"Thorry."
You blinked, turning your head to give Sollux an odd look. "Sorry for w-what?" you inquired in confusion as you watched the guitarist insert the key into the lock. Sollux gave a small chuckle, pressing his head against the worn out wood of the door as he struggled a bit with pulling the key back out.
"I don't know," he replied. "Thorry for being awkward, I gueth? I'm not a very good hotht or anything... And thinthe I wathn't expecting any company, I didn't really have time to clean up. Tho thorry about that too."
Rolling your eyes, you leaned against the wall before replying, "Don't be w-worryin' ya head over somethin' silly like that, aigh'?" You released a light chuckle.
Sollux gave a small shrug before twisting the knob and holding the door open for you. Stuffing your cold hands into your pockets, you casually stepped inside the small apartment, looking around the room.
"It's a nice place, looks to be in good nick," you said slowly, not wanting to be rude. "Though you w-were right on it bein' a bit... messy..." you added under your breath. Sollux followed in after, tugging his shoes off and tossing them to the side. He gently placed his guitar on the couch before moving to head into another room, which you figured was the kitchen.
"I try to keep it in good thape I gueth. Though thometimeth I jutht thlack off when it cometh to cleaning ath you can thee."
After copying the singer in taking your shoes off, you walked around the living room, unsure of what to do now. Sollux didn't seem to notice your nervousness.
"Uh, want thomething to drink?" Sollux inquired, popping his head around the corner to briefly check on you (probably to make sure you haven't broken anything yet). "I've got water, aj, beer, and milk." You turned to return his gaze once hearing the few drinks he had available. Sollux stuck his tongue out, catching your look. "What? Thorry for the thit thelection your highneth."
You rolled your eyes, ignoring the other's sarcasm before giving a small wave of the hand.
"W-water w-will be perfectly fine, cheers."
Sollux nodded, moving back into the kitchen. Walking out about a minute later with a bottle of beer for himself and your glass of water, he sent them down before collapsing back onto the couch.
"Tho, Eridan, tell me about yourthelf." Sollux turned his head a bit to glance at you. "Thtarting with that funny way you talk, how 'bout we?"
You stammered, jumping a bit as you turned to narrow your eyes on Sollux. Your face was flushed a light pink, and you caught Sollux's slight smirk. "Excuse you! It just so happens that my pops comes from Australia, okay? I lived there w-with him for ten years w-while my mum had to stay here to w-work. I caught on to the w-way they speak!"
Sollux laughed lightly. "Alright, drama queen, chill. Well then, I'm guething your mom'th American then?"
You shook your head. "My mum's Taiw-wanese. She w-was born in Taiw-wan, moved to America an' met my pops." Sollux raised an eyebrow, a small smile on his face. "Tho you're like half-asian? Cool. Then why were you and your dad in Authtralia?"
Sighing, you replied, "My pops just missed his home tow-wn, so he w-wanted to move back. My mum couldn't though because of all that dumbass paperw-work. She thought it w-was too much w-work so she stayed back. Though after a long w-while my pops missed her too much so w-we headed back."
Sollux nodded in understanding, shifting a bit. "Well thoundth complicated." You shrugged, moving to sit on a different chair since you thought it was sort of weird to sit by the other. "It w-was. Anyw-ways, w-what about you? You don't look a Yank at all." Seeing Sollux's confused (and slightly offended) look, you quickly translated, "American, I mean."
"Oh," Sollux said, "well, unlike your multi-cultural background, my whole family ith Thai. We were all born over in Thailand, but I eventually moved here to try and perthue a career thinthe there'th more job oppurtunitieth and thit all over the plathe. I never exactly landed one I liked tho thinthe I figured I had a pretty good voithe I dethided to jutht... thing on the threetth. Not that great of a lifethtyle I gueth."
You slowly nodded, taking in the information. It's not like you really needed that much info anyway but at least he was comfortable with telling you this. Honestly you didn't know if that's a good thing or bad thing; you just met after all.
"At least you get by just fine," you reasoned. Sollux nodded, giving you a small shrug. "I gueth. I'm not really thatithfied with the place I found though," he said, motioning to the small flat. You shrugged, leaning back.
Letting out a small sigh, Sollux heaved himself up and walked somewhere down the hall.
"You can thleep in the extra bedroom, alright?" Sollux called out over his shoulder. You leaned over to look at him briefly. "Understood, mate."
Despite his messiness, attitude, and slight rudeness, Sollux is a nice guy. You wouldn't mind visiting more often. Cheeks flushing, you chewed on your lip. That sounds a bit creepy though. There's a chance Sollux might not even like you, in fact there's a good chance that he thinks you are plain annoying- just like what your other friends often think.
"The bloke's probably just bein' the nice guy he is," you told yourself, a small pout on your face.
Sighing, you sat up a bit to remove your jacket. It was beginning to feel pretty hot and you feel a bit dumb for not taking off your coat earlier. You lazily tossed the garment to the side, but hearing the light plop on the floor, you craned your neck to see that it landed behind the couch.
You let out a light groan, quietly standing on the couch to reach over the back of the couch to grab your coat. As you strained to reach down and snatch it back up, you accidentally pushed something heavy off the couch guessing from the loud bang that reached your ears.
Eyes wide, you turned to see Sollux's guitar lying on the hardwood floor.
"Shit," you muttered, moving fast to pick it back up before Sollux came back. Honestly, you suppose you really should have been more careful. You tripped over your own feet, falling back as a loud 'eep' left your lips.
Then a loud crash sounded through the flat that you bet not only Sollux, but even the neighbors might have heard.
"Eridan!" a shout sounded from down the hall. Sollux ran into the room, eyes wide behind his two-colored shades. "What the fuck jutht- holy thit, what the fuck did you do?!" Sollux cried as his eyes landed on the crushed object you landed on.
"What?" you exclaimed, looking around frantically. You felt around for your glasses, and once your hands landed on them, you briskly put them on before turning to see what Sollux was so worked up about.
It's not like you broke anythi- oh.
No wonder your landing felt harder than expected. You were beginning to think that meeting Sollux today was a huge mistake. If you didn't, maybe you wouldn't have gotten kicked out by Karkat. And if you didn't get kicked out, you wouldn't have met up with Sollux again and ending up staying over.
You figured you probably wouldn't be meeting Sollux ever again after tonight since you just landed on and completely broke his, you guess, his most prized possession.
A tired groan escaped your mouth as you stared at the broken guitar laying under you.
Sollux didn't talk to you for the rest of the night.
Goodness hi there guys uvu Finally uploaded this ! ;v; This is sort of .. a filler ? Just to kind of get Eridan and Sollux's beginning relationship moving .
These chapters are sorta taking long to update because I'm pretty busy , I have a life too guys haha ! Plus I'm still planning out whats going to happen later on . I'll try my best to finish the next chapter a bit sooner ! Glad to know you darlings like it so far gee whiz ! Also , a belated merry christmas and a advanced happy new years to all you sweeties ! /)v(\