Chapter 8

CHRIP

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"Fef, go to sleep!"

"Hang on..."

CHIRP

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"Feferi, please."

"Almost done."

CHIRP

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"Sis, I'm tryin to sleep!"

"Give me a sec, Gamzee."

CHIRP

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"Feferi! Meow!"

"Urg..."

CHIRP

"FEF!"

The light flicked on. Eridan, looking as pissed as ever, stared at Feferi. He had dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep.

"Fef! Wwe're tryin to sleep!" He yelled.

Gamzee got up on his elbows and looked at Feferi. Equius was comferting Nepeta, who was quietly sobbing into his shoulder.

"I'm almost do-"

"IT"S FUCKIN THREE IN THE MORNIN!" Eridan cut Feferi off.

"Please, Feferi," Equius begged. "We are trying to sleep."

"Wwait, wwhy isn't Vvri bitchin at you?" Eridan tiredly rolled over to look at the bed Vriska was sleeping on.

She had five different blindfolds on and earplugs stuffed into her ears.

"Of course..."

"Come on!" Nepeta sniffed. "I want to sleep, Feferi!"

"Hey, Fef." Eridan moaned half sarcastically. "Let me sea your phone for a sec."

"Oh, sure." Feferi shifted the phone so the screen beamed at him.

Eridan pulled his hand gun from the drawer on the night stand next to him and fired a shot into her phone. She screamed, dropping the dead, steaming phone onto her lap.

"ERIDAN!" Feferi yelled. He put the gun back into the night stand.

"Good night, Fef." He said sternly, shutting the light off and rolling over. Feferi heard the other three relax back into their beds and the room fell silent.

Stupid Eridan. She raged, placing her head on the pillow. Shooting my phone. I hate him so much.

Feferi closed her eyes and eventually fell asleep.

== TROLL GIRL. WHY DO YOU HATE THE OTHER ONE.

Huh? Oh, it's you again. I don't want to talk about it...

== CAN I PLAY WITH SOME OF YOUR MEMORIES, THEN?

Sure, whatever. I don't care.

The scene of a beach came into her vision. A clear summer day, the soft waves rolling on the beach, and the sound of music could be heard in the distance. In the back, a fair had been placed on a peir reaching out into the sea.

Oh, I remember this.

== WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

It was when I was fifteen, and still moirails with Eridan...

A younger looking Eridan ran into her vision, smiling as he splashed through the water. He turned to face her.

"Come on, Fef!" He laughed with a toothy grin. "We're goin to be late!"

I use to think he was so cute in his shorts! He was always so fun to be around!"

== WHY DO YOU SPEAK IN THE PAST TENSE?

Because, this was the day before he left.

"Haha!" A small voice said from behind her. "Slow down, Eridan! It just started!"

A small Feferi ran into the scene, wearing shorts and a tank top, her hair only reaching her mid-back.

"That's wwhy I'm so excited!" Eridan held Feferi's hand as she caught up with him. They both ran down the shore line towards the peir.

== SO, THIS ISN'T THE DAY YOU LEFT HIM?

Her vision blacked as the voice's words echoed in her head.

No, but this day did lead up to it. All of it began at about sunset that day.

The scene changed to the edge of the peir, where both of them sat, hands held, each slurping on a small soda.

"Ok, Eridan." Feferi asked, looking up at him. "What's the reel reason you brought me here?"

"Wwell, you sea." Eridan looked down at the ocean beneth him. "Seahorse dad signed me up for a military camp, and I havve to leavve tomorroww. I didn't wwant to havve you dissapointed..."

Feferi rested her head on his shoulder. "It's alright." She rubbed his hand with her thumb. "We'll always be together, no matter how far apart from each other we are!"

She smiled as Eridan nodded. "Thanks, Fef. I'll try to keep in touch as much as possible."

"I know you will."

Feferi's vision blacked again. She sighed.

== WHAT'S WRONG?"

It's just that... he never did write to me.

== WHEN WAS THE NEXT TIME YOU SAW HIM?

It was three years later, when I was eighteen and he was nineteen. It was the day he came back from his camp.

The scene changed. It was a rainy day in the city. Feferi stood in the middle of the road at the bus stop with an umbrella high above her head.

== WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?

I was waiting for the military bus to pull in. Unfortunatly, it was very rainy and I was begining to loose hope of seaing him again.

A bus began to pull into the bus stop. Feferi smiled, shaking from the cold weather. The door opened and many different people and trolls stalked out of the bus.

Whale everyone was coming out of the bus, my heart was thumping. I almost couldn't control myself!

The last person got off the bus, and Feferi looked dissapointed. She jumped in excitement as Eridan poked his head out the bus and stepped off.

"Eridan!" Feferi screamed excitedly. She dropped and ran over to Eridan, giving him a huge hug.

"Oh, Fef." Eridan sighed, unenthusiasticly.

Something happened to him while he was away. When I gave him a hug, he sounded as if he didn't like it.

== WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES FOR A LONG TIME, THINGS CAN CHANGE WITH THEM.

I know, but... this was different.

Her vision blacked again. Feferi was on the verge of crying.

== WHY DID YOU SEPERATE FROM HIM?

We... got into alot of fights over nothing. And he would yell at me all the time. After that, I broke up with him. I was left alone in the world, and there was always this empty void in my stomach.

"I HATE YOU SO MUCH." Eridan's voice screamed.

"I HATE YOU TOO. YOU'RE SO MEAN!" Feferi's voice screamed back.

Magenta tears began to roll down her eyes.

== HUSH NOW. IT'S ALRIGHT.

I know, I'm over him now. I met someone else, and I have other friends. I don't need him to watch over me anymore.

"WE'RE GLUBBING THROUGH, ERIDAN!" Feferi's screamed echoed through her head.

== IT WAS A PAINFUL JOURNEY, BUT IT'S DONE NOW. HAVE A GOOD REST, FEFERI.

Thank you. Good night.

Silence filled Feferi's head and she fell into a deep slumber.

Feferi opened her eyes. The sun had come up and was peaking through the boarded window. She got up into a sitting position.

She looked around at everyone. Equius and Nepeta were cuddled together, Gamzee was snoring, Vriska had rolled over on the floor, and Eridan had his head under his pillow.

Feferi looked down at her busted phone. The bullet had hit the middle of the screen and was still wedged in there.

Stupid... She thought, picking up her broken phone. Just plain stupid.

She looked over at the nightstand. On it was a large lamp, an alarm clock, and Eridan's huge glasses.

But, I have an idea of how to get back at him... Feferi smiled evilly.