Mituna still hadn't been heard from when they climbed the steps to his hive. Sollux let him in and closed the door behind them. Mituna immediately wandered past the desk area and straight to the mind-honey. "Don't eat any of that 2tuff!" Sollux warned, but Mituna didn't seem to have any interest in eating the stuff. Sollux guessed that Mituna was back in the more serene, reclusive persona, but he scratched the notion when his Dancestor brought flaming fury down upon an errant mind-honey bee who flew too close to his head. The bee ceased to exist altogether, nothing more than the tiniest splotch on the flooring. Sollux let him be, and went to prepare some sort of food. He hoped that Mituna would revert to the quiet side soon. Even though he had managed to somewhat calm it, Mituna's violent personality scared him in a way that little else could. He reprimanded himself once again for thinking like that. There weren't two Mitunas, both personalities were parts of one person, one person that he realized he loved very dearly. He mulled this over as he made a late dinner and called Mituna down to eat. When Mituna was all set, Sollux went to feed his lusus, too many more damn flights of stairs away. He didn't feel like eating, so he just laid down on the floor next to his pod, leaving a note on the unit and then falling asleep:
Go ahead and u2e my pod, try two get 2ome 2leep iif you can -2ollux
Mituna trudged up the stairs. So...many...stairs...He felt much less depressed about the skeateboard thing now that he had a full stomach and was in fact quite exhausted from all the crying, raging and skateboarding he had done that day. He reached the level he was sure that Sollux's room was on, but all that lay before him was a long, dark corridor in almost complete blackness. Due to the angry buzzing emanating from nearly every one of the numerous doors, Mituna assumed it would be be better to avoid the mind-honey bees inside. Nervously, he looked at every door as he passed. At last, there came a door with no buzzing! He peeked into the dismal chamber, squinting through his visor to find Sollux's familiar semi-muscular form. What he found was a LOT bigger. Another sort of two-headed beast lifted its left head off the ground and blinked at Mituna with an eye bigger than his head. Mituna was petrified, his legs refusing to grant him any mobility, and the eye began to glow red, then flashed on and off with blue. Right away he recognized the signals of psychic activity and slammed the door, running with newfound adrenaline to a room he instinctively knew belonged to Sollux.
. "50LLUX! 7H3 7H1NG! 17 W45 81G 4ND V1C10U5 4ND 4ND...!" He stammered, "D1D Y0U M4K3 7H47 7h1NG?!" Sollux sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes and replacing his glasses, which had fallen onto the floor.
"Huh? What are you talkiing about?" He grumbled. He had been in the middle of a long and pleasant dream, whose details he couldn't remember, but he knew it was happy, "Oh, you mean that? That'2 ju2t my pet. Nobody thiink2 2he'2 a2 pretty a2 II do though." Mituna was holding his chest, breathing hard from being frightened like that. Sollux stood up and walked over to Mituna, holding him close. He noticed how fast Mituna' s heart was beating; it fluttered like a spooked canary in a tiny cage while the rest of him went limp. Sollux muttered soothing words as he led Mituna over to the pod. He lifted Mituna, who was even lighter than he looked, up over the edge and into the protective embrace of the slime before removing the flustered troll's helmet. Mituna, who'd never taken off his helmet in front of another being as far as Sollux knew, didn't even resist. Sollux lowered himself into the pod beside Mituna. It was a little tight, but Sollux found it rather cozy. He repositioned himself so that he could still hug Mituna and make certain he felt safe. The poor guy already had more than his fair share of mental trauma... Mituna curled up, resting his head on Sollux's shoulder, and his heartbeat began to slow back to its normal rate. "Miituna..." Sollux mumbled into his ear, "Let me 2ee your eyes. II want two 2ee them." But he only nuzzled his face deeper into Sollux's neck, tickling the stronger troll with his breath. Sollux craned his neck to whisper into his pointed ear. Something he'd subconsciously wanted..no, needed to say for the longest time. "Miituna..II love you. Wiill you make me the happiiest2t troll iin Alterniia and be my mate2priit?"
Mituna looked up, letting his unruly black hair fall away from his were iridescent and pupil-less, the right giving off a slightly red luster which would have been impossible to see had Sollux's eyes not been adjusted to the low light. The left eye gave off a thin luster of royal blue. His eyelashes were long and delicate, though Sollux wasn't sure how eyelashes COULD be delicate, and his face was somehow just perfect. "17 700K Y0U L0NG 3N0UGH 70 45K." He wrapped his thin arms around Sollux's neck and pulled him into a long, deep kiss. Sollux was sort of clumsy, unsure how to react. Mituna kissed like someone who had experience, which was slightly unnerving because he himself hadn't been in a relationship that went this way before and it seemed like Mituna wouldn't be the one in charge. "No, hang on." Sollux removed himself from Mituna's lips. His love looked crestfallen. "50RRY, 1 KN0W 7H47 W45 4 817 MUCH.." Sollux silenced him, placing a finger on his lips and stroking his cheek, which was dusted with a mortified golden blush of shame. "What II'm going two do to you can't be done iin a pod. You know what happen2 when 2opor 2liime ii2 iinge2ted by troll2... we can't be two careful" He climbed out of the pod and caught Mituna as he jumped down. They were both covered in slime, but that was normal after exiting a regeneration pod. Usually it required a shower and change of clothes, so Sollux carried Mituna to his shower unit, stripped them both unceremoniously, tossed Mituna in and climbed into the shower with him. Hot water ran over them, rinsing most of the slime away. What the water missed, Sollux dealt with as he ran his hands gently over Mituna's skin. The water made it slick under Sollux's fingers and Mituna was struck by heat waves every time Sollux let his fingernail drag lightly over sensitive areas. He gripped Sollux's forearms as the waves made his stomach clench and little gasps escape from his lips. Sollux ran his tongue down Mituna's neck, letting him squirm. He ground against Mituna with his hard-on until they were both ready to come. Water dripped from Mituna's skin and Sollux pushed him down against the wall, letting the stream from the showerhead break on his back as he leant down and nudged Mituna's knees apart. Careful not to bite too hard, Sollux nibbled a line up Mituna's thigh and licked him, indulging himself in his newfound lover's pleasured moans as he deep throated his Dancestor. ""0H G0G 50LLUX! Y35! 44H! 0H..!" Without any warning, Mituna came, releasing his DNA-slop in a salty torrent into Sollux's mouth. Sollux looked up like a starving dragon. His hands enveloped his partner's and he stole another kiss as he knelt above Mituna. Their forked tongues battled for dominance, wrestling fiercely as they heatedly gazed into the other's eyes. They broke apart, gasping and both tasting Mituna's seed. "C'mon.." Sollux growled, "II can't waiit any longer!" He flipped their positions so that Mituna was sitting on his lap. Sollux nudged his erection slightly against Mituna, who jumped. "Iit'2 okay, Ii promii2e..." Sollux whispered, and the look in his eyes told Mituna that his words were true. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Little by little, Sollux inserted himself into the smaller troll, who grunted in pain but gritted his teeth and didn't let it show. Tears leaked from the edges of Mituna's eyes as Sollux stroked his hair, which was drenched. Sollux just held his hand and rubbed slow, calming circles on the back of it with his thumb.
"1 w4n7 MY H3LM37 84CK.." quietly complained under his breath. Sollux laughed and kissed Mituna right on his nose. A breathy, but not COMPLETELY forced laugh managed to escape Mituna's body, clenched in its entirety as it was. "NOW," Sollux said analytically, "Thii22 ii22 where iit 2tart2 two get triicky..."