Alright so I finally finished Chapter 10 in the midst of essays, quizzes and finals reviews, and hanging out with my girlfriend 3. One thing I want to state before you get to the chapter, I do not mean to offend anyone with the way I place the characters. There is not one character that I hate in Homestuck except Vriska, but even still I cosplay as her so I must like here to a certain extent. I am seriously sorry if something in the story offends you in any way. Its kinda hard pleasing everyone at the same time you know...
Chapter 10
During the rest of the weekend the two teens get to know each other better. Pushing their hate, or at least Eridan's hate for him, out of the way. They soon found out that they had many differences but at the same time in a way they were the same in a twisted opposite kind of way. While Sollux was a genius at computer games, Eridan preferred the Wii. Sollux was a computer whiz and the other was an artist. Eridan had a passion for swimming while Sollux was afraid of getting near any body of water deeper than four feet. The list goes on but they did have some things in similar, like hate for the world and after some teasing, Sollux was informed from the other that he was in fact was a homosexual. The news made Sollux overjoyed on the inside but he would never say so out loud. The most he showed was a knowing smirk that the other questioned and all he did was shrug as a reply.
Mituna did end up asking Latula out on Saturday, the day after he had his small meltdown and Sollux and Eridan's first kiss. Mituna turned into a very happy teenager when the skater girl did not reject him, but instead planted a big sloppy kiss on his lips. Sollux saw the exchange while walking through the gardens looking for a certain blond. He did not find him, but thinking about them being together made him happy even though he had to listen to the story about five times an hour ever since the two became a thing. Nonetheless, They were perfect for each other and anyone who says otherwise was definitely smoking something illegal.
Thinking of smoking, Sollux gets up from his nest of blankets on the bed and shuts the lid of his favorite laptop. Opening his nightstand drawer he rummaged through many odds and ends, over half of them loose wires or chargers before his hand grasps a small box of smokes that he tossed in there awhile back. Grabbing a lighter he pockets both objects and steps out into his balcony. Not really caring anymore if anyone saw. What difference would it make anyways? Lighting the toxic stick, he takes a slow drag, feeling the heated smoke fill his lungs in a satisfying way. Letting his breath out he watches the smoke curl before disappearing into the night air. His ears pick up on the sound of the balcony door opening and moments later skinny arms are wrapping around his waist. He smiled, turning around to face his brother.
"Hey Tuna, how wath your date to the thake park with Tulip?"
"It wath tho much fun! We went to all sorts of ledges and grind-ed on them and did other tricks and Tulip taught me some and then she kissed me and it was so much fun and..."
Sollux tunes him out, the exited chatter of the others voice a background noise. He smiles while looking at the setting sun slowly disappearing in the wave of the pacific ocean. Putting his cigarette out he tells the other that he's tired and the he was very happy for him before slipping back into his room. Once back inside he pulls off his clothes and slips on a loose shirt that he always slept in and some loose sweat pants. Tossing his box of toxins back into the drawer for later use. Instead of going straight to bed, Sollux ends up staying up late coding on his computer. Passing out from sleep deprivation at about 4 in the morning, his computer still on.
He wakes with a start three hours later to his blaring alarm clock. Groaning he slowly gets up, pushing his now battery-dead computer to the floor. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes he finds the correct charger and plugs the poor piece of technology in. Muttering some profanities to himself he grabs the retarded khaki pants and the stupid polo shirt that he had to wear to school every day before grabbing a towel and entering the shared bathroom. He quickly gets in the shower and less than ten minutes later he is back out drying his body with the towel and reluctantly pulling on the cursed school uniform. Looking in the mirror, he stares at his bicolored eyes for a moment before sighing and slipping on his usual prescription glasses that he had tinted to look like 3D glasses back when he and Mituna were both still the identical crazy twins. He smiles at the memory and quickly styles his hair before facing the daily school day morning torture of waking his brother up.
Once the morning horrors were over and the other dressed and ready both have breakfast and leave for school. Once there, Sollux walks his brother to his class who instantly goes to sit next to his girlfriend's blind twin sister. The two engaging into a conversation that Sollux did not bother understanding. Walking through the hallways of his new school he finally gets through the crowd to his locker and twists it open just to have it close shut again. A perfectly manicured hand splayed on the cold metal of his locker. He stares at the blue nail polished hand before slowly turning around to face an angry-looking girl with long wavy blond hair and dark blue eyes. Her frown slowly turns into a vicious grin and she crosses her arms, leaning her side against a neighboring locker, her foot blocking his.
"So, you must be Sollux Captor. I've heard things about you." Sollux rolls his eyes at her annoying voice, getting fed up with her emphasis on vowels.
"Yeah thatth me, ith there anything i can help you with if not I need to get my thit and get to clath." She laughs a loud evil laugh that almost makes the bipolar twin shudder. What the fucking hell was her problem?
"Sorry nerdy boy, but I have a request for you, or should I say job cause you know you can't refuse me." This causes Sollux to roll his eyes again and if he had not had his medication earlier that morning with his breakfast he would have most likely snaped by now, but luckily he stays calm.
"Alright" bitch "what do you want?" He crosses his arms, mocking her pose. A smirk slowly inching into his expression. She rolls her eyes, flipping her hair. This causes Sollux to think of a horse shaking its mane for some reason and he has to bite down a snort.
"I heard that you beat the crap out of Eridan a short while back, oh and just to let you know I really appreciate it. You see the two of us went out a while back before he decided that he was not interested in girls." Ok where the fuck was this conversation going now?
"Anyways that is despite the point. Point is, I want you behind the school during lunch when pathetic gay wad decides to escape the lunchroom like he does everyday. I personally want to see what you're capable of with him. Rumors are just rumors and I want to see the proof." Sollux raises his eyebrows, not sure what she was asking. He was still lost at the part where Eridan dated her? What the fuck? Who in the fucking world would even be interested in such a thing? She was nothing but a complete total bitch.
"So am I clear, cause if not I just want you to know that I am the queen of the school and anything you do against me can harm you. Badly." Sollux looks back at her and nods quickly.
"Yeah I will be there." She grins and nods, quickly stepping away from him before disappearing into the crowd. Sollux shakes his head to get rid of her image in her head and quickly opens his locker again and grabs his things. Making it into his first period class just as the bell rang.
Sighing with relief he quickly submerges himself into schoolwork and almost forgets the whole deal until he spots the bitch in the lunch line. Groaning he quickly eats his lunch and excuses himself from the table earning a couple questioning looks from everyone. He quickly looks across the room to where he saw Eridan sitting by himself a few times and notes his absence. Muttering something under his breath he slips out the cafeteria and slowly makes his way to the back of the school building where the football field was.
Reaching the designated area his eyes roam over a small group of heavy built guys who he guessed were on the football team seeing that most of them wore the school football jerseys. They were yelling and from where he was he could see that they were beating someone up. Yelling something about it not being cool he rushes towards the group, not noticing the blond girl standing off to the side. Quickly grabbing the closest guy he pulls him away, his fist meeting the others face in a sick cracking sound. Dropping the guy he turns to the next and does the same until they stop focusing on the poor guy on the ground and turn to face him. One of them snarls at him ordering him to stay away. He flips him off then kicks him in the stomach. He may have been a scrawny geek kid, but he did know how to fight due to the endless fights that he would get into for Mituna's sake as a kid.
Slowly after receiving a few good punches for himself, and throwing double as much at them they slowly disperse and Sollux has a chance to take a break and look at their victim. A loud gasp escaping his lips as he notes the now familiar blonde hair with its traditional purple streak. Getting down on the ground he helps the other up and examines his wounds. Muttering about the jerks being complete assholes and threatening to beat them up again if he ever laid his eyes on them again. Eridan shakes his head and gets up, wiping his nose on the striped scarf that he always wore, not caring that he was getting blood all over it. Mutter an 'I'm fine' he quickly runs away, leaving Sollux lost in his thoughts.
Adrenaline still pumping through his veins from the fight. He quickly looks around, catching an evil smile from a blonde girl that he forgot was there and he can't help a shiver from running down his spine. He shakes his head and quickly heads back to the cafeteria to get his stuff and head to his Marine Biology class that he took with Eridan and Feferi. Quickly noting the others absence, taking that he was skipping class which Sollux found reasonable so he did not question it. His thoughts traveling back to the fight and the conversation that he had with spider bitch as he was now going to call her.
In the middle of art class an hour later it finally hits him with the meaning of her words. She thought that he was for her and wanted him to beat the crap out of Eridan because he already did so. Twice. Shaking his head he silently vows to apologize to the blonde fish loving teen the next time he got to talk to him. Feeling really guilty for hitting someone who was already being abused probably daily at school. No wonder he wore long sleeve shirts and make up all the time. Sollux thought it was because he was a narcissist but clearly there was more to the story than that.