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I hiss and move to slam my hand on the snooze, also sending the alarm clock off the table in the process. I sit up and rub at my face, groaning a bit at the annoying throbbing in my head. Sollux's arm is thrown across my waist, almost pinning me to the bed. He's quite obviously still asleep, snoring lightly and drooling a bit. I snicker at this and nudge his arm off me, shoving him to the side as well. He just mutters a bit and turns over. I stand and press a hand to my forehead, growling as I stumble over to the door.

I walk out to the kitchen, where Deithelm is enjoying a cup of coffee (which I shudder at because ew, it's coffee) and I just nod at him as I go to the medicine cabinet and pop some Advils. Then I walk around the kitchen and shockingly find things for tea, so I brew myself a cup, silently enjoying the steam until he speaks.

"Is Sollux up yet?" I look at him to see that he's staring at me, a smile twitching the corners of him mouth.

"Nope, he was actually snoring when I got up," I smirk, and his dad chuckles a bit before standing.

"Well I'll get his ass up, enjoy your tea," I nod at him and continue to enjoy my tea as I hear him shouting at Sollux to get his lazy ass out of bed and annoyed yelps reach my ears. I assume he's successful because he returns a few minutes later, brushing his hands off and sitting at the table once more. He opens up a newspaper and begins reading it, and I get a faint sense of deja-vu from when my mom was doing the same thing, but it's gone once Sollux stumbles into the kitchen, growling at his dad as he gets some painkillers for himself.

"Morning sunshine," I tease, smirking as he scowls at me. Something sparks in his eyes though, making me a bit worried once he speaks.

"Fuck you KK, I'm not in the mood," He snarls, stalking back to his room. I stare in shock for a few moments as I hear his door slam shut before turning to his dad.

"Uh...?"

"He's probably got a pretty nasty headache at the moment, judging by the type medicine he took," he answers, drinking out of his coffee. "What time did he go to sleep last night?"

"Around ten I guess, why?" I question, finding it a tad strange to get a headache simply because he went to sleep too early.

"He usually doesn't sleep till around two am, I don't know why but if he sleeps too early he gets a headache, just ignore him for the day, he'll probably get worse," Thelm replies returning to his paper. I shrug and decide to leave the topic alone, it isn't exactly my problem. Although, he kinda is my ride and Nepeta's...oh yeah Nepeta was at Terezi's...never mind.

Since I'm already dressed, I run my fingers through my hair to hopefully make it look somewhat less messy. Although it's probably spiked up as always. I see that Sollux's door is open, so I hesitantly walk in to see that he's already changed and sitting at his computer. His bedsheets are still scattered on the floor, mixing with the make-shift bed that the two of us neglect to use.

He's plugged to his computer so I quietly walk around to grab my shoes and my homework before also checking his phone in case my mom had called (which she hadn't) before absconding the fuck out of there.

I huff out a breath as I sit on the couch, looking at the homework I had basically completed excluding a few simple problems, which I completed now. Then I just sat on the couch and waited for Sollux to emerge from his room since I didn't want him yelling at me. Bipolar asshole. I ponder why his dad seemed to care, but not exactly, it was honestly strange how his dad reacted. I don't have to wait much longer before I hear him re-emerge from his room, now wearing a jacket and holding the violin case. I hesitantly talk to him, hoping not to get my head bitten off.

"Nepeta's at Terezi's so we don't have to pick her up," I murmur quietly, watching his face to gauge his reaction. He flinches and nods jerkily before walking into the kitchen, not saying a word to me. I frown, guess his headache is pretty bad, and stand, looking at the time. It would be time to leave in a few minutes, so I move to wait by the door.

Sollux returns with a deeper scowl than before, and I notice that his eyes are now the same dark blue as his left eye. I don't mention it though because I'm sure it would annoy him. He doesn't say a word as he walks past me so I don't even attempt talking as I follow him. Our entire walk to school is held in awkward silence, even as we reach the front gates.

Gamzee and Tavros are already there and they begin to greet us, but Sollux just brushes them off and walks away without a word.

"Uh, whats motherfuckin' wrong with Solbro?" Gamzee asks curiously, watching the teens retreating back.

"His dad told me he has a nasty headache, and now he refuses to talk to me or anyone else," I growl in response, running my hand through my hair. Tavros looks a bit nervous but speaks up.

"That's too bad...do you think we should just leave him alone for the day?"

"Yeah, he looked prepared to rip my head off out when I fucking teased him this morning, and plus he's wearing contacts today which apparently annoy the shit out of him, so lets all just back the fuck off," I sigh, walking towards the school.

They seem to agree with me and we silently head to our classes.

The day is as uneventful as usual, although the students had found out about the fight between Joshes group and ours, which of course meant rumors were already spread and attention is drawn to us. The upside to that is that Josh left us alone. Otherwise, the day continues as always, more lectures, more work, more teachers, annoying kids, and of course Sollux was being an absolute ass. His dad was correct when he said Sollux would get worse. Although by the time lunch rolls around his biting insults seem to be losing their venom, and he only stayd for a few minutes before absconding to who the hell knows where.

Before long it's time for Arts class, and when we walk in Jade informs us that we will be alternating between working on the project and the small musical presentation on Friday, and that we can do whichever because she will be helping out some fellow teachers with something or other. Our group immediately splits up, and I'm about to go to my own little corner when I see Sollux still sitting at our table with his head lying down. I debate for a moment before accepting that I'm probably going to get yelled at and huff out a sigh as I sit next to him.

The room is pretty loud, which probably isn't helping his headache, and I can see him flinch as I place my hand on his shoulder. I lean down close to his face and speak quietly even though it's probably doing nothing to help him.

"You ok?" I ask, trying to coax him to lift up his head. At first he doesn't respond, and I almost wonder if he's asleep but once he does lift his head up, I see there's tears at the edges of his eyes. He must've taken his contacts out sometime through the day because I'm staring into his red eye as well as his blue one.

"Yeah, jutht thith headache, don't worry about it," He mutters, breath hitching slightly, then laying his head back down. I begin to protest, but he ignores me, and soon enough the bell rings, and he pushes me away before hurrying out of the classroom, keeping his head lowered. As I stare at him, then slowly begin walking out the room, I'm joined by Gamzee and Tavros, and the two of them watch him hurry away as well.

"Well he's a bipolar asshole isn't he," I mutter, "That's not just a headache," I say to the two of them. Gamzee sort-of frowns, then shrugs.

"Well go help Solbro then," he replies, walking ahead of me, pulling Tavros along. I begin to protest before giving up, there's only a few more classes to the day, then home free for the weekend!

I don't get a chance to see Sollux though, even though we're in the same classes together, he keeps his head down and refuses to speak. None of the teachers seem to care actually, which is surprising and not at the same time. By the time school is out, I'm fully prepared to yell at the guy to get his attention if I have to. But it seems that I don't because once I step up to him he actually acknowledges me.

"KK call my dad or th'omething will you, I won't be able to walk home," He mutters, handing me his phone. I stare at him skeptically before nodding and calling his dad, who says to call Mituna instead, because he can't pick them up because he's at work. I heard the knowing tone in Thelm's voice, making me return to the thoughts if this happens often or something. Once I do, Mituna seems to understand as well and says he'll be there in a few minutes. I turn to Sollux, but pocket his phone when I see he's now sitting on the ground and covering his face with his hands. His shoulders are shaking slightly and his breaths seem pretty uneven. God he's seriously worrying me!

"Dude, shoosh, calm down," I try to sooth him as I rub his shoulder. He doesn't answer, just gives a half-hearted attempt to shrug me off. I frown more and stay silent until Mituna drives up, thankfully not after too long. He doesn't say a word as the two of us get in, and we're silent the entire drive. Sollux quickly absconds into the house once we stop, and I'm about to get out, but Mituna grabs my arm.

"Take care of him ok, he can be a bit...dangerous like thith," he warns, looking at me seriously, I nod slowly before backing away, and walking into the house. His dad isn't home, that fact made obvious by all the lights being turned off and the truck gone from the driveway. I can already guess where he ran to, since he had thrown his bag and stuff on the ground in the hallway and managed to kick off his shoes as well, leaving those by his door which was partly open.

I leave the lights off as I walk in, kicking off my shoes as my sight falls on Sollux, who is now curled up on his bed, hands pressed to the side of his head harshly. I don't realize that I'm moving until I'm sitting on the bed, a strange pang of pity shooting through my chest as I gently pull his head onto my lap and begin threading my fingers through his hair. He tenses at the movement, but doesn't try to say anything as I start murmuring a sort of lullaby.

I don't know if it was actually helping or not, but is seems to calm him down more, so I continue to do so until his breathing calms and tears aren't streaking down his face and he isn't trying to get away from me anymore. I don't realize how late it has gotten until the door is very careful opened, and Sollux's dad peeks his head in. Seeing me, he simply nods and leaves, not saying a word.

Brushing that moment aside, I know that Sollux is now asleep, which is much better than him holding back whimpers of pain. I guess he gets chronic migraines or something, but whatever it is, it seems like an almost normal occurrence, especially from his dads reaction. I shift enough to get Sollux's phone out of my pocket and unlock it, finding that a few people have been trying to contact him. Thank god he had put the thing on silent. Among them was my mom, which I quickly text her telling her that I can't talk at the moment.

Gamzee has also tried to text him, but I don't bother answering him, I'm sure he will understand why. Then there's an unknown number, which I just leave alone because who knows?

Glancing at the time, it's nearing seven o'clock, meaning that I've sat here with Sollux for almost three hours. Jeez. That kind of gave me time to think about stuff though, my thoughts somehow traveled back to the nightmare Sollux had been having last night, he doesn't seem like the type to have nightmares but the one last night seemed pretty bad. He'd sounded scared after all. I resolved to ask him about it once he wakes up again.

I look down at him, a smile twitching at the edge of my lips. He has a ridiculously concentrated look on his face for someone that was asleep, and his eyebrows keep twitching as he mumbles things under his breath. I try to decipher what he's saying, but all the words seem to slur together so I give up after a bit. I realize I'm still threading my fingers through his hair, so I stop and sit back, feeling a bit creeper-like as I watch him sleep.

Yay more aimless thought time.

Before I can get too deep into my own head, I hear Sollux mumble something that actually makes sense, so I feel my ears flicker in an attempt to catch what he's saying.

"Turn the light off..."

What.

I frown as I lean forward again, seeing that Sollux is wincing in his sleeping state, a hint of pain etched into his features once more.

"Shoosh, it's completely pitch dark in here," I sooth, beginning to brush my fingers through his hair once more. He just frowns and mutters again, but now I'm only able to catch a few words until he falls completely silent.

"Don't...understand..." Don't understand what?

"Bad...happen" What happened that was so bad?

"Stop him," is the last thing he says before curling up enough that he falls off my lap. This makes me even more worried, he sounds like a fucking predictor or some shit.

"Shoosh, it's fine, just sleep," I murmur, mulling over what he said while carding my fingers through his hair. Although now I'm not pinned down anymore so I move from the bed to kneel on the floor, although continuing to calm him down. When he continues to stay silent for a bit more than twenty minutes, I slowly pull away and stand, freezing to make sure he doesn't freak out or anything before, as quiet as humanly possible, stepping out of his room.

I let out the breath I've been holding and make my way to the kitchen, I sure as hell earned myself a cup of tea. Thelm is standing by the counter, reading some sort of book while chewing on some licorice.

"Whats up with Sollux, does he get chronic fucking migraines or something?" I ask him, speaking quietly even though Sollux most likely can't hear us.

"Yeah, I wasn't too surprised, he hadn't had one in a few months so I knew he was going to curl up and die sometime," He says sort of offhandedly. I stare at him in shock while he continues, "And we all get them, it's in the family or something, Mituna has pretty bad ones, but Sollux gets them the worse. He usually gets violent, I'm shocked he didn't try to hurt you," He shrugs, taking a bite out of the candy.

"And there's nothing that can help with these?!" I exclaim, grabbing my tea and taking a sip out of it, wincing when I burn my tongue.

"Well, they try, but nothing really helps, it's almost impossible to get to sleep, and all you can really do is lie there and try not to scream," he comments sympathetically, nodding a bit before reading his book again.

"Guess it was hell for him in school today, why didn't you just let him stay home if you knew he was going to have one though?" I accuse, glaring lightly at him.

"Because, sometimes he has to deal with it," He replies quietly, "Plus you were there to help him, so I wasn't worried."

A blush spreads across my cheeks and I fall silent as I drink my tea. I hoped he didn't notice, although he most likely did because he seemed to pay attention to details.

"Did he talk in his sleep?" His dad asks, breaking the silence that had fallen over the two of us. I jerk my gaze up to meet his , noticing for the first time that his eyes are a light electric blue color.

"Yeah, only a few words though, but what he said was weird," I frown, returning my gaze to the mug holding my coffee.

"Don't pay it any mind, he does that alot, usually it's just gibberish," Thelm shrugs again, then falls silent. I feel as if I'm dismissed, so I take my tea and a piece of bread back to Sollux's room, quietly shutting the door. When I turn to look at Sollux, I see he's sitting up and attempting to glare at me. And when I say attempt, I say it because his eyes are almost totally shut, concealing his bi-colored irises.

I carefully begin to set my mug on the floor, but he somehow in that small moment, dives forward and pins me to the wall, my head making a dull thunk as his hand tightens around my throat. I now understand what his dad means when he said he was often violent.

"Hey, let...go," I gasp, trying to pry his fingers away, or at least to the point that I can breathe. His gaze is still lowered, but his face is practically emotionless, excluding the tears still streaking down his cheeks. His grip loosens slightly, but not enough for me to move away.

"It's ok Sollux, just back off," I say again, feeling him falter and his hand now rests at the base of my throat. Then he takes a step back, letting his arms fall to his sides , keeping his gaze on the ground.

Before I can move again he just sort of falls, sitting cross-legged and burying his face in his hands, quiet sobs hitching his shoulders. He mumbles something, so I kneel in front of him and brush his bangs back from his forehead. He barely responds to it, just pulls away and tries to hide even more.

"Shh, it's ok," I murmur worriedly, re-adjusting my legs so my knees are touching his. He continues to sit there sobbing until I sigh and pull his hands away from his face, seeing his tear-stained face. Brushing the few tears still traveling down his face, I try to get him to look at me.

"Come on, calm down ok," I soothe, giving up and tugging him into a hug because simple hair brushing isn't working. He stiffens before seemingly giving up, resting his head on my shoulder; gripping at my shoulders like I'm his lifeline.

I'm honestly unsure how long he clings to me, but we basically sit there until he somewhat falls asleep again, probably exhausted from first trying to kill me then bawling his eyes out. I hesitantly shift to begin standing, he mumbles something as I try to pick him up. Which fails pretty badly, because he's so much taller and it's hard to get him upright enough to move him over to the bed, where he sort of falls over and curls up.

I watch him bury his head under his pillow, then pull the covers up past his head. Honestly, I have no idea what to do with myself now. Now that I'm done comforting and he was hopefully asleep. So I check his phone, which I still have in my pocket, and see that my mom has responded, and that Gamzee had tried to talk to us again.

[terminallyCapricious is chatting with twinArmageddons]

TC: HeY iS sOlBrO aLrIgHt
TC: YoU hAvEnT mOtHeRfUcKiNg ReSpOnDeD...
TC: mOtHeRfUcKeR?
TA: he's fine
TA: if i want to fucking talk to you i'll fucking contact you later
-TA is now disconnected-

From Karkat
To Sollux

i just wanted to tell you that silas is going away on a job for awhile
probably a few weeks
so youll be able to come home

love you karcrab

I stare at the screen for a few moments before grinning widely, about to tell Sollux before remembering that it will be a better idea to just let him sleep. I move over to the computer as I respond to my mom, telling her I'll call her tomorrow because Sollux is sleeping. To which she responds an alright, so I click on the computer and find a pair of headphones.

I thanked whoever the hell thought it would be a good idea to put movies on the internet as I open "Serendipity". I swear that will probably be one of my favorite movies of all time. And soon enough I'm switching between watching movies and scrolling through YouTube, watching some of the most random videos that probably didn't relate to the subject I didn't originally look up.

Then I realize it's five am and I've stayed up all night again, which I know I'll regret soon enough. Looking back at Sollux, I'm glad to see that he's just sleeping, not scared or trying to rip apart the pillow or something.

Standing, I stretch and hear my back pop, which I just sigh at. Sitting almost unmoving for about six hours probably wasn't the best idea, but oh well. I leave the room because now that I know they have tea I instantly want a nice cup, because the least it will do would wake me up. Of course it's creepy as hell, the silence puts me on edge even more. Once I walk into the living room, I have a mini-freakout when I see someone lying down on the couch. Then I realize that it's just Mituna and I probably look like an idiot.

Tea is probably the only reason I'm alive, I would've otherwise just collapsed from exhaustion or something. So now I lean against the counter mess with Sollux's phone, mostly out of boredom, and another hour passes before Thelm walks into the kitchen looking like a grown-up version of Sollux immediately out of bed. I use all of my willpower not to laugh, especially when he scowls at me.

"How the hell are you up thith early?" He mutters, grabbing his own cup for coffee.

"Who said I ever went to sleep?" I respond, drinking out of the cup and enjoying the nice steam before looking up to see him grinning at me.

"Tho you calmed him down right?"

"Yeah, seriously, how the hell did you use to deal with him?" I ask, honestly wondering how he dealt with his headaches before because dear god it took alot of shooshing and hugging and attempting to calm down before he finally collapsed from exhaustion.

"Mituna usually helped him, although another majority of the time he just has to deal with them on his own," He mumbles, losing his lisp once he wakes up a bit more.

"Damn..." I mutter, letting the silence fall over us again, and after grabbing some toast, I retreat back to Sollux's room, going back to the computer once more.

Now I'll just wait for Sollux to wake up.