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Chapter 9: Day One
"O-OH GOD! I'M SO SORRY SOL!" Sollux had fallen against a wall and was slightly dazed.
"Thit ED! You really got to watch where you're going! And your timing ith jutht tho perfe-," He looked down at my soaking figure and quickly faced away.
"Wha-what did you need anywayth?" He asked still turned away from me. He quickly snatched up his shirt he had dropped when we collided. By the looks of it, he was in the midst of changing into some pajamas. Didn't he say he didn't sleep much?
Hmm. Interesting.
"I-I left my clothes next to your poor excuse of a mattress, is all," My face started to heat up for some reason. Damn, Sollux had a nicer body than I thought. It wasn't really helping how his pants were sagging dangerously low around his hips.
"Hurry up then. The hot water'th gonna run out if you don't thpeed it up," Not even looking back at me, he walked out of the bedroom and into the living room. It might have been my imagination but there was a light shade of red on the tips of his ears.
Rushing to get my clothes, I dove back into the warmth of the some how still hot water and started to actually bathe. For some reason though, my heart was beating a lot faster when I got into the shower. It didn't slow down when I got out either. I hastily threw on my pajamas and exited the steamy little bathroom.
Wandering to the bedroom I looked to see Sollux laying on the floor with his new laptop facing him. His glasses were set off to the side. Not noticing that I walked in, I placed myself onto his bed and glanced down at the screen of his laptop.
"Hey Sol?" I kicked the back of his leg slightly to catch his attention.
"Hmm...? What do you want," his voice was dead and tired as usual.
"What are you lookin' at?"
"Thtuff..."
"What kind of stuff?"
"Thitty Thtuff."
"That doesn't answer my question. Let me see what your doin'," I jumped off of the bed and landed next to Sollux on my knees. Trying to grab his laptop, he shoved my threatening hand away.
"No! Thoo!" He stood up and picked up the electronic device and started to run to the kitchen.
"Hey Sol! Let me see!" I hopped up and followed him.
"NNEEVVERR!"
We ended up running around the whole apartment screaming at each other to stop running and give up. The apartment was way to small for two slightly taller guys, so we ended up tripping or running into almost everything. We still continued to chase each other until the both of us were to tired to keep going. We fell back into the same spot we started at, but this time I was able to snatch the computer away from him.
"HEY! GIVE THAT BACK!" I turned away from him and swiped my hand on top of the sensor pad. The screen lit up in a flash of colors. Sollux flushed and grabbed the computer back from me. I busted into a fit of laughter.
"Wh-what the hell Sol! Haha Oh god," Sollux quickly closed the 'How to Draw' tab.
"Thut up," he was still red and I continued to laugh, "I'm not big on art, but I wanted to do thomething that you were good at and thee if I could at leatht come off ath a little impretthhive. I thought it would be eathy but I've been trying to learn for a week now and I thtill fail everytime I get a piethe of paper out. I have the image in my mind, like it'th a fucking mathter piethe, but then I try to put into reality and... nothing."
He fell onto his back and stared at the ceiling with his arms outstretched on both sides of him. I slowed my laugh to a light giggle and picked up his laptop. Opening up a new tab I clicked the search bar and typed in a URL.
"Sol. You have a lot to learn about art. To some it comes easy but to others it doesn't. It doesn't mean that you can't draw, just means you need a bit more practice."
The screen quickly loaded and I looked back at Sollux, "Get up, let me show you somethin'."
"No, I like the theiling... It'th a thit ton of fun to look at."
Grabbing hold of Sollux's arm I pulled his lanky figure up to a sitting position and scooted next to him so he could see the screen. He just glared at me but looked at the laptop anyways.
"What the fuck? Who drew thethe? Not to be mean, but they're fucking terrible!" He chuckled at the small doodles of lame pieces of art work... if they could even be called that.
I smiled at the reaction Sollux had to the images, "Did that make you feel better?"
"Yeah... I guetthh," he shrugged and looked at me.
"Whenever I feel like I can't draw or somethin' I usually go look for websites that have really bad drawings. It's mean, but doesn't everyone want to feel like they're better? It's kinda part of human culture. Always wantin' to feel important."
Sollux hummed in agreement. I stood up and dropped the laptop into Sollux's lap.
"I think I'm goin' to go ahead to bed. I'm kinda tired from all that chasin'." Stretching, I made my way to the doorway and out to the living room. I rather sleep on the couch then that pathetic piece of furniture Sollux calls a bed.
"Night then, ED." Sollux was quickly back onto his laptop, typing furiously.
Seating myself onto the couch I laid my head on a pillow that Sollux had given me before hand. I stared at the blank television screen and saw Sollux in the reflection. He seemed so focused, but enjoying himself at the same time. It reminded me of the times I would be asked to paint or to preform somewhere.
I smiled and closed my eyes, rolling over to face the sofa cushions.
"Hey Sol?"
"Yeah...?"
"If you ever want art lessons, I don't mind given them to you."
It was silent for a while, then Sollux's voice rang through the waiting air.
"Thure ED. Ath long ath it'th free."
That night, I fell asleep with a feeling of comfort. Something I hadn't been able to do for some time.
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