.

You are panicking. You have no idea what to do. Everything is hazy and you can't think.

Your body is freezing. The icy winds whip past you as you perch on the cliff side, inches away from the dent that Sollux caused. In the spot where you and Sollux sat and shared the moments where you weren't hurting each other. But despite the freezing cold winds, you are sweating. Your hands constantly moistening even after you wipe them off. You're shivering, not from the cold, but from fear. You don't want to go back. Back to that pathetic little ball of lonely sorrows. Back to the time where nothing was real, and you were just passing through on autopilot. You hated that time, and its coming back to haunt you.

No.

Never again will you have to endure that. You refuse to revert back to your hollow self. You are stronger now.

You look down at the cold water below, at the vast, empty ocean, at your broken hive. All of it. All of the possibilities, the perfectly, horribly, gruesome possibilities

He will suffer for what he did. He will pay.

You're name is Sollux Captor and you smiling like a fucking idiot.

You are sitting at your desk, talking to Karkat.

CG: SO WHEN ARE YOU COMING OVER?

TA: iin a biit.

TA: ii ju2t need two take care of a few thiing2.

CG: OKAY.

CG: HEY SOLLUX.

TA: yeah KK?

CG: NOTHING.

CG: I'LL TELL YOU LATER.

TA: okay KK.

TA: ii 2hall waiit eagerly for youre upcomiing new2.

TA: ii bet iit2 goiing to be exhiilaratiing.

TA: KK?

CG: OH SORRY, GAMZEE WAS GOING ON ABOUT MIRACLES AND SOME SWEATY HORSE CREEP.

TA: that 2ound2 2tupiid.

CG: YEAH, HE ANNOYS THE FUCK OUT OF ME.

CG: ANYWAY, SEE YOU LATER.

TA: bye KK.

twinArmageddons [TA ceased trolling ]carcinoGeneticist [CG]

You smile, wondering what Karkat could ipossibly/i want to tell you. You quickly get done with everything you needed to tend to.

You fly out of your window and in the direction of Karkat's hive. You are very excited at this little get together. You get the feeling that it is going to be very ieventful./i

You're thoughts and flight are quickly interrupted. Your head jerks to the side and you plummet to the ground as a large blunt object is hurled in your direction. You're vision goes black before you even hit the ground.

The next time you wake up you are lying down and you're chest feels heavy. Something- someione/i- is touching your face. Its stroking your left cheek, where the scars are, permanently embedded in your face after months of healing and reopening.

The sky is cluttered with clouds and you can smell salt. A flash of purple shoots accros the sky through the clouds.

Eridan's hive.

You make a small noise and the fingers stop. A face peers up at you and smiles.

"Sol, you're awwake!" His words pound through your head. His voice sounds wavier that usual. He sits up and stares out into the ocean. "I wwas so wworried about you Sol. I thought you'd nevver wwake up." He turns back toward you, smiling. "Then you'd nevver get to sea wwhat I did."

You try to sit up, but something still weighs you down. Eridan frowns.

"Noww noww Sol, there's no need for that. Just sit back and relax." He leans you back down and begins stroking your face again. "You sea Sol, about you and me, and you just... ending it wwithout wwarning," oh God he was still mad about that!

As if reading your thoughts, he shakes his head. "I'm not mad Sol. Wwell, not anymore, not after this. And noww that i think about it, it wwas probably for the best."

You relax a bit at his words. "2o II can leave?" You're voice sounds far off, and slurred.

The royal blood frowns. "No Sol, you can't leavve. You can't evver leavve. There is still much more for us to do, Sol."

You attempt to sit up once more. The clanging of metal against metal rings through your skull and you look down. Thick iron chains are wrapped around your middle.

"Do you like it Sol?" You're attention is snapped back to the seadweller beside you. "I wworked so hard to do that. The chains are so heavy and you bein limp didn't help anyfin."

You follow the chains with your eyes. It loops around your side, curving and strange patterns, and ends with a large iron anchor sporting a large purple jewel and Eridan's insignia. You whimper and struggle to move away.

"Awwww, don't wworry Sol." He begins stroking you're hair. "It's not that bad." He leans down right next to your ear. "It'll all be ovver soon."

You start to panic, furiously trying to remove the chains. Eridan just laughs, not menacingly, but playfully. As if this is all just a game to him.

He's insane. He's insane and he wants to kill you. You hate him. He's trying to kill you and oh God why did you let him go?

Eridan walks over to the anchor and grabs the two ends sticking out of its sides. Struggling, he slowly drags it over to the cliff's edge and stands there.

"Er, why are you doiing thii2?"

He looks up and smiles. "Oh, I think you knoww, Sol."

"No, II don't. Whatever iit ii2, II'm 2orry."

The smile quickly fades, taking all the amusement with it. "It's too late for that." Knees locked, Eridan slowly falls backward, taking the anchor with him.

The chains start following immediately. You struggle, trying to escape before you are dragged down into the ocean. You try to stop the chains from moving, but all you get is a red and blue spark and a massive headache.

The chains catch up to you and you are suddenly jerked to the side. You roll sideways toward the edge, twisting as you're dragged across the cliff. You sink your claws into the ground, digging up dirt as you are pulled. Your head gets knocked into the ground and your glasses fly off. Your legs fall of the edge and you grab onto the rock. It quickly breaks and you plummet into the water below. By some miracle, you manages to take a deep breath before you submerged.

When you reach the bottom, Eridan comes swimming toward you. He is smiling, clearly proud of his work. He leans in close, and places a hand on your cheek. You can hear a faint, gargled whisper. "Let's sea you leavve me noww." His claws sink into the small scars and open them again. He cuts further, dragging his claws down to your mouth. A large blob of yellow floats out of the cuts and into the water.

You regret everything. Not just because you're about to die. You hate yourself a little bit more. You've caused him more pain than intended, and you'll never get to see Karkat again.

Your chest is starting to hurt, and you can't hold it anymore. You let out all of the oxygen in your lungs and suck in the sea water. You feel dizzy, tired even.

With the last of your strength, you reach up and touch you're hand to Eridan's side. Where his scars were. Where you marked him as your own. Where you would always sink your claws into. You trail your fingers lightly down the lines, just as you always would.

Eridan smiles and presses his lips to your own before drifting a few inches away. You close your eyes and succumb to the tiredness that fills you.

Your name is Eridan Ampora, and you do not handle rejection well.