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Be Sollux: Celebrate Your Success
You were actually kind of looking forward to this party.
Not like a huge amount. But it would be nice to show your girlfriend some of the perks of working for a film studio. Free fancy food, so much food, and liquor and gift bags. You wanted to show her you’d really made it. You’d never gone to college, you hadn’t even graduated high school, these were points of contention between the two of you, but your work spoke for itself and now you had the life you’d always wanted. You had a comfortable life.
When you arrived everything was in full swing. They had rented out this big house in the hills for the celebration of completing your first movie. Well almost completing. It would be another two months before it premiered but that was irrelevant. 95% of the work was done. VV seemed a little overwhelmed but you held her hand tightly as you guided her around, looking for your real friends, trying not to get too caught up in any conversations, but introducing your girlfriend to everyone who stopped to talk to you.
After the fifth or so of these interactions, VV seemed a little annoyed.
“Sollux, I thought you didn’t like any of these people.” she muttered under her breath.
“Huh? Most of them are ok. I mean, I really only know my team and a couple of other people.”
“Your team is pretty big then.”
She pulled her hand away and you were beginning to suspect she was mad about something that you were not yet aware of. You tried to brush past it though, chuckling like you hadn’t heard the irritation in her voice.
“Yeah, I guess so.”
“I’m going to go get another drink.”
“Ok, I’m going to grab RX and we’ll meet you at the bar then?”
She sighed heavily, and your confusion grew stronger. What the fuck was going on?
“Alright, baby. I’ll see you soon.”
“See you soon.”
You pressed your lips against her cheek and her lips pursed sharply before she turned away.
You found Roxas in a far corner next to the stereo, trying to start a dance party, but most of the people here were a little too stiff for the activity. You needed him anyways, and you beckoned him towards you desperately.
“Hey! RX I need you.”
“You need to dance! And a strong drink, me thinks. WHoa...” he stopped seeing the expression on your face, and slung his arm around your shoulder leading you away from the stereo.
“Grrrrrrrl what happened?”
“VV is pissesd at me. Like really pissed. And I have no clue what I did. Or what I didn’t do.”
“Ok, diiid you guys have a fight recently?”
“We don’t really fight. Anymore. We had a disagreement about where the cheese grater goes?”
“Did you bang it out?”
“I mean she went to work. So no.”
Roxas wrinkled his nose in a familiar expression of concern.
“Are you guys still getting it on?”
“Yeah. Pretty regularly. Like once a week. Or weeks. It depends.”
“Oooh. Sollipop. Why?”
“I don’t know? We’ve been busy lately...”
“You’ve been busy or she’s been busy?”
His eyes cut right through you and everything suddenly seemed clear.
“Oh fuck... She’s bored with our sex life.”
“Bingo! Go smash her in the bathroom or something. Spice it up!”
“Hell yeah. If she’s into it. I’ll feel it out first. RX you are a genius and I love you.”
He smiled and waved you away bashfully.
“I love me too.”
“Shit. I was going to bring you over to introduce you, should I still do that?”
“Nah. I’ll meet your boo once you’re both good and warmed up.”
“Thanks. I owe you one.”
“You could buy me a drink?”
“Bar’s open doofus.”
“I meant later. Go, go, go!”
You grinned and blew him a kiss as you went to go convince your girlfriend she was not in fact mad at you and just needed some of your undivided attention.
You approached her at the bar and she seemed in a better state of mind already, at least not actively glaring at you.
You took a moment to appreciate that you had such a hot girlfriend in the first place. You loved that she was as tall as you were, you loved her tight fade and soft eyes and her suave mod stylings. Vivian was the coolest thing you’d ever been in ten feet of, and you never stopped being floored by how put together she was.
She gave you a questioning look, and you remembered you had promised an introduction to RX.
“I thought you were bringing your friend?”
You quickly came up with a lie that was vague enough to be believable.
“He’s in the middle of a heated discussion. I figured we can go find him later when he’s less distracted.”
“Oh.” She looked down and poked at the ice in her drink, and you felt the silence stretch out for a long moment. Maybe this wasn’t a sex thing after all. She looked almost sad now.
“VV are you ok?”
“Sollux we need to talk.”
You both spoke at the same time and there was another strange tense silence. Her eyes didn’t seem so soft anymore.
“Yeah.. ok? What’s going on?”
You couldn’t stop your voice from cracking. She had never looked at you like that.
“This isn’t working anymore. I’m... I’m ending it.”
You felt like the ground had disappeared beneath you.
“Is... Is this a sex thing? I can change. We can try different shit. I’m not-”
You realized you were tearing up and stopped talking to try and reign it in.
“No... it’s not about sex. It’s about, well, everything. You don’t try for me anymore, Sollux. I’m tired of-.”
Vivan stopped abruptly breaking your heart because someone else was yelling.
“You utter fuckin’ scumbag! I can’t fuckin’ believe this!”
You both turned to see a short woman with thick black hair, save for her widow's peak which was a stark white, yelling at a man you recognized vaguely from work in the middle of the room. His name was Parker, you thought, maybe. You knew in your soul she was getting dumped too. Oh yeah you were getting dumped. You turned back to VV, desperation making your voice sharp and high.
“What do you mean I haven’t been trying for you? That’s all I fucking do. That’s- that’s why we’re here! Four years of trying!”
You realized you were yelling and crying and you didn’t care because the love of your life was dumping you at your own work party.
She moved towards you and tried to put her hand on your arm and you yanked it away. How dare she look at you like she pitied you.
You heard, sort of simultaneously the other girl yelling behind you. Something about how Parker was a spineless sack of shit. And really what were the odds of this happening at the exact same time, at the exact same party?
Vivan tried to touch you again, making shushing noises and you snarled.
“Don’t fucking touch me! Don’t fucking touch me right now VV!”
“Sollux, you're making a scene.” Her eyes were cold. Had she always been like this? Had she always been such a bitch?
“I don’t give a shi-”
You were interrupted again by the other girl, who’s volume seemed to eclipse all the noise in the room.
“I w-w-will not calm the fuck down! If you don’t w-w-want to make a public spectacle a yourself, don’t publicly dump your fucking girlfriend, asshole!”
You pointed towards her, shaking violently with anger.
“What she fucking said!”
Vivian opened her mouth. But was immediately drowned out by the other girl, who seemed to have finally noticed that she was not alone in her situation.
“Oh my fuckin’ God, she’s dumpin’ you too?!”
You met her eyes for the first time. They were wild in their depths, but you understood that. You felt like an animal in a cage. Everyone was staring now. Everyone had seen you unravel.
“Yeah, she is.” Your voice sounded so cold, so robotic it didn’t seem like it belonged to you.
“Jesus fuckin’ Christ! Are you all psychopaths? That’s it’s, I’m fuckin’ done! W-what’s your name?”
“Sollux.”
“Great. Sol, I’m gettin’ outta here, you w-wanna come with?”
You glanced back at Vivan, she looked utterly dumbfounded with her mouth still hanging open like a fish. Like this had gone completely off the rails and she had no idea how to right it.
“Yeah. Let’s get out of here.”
The other girl walked over and slid her arm around yours. As you walked away from your brand new ex-girlfriend you said the meanest thing you could think of.
“Just so you know... I lied when I said you didn’t have crows feet.”
Her outraged face was like a shot of whiskey. It warmed you all the down.