PaperJam's Point of View
I couldn't really believe my eye sockets. My mind combed through the events that happened over the past five minutes. Papyrus and I had just gotten back into Snowdin from Undyne's place when we noticed that Sans and Cora were dancing together on the balcony. I didn't think anything of it until I heard Paps mumble something about Sans 'making his move.' As soon as I heard that I rushed into the house and up the stairs as fast as I possibly could without magick. Training had taken a lot out of me.
When I got to the doorway, Cora was in Sans' arms and they were leaning in. It felt like my soul was shattering just from the sight of it. I cleared my throat and the two of them jumped back, out of the embrace. Sans cheek bones were flushed a light blue color and Cora's were red. For a split second, my soup fluttered at seeing her flustered state but, when I remembered it wasn't caused by me, my soul settled sadly in my chest.
"Am I interrupting something?" My voice was monotonous. I didn't allow it to display my emotions. I bet the floating piece of my head is shaped like a broken heart, though.
"No. No, you didn't. I was just teaching the kid some dance moves."
"It looked like a lot more." Cora looked away from me. She knew what was going to happen and she would've just went along with it. My sadness turned to anger.
"Brother," Sans flinched lightly at Papyrus' quiet, serious tone. "I need to speak with you." Sans nodded and left the room, avoiding my gaze.
There was an awkward silence between her and I. She turned her back to me and I willed myself to take a deep breath.
"What was that?"
"It's not what you think it was."
"It's not?" I chuckled in disbelief. "Cause that looked a hell of a lot like you were gonna kiss him!"
"So what if I was!? Why would you care?" Cora's voice broke on that last word and something snapped inside of me. I placed my hands on the sides of her, pinning her to the railing.
"Ever since we met you've just wormed your way into my life and flipped it on it's head. I gave up my life for you so why the hell wouldn't I care about you?"
"Because you have Fresh!" I froze and she looked taken aback at her own outburst but she just kept talking. It was like a dam broke inside of her. "A whole universe revolves around your guys' relationship and I'm just an outsider to it all! A glitch in the system! Yes, Fresh is my friend and I'd do anything for him but pushing back my feelings is hard," Cora's voice cracked again. "and it hurts. I thought if, if I could just forget about you maybe my feelings would go away and in that instance, I did forget. I forgot about the problems I had. Yeah, I was gonna kiss him, but only because I couldn't kiss you."
I stood there frozen. She wanted to kiss me? She thought she wasn't the one for me because of what Palette said about the universe. "Coraline..."
She pushed away from me and held up her hands. "Just, just forget I said anything and that any of this ever happened."
I couldn't help but look in her eyes. I've learned that her emotions shine through them often. Right now, she was so sad and it tore at my soul because I know that I'm the cause. Cora fled the room soon after she told me to forget and it felt like she took my soul with her. Is this what love feels like?
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Cora's Point of View
I can't believe I did that. I just spilled my fucking guts to PJ because of my damned emotions. He didn't need to know that I liked him. I was perfectly content with watching from the sidelines as he and Fresh were happy together. But was I really? It would hurt but I think I would. Love makes you do crazy things after all. I was lost in my thoughts and unaware of my actions. I vaguely recognize myself grabbing my guitar, telling Sans that I was okay and leaving the house. It was like my body was on autopilot.
I ran a hand through my hair and made my way to Waterfall. There I just lost myself in the music around me. That's what I loved about this universe. There was music everywhere. Even if no one else heard it, I did. I could hear the notes ringing throughout the air and drip from the falling water. To me, this was my home away from home.
It actually reminded me of the painting in my room. It was peaceful and serene and looked a lot like this place. Maybe that's where the inspiration came from? I heard footsteps behind me but I paid them no mind. I simply made my way to my hideout.
It wasn't much. Just a little hole in the wall, literally. It was a cave located behind a large waterfall. I usually come here at night, when PJ isn't breathing down my neck about leaving. PJ... Just thinking about him made my heart twist in pain. I fell so hard for that damned, hot headed jock of a skeleton. And why? Well, I don't really know. It's not love if they're a reason right? The way I felt right now actually reminded me of a song. I plopped into a relatively nice beanbag I found at the dump and started plucking out the notes, expressing myself through them.
"Sometimes I hate every single stupid word you say
Sometimes I wanna slap you in your whole face
There's no one quite like you, you push all my buttons down
I know life would suck without you." I felt a tear run down my cheek as I thought about PaperJam. Love hurts. It hurts a lot.
"At the same time, I wanna hug you
I wanna wrap my hands around your neck
You're an asshole but I love you
And you make me so mad, I ask myself
Why I'm still here, or where could I go" My sadness felt like a cold fire. Anger was there but it wasn't at the same time.
"You're the only love I've ever known
But I hate you, I really hate you
So much I think it must be
True love, true love
It must be true love
Nothin' else can break my heart like
True love, true love
It must be true love
No one else can break my heart like you" I sighed and set down my guitar.
My thoughts were so clouded by my emotions. The lyrics were right. No one else can break my heart like him. I took a shaky breath and stared at my hands. It was only when my tears fell that I realized they were skeletal. "Oh, no."
"B-b-BoOo."
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