Lmao so like a bunch of people got triggered about how Pj and Fresh would have an age gap and shit sooooooooo
Im saying that Fresh is 19...which meaaaaanssss...

H e w a s f o u r y e a r s o l d I n C r i m i n a l C o n f l i c t - -

---??? POV----

As soon as the first rays of light shone through the half closed curtains in the living room of the mansion I was up.

I shifted on the comfy sofa chair, sitting up and looking over the living room.

Blue, Dust and their kid were curled up together asleep on one of the bigger sofas. A blanket had been messily thrown over them, and a few cushions were shoved under their heads.

Horror, Lust and their kid were sprawled out across another sofa, also having blankets and cushions piled around them.

Nightmare and Cross' five kids were also all sprawled out across a sofa, bundled up in a group like a group of small animals, packing together to stay warm.

Nightmare and Cross were also down here, having not gone up to their room to sleep. Cross was curled up in Nightmare's arms, snoring softly as he snuggled closer, his face pressed into Nightmare's chest. Nightmare himself was awake, his cold blue eye seeming softer as he looked down at Cross and pet him softly. The smaller purred in his arms, nuzzling his chest happily.

I flinched as Nightmare looked up at me, his expression turning from soft to cold and hard. "So you're up."

I looked away, nodding. "Yeah. And? You're up as well."

He snorted, pointing over at something I couldn't see by a window. "That's why."

I blinked, looking over there. "Uh...I don't see anything..."

He stretched slightly before nuzzling Cross. "Wait for it to sense my aura and you'll see it."

I tilted my head in confusion, but leaned back on the sofa, waiting for something miraculous to happen.

Suddenly, a purple wisp came into my vision, floating along in the air over to Nightmare.

"Wh-What is that?"

Nightmare eyed it, letting a tentacle stretch out and wrap around it lightly before bringing it over to him. "It's a nightmare."

I blinked curiously, leaning forwards slightly as I saw Cross go tense, letting out a soft whimper.

"It's meant for Cross." He said simply, making sure it didn't go near the smol skeleton. "They stopped ages ago, but recently they've been coming back."

I flinched as he suddenly crushed it with his tentacle, making an odd sigh ring out across the room as purple smoke seeped out from his curled up tentacle before fading into nothing.
"Wow..."

Nightmare rolled his eye, petting Cross, who was now relaxed instead of being tense. "It gets annoying after a while..."

We both went silent for a while before I jumped to my feet suddenly, clapping my hands together. "Well then. I'll wake the others up."

Nightmare rolled his eye. "So are Cross and I being forced to baby sit seven kids instead of five?"

I snickered. "Yup. I'm sure you'll cope just fine."

"Mmhm..." Nightmare pulled Cross closer to him before curling up and pulling the blankets more over the two of them. "Try not to wake Cross up when you drag the others off to save our noble leader..."

"I'll try..." I muttered, starting to walk over to Horror and Lust.

A small groan emitted from the two of them as I shook them gently but otherwise they stayed asleep.

I rolled my eyes before taking the simple method of shoving the two of them off of the sofa. I made sure their kid stayed safe though.

Horror let out a loud yelp as he hit the floor, followed by a grunt as a now awake Lust fell on top of him.

The two of them woke up rather loudly, earning me a disapproving hiss from Nightmare as Cross shifted in his sleep. He didn't wake up though.

Horror and Lusts awakening did manage to get Dust and Blue up though, along with their kid.

"Hhhh..." Dust let out a drawn out groan before rubbing his eye sockets and sitting up. "What's happening...?"

I walked over, pulling him to his feet. "We're moving out. Now."

"But it's like, three in the morning!"

"Exactly. The police patrols switch over at six am and it will take us about three-ish hours to get back to Craitown. The patrollers will be tired out and more focused on the clock so that they can go home and sleep. Hopefully then it'll be easier to slip around the station unnoticed."

"If you want to go round in the dark unnoticed then you should bring Nightmare, not us." Horror grumbled, pushing himself to his feet before helping Lust up.

"Well Nightmare's staying here because he's still not healed. And as far as I've heard, the hunt for Cross is back on for Lilitown. I've seen their staff looking round Craitown recently. They seem to think he's taking refuge in Craitown for somewhere. Anyways, I know Nightmare wouldn't come without Cross. But he would never risk Cross getting caught by them."

"Too right I wouldn't." Nightmare growled from his sofa as he pet Cross, who seemed to be waking up slightly.

"Exactly. So lets go." I said. "The kids will stay here. And Blue can as well." I glanced over at Dust, who nodded.

"You stay here Bluey...okay?" He whispered, kissing him softly.

Blue blushed softly and nodded before hugging him tightly. "Just be careful...okay?"

Dust chuckled, petting him. "Since when an I not careful?"

Blue huffed, puffing his cheeks out. "Please..."

Dust sighed, peppering his face in kisses. "I promise I'll be careful and not get arrested."

"Good..."

Their kid blinked, watching the two of them. "Where are you going dad?"

Dust pulled the kid onto his lap, sighing. "I'm helping an old friend Sprinkle. I won't be gone long, don't worry."

The kid, Sprinkle, smiled up at him innocently. "Okay!"

Dust pet him softly. "Blue, Nightmare and Cross will look after you, okay?"

Sprinkle glanced warily over at Nightmare and the half asleep Cross before cuddling up to Blue. "Okay then."

I glanced over at Horror and Lust to see them having the same conversation with their kid, Desire.

"You'll be able to make six new friends." Horror said, eyeing up Sprinkle and Nightmare's kids.

Desire let out a lazy yawn, nodding. "Okay."

Horror and Lust stood up, with Dust following as they walked over to me.

"So then, Mystery kid. You lead the way."

Horror snorted, glancing at Lust. "The last time we bumped into a mystery person they turned out to be a psycho that wanted to kill all of us."

Lust looked at me warily. "Yeah...I remember that far to well...that guys the reason we ended up in prison."

"Buuuut Nightmare did break all of us out in that little cute form within like three hours of us being there..." Horror said cheerily, glancing over at Nightmare.

Nightmare glared at him and a small giggle from under the blankets around him signified that Cross was up.

"I miss that form..." Cross whispered, yawning slightly as he shifted out of the blankets. "It was so cute..."

Nightmare went frisk faced and pushed him away, earning a sleepy whine of protest from Cross. "It's weak, pathetic and embarrassing."

"Okay okaaayyy..." Cross mumbled, pushing Nightmare over so that he was slumped over the arm of the sofa before snuggling up to his side happily. "It's still cute though..."

"Cross, I swear to god--"

I rolled my eyes, looking away from the two lovebirds. "Right then guys, lets go."

Dust snickered, nodding as he followed me to the large double doors. "Lets just do this as quickly as possible."

Horror and Lust let out a hum of agreement. "Oh and just keep in mind that Nightmare won't be here to break us out this time."

Dust rolled his eyes. "True."

"We won't get caught." I growled, pushing open the giant doors to reveal the ash corrupted land outside. "Now lets go."

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Crossmare is the only thing I live forrrrr :'D

I wIlL tRy My HaRdEsT to be even on the ships for this book but uh...don't be surprised if it ends up focusing on Crossmare--

OH AND--

I changed him a bIt
And by a bIt I mean he now has a little 'X' on his skull XD
I fucked up the hoodie tho-- T^T

But otherwise I'm so fucking proud of that drawing shsgustiw

:'3

-Jess-