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Eridan stood in his room, wondering how he got himself into this mess. There were several dresses scattered around the floor, and different contents of Feferi's makeup bag were taken by Eridan, trying on different lipsticks and such, though none of them seemed to fit.
He was wearing his hair in short pigtails, with a cropped version of his normal sweater along with his scarf, a plaid skirt, and matching striped arm warmers and high socks.
Fef was out for a bit, getting a cake is what she told him she was doing. He figured she wouldn't be back for a while, but he was still scared about her coming back to this mess. He didn't know how she would react, whether it was anger, disappointment, or just any negative emotion at this point.
Eridan had this secret well kept, he thought, as most of his dresses were hidden behind his normal clothes. He felt embarrassed to admit he liked to crossdress, or how he was confused with his gender identity, even if most of his friends would be okay with it. It just never sat right with him.
He smudged another lipstick color across his face, since it looked weird to him and he needed another one to try. While he was trying to tidy everything up, he heard a familiar voice. Oh, fuck.
"Eridan, I brought cake!" Feferi said from outside of the room.
"..fuck!" Eridan mumbled to himself.
"Uh.. Wait, Fef, don't come in here."
"Why not? What's the matter?" She questioned.
"Oh- It's just- I.." Eridan stumbled over his words.
Feferi was getting curious and quite annoyed at Eridan, so she opened his door to find him wide-eyed, trying to cover up the obvious makeup scrambled all over his dresser.
"Is that my lipstick?"
"Wait! Fef I can explain-"
"Oh my, that color totally doesn't go with your skin, dummy! Let me help!"
"Wait, huh?" Eridan said, confused.
"Well, do you want me to help you or not?"
"Oh- Uhmm.."
"Come on!" Feferi said as she went to sit Eridan down on the floor, getting a mirror and a few hairclips.
"You want to help me?" He asked, with a sliver of fear in his voice.
"Well of course, everyone deserves to feel pretty!"
Eridan smiled widely at that, while Feferi giggled and started putting bows in his hair.
"I'm gonna call Kanaya too!"
"You what?"
"Oh, cod."
heres the og comic!!
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