Under Renovation

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Marvul tore off the note on the locked door for the umpteenth time, growling in frustration. He kicked it, only to hiss in pain. The door was practically made of metal! He'd asked Cross about it, but he didn't know what it was for.

Another note was behind the first one.

;)

Marvul gave up on that for the day. Pretty sure he'd already ticked off the letter gods enough trying to open the door. He sighed, letting the notes in his hands drop, and walked downstairs all the way to the first floor.

'To Cross and Nightmare: Well, that kiss was disappointing, so I'm gonna rephrase it: KISS. LIKE. YOU'RE. GONNA. DIE. WHEN. YOU. STOP. Nightmare, kiss that monochrome bitch like you mean it! Asked by harper_skelli_girl'

Nightmare blinked at that wonderful early morning message taped to the door. He was tired. He still wanted to get back into the bed beside Cross and fall asleep. Eh, they were alone, it was fine.

Cross whined lightly when Nightmare disturbed his sleep, rolling over to face him. His eyes shot open the moment Nightmare kissed him, rather enjoying this already, and slid his tongue into his mouth. "Mmph-!"

Nightmare let out a small sound, pulling Cross on top of him and deepening the kiss. He felt Cross' body heat up in embarrassment and 'other feelings' from the kiss.

Soon they were pressing against each other feverishly, the make-out session starting to get a bit loud and messy.

Oddly, Nightmare was starting to get louder. He was in his passive form, easily being handled and touched by Cross. His breath hitched into the kiss, feeling a hand snake up his shirt and to his ribs. "Hnng~!"

Cross pulled away from the kiss for a second just to admire Nightmare's expression. His eyes half-lidded, panting lightly as he was limp pinned under Cross. His pupils were large, hazily looking back at Cross. "Wh...why'd you stop....?"

Cross gave Nightmare a small peck on the 'nose'. "Can't have you passing out on me this early." He teased. Nightmare whined softly in protest, being picked up easily. He soon gave into the warmth, pressing against Cross and letting his eyes flutter shut.

Nightmare fell asleep easily, curled up against Cross with a small, pure smile on his face.

After that and Cross refusing to explain to everyone else why Nightmare was in his passive form and looked mildly high, they got settled into their usual spots for letters.

Marvul was telling Halluciv about the rather shady locked room, when his twin smiled innocently and pointed out the other room in the top floor, which Marvul for some reason also couldn't open. But Halluciv and Xcellence could. "Yeah, we've been in there before." Halluciv shrugged, completely ignoring Marvul's pestering beyond that. "Just a few times, though."

Dream hummed, opening the first letter and not paying the slightest bit of attention to what the others were saying. "hmmmmm to all: if you could be ANY animal (including Dinosaurs and mythical creatures) what would u be and why? Asked by PigCat_CrocodileDog."

"Dragon, though I'm pretty sure that's stereotypical." Nightmare mumbled, only just coming out of his daze. Cross made a mental note that morning make-out sessions made Nightmare loopy. "'t'd be cool to breathe fire and just sleep all day and kidnap Cross whenever I feel like it."

Cross snorted in amusement and pat his head, pulling him into his lap and locking him into a hug. "I dunno, maybe those nine-tailed foxes? Whatever those are called, those are neat."

"Owl griffin, definitely." Halluciv cooed. "It'd be fun and I'd finally be taller than you." he huffed up at Xcellence.

"Hmm....I don't know, really. I guess dragon as well?" Xcellence shrugged.

"Unicorn or a Jackalope, something huggable." Dream shrugged as well, finding the idea of being what Error often called a stabby horse amusing.

"Wyvern, so I can smack X harder." Marvul didn't really look like he know many choices. "As much as I like pangolin and armadillo, wyvern are cooler. Or a griffin. Those are cool too."

Dream seemed amused and moved on. "Okay...moving on. Dream, i know about the aura stuff but if wasn't for that would you try to get a romantic relationship?Hal, how do you feel by know you broke half world's minds being a sinner (not me, o know lots of people have nightmares with rape). Asked by MaryonMega."

"Really? Honestly, I thought everyone knew Nightmare and I see nightmares of dark subjects." Halluciv shrugged. "And really, it's just a thing I've gotten used to seeing. I still thing it's a horrible thing, of course, but I can normally block out some things I don't want to see."

"Hm, probably yes." Dream admit. "Nightmare's lucky enough to have more control over his aura from eating the apples, but if I could do the same that would be extremely useful..." he trailed off, lost in thought for a moment.

"Wallow in your diehard crush for Inky elsewhere...." Nightmare teased playfully. Dream huffed and crossed his arms, denying it completely.

"Moving on!" Dream's cheeks were painted a bright gold in denial and embarrassment. "Lmaaoo I didn't expect Dream's voice to be that highhh- To Halluciv: Smack Xcellence and then cuddle up with your brother. That's it. Asked by CelestialMidnight17."

"Aww...I can't do that...!" Halluciv whined. He meekly bapped Xcellence on the cheek. "...there!"

"You gotta at least leave a mark." Dream said casually, smirking at them. "Put some effort into it!"

"Say something that'll make me want to hit you!" Halluciv stared at X intently, who looked like he'd just been thrown into the lion's den.

"I- uh-"

Marvul glared warningly at him from behind Halluciv.

"...um..." Xcellence shrank back against Halluciv's completely nonthreatening, intense gaze. "Pretend that I'm Marvul, and I just insulted...me?" honestly, that was a thing that's gotten Marvul hit before. Marvul looked offended.

"Fair enough..." Halluciv said slowly, and then hit Xcellence as hard as he could across the face.

X hissed in pain and recoiled. Both physical and emotional pain, even though Halluciv didn't mean it and was already hiding his face in Marvul's chest about to cry. "...I didn't mean to....!!"

Marvul rubbed Halluciv back, looking annoyed at Xcellence but at the same time trying to look gentle and comfort Halluciv.

"Let's hope the last one is happy and friendly..." Dream said cautiously, getting the last letter. It was taped to a medium-sized box. "Gift from harper_skelli_girl, only for Xcellence, Nightmare, and Marvul." he read. "Cookies are for everyone!"

He opened the box. There were three potions inside, each a clear pinkish color. He handed one over to X, one to Marvul, and the last to a very wary-looking Nightmare. There was a tray of cookies; chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and caramel.

"On three." Nightmare muttered. 1, 2, 3. He downed it and immediately coughed, hissing at the taste. 

Marvul and Xcellence just shuddered. "It's.....extremely sweet." Marvul said. Xcellence looked indifferent.

Then the effect became visible.

Dream picked up a note at the bottom of the box. "Now compare the size of your t-" he stopped reading and went pokerfaced. "Skeletons don't even have genders...." he said quietly to himself.

Halluciv slid off the couch and died a little, having a nosebleed. Xcellence cursed when his shirt felt significantly tighter, his face heating up rapidly as he tried to calm his magic down. The three's magic had formed into, to put it bluntly, a female chest.

Nightmare looked between them in mild curiosity. "Huh, I don't feel any different." he shrugged and leaned back against Cross, who apparently had noticed and was a bright purple. Nightmare raised a nonexistent eyebrow and looked down at himself. "Huh, that's a pretty flat chest." he looked mildly amused. "What? I've experimented with my magic before. I'm tiny."

Marvul looked like he was internally screaming. He was on the smaller side, crossing his arms and trying to remain hidden. His face was bright gold.

With Halluciv dying on the floor for another moment or seven, and Xcellence not even wanting to look at himself, it was an all around awkward situation. (Not for Cross, though, he was probably enjoying the sight of Nightmare beginning to realize why he was staring at him)

"Let's agree that Nightmare's lucky and I'm going to hide for the rest of the day." Xcellence muttered, and teleported away. Halluciv whined and teleported after him.

"But the cookies..." Dream trailed off and just set the tray down, pleasantly surprised to find at least twenty-four, twelve hidden under the original batch. He looked at Nightmare, Cross, and Marvul. "...any of you hungry?"

"I know I'm thirsty." Cross muttered. Nightmare flushed a bright purple and attempted to dodge Cross' hug, failing and being pinned to the couch.

Dream looked away and glanced at Marvul, who shrugged and took a vanilla cookie. He nibbled idly on it, already seeming to have adapted to the new ecto-form. "If this doesn't wear off in a few hours, I'm gonna be annoyed." he muttered.

"How does it feel?" Dream asked, genuinely curious.

"Like I have an unremovable pillow strapped to my chest, but it weighs a few pounds."

~~~

I was cringing. Never again