Cliffside-A Krusie Fanfic

chapter one-simple mornings

Kris opened their eyes.

Ugh.....

Sunlight filtered through the window, and a quick glance at clock revealed it was the glorious time of 6 am. They felt tired. Despite trying to sleep early, they barely got any sleep thanks to their stupid insomnia. Kris reached up their hand to ruffle their hair. Probably was a mess.

With a sigh, they tossed over, burying their face in the soft pillow. Just five more minutes...

They shut their eyes, hovering in that annoying state of almost falling asleep but having a sliver of consciousness. Kris ended up lying down there for like, an hour, and they were about to flip over again when they heard the door click.

Quickly, they froze and pretended to sleep. Better for Toriel to think that they were asleep rather than struggling to even sleep at night. They hated that pitiful look she put on. The way her eyes crinkled and her mouth morphed into a sad frown.

"Kris...." she called out, softly. Her voice was always soft and not that different from the sound of jingling bells.

Kris didn't move a muscle.

"KRIS!!"

That was loud enough to snap Kris out of their sleep-not-sleep, and they tensed up.

Toriel sighed, but there was an air of amusement in it, and Kris could almost hear the smile in her voice. "Kris, if you do not wake up, we will be late for school! I'll wait outside for you, alright?"

They could hear Toriel's footsteps, sounding further away with every step. And the door clicked again, marking the official start of the day.

Kris rubbed their eyes and flipped over, hesitant. Whatever. They could try to sleep later. Sleep was for the weak anyways.

And so they stood up, trying their hardest to not look over at the other side of the room. Asriel's side.

Just the mere thought of his name formed a lump in their throat.

They threw on their usual sweatshirt (after a cautious sniff), ran into the kitchen and grabbed some buttered toast, and ran out the door, running to catch up with Toriel in the car.

Another day.

Another story.

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Walking into the class late was uncomfortable. I mean, it wasn't necessarily anything out of the ordinary, but still.

Alphys met Kris's eyes with the usual shock and hint of discomfort. They honestly didn't even know why Alphys chose a job involving so much contact with children when she obviously had no experience. Or really, control over any of them.

"Oh!...K-Kris, we thought you weren't coming today! We're doing a group p-project, so uh....please go find a partner.." she stuttered out.

Kris sighed under their breath and looked around. Everyone seemed to be talking to each other in groups. Even Temmie had...an...egg?? Eh, whatever, Temmie will be Temmie.

And with a dismissive sigh, Kris awkwardly went up to Noelle, the only person that they vaguely knew, and asked to be partners. 'Course, she rejected, saying Berdly had asked her already, and they had to keep themself from scoffing. Berdly?? Obviously, yeah, but still. Man, he really did have a crush on Noelle. Gross.

But they could worry about that later.

Noelle offered to ask Alphys about making a group of three, and they reluctantly agreed, waving their hand.