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Susie had to admit, she’s starting to regret going to the Dark world.
She pondered this as she sat in the back of class behind a clearly uncomfortable Kris. Meanwhile, Alphys was attempting to teach a lesson. Attempting, Susie added, because most of the class wasn't paying attention.
It wasn’t like she didn’t like the dark world; She loved it, in fact. It was a nice escape from the real world, and it did give her a friend. Kris.
After the dark world, she and Kris became instant friends. It made sense; they both didn’t have any friends, and they were relatively anti-social compared to the rest of the town. Since the dark world never opened back up, they started hanging out, inside and outside school. Hell, today they’re planning to watch movies at Kris’s.
But that’s where the trouble arose.
You see, disappearing into a closet for hours with a boy your age is bound to raise some questions, and that’s exactly what happened. People started spreading rumors as to what exactly when on inside the closet, with the most popular theory being that they, well, fucked.
Obviously, overhearing rumors of sex between you and your friend would bother you.
But, for some reason, it struck something deeper in Susie. She wasn’t sure why…
…Maybe it was because she was attracted to Kris?
The sound of the bell going off, signaling lunch, cleared her mind of such sinful thoughts. She followed Kris, who didn’t look any better off, as they made their way towards the cafeteria.
Kris wasn’t fairing any better. He was glad to finally make a real friend outside his family, but the allegations put a strain on their friendship. It started turning awkward between the two friends.
But, he too did also kind of like Susie, and not just as a friend.
He was torn away from his thoughts as Susie spoke up beside him. “So, uh... we’re still going ahead with movie night, right?”
“Oh, yeah. My mom’s going to be home late, so we’ll have the house to ourselves.”
“Cool. I got the snacks at my house, so uh, I’ll grab them after school.”
“Did you get the soda too?”
“Yes, you dork. I got your soda. You better have picked some good movies.”
“Define ‘good’.”
All Kris got in response was a light punch to his arm and a chuckle from Susie. Before they knew it, the chuckle turned into shared laughter between the two, as people looked on in worry.
Maybe things would turn out okay.
The two teens sat together in the cafeteria at one of the empty tables. Normally, she would’ve scared some people away from a table and sat there, but Kris had managed to calm her down a bit. Now she no longer yells at said people; she just stares at them, menacingly. Not much of an improvement, but it’s something.
As soon as they sat down, Kris whipped out his lunch bag and zipped it open. This time, he managed to get Susie a sandwich and some water. Not much, considering he’d been bringing slices of pie before.
“Damn, that it?”
“Yeah. Sorry I couldn’t bring more, my mom’s started to notice shit’s going missing.”
“It’s good, dude. Food’s food.”
This was their normal routine; Susie wasn’t able to bring her own lunch, or even buy anything, so he started bringing her food. She’s been happily eating anything he brings her ever since.
Slightly bored, and with an awkward silence starting to take hold, Kris decides to bring up their project. “Hey Susie? You remember that project we’re supposed to do?”
“What pro- oh. Oh shit.” Her eyes widened, and she almost looked pale as it dawned on her.
“Yeah. Thank god it’s due next week. We can probably throw something together this weekend.”
“As much as I hate doing homework, I don’t really want to fail, so sure. Your house?”
“Yeah, unless you feel like going to the Librarby.”
“Ew, Berdly’s there. Hell no.”
“Heh, thought so.”
The rest of lunch went on like this. They chat, ate, and occasionally checked their phones for anything interesting. It was a nice experience.
Well, until someone decided to interrupt their lunch.
“…but, yeah, that’s why I think Jevil is actually a gir-“
“HEY! YOU TWO!”
The two teens and the rest of the cafeteria stopped what they were talking about to find the source of the shout. It surprised neither of them when it turned out to be none other than Berdly. He was standing amongst a group of his friends, who had started breaking out into laughter.
“DID YOU TWO HAVE FUN IN THE CLOSET?”
Muffled laughter could be heard sparsely around them, but no-one was stupid enough to openly mock Susie.
Except for Berdly. Berdly was about to find out why you shouldn’t anger the buff dragon.
The whole atmosphere of the room changed as Susie suddenly stood up and faced the bird, who was now regretting every life decision leading up to this point.
“What the fuck did you just say bird-brains?”
She was only met with silence as the bird now sat back down and huddled with his comrades, who were equally terrified.
“WHAT THE FUCK. DID YOU SAY?”
Kris could only watch as the scene unfolded. He was glad that for once he was on Susie’s side during one of her confrontations, and a part of him kind of admired her for defending them both. But, he also did realize that if she did anything, she probably would be expelled.
Also, yeah, Berdly could get hurt. But he was more worried about Susie getting in trouble.
“You little shit. I’M GOING TO FUCKING RIP YOUR BEAK OFF YOUR FAC-“
Just as she was starting to move towards Berdly to do said horrible things to his beak, Kris had blocked her path with his arm. She looked about ready to rip the offending arm from its socket, but upon seeing it was Kris, stiffened up. He moved closer, put his hand on her shoulder, and went to whisper to her.
“Don’t do it Susie.”
“But-“
“Come on. Let’s just… leave. Go back to the closet or something.”
“…”
“Please. Do it for me.”
Finally, the homicidal dragon dropped her fists and sighed. The entire cafeteria looked on in awe as the quiet weirdo had somehow managed to calm down Susie, who’s rage was infamous for being relentless. They went back to their table, quickly packed up all their stuff, and went right for the exit.
Once they got to the closet, and settled, they sat in silence as they simply enjoyed each other’s company. Susie draped her arm around Kris and pulled him close.
“T-thanks, Kris...”
Kris heard a sniffle come from his dragon friend, and a sudden wet feeling on his shoulder confirmed his suspicions. She was crying.
He returned the favor by wrapping his arm around her and resting his head on her shoulder.
“Anything for you, Susie.”
They spent the rest of lunch like this, at each other’s side.