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“We’re just neighbors so, I mean, we just…ended up seeing each other a lot. That's all”
“Fahaha, yeah, it was kind of just…you know. Forced.”
Kris had been thinking about those words for weeks, forced, it was all forced, did she really feel this way, that everything they did together was just, because they were close by?
Kris was laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling, those words have been bouncing around their head, these thoughts and these feelings
If noelle really felt that it was just out of convenience and force from both sets of parents then, then everything they had was fake
Noelle didn't actually care, Noelle wasn't their childhood friend, it was all just a delusion, one that noelle was forced to feed into
Kris rolled off their bed and opened their window, it was late and they didn't want to accidentally wake up their mom, so you know, window it is
Kris rolled their shoulder once they hit the ground, yawning softly they made their way through the town, only a handful of people were out and they knew that none of them would rat them out to mom, kris knew way too much about the people out late at night
They made their way to the woods, deep in the woods, to the bunker
They werent supposed to go out there, everyone was told to stay away from the bunker, not to go this deep out in the woods, but they didnt care, they never did, they would sit out here for hours and just do nothing, just sit and think
Kris climbed on top of the bunker, laying down on top of it, pulling their phone out and turning some music on
No one would look for them here, susie had gone to bed, berdly was probably gaming or something, catti was definitely working still, and noelle…
Noelle didnt matter right now, kris needed to learn to let her go, staying so attached to her would just make her uncomfortable, and kris didnt want that
Kris closed their eyes, and before they knew it
They were falling asleep
—
Kris opened their eyes, the sun was up
Oh fuck the sun was up
Kris snatched their phone and let out a sigh of relief when they say it still had some charge, before grimacing
It was 3pm
Shit
They had multiple calls from mom, texts as well
Double shit
They went through their notifications, texting their mom, texting their dad, texting back susie, and catti, and weirdly enough berdly before their finger hovered over another mass of texts
All from noelle
They bit their lip before sliding the texts away, slowly they rolled off the bunker and made their way back to town, and ran into their dad
Asgore took a second before picking up kris into a hug, holding them tightly
“Where have you been child?”
Kris hugged him back, nuzzling their face in his neck, asgore just held them tighter
“Lets go home”
And thankfully by ‘home’ he meant the shop, he set them on the counter before calling mom and telling her everything, she must've said something about picking them up because he said no, dad never says no to mom
“You aren't picking them up, they are going to stay here until they feel comfortable to leave, with no outside influence, i will of course keep you updated but please think of our child right now”
He then hung up, dad was never like that to mom unless he felt that she did something wrong
She didn't do anything wrong this time but after they told dad about the sans incident he hadn't been very happy with either of them, which made kris happy, he seemed to be the only one who thought of how they had felt in that moment, when they told noelle and berdly they just said it was good she was having fun, susie chewed them both out before dragging kris away to skip the rest of school
They hadn't told azzy yet, better to let him come home and see it in person, they do know dad told rudy, rudy was upset too
It was odd, to have so many people in their corner over something like this, that people had their back over their mothers, who would ever pick them over toriel?
Dad walked back over, sitting behind the counter they were set on, he let out a soft sigh
“Do you want to tell me what happened?”
Kris brought up their hands, signing
< i didnt mean to stay out for so long, i was asleep >
Dad nodded his head
“Okay, you sure slept a long time”
Dad laughed a little after saying that, kris huffed
< shut up >
Dad kissed their head
“Why did you leave in the first place my heart?”
Kris bit their lip
< i had a lot on my mind, and just wanted to go >
Dad nodded along
“Thats completely understandable, i do not fault you for leaving if you are so clearly struggling with something, but, if this ever happens again, please inform me so i may tell your mother if you don't want to tell her”
Kris nodded
< i can do that >
Dad smiled, ruffling their hair
“Thank you kris”
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The rest of the day went on as normal, kris helped dad around the store, helped sell a few flowers, helped bring in dirt and feed, they also helped take out a few orders, just a normal day helping out in dads shop
But it was getting late and they knew they needed to go see their mom eventually, they sighed softly before saying goodbye to their father, accepting another one of his hugs and made their way home
The door creaked as the opened it, their mother sitting on the couch, she bolted up when she saw them, pulling them into a hug
“Oh my child, my child i was so worried about you, please dont ever do that agin”
Kris just hugged back and nodded their head, they were too exhausted to say anything or hold a meaningful conversation with her, mom eventually let go of them, gently pulling them into the kitchen
“Mr. sans’s younger brother heard about you going off and how worried i was, so he made us some spaghetti, i was waiting to eat it until you arrived, if you feel like eating?”
< im hungry, had lunch with dad >
Mom smiled
“Im happy you ate something else today, sit at the table! Ill warm up our food”
Kris sat down, pulling their hair back into a small bun before letting out a soft sigh, soon mom came back with their food, setting down their plate before sitting back down herself
They ate in silence, it wasn't any different to how they normally ate dinner together, but this silence was different, it felt very different, like mom knew why they left and was planning on fixing it, which hopefully they can talk about it tomorrow
Mom stood up, placing her plate in the sink
“My child, I understand you may wish to not talk about anything today and i will respect that, if you dont feel up to it tomorrow as well i will respect that, please tell me when you feel comfortable talking my child, i will wait”
Mom placed a kiss on their head and walked off to her room, kris let out a sigh, they got up from the table and put their plate in the sink before making their way upstairs and into their room
When they had gotten in the room and turned on the light they had jumped
Noelle was on their bed, Noelle was sitting on their bed and she looked pissed
”Kris.”