The child nextdoor

Chapter 29

Third pov

It was silent all throughout the rest of breakfast, no one had spoken a single word while they all starred dust down. making sure if he made one wrong move, they would have no problem taking him out. edge drummed his gloved fingers against the table, watching dust like a hawk whenever autumn got close too close to him. while autumn didn't quite understand why her family members were fighting one another, it didn't stop her from giving dust a plate full of eggs and bacon. " Here papa dust! i figured you might have been hungry so i made you some breakfast" dust smiles warmly at the girl, placing his hand on her head gently, making everyone in the room freeze a bit. " Thanks bear cub, i really appreciate it." with that said he picked up a nearby fork, digging into the breakfast his little bear cub made for him, she was naive, innocent, exactly how papyrus was when he was her age...and still alive in his universe.  Red, who at the time was trying his best to keep his cool, and to keep himself from ripping dust apart after that dam nickname he gave autumn.  how dare he act so cool like he and his horrid group didn't just kidnap her last week.  why is sans letting him near her? and why were they not allowed to say or interject between the two of them.  papyrus cleared his throat nervously, catching everyone's attention. " SO, DUST, TO WHAT DO WE OWE THE PLEASURE?" 

" nothin much.... just wanted to make sure the little bear cub here was doin ok.."

edge let's out a soft scoff, crossing his arms over his chest while he glared at dust, his nose bone(?) twitched a bit in anger before he spoke in a harsh tone. " Why do you care so much about her? not too long ago you tried to start a fight with us when we were at the park" dust shrugged his shoulders, placing his cheek into his hand while he gazed at the group. " Wasn't trying to fight you, was just curious about her.... you were the ones who started the fight."   

" uge whatever" cash spoke from the end of the table "knowing you and your fuck up of a family" 

" AH AH! WATCH THE LANGUAGE CASH" papyrus scolds while waving a finger at said skeleton, pointing over towards autumn who gladly pouts up at cash in the same scolding way papyrus scolded him. " not very nice papa cash!" cash rubbed the back of his head, looking away a bit shamefully " s...sorry squirt..."  dust chuckled a little bit, once again patting the child's head before the phone nightmare gave for him and his ' friends' to stay in better contact went off, making his face fall into a scowl. sighing he answered the phone, replying with a shot " what?" he listened for a moment before he gave an irritated sigh this time he says " fine, i'll be there in a minute." with that he ended the call, placing the phone back into his pocket, standing up from his seat to take his leave. autumn gripped on to dusts arm, looking up at him with puppy eyes. 

" papa dust...are you leaving already?"  dust placed his hand on her head, smiling a bit before looking up to his double's or whatever you would call it by now. " yeah..." he looked back down at her " papa nightmare-"

" DO NOT REFER TO THAT OVERGOUND PILE OF GOOP AS ONE OF HER PARENTAL UNITS" edge interrupted, making dust pause a moment to glare before he carried on with his sentence. " as i was saying, my boss needs me to go back home" 

" awe but...papa dust...i wanted you to stay for a little while longer...please...can't you ask him to stay" dust shook his head, peeling the child off of his arm before placing her into papyrus's when he walked up to the two of them. autumn gave a soft whine, peering into dust's eyes with her own ones filled with tears. " sorry kiddo, but i gotta get back to work" autumn looked back towards sans, her bottom lip quivering a little before she asked in a soft voice " can he come back again....please?" sans rubbed the back of his neck, trying to avoid eye contact with the child, if he allowed that to happen. The whole house will go into an uproar, but if he doesn't then the kiddo might not like him anymore, or worse, their relationship might go down a bit. 

" um...sure kiddo.." most of the skeletons in this room stood to their feet in shock or anger, looking between autumn, dust and sans for a bit before sans began speaking again. " although both dream, ink, blue and myself must be there to supervise..undertsand kiddo?"

" yes sir, i understand" autumn replied back with a nod, she peered back over to dust who was nodding at sans with gratitude, said his farewells before he disappeared into thin air, leaving the group by themselves. Edge was the first one to call out in an angry tone. " HOW ON EARTH, COULD YOU TRUST SUCH TRASH?!"