Black jumped happily when he heard the doorbell. He did have a crush on Dust and wore something nice. His cousin had always told him if he liked someone, he should wear the dress she gave him, and that's what he was doing. He looked at his relection one last time. He had worn blush on his pale cheeks, making them pop. The dress was purple and red with a blue bow and laces.

"Hi!" Black smiled when he saw Dust. The taller blushed brightly as he saw the smaller in the short dress.

"W-wow! W-what are you wearing?" Dust blushed. He covered his drooling mouth.

"My cousin got it for me! Do you like it?" Black did a little twirl for Dust. The taller blushed as he saw the small neko was wearing tiny, lacey panties.

"I love them~" Dust muttered to himself, smirking.

"Yay! So, should we start studying?" Blackberry smiled excitedly. Dust blushed as he knew Black had heard him.

"Sure..." Dust shrugged. Black lead him to his room.

"Welcome to my room!" Black smiled sweetly. The room was dark purple with a red and dark blue rug covering most of the floor.

"Lovely." Dust said. Black saw something on the ground. He bent down to pick it up. Dust covered his nose as blood leaked from one of his nostrils. 

"Wait here while I get the book!" Black clapped. Blackberry ran out, leaving Dust alone. He looked around. The drawers were filled with panties and stockings. The closet was filled with crop tops, tank tops, short shorts, and a few dresses with a hoodie or two.

"Black, you really like girly clothes..." Dust mumbled. He looked around the room some more until he heard Blackberry running towards the door. He sat down on the rug when Black burst through the door with a big and heavy book. 

"Hi! Here's the book!" He handed Dust the book. The taller looked up at him with a worried look.

"This isn't a science textbook... it's a bible..." Dust said.

"Eh? But mum said-"

"Your mom is a bible-thumper. Come on, let's go someplace fun!" Dust held out his hand tempingly.

"O-okay!" Black gave in to his temptation. Dust lead him out the window-- Blackberry's mother had come home earlier-- and they ran. "Where are we going?"

"To my house! My brother's at a sleepover so it should be empty!" Dust held his hand as they ran. They made it to his house and went in.

"What now?" Blackberry cocked his head.

"I donno, smoke? Have you ever tried drinking alcohol?" Dust made his way into the kitchen. The walls were the only clean ones in the house and, like Dust's ceiling, was stained with smoke. 

"I've gone to church and had a sip of wine." The neko replied.

"Here's some vodka." Dust pulled out a bottle.

"I-I think I'm good." Black politely declined.

"Your lose." Dust shrugged, drinking straight from the bottle.

"Are you supposed to be drinking that?" Black asked. 

"Oh shit." Dust spat out some vodka.

"What?" Black turned to where Dust was staring.

"I'll get the mouse traps and poison." Dust sighed, putting the alcohol on the counter. Black saw the rat, his eyes widening. His eyes went blank as he pounced on it. "Hey! Don't do that!"

Black slowly looked at Dust, the rat in his mouth. The rat squirmed before Black bit down, killing it.

"Spit that out!" Dust bent over, holding his hand out. Blackberry looked up at him, annoyed. His eyes were a dead, dark grey instead of his usual, loving purple. "Spit it out."

"Mine." Black growled in a deep voice. Dust grabbed Black, making him spit the rat out.

"What has gotten into you?!" Dust pushed Black's head away, making sure he couldn't get to the dead rat. He ran over to the trash can, throwing the rat's corpse into the trash. He turned back to Black, who was dizzy. "What is wrong with you?!"

"W-what? I can't remember what happened..." the neko used the counter to get up. 

"How do you not remember?! You just bit and killed a rat!" Dust exclaimed, motioning to the trash can.

"I-I'm so sorry... I-I don't know what c-came over me..." Black tried standing properly. He fell onto the counter, hitting his side. The vodka fell to the floor, the glass cutting Blackberry's shins.

"Black! Are you okay?!" Dust ran over, catching Black before he fell.

"I-I don't know! I-I'm so sorry, Dusty!" Black hugged Dust tight, crying. He held on, as if for his life, sobbing into his shirt.

"Why are you sorry? You didn't do anything wrong!" Dust exclaimed.

"I don't know why I did it! I knew you didn't like it, but I did it anyways! I know it's not you but it was! It was you! And I forced you to..." Black sobbed harder.

"What? What did you do?" Dust asked calmly, pulling Black away enough for him to look him in the eyes.

"I'm sorry! Please don't be mad!" Black cried.

-Blackberry's dream-

Black was having a sleepover with Dust. He doesn't know why or how it happened, but Dust was sleeping in a sleeping bag next to him. Blackberry shivered in his dream

"Dusty?~" he whispered. Dust got up and stood over the bed.

"Yes, Berry?" Dream!Dust had asked.

"I need your help~" Blackberry looked at him. "Can you sleep with me?~" 

Dust was confused, but climbed into bed with Black. They faced each other, both blushing brightly.

"Dust, our hugs are as strong as our hugs, right?" Black asked.

"Yes..?" Dust looked down at Black, blushing a glowing purple.

"Well hug me harder!" Black exclaimed.

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