Lower (homestuck)

Hemospectrum

I look around. Eyes moving fast with the glare of hope. It's been days since I and my group had eat anything. My stomach grumbles. It aches so bad.The sun burns my red-ish grey skin. The air feels polluted. The well that we use for our only water source got contaminated so we don't have any water supply. I think i caught a cold. My skin gets redder. My wings feel too weak too barely lift my weight. Tavros looks at me worriedly. He rest his hand on my forehead. "Uh... Aradia... maybe you should rest... You look like you're going to pass out. I'll take you to our tent. And i'll bring any consumables I find for you. Come, i-i'll also tell Karkat that you need to take a break... Y-you didn't sleep well last night, right?" He holds my hand and walks slowly.

"Y-yeah... I actually didn't even sleep last night. Is just... There is something bothers my mind..." I whisper as Tavros walks me to the tent.

"What is it?" He looks at me deeply. I sighed heavily. It's actually about our group. We can't survive if it's always like this. Living in a huge area filled with tall yet gigantic piles of trash, fighting over food and clothing over other low color groups and living by relying on what exist there. A lump formed in my throat that pushes the words back in. I close my mouth.

"Never mind, it's nothing."

"Hey you two numbnuts why the fuck aren't you trying to find food?! Did you guys think we are on a fucking vacation?!!" Yells someone at a quite close distance as he flies closer to us.

"Oh, Karkat? Aradia isn't feeling really well. I-is it okay if she rest for the day? She have been meddling around these pile of junk since dawn..."

Karkat looks at me suspiciously. He puts his hand on my forehead.

"Hm... I think she will need a break. But you will have to take double shift for the night then Tavros."

"I-it's okay i don't mind!" He smiles at Karkat.

"Now you can go." Karkat says as he turns his back on us and flies away.

Tavros and i proceed walking until we are in front of our tent. He looks at me reassuringly, and i replies him with a nod assuring that i'll be fine. Then he flies away.

It is not exactly a tent. It's just a whole lot of cloth sewn together and assembled to look like a tent with thick wood sticks. We worked hard to build this. Because i'm the only girl in this group i sewn the whole thing up. Remembering sweet memories sometimes could soothe up the throbbing pain that i feel.

I looked inside our tent. The orange shine of the late sun peeks trough the door as i come in, creating a heart-warming atmosphere. There isn't much here. Beside the long mattress that we sleep on, there is a medium wardrobe filled with our mixed and slightly dirty clothes, a small drawer, a tall mirror and a safe. I never know what was in the save. Karkat keeps his stuff there. He didn't want tell any of us what's in there. Well, i don't care anyways.

My sight locked at the mirror. I look at my reflection closely. My black with a hue of red hair naturally curls down gorgeously. My body shape is quite ideal. My red wings with slight touch of light pink glows softly rhyming with the late sun. My features were okay. But I don't like what i see. What i see a lowest color standing there. It's not like i'm ungrateful. It's just because i think i can be better.

I remove my eyes from the mirror, deciding to change. We have spare clothes, but not much so we change rarely. I look around to make sure there is nobody else at the tent.

Assured that i'm alone, i start taking off my shirt and skirt. But suddenly-

"Hey Aradia, Tavros said you were not feeling good so i tought i could pay you a visit. And i also have some consumabl-"

...

It's Sollux.

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Sorry for not posting for a while and it's really short. This is my first* fanfiction tough. I know i sucked so bad but i still hope you like it ^^