>Sollux: Return home

[a1a100]

642 Hastings Boulevard

[Early in the morning, about 4 in the morning of the 15th, Sollux quietly walks into his house, closing the door behind him slowly. He hopes that returning home at 4 in the morning means that no one is awake and he can sneek in without getting caught...]

Phone, later in the dayI'm sure some of you noticed that I've been

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phone;

[dreambubbly]

Where the shell have you been, Sollux? You had Aradia and I worried sick!

[a1a100]

I've been busy with some personal things. I'm sorry that I made you guys worried but it was something I needed to do.

[dreambubbly]

What kind of personal things would mean you were gone for two days?! I think I made it pretty clear that it's dangerous to disappear right now.

...why do I have a terribubble feeling about this?

[a1a1000]

I want to tell you but I can't. I promise you that I'm alright, I'm safe and sound and nothing is different.

[Phone]

[heardeadpe0ple]

Can I come over???

[a1a100]

[He's a little hesitant at answering because on one hand, he doesn't really want to deal with others right now but on another, he did make her worry.]

...sure.

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[heardeadpe0ple]

[There no reply but a click. A few minutes later there's some quick knocking.]

[a1a100]

[He sighs and after a few minutes, he opens the door.]

Phone

[chastesaw]

If we didn't need to know would it not be best to simply refrain from mentioning it at all?

[a1a1000]

No because one of you would have asked about it anyway so I might as well tell you to not ask about it.

[chastesaw]

You know, sometimes I can't help but feel that our collective tendency to insist on withholding information from our compatriots is very much working against us.

In other words, our obsession with keeping secrets is, to use the vernacular, turning everything to shit.

[a1a1000]

Yeah well there are some things that need to be kept as secrets.

[crusthatecean]

Oh, that's cool, no big deal.

Yes it fucking is a big deal. Where the hell have you been?

[a1a1000]

Wow, why do people keep asking me when I clearly told you guys to not ask me? You must be as deaf as I am blind!

[Yeah, Karkat is the last person he wants knowing about what he did so he's going to try to divert the topic as well as he can.]

[crusthatecean]

No, I heard you say I don't need to know, but guess what? I don't give a fuck, Sollux. It's my business if you're going to disappear.

[a1a1000]

No, it's none of your business.

[motherofjegus]

[Dolorosa hears the door close and immediately gets out of bed. It really could only be Sollux entering the house, unless someone was trying to break in. She quickly runs to the door and is overcome with relief when she sees him]

Sollux! Where have you been?

[a1a1000]

I've been at a friends house.

[motherofjegus]

[she doesn't exactly know if she believes you]

Which friend? Aradia was worried about you and no one seemed to know where you were?

[a1a1000]

[He looks to the side and stays quiet, trying to think of something to say.]