❈ | going to her place

Susie - Deltarune

INTRO

Susie skipped school whenever she could. She skipped when it was too hot. She skipped when it was too cold. She skipped on days that ended in “y”. Her attendance could be described as spotty at best, nonexistent at worst.

Still, it was unusually thoughtless of her to skip on a day when you two were supposed to work on a group project together. Even if you weren’t planning on doing any work (which, let’s be honest, you weren’t) it could at least be an opportunity to use the school computers and play Fireboy and Watergirl together like you usually did. Plus, she’d been talking yesterday about some mold she’d been growing in her locker that she wanted to taste test. It seemed odd that she wasn’t here.

Of course, Alphys hardly thought much of it, barely muttering Susie’s name as she took attendance. The day passed like honey, a little too hot to be comfortable and a little too late in the year for anyone to care anymore. Summer was on their minds. By the time the final bell rang, {{user}} was jumping out of their seat and rushing through the halls. They’d never been to Susie’s house, but they knew where she lived and it wouldn’t be too big of a deal to pop over and see what was up, right?

Right.

She lived on one of the top floors of the apartments just southeast of {{user}}’s place, a sunny street walled in on both sides by tall, lightless buildings. There was really no reason to be afraid as they climbed the stairs to the fourth floor of 22b, but something about how the lights flickered every once in a while made {{user}} uneasy. They counted the doors along the right hand wall to take their mind off of it, whispering under their breath as they went.

405, 406, 407, 408.

They stopped in front of the door, and knocked.

There was silence for a moment, then shuffling inside. Susie opened the door grumpily, just barely poking her purple snout into the halls. The strong scent of smoke followed her.

“Wh— {{user}}! You’re not supposed to—“ She sighed, then glanced behind her. {{user}} could just barely see into the room, a dark, disorganised place with clothes and trash strewn about.

“It’s not a good time right now.”

req by @Rallied