Homestuck Afterbound

Act 8 Part 15

**In the morning.

Gracer opened her eyes to the sound of her Morial. "Gracer?" Tareli asked on her hands and knees staring at Gracer. Gracer sat up reassuring her Morial that she was home, only to land right back down on the bed when Tareli pretty much assaulted her with a hug. "You scared me." is all Gracer could make out from the murmuring. "Can you pass me my shades?" Tareli asked. "Nope, do me a favor and keep them off for today." Gracer smiled. Tareli groaned, "But, I don't want them to see me like" She gestured to herself "this!" Gracer grinned before pushing the shades into her pocket. "Come make breakfast." Gracer smiled. Tareli hugged Gracer as they waddled down the steps into the kitchen, Tareli hiding her face into Gracer's shoulder. "Tareli, you can let go now." Gracer sang. "Gracer you can give me my shade back." Tareli retorted. "Nope, you're gonna have to show them one day." Gracer smirked as her Morial released her and headed to the fridge. "What do you want for breakfast?" Tareli asked. "Good morni-" Kanaya was cut off. "Abort Mission!" Tareli shrieked ducking into the living room. Gracer could hear her flop into the couch. "What was that about?" Kanaya asked. "Tareli's still trying to hide her eyes." Gracer giggled, closing the fridge. "Her eyes, why would she try to hide them?" Kanaya asked. "I don't know, I think they are awesome!" Gracer smiled. "I will get her to come clean once breakfast has started." Gracer said pulling things out of the fridge to make waffles. After a while Gracer finished breakfast, "C'mon Tareli. It's not going to kill you to let them look at your eyes." Gracer said as she pushed Tareli into the dining room. Everyone looked up to see a blushing Tareli, her mouth in a "~" like state. Hey eyes were clearly starting to brim with tears, but she held her composure. Trying desperately to avert her eyes she broke the silence. "H-heya -guys" she choked out. No one said anything, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Her blushing had increased by a lot, and she closed her eyes, trying to blink away the tears. SHe felt a hand on her cheek, opening her eyes she found Kanaya staring at her eyes, also seeing the three standing behind her, consisting of Karkat, Hosheo, and Graysil. Gracer was smirking behind them. "They are very unique." Kanaya whispered. "Yea, Hussie really took the time to think of my flaws." Tareli smiled weakly holding onto Kanaya's wrist. "We all have flaws, but the only one who really stresses or even sees them as flaws is ourselves." Kanaya assured her with a grin. Tareli wrapped her arms around Kanaya's hips, resting her head in the crook of her neck and shoulder. "You're too good to me." Tareli smiled into the hug. Kanay accepted the embrace hugging back.   

**Later that day

Gracer walked down the street headed to Eridan's house Tareli following close behind. I still can't believe that Eridan invited me AND Tareli to go watch a movie at his place. Gracer sighed as her Morial walked behind her. Making it to the door Gracer knocked on it as Tareli made it to the door. The door opened to a pretty presentable looking Eridan. "Good evening." He chirped opening the door allowing us both to walk in. Tareli walked directly into the living room, leaving Gracer to talk with Eridan. "What's going on?" She whispered. "Okay, I was thinking, instead of Tareli completely destroying me, she might be able to get used to me!?" Eridan whisper shouted-asked. Gracer took her time to think about it before giving a truthful "Not at all." and walking into the living room leaving Eridan to facepalm. Eridan walked into the Living room to see that Gracer had beaten Tareli to the edge of the couch, leaving her in the middle. Eridan reluctantly sat down. "What movie are we watching?" Tareli asked turning toward Eridan. "Uh- I umm, let's watch a- Scary movie?" he asked. Tareli sighed before nodding. Eridan seemed a little distraught by her bored reaction. He pushed the disk into the player and sat back down on the couch. Tareli removed her shades, and sat them on her lap. Eridan took no time react. "What the!?-" He fell off the couch. Tareli turned toward him again, "What?" She asked. "What!? What!?" He asked. Tareli continued to look at him with a blank stare. "What, how- is that even possible?" He asked looking closer at her eyes. "A lot of trolls have different eyes." Tareli growled. "I-i know, it's just. Why are yours different-er?" her asked. "I was a throw-out version of a character, Hussie re-created me as someone else. Someone who is supposed to be "Different-er" Tareli quoted with the air quotation marks. Eridan continued to look at her eyes. "Is there a problem with my eyes?" She asked. "Not really, they just make me curious about the new arrivals." he said pointing to Tareli and Gracer. "It makes we want to know how different you are than who you were supposed to be, because if you are really that different then you should be considered as your own character, instead of a "throw-out." Eridan smiled averting eye-contact also using the air quotation marks. Tareli smiled at him before patting him on the back. "Thanks." She said before getting up. "Where are you going!?" he asked. "Back home, you two enjoy the movie, and don't do anything I wouldn't approve of." She winked before leaving the house. "You did good." Gracer smiled before rolling up in the end of Eridan's cape.