Bullied Little Hipster

Chapter 7: Friends?

                           Sollux's POV

God damnit! I fucked up again! I groaned to myself in irritation. I always mess things up. I try not to scare Eridan, but yet again I somehow always frighten him.

The walk to my house is silent and long. Surprisingly, I could use the silence right now. That was the first time I spoke to Eridan since he woke and I already ruined my chances of fixing things with him. If only I weren't such an idiot.

Before I knew it I was already home. I reached in my pocket for my house keys and when I found them I inserted them into the lock. As I turned the knob and opened the door I wasn't expecting my dad to be downstairs sitting in his armchair.

" You're late mither." My dad, Simon Captor, said blandly. My dad works for Orpheus Ampora, which is coincidentally Eridan's dad. From what I heard from dad Mr. Ampora is what you would call a jackass. He's always working dad to the bone, yet that never brings dad down. Ever since mom walked out on us he's been working to make sure that Mituna and I had a roof over our heads. Because of that he loses sleep, but he always says that he's fine. I just wish that I could help him.

"Where were you Thol?" He questioned.

"Out." I said as I tried to walk around him and go to my room. Didn't work.

"I mean it young man. Where. Were. You?" He said through clenched teeth. I glared back defiantly at my dad. I know it's rude, but I don't want to burden him with my problems.

"It'th not your problem. Now back off." I growled out. As I tried to go around my dad to get to my room, he grabbed me by my shoulders and shoved me on the couch. I stumbled a bit before I finally gave up trying to get away from my father and slumped down on the couch. My father went into the kitchen for a couple of minutes to do whoever knows what.

When he finally came out he was holding two mugs. He handed one to me and I sniffed it a little. It was my favorite drink,

camomile tea with honey. I took a long sip of the tea to calm my nerves. My father sat there waiting for me to finish.

"Are you ready to talk now?" Dad said dryly. I nodded my head and took in a deep breath.

"You know Eridan Ampora?" I questioned softly. I saw him nod before I continued.

"Well, for the longetht time now I've been bullying him. But about a month ago I puthhed him too far...he decided to commit thuicide. He'th awake now, but I think I might've made him upthet." It felt good to get that off of my chest. I couldn't look at my dad's face because I knew he had the "Look". The "Look" is a face that my dad always shows when he is disappointed in me or Mituna. He does this to make us feel guilty.

"I don't even need to tell you how dithappointed I am with you. Thol why did you bully him? What did he ever do to you?" He questioned. I couldn't even answer that. Eridan never did anything to me. Instead of answering I just shrug my shoulders.

"You know what you need to do right?" He asked rhetorically. I knew what I had to do. I had to go apologize to Eridan. With my spirits high, I gave dad a hug and finished the rest of my tea.

As I got in the bed I thought about what tomorrow would bring.

Tomorrow Morning

Today's the day. The day I apologize to Eridan. I walked out of my house with pep in my step. I turned my car on and drove to Eridan's apartment. I banged on the door and waited for an answer.

About a minute later the door opened to reveal Eridan. When he saw me he was about to slam the door in my face. I put my foot in the doorway to prevent that.

"Hey Eridan. Can we talk for a bit?" I sheepishly asked. He was a bit hesitant to let me in, but did so anyway. He swung the door open to let me in and walked to his couch. I closed the door behind me and walked quietly over to his couch. I sat down beside him. It was awkwardly silent before Eridan decided to speak first.

"Wwell wwhy are you here? Come to ruin my life some more?" He asked sarcastically. I flinched at that. I rubbed the back of my neck.

"No not really. I came to thay that I'm thorry." There I said it. He looked at me as if I were an idiot.

"That's the reason wwhy you're here? To apologize?!" He screeched. I winced for a bit a was about to open my mouth, but before I could he continued.

"You think you can come in here and just apologize and think everything wwill be okay?! That's not howw it wworks Captor! You can't just come in here and apologize and think that I'll accept your apology and forget about wwhat you did to me. Wwell guess wwhat buster that ain't gonna happen!" He yelled. I got angry. I was just trying to apologize and he decides to yell at me.

"Lithen I'm thorry okay what more do you want from me?!" I yelled right back.

"I wwant you to get awway from me!"

"No way!"

"And wwhy not Captor!"

"BECAUTHE I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND!"

Silence

"You...wwhat?" Eridan stuttered. If it wasn't for the situation that we were in I would've thought it was cute.

"I thaid that I wanna be your friend. Lithen I'm thorry about what I did, but can't you thee I'm trying to make up for it." I pleaded.

"Wwhy do you wwant to be my friend? Is this some elaborate plan to humiliate me some more?" He seemed wary of me.

"No that'th not it. I really am thorry. Pleathe Eridan give me a chance." I was on my knees begging.

He was silent for 5 minutes. At first I thought he was going to kick me out, but what he did shocked me.

"Get up Cap-Sollux." He told me. I hesitantly got up. He took a deep breath in.

"I'vve decided to givve you a chance. You mess it up I'll mess you up." He warned me. I was so happy, too happy since I decided to give Eridan a bear hug. It took me five minutes to realize what I was doing before I quickly pulled away. We both had bright red blushes on our faces, but I thought Eridan looked cuter with the blush. I composed myself before holding out my hand.

"Tho, are we cool?" He looked at me hand before shaking it.

"Yeah, wwe're cool."