The boys wandered the house, surprisingly not touching anything. Perhaps they knew better for once. Perhaps there was more to it. All in all it was a nice little place Blueberry had. Everyone ended up in Blue's livingroom. "So.. how do we make Smiles feel better?" Dust asked. "Smiles?" Horror asked. "The pet name I gave him.. before.." 'I actually fell for him' is what Dust wanted to say. He wasn't sure he was ready to admit that yet. "Besides. It's hell of a lot better then Taco."
"It's endearing. Besides he loves tacos more than he loves smiling, if you can't tell."
"It seems.." Nightmare interjected before a fight could start. "That we all have one goal in mind. Making Berry happy. And it's obvious that we all feel the same way about him. The questions are on if we can share and if he'd even want us in return."
"N-no-w i-s a h-igh-ly in-napp-ropri-iate t-ti-me to a-sk."
"Agreed. For now, we should simply try and make this the best New Year we can for him."
"I'll make dinner." Horror disappeared into the kitchen. "I'll get the birthday stuff for you know who." Dust teleported off. Killer didn't know what to do. He'd never celebrated a birthday before. Nor New Years. "Keep an eye on Blue." Nightmare helped him out with that. Killer nodded and went to check on him. "I-ll g-et s-st-uff-ff fo-r a sl-e-e-e-ep ov-ver." Error poofed off as well. Nightmare would keep the peace, in case one of the boys got to loud or to rough. They owed it to Berry.

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Blueberry POV

Hollybelle was laughing. My parents were screaming. Papyrus was dying. I was crying. Their Dust was on my hands, my clothes. I tried to get it off. I tried and tried, but it was accumulating, getting thicker. So much! So much! Get it off! GET IT OFF! "But you can't~" Hollybelle said in a sing-song voice. "P-please! Make it stop! P-please.." Then there was a hand on my back. Concerned pitch black eyes stared into mine. "It's just a nightmare, Ao. You're safe now." I was bundled comfortably into Killer's arms. "I won't let anyone harm you." It occurred to me that.. that wasn't in my dream. The cuddling, Killer's words.. that was happening in real life. And just like that, I was awake. Cold sweat dripped down my skull as Killer looked down at me in concern. "Sorry. I picked you up I hopes of calming you from your nightmare. I didn't mean to wake you.." I didn't particularly care. I felt warm, comfortable, SAFE. I hadn't felt safe in a long time. "It's..ok. Where are the others..?"
"Preparing a New Years Birthday Bash for your brother." I shot up. "WHAT?!" Killer pulled me close. "Relax. It's just some food and a sleepover. Nothing more. We figured you and your brother deserved it. You shouldn't be alone, Blue." I felt like such a crybaby today, but their kindness was beyond touching. I hugged Killer close. "Thank you... th-thank you.. thank you, Kira."
"Don't thank me. Everyone pitched in." That put me in another bout of tears. What did I do to deserve this?!

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We left the bedroom. Nothing looked touched. Nothing looked broken. Thank the stars. The livingroom had a HAPPY BIRTHDAY banner strung on the ceiling with Error's string. The floor was piled with pillows and blankets. Right. Sleep over. I turned to the kitchen. All the boys were inside, the cake I made was in the center of the table with mashed potatoes, turkey- where'd I get a turkey?- gravy, stuffing green beans, corn, nearly everything you'd have as a Thanksgiving dinner. Still, I found myself in tears again. "Carrot would have loved this.. thank you so much.." I sniffed and hicupped. "O-f cou-r-rse B-b-oo."
"Anything for you, Taco."
"Anything to get you truly smiling."
"Happy birthday to Carrot, and happy new year to you, Berry." I gave them a small, yet genuine, smile. It was all so much. My soul swelled with warmth and love. True, pure love. I'd fallen for these skeletons. I hoped Carrot and my parents would approve. I think they would. They were suckers for the 'one true love' story. Only my one true love was five true loves. I tried to wipe away my tears. "Let's celebrate."

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Everyone stuffed themselves with food, then stuffed themselves with cake! The sugar got Kills, Dust, and Horror hyper, so they were having a late night snowball fight outside. Nightmare, Error, and I were making up their 'beds'. "I hope you enjoyed your night."
"More than I have in a long time. I truly appreciate it."
"Th-at-s g-gre-eat!"
"You guys really cheered me up when I needed it, I don't know how to repay you."
"Smile like that more often, and you've got a deal." Dust replied. It seems they'd burned off the energy. "Just be you, Blue." Horror said simply. Killer nodded to Horror's statement. The night ended in Stephen King's Bag of Bones before everyone settled for sleep. I decided to join them in the livingroom, not wanting to be alone. The others exchanged goodnight's with each other. Then to me. "G-oo-d nig-ht, Boo." When did Error start calling me that? I blushed. "Night, Smiles."
"Sleep well, Berry."
"Don't let the bed bugs bite, or I'll bite them." Horror growled. "Sweet dreams, Ao." The light turned off, everyone settled, and after a small debate with myself, I replied. "Night boys, love you." It went dead quiet. Then everyone shot up. "WAIT WHAT?!" But I saw already pretending to be asleep.