"E.D you literally haven't stopped talking for ten minutes straight, aren't you tired." Eridan looked up from his where he was reading in his textbook and scowled.
"Shut you mouth Captor and just listen." Eridan chided and going back to his reading. Sollux rolled his eyes and leaned back on the legs of the chair.
"That's the thing E.D," He interrupted. "I don't want to listen to you go on about….whatever it is you're going on about." Eridan scowl deepens.
"Listen here you piece of human scum and listen good," He seethes. "The only reason why you're here is because you want to be a fuckin lazy ass and get shit grades in Ms.B's class, which I might add happens to be the easiest class in the world if you pay attention." Sollux dropped his chair back on the ground and skeptically.
"I hope you realize that not everyone gets horny off of learning about some dead guy discovering this, or some dead guy making that."
"Maybe that's your problem Sol. You're so fuckin immature!" Eridan slammed his textbook closed and viciously shoved it into his satchel.
"Tell me E.D, when did you start feeling sexually aroused by the thought of the American Flag being stitched together?" Sollux howled with laughter. And Karkat said that he wasn't funny. Hell Sollux could go into stand up comedy if he wanted to. Eridan's cheeks grew red with fury.
"You are such an ass!" He shouted, knocking his chair over as he abruptly stood up. "And I'm through tryin to teach someone so ignorant as you! I have better thins to do with myself than deal with your bullshit for two periods!" Sollux rolled his eyes again.
"You want to talk about my bullshit? Spend some time alone with yourself one day and you'll be surprised how fast you would want to shoot yourself in the head kiddo."
"I find that the one who should be shootin themselves is you. You're such a sarcastic, loner nerd bastard who somehow still manages to have friends just because you're some computer nerd with too much time on his hands." Eridan replied dismissively. "It's kind of pathetic really."
It was Sollux's turn to scowl as he stood from his own chair and leaned against the table that acted as a barrier between the two seething teens.
"You want to talk about pathetic?" He said in mock amusement. "Who's the one who's always latched onto F.F because no one else can deal with your bullshit? And she's too nice to tell you to back the fuck off?" Eridan narrowed his baby blue eyes and leaned onto the table as well.
"How dare you try and use Fef against me. I mean is usin someone as a metaphoric shield your way of tryin to win an argument you know you're losin? I think you're the crowned King of the ignoramuses that unfortunately walk this earth."
"I don't need anyone to shield me E.D. That's what you do. You know damn well as I do you're just a prissy little rich boy who lives off Daddy and is too wrapped up in himself to realize he's the one without any friends." Sollux hissed back. Eridan's whole body tensed. It seems that the other boy's comment hit a soft spot. Sollux smirked to himself.
"God I would love to punch you in your crooked teeth." Eridan said through clenched teeth.
"And God I would love to see you try." Sollux answered back.
If the bell didn't ring to signify the end of the period, both boys most likely would have started a physical fight. Eridan was the first to gather the rest of his things. On his way to the door, he stopped right in front of Sollux.
"Better find a new tutor you little illegal punk. Cause if you don't I'm goin to enjoy watchin you fail." And with that, he brushed shoulders with him and swiftly left.
"He called you a what?" Aradia laughed. Sollux grimaced as he remembered his little spat with Eridan.
"An 'illegal punk' whatever the hell that means." He repeated.
"His insults are so random."
"And getting worse." Sollux hitched his backpack over his shoulder and stood from his desk in the science room. Aradia ruffled his hair which he groaned to.
"Whatever you say man. Ey, are you excited for your first nerd club meeting?"
"A.A it's not a nerd club for the last time." Sollux corrected, grumpily fixing his hair. "It's an advanced computer class to enhance my mad skills."
"Sounds like a damn nerd club to me." The girl giggled.
"Oh hush you."
Aradia laughed uncontrollably as the two left the room and began their descent to after school activities.
"You have to promise me that if you end up making out with Roxy Lalonde you have to tell me okay?" She said once she was done. Sollux stopped dead in his tracks.
"If I what?" He asked. Aradia turned to her friend and shook her head disappointed.
"You heard me Sollux. If you mack on the hacker chick just tell me. I have a bet with Nepeta I'm not trying to lose."
"I don't like Roxy like that!" Sollux groaned. "She's cool and all but I don't like her like her. She's just a friend."
"Who is perfectly compatible with you."
"A.A don't play match-maker."
"I don't play match-maker, I play God." The girl broke out into another fit of laughter and pat her friend on the shoulder. Sollux shook his head and began walking down a different corridor to get to his activity.
The class was over before he knew it, and dismissing promptly at 4:30. If I leave now I'll be able to watch the Star Trek marathon with M.T. Sollux thought to himself, and with a quick text to make sure his older brother was awake made sure everything was in order. So he waved to Roxy who drunkenly skipped away to Lord knows where. By the entrance of the school, he had spotted Feferi and Eridan talking by the trashcans. Poor F.F hanging around trash all the time. Sollux snickered at the thought. Damn where was Karkat when he came up with actual funny material? He could go say hi to Feferi like the gentlemen friend he is but the risk in talking to the pompous mistake of life in an idiotic scarf was to high. Even making eye contact with the douche would be torture.
Just as he was walking away he was caught.
"Hey Sollux!" Feferi waved. Sollux gingerly waved back and turned to make a run for it. But Feferi jogged over and latched onto his arm.
"Water you doing here? Did you have an afterschool program?"
"Yeah I just came from a tech thing."
"How cool! Did you learn new fins?" Sollux shrugged.
"Yeah, but it was mostly review for starters." Feferi made the "Ooooh" face and nodded her head.
"Hey, Erifin and I were aboat to go to the mall and go do a little bait of shopping! Wanna come?" Feferi asked perkily. Her dark brown eyes with flecks of pink sparkled happily. One glance over at Eridan looking as if he was going to murder someone over the two's exchange would have made Sollux immediately jump on board to torment the boy. But he has a brother waiting for him at home.
"Nah I gotta get going. Got stuff to do." He said shrugging. Feferi slightly frowned and then looked at her phone.
"Whale looks like I can't either now. My mom needs me home." She announced. She turned to Eridan who looked shocked and disappointed at the same time.
"Sorry Erifin but I have to go! I'll go with you tomorrow okay?" She gave him a fast hug and jogged out the school.
"You have got to be fuckin kiddin me." He said in disbelief.
"Maybe she just made an excuse to get away from you just for the 'halibut.'" Sollux grinned and mentally fist pumped. He turned on his heel and exited the school, making his way home.
