Special Surprise
Giddy. The perfect word to describe your drive home: giddy. Through all of the crap you had been through that day, that one little kiss had made it all better. Okay, maybe it wasn't a very little kiss, but still.
After Sans had driven you home, you went up together in the elevator. The two of you said your goodbyes, giving him a brief hug and a kiss on the cheek. There was a brief moment where you thought about kissing him again, to feel that buzz of his magic, but decided against it. You went inside and soon realized that you hadn't eaten, so you ate the dinner of champions: chips. Some weird 80's movie was on TV, so you watched it for a while. You went to bed earlier than usual, tired from all of the events of the day.
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Much to your disappointment, you still had to work the next morning. You could deal with your racist boss until you found somewhere else to work. After all, it's not like you could just quit. It's hard to give a two week notice when you haven't been working for two weeks.
You took your time getting ready, sluggishly making your way around your apartment. It took longer than usual to get ready, so you drove you car to work. When you walked into work, you briefly greeted Chad, who had seemed to have forgotten everything from yesterday. Neither of you spoke about it all morning, but that was perfectly fine with you. Why bring up something that would just upset you?
Your lunch break was at noon. Since you hadn't brought your lunch, you decided to go down to the little coffee shop down the street. You had never been inside, only walked or drove by it a few times. It seemed pretty small- it shared a parking lot with a few other buildings.
The walk there didn't even take two minutes. As soon as you got to the doors your phone buzzed, but you ignored it. When you opened the door you were hit with a sweet smell, like cinnamon rolls. You inhaled heavily, taking in the scent. Like any coffee shop, it smelled like dark roast, too. Stepping into the cafe, you took your place behind a man. You thought he looked familiar, but chalked it up to being home sick. After all, there was no way he was here.
"_______?" The man was now facing you, coffee in hand. He repeated your name, quieter this time.
You looked up at him, a huge smile spreading across your face. But how could he be here? "Jay?"
"I thought it wasn't you for a second there!" He laughed, visibly relaxing. Jay wrapped you up in a tight hug, holding you for a second before letting you go. If it was anyone else, it would have been awkward and long, but not with Jay.
"I'm glad to see you, but what are you doing here? I thought you were still on that trip?"
"The cruise ended early, there was this huge salmonella outbreak, it was weird. Everyone got food poisoning. Well, except for yours truly."
"Yeah, but shouldn't you be at home?"
"Get your coffee, then we can gab." He nodded to the barista, who was somewhat impatiently waiting on your order.
You smiled apologetically to her, ordering your coffee and one of the cinnamon rolls. Jay waited patiently for you, and once you had your order and had payed, the two of you took over a small table in the corner with a great view of the outside world. "Okay, so what the hell Jay?"
"And here I thought you'd be happy to see me." He scoffed, pretending to be offended.
"You know I am, but I'm more confused than anything."
Jay shrugged, taking a sip of his coffee before talking again. "I figured I'd come visit you since I wasn't there to help you move in, but when I got there, this, uh," he made a face, like he wasn't sure if he knew what he was saying, "skeleton? This skeleton, he told me you weren't home. I swear to God, I didn't go to your apartment high. There was a skeleton."
You laughed, biting your lip to stifle it. "The tall one or the short one?"
"There's two?!" Jay looked at you, bewildered. You nodded, and then after a second he said, "I guess short? They was about your height, I think. And they had this really deep voice too."
"That's Sans." You nodded, loving how shocked your friend was. "His younger brother is Papyrus. And yeah, they're skeletons. Magic skeletons."
"You know how crazy you sound, right? Or are you fucking with me? Magic skeletons names after fonts?"
You took a bit of your cinnamon roll, savoring the taste, "I'm serious, Jay. They're my neighbors. Well, Sans is kind of..." You drifted off, not sure how to continue. Were you two official? After all, you had kissed, and went on a date, and he called you babe.
"Woah," Jay drew your attention to him again, "Are you boning a skeleton?"
You turned a bright pink, covering your face with you hands. You didn't even say dating, let alone boning! And that was such a cheap joke.
"It's cool, I get it," He laughed, pulling your hands from your face.
You nodded slowly before it hit you. "How did you even find my floor?"
"Oh, well, I asked. There was this monster about to leave when I got there, so I asked her."
You frowned, wondering who it could have been. It's not like you knew that many monsters. And it obviously wasn't Sans or Papyrus who told Jay where you lived.
Jay must have understood, because he went on. "She was actually really pretty, considering she looked like an alligator."
"Oh, Bratty? Yeah, she is r-" you stopped, grinning, "She's pretty?"
Jay sighed, shaking his head. "I can't just call some chick pretty now?"
"You said really pretty, Jay."
"I don't even know her."
"I can totally hook you up."
He shook his head, downing the rest of his coffee. You quickly finished yours as well.
"It's pretty weird that we both ended up here, huh?" You asked, eating the last bit of your cinnamon roll.
"It's not far from your building, really. I just went one way until I found this place."
"I guess so. But, hey Jay?" He raised an eyebrow, and you continued, "I'm only on my lunch break, which is almost over. So I can't really hang out yet."
"I'll just loiter around somewhere until then, it'll be fine."
"Well," you thought for a minute, before an idea came to you. "I could give you the key. You've house sat for me before, so I know I can trust you."
"You sure? Maybe I changed on that trip. Maybe I'm a criminal now. Maybe I'm not even your lovely best friend, Jay."
"Or maybe you're still my nutcase of a best friend." You rolled your eyes, standing up. Reaching into your pocket, you produced your key chain. You took off the key to your apartment and handed it to Jay before kissing the top of his head. "I'll see you Ina couple hours, okay? And don't eat all of my food."
"Isn't that what best friends are for?" He grinned, sending you a wink.
You walked back to the dance studio, your phone buzzing a couple times. You were too hurried to check it.
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The rest of the day was pretty exhausting. You taught the children's class on your own, and that alone was enough to make you want to sleep for a year. But you perked up with the thought of getting to hang out with Jay for a while.
You drove home with a smile on your face. Yeah, some bad things have happened since you moved, but there was no arguing that your life had improved with your new neighbors.