horns over heels for you (eriradia oneshot)

Eridan: Visit

Eridan looked up at Aradia's hive. They stepped inside, hearing the familiar tick-tock, which they were never sure of the source of.
Aradia, her eyes so brown, waved her hands at them, smiling wide. Her teeth were perfect. Her eyes were so brown. They didn't have the detail of, say, blue or green eyes. The way the light bounced off her eyes made her look like a doll. The way her eyes reminded Eridan of staring into a void, only increased their hunger to know her like they knew many things, like she knew herself.
She knew what they had done. She knew about them. She knew them, yet she was so mysterious to them.
She knew them, yet she still smiled. She still beamed at them. It only pulled at Eridan's heart even more.
She greeted them like a friend. Eridan felt like her friend, and for once, they didn't think that was the worst possible outcome.
They wanted to be her friend, they thought. For a moment, they thought, would they be happier without being in love with her?
No. She made a hope kindle in Eridan that they thought was long-lost. The hope for love.