Here's another short one! This one is simply about Chara and Muffet. I starts out as a rather simple conversation...but it grows into something deep, and one of the very few things that Muffet takes very seriously...and that attitude unnerves Chara for reasons you'll see soon enough.

Lets get to it and see the fuss!

Drabble Start!

"Here you go, Dearie. Give them a try!"

Chara shrugged off his initial hesitation that was keeping him in check. He felt ashamed that he hesitated for even a minute over whether or not he should eat chocolate. And of course, he was surely going to eat the chocolate displayed before him by his spider friend, Muffet. He eagerly eats what is known as white chocolate right in front of him. He bites into the white chocolate...and pauses in amazement as he tasted the regular chocolate within the white chocolate. His crimson eyes sparkled in amazement at such a special blend of chocolates. Quite a few people would consider the combination to be ridiculous.

They obviously do not have a refined taste for chocolate like he does.

"Geez, Muffet. I didn't think I would enjoy a combination of chocolates so much." Chara said while munching in the chocolate he was given. "White chocolate with regular chocolate right in the center...that's clever. So incredibly clever. I feel bad I didn't think of trying it sooner."

"I make it a bit if a goal to try as many pastries and treats as I possibly can. I wish to think I can expand my horizon with six arms to work with. And my fingersae also quite flexible when they need to be...it helps me reach for things I really need. Such as sugars, spices, and spiders!~" Muffet beams while clasping her hands and sitting idly on a chair she pulled towards her with her spiders spread out and cleaned up the mess that was made while making the chocolates.

Chara shrugged while eating more of the chocolate while Muffet gracefully eats her own chocolates with her six hands. He gazed at her as her spiders crawled around, gathering around hed and lightly crawling atop her head. He raises an eyebrow slightly at how extremely loyal they were to her, helping her with her every whim. Even the large muffin-spider hybrid that sleeps in the corner of the forest of webs that she someone feels comfortable to live in. Perhaps because she was the spider princess of some sorts. There might not be a lot of other reasons why she might be followed by all of these spiders, and they do so no matter what she dies to them.

If there's one thing that Chara can surely respect about them, is that their loyalty to her is deep, loving, and genuine. These three things despite how she tends to treat them when she serves treats that involve using spiders as ingredients. It's a very strange concept that he can't easily understand on his own.

Muffet turned to Chara and gently patted the top of his hand. "Hey, Chara-Dearie? Is your family doing alright? I wanted to visit you last time, but I got caught up with preparing the building I'll use for my Bakery. Grillby is helping me with the purchase, but there's still quite a lot for us to do until it becomes fully official. After all, we only have a few months to go before our move to the Surface. There's to be difficulties, but I'm still pretty intent on succeeding." Muffet smiled.

"Yeah. I can tell you're quickly gaining confidence when it's coming to your business. You're really gaining momentum there, and it's really impressive. I'll definitely admit that." Chara nodded. "And it's even better to know that someone experienced like Grillby is giving you a helping hand on the side."

Muffet smiled as she placed her chin in her upper hands. "Indeed. Grillby spending time giving me tips and advice in order to make sure I'm doing a good job. After all, the humans don't have many people around fifteen that are allowed to open a legitimate business. There are special exceptions...but I'm a monster! That's a special exception, right? Ahuhuhuhu!~"

"Um...perhaps there are cases like that...though I really wouldn't push them too hard. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble because you tried too hard to make yourself known." Chara said while holding one of her hands. After a few moments of silence, Chara released said hand and pulled a few feet back to look her in the eyes. "Muffet...I don't want to offend you by asking of you what I'm about to ask..."

"Ask away, Dearie!"

Chara rubbed his arm as he nervously looked Muffet in the eyes, seeing his reflection in all five of them due to the light shining on them from a light being hung by one of the other spiders. "So...you grow a bit irritated when someone kills your spiders, right? You even get incredibly angry when someone does things like that."

"Indeed. It's a very quick way to make me angry." Muffet narrowed her eyes.

"You get angry over people killing spiders...yet you have no problems with using your own spiders in your pastries and treats...I've accepted your business as it is...but I don't completely understand your mindset when it comes to proceeding with it."

Muffet sighed softly before showing Chara a tired smile, her head fitting slightly. "Ahu...I've been asked that question many times before, believe it or not. Some people called me a hypocrite for having such a contradicting mindset. While it definitely feels like that to other people, I do have a reason to thinking that way."

"Oh? What is that, Muffet?"

Muffet gently raises her upper right hand, which is carrying three spiders on three of her fingers. "You see...spiders do sometimes eat one another. This is not something new. Sometimes I also eat my fellow spiders, and they tend to be rather tasty when prepared properly. It's not something I feel bad about, and it's not something that they are sad about whenever they do it. It's just a part of our nature. They recognize me as the main spider among them. My pet doesn't fry to eat me...sometimes. I sometimes have to apply discipline in order to make it clear that I'm the one in charge."

"Ah..."

Muffet slowly narrowed her eyes as she glared at the webs above her, which were carrying a few more spiders, most of them minding their own business. "Of course I've used spiders as an ingredient for my pastries sometimes. They don't complain, and they do so freely. I don't waste the spiders, Dearie. I make sure that if they're going to be killed, they're also to be eaten. Killing them for no reason...THAT'S when I get incredibly beyond belief." Hee sliders leave her hand, and she tightly clenched her fist.

"Muffet...?"

"I'm a predator, Dearie. It may be strange to other people that I'm perfectly willing to eat and serve my own spiders. I can't stop them from thinking that. I appreciate the ones who know this and love my pastries anyway. Of course I make sure not to use spiders when I'm making your treats and sweets Dearie. It doesn't HAVE to be filled with spiders. Just a preference of mine." Muffet said, while closing her eyes. "The point I'm trying to make is...this is a major part of who I am. It's in my nature, and nature isn't always so pretty. As a predator, I view my killing of my own spiders to be acceptable, because I will be using them for food. I never waste a single one. Not. ONE. They know this, they've accepted it. However...those who kill my magic spiders simply to kill them and not to eat them...THAT'S when I get angry. I'm going to show a bit of patience because not everyone understands it...but it's still frustrating."

Chara blinked at Muffet's explanation in slight disbelief. It wasn't often that he sees her genuinely upset instead of simply annoyed or miffed. She is taking this subject very seriously. "So...as a predator...you view killing your spiders for food to be acceptable...but anyone killing those same spiders just for fun to be utterly despicable?"

"I find it to be disrespectful and enraging when someone kills my spiders, knowing that they can simply be eaten, resulting in their benefits being utterly wasted. I might not completely understand how this kind of subject works on the Surface...but if there's one thing I can't bring myself to see eye to eye with...is killing for sport. I don't ever want to participate in something like that."

Chara flinched greatly for a moment, but he swiftly shakes it off. He nodded slightly with a small smile. "Y-Yeah...it is a bit of a strange viewpoint...but I can see where you're coming from. You don't want the spiders you use to be wasted. It's a strange part of who you are...but it's definitely who you are."

"Indeed it is! Ahuhuhu!~" Muffet began smiling again. Though she blinked softly when she could see that Chara grew a bit quieter. "Chara-Dearie...you look very tense...is there something wrong?"

He shook his head softly. "N-No. There's nothing wrong, Muffet. Nothing wrong at all." The spider girl smiles gently at him, relieved. Chara continues to eat his chocolate, but is gently feeling rather bothered by what her viewpoint tells about himself.

She views killing her spiders for food to be acceptable because that's the way she is. Though killing just to kill is considered despicable to her... At this, he frowned inwardly towards himself as he watches the cheerful spider girl tend to her spiders.

It's a good thing she doesn't know what kind of person he was back then...

There we go!

Make no mistake. Muffet has a very, very, VERY strange way to view food in general. In fact...Muffet is just strange period. And being a monster has nothing to do with it, not entirely. But that aside, she has respect for life, especially the life of her spiders. She never wastes them when using some of them in her pastries.

Her overall morality is pretty mixed and confusing, given her actions and words in any route you encounter her on. Though if there's one thing we can be sure of about her, at least in this series, is that killing things simply for fun does NOT suit well for her.

Which makes Chara highly uncomfortable with himself when he thinks back on his past actions.

Chara: Tch...

Muffet: (Oblivious) Hmhmhmhm~

Until next time! It'll be the last drabble before the timeskip into the next story! It won't be super grand, but I hope it'll be good nonetheless!

See ya then!