A Royal disaster

Chapter: Twenty-six

POV: Cronus

Kankri doesn't have a place to stay after he gets kicked out. I know my dad won't allow him in our house. The Disciple and the Dolorosa both have rejected as well. I don't think that Kurloz's dad will take him in. He doesn't even know Aranea personally and The Condesce would kill him on sight. He doesn't want to return to Rufioh's home so the Summoner is out of the question as well. Hell, he can't even go to his own dad. I don't think the Handmaid is able to support anyone but herself and her daughters.

He could try Darkleer.

"Hello good sir I am Cronus Ampora and I came to notice my friend met you quite recently."
"That might be. Who is your friend?"
"Kankri Vwantas sir. He wvas lost and stayed at your place for a bit."
"I do remember the Boy now, yes. What would you like to know?"
"He participated at a schoolevwent recently and I'm keeping the details minimum, but he is getting kicked out of the apartment."

"That's unfortunate. I might be able to take him in for a bit. What do you think the estimated time he will stay is going to be?"
"At least a week. Can he bring his little brother? Equius and Karkat knowv each other."
"I can only take in Kankri, sorry."

"No problem sir. I wvill discuss the matter with Kankri and I'll call you back later."

"Bye my Boy."

I sigh deeply. I really can't think of a place for them to stay. Maybe I can try the dad of Mituna. He is a nice person, has a stable job and stuff. I call Kankri first.

"Hell9 Cr9nus. Why d9 y9u call me?"
"I knowv you can't reelly stay wvith anyone after this wvhole situation, and I might havwe a solution."
"I'm interested. What d9 y9u pr9p9se?"
"Darkleer, the dad of Equius and Horuss, is wvilling to take you in. I can ask Psionic if Karkat can stay wvith him, regarding the situation wvith Mituna y'knowv."
"That's a creative s9luti9n, we can give it a try. Thanks f9r helping me and Karkat."
"No problem Chief!"

I call Psionic immediately after.

"Hello sir."
"..."
"You are speaking wvith Cronus Ampora."
"..."
"I call because I wvanted to ask if Karkat can stay at your place or at least a wveek."

"..."
"Because he is recently kicked out of his home, and Kankri is in a bad place himself."
"..."
"He is good friends wvith Sollux, at least he is vwery positive about him."
"..."
"Thank you vwery much sir."
"..."
"Oh? He is curing your son?"
"..."
"That's fantastic newvs. Wvell, I wvish you the best and I'll see you later."
"..."

I sigh in relief. They have a place to stay at for at least a week. That's very helpful, because I'm making sure to get a new apartment in that time. I want to support Kanni and myself. Karkat can stay as well, but I care a bit more about Kankri. I'm also wanting to propose to him, but I don't know when I'll do that.

I shouldn't wait too long. Kankri is almost 20, and has around half his life behind him. I on the other hand just started.

I should draw him something, but at the same time I feel like that won't bring over the strong emotions I have for him. I start a sketch anyway, because I need to get this idea for a drawing out of my system. It's very nice, and pretty basic. It is on the verge of being sexual, so I put the drawing in a fresh binder and start writing down ideas for a potential love song.

It had a lot of color references, as well as some comparisons to beautiful things in nature.

In the end I was satisfied with it, and started to look for my guitar. In the middle of actually searching for the thing and slacking off, my phone rang. I put it on speaker and the other line went berserk with telling me everything and anything.

"Cro, today wwas pretty horrible. First you havve that VVantas bitch face running around the towwn like he owwns it and making shit up about curing someone wwith amnesia and the next thing he does is almost kiss the lovve of my life. I swwear to cod that if I get my hands on the boy he may be praying he is already dead. And maybe wwe could do some of that kismesis stuff but I need VVriska in a quadrant as wwell and I can't deal wwith all this shit any longer. You should knoww wwhat I can do so I can finally get some peace."
"Eridan can't you pester someone else I'm busy."
"Evveryone is alwways busy and you see that's the problem I havve wwith people nowwadays they don't understand the vvalue of spending time wwith people you lovve people you like and people you generally care about. Maybe if you learnt howw to properly act dad wwouldn't be drunk all the time. But you only care for yourself don't you?"
"I'm sorry Eridan but unlike you I'm actually spending time wvith someone I deeply care about."
"So you don't evven care about the fact that dad has done some shady shit wwith that Signless creepo or has evven mingled wwith the one and only Grand HighBlood? Are you really that invvested in your short term relationship wwith that other VVantas bitch? He is going to die soon so I wwouldn't be too up in the fucking clouds right noww.

Meenah has been here today as wwell. She said she had purchased a special guillotine. She didn't specify for wwho or wwhy, she only told me it wwas in the color of cherry red wwith a hint of plums."

"Meenah has a guillotine? I mean, nice that she has interest in the old and ancient times and stuff but shouldn't she prepare a wvedding?"
"Cronus, I think I am going to hang up noww. I hope I'll see you later."
"Bye little fin."
"Bye big fin."

And then it hit me, hanging up was a big fucking mistake...