I Guess I Can't Help It [Homestuck Fanfiction] DISCONTINUED

Chapter 5

We didn't take too long, Eridan from whatever reason he was excited, and I was just a fairly messy and quick eater. After we set our bowls in the sink for future me to fuck around with (or Karkat as he lectures me about being a slob), I ushered Eridan out the door and down the stairs.

"wwhy must you havve so many fuckin stairs?" he complained when we were about halfway down.

"becau2e iit'2 an excu2e for people two not come over." I shrugged, "and iit wa2 faiirly cheap."

"wwell yeah, no one wwould wwant to go up a thousand flights a stairs just ta get home!"

"maybe ii do"

"i knoww you dont" Eridan looked back up at me with a challenging look. "i knoww you stay wwith kar a lot wwhen you refuse to go home"

"okay 2o yeah, maybe ii do, whatever." I flicked him on the nose, and he flinched back, turning back around. We made our way down the stairs, finally making it outside. I patted my car as we walked past. I don't really know why I kept my car, no one hardly drives here. It's a small town, and everyone walks a lot. Eridan gave me a look and rolled his eyes, muttering something about 'wworse than cro' and I scoffed. We chatted a bit on the ten minute walk to the library, just about nonsense and small talk. When we got to the library, I walked in and waved to Aranea. She was the librarian. I walked over to the blonde, and she stood up straighter and adjusted her glasses as we approached.

"Hello Sollux!" She greeted happily. "Actually need a 8ook this time, or are you coming to hack into the system again?" She raised an eyebrow. I chuckled, and waved it off.

"no, ed here need2 a job. do you 2tiill need help around here? ii heard you complaiiniing la2t week." I gestured to Eridan. Aranea brightened up.

"Of course! I can always use help!" She stood up from her seat behind the desk and walked around, brushing at her clothes. She held her hand out to Eridan. "I'm afraid I haven't officially met you yet! I'm Aranea." She smiled. Eridan shook her hand, returning the grin.

"yeah, i'vve heard meenah talk about ya." Eridan said. "im eridan."

"Oh yes! Meenah has 'glubbed' about you and Cronus." She giggled at the fish pun Meenah always uses. "Well, I guess we need to go 8ack into the office so we can get you all set up. Please follow me." And there they go. Two bookworms, off to find happiness in a job. Why am I fucking narrating like that, is this suddenly a fucking rom-com? Oh, shit, right, fourth wall. Just gotta patch that up, there we go. I shrug to myself as my mind turns to some weird shit. I decide to go look around at some books in the library, wandering through rows of bookshelves. 

I turned into a new isle, and nearly ran into a snooping Meenah. She shooshed me before I began speaking and cocked her hip, looking over me. Meenah was another one of the seadwellers, with fuschia tinted fins and dark skin like her younger version. She had practically the same face as Feferi, but was flatter than her sibling. She flipped one of her long dark braids over her shoulder, ending up with half of it draping off. "dont say a thing fishy" she said, peering around.

"what are you doiing here?"

"ssshhh shut up shoosh!" she pressed one of her fingers against my lips. "aranea doesnt know im here and it would be nice for her to not know!"

"why?" I managed from behind her manicured finger. 

"because you dork, im on a spy mission" she smacked me up-top the head before I could say anything and turned on her heel and walked to the other end of the row and peered around, before slipping off, her braid trailing behind her. 

I shook my head and scanned the books again before giving up and going to one of the computers in the library. I sat back in the chair and cracked my knuckles, but before I could stop typing, I heard someone clear their throat. I set my fingers on the keyboard and looked up to see Eridan with his hip cocked and a single eyebrow raised. Aranea stood behind him, chuckling lightly. I grinned stupidly at the two blondes and Eridan rolled his eyes while Aranea shook her head, turning and going back to the front desk. Eridan tsked at me, before turning on his heel as well and strolling off behind Aranea. He was still wearing my shirt.