Creation Begins with an I, Destruction Begins with an E (Undertale Errink Book)

Kidnapped

"Cross, alguien está en la puerta!"

"¡Lo sé!" Cross shouted back. He looked up at Chara, who was laying on the bed that Cross was sitting against, an Xbox controller in his hands. "Chara, go and get the door. I'm busy." He continued typing on the laptop he currently had on his lap.

"So am I!" Chara complained, keeping his eyes glued to the screen in front of him.

"I'm doing work stuff, mom's cooking dinner, and you're playing Xbox! Get off your ass and do something!" Cross shouted at him.

"How do you do work stuff on a laptop? You're a tattoo artist!"

"Yeah, and I'm replying to Emails from the other studios, since Ink seems to have forgotten to do it, despite it being his job!"

"Well I'm not getting up."

"Ugh, I hate you!" Cross yelled, slamming his laptop closed and throwing it on Chara's bed, storming out of the room. He went down the staircase, past the kitchen, where his mother was making some sort of spicy-smelling food, and to the door. He opened it. Stood in front of him was Nightmare.

Cross just froze, staring at him.

"Look. I just wanted to apologise for-"

Slam.

"¿Quién es?" His mother called.

"Nadie importante."

Suddenly she appeared into the hall, pushing past Cross and reaching for the door handle, but Cross pulled her hand away. She narrowed her eyes at him and repeated her last question, "¿Quién es?" She pulled open the door, shoving Cross out of the way again. Nightmare was looking down at his phone, but looked up and put it away when the door opened again. He smiled at the two.

"Hi! Uh, sorry, I've forgotten your name-" Nightmare said awkwardly, looking at her.

"Soy Jael. ¡Qué gusto verte de nuevo!" Jael beamed at him and stepped aside, clearly inviting him inside. Cross shook his head, but Jael frowned. "Cross, ¡No seas grosera! Nightmare, ¿Te gustaría quedarte a cenar?"

"Wh- My Spanish is failing me-"

"She's asking you to leave!"

"I asked if you'd like to stay for dinner." Jael said, shooting a cold look at Cross. Nightmare raised his 'eyebrows', having not heard Jael speak English before. Her accent was thick and it took Nightmare a second to figure out what she'd said.

"...Well, I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable..." He looked over at Cross.

"Bit late for that. You sort of showed up at my family's house, uninvited- Wait, how do you know where we live?"

"Dream told me you'd either be at your family's house or your apartment, and he told me where both of those places are. Also you said 'where we live', don't you live at your place?"

"...I live at my place, but I spend a lot of time here... But I can't believe Dream would just tell you where I live, that's just so weird- Wait, you know where my apartment is too?!"

"Yeah, but I'm not gonna go there, don't worry. The only reason I'm here now is just because I want to apologise for yesterday."

Cross hesitated before speaking."...Apology accepted. But you should probably go now-"

"¿Te quedarás entonces? ¿Para la cena?" Jael was clearly more comfortable speaking in her own language, so Nightmare looked back at Cross, trusting that he'd give the correct translation this time.

"...She wants to know if you're staying for dinner..."

"Only if you're okay with it." Nightmare gave Cross a faint smile.