Precious To Me Always (Cross x Epic)

My Best Friend

PreNote: Epic is shorter than Cross, Epic is also 3 years younger than Cross, this is my AU.

||||| Epic : 22 ||||| Cross : 25 ||||| Dream : 24 ||||| Killer : 21 |||||

  Epic POV 

I skipped down the steps, nearly loosing my footing twice, I'm not normally clumsy, it just seemed to be today that I had an awful case of the klutz.

"Heya, Dude, how are you?" Cross asks, already standing in the kitchen.

"Hey, Bruh! I'm good! What about you?" I ask, smiling at him. He returns the smile, watching me fiddle with my hands nervously.

"I'm alright, Epic. Hey, you remember Dream, right?" He asks. I nod slightly.

"Yeah, I remember Dream. He's your boyfriend. What about him?"

"He asked me if I wanted to go out to the movies with him today! Isn't that great?" Cross explains to me. "I just...I just really like him, to be totally honest with you. I'm glad he's finally ready to talk to me about what's been keeping him so distance recently."

"Ah...W-Well, I'm not love expert. So, please, don't ask me about it!" I say, only half-joking, with a small laugh. I didn't like Dream...I had my reasons, it's not that I just hated Dream because he took Cross away from me like some bad shit crazy yandere. No, it's because Dream was a little...what's the word? Dull...? He just didn't seem all that thrilled to be around Cross anymore, although they had been dating for a few weeks now.

Plus, he threatened me. He didn't like me before we even met, because I supposedly, "annoyed Cross" and I'm such a "mean and selfish person" for wanting Cross to myself. Which, is not true, I don't stalk Cross. I don't control him, either. I know that I can't. He's just my best friend, I'm protective of him, can I not be protective of the one person I trust with my life?

I had not told Cross what Dream did. In fear, perhaps...or of losing my best friend. What if he believes Dream over me? I'll lose the only thing I treasure in this world. My best friend...I don't feel like losing him. So, I kept my mouth shut and let him go with Dream.

"Yeah, yeah, Mr.Single forever, huh?" Cross teases. "Why won't you let anyone get close to you? I'm sure they could make you happy and if they break your heart well then I'll break them and be here to comfort you, no matter what. I promise, Epic." Cross says, hugging me slightly, I gratefully accept his hug, happily.

"Thank you, Cross..." I whisper to him. He chuckles.

"Any day, my dude."

His phone breaks the silence and we release each other. He picks it up.

"It's Dream. Hey, wanna head to the star sanses base together? After that, I'll meet up with Dream and you can hang out with whomever you want to! You can make some new friends, too, while you're at it!"

"R-Right! Yeah, I'd love to," I reply quickly, running off to grab my shoes and slip them on.

"Come on, Epic!" Cross yells from downstairs. I run down the steps and he smiles, grabbing my hand and leading me out the door. We walk side-by-side, a smile on our faces until we get to the star sanses base.

You're probably wondering, why walk when you can teleport?

Yeah, well, why teleport when you can walk on a beautiful day like this one? It was nice and warm and it hadn't been raining, so, it was nice to walk on days like these.

When we got to the base, outside of the door, I could see Dream deep in conversation with Blue and Ink, he was the guardian of positivity, everyone loved him.

Cross stopped, releasing my hand and hugging me once more. "Cya later, Epic." He pulled back and then paused. He planted a small kiss on my forehead.

I felt my face heat up a bit, in a purple blush, as I waved to him, "Y-Yeah...goodbye, C-Cross."

I smiled, walking inside after a moment, I decided to talk to someone I knew pretty well, my second bruh, Kills.

Killer was standing next to a very bright and colorful sans. Who was he? He was smaller and shorter than Killer, seemed to be younger too. I wondered who he was. My confusion didn't last very long, as Killer noticed me and waved me over.