The Nerd and The Hispter

Chapter 1: Nerd meets hipster

Eridan rushed out of bed, his unnaturally black hair in a mess, and of course his headphones knotted together around his arm.
"Of course this had to happen." The boy muttered as he untangled his headphones, not noticing how late he was going to be. He had to arrive at school by 8:00 and it was already 7:50. The poor boy noticed this and panicked, running out of his room, trying to get his jeans on, as his shirt hung around his neck. While he always dresses to impress, today he may not look his best. With his wrinkled white button up, a purple vest, skinny jeans, and ankle high violet converse, he felt quite under dressed.
"Hey Eridan, hurry up we should be leaving now." His older brother whispered, a smirk adoring his face as he watched his younger sibling panic.
As soon as the younger of the two Amporas was finished getting ready they headed out, Cronus hopping onto his motorcycle.
"Hope on baby bro." He smirked as Eridan nervously got onto the back of the motorcycle.
"Hold on tight ~" Cronus purred, acting as if Eridan was a young girl he had just picked up, and started to drive. Contrary to Eridan's hate of the way Cronus said that phrase, he was holding onto him tightly, unknowing of the smirk lacing Cronus' lips. Soon after driving through traffic, the boys had reached school, and were both feeling two different things. Cronus was nervous while Eridan was horrified. He knew he'd fuck something up sooner than later and didn't want to face his social anxiety. His brother hugged him and whispered something into his ear.
"Hey good luck today babe." He smiled as he walked away. Eridan sighed and shook his head. Ever since Cronus found out the Eridan was gay, he had been flirting with him and being a complete pervert. The youngest ampora shook the thought away as he headed toward the front office, hoping he could get his schedule and be the first to class. Which did work out for him. The lady at the front office was highly sweet , and he was the first one into his class room. Shortly after he entered the room another boy walked through the door, his brown hair purposely a mess, and his blue and red tinted glasses covered his eyes. He set his things down on a desk near Eridan and glared at the boy. There was something about him that set Sollux off, and frankly made him hate the boy. Was it his perfectly gelled hair? Or perhaps his neat attire? Compared to Sollux, Eridan looked like he was going to the red carpet. Sollux although, thought there was something more to this boy than his dapper attire and perfect hair. The black hair looked clearly out if place compared to his pale skin and freckles that covered his face.
Sollux let the thought go and unpacked his things, wanting to get this over with already. Both boys sat on opposite sides of the room. They couldn't figure out what was so intriguing about the other. Eridan thought it had to do with the taller, most likely older, male's bi-colored glasses, or maybe how perfect his jaw line was, maybe his dark brown hair. No, Sollux thought, it had to be his freckled skin, or maybe his blue, almost violet eyes. Yes that's it! No... He shook his head . its something to do with ... well everything about him! They didn't say a word to each other, only glancing at the other, trying to find what made the other so.. Interesting. As time passed more students came into the classroom, many from dorm rooms , some from the apartments by the university. Some even were like Eridan and had been driven to the college due to still living at home. The teacher came in after the bell rang, her hair was very curly and messy. Eridan thought it was just messy enough to be cute still. The teacher's smile was friendly and mother like almost. She closed her eyes then opened them again, as though to prepare herself to introduce herself.
"Good morning class, my name is Mrs. Lejion. You may call me Mrs. L or Mrs. Lejion, but do not call me simply Mrs." She smiled sweetly, and the class nodded. She sat down not top of her desk, her olive green eyes scanning the room.
"Alrighty then! Time for role call, if you're here raise your hand, or call out present." She went down the list of names, everyone looking around to see who was who. Eridan's name was first and he barley said "here", yet Mrs. Lejion still heard him. A couple more students were called before Sollux, and he just used his psionics to make a crackle noise. He was already angry, another year here. He didn't want to be here, but at least he'd only be here for two mor years. Once role call was over, Mrs. Lejion smiled.
"Alrighty, I've decided to match people into partners! Older students with younger students. Newer with older to say. So let's see," she paused to look at the clipboard containing the partners and smiled. "Eridan, you'll be partnered with Sollux. Feferi, you'll be with Aradia, " she continued to go on, and partners moved toward each other. Little did they know, she was just pairing off who she thought would be cute together. Eridan shyly walked over to where Sollux was, his head down. He would have almost tripped over a chair leg, if not for the boy who caught him. The older male smiled down at him softly, however, he had evil intentions in his head. Eridan quickly whispered a thank you and looked around the room. The man who caught him mut be Sollux,he thought and noticed they were still standing. Sollux sat down, Eridan sitting on the floor.
"I'm Sollux, by the way, and I'm guessing you're Eridan?" The older boy asked, and Eridan just nodded.
"Where are you staying?" He asked, but got no answer. Mrs. Lejion stopped the class, and smiled once again. Eridan knew already he would like her.
"Now class, we are now just going to get to know our partner, for who your partner is now, will always be your partner." She smiled and sat down on the desk.
Eridan looked at Sollux, who had an impatience look on his face.
"W-well I live with my two older brothers." Eridan stuttered out, looking away from Sollux. Eridan knew that Dualscar was his brother, not his father, however most did not. Dualscar is the oldest of the Ampora brothers, and he is the most father like. Him and Cronus grew up with their mother and father. Things were great for them. However when Eridan was born, his mother died at birth. Around when Cronus was 7, their dad left them on their own . Only for a month to go by before he overdosed. This effected Cronus the most, he was still, after all only a child. Dualscar had already grown up. He was 18 by the time Cronus turned 7. If he wasn't already an adult, all three Ampora boys would have gone into the foster system. Sollux looked at the other, and almost gave his devilish plans away.
"Well Eridan, I mean why don't you live in the dorm rooms? " Sollux asked, not going to far to scare the poor thing.
Eridan's blue, almost violet eyes widened, and he looked away from Sollux. Leaving his brothers behind and living on his own? He would never! He could barley gather the courage to go to the library alone. So living alone, is a big fat no.
"W-well Sol, i-i just don't want to live on my own with a complete stranger!" Eridan looked up at him slightly, nervous.
"Oh" Sollux replied, dragging out the 'the vowel.
Eridan nodded, and looked around , thinking of a question to ask Sollux.
"S-so Sol, u-uh, where d-do you live?"
Sollux smiled sadly, "At home. My older brother needs someone to watch him, and my father had been away for a while. So I had to stay at home to keep watch of him."
Eridan's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he had to do that.
Sollux just shrugged, and looked at the boy in front of him.
"So, Eridan, what's your ethnicity?" He was curious where this boy, who he thought could be a male snow white, came from.
Eridan smiled, he was getting happy about this. He loved talking about where his parents where from.
"Well, my father is Irish, and my mother is Scottish!" He didn't use past pronouns because he didn't want Sollux to know just yet that his parents were dead.
Sollux smiled at the younger boy, seeing as to the fact he didn't stutter once that whole sentence.
"Well both my parents are from America."
Eridan nodded softly, his eyes almost closing, causing Sollux to chuckle, and tap his shoulder.
"Tired?" He whispered, noticing everyone else was about to fall asleep. Neither of them realized how long they had been talking.
Eridan nodded slightly, and tried to keep his eyes open.
"Okay, class! We might have a problem," Mrs. Lejion started, her face red in embarrassment, "it might already be time to go, and um.. The end of the day." She said, and the class in unison all said, "Really!?". Eridan just smiled and started to pack his things like most people. Sollux just threw his thing into his backpack, then looked at Eridan.
"You ready to go?" He asked, and Eridan smiled softly nodding.
The two boys walked out of the classroom, and saw in the hallway Cronus waiting for Eridan.
"Time to go babe~" Cronus purred, and smirked at Eridan's blush. Sollux was more or less highly confused at what was happening.
"B-bye Sol!" Eridan stuttered as he ran off, trying to catch up with his brother.
Sollux was left standing there highly curious of those boys relationship. He started to think as he walked to his room. On one hand they could be boyfriends, however they looked to much like brothers. He continued to think, but soon gave up, just deciding he'd ask Eridan tomorrow.
Eridan and Cronus got onto the older boys motorcycle, and relived the moment from this morning.
"Hold on tight baby~" Cronus purred out, smirking at Eridan's bright blush.
They soon arrived home, and saw Dualscar was waiting for them expectantly.
"How was your first day of college?" He asked looking directly at Eridan.
"It was alright I guess Dual." He yawned and it was clear to see he was about to fall asleep where he stood.
"Eridan go eat something then go to sleep." Cronus smirked lightly and took Eridan's hand, dragging him up stairs.
"C-Cro?" Cronus ignored the small stutter and pushed Eridan into his room.
"Baby bro, tonight you sleep in here with me. Okay? Okay." Cronus said as he laid down in his bed, leaving room for Eridan.
Now this had happened before, Cronus did get lonely sometimes and would ask , well more so command, Eridan to sleep with him. Eridan sighed and took of his clothes, putting on a pair of pajamas he had in his brothers room. Cronus smirked at the blush covering his baby brother's neck and face.
"C-cro no l-looking!" Eridan squealed and turned around.
"Hahaha alright baby bro~" he teased and covered his eyes. Eridan blushed more, and quickly changed.
When he was done he got into bed and whispered something into Cronus's ear.
"You can open your eyes now."
Before he was even done talking, he felt Cronus's arms around his fragile body. He didn't believe he was about to say this, but he did.
"Good night Cro, I love you big brother." He whispered as he fell asleep.
Cronus laid there, shocked and a smile on his face.
"He called me big brother!!" He mentally squealed, and held his younger sibling close. It was minuets before the older Ampora fell into a dreamless sleep.

|•A/N: this was horrifyingly fun to write. This is only chapter 1 of this book, and I plan to keep the chapters this long. Hope you like it•|

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