Flowey waited for a long time before Frisk finally managed to wake up, weeks after being hospitalized the moment he got on Aster's door.

Six weeks ago,

Luckily, sans was yet to take his ritual afternoon nap. Papyrus had been asked to prepare spaghetti for a reception - he managed to get good at it - and Aster was working at the Capital City Research Facility.

When sans heard someone knock that day, he expected some monster to invite him for yet another round of puns at Grillby's. He wasn't really up to it, but he wouldn't turn down a way to pass time.

Sans' shift usually started by 10 pm, when his brother was done being a apprentice chef. He wasn't doing anything else, besides testing amateur time-space travels and watching TV. He occasionally dropped by Grillby's for some Ketchup and bad laughs too, when he felt like doing so.

He was not expecting a human to drop on the floor when he opened the door, nor was sure what to do about them. After checking them up, his pupils were gone for a minute.

" ... kid?"

He recognized the last Genocider, the one who killed almost every single monster before meeting the same end. Frisk was panting heavily, his sweater was smeared in blood and dirt, and he was in pain.

" ... i thought ... you were dead?"

" Ha ... I ... wanted to stay ... that way ... but ..."

Frisk coughed up some blood, clutching on sans' hoodie as he tried to finish his sentence. The skeleton's pupils were back to normal, as he hastily reached to his pocket. Frisk pulled on the blue hoodie as hard as he could, just as sans was about to dial his dad's number.

" she ... is a stubborn ... one ... and I ... still ... lo-"

Frisk coughed up some more blood, before his temperature went down and he started passing out. Sans hurried to call Aster, who used his limited teleport ability to come and get Frisk to Alphys' department.

The lizard scientist hasn't changed much in five years, except she managed to confess to Undyne and share a house back at Monster Village.

The usually daring Undyne blushed hard, so hard it made her legs melt slightly. Alphys panicked and brought her to the lab, then stabilized her mental state with a couple anime episodes.

She, like all monsters, was surprised to see Frisk in the Arms of Dr. Aster, wondering how the human managed to get up here in his pitiful state. His limbs were profusely scarred, his skin was dangerously pale and his SOUL throbbed inconsistently.

Aster and Alphys quickly brought up the nearly functional SOUL fusion machine, hoping they could SAVE the dying human. They knew the chances were slim, but they had to take the risk for the good of Monsterkind.

A dead human in land governed by monsters, even unintentional, would ruin all the peace efforts Chara made. Moreover, Aster wanted to repay back the favor he owes the child. A human who gave him enough DETERMINATION to exist permanently, one he intended to SAVE now.

Once they placed the pendant, they took old vial samples from Aster's blood. They also had a few samples from Chara, which intended to use them to revive Frisk, but desisted herself lately.

It took two slowly injected batches and a long hour of ear-piercing screams to stabilize Frisk, who almost broke off his shackles and summoned his genocide persona. Thankfully, the pure SOUL had fought its corruption, and won by a hair' breadth.

Frisk was then brought to a human hospital, to be kept alive and secure his vital functions. He could have stayed in the lab, but Aster thought ot was better that way. He brought along some Flower Papyrus catched in the garden, he made a pot plant out of it too.

Flowey was extremely pissed, he couldn't break free from this bone-made pot. He also tried to rant at Papyrus, but the skelebro was too bubbly to even bother listening. When he was given to Aster, he simply sighed and played along.

Flowey sort of nursed Frisk for an entire six weeks while chasing off persistent reporters, feeding the kid apples, and banning most visitors from entering the room.

One day before Midterms week,

Chara had been doing okay since her second break-up in a row, and was preparing her midterm exams. She has chosen a new and unpopular major in University, aka Home Economics, and had the former Fallen SOULS accompany her.

With only around fifteen students in class, there was little to no chance of failing a class. That did not keep the handful of students from enjoying it, and all of them passed their classes without a trouble.

Their last year, however, was a little hard on them. New monster teachers were assigned, and they made it hard to get a passing grade.
King Asgore teached a Monday class in Gardening, where he had students learn about different seeds, soils and tricks to keep a outstanding green space.

Asgore was the nicest of the bunch, although the sheer amount of details in his class made it hard for students. Chara had the most trouble with it, since she was not a fan of golden flowers. Nonetheless, she managed to get a C+ so far, hoping she could score some points on the exam.

Rahim, who loved cooking, still have a long way to Master Papyrus' Spaghetti and Toriel's pies recipes. He wasn't one to quit however, and scored a B- up to now.

Sabrina hated Sans' chemistry class, mostly because he didn't care to explain enough. He also filled his slideshows with lousy puns, and made students answer that way sometimes. With her C grade, however, she wasn't done for yet.

Umeno struggled with the extensive knowledge of Gerson, who focused on food history. She wasn't a big eater, and sampling antique roducts was part of the grade for some odd reason. Still, she stayed close to 79%.

Valiant, Pravda and Elaine did okay in every subject, always closing on a B. They had however to gather into a study group to pull it off. All three worked on their individual weaknesses inviting the others if they wanted to join them.

Chara was about to come over her friends' common house, since they refused any foster families and petitioned to stay on their own. Of course, Chara worked hard to pay for their expenses, she somehow wanted to repay them for their gratitude.

On her way home, she noticed a couple journalists hanging around her apartment complex. All of them nearly harassed Toriel about a new human apparition from Mt. Ebott, making Undyne jump at them and almost throw the car at the wave of paparazzis.

While Chara checked on Goat Mom and had her come inside, she also felt like something tearing up her insides. Frisk could be the only human left to come forth from Mt. Ebott. Question is, why would he do that now? Wasn't he extremely reticent to living in the surface?

Chara remembered taking a gift box, but thought the contents were lost in the river running through the Underground. She had thrown the presents out of frustration, then ran away without turning back until she had to slap Frisk.

She ruled out the possibility Frisk would ever bother to retrieve those gifts she brought along, but she was proven wrong. Frisk retrieved the pendant and came back to the surface, probably looking to reconcile with her.

She, however, was not ready to have him back into her life. Time had almost her feelings extinct, save for allowing anyone to touch her. Except Toriel, Asgore, Undyne, Alphys and her small group of friends who were hugging her just fine, the rest was not okay.

Meanwhile, Frisk has been briefed by Flowey about what happened during his slumber. The Flower also gave him a strange present from Aster, some book freshly designed for the newly resurrected humans.

"LIVING ABOVE 101 : Guide to a Normal Human Life"

Frisk sighed, this does not look like the type of literature he would enjoy in a hospital

Aru here,

Yes, making up a college major ain't no fun, but it was needed.

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