No, really, I'm being honest here - I was shit at it. Terezi's much better for him. Never got the hang of calming him, and it was...complicated. Everyone involved is better off now we're flush, really.

[ He listens with the beginnings of a fond smile, nodding slightly, picturing Eridan's delight to find someone who could make him clothes on command-

And then Willow says that very last thing, and it feels like the bottom of his stomach has fallen out. His eyes visibly widen in shock. ]

You- what.

[ He's too surprised to keep his composure, keep things under wraps - Eridan didn't even mention him before starting to carry on with an alien? ]