Kris opened their eyes.
Ugh.....
Sunlight filtered through the window, and a quick glance at clock revealed it was the glorious time of 6 am. They felt tired. Despite trying to sleep early, they barely got any sleep thanks to their stupid insomnia. Kris reached up their hand to ruffle their hair. Probably was a mess.
With a sigh, they tossed over, burying their face in the soft pillow. Just five more minutes...
They shut their eyes, hovering in that annoying state of almost falling asleep but having a sliver of consciousness. Kris ended up lying down there for like, an hour, and they were about to flip over again when they heard the door click.
Quickly, they froze and pretended to sleep. Better for Toriel to think that they were asleep rather than struggling to even sleep at night. They hated that pitiful look she put on. The way her eyes crinkled and her mouth morphed into a sad frown.
"Kris...." she called out, softly. Her voice was always soft and not that different from the sound of jingling bells.
Kris didn't move a muscle.
"KRIS!!"
That was loud enough to snap Kris out of their sleep-not-sleep, and they tensed up.
Toriel sighed, but there was an air of amusement in it, and Kris could almost hear the smile in her voice. "Kris, if you do not wake up, we will be late for school! I'll wait outside for you, alright?"
They could hear Toriel's footsteps, sounding further away with every step. And the door clicked again, marking the official start of the day.
Kris rubbed their eyes and flipped over, hesitant. Whatever. They could try to sleep later. Sleep was for the weak anyways.
And so they stood up, trying their hardest to not look over at the other side of the room. Asriel's side.
Just the mere thought of his name formed a lump in their throat.
They threw on their usual sweatshirt (after a cautious sniff), ran into the kitchen and grabbed some buttered toast, and ran out the door, running to catch up with Toriel in the car.
Another day.
Another story.
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Walking into the class late was uncomfortable. I mean, it wasn't necessarily anything out of the ordinary, but still.
Alphys met Kris's eyes with the usual shock and hint of discomfort. They honestly didn't even know why Alphys chose a job involving so much contact with children when she obviously had no experience. Or really, control over any of them.
"Oh!...K-Kris, we thought you weren't coming today! We're doing a group p-project, so uh....please go find a partner.." she stuttered out.
Kris sighed under their breath and looked around. Everyone seemed to be talking to each other in groups. Even Temmie had...an...egg?? Eh, whatever, Temmie will be Temmie.
And with a dismissive sigh, Kris awkwardly went up to Noelle, the only person that they vaguely knew, and asked to be partners. 'Course, she rejected, saying Berdly had asked her already, and they had to keep themself from scoffing. Berdly?? Obviously, yeah, but still. Man, he really did have a crush on Noelle. Gross.
But they could worry about that later.
Noelle offered to ask Alphys about making a group of three, and they reluctantly agreed, waving their hand.
"Miss Alphys!! Um, is it ok if we have a group of 3??" She asked politely.
Berdly froze and whirled around, feathers flying as he widened his eyes. "Hey!! What?? No!! I do NOT approve of this, ABORT!!" he retorted, scooching himself away from the two. Kris could feel themself die just a little bit more inside.
Noelle started to protest, but Alphys cut her off, saying "Noelle, what were you saying?" She obviously looked confused by the whole ordeal, and Kris for once didn't blame her. Berdly smirked and called out "Noelle was just saying how we're FINE being alone!"
Noelle raised her hand to quietly interject, and despite being right next to her, Kris couldn't hear a thing she said. Her voice was practically silent; it would be easier to hear a pin drop in the class.
"Noelle, can you PLEASE speak up-" Alphys started, before the door slamming open interrupted her.
She froze, and so did everyone else, excluding Kris. Honestly, they didn't get why nobody was used to this by now.
Everybody knew who it was.
But nobody wanted to know.
---
Susie was fucking tired.
She didn't get much sleep. She could sleep, sure, everyone could fucking sleep, fuck off, she knew that, but the problem was staying asleep. Plus, apparently, she talked in her sleep, according to her father. So Susie avoided sleep despite loving it. She didn't want to fall asleep and say something that she wouldn't say conscious, thank you very fucking much.
Plus, she didn't get anything to eat for breakfast. Not really out of the ordinary; she and her father could barely afford clothes. But still.
She was also starving.
She angrily shoved her hands in her pocket. The bright sun peering behind soft white clouds didn't do much to improve her mood on her walk to school this morning. In fact, it just made her more pissed. How could the world look so fucking cheerful when everything was falling apart?
Fuck the world.
If the world was gonna hate her, then she might as well just shut herself off and hate it back.
And so here she was, standing outside of the door of her class. Hesitating. God, did her stomach ache. And fuck, did she want to just lay down and sleep. But it was too late.
Whatever, might as well let herself be known now.
And with as much energy she could muster, she grabbed the door handle and flung the door open.
All the chattering in the class halted to a stop, and every single eye in the class fell upon her. Like always. And there were the usual signs of fear. Berdly's stupid eyes widened and his feathers stuck out awkwardly. Noelle let out a quiet "eep!" and covered her mouth. Even Temmie cowered under her cap, using her hand to shield...a fucking egg.
But of course fucking Kris...
Kris simply glanced at the door with disinterest. Glanced at HER with disinterest.
Susie felt her blood boil.
She didn't know what was the fucking deal with Kris. The only thing she knew about them was that they were a nonbinary emotionless fucker who got driven to school by their "mommy", Miss Toriel. They were an outcast. So what?? Big fucking deal, so was Susie. But the thing that irked her the most about them wasn't the fact that they had no friends or that they needed their mommy to walk them to school. It was their fucking attitude.
Always looking at everyone with that creepy, empty stare. With their stupid oversized sweater that they wore every day. With their low, barely intelligible voice. With that little huff of air they let out at least once every class, the obvious air of annoyance in it. And of course, with their air of general disinterest of anything outside of their bubble.
What, did they fucking think they were TOO GOOD for friends?
Fucking asshat.
At least they had the chance to have friends. At least people tried to be nice to them. Susie never even had a chance. Nobody talked to her.
Yet Kris still acted like they were detatched from the world, floating in space. Ungrateful fucker.
Anyways, Alphys jumped and stared at her, forcing out a "..H-hi...Susie.."She looked incredibly uncomfortable and Susie scoffed under her breath. What a nerd.
Susie paused, feeling the tension mount slowly, just waiting for, wanting a reaction from Kris. But like always, nothing. Whatever.
She didn't care about them anyways.
"Am I late?" she muttered. Obviously, she fucking knew she was, she just wanted to push around Alphys a bit.
Alphys tensed even more and stammered "Ohh, n-no! You're fine! W-we were just...choosing partners for your group project....a-and..ummm..."
She trailed off, looking around. And her eyes fell on Kris.
The fucker themself.
"Um, S-susie. you're with Kris!!" she quickly continued, and Alphys's eyes immediately fell to the floor, nervous.
Kris.
Fuck, they were with them?
Susie scanned their face for any sign of annoyance, fear, hatred, fucking ANY EMOTION a sane person would have in response to being partners with her.
Nothing.
She narrowed her eyes (thought it probably wasn't visible because of her hair) and growled "..Great.." loud enough for that fucker to hear.
Alphys clapped her hands and said "G-great! Now that everyone's here, I'll write the assignment!"
She waddled clumsily to the blackboard and reached down before pausing. "Um.... h-has anyone seen the chalk?"
Nobody said a word, and Susie felt the weight of it in her pocket get just the slightest bit heavier. Whatever. Fuck Alphys and her stupid lesson, amiright?
Subconciously, or maybe to just keep her sanity, Susie tuned her out. Who cares. She was probably saying some bullshit anyways. 'Till she faintly heard Alphys say her name.
"-usie, s-since you came in last...why don't you go get it for me?.."
Susie filled in the blanks and assumed she probably had to go to the supply closet or something to get some chalk.
"..." Susie stayed silent, glaring into Alphys' eyes until she started to squirm. Only then did she roll her eyes and snarl out "...whatever"
She turned on her heel, rigid, walked out the door, and slammed it as hard as she could.
Whatever indeed.
---
"And K-kris, can you go with her and make sure she..uh...actually gets it? And um...stays out of trouble?" Alphys quickly added in a whisper after the door had been slammed.
They nodded absentmindedly, and the words only sunk in a couple seconds later.
Susie.
The snarling, furious purple lizard who managed to glare at everyone even with hidden eyes. The one who was surrounded by rumors whispered about her. The loner.
Susie.
That would be pretty...interesting.
So they slowly walked out the door, tense with what was either fear or anticipation.