You are Eridan Ampora and you have no idea why Nepeta is crying. You do what anyone would do to their potential matesprit: you comfort her. And by comfort you mean hold because you have no idea how this shit works. "Nep, do you wwant me to get Eq?" you figure her moirail will be a lot better at this than you. You feel her shake her head through your shirt. Guess not. "Should I do something?" you know asking her isn't a great idea but, again, you have no idea how this shit works. She just holds on to you tighter. You are getting very flustered. "Wwhat's wrong?" you ask because it's the only thing you can think that doesn't involve leaving Nepeta or panicking. She raises her head from it's spot on your chest and wipes her face.

"Old scars," she mutters, tears still brimming from the edges of her eyes, "I just- it's been a while since I saw her and... I hoped she wasn't mad anymore."

Now you're really confused, "She looked happy to see you."

"..." Nepeta won't look at you, and you realize she lied about what she said. It annoys but you understand, you do the same thing sometimes, usually to the emporer.

"Nep, tell me the truth, you don't have to lie," you move some of her hair out of her face, it's messier than usual from her crying and as much as you want to make it neater, it really fits her so you don't.

"I- she- she was. I... wasn't. Purezi is great, but she," Nepeta takes a deep breath, "she's part of the rebellion, and she's wanted me to join fur sweeps. I don't want to be part of it... I just want to be a normal troll, one who doesn't have to worry about her blood color showing," she laughs dryly, "funny thing is, Purezi was the first to find out. I was already moirails with Equius, but our relationship was still... haphazard."

"He didn't knoww yet," you interject, deciding to address the rebellion part later. Nepeta needs this, she needs you and you aren't going ignore that.

She nods, "Yeah, and I had just met him in real life. We met through trollian, a furiend of a furiend and all. I just left his hive when I ran into Purezi, literally. That's how we met. I fell down, and befur I knew it she was on me, accusing me of being a spy fur the emporer. I was hemoanonymous so I guess that did make it suspicious. She had a knife to my throat, and I tried to fight off despite knowing I could get caught. I figured I'd just kill her after. The knife cut me and she saw my blood. Immediately, she got off of me, and began apologizing. She said she would fight with the rebellion fur justice against lowbloods..." Nepeta trails off turning from you and frowning.

"You wweren't part of the rebellion, wwere you?"

She nods, turning back to you, "I told her I wasn't and she looked surpurised. She said she could get to someone who would let me join... Let me lead. She had thrown the knife on the ground and I picked it up, deciding I would kill her befur she could go. I had the knife and I-I couldn't kill her. I panicked, knowing that she would tell someone about me and I stabbed her eyes. I hoped that I could get away. I hoped that no one would believe her. It was stupid. I knew it was stupid. I knew that someone would wonder how it happened, but I couldn't tell anyone and I came to find out she never told anyone either. She found me... through trollian."

"A friend of a friend," you mutter.

"I didn't know it was her and we roleplayed together. It was fun, and I had forgotten about the incident at that point. It took her sweeps to find me, I don't even know how she found out I was the same troll who gouged her eyes," Nepeta begins crying again, "I didn't know she would hate me for not being part of the rebellion. I don't know what to do, Eridan. I don't know what they want to do, or why they want me. I don't know if I should just give up and join, or if I should help you take out the emporer."

You pull her back to you, "I don't knoww wwhat you should do, but I'll help you do it. No matter wwhat it is."

She pulls back and kisses you.

Q: filler-y sort of? It's mostly backstory with a little romance at the end so *shrugs* I just hope you're enjoying it