Asriel
"Howdy! It's me, your best friend!"
I sighed, recognizing the voice before I'd even seen the flower. I closed my eyes and sighed.
And opened them to hell itself.
Though the room around me was pure black, I could still see the monstrous being that called itself Flowey.
The creature that still lingered in me, if only in my memories.
He was just...a mess of parts. Eyes, vines, metal, flowers, cables, leaves...I shuddered, and tried to take a step back. And yet I couldn't. The void behind me was like a wall, and I knew that there was no escape to be found there. The demon that was Flowey had me trapped.
"You think I'm the demon, here?" The voice was horrifying, echoing throughout the void in a way that brought chills to my spine.
The vines once again rippled and shuddered and they slowly crawled across the ground, writhing like hungry pythons. I dodged one, and another latched onto my foot. I tried to kick it away, and yet it wrapped around my ankle and grabbed my leg tightly. It pulled me froward, and I fell onto my face.
"You think you can run? You think you can escape? You can never escape me, Asriel. I'm a part of you. I'm the part of you who killed Frisk. I'm the part of you that killed mom, and dad. I'm the darkness that whispers for you to hurt when you're angry. Asriel, you know me more than you know anybody else. I'm your best friend!"
I shuddered as more vines started to wrap around my body. I wanted to fight back, but his words...we're they true?
Were they true? Was Flowey really just some inescapable part of me, a horror who would always tempt me, always try to make me hurt people?
Am I just Asriel, I wondered, or am I something much, much worse?
"Am I really just a killer?"
"Of course not, Azzy. Why would you even say that?" The voice seemed to come from nowhere. And yet...
Frisk?
"Asriel, you're kind, and funny, and protective...you're no killer!" The voice seemed to come from everywhere at once.
I felt a warm hand on my shoulder, and suddenly the vines retreated, unwrapping from my body. I sat up. Flowey was nowhere to be seen.
In his place was Frisk.
Frisk, who'd spent so long trying to save me. To ensure that I got the same happy ending that everyone had gotten. Frisk, who'd seen that I was no murderer. Frisk, who'd done nothing but care about me.
Arms wide, Frisk's smile seemed to light up the darkness.
I wrapped Frisk up in a huge hug, and suddenly the dream was shattered.
I opened my eyes to see Frisk standing next to my bed. Their eyes were shining in the moonlight, and they were wide with concern. They had a gentle hand on my shoulder, and for a moment I felt just a bit better.
"Asriel? Are you alright?"
I looked around. It must've still been late at night. "Frisk...I was just...having a bad dream. You didn't have to get up..."
Frisk took the hand off my shoulder. "Asriel, you were saying such horrible things...and you were shaking, and tossing, and turning...and I was kinda worried that it would be like last time, but..."
I went silent as I remembered what I'd done the last time Frisk had tried to comfort me during a nightmare.
Frisk continued. "If you want, I can sleep in your bed...if it'd make you feel better..."
I thought about it for a second. I didn't want to seem like a wimp. If I'd ever asked Chara to sleep in my bed, because I'd had a nightmare...I'd never hear the end of it.
And yet Frisk...Frisk was offering...
And I just felt so lonely.
"I'd like that." I wasn't sure what else to say.
Frisk left my bedside for a moment, and returned with a pillow from their bed.
The rest of the night was peaceful and dream free.
I awoke to a tug on my ear.
"Hhhhhhhhhhhggggggg..." I mumbled without opening my eyes.
I once again felt a tug on my ear, and then the sensation of someone rubbing it with their fingers. It felt...kinda good, actually. But I have standards, and they are higher than that.
"Frisk...stop playing with my ears."
Greatest Dog here! I've been really busy lately, but I'm trying to get back on a regular upload schedule! Next chapter is gonna be another "Ask Frisk and Az" chapter. Sans' gonna be there too. I'm still seeing a few blank reviews, but the number is going down. Maybe they'll stop?
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