Chapter 18: An argument

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A week has passed since the incident happened. Red seems to be more distant from the Classic's and avoids certain topics and situations. It started to feel awkward around both of them, and it feels like they went back to square one. Red started feeling scared again, uncomfortable, and it seems like the progress Classic made, was erased.

"YOU'RE UP EARLY TODAY RED, GOOD MORNING!" A small grumble left Red's mouth as he rubs his eye sockets "..mornin" He sat down on the couch, across where Papyrus sits. Papyrus moves next to him "..DID YOU SLEEP WELL LAST NIGHT?" Red moves away from him, he looks away "..kinda" Papyrus tilted his head to get a better look at his face "HMM, YOU SEEM TIRED" A loud sigh was heard from Red "im fine."

Papyrus was used to his brother saying that, but sometimes it's not true. So he decided to ask "ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OK?" A small sigh of annoyance left his teeth "i said im fine-!" Suddenly, a sharp pain struck in his head, making him close both his eyes and hiss in pain "my head just hurts a little, ok?" Papyrus worriedly looks at him as Red moves away "..WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT OR DRINK? I COULD GET A MEDICINE FOR YOU" Papyrus saw Red shook his head "..no need" He mumbled. Papyrus was about to say something but he heard him mumble something so he stopped "..stop acting like ya care, i know yer just using me.." Papyrus raised an eyebrow and slowly moved a little closer "..just shut up.." Papyrus placed a hand on his shoulder making Red flinch. He quickly acted on instinct and slapped his hand away which surprised Papyrus. Red realized what he did and quickly looked up, his face screams fear and worries "p-papyrus! im sorry! i-i-i didn't mean to!" Papyrus's worry grew "NO IT'S ALRIGHT RED I-" Papyrus was cut off by Red standing up, stepping away from him, he looked scared "no it's not.! i-im sorry im sorry, i should just go.." Papyrus seems confused but mostly worried, he watched as Red hurries to walk away and leave the house. He wanted to ask where he was going but Red looked like he doesn't want to talk to him, so he stayed silent.

A week has passed, and it seems like everything is slowly turning into chaos.

Classic walked downstairs, he woke up due to the sound of an argument, he thinks. He saw Papyrus sitting there with a troubled face "paps? what happened? are you ok?" Papyrus looked up "..BROTHER I THINK RED NEEDS HELP.." Classic sat down next to him, a little surprised he would say that, Papyrus looked down, continued talking "BROTHER HE.. HE'S BEEN ACTING ODD RECENTLY AND I KNOW IT IS NOT JUST ME WHO NOTICED.."

"..heh..yeah i noticed too, and i've been trying to help him but he'd just push me away..."

"....."

"welp, now i understand how you feel.. im sorry paps"

"...SANS IT'S ALRIGHT, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TOO BUT, I DO NOT THINK IT IS US THAT SHOULD BE HELPING..."

"what do you mean?"

"WELL, I WAS THINKING OF MAYBE... GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP?"

"paps, that's a good idea but, he wouldn't talk to anyone, i don't think he'd go.."

Classic paused for a second, realizing someone missing "uuh, by the way, wheres red?" Papyrus pointed at the door "HE LEFT AFTER TALKING TO ME, HE LOOKED... SCARED" Classic stood up, panic rising in his chest "oh ok, stay here, i'll see where he left to this time" Papyrus nods his head.

A lot of things changed in a week.

Classic grabbed his jacket and rushed through the door. He checked the Underground since that's the only place he could think of besides Grillby's. He used a shortcut after since he realized walking would take forever. When he arrived at Snowdin, the place was quiet, as it always was. He saw some faint footprints on the snow and followed them. The trails ended near their house, so Classic assumed he teleported inside,
'but why would he go here..?'

Inside his house was empty and cold. He hears a soft gasp from the kitchen, so he went there.
He saw Red, curled like a ball in the corner of the room. Classic made a worried face and slowly walked towards him "hey.." Red jumped a little when he felt Classic sitting beside him. There was a small moment of silence before Red decided to break it "...i didn't mean to push his hand away, i was just caught off guard.." Classic shook his head "it's fine 'bud, he wasn't hurt, don't worry about it" A soft sigh was heard from the smaller one, his ears folding down, feeling guilty "still, i should apologize to him.." Red hugged his knees tighter, shivering because he didn't bring his jacket with him. Classic noticed, took off his jacket, and wrapped it around him. A small blush crept on Red's face as he gladly used the jacket, feeling better "you know, you shouldn't be walking around snowdin without a jacket" Small chuckles were heard "y-yeah.. sorry about that.. but thanks" Classic only smiled and placed his head on his shoulder "no problem.." It's been a while since both had a moment like this, usually Red would avoid talking to him and it would be a lie if he said he didn't miss this.

Small minutes flew by and both decided to stand up and go back to the house so Papyrus wouldn't worry. Classic used a shortcut but he told himself that they weren't done talking yet and that he has to know what his nightmares about and why were he acting distant and odd.

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