Land or Water?

Chapter 15: Getting the Stone

-Eridan's POV-
I wake up and wait... I'm back home..? How did I get here? I still have all my bandages too "Eridan!" Someone yelled. Wait a minute... I am home... Well, not really. This is a memory, I think. That voice was my dad's. "Dad! I can explain! Please just listen to me!" And that was me. This is the night when dad beat the shit out of me. I went to where I heard all the yelling, and there I was. Getting beaten to death by my own father. My past self screamed out in pain as my dad punched me repeatedly. I was surprised with myself at the time. I stayed strong and tried my best to fight back and not black out, but then that's when dad smashed my shell and used one of the pieces to cut my tail as he said, "if you want to be with a smelly, horrible, backstabbing human then get yourself a pair of fucking legs!" Then he was about to cut my tail some more, but Cronus came in and defended me. The past me swam out of there as fast as I could. I was bleeding a lot. It was about dawn when I reached the shore, underneath the docks. Then I smelled something..? Wait I don't remember this. I never smelled anything so good here. Then that's when I woke up. The smell still there. There was something warm behind me. I look to see what it was and it was, oh yea I forgot that Sollux slept with me last night. He was still asleep though.
-Karkat's POV-
I woke up with a yawn. I sat up and stretched. I went to the room that I gave to Sollux while he stayed here. When I opened the door he wasn't there. The bed looked untouched. Where would he be? I made my way to the bathroom to ask if Eridan knows where he went. Then I completely regret opening that door. What I saw was Sollux, wearing only his boxers, cuddling with Eridan, in the bathtub. Eridan looked like he wasn't having a good dream. But this sight was just too weird for me. I slowly walked backwards out of the room and closed the door with a blush on my face, " well then... You don't see that everyday..." I said to myself. I went down stairs and walked to the kitchen to make some breakfast. Trying to get my mind off what I just saw.
-Sollux's POV-
I was dreaming about myself and Eridan. He was completely healed and I was a mermaid. It was amazing, then that's when I smelled something really good. It smelled like pancakes. I woke up to the delightful smell and noticed that Eridan was awake. I smiled and said, "good morning." He looked at me then said, "oh good morning sol. Do you smell that?"
"Yea I do. KK'th making breakfatht."
"Oh, wwell it smells really good"
I nodded and we sat there cuddling for a little bit longer until Karkat called us for breakfast. He wanted me to bring Eridan down because he wasn't going to bung it up.
~time skip to after breakfast cuz I'm lazy~
"So," Karkat started, "how the fuck are we just going barrow some magical stone without your god damn dad knowing and that psychopath clown dude finding out about all this shit?" I thought about it for a moment. Eridan said that this spell is permanent, so if we do this spell I will never be able to see anyone on land again. Like yea my life here is shitty but I do plan on making it better once I find a good job. But do I really want to just start fresh and continue my life in the water? People make mistakes but they don't just start fresh, they keep trying. If they try then I'll try too. I'm willing to work hard to get a good life here. I'm not just going to abandon it all. "Actually Kk," I said, "we're not." Eridan looked at me shocked, same as Karkat. "But.. But sol, howw are you going to convvince my dad that I can be wwith you if he doesn't evven like humans?" Eridan asked. "Don't worry, we'll find a way." I answered as I hugged him. (Eridan's tail is wrapped with damp towels just so all of you know). He hugged back. I could tell that he wasn't so sure about this though. I wasn't either.