Surprise! I completely put all of my homework off tonight just to write, haha. It's a short chapter, but, hey, it's important! So, yeah! Here ya go!~

It was so incredibly typical; when Sollux was finally finding happiness in more than just one thing in his life, Eridan was moping and down day after day. After Sollux was able to express his emotions-in a relatively healthy way, for Sollux-he felt as though a lot had been lifted off of him and he was a bit lighter. Even though he was a bit more positive, he couldn't help but to wonder what would come and knock him down.

Eridan's mood was enough to do so, but Sollux just kept staying positive. He tried to help Eridan to cheer up but it didn't seem to be working. He wasn't sure what was wrong with his boyfriend, but he didn't prod. He just made sure that Eridan knew that he was there if Eri needed to talk about anything, and that was that.

As for today, Karkat was over "working on some college work" with Sollux, but really he just ended up talking about Meenah pretty much the entire time. They ended up moving their date to a concert instead of the bar, and Sollux couldn't help but to be a bit disappointed. Not only was he curious to see Karkat and Meenah together, but he wanted to see Meenah again too.

"KK, if you mention how hot she is one more time, I may vomit myself into a coma," Sollux informed, and Karkat only shrugged with a smile.

"I can't help it, dude, she's pretty amazing."

"Amazing because she's hot, or...?"

Karkat snickered. "For your information, I'm not a shallow dick, Sollux."

"Oh? There's more?" Sollux asked with a laugh, scrolling through Google in search of some essay information.

"Yes, there's more! She's got a rocking personality too. She's pretty bad-ass, but she's also really cute in her own crazy way," Karkat spoke with a smile, and Sollux batted his lashes at his friend.

"Aw," he cooed, and Karkat scowled.

"Oh shut up, gay-wad."

"Ooh, gay-wad, that's a good one."

"Speaking of gay, how did Delvin take yours and Eridan's relationship?"

"Wonderfully. He behaved like a four year old child who was afraid of his vegetables, and I had to punish him by telling him to piss off," Sollux replied smoothly, actually beginning to work on his paper. Karkat's joking manner faded, and his eyebrows rose.

"Whoa. Seriously?"

"Hell yeah. How are your parents, by the way?" Sollux asked, looking up at Karkat while he continued typing. Karkat shrugged, leaning back into the couch lazily.

"Mom's cool, clingy, and Dad's as crabby as usual. Mom wants me home and Dad wants me to keep being independent, so they clash a lot. Overall, I guess they're pretty cool," he informed with a yawn, and Sollux gave him a look.

"You've really got a great family, KK"

"Yeah, they're okay, I guess," he admitted with a shrug, and Sollux shook his head. He would never understand what it's like...

"Hey, dude, do you have a flash drive that I could borrow?" Karkat asked, grabbing his laptop off of the coffee table. He had barely typed anything before going off on his hormonal rant about Meenah. Sollux looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Where's yours?" He asked, and Karkat shrugged.

"I let Meenah borrow it," he replied, and Sollux smiled, wiggling his eyebrows as he set his laptop aside and rose to his feet.

"Oh? And what was on that flash drive for Meenah, KK?" He teased, and Karkat rolled his eyes.

"Just let me borrow a flash drive, you sick bastard," he demanded, and Sollux laughed.

He walked out of the living room and to his room, walking to his desk with a yawn. He searched through it, eyebrows furrowing curiously. He could have sworn that he had a spare flash drive around. He searched through his drawers, then looked up on top, pushing his mess of stuff around as he looked. He paused as he saw the dry poppy that laid on top of his desk, and he smiled lovingly. He fucking loved that stupid flower...

He turned and walked over to his beside tables, searching through both. He then sighed, looking around his room in annoyance. Where the hell? Whatever, it didn't matter, maybe Eridan had an extra one. He walked out into the hall, walking across it to Eridan's room.

"I'm aging out here, Captor!"

"Go suck a dick, KK."

"I think I'll leave that to you, Sollux!"

Sollux rolled his eyes with a smile as he walked into his boyfriends room. Damn, it was so pristine in here. Like, it didn't even look as though anyone had slept in here. Ever. Sollux had to chuckle at his boyfriend's OCD as he walked over to Eridan's desk. He looked on top before opening the top drawer, digging through it. Fucking nothing. He then opened the bottom drawer, eyebrows shooting up when he saw the file.

Oh shit. That's the file that Cronus had forced upon Eridan weeks ago. Sollux looked at it, chewing on his bottom lip curiously. What could possibly be in it...He picked it up, looking it over before shaking his head.

Nope, nope! That's totally not going to happen. There was no way that he was going to mistreat Eridan's trust and go through his shit. Eridan's life was his business, and it was only Sollux's if Eridan wanted it to be. This was Sollux's main thought as he began to put it away, having it halfway back in the drawer before pausing once again, freezing as he saw the writing on the tab. Sollux M. Captor.

Sollux was frozen in place. Why did Eridan have a file with his name on it? Hell, why did Cronus have a file with his name on it? Alright, Eridan's business aside, Sollux had to check out the file now. He pulled it back out and flipped it open.

As soon as he did, nausea punched him in the gut. His eyes had widened and his lips had parted in shock, his heart skipping from seventy beats a minute to about three thousand beats a minute. Everything literally disappeared around him, and he had to slowly back up and collapse onto Eridan's bed as his eyes zipped over the pages in the files.

Holy hell. Just, just holy hell. The first page had a picture of Sollux from his senior year in the top left corner, his signature directly beneath. His name was in bold print at the top of the page, and the rest of the paper and the papers after it held details that made Sollux absolutely sick.

It was his life. Literally, it was practically his entire life. It had details about his grades since kindergarten, his medication, his therapists, his doctors notes, his mothers death, the accident, his adoption...everything. His life was on these papers in this file, and this file was in Eridan's desk.

He felt sick, hurt, and betrayed. His throat felt constricted and his air supply felt limited. How could Eridan do this to him? There were personal details in this file that even Sollux had forgotten. How? How did Cronus get it? Is this how Adrian knew about Sollux's father? It had to be, and humiliation rocketed through Sollux's entire body. The Ampora's now knew more about Sollux than Sollux's own brother did.

"Damn it, Sollux, what the hell are you getting off to in there?" Karkat called, and Sollux was jolted back to reality by his best friends voice. He looked up from the file, slamming it quickly shut as he concentrated on his breathing. He needed to remain calm, cool, and collected...

He rose to his feet quickly, jaw clenched as he gripped the file so hard that he felt pain in his fingers. He quickly stomped out of the room and into his own, slamming the file down on his desk. Karkat must have heard the commotion, because he had slid off the couch and was cautiously making his way down the hall.

"Sollux...? Dude, are you okay?" He asked, pausing in Sollux's door as Sollux stood in place, still trying to breath. Karkat's eyes widened as he saw Sollux's position, his fists clenched, his entire body tense.

"Hey, Sollux, are you alright?" He asked worriedly, concern getting the best of him as he walked over and laid a hand on Sollux's back. As soon as he did, Sollux shrugged it off and turned, shaking his head in immense anger.

"I'm sorry, KK, I need you to go."

Karkat's eyes widened. "Go? Why? What's up?"

"I can't. I just," he shook his head again. "I really can't talk about it. I'm literally about to punch someone in the face right now, I can't handle..." He had to stop talking as his thoughts and emotions swarmed within him like a hive of angry bees on some drugged up psycho honey shit. Karkat looked legitimately concerned, eyes wide as he looked over his best friend.

"Sollux, when's the last time that you've taken your meds?" He asked with worry as his brown orbs rose to meet Sollux's rage filled eyes.

"Please leave, KK."

"I mean it, Sollux, when's the last time-"

"A while ago, okay?! But I had been doing fine and there wasn't any bullshit to fuck things up!" Sollux shouted, his arms shooting out and flailing about as he spoke. One of his hands caught his lamp, sending it crashing to the floor with a ridiculous sound effect. Any normal person would have backed up at Sollux's sudden rage, but Karkat was far too use to this. He barely flinched as he reached out to Sollux.

"Sollux, listen to me, okay?" He began smoothly, not getting the chance to finish as the sound of front door opening could be heard in the front of the apartment.

"Hey, Sol," Eridan called out, his voice loud, though still holding his bland and drained tone. Sollux's fingers curled into fists once again at the sound of Eridan's voice, and Karkat sighed at the sight.

"I'll leave if you want me too," he said quickly. "If you're sure that you don't need me here..."

"Thanks, but you don't want to stay here for this," Sollux hissed, and Karkat swallowed hard, mouth snapping shut. He nodded, slowly walking backwards towards the door.

"I don't know what's up, but I expect a full report later, you got me?" He informed, turning on his heel as he made his way out the door. Sollux snatched the file from his desk, following Karkat as they made their way into the living room.

Eridan was putting his lifeguard bag down with a heavy sigh, running his fingers through his fucking hair. He looked up to see Karkat, smiling slightly. He was about to greet the other when he looked over at Sollux, his eye catching the file in Sollux's hands. Eridan froze in place, lips parted, eyes widening at the sight of it. He looked as though his heart had stopped, his eyes leaving the file immediately and shooting up to meet Sollux's hard gaze. Karkat quickly gathered his things and made for the door, walking by Eridan, giving him a look of pity.

"Bye Eridan," he said sadly, glancing back at Sollux once more.

"Bye Kar," Eridan squeaked, wincing as Karkat shut the door softly behind him.

He looked as though he'd rather be anywhere other than there at the moment, his gaze wavering as it locked with Sollux's. Sollux stared at him for a long time, the silence between them worse than a scream in the middle of the night. Sollux just looked at him for a good few minutes before smacking the file down on the coffee table, receiving a wince from Eridan.

"You have a lot of fucking explaining to do."