Berdly

Class Reaction

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The tension in the classroom was thick, everybody glancing around at their peers with the slightest amount of unease, there was nothing in particular that should've made them this uptight, though.. it was.. unusually quiet compared to what they were used to. What was the cause of this silence you ask? Well, a student was missing today. And that student was none other than Berdly.

The silence was finally broken by Susie slamming her hand down onto the desk, causing quite a commotion as everybody gazed over at her in mild alarm. "Alright, what the fuck is going on..? Wheres Berdly?!" She paused for a brief moment before turning her attention to Noelle in the corner of the classroom, "Do you have somethin' to do with this?! I saw you two walkin' the same way." In a largely accusational tone.

Noelle responded in an alarmed squeak before actually talking in a 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱 tone "U-Uhm.. No- no-! I wouldn't want anything like that to happen to Berdly! After all.. he's my friend.." She went quiet at the end of her statement, eyes drifting to the hardwood floor beneath her.

Kris finally stood up, not aggressively or anything but enough to get the bickering two's attention, placing their forearm against the side of his desk, leaning forward a little. "Susie, you're being irrational.. I doubt Noelle above anybody else would have it out for Berdly." Plain and simple, but it was enough to get Susie to pipe down.

Alphys interrupted the three by politely clearing her throat, actually seeming a bit nervous as they met her gaze. "U-Uhm.. class, can I please have your uhm.. a-attention..?" After ensuring everyone was prepared to let her speak she began to fidget with her hands, definitely avoiding particularly looking at any of the eight looking at her, eyes dead set on her disorganized desk "As I really mean no disrespect while I address the elephant in the room, can we all please handle what I'm going to.. s-say.. uhm.. maturely.. t-thank you.."  She cleared her throat again before talking "Our friendly Berdly, has.. u-uhm.. sadly passed away."

Before she could continue her sentence the room was filled with heavy sounds of shock, Susie then shouted "What..?! How?! Was he murdered or somethin'?" In the end of her words, she shot another glance to Noelle, who was petrified, tears beginning to form at the corners of her eyes, hands slowly gliding up to her mouth.

"No, Susie. S-she was not-" Alphys paused, though it was very short, then continuing. "He was not m-murdered.." She tried her best to reassure, clasping her hands together.

Trying to continue her speech, she was quickly cut off by Susie "Well out with it already-! How did he die?" She sounded upset, even a little sad, which is particularly strange for Susie.

With the small gap between response, it gave Noelle a second to speak, her quiet voice finding it hard to overrule the others, but it did. "You said.. she..?" Tears were still streaming down her face, though she apparently never missed a beat to be observant, how in character.

"Well... Erm... B-Berdly was part of the.. LGBTQ Community.. he was.. T-Transgender.. which is when a person of a specifically assigned gender converts to ano-"

And Susie was back to yelling over Alphys in her state of distress, "I don't fucking care if he was gay or whatever that shit is! I just.. I just wanna know how he died.." She fell quiet, arms swinging down to her sides.

"R-right.. sorry... ehrm... Berdly did in fact.. commit Suicide. And before you say anything, It was nobody's fault, we don't know what was going on at home, or mentally, or.. w-whatever.. can we please treat this topic with as much respect at possible?" With that, Alphys was done, rubbing the bridge of her nose, then along her eyes. "Well.. now .. if you'll excuse m-me.." She took a light speedwalk to the door, closing it behind her, probably headed outside.

Guess class was over, the air buzzing around the room was so intense, but it was melancholic more than anything. Everyone in some form of disbelief or another, Berdly of all people? Wasn't that the one always spouting about his ego. Imagining Berdly dead..he was always talking, or laughing, or generally just spouting nonsense, such a silence.. It didn't fit him at all. To override the silence, Noelle was the first one to genuinely break out into a fit of tears among all of them, Kris nonchalantly stood and exited the classroom, heading the opposite way of Alphys. Susie makes the premature decision to follow Kris, after a short second of reevaluating everything that had happened in the last three minutes. Her feet led her to the old classroom left for storage, peeking her head in, to her utmost shock Kris was settled in the center of the room, upon closer inspection they had tears streaking down his face, which wasn't like them at all. Susie almost had to take a step back but Kris had already noticed her, shying their face away and suppressing a sniffle. "Yo.. uh.. dude, hey-" As if her presence hadn't already made it awkward as fuck, she hesitantly took a place sitting beside, and a little behind Kris. This was when she noticed there was a glass bottle sitting beside Kris, with the elongated top it was obviously alcohol. It took all of Susie's power to not comment on it, but she did let out a brief "Oh.." Was this really how Kris dealt with his problems? No wonder he had so many unfinished projects man. She slid back, gradually standing up. "I'll uhm.. leave ya' to it." She idly stood in the hallway, back pressed against the wall. The grief of Berdly's death on top of learning about Kris's drinking problems sent her into despair, sliding down onto the floor, head buried in her hands. She wasn't crying but she was definitely panicking.

Before she had any time to continue with her internal sorrow it was interrupted by a brief whine by somebody standing in front of her, as Susie looked up she was quick to figure out it was none other than Noelle, who's eyes were red from crying. "U-Uhm... Hi... S-Susie..." She was pretty out of it too, but obviously found Susie as some form of comfort.

Trying to play off her moment of panic the response Noelle got was "Oh.. Yo." Before Susie gestured to the spot beside her. "Wanna sit..?" Being met with a small nod, Noelle sat down beside Susie, leaning against her slightly.

Today really was an awful day.

(Authors note!!)

Sorry for the fanfic taking forever to get out, I had to get my lobotomy >w<