Chapter 2, Page 12

Gotta Get Away.(Pt 1)

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Viktor sat in his room a little bit longer, mulling over the future that Noire had apparently laid out before them, with his new power he was essentially destined to kill everyone without any mercy and he wasn't entirely sure what he could even do about it, the first thing that hit him at the moment was the thought of Chara dying at his hands, he wanted to directly call Noire out for that one because in his mind there was no possibility, no timeline in existence where he would ever harm Chara. Then his thoughts shifted to his brother, how despite the possibility rather than look down on Viktor with any spite even after being on the receiving end he instead straight up told him that he would help him learn to control that power, Viktor's issue at that moment was how he was going to do that in the first place, when he transformed he had absolutely no thoughts outside of the pure anger he was feeling in that moment and the rage he had towards Gallock, it was obvious that the stone had a strong reaction to negative emotions, but as far as anything else Viktor wasn't sure of, he had it around when he went to Joseph's and everything seemed fine but it didn't react then.

"So the thing gives me more power the angrier I get...Figures that the one main issue I have that I'm trying to fix a magic rock gets thrown in my lap that only reacts to that issue..." He honestly felt disgusted as he sat on the foot of his bed, watching the energy faintly ripple over the stone as the constant enticing to pick it up seemed to fade a little bit but he could still hear an ever present whispering coming from the stone, he didn't feel interested in the least though considering what the end outcome for this power ended up being.

He laid back on the bed, staring at the ceiling fan as it spun, he had a plan for what to do concerning Chara's birthday but the recent news that he was possibly going to end up killing her in the future seemed to spoil the whole thing for him, he looked towards his clock and noticed that it was unusually late but then realized he had the chamber set to run at real time instead so an hour was an hour. He shut his eyes for a moment and allowed himself to try and relax in the moment, blocking out the constant voices coming from the stone, the possibility of the grim future that might be at the end for them, the fact he was sharing a house with two Saiyans and basically God, the fact he had a most likely still angry Vampyre and goat monster most likely wanting to beat him to death with a tree, his mind all came together to focus on a single point.

"...Chara..." He said quietly to himself, she was pretty much the only thing that motivated him enough to get out of bed these past few days, his mind kept drifting off to her whenever he had time to himself, he kept thinking about the years past and how he just wanted things to go back to how they used to be, prior to the Saiyan ordeal he was fine, he wasn't as angry and he didn't have to worry about possibly murdering his girlfriend and brother because of a stupid magic rock that just gave him some power. Add on to the fact that there was also a genocidal galactic emperor doing God knows what, apparently a literal God living under the roof, just so many problems that Viktor just didn't want to deal with at the time but unfortunately had it all fall into his lap against his will. He laid there a few more minutes, occasionally looking out the window towards the darkness as the sun had already set, he once again closed his eyes and allowed his mind to be flooded by his thoughts of Chara, he let her be the only thing that ran through his mind for a few moments as he started to drift off, as he fell asleep he found himself back in his old apartment, from what he could tell it was about a year ago judging by the fact they were in the one in Washington

"Hey Vik, could we talk for a moment?" He heard Chara's voice coming from down the hall.

"Yeah Chara what's on your mind?..." He could see what was going on through his own eyes but had no control over the actions occurring in the dream, from what he could tell it was shortly after they had moved into their new apartment as they had their old TV sitting on its stand rather than the new one he bought a couple of weeks prior to the Saiyans arriving, he saw Chara come down the hall in her usual get up, she had her hood up and she looked rather nervous at the time, she sat down on the couch next to him and tried to speak to him but she kept finding herself stuttering, unable to get the words out.

*Oh no...* He realized what this moment was, it was the day she finally came forward with her feelings and told him that she loved him, the day she came and told him that she'd had feelings for a long time prior to it but she was too afraid to bring it up because she was afraid to really let him in but she finally built up the courage to do so.

"Chara what are you trying to tell me?"

"I...Well...You know we've...We've had sort of a thing going on for a long time now..." The two had a rather strange relationship over the last 6 years prior, they were far closer than friends should've been but they never established exactly where they stood as far as whether they were dating or not.

"I know we haven't...Really...You know, said how we feel about each other but...I think...I think it's time that we...Talked about that..." He remembered how cute he thought she was, how nervous she was acting around him even though by this point he long established that Chara could tell him anything at anytime, then he felt a bit of sadness at the fact that she never mentioned that one thing that led to most of these problems.

"Well...Tell me how you feel Chara...I think it was about time we talked about this anyway..." He reached over and pulled her hood down and brushed a bit of her hair from her eyes, he loved the moments when he could really look into them, he loved the glow they had and how they looked like jewels at time, they ended up becoming his favorite part about her and that was hard to choose from for him.

"Vik I...I have to be honest with you I...I don't usually have feelings for people...The way I do you..."

"So...Are you trying to tell me that you actually have feelings for me?..." He remembered at this moment he was just playing dumb, he was hoping in the moment she would just blurt out that she loved him the same way he did her.

"Not just feelings Vik...I like you...I really do...I think I-"

"Love me?..." When those words left his mouth the room had gotten silent, he noticed the deep blush that came to Chara's face when he said it, the way she looked down at the cushion trying to hide the smile coming across her face, he brought his hand to her cheek to have her look at him, despite it only being a dream he could still feel the warmth on her cheek as if he was simply living the moment again. His thumb gently brushed against her cheek and he smiled warmly at her, in the moment he felt breathless just as he did a year ago.

"I...I do...I love you Viktor..." He brought his forehead to hers, the smile never leaving his face as he could feel his heart practically racing at this point.

"I love you too Chara...I have for a long time..." With that he leaned in just a bit and kissed her, the taste of cherry lip gloss on her started to flood his brain, even if it wasn't actually happening he could very distinctly feel her lips against his, then he felt everything start to fade away as he woke up from the dream, being forced to once again face the reality of where he was at and just what was happening, he looked towards the stone sitting on his dresser, the nagging voices to pick it up once again ringing in his head as he looked towards the clock once again, the time reading 1:00 AM as he'd actually fallen asleep for quite a long time, he looked towards the door as well as a thought hit his mind, he needed to get out, he needed to go back to Chara as strange as it sounded. He hopped out of bed and practically threw his door open, he was ready to charge out the front door and be at Joseph's within minutes until he realized...He hadn't properly bathed after the fight with Gallock, he bolted down towards the bathroom and was in and out within a couple of minutes, he wasted no time as he quickly picked yet another outfit similar to his old one, it worked every time and he didn't want to waste his time picking something different, he stopped in the mirror for just a second to take a look, he decided on a pair of black what he assumed were slacks, a neat white button up shirt, a black blazer and a pair of black gloves.

"Hmm...Just because you're a fan of House doesn't mean you need to dress like him Viktor..." He spoke to himself as he adjusted the collar of his outfit, he wasn't even sure why he dressed this nicely, he was just going to go see Chara after all.

"Well...That's exactly why I dressed like this..." He was ready to go but he stopped and looked down at the stone sitting on his dresser still, the energy around it manifested into a dark cloud as its ever present lightning coursed around it, the voices from it still beckoning towards him to use it, he just scoffed at it and walked out his bedroom door, he went down the steps to the foyer and was ready to leave when he realized that the last time he left suddenly Gallock took it the wrong way, so he stopped by the kitchen and grabbed a pen pad and a pencil.

"Hey guys, if I'm not back when you wake up I left to go see Chara.

Best regards,"

He stopped for a moment, honestly unsure of what name to sign for it, he was always used to calling himself Viktor in front of everyone but Kakarot and Gallock insisted on either calling him Brother or by his Saiyan name.

"-Rotka" He finished signing the small note before laying it on the kitchen counter and heading out the door, he took a few steps off the porch and away from the patio before his aura appeared and he shot off into the sky, giving no regard as to whether Gallock's scouter could pick him up or not as the Canadian wilderness flew underneath him, his mind went to just exactly what he was going to do with Chara once he arrived, thinking of pretty much anything he could do to spend a decent amount of time with her, he didn't have any fancy dinner plans in mind or anything he just wanted to be around her, to hold her and tell her how much he loved her, for a second he felt like a crack addict finally getting his fix after going through the withdrawals but he disregarded it and kept going towards Joseph's house, minutes passed as he went through the border into the U.S and before he knew it he found the quaint little cottage below, he landed by some nearby trees and looked around the place for a little bit, the lights were off so he assumed everyone had gone to bed for the evening, he pulled his phone out and quickly texted Chara's number, he wasn't sure why but he didn't just want to show up, he wanted to do something corny. He waited in anticipation for her to respond, hoping that she would be awake, he looked at the clock on his phone, reading 2:00 AM, he started to think the trip there was a waste until his phone went off.

"Vik?...It's kinda late to be texting don't you think? Isn't your brother going to worry again?

Oh please Miss Chara we stayed up this late almost all the time...Besides I let them know I was going to be gone...

Why don't you just knock on the door?...

I don't think Joseph would appreciate me disturbing his sleep with Azzy, wouldn't you agree? Anyway might I interest you in a little trip?

A trip? To where?

Nowhere in particular...Just somewhere we can get away from all these people, all the problems, just so we can be together."

Outside Viktor teleported from his spot in the trees, to right next to the window to Chara's bedroom, he didn't want to peek inside because someone THAT was the one thing that felt creepy to him.

"Oh aren't you the romantic type? Not every day you come up with that...

Well let's just attribute it to that list of changes shall we? I know I haven't shown as much love to you as I should...

Well...I kinda understand, I know you've been dealing with all these problems lately...Gotta be hard dealing with having an alien brother that tries to beat on you...

Eh he's actually not the worst, he has good intentions but just a little slow in the head. Oh by the way..."

Outside Viktor drew a shape with his finger in the form of a blue heart, he directed it towards Chara's window, the heart flew in front and sparkled brightly before slowly fading away, in the house she was sitting up on her bed when she saw the heart appear, she giggled a little bit before she looked back down at her phone.

"Cute, a little sappy but cute nonetheless...

Oh but I'm still not done...*Ahem*...Oh wait, do me a favor and turn a light on

Oh god why?...

Just do it"

She sighed and got out of bed and walked over to the light switch by the door, she flicked the light on and outside Viktor saw the light bathe the outside through the window, he cleared his throat before taking a knee in front of the window, Chara saw him and raised an eyebrow with curiosity.

"Ah how does that go again?...Oh yes *Ahem* But soft! What light through yonder window breaks" Chara blushed immediately as he had finally turned into a walking corn cob with him starting to recite "Romeo And Juliet" to her.

"It is the East and Chara is the sun."

*Oh god he's really doing this isn't he?* She didn't want to hear it anymore as she was blushing far too much and he'd only done one line, she quickly opened the window to him.

"I see you're dressed appropriately for the moment.." He could tell what else she had on besides the white, flowing nightgown, her eyes had an ever present dim glow to them, even through the strands of her hair hanging in front of her face.

"Well...I can't say I was expecting you to paraphrase Shakespeare to me out of nowhere..."

"Oh that reminds me, something something something glove on hand I wish I could be blah blah blah." Chara just laid her head on the windowsill, trying not to laugh but she couldn't hide the giggle escaping from her.

"You have such a way with words Vik..." He finally got off the ground and leaned his back against the wall by her window.

"So you said you wanted to get away...Any particular reason why?" She leaned her elbow on the windowsill to face him, he just shrugged his shoulders at her question.

"I just figured we needed a proper escape you know? Something to take our minds off the issues for a little bit and we could just unwind for a little while..."

"You keep saying we as if you assumed I would go with you..." Viktor just looked over towards her with a grin on his face.

"I overheard Joseph and Asriel talking about how you should just go with me since you miss me so much, apparently yesterday you accidentally thought of the wrong person during a conversation with them or something and they're tired of you pretending to still be mad at me, plus Joseph mentioned how many times you've said you missed me since you left...84 apparently."

"Oh god..." Chara just laid her head on the windowsill, slightly embarrassed that she was allowing herself to pretty much be attached at the hip with Viktor, he leaned over and kissed the side of her head and she immediately felt the blush come to her face again.

"You sure you want to come out in just a nightgown? It's kinda cold out if you ask me.."

"Oh this coming from the guy wearing a blazer and slacks..."

"Well you know, that chamber at Joseph's gets a lot colder than out here so it really doesn't bother me...You however I don't know about..." She groaned and brought her head back into the house, Viktor then leaned on the windowsill watching her grab her hoodie and a pair of snow boots. She sat on her bed after putting her hoodie on to throw the boots on, Viktor feigning a yawn waiting for her. She gave him a glare before standing back up and straightening her gown out a bit before she practically leaped through the window into the yard next to Viktor.

"So where to?"

"You pick somewhere..." She stood there for a moment, both thinking and slightly agitated that he hadn't thought of a place to go beforehand.

"Wait...You said you just wanted to get away right? Just for an escape right?..." Viktor just nodded his head at her.

"...Let's go home Vik...To our home, the one we had together, I don't care that it's not some lavish mansion or some cozy little cottage I just want to go home...I want things to feel normal again, I just want things to be like they used to be..." He looked down on Chara and could see the urgency on her face, her eyes were pleading for them to just go back to normal, she took a step forward and hugged him tightly.

"Every night for the last year I just kept asking for things to go back to normal Vik...All this business with your brother and everything I just...I hate it, I don't want our lives to constantly be full of chaos like this, I don't want to wake up every morning wondering if some alien overlord is going to try and kill us or if some monster's going to crawl out of the trees and try to attack us, I just want things to be normal like they used to be...I just want us to be normal..." He felt Chara's grip around him tighten even more as he'd spoken the same desire she'd wanted for a year now, she didn't really speak up about it but she wanted the same thing he did, to just go home and forget that any of this happened, of course she would stay in contact with Joseph and Asriel but as far as everything else, she didn't want to remember Kakarot, or Gallock, or anything else that happened, she wanted to go home and live her life with Viktor as they had wanted to.

"I couldn't think of a better place Chara..." His arms wrapped around her in a tight hug as his aura appeared, he slowly flew up into the air before taking off in the direction of their old home , he held Chara the entire time as they made the short flight home, landing softly on the walkway out front of their apartment, it had been over a year since they returned and everything seemed to be the same. He stood there for a moment looking over the building, even though him and Chara only lived there for a couple of months the place held a spot in his heart mostly because it was where she said she loved him for the first time, his mind started shifting back to the dream he had prior to picking her up, the way the detail felt so vivid to the point he could practically taste the cherry on her lips, feel the warmth in her cheeks and had he not woken up the rest of that dream would've gotten far more pleasant.

"Don't worry...I kept up on the bills and stuff to make sure we didn't lose the place in case something happened..."

"How'd you have the money?..."

"Let's just say Joseph was a lot more generous than expected...He gave me some money to keep the place in our possession..." The couple walked up towards the door and pushed it open, it made a loud creak as they swung it open and they started down the steps towards theirs, Viktor knelt down and lifted the mat off the floor, then peeled back the bottom layer of it and a key fell out.

"See hiding the key under the mat is stupid...Hiding the key IN the mat though.. Now we're talking smarts.." Chara giggled a bit as he stood back to his feet and inserted the key into the lock, the door opened and they immediately felt a wave of relief hit them, the sense of normalcy they'd been missing for over a year had come flowing back into them, the apartment looked relatively unchanged aside from a little dust in some areas, but otherwise everything was as they left it. Viktor quickly went into the living room and sat down on the couch, kicking his feet up onto the coffee table and letting all his stress ease off his shoulders, Chara was a bit more hesitant to step forward as for her despite being home she still had a strange sense of unease about everything, as if she was expecting something bad to happen at any moment, she took a few steps forward towards Viktor.

"Chara...It's going to be okay...Nothing's going to happen here that we don't control..." he could understand how nervous she was, nothing had been normal for her in the last year and to be on edge about the seemingly normal things was understandable.

"Chara I promise you nothing bad is going to happen...I won't let anything ruin this..." He scooted to the edge of the couch and held his hand out towards her, he put on the warmest smile he could muster in the moment and she took another step towards him before bringing her own hand out towards him, their fingers locked and he gently pulled her over towards him, she walked around him before sitting down next to him, she looked around the apartment for a moment, still expecting something to happen but nothing did, Viktor brought his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him.

"I won't let anything happen Chara...I promise..." He leaned over and kissed the side of her head, she snuggled up against him and for him it felt like that dream was slowly shifting into reality, for the first time in a year things for the two of them felt normal, there were no Saiyans, no monsters, no alien overlords, just the two of them being able to just enjoy each other's presence without being disturbed.

"...Te amo..." Viktor had muttered it quietly but loud enough that she could hear, she wasn't exactly sure of what he said to her though.

"A few of Joseph's books were in Latin...I've been trying to learn the language over the past year and the first thing I learned was to say I love you...Just so I could say it to you..." Chara was quiet for a moment, leaving Viktor a bit worried that he had done something wrong for a moment until he heard the faint crying sound from her.

"Wait wait Chara...Did I do something wrong?..." She threw her arms around his neck and started crying into his shoulder, he fell back against his seat a little bit as she put her weight on his shoulder.

"Chara what's wrong?..."

"I just...I missed moments like these so much...Before everything when we would just sit here together..." Viktor held Chara for as long as he needed to, letting her enjoy the brief time when things felt like they had gone back to normal, for a while she hugged him with the faint sound of her crying, then she eventually laid her head against him and slowly drifted off to sleep, leaving him in the silence except for the sound of their breathing, he looked up at the ceiling with a small grin on his face before he allowed his eyes to close.

"I love you Chara..." Was the last thing he muttered before he felt himself fall asleep.

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