"The movies? Are you sure that's where you really want to go?" Eridan asked.
"Yeah, mainly because they're playing a scary movie that I've been wanting to see." Sollux said.
"What kind of scary movie?" he gulped.
"I'm not gonna tell you." Sollux taunted and stuck out his tongue.
"Don't make me jump on top of you again." Eridan retorted.
"I'm sorry, I'll be good master." Sollux whimpered.
They both started to laugh knowing that they were just joking around with one another. Well maybe Eridan wasn't, but Sollux was willing to take his chances and play it off as if he were.
"So what time is the showin'?" Eridan asked.
"If you're willing to wait that long then the showing I want to go and see is the one at midnight." he murmured
"Midnight! Isn't that sort of late?" Eridan questioned.
"Oh, please can we go!" Sollux clapped his hands together and begged.
"Fine, but you're definitely goin' to owe me afterwards." he winked.
"Oh yeah that's completely fine just...Oh I see what you mean. It's true that I did only say one date so I guess there's no way out of it." Sollux said slowly realizing what Eridan had meant.
Sollux looked over at the clock hanging on the wall, and noticed that it was only going on noon.
"So this time I'm going to go, and get dressed for real." Sollux declared and looked over at Eridan.
"I swear I won't try to stop you this time." Eridan muttered.
Sollux disappeared into his room for a couple of minutes, and when he came out he looked stunning in Eridan's eyes even though he liked him better with minimal clothing. He kept his normal black T-shirt with the yellow Gemini symbol on it along with a black and yellow striped long sleeved shirt underneath. He also wore dark gray skinny jeans to match.
"There that's much better." Sollux said with a self satisfactory smile.
Eridan noticed that Sollux's glasses were a bit crooked. He walked up to him and set his glasses straight.
"I-I could have f-fixed them myself." he stuttered.
Eridan gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Too bad. I did it for you instead." he grinned.
At that moment Eridan took a hold of Sollux's hand, and practically dragged him out the door. He barley even gave him enough time to lock the door behind them.
"Hey, where are we rushing off to Ed?" Sollux asked.
"You haven't eaten anything yet today, and it's pretty much lunch time already so we're going out to eat." he stated.
When he looked back Eridan could see that Sollux was a little tired out from being dragged around like that so he slowed down, and now they were walking side by side matching rhythms in stride bit by bit. They were headed in the direction of the local mall. Luckily for them it was in walking distance from Sollux's place. Given the walk was about thirty minutes long, but it was nice because it was completely flat without a hill in sight.
They were silent for most of the walk until they ran into Equius. As in literally ran into Equius because Sollux hadn't been paying attention, and he accidentally ran right into the high blood.
"Watch where you're going low blood." Equius growled.
"Ah, I-I'm really sorry." Sollux apologized.
"Just see that it doesn't happen again." Equius huffed.
"You better watch yourself." Eridan warned, and wrapped a protective arm around Sollux.
"And why exactly should..." Equius paused realizing that he was addressing a high blood much higher on the hemospectrum than himself. "I am truly sorry." he said.
"Hmph, Come on Sol we're at our destination." he said and completely blew of Equius's apology.
"I think I need a towel." Eridan heard Equius mutter before they entered through the entrance of the mall.
"Thanks for that." Sollux said when they made it completely inside.
"You're welcome." Eridan drew him into a tight hug.
"So where do you wanna eat?" Eridan asked.
"Oh, I know how about sushi!?" Sollux exclaimed.
Eridan slowly turned green, and Sollux's realization kicked in.
"I'm so sorry Ed! I wasn't thinking!" Sollux apologized.
"No, it's okay. I mean I do spend more time on land than I do in the sea anyhow." he started to gain some composure back.
"So with that getting shot down how about more of a cafe` type place?" Eridan suggested.
"I know, how about j-Tea? They've got really good soups, and sandwiches. I especially love their udon, it's just so awesome!" Sollux gushed.
"Their tea is especially good," Eridan added "Hence name." he laughed a little awkwardly. So it was decided they began their walk to the food court. As they walked they took note of places to check out after eating, like the book store or the electronics shop. Eridan was glad to see Sollux so happy, but more than that he couldn't stop thinking about tonight. Forget about the movie he just wanted Sollux all to himself, but then if he was lucky the movie would prove to be really scary and make Sollux all the more willing. While he was busy reveling in his thoughts they had arrived at j-Tea.
"I'll take the Shiitake Udon, and the Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey to drink." Eridan heard Sollux say.
"Oh, and I'll take the Wonton Men with a Miso soup base, and Red Bean Paste Green Tea for the drink." Eridan said.
"That'll be $18.56." the cashier said.
Sollux was just about to pay for his half, but Eridan pulled out his wallet first and paid with a twenty dollar bill for the both of them.
"Keep the change." he told the cashier, and they went to go find a seat while they waited for their food.
"I could have paid for at least half." Sollux complained, but was grateful at the same time.
"I figured that I'd treat you up until after the movies, but then I expect you to pay me back in full of course." Eridan taunted.
Oh how Eridan loved that yellow blush that would creep upon Sollux's cheeks whenever he got him exactly where he wanted him.
"Number 32!" he heard one of the cashiers call.
"I'll go and-", but Sollux got up immediately to go and grab the food.
It practically killed Eridan how cute Sollux was. His feelings always completely shown on his face, and he could tell exactly how embarrassed Sollux was feeling right at that moment. Sollux had come back with the food, and sat back down. However, he was very unwilling to look Eridan in the eyes. Eridan took Sollux's chin in his hand, and forced him to meet his gaze.
"I love you so much." Eridan whispered low enough so that only Sollux would hear.
"Thut," he sighed "Shut up, and let's just eat already." Sollux huffed.
Sollux picked up his chopsticks, and began to slurp down a few of the thick delicious noodles. He then picked up the big spoon to get a better taste for the broth, but unluckily enough for him he had spilled that very same broth onto his pants.
"Gog dammit." Sollux muttered.
Eridan was happily enjoying his ramen when he noticed Sollux's problem.
"Do you need any help?" Eridan asked.
"N-No. Just need to use a napkin or something, and I'm sure I'll be fine." he sounded hesitant.
Eridan did a double take to see if anyone was nearby, and greatly swaying in his favor there weren't. Although he had intentionally picked this more secluded part of the food court for a reason. He slinked quickly underneath the table to make his way over towards Sollux. He had plopped his head right in between Sollux's legs.
"Ed! W-What the-!" Sollux was completely taken aback.
Eridan eyed the area where the broth had been spilt, directly onto Sollux's crotch. He let his tongue glide over the spot. This made Sollux quiver with an interesting sensation. Eridan repeated the process, but this time his tongue was more along the lines of outlining Sollux's member.
"I can tell that this turns you on." Eridan teased.
"Thop that." Sollux begged not even caring that it made his lisp show through.
Although he denied wanting it Sollux's body told an entirely different story. Eridan slowly started to unbutton Sollux's jeans. Sollux let out a soft moan then quickly clasped his hands over his mouth hoping that no one happened to pass by. Eridan could tell that he was going a bit too far this early on so he buttoned Sollux's jeans back up, and crawled back to his seat. Eridan had nonchalantly resumed eating, unlike Sollux who was greatly affected by what had just happened. Eridan's touch still lingered on Sollux, and it left him desperately wanting more. Which in turn got him plenty excited for tonight, and if he hadn't wanted to see the movie so bad then he would have willing skipped out on it.
He had so many mixed emotions that he practically inhaled the udon without barely even realizing it.
"You must have been really hungry." Eridan said.
"Yeah, something like that." Sollux murmured, and sipped some of his tea.
Eridan had also finished eating so they threw away their trash, and decided now would be a good time to browse through some of the many stores.
As soon as they had walked towards the electronics shop Sollux ran right through the entrance, and Eridan casually followed after him. Sollux kept jumping around from section to section throughout the whole entire store. Sometimes he'd be analyzing the newest products, and other times he would be comparing models like he was calculating all this data inside of his head. Eridan thought that he looked like a kid in a candy store.
"So are you going to buy one of everything or what?" Eridan joked.
"No, it's just that I need to upgrade some equipment to make my codes more proficient, and accurate. Not that I'm doubting my abilities or anything, but it's better to be safe than sorry." Sollux determined.
"So which one is the better of the models?" Eridan asked.
"Probably the 4-X2." Sollux confirmed.
The 4-X2 was the exact one that Sollux was holding at that moment. Eridan had reached to take it out of Sollux's hand, but Sollux quickly evaded and held it out of his reach.
"You already paid for lunch, and this sort of thing is a lot more expensive so you aren't buying it for me." Sollux made up his mind.
"Aren't you just being the stubborn one? Oh well, I'll just have to remember to make that a birthday or Christmas present instead." Eridan decided.
They left the electronics shop, and headed to the gaming store next. Sollux had made Eridan buy Eternal Darkness Sanity's Requiem so that they could play it together, but mainly because Sollux loved that game a lot. Eridan had his doubts, but he bought it anyways. From this point on it was venturing through store after store after store, and of course breaks to go and eat something again in between. Until finally...