Bruises and Honey Bees

My life now

I hang with everyone telling stories and listening to them. i almost forget all that happened and went back to my teens/high-school year. It was the kost fun I've ever had now that i think of it. School was one of my strong suits but all these people helped me discover myself.

Remembering how i used to find some of these people annoying or not worth my time at one point. i have mostly forgotten all about that, now all i can think about is how much these other trolls care about me. ED still doesn't give a flying fuck about weither im dead or not.

i have tried to forget about our little fling in high school. Though it still kinda haunts me, I was EDs bitch and didn't notice until it was too late. I feel nothing but regret towards him, that abusive prick in where he is now and I hope hes suffering.

Oh yeah that takes me to my earlier conversation. I talked to Fef about him and she said that he went to go work with his dad because cronus, his older brother, dinied the offer and is no longer living on the estate. I also heard some rumors that he became a supporter of the low blood spectrum, but that's more of kankri's thing.

"thank you all 2o much" I rub the back of neck feeling like I'm kinda imposing "No probl3m, w3r3 h3r3 for you sollux, h3h3h3" Terezi licks my cheek and I wipe the saliva off "Yes Of Course Were Here For You Dear" everyone smiles and my phone goes off. The dial is a numer I have never seen before so i stand up excusing myself and I walk into the next room.

((Karkat pov))

Everyone mingles their attention mostly on sollux. I've know sollux long enough to tell when hes uncomfortable, hes know for being anti socal so the sudden change in atmosphere is bound to make him a bit uncomfortable. The best thing everyone could do is not smother him. No ones gotten to that point except for Terezi but that it so there no problem.

That is until sollux gets a phone call. He would have answered ut right them and there if it was his dad,  so it might be someone he doesn't know or someone he doesnt want to talk to.. I follow a bit behind so If anything goes wrong I could be there and dave gets the same idea.

((Sollux pov))

i answer the phone not knowing what to expect "hello?" What I'm met with surprises me 'Hey babe..' my stomach clinches and I'm frozen in fear and anger. My hands start to shake as tears start to burn and fall.

"No.. not now.. not now.. not now... not now.." I'm glad I left the room or else everyone would be stareing at me wondering whats wrong. 'babe i know your there I'm sorry i didn't kn-' i start to shake "ii cant talk to you.."

I can hear him sigh 'babe please just..' I hang up the phone before I have a even more major panic attack. I try to breath steady, holding my ears and folding in on my self. At times like these I just need to slow down and think. Think about something other than him.

((Daves pov))

Karkat rushes over to sollux holding him in his arms. The phone starts to ring again same number.
My look goes cold as I pick up the phone knowing faster than anyone who it is...

"what the fuck do you want?" 'Uh can i talk to sollux i need to tell him-" "sollux is having a panic attack at the moment sorry he cant talk but I'm pretty sure he wants me to tell your pathetic ass that domestic abuse and potential rape isn't something you can forget about. If you really love him and want the best for him you would never contact him again or i will personally tear out your eyes, shove them so far down your throat you can watch me rip your voice box out"

I hang up almost breaking the phone further I block the number he used deleting it too. I look back over to sollux watching as karkat holds him, kanaya quickly takes notice and hands him some tea. Terezi and thr kther take notice soon too she hugs him from behind. Equius and nepeda start to tell him funny stories about ships, or what ever but he seems slightly entertained by them.

John and jade are putting on a movie, I have no idea which one but I'm 89% sure its a disney movie, while rose starts to braid his hair, Its grown out a bit now reaching different lengths in different places. His hair really was that long at this point i didn't notice when he first showed up that he had a small pony tail.

Gamzee and tavros are in the kitched still making lunch and feferi is helping nepeda and equius adding in her own little tib bits. Vriska starts to mess with sollux's face wiping his tears making him laugh. I never knew they all were this close. Like i mean i thought they always hated each other.

From far away it does really seem like they do, but up close.. But i guess when the Gemini is hurt they all band together. They're there for each other, no madder what. Even the bitchest of trolls love the others. Camaraderie like that is very hard to come by too.

This reminds me of something dirk told me about before I went with the trolls, something about high bloods and low bloods fighting and a huge war. but there was the rebels and capital and they all hunger gamed it out until there were 12 left. Even they died but from them descendants were born yada yada yada. And how they all stick together due to causing each other so much pain in their past lives.

I didn't pay attention much. But i did understand it and i under stand it a little better now.
We all sit together and watch Aladdin. sollux, karkat, and nepeda sit on the floor talking about "ships" and "otps" i don't get them sometimes but at least the short stack is happy. I wish it would stay that way.