Here it is, the chapter you've been waiting for! Unless you're reading this in the future, to which I say you lucky duck. Enjoy! (sorry for any typos still get confused by your and you're :/)
You feel the box of chocolates slip from your grasp. No, you cannot be serious, this CANNOT be happening! Feferi… and HIM? You can already feel the tears streaming down your face. You don't think either of them have noticed you. You wouldn't expect them to notice anyone, I mean look at them! She's practically on top of him! You have a sudden urge to turn around and run, run as fast as you can, run all the way home and bury yourself under your covers and never come out again. You never want to see anyone again, not that fucking bastard, not Karkat, not even Feferi after this. You never thought it would turn out this way, him and her. Her and him. Together. Suddenly your legs decide to obey you and you turn and run. You run past the limited amount of people that come to your tiny little school and back out through the gates. You don't even think anyone saw you. Not even Feferi….
Your name is Feferi Peixes and who would waste such a delicious box of chocolates?
Your loving embrace with Sollux has just ended, but somehow it's not entirely how you'd imagined it? You thought it would be a lot warmer, like Eridan's scarf around your neck on windy days… Wait, why is Eridan on your mind? You're dating Sollux now, in fact you never even dated Eridan! Snap out of it Feferi, get back to the chocolates! As you were saying, your embrace with Sollux ended and you turned to see a box of good chocolates lying on the concrete. Now, no one at your school litters, like at all. There's not enough people to get away with anything, so now you're wondering who did it…?
You approach the box slowly and cautiously, like it was a sleeping lion. You pick up the box and see heart shaped chocolates go everywhere! Oops… Wait, there's a card! Maybe it'll say who it's from on the inside… You open the card and read the message which has been scrawled on it in dark purple ink.
"Fef,
I havve lovved you since the day wwe first met in the corridor. The wway your eyes sparkled in the light of the hallwway and the wway your hair flowwed perfectly ovver your shoulders… So, if you're interested, wwould you wwant to be my Vvalentine?"
Oh my cod. That's… That's so beautiful. You didn't think Eridan had that in him. Wait, why are you crying? You shouldn't be crying, you have absolutely no reason to cry…! Except for the fact you just broke your best friend's heart… In fact, he meant more to you than that. And now you don't know where he is. What are you going to do? How are you going to make this alright? IS there a way you can make this alright…? You feel Sollux's hand on your shoulder.
"Hey, what2 the matter?" You turn around and cling tightly to him, crying into his shoulder. He pats your back reassuringly, whispering comforting messages in your ear. You pretend he's Eridan. You remove Sollux's lisp from everything he says and add Eridan's cute 'w' stutter. You miss it so much already, and it's only been one day since you last saw him. But you fear you may never see him again…
Your name is Cronus Ampora, and you're pretty concerned about your little bro.
It's been a week since Valentine's Day and he hasn't come out of his room since then. You have no idea what happened because he refuses to open the door. The only time you ever see him is when your dad makes him come out for dinner. He never eats and he always looks horrible. Last night he had big black rings around his eyes and his skin was so pale you actually thought he was a fucking snowman. He didn't touch his food, he just stared at it with pure disgust, like it had just thrown horse shit at him. As soon as dad or I tried to engage him in conversation he'd get up and walk away into his room, with a mumble which usually sounded like 'I'm goin' back to bed. Don't come lookin' for me, I just wwanna be alone'.
Today you were going to try to get him to say something other than those 15 words in that order. It was worth a shot… right? You jog up to his door and pause to take a deep breath in, then knock on the door.
"Go awway." You groan. The same reply as yesterday.
"C'mon chief open the door." You hear him sniff loudly.
"I said go awway." He then proceeded to blow his nose really loudly. Gross.
"I knowv, just-" You sigh impatiently "-Tell me vwhat happened and let me help ya out! I can probably help if it vwas a break up cause I'vwe been through plenty of those-" You hear the door creak open slightly.
"Do you promise not to tell dad?" You felt like that was a pretty big promise, but if you were to gain this knowledge you had to. It was the only way…
"Fine. I promise not to tell dad." He swung the door the whole way open, where you were hit with the most awful smell your nose has ever encountered in your entire life. "Oh my cod chief wvhen vwas the last time you showvered?" You hear a mumbled reply of something that sounded like 'I dunno a wwhile ago'. You enter the foul stench of a room and look around. It's not like you can see much anyway, the only light in the room is coming from his laptop, which seems to be paused on… Wait is that Romeo and Juliet? You hear the door slam shut behind you and the lights flick on. Oh god.
There's discarded popcorn packets all over the floor, the bed sheets are basically on the floor and the bin has tissues literally overflowing. This cannot be healthy. "Vwho the fuck made you feel so bad you did this to yourself?" Eridan walked over and sat on the bed. He brushed away some popcorn crumbs, then suggested you come sit next to him. You do as he says, wiping the bed a second time before sitting down.
"Do you really wwant to knoww?" You nod enthusiastically, and he takes a deep breath in, then sighs. "Fine, I'll tell you. It all started months ago wwhen I first met her…"
"…And that's wwhy I'vve been sobbin' in my room for a wweek like a wwuss instead of actually goin' to school and doin' all that crap." Oh my god. How come he didn't tell you sooner? You should've known it was a Captor, Mituna's retarded family could only mean trouble.
"I'm gonna do something about this chief, don't you vworry your lovwesick heart, those Captors vwill pay for-" You were cut off by Eridan.
"No Cro, it's fine. I'll just lay here in my bed until it engulfs me and I stop existin'. There's alwways an easy wway out…" He sighs and flops down on the bed. Oh god he's in such a bad state. You're going to have to talk to Meenah about this…
Your name is Feferi, and your sister just asked to see you in your room?
You don't know what's going on, but it better be quick. You have to call Eridan (again) to see if he actually picks up this time! You call every hour but he never replies to any of them. And his voicemail is literally 'Go awway I don't wwant to talk to anyone…'. And it's all. Your. Fault. You sit down on your bed and your sister stands in front of you. She's glaring at you, leaning against your wall. Oh god did she find out you know she watches Doctor Who cause if she did-
"What the fuck did you do to the Ampora kid?" You can feel tears in your eyes again. Ooh cod if you start crying you're not going to be able to tell her? Stop crying Feferi, get a hold of yourself! "You right? I didn't mean to scare you or whatever…" You shake your head in protest.
"No no, it's not you, it's just… Last time I )(eard from Eridan was from a box of c)(ocolates he boug)(t me that were left on the ground…" Meenah winced, basically knowing what was going on.
")(ave you tried to apologise?" The tears are racing down your cheeks now, you never thought that this level of guilt could actually be achieved.
"Y-yea)( but )(e's not picking up )(is p)(one." You sniff loudly as you feel Meenah sit down beside you and her ringed fingers rub your shoulder in an attempt to comfort you. So close.
"Why don't you go sea him?" You look up at her, slightly confused but you feel like she took it the wrong way. "Alright fine it was just a suggestion…"
"No no, t)(at's suc)( a good idea! W)(y didn't I t)(ink of t)(at?" You jump up from your bed and grab your jumper, the light brown one with the green swirl on the front. You really like this jumper, no idea why though. You race out the door, pulling it on on the way. And you're out on the street, yelling a thank back at Meenah as you bolt past all the houses, heading towards Eridan's house. It's only a few blocks away…
You lucky future people get to keep reading... as for everyone else, gonna have to wait! (sorry)
