JUmP In ThE CACC-

Hewwo! I've been getting quite a bit of attention for this story lately and I'm surprised cause I've been thinking it sucks. But I still appreciate the support. <3

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Cray's POV: Wtf is wrong with me....It was just a dream. Nothing more so why am I acting like this. Palette is an annoying brat who's too cute for his own good......wait...WHAT!!?!?

"CRAY!" I jumped up in surprise to see Goth snapping his fingers in my face. "Jeez finally. You were staring off into space for the longest time. My face lit up slightly 

"S-sorry....I was just remembering something." Goth tilted his head in confusion.

"Oh. What was it? Was it about me?" I flinched slightly.

"N-No no no it's nothing important hey I think that Pj guy needs your help yeah go help him." I said without any pauses as I pushed Goth away.

"Ok...?" He said in utter confusion as he walked off to take care of some of the kids. I sighed in relief and wiped my forehead. Jesus. Last thing I need is for Goth to know about my dream with Pal- I heard a small, but adorable snicker. I turned my head to see the very one I despise. Palette seemed to have been letting out small laughs because of my nervous reaction from earlier. 

"What are y-you laughing at." shit I stuttered. That wasn't intimidating at all. Still. Palette turned his head back to me and stopped laughing. He let out a huff of annoyance and turned his skull away again which was glowing slightly with yellow and green. He's so fucking cute- NO CRAY STOP IT!!! I smack myself straight in the skull....quite hard actually.....Oooowwww.

No One's POV: Mr. Palette walked over to Reaper and Geno after his run in with Cray. Blue, Ink, Error, SwapFell, Fresh, Melon and Dream were watching the event that just happened in front of them even though they had any idea what was going on. 

"Dream you're smart....what was that?" Melon questioned cocking his skull to the side. Dream shrugged. He had to admit. He was confused too. Hmmmmm.....

"Idk." Dream said, "All I know is that Mr. Palette is upset with that other skeleton man...ummm...uh"

"I think his name was Gray." Blue said trying to help.

"I thought it was Clay?" Fresh said.

"Well whatever his name is, I think he upset Mr. Palette."

"Yeah, he caused his face to look like a lemon somehow." Melon pointed out as Dream nodded.

"*gasp* DO YOU THINK GRAY MADE HIM EAT SOMETHING SOUR!?!?" Blue blurted out. (That's right. I'm trying to make them as innocent as possible. Is it workin?)

"No dummy!" SwapFell but in, "If he did we would've saw it happen!" Blue huffed.

"Sorry for coming up with ideas...." he said. Ink pat Blue's shoulder encouragingly while still holding onto Error's small hand. 

"It's ok..." Ink said his voice quiet, "you did your best." 

"I think they're just in love." Alter said suddenly just appearing next to his friends. Many of the children looked at him confused.

".....What is love?" (Baby don't hurt me) Blue asked. Alter sighed.

"Well It's like the feeling you have inside your heart. It's what let's you know you like someone. Like really like someone." Alter said trying to explain it the best he could. He was the oldest out of us and he did talk fancy sometimes. (He's still a child tho)

"Like the way I feel for Inky?" Error asked causing Ink's face turned a full rainbow as he hid away in his long scarf. 

"Or the way I feel for Mr. Pj!?" Fresh said raising his hand.

"OR THE WAY I FEEL FOR TACOS!!" Blue said eyes stars.

"Yeah.....I guess so...." 

".....That's disgusting" Swapfell said sticking his tongue out.

"Hehe....I guess it can be sometimes." Alter chuckled. 

"But how do you tell if someone is feeling love?" Dream pointed out.

"Well it's harder to tell if someone else might be feeling something...." he said scratching the back of his neck. 

"Then how do you know Mr. Palette likes Clay." Fresh asked.

"First, his name is Cray," a few of the kids responded with ooohhs, "secondly, the reason Mr. Palette's face looked like a lemon is because he was probably embarrassed from being around Cray." Alter calmly explained.

"So if I was around someone I loved my face would turn into a lemon?" Blue asked as Errror and Ink snickered.

"Um...not exactl-" Dream cut Alter off.

"If Mr Palette is in love with Mr. Clay then we should try and help them get together!" He said with a wide smile.

"Yeah!" Blue and Melon said in unison. Error turned to Ink who was still blushing. The smol gave out a soft nod.

"I guess we're in too. Why not. Could be fun." Error said.

"Let's do it! This will be so rad." Fresh said fidgeting around excitedly.

"Well I'm not-" Swapfell was cut of as Blue suddenly gave a small, but still frightening glare. "I mean yeah I'll help hehehe...."

Dream jumped up excitedly. "Alright follow me. I have a plan." He said as he motioned for his other small friends to follow.

"Wait! I don't think you should........do that..*sigh*" Alter put a small hand on his chest. 

"Is everything alright Alter." Alter turned to see Gradient who was crouched down to his level with a worried expression. Alter smiled.

"Everything is quite alright." Alter reassured him. Gradient gave a smile back. Alter turned his attention back to the other kids who were coming up with their plan for chaos, but only for a second. 'They'll be fine,' he told himself. 'Besides....it could be fun.'

Palette's POV: "Now Geno don't be so stubborn.." I said softly to the smol before me.

"But he wouldn't leave me alone!" Geno said stomping his small foot as he pointed a finger at a slightly guilty looking Reaper whom had a red marking on his cheek. I sighed. Even if Geno was mean to him, Reaper always thought it was his fault.

"That's not something good to say. Reaper just really likes you Geno. He can't help it if he wants to stay close to you." I said with sympathetic look. Geno looked to the side slightly seeing Reaper. The smol god lit up slightly in blue and looked straight down fidgeting with the strings on his hood. Geno frowned a little. 

"Now go apologize. Reaper will understand. He isn't mad at you." Geno sighed. 

"O-ok...." he said, his face turning light red. He walked slowly over to Reaper who was still looking down in guilt. It took a full minute, but Geno finally made a move and hugged Reaper tightly surprising the tiny god. Geno's mouth was moving yet I couldn't here what he was saying, but Reaper hugged Geno back tightly. I could only guess the Geno was mumbling apologies. I smiled. Geno acts tough, but he really is just as sentimental as the rest of the kids. Such a tsundere.....

"Um...M-Mr. Palette?" a quiet voice spoke. I looked behind me to see Ink with his scarf pulled over his mouth. Probably why his voice was pretty inaudible. I crouched down to his level so I could hear him better.

"What is it Ink? Is something wrong." Ink squirmed a bit.

"Um...." Ink seemed to be nervous, well....more than usual. His face looked kind of...guilty I guess. "I t-think Fresh an-and D-Dream are a-arguing...." I raised a brow. Since when did Fresh and Dream ever get into arguments with each other. If anything I thought it would be Dream and Blue. They always get into arguments on who would be 'leader' in certain things. 

"Are you sure Ink?" I asked. Ink nodded quickly covering his face with his scarf more. I sighed. Might as well investigate. "Alright lead me to them." I said and Ink nodded again. He started walking into the hallways of the main room as I followed him. Why does this seem suspicious....?  I looked ahead to see the truth. Fresh and Dream were indeed yelling at each other....and Cray was there trying to calm them down. Weird. I walked ahead of Ink to get to the kids faster so they wouldn't hurt each other not even noticing the blue strings ahead of me. 

No One's POV: "NOW!!" Melon yelled as him Blue, Error, and Swapfell pulled on both sides of the blue strings causing Palette to trip right as he was about to reach the other kids. Palette braced himself to face plant on the floor, but it never came. What?.... The kids all snickered and quickly got out of the situation as fast as they could leaving no evidence. Palette opened his eyes a sliver only to be met with another pair. Palette's face exploded in bright green and yellow. Lucky for him, Cray had come to his rescue and had caught him before he hit the ground, but the position they were in was in no way more dignifying. When Cray had caught him, they were put into a position to where it looked like he was about to dip the other. Cray had his arm securely placed around Palette's waist while his other hand was placed on his back. Their faces were basically inches apart and Cray seemed to be lost in the others eyes. They were a gorgeous mixture of yellow and mint green. Palette's eyes shone brightly and the fact they were shaped like stars made them shine even brighter. They glowed with an absolute pure innocence.....an innocence Cray wouldn't mind dominating..... He was so lost that he didn't even notice that he was slowly bringing the other closer. Palette however did notice and turned away embarrassed and slightly shameful.

"C-Cray.." Paletter stuttered out, "C-can you p-p-put down m-me....please?" He said his voice a whisper. Cray seemed to get it and snapped back into reality. He let out a small yelp of surprise and accidentally dropped Palette on the ground. Palette hissed in frustration, his blush instantly gone. He gave a low glare at Cray and stood up dusting himself off. "Thanks for nothing....." Palette said coldly as he walked away.

"Palette wait." Cray called out, but he ignored him and continued to walk away. Cray sighed and put his hand on his chest. His soul was beating so fast. 'What is happening to me....?' Cray thought to himself. 'I've only known Palette for a few days and I'm acting like this? And besides, Palette is my rival....and....I love Goth....don't I?'

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Finally updated this story. There are going to be many, MANY moments where Cray asks himself 'wtf is wrong with me'. Lol. Also I'll try and update the cover soon.

Word count: 1798 words