March 11th, 209X
Asriel POV:
"So you're going to have a contest with grandma and grandpa with nose nuzzling?" Alina asked us during me and Chara's preparations. She had actually forgotten that today was the nose nuzzling championships and that we were competing with at least 10 other couples as well as mom and dad.
"Yes, we are," I smiled at her as I picked her up and held her.
"And you made a bet with them saying that, if you win, you get a big wedding and become the new king and queen?" Alina smiled widely.
"Yep," Chara smirked as she put a couple pats of makeup on her cheeks to make them look bright.
"And if grandma and grandpa win, then you just get a normal wedding and remain prince and princess? That sounds like a win-win for you guys!" Alina giggled.
"Well, we're competing to win and we aren't going to hold back on our cuteness," I smiled at our daughter.
"Heh, we're going to try and look cuter than even you, Alina," Chara smirked at her.
"That's not possible, she's already the cutest in the family," I smirked, Alina giggling at that and nuzzling her face against mine. "You know we love you, right, Alina?" I smiled at her.
"Of course I do, daddy," she smiled at me, my heart beating out of my chest from the cuteness.
"Can I get a good luck kiss, Alina?" Chara asked, Alina giggling and puckering her tiny lips. She then kissed Chara on the cheek and then did the same with me.
"Knock 'em dead, mommy and daddy!" Alina smiled at us.
"We promise we'll knock 'em to the floor with our cuteness," I smiled as our trio then went to the area of interest, that being the MTT studios, hosted by all three of the different show hosts the Underground had. In fact, Mettaton, Kristof, and Coraline were the judges and the hosts while the announcer was Walker. And of the different contestants, the ones that were competing were me and Chara, mom and dad, the Mr. and Mrs. Snowdrake, Alphys and Undyne (we had to make them promise not to go berserk with their nuzzling), Catty and Bratty (apparently they were a couple as of a few weeks ago), Tutie and Mitts (which surprised me that they were a couple), and a couple other monster couples from across the Underground. The competition was definitely going to be fierce, that much was a fact.
"Welcome, one and all, beauties'n gentlebeauties to the 209X Nose Nuzzling Championships!" Walker exclaimed, the crowds cheering at that and everyone of us looking at each other happily.
"Be careful not to destroy the judge's table, Undyne," Chara smiled at her.
"Same to you, Chara," Undyne smirked at her.
"The rules are simple. We have an affection meter that'll be placed on the chests of every contestant. The scores'll be tallied by both the judges as well as the affection meter. So it's clear ya'll will have to put on a show and have nothing but love in yer hearts for your loved one!" Walker smiled, Chara giggling at the fact that the affection meter was previously made by Gaster for the first few annual Nose Nuzzling Championships.
The groups then started to go in reverse-alphabetical order depending on the first and last names of the couples. If you couldn't guess, Chara and I were the ones to go last and Bratty and Catty were the ones before us. During the event, we saw how much affection everyone had for each other. Alphys and Undyne had a solid score of 90 for their shared affection as well as the Snowdrakes having a 89. Mom and dad, however, had a nearly-perfect score of 98 affection and 9's across the judge's table. Chara and I looked at each other with smiles, knowing that we had to give it our all.
"Let's do this, honey," I smiled at her.
"Yes, let's," Chara smirked at me with her eyelashes fluttering. We then got our affection meters placed on our chests and we then went to the stage. When the timer started, Chara and I immediately started to nuzzle our noses as much as possible, Chara even sneaking in a couple of kisses to make me blush and giggle. I then ended it by holding Chara in a romantic pose and kissing her on the lips, our noses touching for the whole kiss. The crowd cheered wildly as I saw that mine and Chara's affection meter was a perfect 100! And the judges looked excited too. Mettaton gave a 9 and Kristof and Coraline gave 9.4 and 10 respectively.
"Beauties and gentlebeauties, the scores have been tallied up and it looks like the lucky duo who win tonight... are Princess Chara and Prince Asriel!" Walker exclaimed, the crowd cheering at that as I smiled at Chara and we knew we were perfect for each other. A perfect 100 for affection and the judges agreed we were perfectly compatible. We then looked at Asgore and Toriel as they gave us not only a trophy, but some items that I was surprised at. Dad gave me his crown and mom gave Chara her tiara.
"When would you like your wedding, upcoming king and queen?" Asgore smiled at us, my smile widening as well as Chara's.
"As soon as we can, preferably in a week or two," Chara smiled.
"I agree," I smiled widely as I nuzzled Chara on the nose again.
"Very well, in one week from now, we shall have a splendid wedding for the new king and queen of the monsters," mom smiled, me feeling like I would burst with excitement. Alina then ran from the backstage to our group and we held her in the air happily.
"Yay! Yahoo! Mommy and daddy win! You two are awesome!" she laughed out loud happily, me and Chara smirking and hugging her happily. Now she was going to be a true princess and me and Chara would soon be the new king and queen of the Underground. It almost felt too much like a dream, to be honest. But with one more kiss from my future wife, we knew it was real.
March 25th, 209X
Chara POV:
In terms of preparing for mine and Asriel's wedding, every single one of our friends had something to do for it. Just as before with Alphys and Undyne's wedding, the three robotic show hosts were in charge of televising the event, providing the party games, and the music, but this time they switched it up so that Mettaton was the one doing the music with Napstablook, Kristof was in charge of party games, and Coraline was the host that would record and televise the event for those who couldn't arrive. Alphys and Undyne were my maids of honor and Bratty, Catty, and the female humans were all my bridesmaids, which was awesome.
Just as before, Alina was the flower girl for us and she chose to scatter my favorite flower that only grew in Asgore's garden, red roses. Asriel's best man was Mitts and our ring bearer this time was actually Sans, who decided to actually do the job because he liked us a lot, which was impressive, considering he didn't do much at all other than watch television and sleep.
Meanwhile, mom insisted she walk me down the aisle while dad was the preacher again. Bob, Burgh, and Sizz were the ones in charge of catering and Walker was the one who decorate everything with Bow. It was truly the most elaborate wedding the Underground had ever seen, as stated by the title of the program name of the event that Coraline decided on.
I then heard the music start up for me to walk down the aisle and I smiled as I walked down in my new wedding dress. It was made from spider silk from the different spider denizens of the Underground and it was actually very sturdy and gorgeous to look at. I didn't have a train, but I did have a veil and a bouquet of buttercups in hand for the bouquet toss that would happen during the party games. Toriel smiled at me widely as I approached the altar (we were having the event in the chapel at the castle) and I smiled at how Asriel looked. He was dressed in a black and white tuxedo that was custom-tailored by Gaster and Papyrus... and the black on it was actually from Gaster's eyes. It sounded gross, but it actually was placed so well on the tux that you could hardly tell. Literally everyone we knew had a hand in this wedding.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here for the union of holy matrimony between Prince Asriel and Princess Chara. Their union in marriage will name them the new king and queen of the Underground," Asgore said with a very calm smile, the crowd clapping at that happily, which there were over a hundred in the seats of the chapel. "For this wedding, the groom and bride have written their own vows that they will say to each other."
I smiled as Asriel got his paper first and read his vows with his smile on his face. "Chara, when we first met, I felt that you needed to be rescued from the path you were on. And over time, through a lot of twists and turns, we learned to not only love each other as brother and sister, not only as best friends forever, not only as boyfriend and girlfriend, but even to the point of being mother and father. And right now, I can think of nothing but what the future will hold for the two of us and all the snuggles we will share," Asriel said, my heart fluttering at the words that he said and a tear coming to my eye at that. I smiled and nodded as I then held my paper and read my vows that I wrote out myself.
"Asriel, before I came to the Underground, I had a very rough upbringing. I hadn't known love at all and only had one true friend in my village. When I went to Mount Ebott that day 8 years ago, it was to end my life because of how much I hated not being loved. But then you showed me just how warming love can feel. I learned to open up my heart to friendships, to my new parents that were more caring than my human family ever could have been... and in the end, through thick and thin, you always were there to look out for me, picking me up when I was feeling down and helping me to overcome my personal demons. And for those reasons alone, I am forever grateful to you and I'd love nothing better than to be married to you for as long as I'm alive," I smiled at him.
"Chara..." he sniffled at that and I smiled as Sans then walked down the aisle with the pillow in his hand and the rings sitting inside of it in the center, them being made from the glowing crystals at the top of the caves in Asriel's favorite viewing spot in the Underground. I then put his ring on his finger and he did the same with my finger.
"I now pronounce both of you husband and wife, and from henceforth, both of you will be now known as King Asriel and Queen Chara. You may kiss," Asgore said, me smiling and giggling in glee as I then kissed Asriel and gave him a loving hug, the entire crowd cheering wildly and me seeing that some of our friends actually were shedding tears. Even Undyne, the most hard-headed and brash of the group, was tearing up!
"Well, now time to start the festivities, Beauties and Gentlebeauties! And as for the first party game, it was designed by none other than the new queen herself!" Kristof smiled happily as he then said something else. "If there are any bachelorettes in the audience, please gather around behind our new queen! Come now, don't be shy!" Kristof said, his enthusiasm managing to get at least 19 different female monsters to get behind me in a group. "The rules are simple. The queen will toss her bouquet behind her. And the one who is the first to catch it will be the winner! On the surface, it is said that the lucky lady who manages to catch the bouquet is blessed to one day find their future husband!" Kristof said, the girls all squealing at that and me smiling at that.
"One. Two. Three! Go get it!" I smiled as I threw it behind me overhead, the different monsters and even a couple of the female humans making the grab for it and me smiling at how the one to make the catch happened to be none other than Tutie, who smiled as she then looked at Mitts with a wink, me knowing now that they were in a relationship that both loved. "Congrats, Tutie!" I smiled at her, Tutie giggling at that happily as she then looked at the other monsters and saw that they looked jealous at her.
"Oh, come now, it's not like it's a rule that's cemented in stone that the one to catch the bouquet will get married. It's just a fun game for the girls to play," Tutie smiled, the group then calming down their jealous glares after she said that and me giggling at that.
"Now that the bouquet toss has been finished, let us now commence with the true festivities! Time for this party to really amp up! Blooky, it's time to give them all a show of a lifetime!" Mettaton smiled, Blooky then smiling at that as he then took his microphone with his telekinesis (he didn't have arms) and spoke into it.
"A one... a two... a one, two, three, four!" Napstablook said, exclaiming the last bit as the music then started to play, it being a remix that he made with Kristof and Mettaton's help, a song called Neo Disco. Hell, we even got a makeshift disco ball above us that was made of glass and that was shining from the sun's rays through the cathedral's glass and started to produce a light show on the dance floor for everyone. It was time for me, Alina, and Asriel to finally have some fun as king, queen, and princess of the Underground!