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Kris’s foot shuffled around in the snow, just atop the porch of the Holiday house. They chattered in the cold wind wondering what awaited them inside.
To say they were a little nervous to be attending the annual Christmas Holiday house party would be an understatement.
After about four years of college, they’d basically eliminated their entire social circle.
Their mom and brother chatted about nostalgic memories from the past years, which they almost automatically tuned out. All they could think about were the uncomfortable greetings waiting for them after all these years.
They could hear familiar Christmas tunes from inside the festive house, and the faint clacking of hooves against the cold linoleum floor they remembered from all of those years ago.
Noelle opened the door to Kris, Toriel, and Asriel, and greeted them cheerfully, before awkwardly pulling Kris into a tight hug. “Welcome! Come on in, you guys are just on time!” “Hii Kris!!” Kris gave the best smile they could, and waved before stumbling in. Before they could give a proper introduction she had already run off.
The warmth of the house almost instantly embraced them, welcoming them with an overbearing peppermint scent.
Most of the adults were upstairs, doing whatever adults did at house parties. The “teens” had found their corner to stay in the rest of the night.
Kris awkwardly made their way into the small crowd, hoping to see some familiar faces. But with Noelle running around getting stuff together, doing who knows what, and the exception of Jockington, Catti, and a few other kids from their class, they basically knew no one here.
Kris gave a fairly awkward greeting to their former classmates, and then eventually made their way to the corner of the room, which was where they stayed at every year prior and basically every other party ever.
While being consumed by their phone, a feathery hand brushed against theirs. Caught off guard, they looked up, and it was none other than.. Berdly?
“B-Berdly?”
His head swiveled around faster than Kris could process. He looked at them for a few seconds with a blank expression, unaware of what to respond to them with.
“K-Kris!?Oh- uh yeah, uhm.”
He cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head, and chuckled awkwardly, like he always did.
“How many years has it been since we’ve last seen eachother?”
“Oh, uhm.. it’s been how many..? Like four years now I think.” ..
“I remember when we used to do.. those study sessions at my house.”
..
“and I would hand your ass to you in Super Smash Bros.”
Berdly chuckled in a sarcastic notion.
“Honestly, I k-kinda missed you.” He choked out.
“So anyways, what have you been doing these past four years?”..
“Yknow, we kinda all missed you.”
They scratched the back of their head, not knowing where to start,
“S-Sorry, you know how it is. I was really stressed, and comp sci as a major beat my ass let me you.” ..
“I still don’t really know what job I want. It’s kind’ve hard having none of my friends from back home at university yknow?”
“Eh what about you?”
He shuffled awkwardly,
“Well.. I got a few scholarships after high school, got my nursing degree, I’m still not really sure if I want to go back for my masters..-“
“ALRIGHT.!” They grunted,
“I get it Mr Smart Guy, you’re more successful than me, they teased.
“But seriously, I’m happy for you dude.” They endearingly punched his sleeve.
“Not trying to be arrogant!” He chuckled.
They leaned in to Berdly and whispered, “Do ya think anyone here’s gonna pull a stunt like the last time?”
(The stunt was a game of spin the bottle where Snowy and Jockington got drunk and kissed)
And as if on cue, Snowys dumbass called out into the small crowd of teens,
“Who’s up for a game of spin the bottle?”
“You just jinxed us.” Berdly said sarcastically.
Kris backed themselves up against the wall even more than they already were.
But of course, Snowy had unfortunately spotted them out of all the 30 other people.
“Kris cmon! Don’t be a wallflower all night, live a little!”
He didn’t give either Kris or Berdly a decision and practically dragged them to the small circle.
Kris and Berdly obviously hadn’t thought about their seating options thoroughly enough considering they decided to sit DIRECTLY across from each other.
Snowy obnoxiously explained the rules of the game to everyone in the circle, which was probably just an excuse to talk considering everyone already knew them.
Kris had basically zoned out after the first word, and they’d unassumingly missed Snowy spin the bottle.
“Kris and … Berdly!” He said in that goofy tone he always had.
Kris and Berdly looked up confused.
Snowy got up and walked towards Kris, “Kriss… and Berdly.. you two hurry up and get it on in the closet!”
And infront of everyone, Snowy shoved the two in the broom closet.
The two filed into the broom closet uncomfortably.
Kris tried to averted their gaze to the mop in the corner, but they knew they couldn’t just stand there in silence the whole seven minutes.
To be honest, five years ago they wouldn’t have minded this whole.. situation. But after all these years.. it was hard revisiting the unspoken tension between the two, especially during a game of ‘spin the bottle’ ..
After a few seconds, Kris ended up being the one to break the silence.
“So..” they started,
“Are we going to..?”
They scratched the back of their head anxiously, and glanced back to him.
Berdly fidgeted with his hands,
“U-uhm, I uh.. I don’t know?”
Despite trying to hide his nervousness, he was terrible at it and unfortunately Kris could tell.
They started again, a little more gentle this time.
“Berd-“
“Kris!” He whisper-shouted
“Kris, I-I should tell you something.” .. “I used to l-”
They immediately cut him off,
“Berdly look at me.” They started, moving their hair out of their eyes, so they could look at him clearly.
They gently cupped their hand around his fluffy cheek, grazing over his feathers. They pulled him closer, and landed a peck on the tip of his beak.
It was like.. kissing a traffic cone.
“It’s like kissing a traffic cone.” They chuckled.
Even in the dark ambiance of the broom closet you could spot the deep cobalt blush that instantly spread across Berdly’s face.
Berdly blankly stared at them. “W-what-“ he said, with an extremely flustered expression (which he was terrible at hiding)
But they cut him off in an instant, and started to kiss the corners of his beak, “Nothing.” They mumbled into his mouth.
He flinched. Not fear, but in surprise. He almost instantly leaned into the kiss,
They guided his hands to their hips, and pulled him closer. Berdly nearly died on the spot.
“Open up more moron,” they mumbled.
“I can’t kiss you right.”
Berdly tried coming up with a quip in response, but he was too hazy to even get his words out.
He could feel their tongue grazing the entrance of his mouth, and he found himself.. enjoying it?
Now they were REALLY making out. Kris got more bold in their actions, their breathing became more erratic, and their kissing got more sloppy and unpredictable.
They moved down to his neck, peppering his jawline with light kisses.
They started to stay longer with each kiss, making their mark with each one. Their teeth skimmed over his collarbone, they strangely found themselves fighting the urge to sink them in.
They could feel the vibrations of the noises he was making as they traveled down their throat.
They pulled away for a breath of air, but Berdly pulled them back in, peppering their cheek with kisses. (Which were really just affectionate pecks..)
Kris’s hands clung to the collar of his dorky dress shirt, then slid down to his hips where they stayed.
They ruffled through the feathers on the back of his head gently and pulled him closer in their hold, like he wasn’t close enough already.
They gently pushed against the wall of the already cramped broom closet, pinning him with their strong grip. They grinded against him, deepening the kiss.
“Mhm- K-Kris,” He mumbled into their mouth,
They gently pulled away from him, a lone string of saliva breaking the kiss.
“What?” They said gently.
“I-I uhm I-“
“Spit it out!” They said, dropping the endearment in their tone.
“I used to like you!” He chocked out.
“Yknow, i-in high school. I honestly shouldn’thaveeventoldyouitsembarassing-“
They couldn’t help but chuckle. It was obvious they were struggling to bite back their grin.
“I know.” The fondness in their voice came back, if not stronger. Then they paused,
“Honestly, during those ‘studying sessions’ at my house where we would end up roughhousing, I kind of wanted you to kiss me all along.” They said endearingly.
Even their overgrown bangs couldn’t hide the sheer redness overtaking their face in the moment.
He looked away with a sharp inhale, and started to graze over the feathers on his arm anxiously.
They brushed their hand against his arm,
“H-hey, I like you too.” ..
“Believe it or not I don’t go around kissing everyone like this.” They giggled.
He looked up at them with a smile, and Kris leaned back in.
Snowy called from outside of the closet, “Are you two going to get out anytime soon?”