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Eridan stood in Sollux’s room, not sure what to do. Should he kiss the psionic again? Or should he brush him off and say that the kiss was a mistake. Eridan decided to go with the former and kissed his host again. This time, he was softer and less bitey. Sollux gently kissed back after placing his hands on the others hips, and started to emit a soft buzzing noise, almost like a purr. They kissed for a little bit longer before Eridan pulled away with a faint blush on his cheeks. “Sol..wwhat are wwe evven doin’?” He asked quietly. “Well, iif obthervatiion would iindiicate anythiing, iit theemth that we’re makiing out.” Sollux replied. The seadweller rolled his eyes. “Yes I knoww wwhat wwe’re doin’, my main question is wwhy are wwe doing it?” Sollux shrugged. “II dunno. IIt paciifiied the thiituatiion niicely though.” Eridan nodded in agreement. “Yeah..I guess it did.” Eridan shifted awkwardly on his feet and decided to sit down again. Sollux sat next to him and pulled the seadweller closer, before speaking up. “ED, are we ever actually goiing to piick a quadrant to be iin or are we jutht goiing to pretend liike we dont have any feeliingth for eachother?” Eridan shrugged. “I don’t knoww. Does it matter that much?” Sollux paused and considered this. Did it matter? “II gueth iit’th not too iimportant…” Eridan looked up at the psionic and studied his face, watching how occasional sparks would dance around his eyes like he was trying to decide whether or not to zap something. Sollux was also eyeing his counterpart, watching how every little breath made his gills flutter and how random stimuli affected his fins, making them twitch or flare or wiggle. Sollux decided to gently pull the violet blood onto his lap so that he was facing him, and started to rub his fins. Eridan made a sudden noise, like something between a squeak and a yelp. “Wath..that a glub?” Sollux asked. Eridan just nodded and leaned onto Sollux, putting his face in the crook between Sollux’s head and shoulder. Sollux hummed quietly as he continued to rub his guests fins, and Eridan made soft fishy noises as he did so, and the pair stayed like this until they both drifted off to sleep again, Eridan resting peacefully on top of Sollux and Sollux keeping him close. Nobody knew what the atmosphere would be like in the morning, whether they’d regret this and go back to hateflirting, or whether they’d keep enjoying each other's company, but it didn’t really matter at the time. They had managed to find a temporary relief from their daily lives and stresses, and maybe that’s all that mattered. As it turns out, some good can come out of unbearable weather after all.