Losing control

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~Time skip: lunch~

Dust's POV:

The day had gone pretty normal so far, so now comes what will be the biggest change for us, lunch. We make our way to the cafeteria, and not surprisingly, the crowd parts around us. The expressions are what you'd expect, ranging from hatred to fear to pity. The word left a bad taste in my mouth.

We then go outside and find a nice spot near the back of the field, under a large tree. Ignoring the stares as we walk past. We had lost Ink, Blue, and Dream earlier when we had to split up because of classes. I don't mind about Ink and Dream, but I do kinda miss Blue.

My train of thought is interrupted by the loud (and gross) sounds of Horror eating beside me. Oh, sorry. Did I forget to mention that Horror only eats meat? Specifically RAW meat? Yea? Welp, now you know.

"Eugh, would you please keep that to yourself. You're splattering blood on my new shoes!" Killer says with disdain.

Yep. Definitely glad I'm not sitting there.

"Pussy." is all we hear from lust who is on the other side, and remarkably not bothered? Like, at all?? He even looks content??? I swear, I'll never understand him.

Well, there are at least some people I can understand here. And those, my friend, are the poor, poor, innocent bystanders that are having their appetites currently ruined.

As for the others, Retri is currently up in the tree and Cross is leaning up against it. Who is trying (but failing) to look inconspicuous as he stares at Nightmare. Nightmare is still in the shade but farther from the tree than the others, writing something in a little booklet while completely ignoring his food (which is pretty much the only reason he hasn't noticed Cross staring at him...yet).

I feel an evil smile form on my face as I glance at Killer and Horror, meeting their eyes. I then glance back at Nightmare and Cross. I know they understand what they need to do, since equally mischievous smiles part on their faces as well.

This is gonna be fun.

Cross' POV

I find myself staring at Nightmare without meaning to. I mean it's not like I can help it, he's just too cute and he looks so peaceful right now and- no bad Cross you do not have time for this, you have to lead these imbeciles you DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR LOVE. It's not like it's actually like that with him though. All it is, is that he just looks really adorable and he's so kind and doesn't look down on me like other normal people do and he just looks so cute when he's mad and-

...

Shit.

I don't have any more time to think before I feel someone fall directly on my face. And we kiss. And I look up, frozen and probably as purple as a grape, and I see.....

Nightmare.

He scrambles back apologizing and looking extremely flustered, while I'm still frozen, In shock, fear and trying to- HOLY SHIT I JUST KISSED HIM.

"I-WHA-HOW-WHY-"

And then realization of who the culprits were, hit me.

"I SWEAR TO GOD YOU GUYS ARE SO DEAD"

I HAVE DONE IT!

I HAVE WRITTEN ANOTHER CHAPTER!

In all honesty though, i'm really sorry this took so long. I've been really busy and unmotivated. And some of you guys really helped with that! Shoutout to all of you who helped with new ideas or just generally encouraged me to continue! I was just about ready to give up on this story and I am so grateful to those of you who helped me keep this thing going. On another note, I'm working on an outline for a new story that involves Retris' canon timeline, so hopefully you all should be looking forward to that sometime soon! Hope you all enjoyed!

-Piph