A Soft Spot for a Dumb Deer.

After a long, hard worked day of ‘getting chalk’ from the closet, susie is now very tired, but also happy from the past day. She decides to be… as kind as susie can be.
(If that is considered kind at all)

“Hey, holiday. Something worrying ya? You seem to be very bothered.”

Noelle perked up and tried to refrain from giggling.
(𝗢𝗺𝗴!! 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗶 𝗱𝗼?! 𝗗𝗼 . 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹?! 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻... 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁.. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲... 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲... 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀...)

“Holiday..? You all good back there? You seem to be having a malfunction.”

Noelle began to softly smile and reassure susie that she was all fine. Everything was great.
“I- yeah! Everything is fine, just.. you know… seeing my dad in this condition is… stressful, you know?”

Susie completely bought the quite obvious exuse and nodded.
“Ah, i get it. Anyways, kris asked me to go to the arcade with them, but they accidentally bought too much, so i thought maybe you could tag along!”
(This is the nicest susie has been in a very, very long time.)
Susie, not very familiar with romantic love, did not know this was considered flirting, or asking someone out.

Noelle’s cheeks began to glow a light pink, and she gasped softly.
“I could, but i might be a bit late, considering i scheduled a visitation with my dad after school. When is it, anyway?”
Noelle was just barely stopping herself from completely stuttering, blushing, and just getting flustered in general.

“Probably like 5:30. Uhh..”
Susie checked her watch.
(Ah, shit!!! Fuckfuckfuck! Godammit stupid stupid bullshit-)
“God dammit. I really gotta be somewhere with kris and i need to be there… like 20 minutes ago..”
Susie speedwalked away, and before Noelle could say anything, susie was gone.

“Wait, where do you need to be with kri- ugh…”
She turned a bit pink, trying to hide it in the palm of her hand.
“I hate susie, I HATE SUSIE!!…. But… my god… how i adore her…”
she was caught off guard by the sudden silence in the room. Berdly spoke up, seeming a bit awkward.
“Did- did you mean to say that out loud?”
Noelle practically squealed into the palm of her hand. Did she… say that… out loud??! Oh god… this 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 be good!
Noelle felt a slight irritation in her eyes.
“M-Ms Alphys, may i go in the hall for a m-minute..?”
Before Alphys could answer, noelle was already out the door, silently sobbing in the hallway by the door. A few students came to check on her, but she pushed them away, giving them a small ‘im fine’ and no more.

A tissue fell on Noelles knees, and when she looked up, susie looked rather awkward and slightly uncomfortable.
“Ya… ya all good? Look, im not good at comforting people when they are crying, but… ah, shit. There is no ‘but’, i just suck at comforting people.”
Susie kneeled beside noelle and chuckled. Noelle giggled a bit as well. Just seeing susie at least try to be kind made noelle’s day much better.

Noelle wiped her tears with the tissue susie gave her. She put it in her pocket and stood up.
“Thanks… im not exactly sure how, but… it worked.”

“Yeah, yeah.. uh… I’m like- really late somewhere with kris so i really, really gotta go…”
Susie quickly turned around, dropping a keychain with a.. familiar symbol on it. As noelle went to pick it up, she couldn’t quite put her finger on what that symbol was from..

She decided to pocked it, and wait for susie instead of possibly getting in the way.

She wiped her tears with her sleeve and put the keychain in her pocket, heading to the bathroom.

She waited in there until her face was no longer red, staying for an extra 5 minutes to make sure she doesnt start crying the minute she walks back in the class.

As she walks back, she feels a lump in her throat. The bell rang, and class is over. Before noelle could stop herself, tears fall to the floor as she walks to the side. She couldnt believe herself. She really just… skipped class..

She couldnt handle it. She always needed to be perfect, otherwise it isnt good enough. It was her expectations.

And to do something this… horrible??! Never!

The guilt in her heart grew until it couldnt anymore. She had to sit back down again to calm down again.