Still own nothing to do with homestuck as usual!
Thanks to all whom read chapter 1!
*A Week Later*
Karkat was sitting onto of Eridan in victory, hands in the air in joy. " Loser! Hahaha! Take that!" Eridan laughed before pushing the other off only to tackle him and start the fight all over again. The two of them playing around in the park, starting Eridan throwing fries at the other while they ate, for the fun of it. Chuckling and rough housing, finally Eridan over-came the short and straddled him, keeping him pinned down now. " Howw's it feel to be the loser Vvantas? Wwho's on top noww? eh?" He asked as they both laughed and chuckled, smiling down to the other, it was as the laughter died did things become awkward and he got off the other. " Ahahaha, anywway!" Looking for where this glasses had gone, As usual, Karkat found them first and gave them to the boy.
About to take them from him, he was stopped and made to look up at the land-dwelling troll. Fin-like ears fluttering a bit as he could see the other fairly clear, when the other made a comment, his cheeks turned dark with color. " You look good without your glasses on Eridan." The Sea-dwelling troll let out a very nervous laugh before putting his specs. on. " You are just saying that, Vvantas. I look terrible without them on, plus I can't see wwithout them." He stammered and got up form the ground, adjusting his scarf, Karkat smiled and sighed.
"So we never did watched those damned 'Lord of the Rings' films." he mentioned to Eridan who turned to look at him with his glasses back on, blinking some, it took him awhile to remember. " Wwe didn't, did wwe. Huh, I forgot all about it. Wwwell, I'm free tonight if you are." Karkat sighed and shook his head. " Not unless you want to wait for me. I have the late shift tonight, doubt I'd even be able to stay up after rework." Eridan pouted and sighed. " Uhm, wwell, howw about, tomorroww? Or next friday?" He asked with a bit of hope in his eyes, Karkat nodded. " Yeah, that sounds good actually, next friday would be perfect."
*Tuesday afternoon*
This was not suppose to be how things went, he was just on his way to see Vantas, just to say hi, and sure enough, he would run into Sollux Captor, and Feferi Peixes of course was sure to be around if he was. At first it was Sollux who started conversation, considering Eridan acted like he didn't even make eye contact with the boy. Remember how much trouble Karkat went through for him to cheer him up, he wouldn't let the male get to him. " Ampora? what are you doing here?" Eridan's eyes rolled. " I'm just picking up somethings before I go see Vvantas, can't a troll come to the store if he wants too?" He asked in annoyance and Sollux perked a brow. " Why would Karkat want to see you?"
Oh jeez, that mad whim feel good about himself. " Because wwe are friends, wwhy else?" He inquired with his patience wearing down as the moments passed. sollux began laughing as if Eridan had told the funniest joke the other had ever heard. " K-karkat, friends with you? Oh gog, that's good. Why would karat waste hiis time with you?" The other inquired, and Eridan's eyes narrowed as he pushed past the other but quickly found himself slamming against the ground after the Captor boy used his psionic powers to pull him back. " Don't walk away form me Ampora!" A growl escaped the highblood male troll as he got up. " Fuck off Captor!" He cursed to the other and Sollux smirked. " What's this sudden bravery?" Eridan was ready to let a list of foul statements escape his lips before he turned on his heel and picked his things up, eating on his way. " Oh, nevermiind, still a coward!" And that's what broke Eridan's Patience.
*Tuesday late night*
Karkat had rushed over to the hospital as soon as he got off of work. Running to the help desk, he inquired about sollux and Eridan's whereabouts, glad they were in separate rooms, he firs twenty to Eridan's side, whom was nicely bandaged after being in critical condition for awhile, finally stabilized. When Eridan saw the other come in, he looked away with his one eye and pouted. " Eridan, what the hell happened!?" he demanded form the other, and Eridan remained silent. Bandaged up and several tubes attached to parts of the male helped him breath, kept him from feeling most of the pain, and transferred blood into him. "Eridan! Eridan Ampora look at me!" he demand dorm the male, whose one eye look to the other, other eye bandaged.
Karkat actually looked sad now, and it shocked Eridan, yet he didn't look away. " Eridan, what happened!" He demanded again, and the Sea-dweller troll winced. He went to speak but his voice was hoarse. with his good hand, well, somewhat good hand, he made a reference fore pen and paper, and Karkat pulled some out form his bag. It had to be the worst doodle Karkat ever saw, but one of them was Sollux using his powers, and Eridan losing horribly, and then at the bottom, it said in quite the terrible handwriting " He lost" and the other smiled to him. The shorter troll was wide-eyed, but still, he hugged the sea-dwelling troll whom he had befriended over a short amount of time. this of cours,e caused the heavily damaged and bandaged man to groan out and Karkat immediately removed himself, though Eridan smiled after a few coughs. " You are such a fucking idiot ampora! You had me scared to death." Eridan simply help his smile, proud of his deed.
*Friday night*
Still stuck in the got damned hospital till he was further recovered, Eridan lay in his bed while Karkat set up the game system, as had become routine since Wensday when the other was visiting him. They had for the past 2 days, played video game,s but tonight, was movie night, and Karkat was hell bent on keeping his promise, but first he had to check on Captor. No, Eridan did not like Captor, but no matter what he did, that was still on of Karkat's friends, and he wasn't going to stop him from seeing the guy. Giving the controller to Ampora he smiled. " I'll be back in a bit, you can start it without me if you want." Eridan rolle this eyes. " Or you could just come stay wwith me and sit in my lap." He gave the other a suggestive and teasing wink and Karkat's blush actually intrigud him yet he was flipped off. " Fuck you Ampora, I'll be back in a bit." " The option is still open for wwhen you come back." he attempted to raise his voice to talk to the other, but it cracked.
as the mutant blooded troll left the room, a magenta blooded troll entered. Feferi Peixes, he ex-moirail, whom he still was sure, he was flushed with feelings for, came to his side. " Eridan…. why?" He looked to her with a disdainful frown, huffing some. " Wwhy wwhat?" He inquired and she pouted, walking over to him. " why must you go out of your way to try and hurt us!" She demanded and Eridan's eye went wide before he began laughing, first it was small, and then it was more maniacal, he sat up from his laying down position the hospital bed, he looked almost insane and Feferi backed away from the other whom's grin terrified her. " You think I came after Captor? Ovver you? Ha, hahahaha, oh gog, that's great! I had no intention of doing anything to your precious 'bee', especially not over someone like you, noww get out!" He demanded of her, and Feferi didn't know whether to move, or inquire further, and so Eridan forced his vocals into scream " GET OUT!"
-Sollux's hospital room-
The lowblood troll was in what seemed to be a lot less critical condition however, underneath the clothing and blanket, stitches would say otherwise. They were actually having a fairly civil conversation when Karkat hear dEridan's shouting and looked behind him with a look of concern, yet Sollux yanked his arm. " Don't you dare get attached to hiim Vantas! He iis nothiing but trouble!" Karkat scowled at the other. " well I don't know if you looked at my damnable group of friends lately, Captor, but I don't excatly ignore trouble. In fact, I seem to enjoy it's fucking company, so don't try to tell me whom the hell I can and can't get attached too." With that. Karkat yanked his arm away form the other to check out what Eridan yelled over to be slam me dint as he turned out of the doorway, by a sobbing Feferi, and that pretty much answered his questions, though, he was getting really tired of the redundancy of people slamming into him in tears, or telling him to stay away form Ampora.
- 2 movies later-
Visiting hours were well past over, and yet, Vantas was still there, watching the end of the second movie with Ampora. Yawing, he stretch this arms over his head. " Alright Ampora, it's time for me to head out, though, I heard down the grapevine you might be released on sunday. so I was thinking, we could watch the last one then, not too mention, I'll actually be able to stuff your face with candy ins tea dog having your nurses up my ass twenty-four seven, lecturing me like they are my brother." Eridan chuckles " Kankri isn't so terribubbl-… terrible." Karkat smiled and sighed as he went to get all of his stuff together, cursing lowly as he was so short and grabbing the wires from the high placed T.V. drove him nuts. Eridan's eye however was on the other's rump, looking away before he could get caught, good hand patting on his leg, eye looking around for something too do.
Karkat was finally down and Eridan spoke up. " Vvantas, do you miss it?" And the mutant blood colored troll gave him an inquisitive look with a silent ' Elaborate please, I don't read fucking minds' sort of expression on his face. " I mean, back then. you know, when wee all, played together and were happy." Karkat made a silent ' Oh!' in recognition to the question and then had a thoughtful look. " Do I miss you being a non rom-crazed asshole. Hmmmm…." He teased his friend who pouted and and whim change this answer. " Joking joking. But, yeah, I kind of do. Those damned pokemon games, and you forever being up-to-date on memes, and bothering me and Sollux, or making those fucking mudkip jokes, those drove me nuts." "Wwell, you know, water pokemon are the best there are!" "What, fuck no, Fire and Dragon types totally kick ass, Wwater pokemon are so lame." Eridan and him laughed softly. " Sometimes, I wish wwe could go back to being like that." and Karkat nodded. " sometimes I do too, but we are getting olde,r and we knew this was bound to happen to us. A troll's life isn't complete without sending himself and all this win his quadrant through hell and back, eh?" Eridan nodded again to the other. " yeah well, I guess i'll see you Sunday then?"
The hope in the other's voice made karat smile. " Yeah of course! Gamzee will be there, with Tavros, and we are going to have an awesome time, and don't worry, I got Gamzee wrapped around my pinkie finger, as humans say, he'll behave, for once." With that he gathered the last of his things and left with a wave, Eridan laying back into his pillow with an exasperated sigh. " If only things could be so simple again."