Guess what guys?! I'm done school! I'm freeeeeeeee (until September) I had my last final on Friday (it was math :/ ) and now I'm free for the summer. I'm really happy I actually have time to write now! Anyways, sorry for taking so long and sorry for the crappy chapter, I'm kinda going through writers block at the moment which sucks but I tried my best! I hope you at least enjoy it! :D
~90sbaby112
Chapter eight
*Sollux's POV*
Well, that escalated quickly. I was simply standing outside the auditorium doors listening to Aradia and Feferi sing when, the door flew open abruptly and Aradia dashed out of it. She was clearly upset; her eyes were wet and puffy. She was trying so hard to keep her tears in that she didn't even notice me, it made me frown but relieved.
I looked in the direction that she had ran to and was about to follow her when the door flew open again. Vriska ran out of the auditorium raving with anger.
She saw me and groaned. She was about to run toward where Aradia ran off to until I grabbed her arm.
"Damn it Captor let me go!" She shouted as she struggled to get free.
I only gripped her arm tighter.
"Where'th AA?" I asked.
She stopped struggling. "What?"
"Where'th AA?" I repeated.
"Why do you care?" She snapped.
I sighed frustrated. "Can you jutht help me out here?!"
"Why the hell would I do that?! You broke up with her you idiot! Or did you forget that?!"
I let out a heavy breath. "You don't know half of it."
She huffed. "Let go of me! God dammit! Shouldn't you be comforting your girlfriend not your exgirlfriend?!"
I flinched at her words and let go of her arm. I sighed in defeat.
"Take care of AA for me."
Vriska rubbed the area where I had grabbed and rolled her eyes.
"You're really fucked up you know that?"
I rolled my eyes. "Tell me thomething I don't know."
Vriska then turned around and ran down the hallway. I watched as she disappeared and sighed again.
I put my hands in my pockets and walked into the auditorium to find Feferi. Apparently, Aradia's and Feferi's performance had railed everyone up. Everyone who was sitting in the audience was chatting loudly and some were even looking around with wide eyes. Some of them even looked worried. I guessed they were actually worrying about Aradia.
I walked down the alley toward the stage when I saw Ms. Lalonde talking to Principal Scratch. Ms. Lalonde looked concerned and Scratch looked emotionless (as usual). No one could read that man's face; he was as emotionless as a brick wall. I suddenly felt nervous for the music club. I hoped that Scratch wouldn't put an end to it…But even if he did it'd start a riot…
Once I was in front of the stage I noticed that John was still sitting at his piano playing random notes.
"Hey John!" I called out to him.
He turned to look at me with a frown on his face.
"Yeah?"
"Where'th FF?"
He pointed to the back with his thumb. "She's in the back."
"Thankth."
I was about to turn around and walk away when John stopped me.
"Is Aradia okay?"
I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck. "I don't know, Vrithka didn't let me go after her."
John nodded understandingly. "Yeah, I know. She didn't let me run after her either."
I frowned. "Let me know if she'th okay."
He gave me a confused look but then nodded. "Yeah, I'll let you know."
I smiled back. "Thankth." I said and made my way backstage to find Feferi crying.
*Aradia's POV*
I gasped and spun around when I heard someone kick the door open. My heart skipped a beat but I relaxed when I saw that it was only Vriska.
Her and I froze and held in our breaths. She gave me a cautious glance and took a step toward me. I suddenly gasped and ran to her. I embraced her and started crying.
She awkwardly wrapped her arms around me.
"Vriska, I feel so stupid!" I shouted.
"Why?" she asked confused. "That musical number was great!"
"What? No, not about that!"
"Oh…Then what?"
"I feel stupid because I'm crying over a stupid dude!"
Vriska laughed and pushed me away slightly so she could look at me.
"Well, not that I don't agree that you're crying over a stupid boy…But, you don't need to beat yourself up about it."
I wiped my tears away and looked away from her.
"Gosh…I'm so lame."
She laughed again. "No you're just sad."
I sighed and sat down on the ground. I leaned my head back against the wall and watched as Vriska did the same.
"Since when did you become so good at comforting people?" I joked.
She cracked a grin and shrugged. "Remember when we used to hate each other."
I chuckled and shook my head. "I try not to."
"Why? It was hilarious!"
"Uh…The stuff you did to me wasn't so hilarious…"
"Okay maybe you're right, but Sollux was hilarious! Remember how he used to not let you talk to me."
I laughed. "Yeah, and Equius did too for some unknown reason!"
She laughed. "Man, Equius likes you so much it makes me laugh!"
I wrinkled my eyebrows. "Wait, what?"
Vriska's eyes widened as if she had said something she wasn't supposed to. She laughed nervously.
"Hehe…What…?"
My eyes widened in horror and I stood up.
"Equius likes me?!"
Vriska stood up and started pacing nervously. "Define like-"
"Vriska!"
She sighed in defeat. "Alright, yes! The sweaty bastard likes you!"
"Oh my gosh… Oh my gosh… OH MY GOSH!"
She raised her eyebrows and nodded. "I know, it's a pretty rough life you got."
I glared at her. "I'm going to kill you." I said through my teeth.
"Why?!" She shouted innocently. "It's not my fault he likes you!"
"How did you even know that?!"
"He told Nepeta."
"And Nepeta told you?" I asked doubtfully.
"Yeah!" She snapped.
I raised my eyebrows.
"No…" She sighed. "Fine, I overheard her talking to Equius about it through the phone."
My eyes widened and my mouth flew open as I gasped.
"Vriska! I sit next to him in biology!"
She wrinkled her eyebrows and looked somewhat confused. "O…Kay…?"
"UGH! You don't get it do you?! I was already feeling somewhat uncomfortable sitting next to him and now it's going to be even more awkward!"
"Well, I didn't mean to tell you!" she shouted back. "It was an accident!"
I groaned. "This is lame!"
Vriska sighed. "I know."
Suddenly, the door flew open and Feferi walked in with wide eyes and wide mouth.
*Feferi's POV*
"Eq-Equius l-likes y-you?" I stuttered in utter shock.
Aradia and Vriska's faces were paler than a ghost. They looked so surprised and startled that I wanted to burst out laughing. If I was in a better mood I probably would have. But at the moment I looked as bad-if not worse than Aradia.
Her eyes were red and a just a bit swollen. They were filled with anger, pain, sadness, and slight confusion. I then turned to look at Vriska whose eyes looked mostly shocked. She stayed like that for a couple seconds until I saw the gears in her brain turn and her face went from shocked to enrage.
"What the hell are you doing here Feferi?!" She shouted at me.
"This is the girls' washroom! I'm allowed in here! Anyone who is a girl is allowed in here!"
Vriska was about to shout something back when Aradia put her arm out to stop her.
"It's okay Vriska." She said in a hollow voice. "It's okay."
Vriska let out an annoyed huff. "Fine! Whatever! But I'm still pissed about her listening in!"
She turned back to me. "Shouldn't you be with your boyfriend?!"
"I was with my boyfriend!" I snapped. "He came to find me backstage and he stayed with me! Then, he told me to come wash my face off!"
I hadn't noticed the look on Aradia's face until I had stopped shouting. Her face looked hurt as if she had been pinched. I felt a sense of guilt but it left as soon as it had come.
I folded my arms across my chest and cleared my throat.
"I think you should date Equius." I stated flatly.
Vriska and Aradia looked at me as if had grown two heads.
Their jaws dropped and they spoke in sync.
"What?"
I cracked a grin. "You should date Equius; you guys would make a great couple!"
They exchanged a confused look and then turned back to me.
"What?!"
I smiled wider. "Just think about it, m'kay?"
They didn't say anything after that, nor did they move an inch. It was like their feet were glued to the floor and their bodies had gone numb. I gave them one last smirk before turning around and walking away.
*Aradia's POV*
"Then she walked out of the washroom like she fucking owned the place!" Vriska shouted, as she explained to our friends what had happened while waiting for the bus to go home.
"But Vriska!" Nepeta whined. "Why did you tell Aradia?!"
Vriska groaned. "I told you it was an accident! I didn't mean to tell Aradia! I was actually having fun keeping it away from her!"
"Gee thanks." I said grimly.
She rolled her eyes. "You'll get over it."
I wrinkled my eyebrows. "Wait, is that why you guys were acting so weird?"
They all gave me a blank expression.
"What are you talking about?" Terezi asked as she tilted her head to the side in confusion.
"Remember that time in the lunch room? I kept asking you guys what you were keeping from me but you guys kept telling me that I'd rather not know…What this what you were keeping from me?"
They all exchanged glances and scratched their heads awkwardly.
There was a long moment of awkward silence when Karkat decided to speak up.
"See Nepeta! I told you that you couldn't hide it from her forever!"
Nepeta frowned. "I really hope Equius doesn't find out…"
I couldn't help but face palm.
"I can't help but feel like you guys love keeping things away from me." I said sarcastically. "You guys suck."
The bus then pulled up in front of us and opened its doors. We were about to climb in when suddenly a bright red sports car stopped behind the bus and honked. The window rolled down to reveal Dave Strider the ironic cool kid.
"Yo Terezi!" He shouted.
Terezi gasped and turned into the direction where her boyfriend's voice had come from.
"Do you need a ride home?"
Terezi's face automatically went bright red. She started stuttering.
"I uh-I-" She turned to look at us with a conflicted look on her face.
I gave her an encouraging smile.
"Don't worry about it Terezi…Go with Dave we all know you want to."
"Are you sure?"
I nodded.
"Yeah go ahead."
She smiled widely. "Thank you so much Aradia!"
She ran up and hugged me.
"It's alright, go with your boyfriend."
She gave me a small innocent smile.
"I'll see you later Aradia."
"Bye Terezi!" We all called after her as she ran up and got into the cherry red car.
I turned back to my friends and sighed.
"Come on guys let's go."
We turned around and got on the shitty yellow school bus to go home.
*Feferi's POV*
I waited until Aradia got on the bus to walk out of the school and find my friends. I went to see if they were at our usual spot by the gym doors. I saw that only Equius and Sollux were there…Perfect.
I ran up to Sollux and snaked my arms around his neck. He placed his hands on my waist and leaned down to kiss me gently. Instead of kissing him back gingerly I kissed him back fiercely. I could tell he was surprised at first and didn't know whether to kiss me back or not. So, I began to kiss him harder. He almost kissed me back just as hard when Equius cleared his throat.
I broke away from Sollux and turned to look at Equius. A huge smile formed on my lips and a malicious plot formed in my brain.
"Hi Equius!" I said in the most cheery voice I could pull off.
He cleared his throat again and wiped a bit of sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand.
"Hello Feferi." He said formally. "How are you?"
I rolled my eyes at how awkward he was making the whole situation.
"I'm great thanks!" I took a step back and wrapped one of my arms around Sollux's waist; he eyed me curiously but put one of his arms around my shoulders.
I looked back at Equius and noticed that he was holding a small carton of milk in one hand. He casually brought it to his mouth to take a sip.
"So, Equius…I heard you have a little crush." I said in the most nonchalant way possible.
He spit out his milk out in surprise and started coughing aggressively.
Beside me, Sollux stiffened.
"W-what?" Equius demanded in-between coughs. "What are you-t-talking about?"
"Yeah." Sollux added. "What are you talking about?"
I sighed heavily. "I'm talking about Equius' crush on Aradia."
"What?!" Sollux and Equius shouted in sync.
I rolled my eyes and tried not to remember about how Vriska and Aradia had done the same thing in the washroom.
"Equius' crush on Aradia." I repeated.
"How did you know about that?" He had finally stopped coughing.
"Yeah how did you know about that?" Sollux almost demanded.
I wrinkled my eyebrows and looked up at him. "You knew?"
His eyes widened and he started stuttering.
"W-what? Me? N-no I d-didn't know!" His face turned a dark shade of red and he started looking elsewhere to avoid my eyes.
I sighed again and turned back to Equius. "It's completely obvious Equius; I've seen the way you look at her." I lied.
A light blush started blooming on his cheeks.
"I-uh" He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "I did not think that it was that obvious…"
"Yeah neither did I…" I heard Sollux mutter under his breath.
I gave Equius a small smile. "Don't feel embarrassed Equius, it's alright."
Equius shook his head. "You just caught me by surprise is all."
"Well Equius, I have good news for you!"
He raised his eyebrows. "You do?"
I nodded happily. "Yep!"
"Oh…What is it?"
"Aradia likes you back!"
"WHAT?!" Sollux looked at me as if I had gone crazy and Equius just froze.
"Yep! She likes you back!"
"Wait a thec!" Sollux pulled away from me. "Where did you hear thith?"
"Aradia told me." I replied innocently.
"What do you mean she told you?! Today you guyth were battling it out on that thtage!"
"Sollux, it was…before we were battling it out on the stage."
He gave me a flabbergasted look. "What?!"
I shook my head and placed my hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay Sollux, we're girls we're weird…"
"…WHAT?!"
I ignored Sollux and turned back to look at Equius.
"Yeah Equius, Aradia likes you! She likes you very very much!"
A slight smile assembled on his face.
"R-Really?"
I smiled big and nodded. "Yeah, as a matter-a-fact you should ask her out today!"
"I-I should?"
"He should?" Sollux asked.
I nodded again. "Yep! You should! That would make her really happy!"
"It would?"
From the corner of my eye I saw Sollux staring at me with wide eyes and a wide mouth.
I ignored him.
"Yeah, I'll give you her number you can text her, ask her to meet up somewhere and ask her out! It'll be perfect!"
Equius' smile grew bigger. "Thanks Feferi."
I smiled and shrugged. "No problem Equius!"
I spun around and looked at Sollux who still looked shocked. I planted a kiss on his lips and beamed.
"Come on Sollux let's go home!" I grabbed his hand and led him to his car.
*Aradia's POV*
By the time the bus pulled up in front of my house I was in an extremely bitter mood. I stomped out and planned out what I would do when I entered my house. I would probably smash some plates, rip the couch cushions, and probably throw some knives at my wall.
I kicked the door open and stumbled into my house. I grabbed my backpack and threw it across the room. It slammed against the wall and then fell on the floor with a big thump. I was about to tumble onto the couch and try to calm down. I was also going to try to enjoy the couple hours I had by myself. Until I heard someone clear their throat.
I looked up and saw Damara sitting on the couch with a laptop in her lap and a cigarette in her right hand. I was shocked to see her at home so early but then I groaned.
"UGH! What are you doing here?!" I shouted at her.
"It's nice to see you too." She replied sarcastically.
"UGH! Can you just go away?!"
"Where do you want me to go?"
"Fine don't go anywhere! I'll just go to my room!"
She nodded slowly. "Alright you do that."
"UGH YOU SUCK!"
She gave me a sly smile. "Thanks."
"UGH!" I ran upstairs to my room and slammed the door shut so that it shook the whole house.
I jumped on my bed and buried my face into the pillow. I started bawling and then started feeling like an idiot.
Why the hell was I even crying? Gosh I was such an idiot!
I continued sobbing into my pillow when I heard the door open and close lightly.
"What do you want?!" I shouted.
"Just want to know why you're acting like a little four year old."
"Ugh! Leave me alone! I've just been having a bad day okay?!"
I felt the end of my bed sink from extra weight. I sniffled and turned to look at Damara who was sitting on my bed staring at me with her eyebrows raised.
"Want to talk about it?"
I shook my head like a little child would. "No."
She nodded. "Alright."
She leaned back until she was lying across my bed. She lit another cigarette.
I gave her a confused look and sat up.
"What are you doing?"
"Comforting you."
"That's your way of comforting?"
She shrugged. "Well, you won't tell me what's wrong so I don't really have many more ways of comforting."
I groaned and leaned back against my bed frame.
We didn't say much after that. We just sat in silence; it wasn't an awkward kind of a silence. It was a comforting kind of silence. Damara just laid on my bed smoking and I just sat there watching her. It was kind of entertaining until a question entered my mind.
"When did you start liking me?"
She turned and gave me a bewildered look. "What?"
"Well I mean, I remember when you were in high school you used to hate me…" I mumbled the last part.
She stared at me for about twenty seconds before bursting out laughing.
I felt my face grow red from embarrassment.
"W-what?"
She continued laughing. "I've never hated you Aradia."
I wrinkled my eyes. "But I-I remember you-"
"I never hated you." She interrupted. "It's just back then I was…" She took a deep breath. "I was crazy back then."
"Was?"
"Shut up! And yes I was… I mean, I'm still crazy but not as much as I used to be…I used to be a big slut in high school."
I nodded understandingly. "Yeah."
She brought the cigarette to her lips and then blew out.
"I never hated you, you're my little sister I love you…But it's just…In high school I was too much of an ass to admit it. Plus, you're my little sister; I have to act like I hate you sometimes."
I smiled at her. "You were so mean to me."
She let out a small chuckle. "Yeah, I know, I'm sorry."
I shook my head. "Don't be, it makes me laugh sometimes."
She rolled her eyes playfully and took another breath of her cigarette.
"Remember when you only used to speak in Japanese?"
She smiled and nodded. "Yep, that was also the only class I passed in high school."
I giggled. "I kinda miss it."
She raised her eyebrows. "You miss me constantly speaking Japanese and you not being able to understand me?"
I shook my head. "Well, not that but I just miss those days ya know?"
She smiled at me and nodded slowly. "Yes."
I chuckled slightly. "Thanks."
"For what?"
"For making me feel better."
"どういたしまして"
"Kay, let's not."
She busted out laughing. "Alright sorry."
She stood up and looked at me. "So, you're not going to tell me what's wrong?"
I shrugged. "It's nothing really; I guess I'm just overwhelmed. I was in an okay mood before getting on the bus to go home but now I just wanna crawl into a hole and cry."
She raised her eyebrows. "Right."
Suddenly, my cellphone beeped making me and my sister jump. I sighed and took it out of my pocket.
"Holy crap Aradia what happened to your phone?!" Damara shouted when she saw my broken phone.
The screen was cracked as well as the back. I had covered it with tape to keep it from falling apart…It was practically hanging by a thread.
I sighed heavily. "Vriska smashed it against the wall."
"…What…?"
I sighed again and shook my head. "Don't ask."
Damara looked at me confused but then shrugged.
"Alright, well I'm going to go make dinner."
I raised my eyebrows. "You make dinner?"
She sighed. "Fine, I'm going to go make KD."
I smiled. "Yep."
She left my room and closed the door quietly behind her.
Meanwhile, I looked down at my phone to see who had texted me."
I was slightly confused when I saw the number. I had no idea who it was and it kind of scared me…
D- Hello aradia
I felt a shiver run down my spine. I felt like I knew who it was by the quirk but…I just couldn't place a name to it!
Um hell0 wh0 is this
D- I uh I need to talk to you
I w0uld like t0 kn0w wh0 this is first
D- Of course I'm…I do not know why this is so hard to say
Wait is this Equius
D- yes it is me I was just wondering if you would like to go for a walk with me
N0w
D- yes now I have something I would like to discuss with you
Oh no…Oh gosh no…
Alright sure
D- great I will see you at the park in fifteen minutes
0kay
D- good bye
G00dbye
Oh shit…What the fuck was that?! What the hell did I get myself into?! I quickly ran downstairs to Damara who was busy making Mac and Cheese.
"Damara!" I shouted.
She jumped and almost dropped the pasta that she was pouring into a pot on the floor.
"What is it?!" She shouted in an alarmed voice.
"I uh-I'll be right back!"
"What?!"
I ran to the door.
"I'll be back in around twenty minutes!"
"Where are you-"
I didn't let her finish, I slammed the door before she could get the last word out.
I started running toward the park that was about five minutes away from my house. I wasn't sure why, I mean, I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Equius, especially since I knew what he was going to ask.
I got to the park in less than three minutes because I was running. I stopped and plopped down on the grass and tried to catch my breath. I could feel my heart pumping against my chest and I could hear it pumping in my ears. I breathed heavily and then laid down. I looked up at the white clouds that were swirling in the blue sky. I felt myself smile and felt at peace for a little while, until I heard someone clear their voice.
I gasped and immediately sat up.
I turned and saw Equius towering above me while sweating bullets. He cleared his throat again and I gulped. We stared at each other for what felt like hours, until I decided that it was getting completely awkward.
"Hi Equius." I said.
"Hello Aradia."
There was another awkward silence for about three minutes.
"Uh, you can sit down you know." I said and motioned for him to sit down on the grass.
He did.
When he didn't say anything I decided to speak. I didn't want there to be another awkward silence.
"So, what was it you wanted to tell me?"
"Oh yes umm…" I could see a small blush gathering up in his cheeks.
I stared at him, not knowing what to feel.
He cleared his throat again and took a deep breath.
"Well you see, I've liked you for quite some time now and I just was wondering if…" He paused.
My eyes widened. "If what?"
"If uh…"
I studied him carefully. I never really had much interaction with the guy. The only times I actually had a legit conversation with him was probably in elementary school when we'd play in the playground. The last time I actually had a decent conversation with him was probably in grade eight during a history project. Other than that he usually kept to himself. And even though he was considered popular, people thought of him as weird…And I had to admit he was but, not like I was any different.
He sighed heavily.
I bit my lip and felt kind of bad for him.
He took another deep breath. "Okay Aradia, I'm just going to come out and say it."
"Okay…"
"Do you think that maybe if you're not busy you would like to go out with me?"
Kay guys that's it for now. Again, sorry the chapter was a bit crappy. Also, I won't take as long to update, although right now I'm going to work on my johnVris fanfic, so yeah!Thanks for reading see ya later!
~90sbaby112
