Alright so this, plus the other one I just added before count as one whole update. Wha-lah!

Eridan marched back to his hive in a huff, not believing what just happened. HIS matesprit just defended that pathetic spider bitch when he was so close to ending her life! Eridan grimaces and watches Equius carry Nepeta back to his hive, pissed off because even THEIR matespritship was working perfectly, while his was crumbling after only a couple days. He was so… Stupid. Deciding he needed help to win back his beloved, he makes his way back to his hive and into his recuperacoon so he can troll somebody he knows will be able to help.

caligulasAquarium [CA] began trolling whimsicalRebellion [WR]

CA: i need your help

WR: um who i$ thi$?

CA: your friends freakin matesprit Eridan

WR: oh! ok what do you need?

CA: i wwas wwonderin if i could come ovver so wwe could talk or somethin like that

WR: $ure i gue$$.

CA: excellent

caligulasAquarium [CA] ceased trolling whimsicalRebellion [WR]

Eridan puts his husktop back in its original location and sprints to the deck of his hive. His skyhorse, sensing his troll's distress, is patiently waiting for him. The sea dweller climbs on the saddle of his lusus and orders him to go to Lumia's hive, which he does hastily. Once there, Eridan orders his lusus to wait outside for him so he has a way back after the visit. He knocks proudly on the door, waiting for Lumia to invite him in when somebody else answer instead: Feferi.

"Wwhat the fuck Fef, wwhy are you here?" he exclaims, glaring at Lumia who's sitting in a recliner in the front room. Feferi just laughs nervously and ignores his question, turning to Lumia in distress.

"Um… Lumia, you didn't say Eridan would be glubbing over," she points out, making Lumia feel quite guilty. The yellow blood shrugs in an attempt to seem indifferent, refusing to look at either of her guests right now.

"Ugh wwhatevver, I don't evven care if you're here because I need to talk to Lumia noww!" Eridan says, explaining why he was even here and pushing past Feferi. He stands in front of the chair that Lumia is chilling in and narrows his eyes at her, placing both hands on his hips. Feferi sighs and closes the door, sitting in the chair across from the TV and next to Lumia's. She focuses on the TV, wishing that Eridan weren't here right now because this was just so glubbing awkward!

"Alright so I challenged Vvris to a duel and I almost wwon and killed her, but Phae cut in and savved her and she wwas all like fuck off Ampora and left, so noww I don't knoww wwhat to do so she'll stop bein' all mad at me and junk!"

Lumia blinked and stared at Eridan in shock, not because of what happened with her friend, but because she had no clue what the actual fuck he was talking about right now. She looked over at Feferi for help, who just giggled and rested her hand on Lumia's arm.

"Allow me dear. I've glubbed with him for a while, I can translate! He says he tried to krill Vriska, fish is a big no-no, and Phaedra stopped him! Then she got upset at Eridan and whale, he just wants to glub it up to her," Feferi explained with a grin, thinking the whole situation was sort of romantic in a twisted kind of way. The yellow blood nodded and looked back at Eridan before giving him her diagnosis.

"You need to go to her now. If you wait, it'll only piss her off even more. She's not like other girls, she doesn't need space, she needs someone to calm her down before she gets super upset and does something bad. If I know her, she'll probably be at Troi's right now so I suggest you start there. Tell her you're sorry and that you'll even apologize to Vriska. Then she'll forgive you, so long as you don't try to kill her friend again. If you do this a second time, it won't be so easy to fix."

Eridan blanches at the advice: it was seriously that easy? He didn't even need to come here, he could've just gone to Troi's and apologized!? Talk about a waste of his precious time. Not only did he waste valuable time, but he also had to see his ex-moirail. What could be worse?

"Ok I guess. Thanks or wwhatevver, bye," he says before storming out of his hive. Feferi groans and looks at her friend, very much annoyed with Eridan's lack of sincerity in his words.

"He's so glubbing mean!" she says with a pout, making Lumia laugh.

"He's just upset, it's fine," Lumia assures the sea dweller, "Now let's just watch some more TV ok?"

…

Eridan approached the door to Troi's hive nervously, lightly rapping on the door with his knuckles. Behind him stood his skyhorse, once again waiting patiently for his troll to finish up his affairs. When he receives so answer, Eridan becomes annoyed and bangs on the door forcefully. Inside, Troi, Platy, and Phaedra jolt awake, eyes darting around the room trying to find out where that noise had come from.

Then they hear it again and realize that somebody is knocking on the door. Phaedra groans, already a bit grouchy because she'd literally gotten like a half hour of sleep, and trudges to the door, leaving Troi and Platy to fall back asleep while she deals with this nuisance. She opens the door rudely, greeting the pest with an irritated, "What the fuck do you-"

But then she notices who it is and stops mid sentence. In front of her, Eridan looks like a scared wriggler as he fidgets with the end of his cape anxiously. The indigo blood groans and steps outside, closing the door behind her so she wouldn't wake the two sleeping inside.

"What is it?" she asks in a harsh tone, glaring at her matesprit. He falls to his knees and clutches the end of her tank top, violet tears already flowing down his cheeks as his words stumble out.

"Oh Phae I'm so sorry about tryin' to kill Vvris, I wwas just jealous because I don't wwanna lose ya! Please don't end our matespritship because I pity you and I don't knoww wwhat I'd do wwithout ya!"

Phaedra bends down on her knees and hugs her matesprit, shooshing him to the best of her abilities and rubbing his back comfortingly. He buries his face in her shoulder and continues to cry, staining the exposed grey skin violet.

"It's ok Ampora, I wasn't gonna end our matespritship. I was just a little mad darling, don't worry," she soothes, throwing all of her own problems away to deal with the troll she pities, "Just don't try killing my fucking friend again, ok angel?"

He looks up at her and nods, lips still quivering the slightest. Phaedra offers a small smile and wipes away his tears, then kisses his forehead sweetly.

"C'mon, go ahead and send your lusus home. We're just going to stay at Troi's, ok?"

Again he nods, to which his lusus flies away with a pride filled whinnie. Phaedra ushers Eridan inside the hive and asks him to stay put, then runs upstairs and grabs a hand full of sopor for her friend. She sprints back down and lathers the ooze on his face, then drags Eridan into the living room and makes him sit on the couch.

"We're gonna watch some TV, ok? Just lay down."

Eridan does as he's told and lays down on the couch while Phaedra turns to some show called Tosh.0, then lies on the couch in front of Eridan and snuggles into him. He instinctively drapes an arm over her and uses his other one to prop his head up.

"Thanks for bein' so nice bout this Phae," Eridan says, kissing the top of her head to show how appreciative he is. Phaedra just shrugs and smiles, not really thinking it was a big deal. Of course she'd forgive him: she pitied him, and when you pity somebody you'll do anything in the world just to make sure that they're happy.