Okay, I might update some more in the evening but for now I'm taking a break and maybe studying for a bit.
Most of the morning after Gamzee left I simply watched TV, too tired to get up and do something. I even managed to fall asleep.
Now there's a knocking at the door which wakes me up.
"It's open", I say, not sure if it's wise to say so but too tired to care, eyes fluttering back shut again.
"Hey Tav. Brought you thome company", I hear the lisping of Sollux from the hall and then some really fast and light foot steps. I open my eyes just in time to see a small puppy run into the room and jump onto two legs against the sofa.
"Who's this?" I ask scratching the puppy behind its ears.
"It'th FF'th dog. Thhe brought it to me for a while. It'th thuch a pain in the ath", he groans picking up the puppy and lifting it up to sit next to me. It immediately starts licking my face and I giggle a bit.
"What's the, um, name?" I ask pushing the puppy a bit farther to see Sollux better. He's sitting on the armchair and rubbing his eyes behind his weird glasses.
"I think thhe called it Cuttle or thomething, but I prefer to call it a monthter", he said and I giggle again.
"It's cute", I say scratching the puppy as it rolls around and almost falls off the couch a few times.
"Might be. You thould thee what it doeth to my cordth", he mutters crossing his arms and staring at Cuttle and I.
"I can't imagine it doing anything bad", I admit as the puppy rolls onto its back wagging its tail lazily.
"That'th it. You get it to calm down immediately", he says scrunching his eyebrows a bit. "How do you keep it thtill?"
I chuckle lightly and rub the puppy's belly. "I don't know."
He groans again in frustration and gets up.
"Do you have anything to eat? Maybe thomething GZ made? I'm thtarving", he says.
"Umm, there might be some, leftovers from yesterday, I guess", I say. "Look in the fridge."
Sollux nods and disappears into the kitchen. Cuttle gets up and looks in the general direction, but decides to stay next to me. I smile and scratch his head.
"Tav, you want anything?" I hear Sollux ask from the kitchen and think for a bit.
"Maybe a sandwich or, uh, something", I answer and hear Sollux search for the bread. At this Cuttle jumps down and races to the kitchen paws slipping on the floor.
"Hey, calm down! I have food for you too!" I hear Sollux shout from the kitchen and then there's Cuttle's whining.
"Oh god, just thhut up for a second, I'll get food thoon", he says and I chuckle taking this time to change the channel on the TV to something I like a bit more.
After a while of rummaging in the kitchen Sollux comes back with my sandwich, his leftovers and something to drink for the both of us. The puppy runs in circles around his feet, almost tripping him a few times.
"Fine, fine, I'll get you your food!" Sollux growls annoyed and puts down his own food to go get something he brought with him.
Finally all three of us are eating, me slowly munching on the bread and Sollux enjoying some of yesterday's food. Cuttle is in the kitchen where Sollux put his cup of food.
"What would you like to do?" he asks after finishing his food.
"Um, I don't know. Can you, uh, play games?" I ask, even though I know the answer.
"Are you kidding me? I beet GZ tho many timeth latht time and you're thtill athking?" Sollux asks smirking and I chuckle.
"Let's play something", I say and let him choose a game. It's something fairly simple, Mario Party 9, and since it's mostly based on luck I get close to beeting him in it.
"Won again", he says and I put the remote down.
"Change the game", I say and he does as is told. "Take Left 4 Dead!"
He glances at me before taking said game and putting it into the consol.
"You play it often?" he asks and I nod.
"I usually watch Gamzee play, but, uh, I can play too", I stutter and he gives me a smile.
"Then thow me how well you play", he demands, giving me the other controller and the two of us are off.
After playing games for a while Sollux leaves me alone to take Cuttle outside. The whining was getting on his nerves.
Now I'm left alone for a while and look around. I work my way into my wheelchair and wheel to my room, fetching a pencil and a notebook.
I return to the living room, get back on the couch and start sketching. It's a quick sketch of Sollux walking outside my apartment with Cuttle running ahead on a leash, even though I don't even know what the leash looks like on the dog.
A smile pulls at my lips as I draw sketching some birds for Cuttle to chase. I make some more details to the background, drawing shadows into the windows and a wind to ruffle through the leaves of the bushes.
"I had no idea you were an artitht", Sollux's lispy voice scares me and makes me jump. I drop the pencil I was holding and Cuttle picks it up, jumping on the couch and giving it to me.
"Thorry, didn't mean to thcare you", he says smirking and sits down next to me. I drop my gaze down embarrassed but he doesn't care. Instead he grabs my notebook and looks at the picture for a while.
"Oh wow, thethe are amazing", he says flipping through the pages filled with sketches. They barely contain a single good picture.
"Uh, thanks, I guess", I say looking up at him.
"No, really, you rock at drawing", he says smiling and I smile back. I could really consider making friends with him.
