"Hi Sollux!" Aradia greeted happily in the doorway.
"Thup A.A." He replied.
"You ready to go?"
"Go where?"
"To the museum of course! You said you'd go with Feferi and I, but you were going to "conthtantly make fun of everything."
Sollux gave her a look which she giggled at.
"Well, gueth who forgot,"
"Sollux!"
"And gueth who hath to grubthit."
"Grub...sit?"
He opened the door wider to allow his morial inside. He closed it and pointed to a giant bundle of blankets on the floor.
Aradia turned to him."What is that?"
"E.D." He stated matter-of-factly.
"Why-"
"He mitheth hith cape."
She looked down guiltily and murmured an 'oh.'
"Want me to talk to him?"
"If you can thomehow get him out of all that shit and magically get him to eat thomething, be my guetht." Sollux held his hands up in defeat and escaped to the kitchen.
Aradia approached the bundle and leaned down.
"Eridan?" No response. "Eridan?" She tried again with no avail. She pulled a blanket down, revealing the sea dweller's tear-stained face and overall sad disposition.
"Hey there Eridan, how ya doing?" She smiled as nicely as she can manage. He groaned in return and tried to pull the blanket back over his face.
"Come on now, you gotta eat something."
"Just let me die here." He whimpered. Aradia sighed and ripped the blanket of Eridan who groaned and curled into a smaller blanket.
"I can't let you do that Eridan, Sollux needs you to eat."
"I don't wwant to eat, I wwant my cape."
"Well where's you cape?"
"Sol has it."
"Sollux," She called. The Gemini stuck his head out of the doorway.
"What?"
"Give Eridan his cape back."
"No heth not getting that thing back." Aradia placed her hand on her hips.
"And why not?"
"You of all trollth should know why I'm not giving him his cape back." Her stance faltered as the memory of the destroyed item came into her mind, guilt immediately washing over her.
"Right."
Sollux came into the room and stood over Eridan.
"Forget about it and come eat." He scooped the limp sea dweller in his arms and carried him to the kitchen, receiving protest as Eridan failed at trying to get down. He was placed a chair and had psionics hold him still. Sollux placed a bowl of cereal in front of him, and sat down in the chair next to the one he was occupying.
"Open your mouth." He instructed. To sad to disobey, he opened his mouth and a spoon slid. From behind the counter, Aradia giggled as the process continued until the contents of the bowl were emptied.
"That seemed fun." She said through a giggle. Sollux shook his head and went over to the sink. Aradia took the chance to sit next to the moping aquarius, who had his face planted on the kitchen table..
"Feel better?" She asked with a smile.
"No." He answered flatly, not looking up once.
"Then what would make you feel better?"
"My cape."
Sollux turned from the running sink and looked at his matesprit, shaking his head.
"E.D, theriouthly." He said with a warning tone.
"Sol," Eridan sobbed finally lifting his head, "That wwas such a good cape!"
"I get that, but now it'th in shredth and I threw it away."
"No you didn't! I knoww you didnt!" Eridan cried.
Aradia watched as her morail walked over from the sink and wrapped his arms around the crying boy. All she could think of was how cute it was. Maybe they are a good match… As Sollux continued to comfort Eridan, her phone beeped, signaling someone trying to communicate with her.
-cuttlefichCulller [CC] began trolling apocalypseArisen [AA]-
CC: hey aradia! i'm aboat to head out my hive right now
CC: are you already there? is your moray-eel there too?
AA: no, im still at s0llux's hive
AA: eridan seems very depressed
CC: oh no! whats wrong?
AA: hes grieving 0ver the l0se 0f his cape
AA: and grieving very hard i might had
CC: poor erifin 38(
CC: are you guys still going to try to come?
AA: i d0nt kn0w at this exact m0ment, eridan is pretty upset
CC: oh
CC:whale maybe next time!
AA:yes s0me 0ther time
CC:sea you later!
AA: g00dbye!
-cuttlefishCuller [CC] ceased trolling apocalypseArisen [AA]-
Aradia slipped phone back in her pocket when Sollux asked who was it.
"It was just Feferi wanting to know if all three of us were still on for the museum."
She explained.
"Oh cod," Eridan choked out, "I m-made you miss your d-day to hang out wwith your fr-friends!"
"E.D it'th fine, we'll go thome other time, right A.A?"
"Of course! No big deal." She answered with a smile. Their words of comfort did not reach the poor seadweller because he just cried harder into Sollux' shirt and said how much he missed his cape and how awful he was for screwing up the day.
Somehow, Sollux and Aradia somehow managed to drag Eridan to the living block. All three sat on the couch watching whatever decided to appear on the screen. Sollux and Aradia caught up with each other while Eridan was curled in a blanket on Sollux's lap.
"Feferi really wanted to see you Sollux. She said that she hasn't seen you in forever." Aradia said at one point.
"She saw me latht week," Sollux responded with a snigger. "What, did she think I got fat and bald?" Aradia giggled.
"Of course not silly, she just missed talking with you."
"Well I do have that imprethion on ladieth." aradia laughed and Eridan rolled his teary eyes under the blanket.
Eridan listened as the two went on and on all throughout the day. They were morials, what did he expect. But every time the fuchsia blood was brought, it pulled at his heart and made him feel worse. Feferi and Sollux were close, and could even pass off as good matesprits. They would be perfect for each other, way better then him and Sollux.
Eridan pulled the blanket further over his head as listen to the rumble of the yellow blood's chest as he laughed. He always loved Sollux's laugh. It always made him smile as well. Eridan gripped at Sollux's shirt in an effort for them to stay like this. He already lost something dear to him,
He definitely didn't want to watch Sollux leave him as well.
((Author's Note: i swear to gawd i cant get those puns right. or cat puns i am so sorry! anyways pierce-reincarnated made really spectacular fanart for my story. i am so happy X3. you guys must see! the link for whatever reson isnt working but is on archieve of our own so go there im guessing...? until next chapter~))