... It wasn't that he was annoyed. Okay, maybe he was a little annoyed, but that was because a certain explosive punk decided to test the flammability of his sheets at 2 in the morning. Every single morning. (In which Bakugou's quirk wakes Kirishima up, and Kirishima gets way too invested in his bro's well-being.) **NOW REVISED AS OF 1/2/2023**

A/N: This book is a sequel to A Code to Decipher. If you found this book first, please go read the other one before reading this one. Thank you! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What do you look for if you don't know what you're trying to find? How will you ever get there? With nothing but a slip of paper to go off of, Dipper Pines is no closer to finding the dream demon he lost almost a year ago. Due to a spell the demon had cast upon him before he died, Dipper can't use any spells from the Journals until he is eighteen years old. With his eighteenth birthday on the horizon, Dipper is anxiously awaiting the day when he can use magic and find the one he has been looking for. Still though... Something feels off. If Bill Cipher really did come back to life, then... Why hadn't he come back to Dipper? Was something wrong? Was the demon in danger? Or had he never really loved Dipper to begin with? Had he only been using him? And who turned him human in the first place? There were too many questions with too few answers. As time goes on, Dipper grows uncertain... Was he looking for the demon? Or was he searching for the truth?

On this fine Winter day, Cold-lake high school is organizing a winter dance, every student going must have a date. It's so easy for everyone to find someone to ask out but one boy doesn't...Matthew Peatman, 13 years old and the only kid who is unsure about his sexuality. Meanwhile, Jakob Dusang, 13 years old and he's sure he's straight. (but really he's BI) When both of them meet 2 weeks before the dance things change between them...

Ever since the barrier was broken and monsters rose to the surface once more, it seemed like despite the odd reception that they received from the Humans of Ebott, everything was starting to take a turn for the better. But almost a year later, the others couldn't help but notice something different...specifically...SANS was different. The usual laid-back, wise-cracking skeleton was acting...strange. His smile was forced, he didn't tell jokes, he's deprived of sleep, and the demons that were thought to have been put to bed ages ago keep rising back to the surface to torment him. It was no secret anymore. Something was wrong...VERY wrong...but what? (Current Chapter Status: Chapter 46 Pending) Cover art by- @CarrieTheEnder Ranked #280 in Fanfiction 12/19/17 Come join the Cage Of Bones Discord group!- https://discord.gg/R4Q92Nnn