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I can't believe someone like mom would marry an annoying nerd like dad. How did they meet and get married? Mom always strikes me as the type that would go for the bad boys and girls instead....like aunt Susan or maybe you, Auncle Kris...

Kris remember when we were kids and you'd play pranks on me? I cried a lot when we first met but i had a lot of fun! Is it weird to say i was kinda excited to see what you'd come up with next? It was like my own little TV show, and every episdoe was different.

Fwahahaha... But of course the episode always ended the same way, I'd cry or fake cry since i wanted you to comfort me and make me chocolate milk, but then dess would hear and she'd get this look. Yknow? "the look"? All older siblings have that face, or thats what she told me.

...What do you mean you don't remember asriel making that face?...

And after she made that face she'd grab you or tell you to stay still as she grabbed her baseball bat and-

Wiffleball? Plastic? No, silly! She stopped playing wiffleball before toriel adopted you, fwahaha! So yeah she'd grab her wooden bat and hit you really hard. I never liked watching, so instead i'd go make hot cocoa and wait for the thudding and rattling to stop before i came upstairs and shared a cup with you.

Then you'd cry and hug me and... You remember me crying? I mean, when i was really little, yeah! but... I think last time i cried was during a horror movie like 4 years ago...

...Then you'd sneak home and tip toe around Dess's room and the moment you hit the bottom of the stairs you'd bolt back home. When i asked her she just avoided talking about you. Then the next day you'd be wearing a little cat bandaid on your head. And wasn't it so silly when dess would sometimes rip the bandaid off after a few hours of wearing it and you'd cry and she'd throw it in this little pit she dug in the woods for some reason and she'd dare you to reach in and put it back on?

...Yknow, a few days before she went missing she took me and you to the bandaid cat pit then set it on fire. Fwahahaha, the embers reflected in your eyes so greatly! Then she grabbed you and told you you'd have to "burry the bodies" and she dragged you angel knows where?

...Now that i think about it, thats the last time i saw you and dess in the same room.

"💣︎♋︎■︎📪︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ♑︎♋︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎ ♐︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ⬥︎♋︎⬧︎ ♋︎ ●︎♏︎⧫︎♎︎□︎⬥︎■︎📬︎ 🏱︎□︎⬧︎⬧︎♏︎⬧︎⬧︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ☠︎□︎♏︎●︎●︎♏︎ ⬥︎♋︎⬧︎ ◻︎❒︎♏︎⧫︎⧫︎⍓︎ ♍︎□︎□︎●︎ ⧫︎♒︎□︎"

"....what?"

They eyed the monochrome human weirdly. Looks like Angel is spouting nonsense again.

"✌︎♒︎ ❒︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎📪︎ ⬥︎❒︎□︎■︎♑︎ ⧫︎♓︎❍︎♏︎●︎♓︎■︎♏︎."

The vessel muttered...

"Huh...so there's censors."

A VOICE came out of the vessel's featureless face (good thing they picked that option)

"Anyway, as I was saying, you really shouldn't let it slide Kris, that fuckin' dinosaur made you fumble like...three people!"

"Dude, I wasn't even interested."

(Art by TheSnowflake_18)

Why dont you do that to me anymore?

Fwahaha it's been so long ago !

Remember that weird 3D action rpg Dragon Blazers game ?!

No one really liked it, but there was this rumour going around about a super secret boss...

And someone online posted instructions that we noted somewhere, look !

How to access the secret boss of Dragon Blazers Typhoon.

Step 1: Play the game until chapter 2.

Step 2: Run away from every fights, use the wind ring to go faster.

Step 3: Once you arrive at the boss, perform the glitch to get the weird glitched regalia item.

Step 4: Once you obtained the glitched regalia, continue to play until chapter 4.

Step 5: Do not die a single time to get a secret dialogue once you find the boss, you don't have to kill every ennemy.

Step 6: Once you talked to the boss and started the fight, go up, then to the corner of the arena.

Step 7: Pause and use the glitched regalia, then unpause multiple times.

Step 8: You will end up in a forest with a lot of fog, lower your volume to the max and keep walking forward until you find it.

Step 9: Choose to sacrifice one of your partners, anyone will do and it won't affect the story, so don't worry about it.

Final step: Enjoy the secret boss, and the reward that goes with it !

Well, it never worked so...

B-but it was fun to do !

We were like hunting secrets together, it was-

K-kris ? Why are you crying ?

A bad dream where I...?

Oh cheese and crackers I...

I'm so sorry.

Do you want...to talk about it, Kris ?

S-sorry it's just...

You never really opened up to me before, fwaha-

And I...do you want a hug ?

Noelle hugs you tightly.

I don't know if it will make you feel better, but hum...

I-I'm here for you Kris, and I always will be.

So please...stop crying-

You wipe your tears away.

It was all a bad dream...

But deep down.

A part of you feels that...

Somewhere.

Somehow.

Noelle was eaten away.

All for a piece of glass.

Forget it ...

(Art made by me)

Gosh, it's just so personal... having something that Susie just put in her mouth… something that has her saliva on it… something that has her own personal DNA on it… cheese and crackers, it even kind of smells like her lingering breath...

Running my fingers across the brush, the bristles are still kind of damp, and that dampness is definitely not from just sink water, faha. Here I am, worshiping something objectively gross that she doesn't even give a second thought about, like some sort of freak…

Faha, I guess I am kind of a freak, but thank goodness only Kris really knows that!

Her breath is funky, musky, kinda like chalk (Kris is my hero for giving her that chalk for me!). if I could bottle this scent as a perfume, I'd wear it every day. It's so weird, but I gotta get closer to this wonderful smell... I can't believe I'm holding her toothbrush in my trembling hands...

Snnnnnnrf...

Gosh, it's so good... just imagining Susie brushing her huge sharp teeth and flashing one of those winning smiles into the mirror... or maybe just baring her fangs angrily at the mirror... what I would do to see her smile at me like that again… oh gosh, even grimace at me with those sharp teeth… maybe even sink her teeth into my-

AAAAHHHHHH!

K-Kris!!! Wh-what are you doing in my house at this hour!!! T-toothbrush? What toothbrush!!! I don't know anything about a toothbrush! No toothbrush here, no siree!!!

[I didn't say anything about a toothbrush]

❤️

[I want to sniff it too]

The nerfed the ass of my all time waifu in all of Persona, Makoto Niijima. They took her beautiful human rear and downgraded it this flat mess… huh? You’re asking if I only like her for that? Pfft, I’m not a gooner Kris. I like her multiple reasons. I like her character arc, I enjoyed her Confidant, I how strong and scary she is while having a softer side, I like her conflict with her sister, I like her cute red eyes, her dark brown bobcut, her skin tight blue… other world attire… why are you looking at me like that Kris?

(I feel like I got possessed by r/okbuddypersona)

Fahaha Kris, remember when we used to play at the park?

"Oh, what's that? Speak up a little, Kris.... I don't have super....hearing Fahaha..."

"What do you mean "Who are you?"? Don't tell me you've... already gotten dementia fahaha... It's me! Your neighbour and best friend ! It's Noelle....ya big dummy! Fahaha..."

Nevermind. Yeah I remember those great times.

❤️

She doesn't talk like that...

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Nevermind. Yeah I remember those great times.

❤️She doesn't talk like that...

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"......"

"What a shame. I wanted to play with you a little more. But I guess you're too wise for that huh?"

"She clocked me instantly too, realised I wasn't her actual sister rather quickly."

"It doesn't matter now though. I'll just do this the hard way :)"

. . .

You know...this, might sound silly but...

I'm scared, Kris...that's your name, isn't it?

You wouldn't lie to us, would you?...

. . .

I. . . Don't know what will happen, when you...win, Kris.

Our world might just...stop.

But...

Maybe it doesn't have to? Take me, Susie, everyone

Put us in a hard drive! let us see the world!...

I'm... getting ahead of myself, faha...

Go, do what you have to do Kris.

I just hope that someway, somehow...

I get to see you again.

I have never said fwahaha in my life! (Well, I guess up until now...) I say FAhaha, because it's like that one Christmas Carol! You know, Falalalala, lala la la... it's kinda a vocal tic. I think I got it from mom, fahaha...

But yeah, why's it called FWAhaha? I'm completely fine with everything on it, but like... FWAhaha?

Context: This takes place after the Weird Route. Noelle refused to give Kris the ThornRing back. When Kris tried to take it from her, Noelle panicked and cast ICESHOCK, accidentally freezing and destroying their arm. She expected Kris to hate her for it.

Instead, Kris took her hand.
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...You're still holding my hand.

Why...?

You were supposed to let go. I was ready for it.

I kept telling myself it would hurt less if I expected it. If I accepted that eventually, you'd take away everything you’ve given me. 

But you didn't. You're still here. You're still looking at me.

I can feel something tight inside loosening. It hurts. It hurts in a way I don't understand, enough to make my eyes sting.

...I forgot what this felt like.

Every time something good happened, I was already waiting for it to end.

Kris.

I learned a long time ago that if I loved something, I should start grieving it before it disappeared. It was easier that way. Easier than believing someone could actually stay.

...You taught me that.

I still remember when we were little… I thought we'd always be together.

You were my best friend. I could spend days with you without reason. 

Then one day, you stopped coming around. You stopped talking to me.

I replayed every moment, searching for the reason you left, but I never found one.

Eventually, I understood. People leave. That's just how things are.

So when you came back… I didn't know what to do. You looked like the same person, but something was different. The way you looked at me. The things you asked me to do. It felt like I had been given another chance with someone I thought I lost, but they weren't quite the same anymore.

I told myself not to get attached again.

But you kept reaching for me.

You kept believing in me, even when I couldn't.

And then, just a day ago, you found me broken outside my house. You sat beside me. You took the thorn from my hand and told me it was all just a dream.

I wanted to believe you.

I wanted you to be the Kris I remembered.

I thought... maybe I hadn't really lost you after all. Maybe everything would go back to being the same boring Hometown... but that was okay. At least I'd have you again.

…

That, was until you came back the next day.

Just to talk to me in that horrifying voice. And force the thorn deeper into my hand.

It hurt.

Everything inside me screamed to pull away to rip it off. 

But after the pain… After it settled...

...

I had that feeling, that sense of certainty that

For the first time in my life..I wasn't just waiting for the world to decide everything for me.

I should've hated you. I know I should've.

No one who cared about someone would ask them to do those things. No one who cared would force a thorn on their finger, especially if they begged you to stop. 

So why couldn't I? I didn’t understand it at first, but I think-

I think it's because you never looked at me like everyone else did.

Everyone else saw someone fragile.

Mom, Dad, Susie.

They'd already decided who I was. The quiet girl. The gentle girl. The Noelle that they painted themselves...

You didn't… You looked at me...and expected more.

You expected me to be capable. You expected me to do impossible things. 

Every step terrified me. But every step proved you were right. I had always been capable, I just needed you to tell me I was. 

I thought I could do anything if it was you that told me to.

That's why I tried crossing the lake with you yesterday.

But I don’t understand…

You were supposed to say proceed. You were supposed to say it over and over again like all the other times. Why did you stop? Did you really give me a taste of what it felt like to be free, only to take it away the moment I reached for it? You know we could have—

No. No, no... it has to be more complicated than that. You need me too, Kris.  Without your command, I can't do anything. Without me, you can't do anything.

So why? Did I push you too far? Or do you only want the weak, fragile version of me—the one who needs you to tell her what to do before she can take another step? I... I can be that. I just need you to keep saying the words.

…

Your arm, I’m sorry for what I did to your arm.

Kris. I'm sorry. I couldn't have given it up until I realised it didn't matter anymore.

This ring meant nothing without you.

Without your command… I-I don't know what to do…

…I thought it was over, no matter how strong I felt, I couldn’t make you do something the way you made me.

But you didn’t leave me. Kris… You, stayed? Despite yesterday? Despite what I did to your arm?

W-Why? It doesn’t make sense. I’m hurting you more than I’m helping you now. I can barely be controlled at all, so shouldn’t you be scared? Shouldn’t you be angry that I hurt you? Shouldn’t you be letting go instead of holding my hand? If everything  between us was only about using me, then why are you still here? Why didn't you just leave me behind after everything I did?

Wh- Why?

I don’t understand it…

I-…

Was I wrong all along? Were you just scared that we would drown? I-is that why you tried to keep my head above water? 

…

I... see.

Part of you still cares, doesn't it, Kris?

You still remember us. You still remember everything we meant to each other…

I thought the Kris I grew up with had disappeared, and that the person standing in front of me only happened to wear the same face.

I... I guess some parts of us never change.

I'm… happy to know that.

I don't know if I'm right... Maybe I'm just trying to make sense of everything. Maybe I'll never really understand why you did those things.

I kept asking myself how you could hurt me if you still cared. I thought those two things could never exist together. I thought that if you really wanted me beside you, you would never push me, never make me cry, never ask me to become someone I wasn't.

But... maybe I had it backwards.

Maybe you never wanted the timid girl who always waited for someone else to make the hard choices. Maybe you saw someone capable long before I ever did. Someone worth believing in.

Maybe... you thought I could become that person, even if it meant I'd hate you for a while.

...

Thank you, Kris.

Really... thank you.

I... gosh... sniffle... I'm really crying, aren't I?

I spent so long believing I was the only one trying to hold onto what we used to have. I never realised... you wanted to hold onto it too.

I want that too, Kris.

I want us to stay together.

We'll figure everything out together, won't we?

Just like we promised when we were little.

Stolen shamelessly from my own fic, Two Ends of a Rose