Well, Onwards to chapter three.
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Asriel always saw himself as someone very emotional, there was no room for debate on that aspect, he always got carried away by his emotions and his actions speak for themselves; this is the second time in the day in which his emotions ran over him mercilessly because some of the most recent events.
Talking with his mother again was very difficult for him, of course, it was through a cell phone, and she didn't even know who she was really talking to, but the emotional weight of that call was a particularly touching experience, he wanted to hug her and tell her that he'll cherish every moment with her as if it were the last.
As Flowey he couldn't care less about what happened to his mother, he didn't want compassion, he wanted to feel, and neither his mother nor his father could give that to him as flower, that led him to develop a prominent disgust towards the compassion of his parents, all he wanted was to feel, feel something, whatever, he tried, he tried to feel something, but it was in vain, and his parents had also failed, he saw them as useless and manipulable nuisances.
But now, with his emotions back, all that hatred he felt towards them as Flowey, was directed toward himself, he had been so cruel, manipulative and evil. He still felt that Frisk got carried away by her emotions to even compute the possibility to give her soul to him, he of all creatures. Again, he accepted, and he also assumed part of the responsibility for what was happening now.
It was really heartwarming to see how Frisk really wanted him to live, she wanted him to have a second chance, maybe she had vision of him that was not entirely fitting with what he was, of course their little chat made him see that she did have more personal reasons, which only added more guilt to the little monster's mind, perhaps long ago what she said would've applied to him, but now, he wasn't so sure.
Asriel saw Frisk, still unconscious; he approached to the bed where she was, and sat beside her, he ran his fingers through her hair, and as the time passed, he could not help but worrying about her more and more. He thought all of this was unnecessary and that he should be the one in Frisk's place, she should not be like that, none of this would have happened if he simply had refused to accept Frisk's soul. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he continued caressing the head of the unconscious girl. Please... I need you back Frisk.
Frisk was beginning to feel desperate from being trapped in a vacuum with Chara. After their last discussion neither of them crossed word with each other. Frisk knew that Chara was right, but she also knew that Chara was far from being the voice of reason they appeared to be in their discussion, since that, even though what Chara said earlier was true, that doesn't exculpate her from her own actions.
Chara was responsible for manipulating her to some extent in several actions, they showed no sign of remorse, empathy or guilt for what they had done with Asriel.
Because, far from wanting to ''liberate'' the monsters with their plan, what they most likely wanted was the LV and EXP that Asriel would obtain by killing the other six humans they needed to break the barrier, and they would gain control over Asriel's body and unleash their anger against humanity, all of that against the will of Asriel. Chara represented the other side of her coin, and they had demonstrated it very well. Or at least that's how Frisk saw it.
I need to get out of here... Frisk thought.
''Good luck with that,'' Chara answered almost instantly.
Frisk startled and turned to Chara ''Hey, that's seriously starting to annoy me, how can you even do that?''
Chara almost felt the need to hit Frisk until something stopped them ''What part of ''we are one'' do not you understand? Huh?''' Chara said ''I can see and hear what's on your head, and vice versa''
Frisk raised an eyebrow confused ''I have not heard anything coming from you''
''I think I'll let you figure that out on your own'' Chara answered reluctantly.
''Are you telling me that you don't think?'' Asked Frisk
''If this was your final test, you failed… Hard''' Chara said mockingly
Frisk had enough, Chara clearly was not going to say anything because she could use that against them.
But what exactly could she use against them here? Neither had power there, right? As far as she knew both were stranded here until Asriel... do what exactly? Were they lying to her…? Was that it?
Thinking a little bit more about Chara's explanation, or well, the little information they gave her, there were things that did not fit, did they lied? Frisk had to find a way out, but something told her that as long as Chara doesn't cooperate, things were going to stay status quo for a while.
That only added more wood to her burning despair and she felt she was nearing a dead end, but Frisk would not give up, nuh-uh, she had worked very hard to get to save Asriel and she planned to be there to see the fruits of her work, she will not give up so easily, so the first thing she needed to do was find a way to make Chara say everything they knew.
She had to be careful because Chara could read her thoughts, so Frisk chose to ask questions to see if there were holes on Chara's answers.
That seemed like the best option to take, but she must be very careful doing so.
Meanwhile Undyne, Toriel and Sans were in the home of the skeleton brothers and should be added, in record time.
''Well'' began Undyne ''They are in the Snowed Inn huh? Then let's go'''
''Wow, you look really confident to go to a place you called a trap a few moments ago, tuna face''' Sans said in his characteristic casual tone.
''Yes, it was before you made me see that we have to see if it is one, bone-bag'' Undyne answered.
''Well, I think it is no time for name calling and discussions, let's just... Let's go and see what comes, the sooner we see what lies in the hotel, the faster we get Frisk back'' Toriel said. Certainly she did not want more stress than she already had.
''Okay'' Undyne said ''But, if Sans calls me ''tuna face'' again, I'll rip his ribcage off'' Undyne said while giving Sans a murderous glare.
''Sounds fair, let's go'' The goat replied.
''What? She can do that, what about me?'' Sans argued.
''I said let's go!'' Toriel shouted, tired of the situation.
The walk to the hotel was short, upon arriving to it Toriel approached the reception, she was greeted by the sister of the owner of the shop next door; the receptionist saw the monsters, saluted them and proceeded to tell them that they were about to close. Still, Toriel asked if there was a human here.
''Brown haired girl with no facial expression, whatsoever?'' the receptionist said.
''Yes''
''Uh-huh''
''Yeah, that's the one''
''Yeah, she's here, She was brought by a little goat kid carrying her, along with my sister'' the receptionist replied.
Toriel immediately felt a shiver down her spine. No, that voice... And now... No... It cannot be, right? It could not have been...
Upon regaining her composure, Toriel asked the receptionist ''Excuse me, can you repeat who brought her here?''
''My sister along with a little goat kid, the poor boy, according to him, he carried her from the ruins to here, he looked exhausted '' replied the clerk.
Undyne noticed that Toriel was somewhat strange, so to speak, so she decided to ask where they were.
''Room 7'' replied the clerk.
''Okay, thank you, can you tell them we're coming?'' Undyne said.
''Of course, I'll do it right away!''
The room phone rang and Asriel rushed to answer it '' Yes? Hello?''
''Hey kid, three monsters are looking for you down here, they told me to let you know they were going to your room''
That must be them.
''Alright, thanks for letting me know'' Asriel said.
Toriel was very nervous, she could only think of who could be that ''little goat kid'' accompanying Frisk, she was almost trembling with expectation, it made no sense to think that it was him, right? he was gone long ago, but something in that voice made her seriously rethink that, she could not treat all of this as a coincidence, first the voice and now a little goat kid? She wanted to think that this was an excessively cruel fate coincidence, but something was telling her that this may not be the case.
Upon reaching room 7 and knocking the door, a child's voice answered
''It's open''
Sans opened the door and, upon entering, he saw Frisk lying in bed with half of her soul floating in her chest. In the nearby desk was the kid, who was looking at him expectantly.
Toriel froze, she couldn't believe her eyes, it was him, the child she lost many years ago along with her husband, who she wept and missed dearly; and now, he was in front of her, she could not believe it, yet there he was, alive.
She slowly approached him, their eyes never breaking the gaze; upon reaching the chair where Asriel was, Toriel held his face with the delicacy of an angel and she looked deeply into his eyes; Many similar dreams Toriel had, but this time it was no dream, he was there with her, with a look that not even the purest creature could equal, his emerald eyes looking at her just like she remembered, now he was there.
Both attempted to say something, but to no avail, they could just embrace each other and burst into tears, it was too perfect; for him to be able to love again, and see her mother that meant so much, that filled him with unparalleled joy, the thing he wanted so bad, he finally got it and it was absolutely perfect, and to her recover her son and a large part of herself that she believed she lost to never have it back again, that moment was something that could not be measured in words, the moment was precious and neither of them would have it any other way, a perfect reunion between mother and son, to remember and treasure over the millennia to come.
''My child,'' Toriel said, trying to maintain her composure ''You're here… You're really here... Oh goodness… Oh God! nothing is enough to tell you how much I missed you, my precious Asriel!'' she said muffled with her head buried on her son's chest
Asriel could only give more strength to their embrace, not wanting to let go, and he would not this time, not today, not ever. Asriel had a hurricane of emotions inside of him; the situation could not be described as an emotional catharsis in the full sense of the word per-se, but Asriel managed to find peace like no other on that moment, all those emotions that he previously could not feel, now they flowed through him thanks to his mother and that filled him with a relief he had not felt since before being Flowey, he felt alive and safe for the first time in a long time. ''Thank you... for being here mommy…'' Asriel said, still in tears ''I missed you so much'' Asriel finished, looking at his mother's eyes and with a big smile on his face.
When the Sans and Undyne reached the Snowed Inn, the least that they expected was something like this, Sans would only be lying to himself if he said that the recently witnessed scene wasn't at least, heartwarming, he just stood there watching Toriel hugging the small kid with tears and with an overflowing love and happiness, he would have shed a couple tears if he could. That scene almost made him forget about the fact that his best friend was in a bed with half of her soul, almost ...
Undyne always thought she was good emotional confrontation, she could manage her feelings with Alphys... Adequately, but this was on another level, she didn't even know Toriel and yet she could see that this encounter meant the world to her. Undyne could not help but shed a few tears and smile.
After the huge emotional release Asriel had just lived, he looked back at Frisk, Toriel did the same and that was when she noticed that she only had half of her soul. Sans took advantage of the situation and asked ''Well, do you have an explanation for that, bud?'' Sans Said pointing at the half-soul.
Asriel had two choices, deny or tell the truth, truthfully he wanted to deny that he knew what happened, but that's when he realized that, all he had done so far was regretting for taking wrong decisions and he saw that it was time to come clean with everybody and himself. For good.
''It's ... It's a long story, and you may not like the answer'' Asriel said somewhat serious.
''Why?'' asked Sans.
''Because I don't like the answer, either'' Finished Asriel.
Well I really enjoyed writing this chapter, and I can only hope you also enjoyed reading it. Again I appreciate Reviews to let me see how I'm doing.
Thank you for reading, we'll see next time ;)
~Arca9
