Wiping his tears from his face Eridan climbed out of his car.
"I tried coming here earlier but no one answered the door." Kankri said fallowing Eridan toward the immense castle.
"That means you shouldn't come at all." Eridan hissed. Kankri shook his head.
"I'm sorry Eridan but you are failing two classes. In fact you recently failed your chemistry exam."
"I don't give a shit." Eridan said shoving open the door and slamming it behind Kankri.
"I do, and so does Dualscar. So let's get started." Kankri said pulling out the large chemistry book from Eridan's bag and sitting on the couch. Eridan rolled his eyes and sat next to him. The prince crossed his arms as listened to the distant voice of Kankri lecturing. Maybe Eridan is going to be alone forever. He should be used to this idea but why did it still hurt so much? Was he really the most hated troll in the world? Eridan whimpered as tears formed in his eyes, causing Kankri to pause as Eridan threw his arms around the older troll crying into his chest.
"Kankri, am I really that ugly?" Eridan wept into Kankri's red sweater. Sighing as he closed the chemistry book and placing it on the floor he wrapped his arms around the young prince.
"You are very attractive Eridan." He reassured.
"T-Then why am I still single!" Eridan screamed into the older troll's sweater. Petting the younger teens hair the older troll jumped to the voice that called from behind him.
"Getting too close to my brother aren't ya chief."
Kankri only stood up as the prince stayed clinging to him.
"I believe we have not met yet. I am Kankri Vantas, Eridan's new tutor." Kankri said calmly holding out a hand to Cronus, who only glared back at him.
"You should leave." Cronus hissed. Swinging his arms off the low blood Eridan quickly stood up.
"No Cronus! He's not leaving! He has to tutor me!" Eridan wept wiping the tears from his eyes. Cronus furrowed his brow in confusion.
"Why are you crying?" Cronus asked sincerely.
"Because you make my life hell!" Eridan screamed an excuse and ran to his room, stomping up the stairs. Cronus turned to follow Eridan but paused to a hand on his shoulder.
"I suggest you leave him alone for a while."
Cronus turned to face the low blood and glared at him, a look that would make Eridan run and hide. But to this low blood, he stayed calm and showed almost no fear toward the highblood.
"Who the fuck do you think you are, peasant?" Cronus growled.
"I think I've read enough books on young troll behavior and phycology to understand what's appropriate right now." Kankri said bluntly. Cronus crossed his arms holding back the strong urge to beat the shit out of this Kankri.
"You also seem very possessive of Eridan. May I ask why?" Kankri's voice sounded sincere. Cronus eyes widened and uncrossed his arms.
"He's a kid, I have to look out for him." Cronus answered.
"I see." Kankri crossed his arms and cocked his head "I was only hugging him. Why did an affectionate form of physical contact cause you to get angry?"
Cronus felt his face heat up.
"You can't touch my Eridan." The highblood hissed grabbing Kankri by the collar of his sweater. The low blood sighed as he looked up calmly at Cronus.
"He's not yours Cronus. You don't own him." Kankri stated firmly. Cronus eyes widened as tears formed unable to hold them back Cronus let go of Kankri and hid his face with his hands. Raising his hands, Kankri softly grabbed Cronus hands and pulled them away from his face. Cronus only stared at Kankri's concerned face; this was the first time he's ever cried in front of anyone since he was a wiggler. He feels like this was also the first time anyone seemed concerned about his feelings.
"Cronus, please, talk to me about how you feel." Kankri said softly. Tears streamed down Cronus face as he nodded.
BEEP BEEP, the alarm clock rang loudly. Eridan groaned as he shifted in bed. It was already Monday. The weekend passed in the blink of an eye it seemed. Eridan pressed the snooze button and slowly slid back his limp arm inside the warm silk sheets. A streak of light shown on the wall above Eridan's bed slowly he turned away. The door closed silently. And footsteps came closer and closer. The sound of the sheets rustling forced Eridan awake to the touch of warm arms around him.
"Wake up you little shit." A sleepy Cronus spoke softly. Eridan turned to face the older troll.
"I would if you got the fuck off me."
Squeezing the young prince harder, Cronus smirked.
"Stay Eridan, you and I will have fun, much better than school." Cronus said softly squeezing Eridan's bulge. Eridan jumped to the touch of his brother's cold hand.
"I would love to Cronus, but Kankri will get on my shit again if I skip the exam today." Eridan said sarcastically finally shoveling the Bard of hope off him. Not saying another word the sleepy older troll turned away from Eridan and slept.
Sighing as Eridan stepped out his car and slowly walked toward the school. Groups of friends gathered around the school waiting for the first class of the day. Sounds of laughter and chattering filled Eridan's ears. Suddenly Eridan's heartbeat drummed loudly as he turned his gaze away from Sollux, who only stared at the prince as he slowly walked past him and his girl friend. Nudging Sollux's arm with her elbow the annoyed princess frowned.
"Sollux, are you even listening!" Feferi crossed her arms. Slowly turning toward her Sollux sighed.
"Sure, I'll be right back, Fef." Sollux turned to walk after Eridan ignoring the spoiled princess's calls. Focusing all his attention on the prince who walked in front of him. Sollux lifted an arm to tap Eridan's shoulder, But jumping to a hand on his shoulder Sollux turned to see the clownish highblood towering above him.
"Hey Sollux. Can Karkat and I copy your homework for that mother fucker's class?" Gamzee asked pointing to his unfinished paper in his hand. Quickly shifting his gaze from Gamzee to Eridan and back, Sollux managed to stammer:
"Uh, yeah. In a second." Trying to not loose sight of the prince Sollux turned to run, leaving behind the highblood who had a look of disappointment on his face.
"Eridan." Sollux called Finally catching up with the sea dweller Sollux exhaled deeply catching his breath, as the prince turned to face him. Eridan crossed his arms and frowned. Why would he even think of wanting to talk to Eridan after what happened on Friday? Who the fuck does this low blood bee lover think he is.
"What." Eridan growled. Sollux is lucky he doesn't punch him straight in his face for causing him such emotional pain.
"On Friday I-" Sollux started. Tuning out the low blood as anger clouded Eridan's thoughts. Sollux has the nerve to bring up Friday? After what he did? That's it he crossed the fucking line. Eridan swung his arm hitting the other raven's face causing him to fall back on to the concrete road. Blood rushed out of Sollux's nose like a waterfall, as he only looked up at Eridan in shock of his actions. Sollux deserved this even he himself knows this. Rushing to Sollux's side was Gamzee and Karkat who helped him up.
"What the mother fuck Eridan?" Gamzee growled cleaning the blood from Sollux's nose with his sleeve. Eridan turned to walk away, breathing heavily as trolls shouted obscenities at him.
"You deserve it for leaving me back there Sollux!" Feferi's squeaky voice priced his ears. But Sollux couldn't react. Being frozen, he tuned out all the noise as he watched Eridan walk away. Everything became slow and quiet.
The dismissal bell jerked Eridan out of his sleep, slowly grabbing the book off his chest and placing it on the shelf, he stood up from the soft carpet on the library's floor. Eridan groaned in disappointment to the realization he just spent the day asleep in the library. The prince wouldn't be surprised if the other trolls drew on his face while he was knocked out. He was officially the most hated troll in the school after his little stunt with Sollux. Pushing these thoughts out of his mind he walked slowly toward the exit. The hallways were quiet. There was no troll in sight. Which was strange to him. Walking toward his car in the empty lot the prince couldn't help but feel the presence of someone whom he could not see, yet. Dismissing the importance of the thought Eridan pulled out a cigarette, feeling the extreme need to relax somehow. Leaning against the hood of his car he breathed out a cloud of smoke. Hearing footsteps he quickly turned around.
"Who's there?" Eridan asked. Turning to look around the lot he shrugged and continued to smoke, once he was sure no one was around.
"Eridan." A voice spoke from behind him. Eridan turned around to Gamzee who quickly lifted a shovel and slammed it on the prince's head causing him to fall on his face. Dropping the shovel the messy haired troll turned Eridan on his back ensuring he was knocked out. Feeling confident, the highblood proceeded to tie Eridan's hands tightly behind his back, tying his ankles Gamzee lifted Eridan and tossed him in his car.
The prince woke to a huge headache. He gazed around the dark room. He was sat in a very disorganized bedroom able to see clothes and food containers scattered on the floors from the moonlight that poured into the room from the window above him. Unable to recognize it but automatically assumed it was Gamzee's messy room, who's probably going to beat him up for punching Sollux. Eridan groaned, he knew he definitely didn't disserve this. Eridan's ears perked to the noise of voices coming from the next room he couldn't make out what the conversation was. He knew for sure there were two voices. A loud slam was heard that made Eridan jump. It sounded like a door slamming shut. Did Gamzee just leave? Hearing foot steps get close to his location he tensed up. The light nearly blinded him when they turned on causing him to squeeze them shut. Eridan opened his eyes to see Sollux standing in the doorway of the room with a bottle of what smelled like alcohol in his hand.
"Hello sleeping beauty." Sollux slurred his words together as he walked toward the sea dweller. Eridan froze. What is Sollux planning to do to him?