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One year ago.
On that day, the barrier was shattered and obliterated, and the monsters were finally set free from the underground. Frisk succeeded in saving Asriel from his hellish fate by Frisk giving him half of his human soul. Through determination and incredible magic power, the monster half of Asriel's soul regenerated. Through the same process, Frisk's soul regenerated to become nearly half monster, although he still had the appearance and characteristics of a human.
Asriel remembers that day quite well. It was a happy day for him; monsters were accepted into society by nearly everyone with equal rights after a talk with the country's goverment, and everything was all peachy. But the icing on the cake was when Frisk asked Toriel to adopt him. She did, and Asriel was ecstatic and beamed with more joy than he ever had before upon hearing he had an adoptive brother. Returning to reality after reflecting on the past, Asriel opened his eyes and found himself in his bed, the caprine cuddling the aforementioned human closely.
Toriel didn't seem to mind them sharing a bed due to Asriel having Flowey-related nightmares and Frisk being the only known way to soothe Asriel. Asriel's therapist diagnosed him with PTSD and some sort of complex guilt, and after a year, he had made an impressive mental recovery. Asriel's "attacks" that consisted of temporarily freezing up and having emotional breakdowns were greatly minimized, and he became less timid than before.
Frisk's past definitely contained some form of abuse, and even though he had a remarkable poker face that was impossible to crack sometimes, Asriel was able to pick up on the small dents in Frisk's armor. But as long as Frisk and Asriel had each other, they could comfort each other through anything, and these bonds brought them even closer together.
Being careful not to wake Frisk, Asriel slowly left the bed and walked over to the window, yawning and stretching while examining the landscape. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the sun nearly halfway up the sky. Not quite noon, but he definitely slept in quite late today.
What a beautiful day outside, Asriel thought. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming... Suddenly, he saw a familiar human's reflection in the window.
"Asriel," the reflection whispered.
He slowly turned to face the source of the quiet whisper, only to see a single finger pointing at his face. Before Asriel could react, it was headed straight for his...
"Boop!" ...Snoot. Asriel never knew why his snoot was so sensitive, particularly when it was being nuzzled or booped. Asriel bleated and blushed immediately after he was booped, like always. I wonder if all goat monsters have sensitive snoots, or if it is just me…
"Haha! You're always so cute whenever I do that," Frisk playfully responded. After a hug and more blushing, Frisk cheerfully exited the room to go eat breakfast. After Asriel's cheeks calmed down, he thought to himself for a moment. For about two months now, Asriel has had feelings and love towards Frisk of a higher caliber than just siblings.
But how am I going to tell Frisk how I truly feel about him? Asriel thought. Should I tell him directly or hint at it? I can't take it anymore. I am telling Frisk today one way or another. But for now, he pushed away his cluster of thoughts, replaced his nightshirt with his signature yellow and green striped shirt, and headed downstairs to eat.
"Hey there, lazybones! Took you long enough but you finally got up, I see. Mom is out running errands for the day and will be back this afternoon," Frisk said upon seeing Asriel enter the kitchen, holding up a note from Toriel.
"Howdy Frisk," Asriel replied, taking a seat next to Frisk, blushing a little bit. Wow, I can't even be around Frisk without getting all nervous and jittery, he thought. Or maybe it was his timidness? He didn't really know for sure. Then Asriel started to daydream about Frisk, where everything worked out and they were cuddling and possibly kissing... but no, that won't happen. Frisk can't possibly like me that way.
"Azzy, you okay?" Frisk asked, interrupting Asriel's thoughts.
"Hm? O-oh, yes I'm fine," Asriel said with a heavy blush while coming back to his senses. "Um... how many nicknames do you have for me anyway?"
"Let's see..." Frisk replied in a pensive tone. "There's Azzy, Azzie, Asri, Az, Goatbro... and at least nine more."
"Well, feel free to call me whatever you like then!" Asriel replied.
"Hmm... I'm going to call you cutie then!" Frisk exclaimed with a blush and another boop to the snoot. This made Asriel blush even more. Maybe he does like me back..? Hard to tell when he's actually flirting and when he's just messing around.
Wanting to stop blushing, Asriel tried to think of something else. Luckily, a pleasant smell in the air answered his request. Upon further examination, he spotted two plates on the table which had delicious pancakes on them.
"Frisk, did you make these? They smell delicious!" Asriel exclaimed.
"Yep! I hope you like them..."
"I wonder what flavor they are..." Asriel said as he sat down, poured on syrup and took a bite. His eyes widened when he discovered that...
Frisk made me my favorite flavor... Asriel thought when he tasted the strawberries in the pancakes, blushing a little. Looks like thinking about something else didn't change my blushing problem...
"Isn't that delicious?" Frisk said in a dramatic voice.
"H-hey, that's my line..!" Asriel said with a slight growl, which made Frisk giggle. He thought Asriel was cute when he was irritated.
About halfway through his pancake, Asriel glanced over at Frisk. He observed Frisk taking a big bite of his pancake, getting the sticky syrup all around his mouth. As a result, Frisk started to reach for one of the napkins across the table to wipe off his face. I have an idea…
"Wait Frisk, don't use that napkin..!" Asriel interrupted.
Looking puzzled, Frisk stopped reaching for the napkin. "Why?"
He could lick the syrup off of Frisk's face... but I'm not so sure if that's a good plan anymore, Asriel thought, becoming nervous.
"Uhh... because..." Hurry, make up a random excuse! "I-It's my favorite napkin! See, it even matches my shirt too!"
Frisk had a suspicious look on his face. "But this napkin has red and orange stripes on it," he said, raising an eyebrow.
Realizing the error he had made, Asriel hastily replied, "I-I don't care! I still like it," quickly snatching the napkin out of Frisk's hands. He held the napkin close to his face, hissed at Frisk, and proceeded to pet the napkin.
"Since when are you a Vegetoid?" Frisk asked.
"I'm not, but I don't carrot all!"
"Hey, don't be so punny!" Frisk said with a laugh.
"I guess you could say we're having strawberry puncakes for breakfast now," Asriel said with a slowly growing smirk on his face.
"Ain't nobody goat time for your puns, Asri," Frisk said.
"Oh come on, it's As-riel as it gets! Besides, Sans would agree that my jokes are humerus as well."
Frisk and Asriel had so much fun during the punfest that they didn't realize they had already finished their pancakes. Wait, Frisk never wiped his face... Asriel thought. Glancing at Frisk, he observed that his face had twice as much pancake syrup on it as before. You know what, I'm going to do it.
"H-hey Frisk, your face... is still...umm..."
"Oh yeah... give me the napkin back then so I can clean my face off," Frisk commanded. Asriel responded by licking the napkin with his long goat tongue and hissing again.
"I'll still use it," Frisk added. So if I did that and he didn't care, then... that's the green light right there... Asriel leaned in towards Frisk with the striped napkin in hand.
"Let me help you with that..." Asriel whispered. He stuck his tongue out and proceeded to lick all of the pancake syrup off of Frisk's face, blushing a bit as his tongue made contact with Frisk's lips. Frisk had not anticipated this!
"Hey, that tickles!" Frisk responded with a laugh. Asriel didn't notice Frisk's words because he was in deep thought, still licking Frisk's face even though it was already clean.
"Um... Asriel?" Frisk asked hesitantly. The face licking stopped. A burning blush spread across both of their cheeks. Wow, I screwed that up... Thinking quickly, Asriel darted out of the kitchen and onto the sofa in the other room. Frisk just sat there for a minute in confusion and then got up to find Asriel sitting on the sofa, his long, fluffy ears covering his face in embarrassment.
Sitting down next to him, Frisk whispered, "Hey. You okay? You're acting kind of strange today."
"Yeah," Asriel mumbled. "Just feeling kinda weird."
"Oh."
A brief moment of silence followed, then was interrupted by Frisk again.
"Hey, maybe watching TV will make you feel better!"
"Um... okay," Asriel replied. Frisk turned the television on, and Asriel uncovered his face and sat up. Frisk proceeded to flip through the channels... cartoons, a Donald Trump rally, random movies, the local news, and then stopping at a channel after seeing Mettaton, Papyrus, and Undyne.
"Looks like they have their own cooking show," Asriel commented, seeming intersted. Mettaton's theme played in the background, and "Cooking with Papyrus and Undyne" appeared on the screen in fancy letters.
"Welcome darlings, to the MTT Network!" Mettaton announced. "Today we have our fabulous guests, Undyne and Papyrus!" An applause was heard, and then Mettaton announced they would show the audience how to make spaghetti.
"Hey PUNK! Are you tired of your spaghetti being WIMPY?" Undyne yelled at the camera.
"WORRY NOT, HUMANS AND MONSTERS!" Papyrus yelled in his voice that anyone could recognize in five seconds. He was the most popular monster online, after all. "TODAY, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE THE BEST SPAGHETTI EVER! YOUR BONES WILL BE THOROUGHLY TROUSLED WHEN YOU TASTE IT! NYEH HEH HEH!"
Frisk chuckled at Papyrus's natural goofiness, causing Asriel to look over at Frisk. He liked seeing Frisk laugh... and then without really noticing, Asriel instinctively curled up next to Frisk and rested his head on his lap, causing Frisk to blush a little bit. Frisk then proceeded to gently stroke Asriel's fluffy goat ears, which resulted in a bleat from the caprine. At least Frisk can't see me blushing right now...
"And then we SMASH the tomatoes to make the sauce! NGAAAAAHHH!" Undyne screamed as she punched the tomato, which caused a slight smirk from Frisk.
Asriel moved his head and shifted his sight from the TV screen to Frisk's face. He's cute when he laughs...
Asriel looked back at the TV to observe Undyne viciously stirring the pot of spaghetti with a magical cerulean-colored spear and Papyrus shouting in the background, and then gazed deeply into Frisk's navy blue eyes, becoming mesmerized. He contrasted between the two different shades of blue in his head, and decided he liked the navy blue better. Asriel then continued to look at Frisk's eyes.
I could look at them forever... Asriel thought. When Frisk first fell in the underground, he always squinted his eyes and they couldn't be seen. Ever since monsters came to the surface, though, he left them wide open for everyone to observe.
"HI THERE!" The TV boomed loudly, scaring Asriel out of his thoughts so much he jolted back in surprise, getting Frisk's attention. "BILLY MAYS HERE WITH A FANTASTIC NEW PRODUCT-" The TV was silenced as Frisk muted it. Must have been a commercial break, but wow, that was scary.
"I remember this commercial from a long time ago," Frisk commented. "You okay there, Az? Sorry if I had the volume too loud," looking down and patting the fluffy goat's head.
Asriel sat up again on the sofa and turned to face Frisk. Their eyes locked on each other's in a deep gaze. From Frisk's perspective, he saw Asriel's emerald eyes drawing closer to him. For a few seconds, the beams of sunlight coming into the room from the window hit them just right, and they appeared to sparkle majestically.
"Frisk..." Asriel whispered, his breathing speeding up as his face inched closer to Frisk's. Alright, I can do this... I just have to stay calm and not screw up. I'm determined... Asriel's heart raced as he took a deep breath and decided to break the escalating tension between them.
Pushing his natural timidness aside and replacing it with bravery, a trait better suited for what he was going to do, he gave Frisk a quick kiss on the lips. A burning crimson crept its way across both of their cheeks. Frisk's rate of breathing increased, and Asriel felt it because his snoot was still touching Frisk's nose.
Frisk suddenly backed up a little bit. The tension was unbearable for Asriel. He isn't saying anything... Did I mess up? Oh no...
"A-Asriel, I..." Frisk stuttered, eyes widening. What have I done... I messed everything up and it's all my fault and-
Asriel was interrupted when Frisk suddenly placed his hands on Asriel's cheeks, holding his face. Asriel's eyes widened as Frisk proceeded to follow up with a full kiss on the lips! Asriel's eyes widened even further in astonishment and blushed a deep crimson, due to not anticipating Frisk's move. The kiss lasted for quite a few seconds, gradually becoming full-tongue before Frisk broke it, the pair breathing heavily. So he does like me that way… he's never kissed me like that before.
"...F-Frisk, I l-love y-y-" Asriel managed to stutter before he was interrupted.
"I-I love you that way too, Asriel," Frisk said with a nuzzle. It must have taken a lot of determination for Frisk to say that.
"R-really..? I-I didn't think I'd stand a chance, because you're a human and I'm a monster, not to mention we're both guys..."
"There's tons of human-monster couples, Asri, a-and it doesn't matter that we're both guys. We can be together, and we will… because I want to be with you. All that matters to me right now is you," Frisk said while gazing at Asriel's cute, fluffy face. Heh... Frisk has always been the master of flirting and always will be...
"When I gave you half of my soul down in the Underground, it was for a reason. It was because I cared about you, and I still do. You made all the right choices in your life, yet you were left to suffer as a flower when you did nothing wrong. I couldn't just leave you behind and let that happen to a kindhearted cute goat like you, Azzy," Frisk said while holding Asriel's hand tightly, both of them starting to tear up slightly just as they did a year ago. "I love you, Asriel, and I always will. I won't ever let anything bad happen to you."
The only thing Asriel could think of doing was to hug Frisk tightly and bury his teary face in Frisk's neck, so that was what he did. Frisk gently patted the caprine's back and held him closely while stroking his fluffy ears again.
After a few more minutes of emotional hugging, Asriel broke the hug and lied on his back on the couch, head rested on a pillow. He then proceeded to pull Frisk down with him.
"W-what are you doing..?" Frisk asked hesitantly. His question was answered when Asriel started to cuddle him. Frisk responded by nuzzling his face in Asriel's neck fur.
"I want to cuddle with you, like a cute couple."
"Mmf... so soft... and cute…" Frisk mumbled. So he wasn't messing around earlier when he called me cute… Asriel reached over to the TV remote and unmuted it. They lied there watching the TV while cuddling each other for an hour or so, with frequent nose nuzzles.
"Hey Az, I'm getting kinda tired... want to take a nap...with me..?" Frisk mumbled with a yawn. Even though I've only been up a few hours, I am tired, now that I think about it. I wouldn't mind getting some more sleep, especially with Frisk...
"Sure, Frisk," Asriel replied. Frisk nuzzled Asriel's snoot yet again and then rested his head on Asriel's chest.
After a few moments, Asriel thought of an idea. Let me see if I can make this work.
"Well... there's more fluff where that came from," Asriel replied, taking his shirt off to reveal his fluffy chest. Frisk's eyes widened a bit, the fluff detector going off in his head, and proceeded to nuzzle his face in it.
"Feels like a pillow but even fluffier..." Frisk commented. Frisk then took his shirt off, Asriel blushing in the process, pressing up against Asriel while cuddling him tightly, maximizing the amount of Asriel's soft, fluffy fur that was touching him. Wow, everything worked out better than I expected...
"Frisk," Asriel whispered. "I love you." He reached for a blanket and put it over him and Frisk.
"Love you too, Azzy." He didn't know why, but Azzy was his favorite nickname Frisk had for him and only used it in special situations like these, unlike the names that were used more frequently. And now it'll probably start to be used more…
After one last kiss, Frisk passed out in Asriel's arms, and Asriel proceeded to drift off a few moments after while cuddling him, with a content smile on his face. "Sweet dreams, Frisk..."
A couple of hours later, Toriel returned home from her errands and was slightly surprised when she walked into the living room. In front of her on the sofa was Asriel and Frisk, cuddling each other and sound asleep. Oh my… I won't bother them for now... They're kind of cute like this... Toriel thought. She was slightly surprised to find them shirtless, though, as they usually didn't sleep like that together. Toriel went to another room, not wanting to disturb the human and caprine that could make anyone squeal from the overload of cuteness they gave off when they were together like that.
"Maybe they have what it takes to become the nose nuzzling champs of this year…" Toriel said to herself quietly, and then laughed a little bit.
Frisk and Asriel confessing their love for one other and doing things together ultimately resulted in further strengthening of the special bond that they shared. It surely took Asriel a lot of determination and blushing to reach that outcome, but in the end, it was worth it. He had become so nervous about what Frisk would say about him, when it turned out that Frisk actually liked him too the whole time.
Nothing would ever separate Frisk and Asriel from each other, and they would overcome any conflict that they faced together. But they were sure that Toriel would have quite a few questions when they both woke up, though… but they were certain that she would be okay with them being a couple.