The unrelenting sun shown down on the prince almost blinding him, he slowly raised an arm above his head hoping this action would stop the need for squinting. But he still did. Groaning in frustration he slammed the door of his car, he couldn't care less about breaking something, not after last night. The chatter and laughter of the teens around him as he walked toward his school building was especially loud and piercing today. He mindlessly walked through the hallways of the school having only one desire; sleep. Which is exactly what the prince is planning to do as soon as he arrives to his first period class.

A breeze flew in from the open door across the hallway, softly scraping against the prince's gills and caring his striped scarf away. Eridan stopped abruptly; he turned to pick up the scarf and jumped in surprise. Eridan faced the last troll he wanted to see that morning. He had spent the night with her after he ran away from his castle. Nepeta Leijon. Since she was one of the very few trolls who still liked him after his incident with Sollux. Noticing the scarf wrapped tightly around her small hands, the prince groaned.

"Good morning Eridan!" Nepeta sang. Eridan cringed raising his hands to his ears at the sharp sound of Nepeta's high voice.

"Don't be so loud Nep!" Eridan's hoarse voice was hardly audible. Nepeta entwined Eridan's scarf in her fingers, slowly tangling it around her skinny arms. She glanced up at Eridan with a sorry look in her eyes.

"Sorry Eridan, I didn't know you were hung over."

"Yeah whatever, give me my scarf back." Eridan said nonchalantly holding out his hand. Nepeta shifted her gaze to the scarf in her hands and then back at the tall prince. Smiling deviously she wrapped the soft scarf around her neck.

"Nope! Maybe I'll return it after school!" Nepeta purred. Turning away from Eridan she started running, dodging walking trolls and diving into large crowds of teens. Eridan groaned loudly in frustration causing a few trolls to look in his direction. There was no use in chasing after Nepeta; she was much craftier than the prince, not to mention her speed. Dismissing the issue Eridan turned and slowly walked the opposite direction. There was no way he was going to waste his time of sleep playing hide and seek with Nepeta.

"Eridan." A soft voice calmly called from behind him. Eridan cringed at his voice. Just the sound of his voice caused the prince to overwhelm with anger. He gaged at the thoughts of when he was immobilized with love for him. Sollux Captor. Still without a thought the prince turned to face the low blood.

"What." Eridan hissed as he crossed his arms.

"You never showed up yesterday, I was worried about you." Sollux's voice was sincere, however Eridan was oblivious to this, and feeling of anger over flowed inside him. Eridan clawed into the flesh of his arms, letting the pain drown away the feeling of anger. How dare he even go in the direction of the prince after getting back with HER? How dare he act like nothing happened? How DARE that low blood bastard cause extreme pain in the prince's precious heart? Forced out of his thoughts Eridan released his clench feeling the rich purple blood slowly stream down his arms.

"I don't want to talk to you Sollux." Eridan's hoarse voice was low. Turning to leave, Eridan was taken off guard surprised by the harsh grip on the wounds from his claws. Growling the highblood aggressively shoved Sollux, who fell back slamming into the lockers with a loud bang. Shocked by his thoughtless actions Eridan froze, turned, and stared at the way his blood smeared over Sollux's hands. The low blood hissed loudly as he rubbed the back of his head, which made the hardest impact against the lockers. Already a crowd of trolls surrounded the two, halting Eridan's escape.

"Let me through! What in the world is hap-" the principal trailed off to the sight of one teen with blood on his hands and the other red with anger. He growled loudly.

"Alright nothing to see here! Get to your classes!" He said shooing the students who walked away silently gazing back at Eridan, while he only stared at Sollux. The principal spun around toward the teens and held out a pointed finger down the hallway.

"And you two in my office now!"

"It's not even first period and you two are starting a fight! This is absurd! I run a ten star school! And you-" A loud ringing caused him to abruptly stop his pacing in front of the two seated teens. Fidgeting in his pocket for a moment before finally pulling out his phone. Cursing under his breath he glared at the inattentive boys.

"I'll be right back, don't you two dare start another fight in here." The principal growled as he stormed out of the office leaving the prince and low blood in the painfully awkward silence. Sollux sighed holding the ice pack the nurse had given him to the bump on the back of his head. The boys glanced over at each other for a split second before Eridan frowned and turned away.

"Eridan… I-"

"Don't fuckin' talk to me, If you wouldn't have been such an pushy asshole, we would not be here, and for that I hate your ass, so don't talk to me or come near me anymore or I'll break your nose again." Eridan's voice was painfully cold like icicles stabbing into Sollux's heart. Sighing the low blood turned away desperately concealing the offended look on his face.

"Fair enough, listen one last time and I promise this will be the last thing I say to you… I'm pretty sure you hate my ass because you saw what happened yesterday, with Feferi and I. And it-" Sollux paused and sighed deeply laying his head against the wall behind them. The prince turned to face him watching as Sollux slowly placed his tired arm on his lap. The low blood's hands were covered in Eridan's blood, which dried and cracked as Sollux flexed his fingers. His face was calm and beautiful even after what principle calls a 'fight' the low bloods hair fell perfectly around his face. Suddenly the prince's anger ceased.

"I did not ask Feferi to come over. She came over and tried to get me back. Also she kissed me first. If you had spied on us longer you would have seen me kick her ass out, which was shortly after I got her to get off me. Even if we can't be friends anymore all I want is for you to know the truth and this is it."

"How do I know you are actually tellin' the truth?" Eridan's voice rose causing him to feel hints of anger.

"You don't. But you'll see soon, Feferi will be talking shit about me tomorrow, just wait." Sollux said nonchalantly as he turned to face Eridan. Slowly the prince smiled warmly.

"Tomorrow will be a fun day." Eridan teased. Suddenly the hairs on the prince's arm rose, as he felt a cold hand grab his. Sollux stroked Eridan's hand, very gently and slow, as if the prince was made of fragile and precious flowers. Eridan's gaze locked on to Sollux's face. It suddenly got hot. The low blood was calm and cool, while Eridan was a nervous mess only with the touch of the low blood's cold hand.

"Give me one more chance." His words were low and sincere, but Eridan did not want to be hurt another time. He hated Sollux for making him feel like his whole world was crashing down on his precious head. The prince turned away focusing on the window beside them and slid his hand out from under Sollux's. The sky was grey and the trees leaves swayed softly in the wind. Eridan couldn't decide weather he should ditch Sollux and not have his heart in risk of pain, or, to give him another chance. The prince did not disserve the drama that came from having a matesprit, and he learned that from Feferi. However he still had desperation for love in his life, much more than he was getting from his brother. He is almost… greedy for love, and will take any more additions to what he already has. Maybe that is why he cheated on Feferi…

"I don't think so Sollux." Eridan's voice painfully cold and stern, however he hung his head low, like an ashamed child.

"Let me make it up to you, I'll take you out somewhere after school. Or we can go now." Sollux stood letting the ice pack fall to the tiles and holding out a blood stained hand.

"Now?" Eridan furrowed his brow in confusion. The low blood nodded. Eridan stared up at Sollux's tall figure, the light above his head making his raven hair shimmer like tiny diamonds. It shocked the prince to hear that Sollux, whom everyone knew as the 'guy who's worried about his grades possibly too much' would ever suggest such a thing like ditching class. On the other hand the prince couldn't care less about his grades, after all he has all the money he could ever need or want, so school wasn't high on the prince's list of priorities.

Smiling, the prince grabbed Sollux's hand. Looking around the room a few times Sollux pointed to the window. The two boys lifted the window letting it hit the window's frame above them with a loud bang. Flinching from the unexpected bang the teens quickly jumped out the window. Almost losing his balance as he hit the ground Eridan was grateful it was only a one-story fall.

Mud was stained on Eridan's shoes and pants from the impact of the jump, the ground was rather hard to run on and with every step the prince took the sloshing sound grew softer, it seems it rained earlier. However Eridan didn't mind.

Finally the teens reached Eridan's car after a rather lengthy run, making the prince wish he hadn't park so far from school.

"I can't believe you knew about this place." The shocked sea dweller said as they both walked down a steep hill.

"I saw it last time I drove you home, and I thought it was real pretty." Sollux said sitting on a bench placed in front of a tall waterfall that fell into a small creek, tall trees circling around the creek surrounded the area. The sky was grey and the air was damp, the strong aura of rain overwhelmed the teens. The forest was empty and the trees dark, causing a rather melancholy atmosphere.

The prince sat down next to the low blood staring off into the softly splashing water ahead of them. Suddenly, Eridan felt a few water drops land on his arms, he's not close enough to the waterfall to be splashed on…it must be rain. He turned toward Sollux who continued to stare off mindlessly. The low blood shivered. Eridan worried he might be keeping Sollux out in the cold, after all the cold and rain was not an inconvenience to the high blood.

"We can go back in my car if you want." The prince suggested.

"I like the view here better than the one back in the parking lot." Sollux said nonchalantly. To Eridan it almost sounded like low blood was a bit annoyed, but maybe Eridan worries too much.

"I have a coat in my car, I'll go get it for you." The prince said as he stood. All of a sudden a cold hand grabbed his arm. The prince turned to see Sollux behind him; his face was calm and beautiful as the sky's light reflected off the pond making his eyes sparkle behind his glasses. His claws scarcely digging into Eridan's flesh. The highblood turned purple again, he couldn't help becoming flooded with emotions of love to every gentle touch the low blood placed on him.

"It's not needed." Sollux said pulling Eridan close to him. The low blood tenderly placed an arm across Eridan's shoulders, and the prince managed to turn the darkest shade of purple. It was now incredibly hot. He clearly loves Sollux, he yearns for Sollux to kiss him right now, and he yearns to be touched more by the low blood. However, what Eridan desires more is to be Sollux's matesprit. Maybe its too soon… but there's an intense feeling begging him to ask Sollux now. Right now in the low bloods strong arms, listening to the alluring waterfall seems like a perfect time.

Eridan wrapped his arms around Sollux's waist, leaning his head on to the crook of Sollux's neck. Feeling the low blood pull him in closer, the prince's nervousness ceased.

Abruptly the rain poured down on the teens, they stayed still together in each other's arms. Listening to the faint sound of the rain hitting the trees leaves.

Now is certainly the perfect moment to ask Sollux to be his matesprit.