Dead Angels for a Prince Ghost

Chapter 9 : Haunting words

"Jeguth, why out of all people you had to come and haunt me?!"

Sollux almost screamed it, all of a sudden. Any sign of reassurance that was on your face earlier has now faded away, leaving you confused. Alright, he never liked you, but you hadn't thought at all that he would react so aggressively.

"I ain't really hauntin' you Sol, I just kinda-"

"Don't you think I already had to go through enough ghotht bullthhit?! Am I really doomed to hear thome invithible dead people whine around me 'til i become one mythelf or what?!"

You stare at him, almost fearing to speak up again. You never saw him this angry before. His psionic dances around his sockets, and his fangs are bared. His voice his dry, harsh, spiteful. You don't understand.

==> Be Sollux.

You see red. Facing the same feelings you had to endure at Aradia's death is awful. You don't want to. You now deep inside that it isn't the seadweller's fault and you shouldn't put the blame on him like this, but you can't refrain yourself from spitting out all those words. They are burning your lips.

"Lithten Sol I knoww you're-"

"You don't know thhit fiithh thtick tho thhut up. Jutht leave me the fuck alone now and go thpook thomeone elthe okay?"

You stand up, pushing up your glasses on the bridge of your nose with a trembling hand. Trembling of anger toward the other troll? Of fear of living the same torturing feelings again? You can't tell. Maybe both.

"Thtop whithpering at my ear and go already. I already have the voithes to keep me company or whatever I don't need you on top of that."

You take a deep breath, slowly regaining your calm. And now that your paying attention to it, everything is silent again. It looks like... He is gone. Since a long time.

You bite your lips with remorse. You know you've been pretty cruel with him, you knew it. You feel awful. Like, more than usual. You try to ignore it first.

"...ED?"

You failed miserably.