Chapter 1
Oh God
I got out of bed, feeling tired from the late talk with Destyni about her nightmares. I got dressed in a black t-shirt, black denim jeans, black and red sneakers, and I threw a red, open, button-up long sleeved shirt on top. I turned around to head for the door, and saw Destyni lying in bed. My bed. A million thoughts raced through my head, most of them leaving me slightly uneasy. She didn't seem to have woken, so I quietly walked out through the door. I walked over to Sans' room, because he's usually awake earlier in the morning. "Hey, Sans?" I said quietly.
"hm? oh, hey Calib! what's up?" Sans said.
"So I woke up, got dressed, turned around, and saw Destyni lying in my bed. So, the first thought that went through my head was 'oh my God, why is she here?' She seemed to still be asleep, so I walked out, but then I thought, 'Wait… was that hug last night just a friendly hug, or something more from her perspective?'" I said.
"why did you hug her last night?" Sans asked.
"We were talking about-" I cleared my throat. Sans nodded. "Yeah. We were talking about aforementioned problems, and before she went to bed, we hugged. So…" I trailed off uncertainly. I heard steps in the hall.
"so… what's the problem? she probably feels safer around you. you're older, can use magic… so what's the problem?" Sans pointed out.
"Good point… thanks Sans." I said.
"no prob." Sans said. "seeya 'round." And with that, I walked out.
"Look, Frisk, I'm sorry, but you need to stop flirting with me! It's getting kinda old, and there's no need for it anyways!"
"Fine!" And Frisk walked out of Asriels room.
"Umm… Asriel?" I said, and peeked my head into his room.
"Come on in Calib!" He said.
"What was that?" I said as I walked in.
"Frisk won't stop flirting with me, even though we're already un-official boyfriend/girlfriend." Asriel answered.
"Oh, well that su-Hang on I gotta answer this call." My phone started ringing while I was talking.
I went downstairs and answered it, feeling worse with every phone call.
"What is it, Calib?" Asriel asked when I got off the phone, finally.
"I just got simultaneously fired and laid-off. The place also closed for one of them." I said with a heavy heart. My phone made the notification sound. I looked at it and it said:
Renew Netflix now!
"I give up." I said. I dropped my phone on the floor and walked over to the bar, and grabbed an alcoholic drink out of the fridge. I opened it and started taking large sips. Yes, I can digest human food and drink. It's magic. Don't question it.
Asriel picked up my phone, after the stupid thing hit the wrong app. "Oh no… I need to tell mom." Asriel said, and dropped the phone, just as it started ringing.
xXx
I walked into my room, noticing Destyni was gone, and changed my shirt, because I spilled my drink on it. I heard a creak, and felt a light touch on my spine. I turned around and saw Destyni.
"H-hey Destyni, why are you in here?" I said nervously.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were changing." She said, and started to walk out.
"No, no, stay! Tell me why you came in here." I said.
"O-okay…" She said awkwardly. She was staring at a wall.
"C'mon, Destyni. You have to get used to this if we're gonna be a couple." I said jokingly.
"Wh-what!?" Destyni said, blushing a bright red. "I love you like family!" I could tell she was lying.
That got me thinking: I was kinda scared to think I loved her, like she loves me.
"I was joking." I said, laughing.
"Oh, ok." She said. I could feel her relief.
The extra bone plating on my face opened up. I looked at her, after throwing on another black shirt and my red shirt. "So. Why did you come talk to me? Why couldn't you go to Sans, or Asriel, or Toriel?" I said.
"Because it directly involves you." She said. "I wanted to know… can I sleep in here at night? I only get nightmares about that stupid talking yellow flower in my room, not yours."
"Were you planning on sleeping in your bed, or my bed?" I said.
"Your bed." Destyni mumbled, embarrassed.
I immediately thought, Oh my God, oh my God. Nervously, not excitedly. "That's okay. I guess." I said. I hugged her real quick. "Seeya." I walked downstairs just as Asriel, Frisk, and Chara left for school. "Bye! Have a good day at school!"
"Bye!" Chara said.
"Bye, Calib!" Frisk said, and winked at me. I was genuinely confused.
"Bye bro!" Asriel said.
I guess this is a good time to describe what people look like today. Destyni is blond, has beautiful brown eyes, and fair skin. She is wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt, and some shorts. She doesn't wear shoes around the house, unlike me. She has online college. I'm fairly tall, shorter than Papyrus, and have red eyes. My magic color is red. I have weird extra bone on the outside of my skull, so it's like a mask that I can put on and pull off, but it stays hinged on my skull. Asriel is wearing a purple plaid open button shirt on top of a black shirt with the royal family symbol on it, with blue jeans and black sneakers. Chara and Frisk are wearing what they usually do, their striped shirts, skirts, etc. Everyone else is wearing normal apparel. Papyrus walks in.
"CALIB? ARE YOU OKAY? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SICK!" He said.
"A lot of stuff has happened recently. I lost all my jobs, for one." I answered.
"EVEN THE NEW ONE?" He said.
"Yup. The place closed due to… lemme remember… oh, and I quote, 'Bodily fluids started leaking out of the animatronics'. This is apparently the second time this happened. Even in 2018 'Freddy Fazbear and Friends' still always has catastrophic problems." I said.
"WELL, THAT STINKS! DO YOU WANT ME TO GET YOU ANOTHER JOB?" Papyrus asked, worriedly.
"Nah, it's okay, Pap. I'll find a job on my own." I said. I picked up my phone from its spot on the floor, and looked at my website, to go and look for hate. The first one I found, which was surprisingly hard to find, said: 'lel u nub u cant even make a decent website :P.' I replied with: 'Try to spell and learn grammar, dude. Then come back.' My website is a blog, where people ask about us monsters. The first actual question was: 'how do monsters reproduce?' I responded with: 'Here's Sans on the subject: mmmmagic. Yup, that's Sans.' I did actually hand the phone to Sans to answer that question. Another question was difficult to answer. It was: 'Was it relieving to finally leave the underground? I asked Sans for that one. He replied with: 'sans here. yes. i got to go back to somewhere i loved.' And there you have it.
"Hello, Calib?" I heard Toriel say from behind me. "What is that?" And she hit one of the apps on my phone. It went to a real-estate company website.
"Wh-how do you know about that?!" I said and moved my phone away.
"Me." Asriel said. "It opened when you dropped your phone this morning."
"I didn't even notice you came back from school!" I said.
"So are you planning to move?" Toriel said sadly.
"No! I was trying to buy a nice house for my friend from work. That I now have no more of. I was both fired and laid-off from all my jobs. Even the new one." I said.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have assumed!" Toriel said, and covered her mouth.
I sighed. "That's ok. Just don't look at my stuff-" I glared at Asriel, who is 8 years younger than me. He looked ashamed. "-and remember that my business is my business, not yours." I said.
"Sorry…" Asriel said.
"I'm sorry Calib." Toriel said.
I heard a screaming. "DESTYNI!" I yelled, and ran upstairs into her room, to find her writhing in bed. I tried to wake her up. "Destyni! Wake up!"