After all the trolls said goodbye as they parted for the day, Equius and Nepeta walked together. It was an awkward walk filled with silence. Nepeta was still thinking what would happen if another highblooded came into Equius's life. Would he leave her? Would they just become moirails again, or would this new troll take up both quadrants, leaving her as a quadrant-less gutterblood?

Equius's thoughts didn't make things lighter. He couldn't imagine living sweeps without Nepeta..he didn't want to live a day without her. She made his life so much better. If she never was in his life, he'd be angry all the time as would've possibly injured innocent civilians. She was there to calm him down when he was angry. She helped him drink his milk (which he greatly appreciated)...She was his only quadrant. He couldn't tolerate the other low-bloods that much and he felt unworthy of attention from highbloods.

They couldn't tell one another their fears. They didn't want to worry the other with these silly fears. Nepeta was likely to pass away many sweeps in the future..nothing worry about now. Right? And, Equius cared deeply for Nepeta and wasn't likely to desert her for some troll he hardly knew. Nothing to worry about. Right?

Right?

It was. They couldn't imagine life without the other. They needed one another and would be heartbroken if they were replaced, since they couldn't possibly ever dare replace the other. They tried to forget their feelings and focus on their relationship. They had taken a huge step quadrant wise. It needed some more time to adjust. All they could do right now is look at each other and try to smile their fear away. They were still scared but...somehow being with the other wiped all their fears away.

When they made it to Nepeta's cave, Equius looked at his olive-blooded lover. "Nepeta? Are you okay?" He asked her. She looked up at him and smiled a bit.

"Yeah..I'm fine..are you okay, Eqkitty?"

The blue blood smiled a little as well. He hated putting on a fake smile for her. He wanted his smiles to be real. But..thinking of life without her..he couldn't smile. "Y-yes..I'm alright. If it is no trouble I may stay at my house tonight."

Nepeta nodded. She understood he wanted to be alone. She wanted to be alone too. Equius kissed her forehead and headed off. She went in and just sat on her bed, bringing her legs close to her body to hug them. What was she going to do if another troll came into the picture. Would she be prettier than her? Would she roleplay or not? Would Equius like her better? Would everyone like her better?

Nepeta grabbed her head and held back tears. She didn't want Equius to leave her. She wasn't going to get her heart broken.

Not again.

Equius sat at his desk, attempting to design a new robot. His mind was elsewhere. What was he going to do when Nepeta died? Fiddlesticks, he didn't want to think about it. He knew it was sweeps and sweeps from now but..What would he do without her? Would he become a hermit? Would he go on a violent rampage? Would he blame himself? Would he blame others?

Equius looked at his paper and realized he was drawing Nepeta as a robot. Maybe he could-no. He wasn't going to make that mistake.

Not again.

Nepeta looked over to her laptop. She didn't feel like Trollian now. She just wanted to be alone with her feelings. She stretched out on her bed and fell asleep. Maybe tomorrow would be better and she'd forget her worries.

Before Nepeta stood a troll. She was beautiful. Her black hair went down her back and curved upwards at the tips. Her horns were magnificent! Curved up with pointed tips. Her eyelashes were curved and colored a beautiful shade of blue, possibly her blood color. Her blouse was ruffled and had an unfamiliar sign the same color as her mascara. Her skirt flowed in the breeze. She was magnificent...remarkable...She-

"She's e%cellent!" A voice said from behind the olive-blood. She turned, instant tears came to her eyes. Equius stood there. He came forward and gently pushed Nepeta aside as he took the new troll's hands delicately. "You are the most remarkable troll I have laid eyes on! Plus, you are my blood color, my equal." All the troll did was smile and bat her eyes as Equius sweated and carried on. "Please..be my moirail.. NO!..Be my matesprit."

Nepeta couldn't believe it. Equius was going to drop her? Just like that? "E-Eqkitty I-"

The strong troll looked back and spoke harshly to her. "Silence, gutterblood. You should not speak in the presence of us highb100ds...especially this magnificent being." He gently shoved her shoulder, but he gave enough force to make her fall back and hit the ground. He took the female blue blood's hand and walked off into the beaming light ahead of them as Nepeta was pulled into the darkness. She reached her hand out for help.

"Equius! Equius! Please! Come back! HELP ME!"

Meanwhile, Equius tried to sleep, but tossed, turned, and sweated.

Equius stood with his matesprit on a hill, overlooking the sea as a breeze gently rolled across the hill, hitting their faces. He was happy. Nepeta was safe next to else was around. Just the two of them together. Nothing could go wrong.

That is, until Nepeta slowly started to walk ahead of him, towards the edge of the hill. Equius didn't understand. Why was she walking forward? "Nepeta? Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yes Equius..I'm fine. But..it's time I go now." The troll stopped and came back to him, gently kissing him on the lips before turning her back to him and continued walking forward. Go? Go where? Her cave was the other way and they still had plenty of time to be together.

Nepeta looked to the sky and smiled as she bowed her head. Equius soon realized the the edge of the hill had turned to a cliff's edge. Nepeta was dangerously close to the tip. He tried to move, but his legs were frozen in fear. Nepeta turned to face him and smiled. "Goodbye, my Eqkitty." She said, she folded her hands together and closed her eyes. She slowly began to lean back, before she went too far and fell.

"NEPETA!" Equius yelled. He forced his legs to move and rushed to the edge, falling to his knees and looking down. He didn't see her anywhere. Tears escaped from his sunglasses-covered eyes as he lowered his head and struck the ground with his fist, causing some of the cliff to come apart and crumble to the earth below.

Equius felt a light shine above him as he looked up. Nepeta was in her dream clothing and emitted off a bright light. She floated away from him smiling and into the beams of light above. All around Equius the darkness settled in, enclosing him. He reached his hand out to her for help.

"Nepeta! Nepeta! Please! Come back! HELP ME!"

The two trolls woke up at the same time, gasping for air. As Equius took off his glasses to rub the bridge of his nose, Nepeta took off her hat and just looked at it. He didn't want to outlive her, and she did not want him to leave her. How could they stay together and not have to go through life without them?

Suddenly, an idea struck them both. They hadn't thought of it before. It was something never done before. They could be the first trolls ever to do it. The two trolls looked forward with confidence and said simultaneously;

"I'm going to change my b100d color."