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Monday, 20xx
The morning was all but still. Warm light beamed through the window and the smell of coffee wafted lazily through the Holiday manor. Suddenly, a jolly tune rang loudly from a phone on the bedside table. The phone belonged to none other than Noelle Holiday. The young doe awakened slowly from her slumber. She blindly reached her hand towards her bedside table in an attempt to stop the alarm. She nabbed the phone and pulled it close to her face, rubbing one eye as she did so. She turned off the alarm and checked the time. It was the day after the festival. A day which was both one of her best and her worst. She had greatly enjoyed spending time with Susie, seeing all of the attractions and enjoying the food. But as soon as she had heard of her fathers injury she feared for the worst. Luckily it was nothing more than a hurt arm. But being the person she is, she couldn't help but imagine the worst outcomes until she was given the news. Her father may have been sick, but a fall from a ladder isn't enough to take down the Rudy Holiday . She had stayed up later than usual waiting for the outcome and had passed out both from relief and exhaustion soon after. The time on her phone had read 6:30 AM. She slowly got up from her bed, letting her blankets fall off of her body. She would make her bed later. As she rose, phone in hand, her phone buzzed as a notification popped onto the screen. She assumed at first that it was nothing more than a text from her mother, probably a reminder not to be late for school. But as she looked down at the device she found a text from another. It was a message from her teacher, Alphys. It was clearly a pre-written message that reminded students that there was no school on Monday, something about a national holiday. Noelle’s ears perked up in excitement. She was so busy thinking about the festival she had completely forgotten. But what could she do with her new found freetime? She would definitely not be spending it in her room. She continued out of her room with newfound joy. She quickly brushed her teeth before entering the kitchen. Carol was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the local paper and sipping her coffee peacefully. She glanced over at Noelle as she entered.
“Good morning”
Noelle smiled as she spotted her mother
“Hi mom. How did you sleep?”
Carol took another sip of her drink.
“Good, And I presume you did the same?”
“That’s nice, and I did.”
The kitchen smelled like a mix of coffee, gingerbread, and candy cane. This was due to Carol's personally crafted coffee blend. If anything, Carol Holiday loved her morning coffee. It was one of the rare moments in her day where she can relax. So Noelle decided not to bother her any more than she already has. Since Noelle had all the time in the world to make her breakfast today, she decided to make her favorite. Now it wasn’t anything special, just scrambled eggs and bacon cooked soft. But her connection to the meal is what made her love it so much. The memories of waking up on a saturday morning to the smell of her father cooking a large breakfast for her and her sister are ones she cherishes very deeply. When life felt more “normal”. When she finished cooking she wiped the counter and put the dishes in the sink, she’d clean them once she finished eating. She poured herself a glass of milk and sat down at the kitchen table. At the same time Carol rolled up the paper and stood up, pushing her chair in and rinsing out her cup.
“Well, I must be off now. Mayors don’t get days off. But I hope you enjoy yours sweetie, I'll see you tonight.”
Carol grabbed her bag, which was laid on the ground momentarily by her chair, and started off towards the door.
“Bye mom! See you when you get home!”
Carol nodded and walked out the door. Now that Noelle was alone she took her first bite off eggs. It was good, of course it was, it always is. She thought about what she would do to pass the day. She could spend all day in her bed, but her inherent need to be productive stopped her from even considering it. She could also play some games on one of her many consoles.
‘Berdly might wanna come over and play some smashing fighters’
She thought. But then she remembered, she got so caught up with her fathers accident that she completely forgot she ghosted Susie at the beach after Susie went to get more ice cream. She would call her but she never got a chance to get her number. If she was being honest the thought of a girl, especially Susie, giving her her number made her feel all warm inside. She quickly finished her breakfast and cleaned her dishes before returning to her room. She threw on her cutest outfit (aka the same look she had everyday), brushed her hair, and grabbed her phone before heading out. She paused as she closed the front door, she didn’t actually know where Susie lived, or even really where she hung out. After school Noelle usually just saw her “roaming”. It was only recently she had seen her actually doing stuff. She could probably ask around, but that would be weird. She could take a guess, most people in Hometown lived in the apartments, but they’re big buildings and it would take forever to knock on every door. The only other place she saw Susie was school… no way she would be there right? Well Noelle had plenty of time and choices so she decided to check the school first. It wasn’t a long walk, Hometown isn’t that big. But as she approached the school doors they swung open and she slammed into something… no someone. Noelle was dazed and looked up at the person she ran into. They were big purple and wait Susie!?
“I- uh….hisusie” Noelle mumbled embarrassedly
“Oh hey Noelle, actually I was just looking for you.”
“Oh that's ni- Wait what?”
“Yeah I uh, kinda just assumed something just came up yesterday, y’know at the beach…”
“Yeah…It wasn’t because of you though. I really enjoyed yesterday.”
“Well that’s good, ‘cause I got something to show you”
And with that Susie grabbed Noelle’s arm and dragged her into the school. She pulled her all the way to the back of the school, to the supply closet
“This is the place you and Kris spent all day a couple of days ago..what were you two doing in there exactly?” Noelle asked
“I’ll show you.”
“I…” Noelle cheeks turned a bit pink
‘Gosh I wonder what she’ll do. Oh maybe she’ll kiss me. Wait no that would mean she was kissing kris. Or uh..what did she say she was doing that day? Crimes?…what crime would you even commit in a supply closet?’ Noelle almost got lost in her thoughts before Susie opened the closet. It was black, but it wasn't just dark. There was…nothing. It was void, the lack of light. And a dark gas seemed to billow out.
“Susie…what exactly is in there?”
“You’ll see” Susie said excitedly right before she jumped in
She jumped in? She just disappeared…whatever the hell was going on here it certainly was not natural but…if Susie jumped in it must be safe right? Noelle took a cautious step in, but instead of the floor she expected she just fell foward through the dark closet. She screamed as she fell into the darkness and the closet doors slammed shut behind her. She closed her eyes and squealed. She tensed waiting for the painful splat she was convinced she would experience at the end of this seemingly endless fall. But suddenly her fall was slowed and she landed in the arms of Susie
“Hey it’s ok, it’s safe here” Susie ensured
Noelle slowly untensed her body and opened her eyes. And as Susie said she was safe, in her big, muscley, scaley… Susie laughed and scared Noelle out of her sea of sapphic thoughts. It was only then Noelle realized what she was wearing. A big white robe with blue accents. It was the same outfit from her dream. But how could she possibly be wearing-
“So y’know that “dream” you had at the computer lab . And how I said it was a dream in it…well that was a lie. It was real…sort of. It was actually this thing called a dark world”
Noelle’s head spun as Susie explained the dark world's whole shtick and about how the roaring knight was making them to cause an event known as the roaring
“And if the roaring happens the world ends. But that won't ever happen so we don’t really have to worry about it because me and Kris will totally deal with it. You got that?”
Susie asked
“uh…Dark worlds are a manifestation of the creator's mind and a representation of where they were and are made out of pure darkness. And they create people called darkners…got it.”
“Oh hi Susie! Oh and Noelle. Well I welcome you to Castle Town.”
A figure emerged from behind Susie. It was….Asriel? No…it wasn’t him.
“My name is Ralsei, we’ve met before but I don’t think I ever properly introduced myself.” Ralsei put out his hand towards Noelle as Susie put her safely down. Noelle shook Ralsei’s hand, it was surprisingly soft.
“All of the residents of Castle Town got ready for your arrival yesterday, but don’t rush exploring. You can save anytime and rest in your own room if you ever get tired. Think of it as your home away from home.”
“ Oh yeah, come on Noelle I'll show you your room, I uh…helped set it up with stuff I thought you would like.” Susie grabbed Noelle’s hand and guided her towards a large castle in the middle of the town. Behind it a dark pillar of pure darkness shot out from the earth. The inside was nice, very castle-like, which fits. Susie led her up a set of stairs and down a hallway and to a door. It was yellow and had a pair of antler carved into the doorway with the door matching. Susie held Noelle’s hand, to Noelle it felt like they were made to fit into each other.
“Well, should we?” Susie asked
Noelle took the lead and walked into the room. It had the same colored walls as her room and the bed was shockingly similar, except it was vaguely shaped like a reindeer, antler having headboard and all. Besides that there was the usual stuff for a bedroom. Except in the corner was a gray statue of Susie?
“That…was in my room at Queen's mansion.”
Noelle pointed at the statue
Susie blushed
“Well I had kinda stolen it for myself before we left, ‘cause it’s kinda awesome. But I thought you would like it because it uh…was originally yours, y’know?” Susie sat down on Noelle’s bed
“I asked Ralsei to make it extra soft, wanna join me?” Susie asked sincerely
“I um….YES”
Noelle then proceeded to do probably the most risky and thrilling thing she had ever done in her 16 years of life. She grabbed Susie’s face and kissed her on the lips. It lasted 3 seconds. Those three seconds were immediately put on Noelle’s top three moments in life, followed by
“I…again? Please?” Susie asked
“YES!”
Noelle practically tackled Susie down onto her back, laying on top of her as she kissed her, harder and more desperately than she had ever done anything before. It was sloppy and as Susie’s lips parted it went from kissing sloppily to making out sloppily in the matter of seconds. ‘Oh Angel, mom would kill me if she saw this. But Angel screw her for once. I'm kissing a girl, a real girl, not my pillow. And it’s Susie…Fuck im so gay.’
These thoughts as well as a million others passed through her brain, she was in lesbian meltdown mode. Harder and more in love than she had ever been. Today was a day of many firsts for Noelle.
“I made cookies for you two, I hope Noelle is enjoying….i’ll just leave the cookies here”
Ralsei walked in, then proceeded to place the tray of cookies on the floor and shut the door quickly. When Ralsei entered both of the lovebirds shot their heads up to look at the goat boy, and as he left they turned back and looked at each other.
“So uh…” Susie mumbled
“Does this mean you're my girlfriend now?” you’d have thought Susie was warm blooded the way she broke all laws of evolution and blushed harder then maybe even Noelle.
“Only if you want to be” Noelle responded shyly
“I’d…I’d like that”
They kissed again, this time it was slower and more romantic
“Here, lemme just”
Susie fully pulled Noelle onto the bed and started spooning her, her large body covering Noelle’s smaller one.
“I think we should uh…stay like this for a while” Susie said quietly
“I think so too.”
Susie leaned in real close and whispered into Noelle’s ear. Something for Noelle and Noelle only
“I love you”
Noelle blushed even harder and just smiled, a real damn smile. And she responded with warmth.
“I love you too~”
Someone once asked when the girl would smile, and today seems to be that day. The two spent the rest of the day hanging out both in the dark world and the light world. Enjoying many fun things in Castle Town and eventually sharing a large hot chocolate at QC’s. That night Noelle laid in her bed, she had finally gotten Susie’s number. Apparently she had an old crappy flip phone. She had finally had the courage to text an “I love you” to Susie as her mother returned from work. Noelle put down her phone and walked down stairs to greet her mother.
“Well hello sweetie, I hope you had a productive and enjoyable day.” Carol remarked as she put her bag down on a nearby table
“Same to you mom, and I did. I definitely did.”
The End
(Alt Ending)
Susie leaned in real close and whispered into Noelle’s ear. Something for Noelle and Noelle only
“My name is Susie, Susie Gaster”
“Wha-”
Suddenly a giant fucking pirate ship busted through the room as Gaster and his mottley crew (and Aqua) jumped off the boat.
“Susie my daughter your a giant fucking Faggot and i’m so proud of you for being gay just like your old man”
Gaster then hopped back on the boat and started making out with IMAGE
_FRIEND as the boat sailed backwards out through the ship shaped hole. The hole also went backwards and repaired itself.
“...Wait, how do you spell Gaster?” Noelle asked
“Easy, its G-A-S-T-E-”
Then it all went black