thekidsare0kay | [Voice]

Terezi does, apparently. The three of us aren't allowed to go out together anymore. [ vaguely recalling his first day here. yep, let's... not... repeat that... ]

Maybe I don't. [ he enters the code. ] This'll get rid of the thing you put there to piss me off, yeah?

Well, tz's in a different position. [He chuckles] What happened when you went out together? That sounds like a story.

Yeah, I promise. No more encryption, just the pinnacle of hash modi. You'll weep with pleasure every time you stick your hand in there and pull out exactly what's on your mind.

Just windy windbag being a giant douche. Nothing you wouldn't know about, as the dude he loves. [ alright, so it isn't like that and dave knows it. ]

I could do that anyway. I was great at hash mapping my shit.

[Blush. Damnit. Trying to ignore the fact that he's going yellow, now.] Yeah, he's like that.

What happened to 'you fixed it, Sollux, wow, you're the best'.

[ prod. ] You're yellow.

You were the one who fucked it up in the first place.

[Poke in the hip] Jealous?

No, I fixed it. It's just that after I did, I put it in a box with a really good lock.

[ scoff. ] Yeah, right.

Because you're an ass.

There's no reason you should be, anyway.

[He just grins] That's right.

Because you're not flushed or because I've already made you go yellow plenty of times?

[ welp. it is a lot more useful now. ] ... Thanks.

I'm not flushed for kk. [Frown] I've thought about offering a moiraillegiance a few times, but we'd probably be a shit match.

[Woah] ...You're welcome. It wasn't like it was tough.

[ shrug. ] What's the difference between a good and a bad match? Thought the point was to keep each other from going shithive maggots.

It would've been if I'd tried.

[He sits up slowly and scoots a little closer, resting his shoulder against Dave's] Moirails are supposed to protect and advise each other, keep each other from doing stupid shit and help each other with problems. But kk and I are pretty similar. We tend to wind each other up, not calm each other down. We're good friends, but I don't know if we could help each other the way moirails are supposed to.

[He smiles and nudges Dave lightly] Just my little area of brilliance, I guess.

[ yeah, ok, he still has a hard time understanding all this quadrant bullshit. ] Troll romance is stupid.

Congratulations, I'm impressed. Considering you're blind as a fucking shoe.

And human romance is limited and ridiculous. Anyway, you have a moirallegiance with tz. Didn't she explain this to you?

[Poke] I'm getting better. [He leans in and sniffs] Yup, definitely cherries.

[ actually, terezi kind of did a really shit job of it. ] Vriska and the cat girl had to.

[ leaning away. ] Dude, keep that thing to yourself.

[Somehow this isn't that surprising] Well np has a really strong moirallegiance with eq, so she's a good one to listen to. I've never had a moirail, myself, which is probably why I'm all fucked up.

What thing?

[ shrug. ] You'll get one eventually.

The sniffer dog scent catcher thing.

Yeah, maybe. [He shrugs] In the meantime, I have friends who are helping me, so I guess that's good enough. I can't complain.

[He snorts] I'm trying to learn to see, ck. Unless you like me stuck in the dark like this?

Right, sorry. Of all people I guess I should know what it's like to be stuck in the dark. I still don't really get the sniffing thing though. I couldn't smell shit when I was you, and I definitely couldn't see using my nose or whatever.

Well, I'm getting a bit better at it, though I still really suck. It's going to take a lot of practice to get good like tz. [He shrugs, leaning against Dave's shoulder again, so there] It's hard to explain. I definitely can't see using my nose, but I figure the better I get, the more I'll be able to figure out where things are based on scent and taste. I don't think I'll ever be able to...experience sight like I could before.

[ whoops, this is a little sad. he wonders if he's taking his sight for granted. ] ... Sorry. Must be hard. Like, I know it's hard; I've been there, but I already had some idea of where things were slash what they looked like. You didn't really get that chance. Maybe that'll make it easier to focus on how things smell, feel and taste instead of how they look. [ SHRUG dave you're so bad at peptalking. ]

[Sollux didn't really mean for it to be sad, but he realizes with a little startlement that Dave is trying to cheer him up, and he smiles shyly at that.]

It's okay. It's hard, yeah, but what I lived with before was harder. And it's getting better faster than I expected, actually.

If you ever need an arm or whatever to guide you around, I guess I've got two of them free for use.

[He doesn't really know why, but that offer makes him blush a little again. It's one thing to be helped by Terezi and Karkat, trolls he's known for sweeps and who are his friends. Even that, he hadn't necessarily expected.

He ducks his head a bit, licking his lips, which feel a little dry.]

Why?

[ nonchalant. he's not even going to make fun of that blush. ] It's hard being blind. Besides, we're friends, aren't we?

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