MK is feeling a bit under the weather.

(I swear that as I stated to write this summary I didn't have the intention of punning with the tittle but now that I have... XD I'll keep it)

insert some steven universe, joke-flirting and pranks and you had your chapter.

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Chapter 37: A Storm Lingers in the Horizon

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You laid on your bed wanting to keep the whole world out and away from you but even so much as glancing at the calendar on the wall made you queasy. The day was drawing near. You had almost forgotten but it was still coming.

Five days…

That's how long you had to get yourself fully mentally prepared to visit her. It seemed so little time…

A part of you hoped she would look back at you for once. Every other part of your being knew she wouldn't. She hadn't in the past soon to be three years. Knowing that made your heart feel heavy and you just wanted to sleep your last free 'vacation' day away. You would be returning to work the next day and that didn't help you lift your spirits at all.

It's going to be ok. You know you can count on me if it gets too overwhelming. Rajani said.

Thanks.

You were interrupted by a knock on the door. Well… not really a knock. More of a thud. And then the voice of MK spoke out.

"Yo, Miranda! Can I come in?"

You really weren't in the greatest mood to entertain anyone but decided to make the effort of socializing.

"Sure. Come on in." Then you lamely realized that he would have some trouble opening the door with his teeth since the knob was round. "Wait. I forgot I locked it. Let me go there instead." You lied so as not to hurt his meager child pride over the fact that he had no arms.

"Thanks!" Mk said as you opened the door and you noticed you weren't the only one feeling a bit off today.

"What's up, sweetie? You seem a bit sad." You asked, kneeling to his level.

"O-oh! It's nothing. I'm fine!" He quickly replied, which only further cemented that he wasn't fine.

"Liar." You smiled at him tenderly. "But if you don't want to tell me it's ok."

"… Thanks."

"So, what do you want to do now?" You ask feeling a bit awkward.

Most of your stuff was still in boxes and you really didn't have much stuff to do there in the first place but he didn't seem to care, snuggling close to you in your bed. You wrapped your arm around him.

You decided to grab your computer and opened YouTube, and you laid there watching Pewdiepie's funny moments montage of him getting scared in horror games. It had a lot of swear words but even you knew that kids probably heard a lot worse at school. You knew you did when you were young. MK slowly began to relax and looked less sad.

Someone knocked on the door to your room again, this time actual knocking.

"Yes?" You call out, pausing the video.

"Miranda, is MK there? It's almost time for him to go to school." Toriel said from the other side.

"He is but…" You looked at him and he stared up at you pleadingly. "…I don't think he is feeling up to it right now."

You knew it wasn't the responsible thing to do but, dammit, you would not force him to go to school when he was feeling so under the weather.

Toriel opened the door a bit to peer inside and, when she saw you with Kid and how sad he looked she finally replied.

"Indeed, he does not look too well. I shall tell Frisk and Flowey to go on alone and call the teacher. I'll leave him to you for now. Undyne said she needed to talk to me about something."

With that said she closed the door again and left. You were pretty sure it wouldn't be long until she started on her baking to cheer MK up. You cuddled MK up further and turned your attention back to the screen.

"Have anything in mind for what you want to watch next?" You asked.

He seemed to ponder on it for a bit.

"Perhaps a cartoon series?"

"Avatar?"

"I don't want to finish watching it without Frisk, though."

"Hmm… Steven Universe? But then again you might want to watch that with Frisk too."

"What's that one about?"

"It's about a kid named Steven who is a hybrid between humans and an alien species called gems that are based on real life gemstones. He goes on adventures as he tries to get a grip on his own gem powers."

MK pondered for a bit.

"Let's watch it." He said at last.

"Ok."

You opened a new navigation window and searched for your preferred online cartoon site. With a few more clicks you finally reached the first episode of the first season. Wow, you hadn't remembered how drastically different the Gems used to look. You sang along the intro song merrily as MK watched enraptured.

Steven Universe might initially look like the stereotypical fluffy cutesy cartoon for kids but it actually tackled serious subjects a whole lot too. Morality, right and wrong, loss, friendship and a whole lot more.

By the third time the intro played MK actually sang it along with you.

You were interrupted by more knocking and Undyne peeked inside.

"Hey, finished talking with Toriel?" You asked.

"Yeah… Are you alright, MK?" She asked seeming very much concerned.

"I'm fine."

"Ok… Can I talk to you for a moment?" She asked, uncharacteristically shy.

You smiled a bit, guessing at what she wanted to talk to him about, before looking back down at MK.

"You can go. I'll pause the video."

"… ok."

You paused the video as MK stood up from your arms. You decided to leave your own room for their sake instead of forcing them out, but once outside you had no idea where you wanted to go.

Were they still watching that awful documentary downstairs?

You decided you'd join Toriel in the kitchen. If she wasn't in the kitchen then you would just attempt at some baking by yourself. You were craving sugar induced endorphins a whole lot.

Fortunately, she was in the kitchen and so was Sans. You paused on the entrance to the kitchen, unsure if you wanted to interrupt. Toriel might not have romantic feelings for Sans, but if he did have them for her -like you suspected-, you were pretty sure he would appreciate some alone time with his lady friend. One sided feelings, be it crush or actual love, suck balls by norm.

Just as you had finally decided to back away Toriel noticed you.

"Come on in, my child! Did you need something?"

You blushed at being caught staring but, looking at Sans, he didn't seem to mind you joining them much… or he had a heck of a poker face. You decided to come in.

"I was thinking of baking." You admit. "I'm craving something sweet."

"Oh! That's a great idea! We need to celebrate too, so something sweet would be wonderful!" Toriel commented cheerily, immediately starting to take out some cookbooks.

"Oh. Are we continuing yesterday's celebrations?" You asked walking to her side to watch what she was doing.

"That too, but we will also be celebrating MK getting a new family."

"Oh! She finally asked you about it? I was wondering when she would."

"You knew about it, my child?" Toriel asked you, surprised.

"I, uh…" You started uncertainly. "Don't tell her but I sort of… nudged her? …a tiny little smudgy bit into doing it?"

Both monsters simply stared at you, flustering you even further.

"L-look! I just though… Well they were all getting along together… you know, like a family should! And MK already liked Undyne. Undyne was looking at MK like she was seeing her future children and Alphys seemed to get along with him too, so…"

Both of them burst laughing at your blubbering.

"W-what!?" You demanded as they went on laughing.

"you convinced undyne to adopt mk?" Sans asked after calming down. "so what!? why are you acting like you committed a crime?"

"Indeed, my child. I apologize if we made you feel insecure by our staring but you don't usually stutter and it was a complete surprise to us that you, as you put it, 'nudged' Undyne into thinking of adoption. You mostly keep to yourself."

You felt instant relief at that but you didn't trust the feeling completely. You had long stopped taking for granted that people wouldn't call you manipulative.

"Thanks. I just saw how obvious it was and just had to do something, so… They would have eventually reached the same conclusion anyway. I just… pointed out what was already there… look, let's just forget I ever said anything." You practically begged them.

"whoa, kid, chill down. you're actin' like we are going to burn you at the stake or something."

"S-sorry." You apologize lamely, completely missing Sans' cooking pun.

Sans frowned at your uncharacteristic behavior but Toriel didn't seem to mind much.

"It's quite alright, my child. What do you have in mind for today's baking?" Toriel asked you.

"No idea. I just wanted something sweet…" You see Toriel flipping her cook book to a very appealing page. "Is that a recipe for raspberry pie?!"

Toriel chuckles a bit.

"I take it you like raspberries."

"Sure do!"

"well why didn't you say so? I have a raspberry right here." Sans said.

You were suspicious of his tone of voice but still turned to look at him.

"Oh yeah?" You asked.

"yup." He said, and then proceeded to blow you a raspberry.

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With a very cyan colored tongue that seemed to be made of a solid-jelly-like substance that seemed to emit a very faint glow.

You couldn't help but blush and get flustered at the sight of it. Rajani didn't hesitate to act, though. As you were still wondering why the heck you were blushing like a school girl, Rajani took over and sauntered towards him with a fiercely challenging expression in her eyes.

"Oh, my! How shall I eat this raspberry? It seems very much attached to your face." She purred at him. "Do you mind if I just gobble it up whole anyway?"

Now it was Sans' turn to blush and fluster, immediately slurping his tongue back inside.

"n-no thanks. i think i'd rather keep it for someone special."

"Thought so, Cueball!" With that Rajani went back next to Toriel, giving you back your control.

Raj… why? You said, blushing even further as you add out loud. "Sorry about Rajani!"

To keep him and Toriel from noticing how flustered you were about something that usually only annoys you.

You pondered for a second.

Whoa! You're right. That's odd. I never react this way. Weird…

C'mon, thank the all-knowing Raj. You know you want to.

Ok, fine! Thank you. You smiled at her sassiness.

Rajani mentally smirked back at you before she let you concentrate on helping Toriel.

It didn't take long for you to notice that certain items were disappearing from where you left them and reappearing some place completely different. Toriel noticed it too. You two shared a look filled with plotting and mock revenge.

"It appears I forgot to take one ingredient out for the pie dough!" Toriel said while covertly handing you a napkin full of flour.

"Oh? What is it?" You asked leaning towards her as if to read the cook book and took the chance to grab the napkin from her and shoving it inside your apron's pocket.

"This one here." She pointed to the baking sugar you were sure had already been placed on the counter but was 'inexplicably' missing.

"Oh! The baking sugar. Where is it kept? I'll go grab it for you."

"Oh, just inside that cabinet over there!" Toriel pointed to a cabinet near Sans. "Thank you, dear child."

"You're welcome!" You walked towards the cabinet and made a show out of searching for the sugar there, trying not to lay it too thick lest Sans start to doubt the veracity of your actions.

"Oh! Never mind. I found it, my child."

"Oh? Where?" You asked straightening from the crouch you were in, taking the chance of slipping the folded napkin out of your pocket without Sans noticing.

"It was right here all along, it seems. This is starting to get ridiculous!" Toriel said with an annoyed edge to her voice.

"Indeed!" You started strutting past Sans as casually as possible only to let the half way unfolded napkin fall on his skull, flour spreading everywhere over him.

Sans coughed and sneezed at all the flour that entered his nose hole and mouth for a bit before good naturally tossing some of the flour on top of his skull at you.

Your flour battle was interrupted when Undyne reentered the kitchen with MK in tow. You didn't want to cause an all-out battle while trying to cook a raspberry pie so when she asked what you were doing you said you were 'making it snow' on Sans' skull. She took your word for it.

Then again, she was more interested in sharing the latest good news.

"Good news, punks! I'm a mom now!" She said.

"Congrats!" You said, this time meaning it wholeheartedly instead of just as a reflex.

You then turned towards MK, noticing that he no longer seemed to be so moody. Had he been worried because Undyne and Alphys had told everyone they would be moving out and thought they were leaving him behind? It sure seemed like it had been the case.

"Are you feeling better now, MK?" You asked. You felt somewhat flattered that he had seeked comfort with you out of the whole household.

"Yes!" He said cheerfully.

"We're going to go announce it to everyone else!" Undyne took hold of Kid and dashed off with her new 'quest'.

You couldn't help but smile at their antics, hoping that the days remained as happy and simple as this one.

But deep down you knew that a storm could devastate your peace of mind at any moment.

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EN:

Sans used flirt.
It was super effective.
Miranda's defense fell.

Rajani used flirt.
It was super effective.
Sans fled the battle.

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