Author's Note: First of all, I would like to thank my friend RainbowCraft for making it possible for this story to have a very nice cover image. I also updated the summary to more accurately reflect what is going on in this story so far. Reviews are appreciated :3
Hehehehe… this is going to be so hilarious, Frisk thought. He had just woke up a few minutes ago and was now out of the bed, staring down at the snoozing caprine. In his left hand, Frisk held a wrapped, rectangular shaped object labeled "Chocolate".
Frisk carefully pulled back the wrapper and broke off a piece of the chocolate bar. With a gentle snap of his fingers, he summoned forth a tiny ember of fire thanks to the monster part of his soul. He used the ember to melt part of the chocolate bar.
This is the part where I have to be really careful… Frisk thought as he smeared the melting part of the bar on Asriel's snoot as quickly and silently as possible. He then slipped back into the bed beside Asriel, hiding the remaining portion of the chocolate bar in his nightstand. And now we wait…
"Hmmnn..?" Asriel mumbled, starting to awaken. He smelled something… and that something was very close! He stuck out his long, pink goat tongue and licked his snoot where he identified the smell.
"Chocolate…"Asriel said out loud, licking the rest off of his snoot.
"I see you found my present?" Frisk mentioned.
"Hehe… yeah!" Asriel said.
"Well… you missed a spot!" Frisk said, extracting the bar from his nightstand and poking Asriel's snoot with it.
"B..baaa!" Asriel bleated in response before he licked the newly applied chocolate off of his face. "Frisk, where did you even get- mmfh!" Asriel asked before being interrupted by Frisk shoving the rest of the bar in Asriel's mouth and a few giggles coming from the mischievous human. Asriel quickly finished off the remainder of the bar in his mouth.
"Well, I wake up and my face is under attack by chocolate. That was new and tasty…" Asriel said as he gave Frisk a brief kiss.
"Haha, I can taste some of the chocolate," Frisk commented while nuzzling Asriel. The caprine stretched out his limbs in the bed and yawned loudly, Frisk observing the sharp fang-like teeth in Asriel's open mouth.
"So, what are we even doing today?" Asriel questioned.
"Well… we have testing scheduled today at Alphys's lab. She wanted to analyze our souls and stuff."
"Oh goody… what time do we have to be there?" Asriel asked.
Frisk lazily reached over to his nightstand and snatched his phone to check the time. "Mmm… in about thirty minutes."
"Thirty?! I don't have the energy for that," Asriel complained.
"Well… the first step is to get out of bed!" Frisk exclaimed, springing out and yanking Asriel out with him. Somehow, Asriel found the energy to get changed into his clothes. Frisk and Asriel both wore jeans with their signature color striped shirts, clearly not having the energy to be creative with their attire.
In the kitchen, Frisk pulled out the chocolate covered strawberries from the refrigerator that Asriel had received for his birthday. "Perhaps this will convince your energy to come back?"
"Ooh! Gimme!" Asriel demanded, taking half of the strawberries. "You can have the other half if you want." Frisk happily accepted the strawberries and they both began to eat them. Asriel took out his phone and began to go through notifications. His eyes widened when he opened up the Internet and went to the news section and saw an article titled Prince and Ambassador of Monsters in A Relationship?
"Frisk, did you see this? When we posted last night, the Internet went crazy!" Asriel said.
"I was a bit surprised too, the media really got to this event really quickly. We've been famous though ever since the day we came out of Mt. Ebott, so I'm not entirely surprised," Frisk stated.
"Yeah," Asriel said with a mouthful of strawberries. He was clearly mesmerized by the sweetness of the chocolate-covered fruits and too distracted to reply with a full sentence.
"Hey, slow down there! You don't want to choke on your strawberries," Frisk said.
"Okay," Asriel said after audibly swallowing the strawberries in his mouth. "I think we're about done here."
"Alright then, ready to go?" Frisk asked.
"I guess so. There's no more strawberries-"
"Yeah, because you ate most of them," Frisk interrupted.
"Haha, yeah I guess I did," Asriel admitted.
"That's okay. I guess we better get going then," Frisk responded as the two of them walked out the door. Alphys's lab wasn't too far away, so Frisk and Asriel could easily walk there.
"Hey Frisk," Asriel said. "I recently purchased some wireless earbuds from the store. Want to try them out with me?"
"Sure! How do they work?" Frisk asked.
"Just like any other earbuds except without a cord. I think I have them hooked up correctly," Asriel said while poking around in his phone's settings.
"A great way to test them would be to play music," Frisk suggested.
"Wonderful idea. This will give me a chance to show you this amazing song I like," Asriel stated while turning on said song. He inserted an earpiece in his ear and one in Frisk's. They strolled down the pathway, Asriel's phone sandwiched in between the young couple's hands that were interlocked.
"This sounds interesting," Frisk commented. "I haven't heard much of this genre, but I like it. Speaking of that, what genre is this?"
"I think it' electronic," Asriel answered. "I like the way it sounds, it fills me with energy."
"And energy is just what you need today, so Dr. Frisk prescribes more!" Frisk said, tapping the volume up button on the phone rapidly after removing his earpiece.
"Ack! Frisk!" Asriel exclaimed while hastily taking the earbud out of his ear.
"Looks like your electronic music just gave you a shocking blast in the ear," Frisk joked.
"D-don't do that!" Asriel complained.
"Well, you certainly look more energized," Frisk commented. "What else have you got?" He asked while looking through the assortment of music on Asriel's phone.
"I have a lot of rock and electronic on that particular playlist along with some other miscellaneous songs," Asriel explained. "I think I also have a few metal songs."
"Ah, I see…" Frisk agreed. "You have a good taste in music. It's always nice to discover new music."
"What do you have on your playlist, Frisk?" Asriel curiously questioned.
"Here, see for yourself," Frisk answered while handing Asriel his phone. Asriel investigated Frisk's music for a little bit, and then spoke:
"Wow, you have a lot of metal and rock. I'm also guessing you like '80s music? I see a lot of it."
"Yes, the 1980s had a lot of great hit songs," Frisk said.
"Hmm," Asriel said to himself.
"Hey, watch out!" Frisk warned.
"Watch out for- aaaaaah!" Asriel cried out.
"That," Frisk answered. Asriel was too distracted while poking around in Frisk's music collection that he wasn't looking where he was going. Right now, his face was right in the door to Alphys's laboratory.
"Thanks for the warning," Asriel muttered, pulling his horns out of the door. "Don't tell Alphys about the small dents on her door though."
"My lips are sealed," Frisk responded as he opened the door. They both walked inside and saw a familiar person working on some sort of scientific report. Papers filled with scientific formulas and diagrams were scattered all over her desk. Upon hearing the door close, the lizard monster stopped what she was doing and turned towards the door.
"O-oh! Hello Asriel and Frisk!" Alphys said in her usual nervous tone.
"Howdy, Alphys!" Asriel greeted back.
"We are here for our scheduled testing, I believe?" Frisk asked.
"Right," Alphys responded. "Let's get started as soon as possible then," she said while opening the door into the machinery room, prompting Frisk and Asriel to follow.
"Over here is the Soul analyzer machine," Alphys explained while standing next to a machine with a glass door big enough for a person to go in. "This machine is mostly used to give a description and analyze monster souls, but it also works with human souls."
"So how does it work?" Asriel asked. The science behind how things work really interested Asriel. One time, Frisk joked that Asriel should be a scientist and "would look cute in a lab coat and glasses" according to Frisk's description.
"You simply step in," Alphys explained, "and I'll push this button in my control center and a beam will scan your soul. Every little detail will be sent to my computer."
"How does the beam work?" Asriel questioned again, opening the door to the machine.
"Oh, that's quite simple. The beam consists of many electrons and state of the art technology. Think of it as an X-Ray and a microscope combined," Alphys explained."
"Hey, how does that work?" Frisk asked while pointing at something on Alphys's desk, wanting to ask a question too.
"That," Alphys said, peeling back some paper, "is my sandwich for lunch."
"Oh…" Frisk responded.
"Now then, let's get back to the testing," Alphys stated. "Asriel is already inside the machine, so I will start it up. You may feel a little pinch while the scanning beam analyzes your soul, but it shouldn't hurt too much." Once everything was prepared, Alphys pushed the start button and the beam started scanning Asriel's soul inside of the small chamber.
"Hehehe, it tickles!" Asriel giggled as the beam passed over him. With a small dinging noise, the results were delivered to Alphys's computer and were then dispensed out of the printer. The door on the scanning chamber slid open and Asriel walked out, signaling for Frisk to go in and have his turn.
"Okay, the door is closed and secure, I'll start the machine again for you Frisk," Alphys said as she pushed the start button again. The process was the same as Asriel's: the beam scanned Frisk, and the results were printed. Alphys snatched the two papers off the printer deck and studied them for a few moments.
"Just as I thought. The test results say that your both your souls are each half human and half monster," Alphys confirmed. "I find it rather surprising that your souls are stable though, being a perfect fifty percent split of each. You both kept your original appearances…"
"So what if the souls go unstable then?" Asriel asked like a professional scientific investigator.
"Another good question," Alphys praised. "If Frisk's soul somehow went unstable and ended up containing more monster than human, he may possibly start transforming into a monster."
"That sounds fun. I could be a fluffy goat just like you, Asriel!" Frisk said while nuzzling his goat boyfriend's face. Asriel responded to Frisk's display of affection with a heavy blush.
"Y-yes," Alphys stuttered, trying to stay calm and not give in to the cuteness, "but it's also a dangerous process. Your skeleton would be shifting like crazy and it would be a painful experience. The human to monster transformation has never been completed before or attempted. The situation between you two, though, is unique. It could be possible for Frisk to transform."
"Hmm… and does the process work the other way?" Frisk asked.
"Monster to human?" Alphys asked. "As you already know, human souls have determination in them. If a monster is exposed to too much, their body will melt. So I wouldn't even think of attempting that. The amount of determination Asriel has now is fine. Asriel's human half enables him to be much more powerful than any one human or monster, and Frisk, your monster half allows you to use magic."
"I've experienced Asriel's powers firsthand," Frisk commented. "But let's not risk it. I wouldn't want to lose you, Asriel. I don't know what I'd do without you," Frisk said while hugging the caprine closely. Asriel blushed yet again at Frisk's affection while gently running his fingers through Frisk's hair while hugging back. Alphys couldn't control herself and squeaked slightly, but neither Frisk nor Asriel seemed to notice. A few moments later, Alphys spoke again:
"O-oh yes, I almost forgot to mention one thing, "Alphys said as they all walked back into the main room. "There appears to be a tiny speck of a different human soul in both of your monster halves."
"Y-yeah, ummm…" Asriel hesitated as he spoke. "It was one of my old friends that's no longer with us," Asriel said, not wanting to raise any red flags.
"Oh, I see. Sorry…" Alphys responded.
Huh… looks like she's oblivious. I'd rather not talk about Chara anyway… Asriel thought.
"Actually, we'd like to ask you a question about that…" Frisk inquired. "You see, we will have dreams sometimes and said person will come visit us and speak with us. But she can only stay for a limited amount of time… could you explain this if possible?"
"Well… today has been interesting," Alphys commented. "My best guess… hmm…" She pondered. "Why this person is able to visit is because you both carry pieces of her soul. And the microscopic size of the pieces explains why this person can't stay for that long. But what I'm curious to know is how that piece of human soul found its way into yours…"
"When she died, I absorbed a small piece of her soul," Asriel lied. It's really because I fused souls with Chara and we died as one… and some small pieces of Chara's soul stayed in mine when Frisk resurrected me.
"This is really interesting… well, at least you still have a small piece of her with you and can talk with her with Frisk sometimes so it's not that bad," Alphys said.
"Would it be possible to resurrect this person like I did with Asriel?" Frisk asked.
"Hmm… unless you somehow find a way to temporarily get this person's body back like Frisk did with Asriel, then I'm afraid not," Alphys responded.
"Oh…" Asriel said sadly. "Well, thank you for all of the tests and scientific explanations!"
"No problem," Alphys said. "If you have any scientific questions in the future and I'm not busy, go ahead and stop by."
On the way out, Asriel spotted something interesting on Alphys's desk and his eyes widened. Taking notice of Asriel, Alphys spoke:
"Oh, you want a lollipop?" Alphys said, opening the jar.
"Yaaaaay!" Asriel squealed as he grabbed a lollipop and instantly shoved it in his mouth.
"I usually have those out for when little kids come here, but why not for Asriel, you know?" Alphys told Frisk quietly.
"When you see Asriel, you see a young and cute mature goat monster, but give him candy and he's three all over again," Frisk whispered back.
"I can really see that…" Alphys replied.
"Okay, time to go!" Frisk said, grabbing Asriel's hand and pulling him out the door as he licked away at the lollipop.
"Well… that was very informative," Frisk commented as they walked back home. "Can I have a lick?" Frisk asked.
"Sure," Asriel said as he stopped licking the lollipop and allowed Frisk to have one lick.
"Strawberry, I should have known…" Frisk commented.
Suddenly, Asriel's eyes watered up and he ran off to the trunk of a nearby tree, making sure he was far away enough from Alphys's lab.
"Wait, Asriel!" Frisk said, chasing after him. He was slumped at the base of the tree, sobbing.
"What's the matter?" Frisk asked, sitting down next to him. Asriel lifted his head, waterworks running, and spoke:
"F-Frisk, I hate thinking about m-my past. It brings up so many b-b-bad memories and flashbacks... I kept it to myself when we were at the lab b-but I just can't anymore…"
I forgot… Frisk thought. Even though Chara got Flowey to stop controlling her and giving Asriel nightmares, he still has PTSD.
"Hey…" Frisk said, squeezing Asriel in a tight embrace. "I'm right here. Just think about me and nothing else," Frisk said soothingly as Asriel slowly regained control of himself from his post-traumatic stress.
Asriel sat there in Frisk's embrace sobbing for a few more minutes, and then regained enough strength to slowly outstretched his arms to hug Frisk back. They say in that embrace for several more minutes as Asriel gradually stopped his crying and was filled with a warm, happy feeling.
"T-thanks, Frisk," Asriel said softly.
"Whaddya say we go home now? Lunchtime is coming soon, and I know you love to cook," Frisk said, wiping the tear stains off Asriel's face and puffy eyes.
Asriel stood tall and proud, completely putting that PTSD attack behind him and helping Frisk up.
"Yeah, that would be pretty nice!" Asriel replied.
And so Frisk and Asriel, holding each other's hands closely, strolled back down the pathway back home.
