Krystal was fixing herself some breakfast with music playing from her headphones. The smell of bacon, eggs, and toasted bread filled the house. She should get to gardening today. Walking to her single table, she looks out the window to see the forest. The clouds seemed darker than yesterday. It's going to rain soon.

Well, at least she won't have to water the garden, only clean it up a bit before going grocery shopping. Looking down, listening to the songs playing in her ears, she ate in silence. Silence was something she couldn't stand. She's surrounded by it. It devours her entire home. After finishing her meal, she placed everything into the sink to wash later. Krystal pulls on some stained jeans and an old shirt before getting her supply bucket.

For half the day she was deadheading the old blooms and dropped the heads into the bucket. She was in the middle of pulling weeds out of the flower bed when voices caught her attention. She looked up to see a goat-lion monster that was almost like Asgore but they were feminine looking. It was definitely a female. The fur on her long white ears was slightly curled. The fur behind her head was more hair like and wavy with cured ends.

She was regal looking with the gold banded small white horns. Her gentle eyes were a beuatiful violet. Like a shade from one of her flowers. She wore a high collared Purple shirt with a white flower pattern followed by a pale grey skirt. When she noticed the girl, she froze. "Oh! I'm sorry. I was walking through the forest and well... I saw this garden and just had to get a closer look."

Krystal smiled a bit while untying the small ponytail holding her hair back and slipping off her gloves. She turns around and grasps the hand the monster held out. "It's fine. I'm happy when people appreciate my flowers." The monster's eyes widened but she shook the human's hand anyway.

"W-what's your name, child?"

"Krystal." This seemed to make the monster relax. "You?"

"Toriel. I'm a teacher at the monster school." She looked around with curiosity. "There are so many types of flowers that were never seen by us monsters before." She crouched in front of a lily type flower that was orange like the sunset with brown spots speckling the curled out petals, cupping the blossom with her large paws. "What is this one called?"

She picked up her bucket up and passed by to dump the dead plants into the garbage can. "That is a tiger lily. Do you like it?"

Toriel nodded and stood back up. "It reminds me of the first thing we saw when coming to the surface. A beautiful sunset."

"Careful. If you sniff it, you might get some fake freckles." The monster pulled her face back quickly while Krystal started to laugh. "I'm kidding. It's only a superstition people have. A tiger lily

represents pride and confidence. Nobility is also associated with nobility so it's interesting how you were drawn to it." Toriel looked at the flower with wonder.

"I had no idea that there were meanings for flowers."

"My boss, Bailey, knows more than I do. I just know the ones for my favorites." She shrugged. "I'm going shopping now. It was great meeting you Miss Toriel." Watching the monster leave, she felt her chest warm with happiness. She had made another friend. Monsters were so kind compared to humans.

She goes inside to change into clean clothes to wear on her shopping trip. A green hoodie, yellow shirt, and faded jeans. She always liked those colors along with her usual pastels. She didn't want any of her nice clothes dirtied.

Krystal walks up and down the tea aisle but there was nothing. No butterscotch flavored packets anywhere. She lets out a defeated sigh while leaving the area to go pay for her items. She ignored the stares she got. She had to or else she would make things worse.

Don't feel happy. Don't feel sad. Do't feel anything. Hopefully this time the mantra works.

She pays without any trouble, only giving a smile to the teen cashier before leaving. They don't know her outside of the rumors their parents probably tell so they're always wary around her. She walks up the sidewalk until she finds the start of the dirt road. The monster settlement was just a hike away. Maybe Asgore would give her the recipe or whatever he used to make tea.

Taking a deep breath, she made her decision. Krystal walks the road. It didn't take long for her to regret the choice. The drive in the car was faster than this. Walking was going to take forever. She sighs and zips up her hoodie half way to prevent drag, and changed her troll to a run. The wind blows through her hair as she placed her headphones on and clicking her genre. She was feeling Pop today.

Running was nice. If she goes fast enough, it will feel like she was flying. Her feet hit the ground in rhythm to the songs that played. She was so caught up in her music that made her little world that she didn't notice the upcoming buildings. She definitely didn't notice the body appearing before her either until her nose smashed into the person's chest. Krystal fell backwards and landed on her rear.

Sans the skeleton was standing in front of her. "wow kid. we seem to cross paths a lot lately." The human girl narrowed her eyes before letting out a breathy laugh. He hold out a hand to help her up and chuckles when her eyes check for a buzzer or another whoopee cushion. "you look to be in a hurry to get somewhere."

Krystal took his hand and slipped her headphones down to hang around her neck once more. "Well. Walking will take forever so i decided to run." She watched his eye lights flicker up and

down as he took in her outfit.

"nice get up."

"It's just d-disposable attire in c-case i ruin it." She smiled bitterly and laughed at her own stuttering. Sans got a unreadable expression on his face and she can only tilt her head. "W-what?"

"ruin it how?"

"I often f-fall when i'm in town..." by getting pushed "...and that leads to my jeans either being ripped and my shirts getting all covered in d-dirt." It's the truth, just not all of it. She steps around him to continue her trek towards the direction of the manor. Sans followed her quietly. She can't pinpoint the male at all. He can be comical, he can be scary, and he can be very perceptive if him eyeing her every move was anything to go by. Maybe he is just paranoid about humans.

Or maybe he knows what you really are.

The sudden echoing voice of her subconscious made her freeze mid step, eyes flashing with red fear, and her grounded leg buckling. She fell flat on her front. Great. Well that's one way to show what she said was true. She could hear him chuckling somewhere nearby. "wow. i know i'm handsome but there's no need to fall for me so soon."

She pushed her upper body up and sent a withering glare while tears prick at her eyes. "hey now. no need to cry kid."

"I'm not! I just..." She rubs at her face furiously with her sleeve, her face burning up. "N-nothing. I'm not telling you."

They reach the manor and she politely knocks. Asgore answers the door just like before and smiles down at her. Something about it was off though. It's completely genuine yet strained. Then she remembered. Based off their first encounter, she looked like someone he knew. "Miss Krystal? What do I own the honor... I see you met Sans on your way."

Oh gosh, she didn't think of what she was going to say! "I um... You see... Uh..." She fumbled for a complete sentence while her face grew increasingly redder by the second. "Tea!"

"tea?" Sans snorted behind her.

"Y-yeah...I went shopping today and...wait... where was her bag? She turned around quickly only to see sans holding it up.

"your a bit absent minded aren't cha?"

She huffed and continued her earlier sentence. "I was searching for that tea you served me and couldn't find any in stock at the market. So i came here to ask where you got it or if it's a recipe." She mumbled. The large monster chuckled and placed a heavy paw on top of her head, ruffling

her short hair. It was such a casual gesture. A fatherly one that made her feel at ease with him. Without realizing it, her eyes had flickered to the ruby shade of happiness. Asgore stood to the side and let her in.

Demons can only enter the houses which they are invited into.

It's polite to wait until given permission.

Her negative thoughts were being quite loud today but she tries to push them back. Her hand grips a cylinder in her pocket. Hopefully she won't need them. The living room and surfaces had the carnations neatly placed. She touched one that was on the table between the kitchen and dining arches. "Very nice placement. Good job." She caressed some of the golden petals. and thought of their meaning. 'Mercy' She whispers inaudibly before following Asgore into the dining area.

She glanced behind her just a second to see that Sans had that unreadable expression once more. His eye light were dimmer and his grin had a flat look to it. This guy... is incredibly unpredictable and hard to understand.

Sans had saw it. Twice since the time he teleported in front of her to now. He analyzed her behavior and speech patterns. The way she interacted with others. His suspicion caused him to pop in around er area to just watch. He was only out selling hot dogs in the human park when he saw her walk out of the forest where he now knew her home was located.

Her innocent choice of colors unnerved him slightly. He was not the only one though. Many of the humans living in that town always looked at her with varying expressions. Fear, worry, contempt, distrust, hate. And yet she never acknowledges them. What has she done to be shunned. During her job, she interacted positively with only two people. Her boss and a local singer.

Sans would just let it go after a week but his paranoia just kept nagging at the back of his skull. Why was she disliked? When he saw her running with her groceries down the road towards the monster settlement, he needed to make sure that she didn't intend any harm. He can only gain so much information by just observing.

While speaking to her, he noticed that she often stuttered. Not as bad as a certain lizard but Krystal's was prominent in certain topics. Topics usually dealing with herself. It just made him more suspicious. Who was she? Then it happened. She froze during their walk and her eyes were a vibrant red like before, if only for a moment. And then a different shade with Asgore. It was all strange.

He watched still as she sat down at a chair and was offered fresh tea even though she only came to get some to take home. The interaction between them was casual and she seemed at ease. That might just be the king's kind soul aura though. He looked at the choker necklace that the human always wore and could't help but be curious about it. Was it a lucky charm to her?

He looked towards her chest and narrowed his eyes slightly. He can't see even her aura. She was far too closed off to even catch the faintest of color while Asgore's pastel green soul made his chest illuminate for those actually using soul sight. The older monster glanced at him and shook his head. A silent order to stop prying.

Which he obeyed.

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