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Once was a young boy who mentally had half a heart, everything he did felt empty. like it was missing something but he could never figure out what it was.
this young boys name was eridan ampora and he was in love with his best friend.
whenever he is near his best friend whos name is sollux captor, he felt full and like he could do anything. they were hanging out at the park laughing and having a good time, these two knew each other since they were very little and have been together ever since.
a week later was when it all crashed down around eridan, Sollux met her, feferi peixes. the witch who tore it all down with her evil shitloving grin. he hated her right away.
Feferi started spreading rumours around saying how eridan liked her and even though she said no to him that he wont take it for an answer. after everyone heard that they whispered about him and would call him names. everyone started to turn on him, everyone who was happy and excited to hang out with him now hates his guts and doesnt want anything to do with him, they all called him a asshole and a eyesore. how everything he did was annoying and stupid and that he should just grow up. he tried to tell him its not true but no one listened and no one believed him.
when he turned to sollux expecting him to at least believe him since they were best friends and know more about each other then everyone else, it seemed he was wrong.sollux had stomped up to him and punched him square in the jaw causing eridan to stumble to the ground with his eyes wide and his breathing quickening as sollux yelled at him.
he was confused as to why it was happening but then he heard the worst six words he has ever heard that snaps his heart into four small shivered up pieces.
sollux was in love with feferi.
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~SIX MONTHS LATER~
As he walked home, his whole body ached. he just went through a beating after being pulled away from the public eyes. once he returned home and into the comfort of his room he tore his clothes off leaving only his purple seahorse boxers on, his body was colored from deep purple to blue to bleeding red (i must have a broken rip) he though. sure enought he lightly pressed his fingers against his chest and whinced, yup he had about two broken rips in different spots. his cell ringed and when he picked it up to see the caller, expecting it to be his brother cronus. he was surprised to see it was sollux. for the past half a year they never talked to each other on cell and at school. he pressed the answer button and brought it up to his ear, his voice was shaky and filled with dread and fear.
"h-hello?"
there was no answer and he checked to see that he indeed pressed answer. he brought it to his ear and tried again.
"hello??"
there was still nothing and he was starting to freak out.
"sol i swwear this is not funny, you called me so lets talk. you knoww howw i ha-"
"shut up eridan, god you can bee so annoying"
his chest fell alittle but shallowed the lump in his throat down as he tried to talk as smoothly as possible.
that was the first time sollux didnt use his special nickname.
"wwell you wwerent answwerin me, so fuckin sorry for thinkin it wwas a prank call"
"well im talking now arent i? god are you still letting your stupid ass stutter out? so annoying"
"yea i am, you said yourself that you wwanted him to..."
he shifted his weight which was a bad move since it made a sharp spike of pain to go through his body, making his gasp and whimper in pain into the phone.
that caused sollux to let a bitter laugh into the phone from his end.
"did i catch you at a bad time eridan? are you tring to get off?"
"fuck you, im so fucking sorry if my perfectly normal life is ovver and im in FUCKIN PAIN from your little groupd of friends beating the shit out of me!!"
"phfft what are you talking about? my friends dont beat you up, we arent that low unlike some people. you just want me to feel sorry for you so you can get back in the group an closer to ff"
that took a big blow to his already damaged heart.
"........ff? y-you gavve her a nickname?"
"you dont even deny it, yea i did what about it? you getting jealous that i stopped using yours and gave her one?"
he couldnt hold it anymore, he broke down on his knees and cried. he was never one to break down so if he did it was really serious. he cradled the phone close to his face as he sobbed heavily and grumbled incoahant words out.
".......s-sol ple-ease, w-why do you h-hate me? w-what did i do t-to deservve t-this? i-i dont evven like f-feferi! i-i hate her!! s-she took evveryt-thing i l-love aw-way!!"
sollux was quiet the whole time as he sobs vibrated through his head. he knew that eridan never cried, he was always calm and collected as well as well mannered. he looked at the guest in his room, the popular and new student of six months feferi peixes. when he spoke it was quiet.
"who did she take away?"
eridan was quiet for a moment besides the heavy sobs that shook his whole frame.
"s-she took you!! my best fucking friend wwho knowws me better then anyone in this stupid town! but that witch stole you! wwith a stupid fucking romour thats not even true!"
"if you dont love her then who?"
".....wwhat?"
the sniffles came as he calmed down, now confused.
"who do you love?"
"im not tellin you that..."
sollux sighed and covered his end of the phone as he kicked feferi out and got his shoes on. he headed outside and to the other house he calls home, eridan's house.
"please eri- no ed im not going to laugh or anything"
it took sollux not long to get there as he quietly entered the building and walked up the stairs. he could hear eridan through the door and the phone.
"i-i love..."
sollux opened the door and saw eridan on the floor in just his boxers as the last word came rolling past his full lips which he just noticed.
".....you"
they stared at each other, sollux taking in the bruses that decrated eridans body, eridan stared in shook and fear as he clenched the phone in his hand