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The sound of loud ringing woke the human from their rest.
Kris groaned and whined, putting the pillow tight over their ears at the sound of their phone ringing. They had gotten barely any sleep the night before because of what their mom was doing with Sans.
They grumbled and slowly looked up, seeing it was Berdly's number.
Oh. They had forgotten.
Today was the festival, wasn't it?
Kris...hesitated for a moment, but their hesitation led to the phone giving up on it's own and they made a wounded sound, grabbing for their phone, but before they could reach for their contacts, the phone started ringing again with the same number.
And this time, they answered.
"KRIS!! How could you ignore me like that!? I was kind enough to make sure to call you so that I can pick you up for the festival like the gentleman I am! And yet, you dared to not even bother to answer! And here I thought you wanted to be my date Kris Dreemurr!!! Especially after Susan so rudely ripped you away from me yesterday!"
Kris felt a smile, a genuine, bright smile, grow on there face at Berdly's voice, at his words.
No matter what, Berdly really was the same, wasn't he?
They fought back a lovesick sigh.
"Anyway, I'll be at your place within the hour! I ask you to please wear your very best outfit! After all, it would be quiet disappointing if you were to wear that same old sweater and baggy brown pants. This is a date after all!!!"
Kris made a sound of agreement. Sure, they felt...nervous at the idea of dressing differently.
But...well...they did want to look good for their date with-
wait...DATE!?
But before they could say anything they realized that Berdly had hung up, and without hesitation, they shot up an rushed to their closet. looking through it frantically.
That is, until they found...a very specific outfit.
The outfit was a jumper. It was a forest green, and it had ruffles on the top half, and little yellow hearts designed on the legs.
They nodded determinedly and put it on quickly, they continued to look around until they found a yellow headband with buttercups designed on it. Putting it on before finding a pair of flats they hadn't worn since Azzy bought them for Kris. Because the black flats had fancy little designs on them and were clearly for...specific events.
Which was why they were wearing them now.
Kris then snooped through Asriel's stuff. Asriel had always been too terrified of needles to get his ears pierced, but he was embarrassed over being the only person in his friend group without them and had bought himself a bunch of clip-on's online. Afterwards, Asriel always let Kris borrow his clip-ons. Now, Kris was looking through his stuff for the perfect pair. Eventually, they found a pair of clip-ons that were little yellow flowers.
perfect.
They rushed to the mirror, and immediately used it to put on the clip-ons and to make sure everything looked perfect.
Then, they quietly slipped downstairs. Assuming mom was still asleep.
Only to freeze when they saw Sans sitting at the table while their mother made scrambled eggs and bacon. They two were laughing and eating together.
They had been so busy getting ready they hadn't noticed the smell.
And right now, seeing their mother and Sans laughing...seeing them act like how mom and dad used to act, the smell made them want to throw up.
Their mother turned and seemed to notice them, she lit up and Kris just stood there with an empty expression.
"Kris! Good morning my child, come, sit down! I made eggs and bacon for breakfast!" Kris fought back the urge to scream at their mother for having a random guy at the table, at her for expecting Kris to be ok with that!
They shook their head. "I'm getting picked up to go to the festival mom." They said, and saw her seem to be even more happy.
"Oh perfect! Are you going with Noelle again this year?"
Kris fought back a gag. They had always hated how mom and Carol kept pressuring them to go to the festival with Noelle every year. It always ended in Kris being bored out of their mind and Noelle seeming like she wanted to be anywhere else. Especially whenever Kris shook the ferris wheel out of boredom and she would sob and scream.
They shook their head. "I'm going with someone else."
"Oh really? Well, I hope you enjoy yourself my child! Here, let me give you some money for the festival." Kris froze, glancing at Sans(who smirked at them and made their hands twitch for the knife in their pocket)but walked over to their mother. Mom searched through her wallet and handed Kris a 50. "Come home before it gets dark, alright sweetie?"
They nodded sharply, rushing out of the house, because right now?
They wanted to be anywhere except in a place where a stranger was trying to take their father's place. They were grateful for the 50.
But seeing Sans in that seat made their skin crawl.
They stood outside the house for about 10 minutes before they saw Berdly.
And their face immediately heated up.
He was wearing a full blown suit, and was also holding a bouquet of flowers.
More specifically, Kris's favorite flowers, Sunflowers and Buttercups.
They covered their mouth, face heating up and Berdly looked at them, his face considerably flushed as well.
"Hello! I'm happy to see you have made yourself look presentable for the day ahead!" He said while offering Kris the flowers, they took the flowers with a red face, putting their face in the bouquet with a face so red they could only think to hide how flustered they felt. "I assume you enjoy your bouquet?"
They nodded sharply, face flushed as they continued to cover their face with the flowers. "I'll go drop them off in a vase and then we can leave!" They walked inside, making sure to close the door slowly and to quietly pull an empty vase from the windowsill before dropping the flowers in it and putting it back silently(making sure not to look at mom and her new boyfriend)before going back downstairs.
And when Berdly offered his wing to Kris, they took it without hesitation.