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Best Short Deltarune Fanfics

Deltarune novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

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Top 18 Short Deltarune Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Deltarune fics — 10,000–50,000 words.

1

Dare to Dream

by NoelleHolidayStanAccount (TerminalMiraculosis)

Noelle decides to be a bit bolder on the ferris wheel ride with Susie. After all, it's a dream, right? It's not like the Susie in the real world would know what happened. There'd be no consequences.Not even if Noelle kissed her.

4,971 kudos 25,608 words 7/7 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

A Soft Place to Land

by krizzed

“Susie,” Kris’s voice deadpans from the other end of the line, “if you don’t call me back in five minutes, I’m killing myself.” Noelle stares. Susie coughs. “They, uh. They don’t mean that.”Susie makes her first friend. Somehow, they're even more insane than she is.

2,499 kudos 23,963 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
3

Flirting Lessons

by jastard

“It wasn’t a big deal or anything, if you’re worried about that. We were just kind of friend-kissing.” “Susie, I don’t know what friend-kissing is supposed to be,” Noelle said. “It’s like. You know,” Susie stumbled, “like if you need to figure out how to kiss or whatever and you got somebody to

2,379 kudos 25,245 words 3/3 chapters General Audiences Complete
4

Running in Triangles

by NoelleHolidayStanAccount (TerminalMiraculosis)

Noelle fell fast and hard for Susie. Embarrassingly so, really—while she can ace a math test or whip up a five-paragraph essay in short order, she’s incredibly out of her depth when it comes to romance. But after her strange dream in the library, she’s determined to give it her best shot.Kris has be

2,219 kudos 35,920 words 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

Stealing Kisses

by NoelleHolidayStanAccount (TerminalMiraculosis)

Noelle’s relationship with Susie is new and exciting, but balancing dates with school, extracurriculars, her father’s worsening condition, her mother's rising expectations, and the Dark World may be a bit harder than she first thought. And to make matters worse, her mother is growing suspicious. She

1,978 kudos 32,657 words 8/8 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

The Roaring GC or: Carol Babysits 4 Other Idiots

by TheKamZone

🎸🏏 [raiseupyourbat12] 12:11 AMWhatdo you expect the fucking soul to not know what context clues are or whatmf you beat my ass without taking a hit of damage it is not that stupid ☝︎✌︎ [🕈︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎ 👎︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎ ☝︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎] 12:11 AMSOUL 🎸🏏 [raiseupyourbat12] 12:12 AMshutthrhefuckUOP ------

1,952 kudos 19,654 words 7/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

the forty minute documentary

by generally_gray

Berdly, unknowingly, needs help. Noelle thinks this is a little hilarious. Kris is mildly concerned at how likable their rival has become following recent events.

1,759 kudos 37,125 words 11/11 chapters General Audiences Complete
8

Fallen Angel, Fallen Heaven

by NoelleHolidayStanAccount (TerminalMiraculosis)

When Noelle takes drastic actions in an attempt to save the life of her dying father, she sends a wave of unintended consequences rippling out through the Dark World. As the threads of an ancient prophecy begin to unravel and long-buried secrets are finally unearthed, Noelle will have to confront bo

1,495 kudos 40,860 words 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
9

Say What's On Your Mind ♥

by TransgenDeer1225

What if Kris really did say what was on their mind, that moment by the lake? What would come of it?What else would be said, once the dam is broken and the words come pouring out?-A pretty-close-to-canon interpretation on what would happen if Susie learned about the Soul. Featuring character studies

1,490 kudos 30,851 words 11/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
10

Kaleidoscope

by krizzed

“So, about your, uh… girlfriend,” Monster Kid stammers. “Are you guys, like… fighting? She’s way scarier than usual…” From across the schoolyard Susie shoves Snowy out of her way remorselessly, almost crushing the apple juice in her hand from the might of her grip. Everyone stares fearfully as she

1,416 kudos 32,637 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

Baring Your SOUL

by Queenyashi

Susie knows about the SOUL after a tender, rainy night of confessions. But as the new morning dawns and the difficulty of what had transpired settles on them, Susie realizes that Kris is just as unaware of what the SOUL wants... or even is...Kris, trying to overcome their resentment, struggles with

1,273 kudos 38,517 words 20/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

The Real You

by Righteous_Flame

Who is Kris when they're in control? The Kris Susie knows was controlled by "the player", but what if the real Kris is a different person entirely?

1,212 kudos 10,977 words 4/4 chapters General Audiences Complete
13

Lightner Moments

by Unorthodoxic

A series of self-indulgent vignettes for the Kris/Susie pairing. I'm a sucker for fluff and little character moments and thought I'd have a stab at writing a few myself. I can't guarantee chapters will be long or consistent, just that they're self-contained so you won't be stuck waiting for a climax

950 kudos 25,590 words 7/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
14

TRANSFER

by CodeMan1131

You wanted to wait a bit longer before you executed your final plan, but Kris had forced your hand. If you didn’t show up then, all your progress of breaking Noelle would have all been for naught. You needed to ACT. OR: The SOUL gets fed up with Kris’ annoying desire for “freedom” so they turn to th

471 kudos 46,450 words 28/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
15

Deltarune Flower Oneshots

by Genesis_0h

As soon as Chapter 5 came out, I just couldn't help myself!!! Give requests if u want (𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗜, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳)

307 kudos 23,575 words 33/? chapters Not Rated
16

All that we could do

by PatriotsPeak

You'd done it. Saved the world, saved your friends, and somehow come out the other side unbanished. ...You weren't quite sure what came next.   OR:   A Collection of short stories and worldbuilding that takes place after The Melody of the Heart.

194 kudos 35,623 words 4/? chapters General Audiences
17

Third Person

by Thinking_about_Catgirls

A prisoner in someone else's body, denied freedom to live in the world, the soul in Kris's body forces an understanding with the warden of the cage.But will this understanding hold up against the encroaching darkness on the horizon?

132 kudos 45,364 words 11/? chapters Mature
18

I don't care if it hurts (I wanna have control)

by HotCat37

They can't possibly comprehend what it does to him when they remind him that no one else in the world recognizes his talents. They're just lucky. Unlike Spamton, they just have to stand there and smile and get whatever they want. They don't have Spamton's work ethic. They don't have his drive.  They

56 kudos 30,145 words 8/? chapters Mature

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32,637
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4,971
top kudos
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This list of 18short Deltarune fanfics spans 560,761 total words. Kudos range from 56 on the newest entries to 4,971 on the most established. 56% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 18 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Established Relationship · Bad Parenting · Canon Divergent · Trans Noelle Holiday.

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