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Susie held herself off the back of a bench as the rain came down again. She was, for one of the very few times in her life, lost in thought.. But that was something that happened pretty frequently as of recently. All these adventures, the people she meets, the prophecy she’s read.. All of it was just so much to think about. It filled her with hope, passion, adoration, pride, sorrow, just.. So many things.
But it wasn’t any of those exactly she thought about as the rain soaked her clothes and hair. She didn’t want to.. NOT spend the night at Kris’s place.. But Toriel was drunk as hell, dancing away with that one convenience store owner. It reminded her too much of what kept her from going to her own home, even in this pouring rain.
The purple meanie couldn’t help but yelp and startle when she felt a hand on her shoulder- yet she was quick to calm down, albeit still confused, hearing Kris’s voice except more.. Messed up, kinda?
* “Susie.. do.. you wanna.. hang out somewhere..? Couldn’t.. sleep.. cus of.. them…”
“Kris, what the hell-? I.. god, you can’t sneak up on me like that this late..”
“. . .”
“So why are you stayin up late trying to uh.. Hang out with me in the rain. It’s like, midnight..”
Kris swallowed, their dry throat bugging them while they talked. They kept track of a mental timer for how long they have left in this little moment of freedom they gave themselves.
* “I.. I guess.. you.. had personal reasons.. not staying.. again.. and I wanted to.. try to.. hang out with you.. for a bit cus.. they’re loud… as hell..”
“. . .”
She gave them a look that conveyed a sheepish thankfulness mixed with embarrassment. Kris gave her a small smile in return, their eyes showing their exhaustion.
* “We could.. ask Noelle to.. sneak you into her house.. and we can have.. a sleepover..”
“..Dude, you know her mom absolutely HATES me. We’d get our asses kicked. Or, well, mine at least.”
* “No.. I.. I know… her mom.. isn’t here… tonight.. she’s.. organizing festival stuff..”
Susie looked at them.. A hesitant smile creeped up on her face as she gave in. She put an arm around them, as she was too tired to really give a playful punch like she usually would. They pushed themselves into Susie’s embrace, closing their eyes happily.
* “I’ll.. text her… uh, I’ll.. be right back to.. bring you over… just.. need to do something..”
“Aight man.. I’ll wait here for you.”
She let them go with a pat on the (soggy) back. Kris stumbled away to the back of the house.. the sound of leaves and sticks rustling as they reached into a bush… and as they had a silent, hidden one on one with the damned fucking ‘angel’ that controlled them all of the time. They hissed at it as they gripped it in their hands, standing in the rain.
* “Listen.. Here.. you will let me have control for fucking once… and you will let me enjoy my time with these two for once.. where it’s actually ME.. and I’ll, do, fucking WHATEVER you want of me, I’ll be less bitchy and you can even control me during most.. of the festival.. but just please... Please, just let me have this.”
They slammed the SOUL back into their chest with the thumps of a magical heartbeat. They waited with bated breath… until they realize they still had control over their breath to hold it.
* “..Thank you.”
. . .
Kris walked back with just a bit more of a lively gait, standing next to Susie as they texted Carol first, making sure the screen faced away from her. Putting Carol’s phone number back into their contacts since they had the number memorized anyways.
KD: i need your house for tonight, it’s fine that noelle’s there and being punished or wtv; nothing’s gonna be changed, and i’m gonna be gone in the morning. it’s something to do with my mom and that guy she’s been seeing
KD: one of the issues being a complete lack of privacy or peace. i’ll tell you more tomorrow. i’ll figure out a way to repay you. it’s fine if you’re coming in or wtv but i just need noelle’s room.
KD: no i’m not doing weird stuff with her, or bringing anyone over, or anything like that. she’ll probably be asleep anyways.
CH: This is a very strange request, Kris. But given it isn’t too intrusive.. And you are assuring me that nothing peculiar will occur.. I’ll go along with it, good luck. If Noelle’s awake, just say I invited you over so she wasn’t too damn miserable.
KD: thxr
They sighed thankfully and quickly texted Noelle. Susie finally leaned over and looked at Kris’s contact list for the moment it was visible- or the lack thereof. Watching them text Noelle. ..Seems they haven’t done so in a very long time.
KD: yo
..Kris chuckled and pushed Susie’s big face away as she tried to lean closer in.
* “Gimme a sec, just trust me.”
“Okay, just hurry up.. I’m gettin bored and tired and soaked..”
. . .
KD: yo
KD: i got your mom to allow me and susie to come over for tonight as long as we don’t ever mention it again/to other people
KD: i’m sorry about the stuff that happened yesterday and she is a little too but she’ll get pissed if you bring that up
NH: Uhm, I don’t know.. Are you sure she’s fine with it? She didn’t want Susie to talk to me ever again..! And she.. She really yelled at me over the stuff with the guitar..
KD: yeah i talked to her and stuff it’s fine. it might also be because my mom is drunk getting crazy with that one skeleton guy, and susie’s home situation.. isn’t great i think. i’m sure susie’d be very thankful for this. she seems excited.
NH:
NH: Okay! My room right, fahahaha?
KD: yeah thx nelly
NH: No problem! If you’re right I.. I have quite a bit to be thankful for you over! I’ll get the place ready. I’ll let you know when I’m all done, let me know when to come down and unlock the gate. I’ll bring an umbrella, don’t worry, I can guess you guys probably don’t have one, faha..
KD: thx
They pat Susie’s arm before grabbing her big, rough, clawed hand… taking it with both of theirs as they pulled her towards Noelle’s house. She chuckled and held back on, still smiling a little.
“You like holdin my hand, huh? At first I just grabbed yours cus it was easy and was.. Better for pulling you along. But uh.. we really do just hold hands a lot don’t we? Someone’s gonna think we’re..”
* “...”
* “ . . .”
“. . .”
Susie blushed, and Kris did as well. They both slowed down a bit as they thought about it.. their thinking was interrupted as something other than the SOUL pushed Kris to pull her to the side under a tree, grabbing the side of her head and kissing the monster girl who’s been with them through thick and thin, in an impulsive moment.
..She stared wide-eyed at them for a good moment before she kissed back as best she could, not having.. much experience at all. After they kissed under the tree in the rain for a solid moment, the two separated slightly and caught their breaths, staring at each other.
* “. . .”
“. . .”
*”. . .”
“S-So. Do.. you.. WANT us to.. be..- something-??”
Kris gulped as their bright blush kept spreading over their face. They could only muster up a weak mutter.
* “I-I’m sorry. I.. I don’t know, okay? I.. we’ll figure it out later. But.. I don’t.. I don’t want to take you from Nelly, and.. e-er, Noelle.. and that’s.. maybe something.. we can all figure out at this sleepover, okay?”
“..Okay, you dork. Don’t just surprise me like that next time, though. Have some build up, sheesh! Never seen any romance shows?”
She snickered and shook them a little before leaning in and kissing Kris’s cheek just to catch them off guard (the kiss was more her just pressing her face against the side of theirs); they, in a silly/joking anger, pulled her along and looked at their phone so she wouldn’t see them turning bright red and tease them more for it.
NH: Done! All set up for you both, and waiting!
KD: omw now
NH: Alright, coming out to let you into the gate now!
They looked up as they came up to the gate, letting go of Susie’s hand as Noelle trotted up with a candy-cane colored umbrella. She looked like she’d been crying quite a bit, and she was a bit sluggish as she unlocked the metal gate and invited them under her umbrella. Kris huddled closer to her and Susie leaned over to stay as un-rained on as possible.
As they entered the house, Susie smiled- and Kris took the umbrella to shield Noelle and themselves from the Susiezilla shaking herself off like a dog. Eventually setting the umbrella aside next to the door as Noelle chuckled and led them both to her room quickly.