Author's Note:

Hello wonderful people! This here is just another warning. This one is for a pretty heavy emotional chapter with a bit of Charisk. I really like this chapter, it might be my current favorite, actually. If you also like the chapter, leave a review if it doesn't bother you, please. It really boosts my confidence and perseverance in my wirting. It helps me make longer chapters, such as this one. Anyways, sorry for rambling. Enjoy!

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Chara and Frisk awoke at the same time. Chara was crying. She had no idea why. Frisk was worried. Why was Chara crying? They both sat in silence, with the exception of the occasional sob from Chara.

Chara felt random hate for herself. She didn't know why, but she really felt like she wanted to die.

Frisk felt random worry for Chara. She didn't know why, but she really felt like Chara wanted to die.

After around an hour, Frisk finally felt DETERMINED to ask Chara about how she was feeling.

"Hey, Chara, are you doing okay?" Frisk asked.

Chara mumbled something that Frisk couldn't hear.

"What?" Frisk asked.

"I don't think I'm okay..." Chara mumbled.

"Oh. Can you tell me how you're feeling?" Frisk asked.

"Suicidal and wanting to self-harm. I don't know or get why, but I am. I don't like this feeling, Frisk. Even though it seems like the right option, killing myself just doesn't seem like a good option. I don't want to die, but I need to. Sorry..." Chara cried.

"Ah. Okay. So, could you tell me how it feels to want to kill yourself and want to hurt yourself?" Frisk asked.

"No. When I vent, people get upset with me. Sorry, Frisk, but no," Chara cried.

"I won't get upset with you, Chara, I promise. I just want to help you not feel that way," Frisk said. She smiled as she grabbed Chara's hand.

"You really promise?" Chara asked. She turned and looked at Frisk. She was frowning. Her usually pink cheeks were red. Her red-brown eyes were full of tears.

"I promise," Frisk said.

Chara took in a big breath and then sighed. "Okay then. I have an uncontrollable desire for my own death. It has been there for a greater portion of my life. It's like a haunting spirit, always whispering in my ear: Chara, kill yourself. Chara, you're a failure. Chara, you murdered these people. Chara, you need to die to make them happy. I hate my desire to die. In the end, though, I know that it's right. When I think to a future without me, I see everyone hurt a bit, but not hurt as much as happy. Everyone will be better off if I'm dead. I don't want to die, please understand that. It's just a feeling of needing to die and knowing that everything will be better when I've successfully committed suicide. My self-harm is what I do when I don't want to commit suicide. It helps me remember that I am, or at least partially, human. Each time I make a cut, it's like a repent for a sin I have done and I am rewarded with a bit of humanity or sanity back. It's hard knowing that you used to kill all of your friends for fun. And that's why I want to self-harm and why I need to commit suicide," Chara cried. Her grip on Frisk's hand grew stronger as Chara began to sob.

"Hey, hush, hush. You'll be okay, Chara. I'll make sure of it. Self-harm isn't the answer. Neither is suicide. Trust me, Chara. Trust Asriel, Sans, Undyne, Toriel, and Asgore. Trust us and we'll be able to make you feel better," Frisk said. She comforted Chara with an accepting smile.

"I... I trust you. I don't deserve any of you. After everything I've to you, why do still care about me? I'm sorry to ask, but I really need to know. It's just hard to understand why someone you killed hundreds of times wants to stop you from self-harm or suicide," Chara cried.

"Because I love you, Chara. I tried to hide my feelings, to shove them to the back of my head at first. I thought that you would hate me if I told you that I loved you. I let myself slip when we were in the therapy center, and I made things very awkward. You made the final step for me, Chara. You told me that you loved me. I need to know, Chara, was that a truth or a lie?" Frisk asked.

Chara hung her head as she spoke, "It was a truth. D- do you not believe me wh- when I say that I love you, Frisk...?"

Chara sobbed as Frisk sat silent. Chara turned and rested her head on Frisk's shoulder. Frisk put her arm around her sobbing friend. This, in turn, made Chara sob even more.

"Frisk?" Chara asked.

"Uh-huh?" Frisk responded.

"I'm depressed. And anxious. I have anger problems sometimes. I self-harm. I try to commit suicide. I have hate for myself. I murdered everyone I care about. I want to suffer for what I've done. I require emotion help. I'm mentally distressed. I'm emotionally destroyed. I'm a horrible person in my social life. I hurt myself physically. Frisk, can you tell me the reasons that I live?" Chara asked.

Frisk thought for a moment. The reasons that Chara lived. She had to live to help her friends. She had to live to see Asriel become an adult. She had to live to help Asgore rule. She had to live to help Toriel bake. She had to live to help Sans with his puns. She had to live to train with Undyne. She had to live to cook with Papyrus. She had to live to watch anime with Alphys. Chara had to live to help Napstablook with his depression. She had to live to be on Mettaton's shows. She had to live to help Flowey out with his second chance. She had to live to be emotionally supportive to her friends that were also emotionally injured. She had to live to be an inspiration to others. Well, there was chocolate for Chara. Chara had to live so that she could have her first drink. Chara had to live so that she and Frisk could become more than just in a relationship. Chara had to live so that Frisk would live.

"You live for many reasons. Some silly, some important. You live to help Asriel reach adulthood. You live to help Sans become a legendary punmaster. You live to train with Undyne to make the both of you stronger. You live to help Asgore rule over the underground. You live to help Toriel bake her pie and other delicious foods. You live to cook spaghetti with Papyrus. You live to help Alphys with her anxiety and to watch anime with her. You live to help Napstablook with his depression. You live to become a star on one of Mettaton's shows. You live to be supportive to your friends, Chara. You also live for sillier reasons. You live to eat chocolate. You live to one day drink your first sip of alcohol. You live to record things to traumatize me or anyone else. And then there are my reasons why you live, Chara. You live so that I can be happy, Chara. You live so that one day we might be able to take our relationship further, Chara. You live so that I can have hope for a future with both of us in it as a happy family, Chara. You live because I love you," Frisk said.

"Thank you, Frisk. I really needed to hear that. I love you too," Chara said. She smiled as she hugged Frisk. Chara was no longer crying.

Frisk and Chara were both smiling and happy. That is, until they heard Bane's snoring stop and a loud bang on the door.

They heard muttering among many voices. Chara and Frisk heard a gun become picked up and then cocked. Bane was going to shoot someone. Would it be Chara, Frisk, or the people at the door. The two human girls got scared as they heard a door open.

"well, if it isn't bane, the asshole i came to find. now, you're gonna tell me where chara and frisk are right now, or we may have some issues, bud," Sans's voice rung out.

"No thanks, now leave or I shoot you," Bane said.

"Listen, we can and will hurt you. We'll stop your pain sooner if you'll please just tell me where the punks are," Undyne's voice rung out.

"Nope, now LEAVE," Bane yelled.

"Tell me where my sister is!" Asriel yelled.

"WHERE'S FRISK?!" Papyrus yelled.

"Fine, fight me. They'll be dead before you get them," Bane said. Chara began to cry. She was silent about it. Frisk knew why. Bane meant that one of their friends would be dead.

Frisk and Chara heard the noise of energy spears summoning. Then, the memorable woosh of the spears flowing through the wind came. The walls shoot. A spear burst through the closet door. It came within inches of Frisk's face. Frisk held her breath.

Chara recognized the swooshing of the chaos sabers and the firing of the Gaster Blasters. Frisk heard the jangling bones of Papyrus. Neither of the girls liked the fight that was going on. They heard Undyne yelp after a gunshot. Tears were quickly streaming from Chara's eyes. Droplets were starting to form in Frisk's eyes.

"that's it," Sans said. The walls shook again. A spike-like bone pierced through the door. Then there were two. Four. Seven. Eleven. Twenty-Seven. Thirty-three, Forty-one. Then there was on in Chara's arm, two in her stomach, one in her chest, and one in her foot. There was one in Frisk's foot, one in her stomach, and three in her arm.

"AAAAAaaaaagh!" Chara screamed.

"AAAAAaaaaack!" Frisk screamed.

Both girls let out sobs as the bones disappeared. After a moment, the door was opened by Sans. He nearly fell down when he saw Chara and Frisk. Sans grabbed them by their souls and threw them down the stairs.

"NO!" Bane angrily yelled. He shot a couple times at multiple people. Undyne fell down the stair, which were next to her, after a bullet landed in her arm. Sans dodged everything. Papyrus was hit by a bullet, but it didn't make it past his battle body. Asriel fell down after a bullet was implanted in his chest.

"SANS, GET AWAY!" Papyrus yelled as he grabbed Asriel and ran down the stairs. Sans shortcut down. Bane ran down the stairs after them.

Bane did NOT want to lose Chara and Frisk again. They could be very, very useful to him. Bane arrived and saw Sans gripping the hands of Chara and Papyrus. Papyrus also held Asriel's hand, who held Frisk's hand. Chara had a hand on Undyne's hand. They were shortcut away by the annoying skeleton.

Bane yelled very rude words as he lost his chance to kill them.

Meanwhile, at the lab...

Sans shortcut the wounded and his brother to the lab. He was breathing heavily. Toriel ran over to Frisk, Chara, Undyne, and Asriel. Alphys also came over and helped.

Chara was sobbing. She was hurt badly. Her pulse was weakening. But, there was a good thing. Chara was saying something while she was sobbing.

"I d- don't want t- to die..." Chara sobbed over and over. This brought a little hope to the moment. Was Chara finally working over wanting to kill herself...?

Toriel was first healing Asriel. She let Alphys remove the bullet from his chest before using her healing magic on him. Then, Toriel moved to Frisk. She just used her healing magic on Frisk, who was very calm and was only crying a bit. After helping Frisk, Toriel went to Undyne, who Alphys had just finished removing the bullet wounds from. Toriel used her healing magic on the fish warrior. Lastly, Toriel came to her adopted daughter.

Chara was sobbing, which was not helping the bleeding. She was hurt the worst. There were cuts and holes that needed healing, and Toriel was already beginning to feel exhausted by healing everyone else. Toriel focused first on Chara's new, unfortunate stomach piercings. One they were fixed, Toriel diverted her attention to Chara's foot. The gaping hole was passed as Toriel's conciousness began to fade. Toriel began to heal Chara's arm before she passed out. Sans caught Toriel as Frisk got up and comforted Chara.

Asriel helped and made sure his mom was alright. Papyrus helped Sans, Asriel, and surprisingly Alphys carry Toriel to the foldable bed. They laid her across it. Asriel ran down the stairs with Papyrus. Papyrus comforted Undyne as Asriel looked at Chara's arm. Chara may die if that's not healed soon. Asriel grabbed a chair and sat as he focused everything on Chara's arm. It began to heal as Asriel's energy went away. He passed out like his mother shortly after Chara's arm was healed.

Once she was healed enough, Chara stood up and wiped her tears. She hugged Asriel and began to sob. "I- I'm so, s- so sorry, Asri... I'm s- such a horrible sister... I should've t- taken that bullet for y- you... And y- you shouldn't have healed me, I w- would have been fine... I promise you, A- Asri, I'll try t- to not kill myself..."

A smile crossed Frisk's face. Chara turned to Papyrus and Undyne. Chara hugged the both of them.

"Hey, you okay, punk?" Undyne asked.

"HUMAN?" Papyrus asked.

"I'M S- SO, SO SORRY FOR EVERYTHING! I don't w- want to die, I'll d- do my best to not tr- try to kill myself... I'm s- so, so, so, sorry for t- trying to hurt myself... I shouldn't h- have put you two through th- that..." Chara sobbed.

"I forgive you, Chara. I know that you can do it," Undyne said.

"I FORGIVE YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOU," Papyrus said with a smile.

Frisk got hopeful and excited. She ran after Chara as she dashed up the stairs. Sans's eyes went away as he was hugged from behind.

"C- can forgiving become y- your habit?" Chara asked.

"what'rya asking my forgiveness for?" Sans asked.

"F- for saying everything I had s- said at your house... For h- hurting myself... And f- for trying to c- commit suicide... I d- don't want to be that Chara anymore... I'm g- going to try not to be suicidal anymore, a- and I'm going to try my hardest..." Chara sobbed.

"really?" Sans asked. Chara nodded vigorously. "mkay then. i wish ya the best of luck, chara. i can't help you with suicide attempts, but i'll stop 'em. you won't kill yourself."

"Th- thank you..." Chara sobbed. She turned to Alphys. "I'm a r- real jerk for p- putting you through that. I'll try my best not to tr- try to kill myself anymore..."

"I'll f- forgive you f- for, uh, that, um, stuff, Chara," Alphys said. Chara smiled.

Frisk was in disbelief. Chara was actually no longer suicidal? This was... amazing.

Chara turned to Toriel's asleep body laid across the bed. Chara hugged her mom and whispered to her. She was sobbing the entire time. "H- hi, mom... I'm d- done being suicidal, o- okay? I'm so sorry for putting you through that str- stress..."

Once Chara was done with Toriel, she grabbed Frisk's hand. They walked down the escalator and into a side room. Chara looked into Frisk's beautiful eyes.

"I'm so sorry... I'm d- done trying to kill myself. What you've done to h- help me, it has worked. I love you, Frisk," Chara cried. She hugged Frisk and then kissed her. Frisk blushed as she accepted the kiss. She hugged Chara back. They stood standing in that pose for a couple of seconds. Frisk broke apart and smiled at Chara.

Chara was really, actually getting better. She wasn't suicidal anymore. She didn't want to die, she wouldn't try to die! Frisk was happier now that Chara was getting better.

Maybe happiness was in their future?