Horror was pretty good at being sneaky.

He was able to sneak around the restaurant and sneak in through the back doors, avoiding some of the chefs and looking around for the brown haired female. From what he saw on the ship and in the restaurant, she seems to 'ship' certain couples, and that might help Horror with his problem.

Sure, he was dating Killer, but that was out of pity more than anything. Killer had been asking him out for years, and he decided to finally give Killer a chance because he had no other love interests. But now that he had found Lust, he regretted that decision. He should've waited until he found the right one.

He found a room labeled 'Waitresses', in which he creaked open the door and peaked inside.

And he was not prepared for what he saw.

Bubbly was standing over a small replica of the restaurant with the roof removed, two of her crew members, Silica and WingedMisket looming above it with little makeshift balls in their hands. There was a little Lust, a little Death, a little Blue, and a beaten up Edge doll that WingedMisket was throwing bouncy balls at.

They all froze when Horror had opened the door, Bubbly screeching and sending a bubbly flying at him. Dust yelled and backed away before the bubble engulfed him and sent him flying into a wall.

"Oh, it's Horror," Bubbly said when she realized it was him, quickly stopping the bubble from slamming into another wall.

"Yeah," He said, his voice muffled by the bubble, "It's me, don't form another hole in my skull."

"Well, get in here!" She said, flickering her wrist so the bubble floated into the room, the door swinging shut behind the floating skeleton.

"Ya think he's a'here to stop us?" Silica whispered to her co-worker.

"If he is we're going to have to shove him into a closet," WingedMisket whispered back.

The bubble suddenly popped, plopping Horror onto the floor with an 'oof', him rubbing his pelvis before standing up.

"So, why are you here," Bubbly asked him, "We have every right to be here and you can't stop us, we were rightfully hired by the manager here!"

"You guys are following Lust and Death too?" Horror asked them.

They all stared at him for a moment before Bubbly summed a bubble over her head, screaming into it with a loud squeal of utter happiness. WingedMisket threw her hands into the air and cheered while Silica pumped her fist into the air.

"Um..." Horror said as he watched them freak out, "Should I go...?"

"No!" Bubbly said, the bubble around her head popping as she gripped his shoulders, "But this is good, we have a great start! Now that you've come to your senses, we can use you to drag those skeletons from each other."

"This is weird," Horror mumbled as Bubbly shook his shoulders a bit, "Not going to lie, this is really weird."

"We don't have any Horror dolls!" The demon of the three panicked, "I left him at home.

"That ain't good," Silica muttered, lighting another cigarette.

"You have a doll of me?" Horror asked.

"Nooooooo..." The three girls said at once, all of them suddenly interested in their shoes.

"Look, I came to get your help, ok?" Horror said, "Geno, Dust, and I were hiding inside of a car outside and we were watching them, but I'm going to go insane if I let them go on."

Bubbly took a long breath to control her other squeals, clapping her hsnds together as she formed a plan.

"I think I have an idea," She said, "We're going to sabotage that date."

~~~~~~

So, this was kinda awkward.

Killer was sitting on the edge of the couch, Horror's jacket on his lap. Since autumn was coming up, the sir was getting more colder, so Horror had decided to bring his jacket with him everywhere just in case. However, Horror had forgotten it at Geno's house, so Killer decided to wait for him there.

He had realized it wasn't a great idea on his part.

Dream was sitting next to him with his hands on his lap, swinging his feet back and forth. He was looking over at Nightmare, waiting for his younger brother to start talking.

Nightmare had his arms crossed and he was staring at the TV on the wall in front of them, trying to ignore Dream. He didn't want to have this discussion, not now, not ever. So, he was watching Spongebob intently, even though he hated that little sponge under the ocean.

Cross was sitting next to him, watching Nightmare. Nightmare had to start talking, it was part of the deal, he had still lost the first bet, this was the requirement.

And Cross had already summoned floating knifes all around the exit points of the room, Nightmare wasn't going to run off.

They were going to have this chat.

"Hey," Cross said, nudging Nightmare.

Nightmare growled at him before sighing, turning towards Dream with an annoyed expression.

"Due to a bet that I have lost, I am being forced to converse with you," Nightmare summed up, crossing his arms, "Thus, we are here to discuss things."

"Thank you, Cross," Dream said, looking at Cross.

"No problem, you guys need to figure this out," Cross said, finishing off his hersey kiss.

"Do I have to do this?" Nightmare groaned, looking over at Cross.

"Yes," Cross said.

Killer watched Nightmare turn back to his brother in interest. Nightmare wasn't one who ever listened to anyone, so it was a miracle that Cross was being able to be controlled this easily without so much as a punch or threat towards Cross. Killer was confused, why was Nightmare being so nice towards Cross?

Dream, however, knew the answer. He knew his brother pretty well, despite how Nightmare treated him, not to mention he saw Geno's post. Nightmare definitely was taking an interest to Cross.

Nightmare never really 'crushed' on someone, but instead took an interest on their personality and acted differently then others when he liked someone romantically. He'd practically 'test' them to see if they were capable to being a good friend. And when he thought they were good enough, he'd say "You're my date now" and practically claim them. But, since it usually didn't go well, he had stopped doing that and stopped trying to even get close to people, since no one really understood him.

But Dream knew Cross, and he was actually pretty excited about it. Cross was a good guy for Nightmare to get along with, since Cross' mind works similar to Nightmare's.

And they really seemed to like to cuddle, but that was despite the point.

"I don't like you, ok, I'm done now," Nightmare said, starting to stand up.

"Aye!" Cross said, pulling him back onto the couch, "You should be happy that you at least you have a family member that cares about you! Geno's parents and brother died, and my Dad hated me! So sit your a*s down and appreciate the family you have, ok?"

Nightmare rolled his eyes but obeyed, sitting back down next to Cross and Dream.

"I hate you," Nightmare finally admitted, "I hate you because you were always so f*cking perfect to Mom and Dad! They always got you those new toys on Christmas while I got nothing, not even a stupid piece of coal! They always congratulated you and always said I had to be like you! You know why I hate you! Because of you, I hated myself throughout childhood! I hated how I was always the disappointing one, how I couldn't do anything right! I hate how I never could understand why I was the one who got hate, who I was the one no one ever wanted to be near!"

Nightmare was yelling at that point, his fists clenched as he stared down at his lap as he poured out emotions that were building over the years out of his mouth. It was clear this was his first time ever he had revealed his emotions to someone, and Cross was understanding him now.

Nightmare challenged people to prove to himself he wasn't worthless, so he constantly put people down to being himself up. He felt threatened by being near people because his parents never appreciated what he did.

He just wanted to be praised for once in his life.

"Why did they like you better than me?" Nightmare demanded, pointing at Dream, "Why did they make me leave our house and pay you to go to college? Why wasn't I good enough for anyone? Why... Why couldn't I just be loved?"

And for the first time in his life, Nightmare broke down.

~~~~~~

"I always keep extra beetles with me," Horror said, holding up two large bags of squirming, alive beetles.

WingedMisket gagged and looked away while Bubbly raised her eyebrows and Silica didn't react, she just instead took another puff of her cigarette with a bored expression.

"Where were you hiding those?" Bubbly asked in disbelief.

Horror unzipped his hoodie and opened it, showing multiple bags of alive insects on the inside. There was also a large ax strapped to the inside, along with a few small knifes.

"I am concerned for your sanity," WingedMisket said.

"I've seen worse," Silica chuckled.

"What I'm worried about is how he found that many beetles and managed to trap them without them leaving the bag," Bubbly said, "But that is good, we should put it into Edge's food."

"That's a great idea, let's do it!" WingedMisket said, high fiving her Captain.

"If I had my car, I'd be able to do a lot more," Horror laughed evily, "I have so many ideas to torture someone and this is the first time I have so many partners, this is going to be fun!"

"What have we unleashed onto the world?" WingedMisket muttered, staring at the bugs in horror.

"An evil geniuses," Bubbly said, "So, shall we get started?"

~~~~~~

"So, Blue," Lust said, "Are you excited about going on a sales call Monday?"

"Yeah!" Blue said, "I don't go on many of them so I'm excited to go with Dream!"

"Sounds like fun," Death said, "I was the last one hired by the Possessive branch before the merge, so I've only gone on two sales calls."

"Really?" Blue asked, "How was your first sales call?"

"Long," Death laughed, "It took an hour just to get the sale closed, so I'm pretty happy that I got out of it."

"Here's your drinks!" Bubbly said, popping out of nowhere with the drinks on a tray.

"Here's a Coke, a water, a Pepsi, and a fruit punch," Bubbly said, placing them into their respective places.

"No, he ordered a Pepsi, not a child's drink," Edge said, pushing the drink back.

"Actually, you ordered a Pepsi for him since you think he's an adult that's too old for fruit punch," Bubbly said, "And if so, adults can order their own drinks, unless you think he's a child that needs to have want his babysitter is having. What is it, Edge?"

Edge and Bubbly seemed to have a stare down, her hand still around Blue's cup as she glared at him. Death, Blue, and Lust looked back and forth between the two, slightly afriad of what might go down.

Edge huffed and leaned back, his fingers that were around his fork snapping it clean in half.

He was pretty angry he couldn't argue that.

"Fine," He muttered, his eyes glowing slightly as he leaned towards Bubbly, "But don't test me."

Bubbly smiled at him before flipping open her notebook, proceeding to ask for their food orders as if a threat wasn't thrown in her direction.

"Pasta," Edge said, smirking to himself, thinking he had ended the conversation with him winning.

"Um..." Lust said awkwardly, "The salad looks good, thanks."

"I'll have the chilli cheese dog," Death said, pulling at his shirt a bit.

"Can I please have the mac n cheese?" Blue asked her quietly, awkwardly glancing at Edge.

"You're orders will be out shortly," Bubbly said before walking off.

Lust glanced at Death with a worried expression, practically saying "I think he's going to kill us! This was a bzd idea!"

Death nodded in agreement. He usually wasn't afraid of anything, but seeing those practically sending death threats through their eyes, that made him very, very uncomfortable.

"So, Death!" Blue said, quickly trying to lighten the mood, probably used to this by now, "Maybe we could go on a sales call someday!"

"Hehe, maybe..." Death said, pulling at the collar of his shirt.

After some more times of awkward glances and short lived conversations, the food arrived finally, Bubbly grinning at them as she set down their food.

Before they could do anything else, Edge suddenly lunged at Bubbly over the table, grabbing a fist full of her shirt and slamming her into a wall.

"WHAT THE F*CK DID YOU DO?" Edge yelled at her, a few floating bones surrounding her.

"W-What?" She asked, her eyes widening with fear.

"Edge, calm down!" Blue said, rushing up to pry him off the human.

"Dude, stop!" Death said, "She just gave us food!"

Edge didn't listen and sent a bone flying at Bubbly, it piercing her beanie and sticking it into the wall, tears rolling down her face.

"I didn't do anything!" She sobbed.

By then, all do the rest of the people who were eating there were panicking, some of them screaming at him to calm down while some of them backed away. The manager came out of his Office, demanding to know what was going on.

"THIS LITTLE SH*T PUT BUGS IN MY FOOD!" Edge screamed at the manager, pointing at his plate.

"There's no bugs in there!" The manager said, gesturing to the plate.

~~~~~~

Bubbly walked back into the room, adjusting her torn hat on her head.

"That went better then expected!" Bubbly said, "It's a good thing we took that time tying those strings around those beetles, or else that would've went really bad."

"Y'all should've been a wee bit more careful," Silica said, puffing on her cigarette.

"Nicely done!" Horror said, high fiving Bubbly, "The crying added, now Edge is banned from the restaurant!"

~~~~~~

Nightmare sobbed onto his brothers shoulder, who was rubbing circles soothingly onto his back. Killer and Cross had left the room to let them work it out, and they did. Nightmare spent some time screaming at Dream before Dream told him how he left his parents because of how they treated Nightmare, which he did, and now that it was all over and that he loved Nightmare. Nightmare then continued to sob, in which Dream had pulled his brother into a loving embrace.

"Dream really does care about his brother," Cross said, watching at the siblings bonded.

"He does..." Killer observed, "He really does care about him..."

And for the first time in Killer's relationship, he doubted his love for Horror.

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The ships are advancing!

Yay!

I'm pretty excited about this book and where It's going, especially the next chapter that was inspired by a funny thing that happened on a show my sibling watched.

This'll get interesting real quick.

If you're confused on what happened, here's the story. I found out where they were going to the restaurant (don't ask how) managed to land a job there, snuck in my crew members, then plotted with Horror to get rid of their biggest threat, Edge, and to keep away Lust and Death from each other. They planted some beetles in the pasta with strings around them, so they could drag them off the plate after Edge had discovered them to make him go physco on their waitress, me. And the manager thinks he went crazy over nothing, so he was kicked out, and he stormed home without Blue for, being angry. So, Blue had to finish his dinner in uncertainty. Then I quit because that experience was 'too scary', in which I left to go back to my ship with my crew. Pretty much what happened.

-So, I updated this today instead of tomorrow at 12 because I just learned that I'm going to be busy all of tomorrow, and won't be able to upload this chapter tomorrow. So, I'm uploading it today instead, and you guys won't get any uploads tomorrow. Sorry!-