Why is he not doing ANYTHING?! He's just— justJUST SITTING THERE!

Is— Is he really

…Is he really

…He's got his head on his desk and he's going to SLEEP!?

How is he this— this, he's too Normal! Shouldn't he be too depressed to come to school, or at least really upset, or — or anything! You can't just confess and then pretend nothing happened! You're making it seem like I'm the crazy one! …Wait, did it really happen? Like, I didn't just imagine it, right? Maybe… maybe there was something in that punch!? Didn't Catti say something about adding a-

No, no no no no no! It must've happened. I remember it, I'd never imagine something like that! Kris really confessed to me! Without warning. And left meto figure out what to do afterwards! Shouldn't youtry to smooth things over!? Gosh, Kris! I guess SOME things haven't changed at all, huh!?

Why couldn't you like Susie instead?! Then you two could go out, and I'd be your friend! I'd have been finewith that! Even IF I was the third wheel! It'd have been better than THIS! What am I supposed to do now!? I can't go up to Susie and ask her! ‟I know I just turned down your best friend and you barely know my name but do you want to be my girlfriend?" I'd die! She'd roast me alive and eat me! Then she'dkill me!

It's all his fault! It wouldn't have gotten so weird if he didn't confess! Couldn't he have waited until I asked Susie out!? …Which was supposed to be two weeks ago, I Know! I was working on it… but now I don't know if I can even do it!Aaah- Why'd it have to come to this!? It's all your fault! Damn it- Why'd he even like me anyway?! He's a human, right? Aren't humans supposed to like other humans?! We can't even have children anywa- Did- is he snoring in class!? What the fruit cake Kri

‟N-Noelle? Are you okay?!"

‟…Oh, it's nothing, Miss Alphys."

‟U-uh, I-I mean, I don't judge students and- Y-You'll probably do fine even if you di-don't pay any attention Noelle, but-"

‟You were biting your nail very hard it started to bleed and, uhm, and—"

‟…Oh! Sorry Miss Alphys, I guess I just spaced out. P-Pfehehe-"


. . .

Haah

What hour is it by now? …Seven. He's not coming.

Obviously he wouldn't come. Not like he promised to come. He just came every Saturday.

He's not coming, which means it really did happen. He confessed. To me.

It's still hard to wrap my head around it. We're best friends for years and then suddenly we're strangers…Or, even worse…

It's not like I wanted to stop being friends. If he asked to forget about it, I would… It would be so nice, if we could just forget it…

…If I knew he wouldn't come, why did I even bake peppermint cookies for him? As an apology? Why am I the one who should be apologizing? It's his fault!

…Not like he chose to like me. Not like I chose to like Susie. Haah- it's all so tangled. At least sis doesn't know, because I'd never hear the end of it.

‟You liked a girl and her best friend liked you back? Pfeh— And I thought nothing interesting ever happened in Hometown," And on and on and on. And then she'd say something about trying it out, or something dumb like that.

…I still have that darn teddy bear on my bed. I thought he gave it to me because there was nothing else he wanted. Now I can't even look at it. I can't even look at a lot of things. It's so frustrating. He's not even here, but it's like he's left himself around my room… Even this picture smells like him.

I'd been crying a lot when this was taken. I remember I was really scared of the snow at first. Can you imagine? A Holiday, scared of snow?

I wanted to be a big girl back then, I didn't let anyone hold my hands, but when anything scary showed up I'd start bawling and holding to the first thing I could grab. I used to knock over a lot of stuff, then get even more scared. He found it hilarious. He'd grab my tail then run off. Then Dess would chase him.

You know, I have a weird dream about that day, when it snowed. I think it's a dream. I remember it clearly but it still seems so weird that I thought it was one of those memories I decided to make up as a kid. It's something my brain would have liked to have happened…

It starts with me waking up on the big couch in the living room, and it's cold and dark all around. The only thing I can see is the old TV playing a horror movie. At that point, I didn't know what 'movies' really were, so I was scared out of my mind, and I started looking around for anything to save me. I saw Kris sitting upright on the couch, staring in silence with a blanket over him. Against my better judgment, I came up and grabbed at him. I pulled on his big green shirt as hard as I could. I used to do that instead of using my words, like anyone would understand what I wanted. I don't remember if I said anything, or just let out a scared sniffle. I do remember that I didn't ask him to close the TV, turn on the lights, or even to leave the room… When we were small Dess told all of us that if you try to stop watching a movie, the monsters in the dvd's get angry, and when you go to sleep, they'll come out to get you. I think she just wanted us to stop turning them off.

This would be the time he'd place a hand on my back, or get something from under the couch, or flash his demon red eyes at me, or- or anything, I don't know. He always had something ready.

Maybe he did understand what I wanted, because he doesn't prank me. He just looks down to me crawled out on the couch, and puts the blanket over my head. Then he snuggles in really close. I was really scared at first, because the only reason Kris had even touched me back then was to put bugs on my back. But he didn't do anything, just stood there. It was really warm in that huge blanket, Kris always used to be really warm. He still is, it's because he's a human, but it was cozy, even if I was really scared. I think he smelled like apples, but I don't remember. And faintly, I think he said something, maybe. ‟Don't be scared", I don't remember, it feels surreal that he said anything. Kris was silent as a lamb back then, not that he's that talkative these days. I don't think I'd heard him say a full sentence before that. And then, I barely even remember, it's like fog inside a haze. But, I think I must have fallen asleep. No idea how, maybe we fell asleep resting on each-other. Maybe I rolled on the couch and he left. Maybe it never happened.
The next day I should've been scared that I fell asleep and the puppet would kidnap me, but when I woke up I was alone on the couch with the blanket over me, and the dvd player was empty. So it had to have been a dream.

Because, well, because it was Kris, and he hated me. He terrorized me every day. Why would he do that?

I'm starting to believe it might have been real. And not just that, but also, he might've had a crush on since back then. That's… What? Six years ago.

Really now Kris? Really? You tease and bully a girl for years then you're kind to her only when it's convenient for you? Then afterward you run away and pretend it never happened? Gosh, you're hopeless…

What girl would like that?!

…Not like I'm any better.

Haah

I've been sighing too much this week.

Why did you have to like me of all people?! There's nothing good about me. You should've liked Susie, or Catti. Or whoever! I don't care, Temmie! You chose the worst option. It's the worst for both of us. Why'd you have to be an idiot?

…Wait, what time is it? …IT'S 8:30 ALREADY?!

I-I Haven't even started!