Chara looked up at the ceiling and sighed. They had only managed to avoid Frisk for a day and a half before they were talking to them as much as Asriel. It's been weeks with getting to know the person they've been casting as the villain subconsciously in their mind.
And they hated it, of course, they did, Chara could never find Frisk in any way charming or likable. Just ignore the times they have ended up smiling or laughing due to something Fisk had said or done.
Well okay, maybe they didn't hate Frisk, to say they wanted to hate them. As awful as that statement was, it was closer to the truth. Frisk was going to get something Chara wanted for years without having to do anything aside from showing up. So did they hate Frisk? No. Were they jealous? Most definitely.
Frisk just by being strangely likable had thrown a wrench into Chara's thought process. There was also the fact Chara didn't quite understand why Frisk wanted to be near them as much as they were. At Chara read it as somehow Frisk knew about their feelings and wanted to rub it in.
They have more than once struck up a conversation by talking about how hot Asriel is. Happily talking about the wedding and how they wondered if they'll fall for Asriel one day. The only reason they doubted Frisk was trying to purposely piss them off is that they dropped the topic as soon as Chara looked even the slightest bit uncomfortable.
That and Frisk… Frisk ah… um…. Frisk seems to flirt with them. A lot.
They didn't understand what Frisk was playing at, it wasn't like they wanted them over Asriel. Chara had seen them flirt with him as well. Maybe Frisk didn't mean anything by it, it was playful flirting nothing more. There are people like that, Chara was sure if it. They just wished they didn't turn red at the littlest complement.
Something else which puts their mind into a spin was that, yes the jealously was there, yet… Seeing Frisk and Asriel together didn't hurt as much as they thought it would? They didn't want Frisk out of the picture as much as they wanted to join the picture themself. They weren't sure how to deal with the idea. Was it even allowed? They would bring it up, but… they must be reading it all wrong, plus just because they liked it when Frisk flirts with them doesn't mean that there are feelings there. And Asriel liking them back still felt like a pipe dream.
They are just confused and really should just stay within their lane maybe take Unydne up on training to be a bodyguard. Something so they felt more helpful at least. There were times they felt like a leech draining the Dreemurrs, nothing more than a parasite using their kindness as a tool to live without giving anything back. How could they even think about telling Asriel they have feelings for him. Knowing him he'll tell them its mutual just to make Chara feel better, cause he's a selfless person who Chara shouldn't even be allowed to talk to-
"Chara!" Frisk barged into the room bouncing while balancing two trays of sweets on each arm, "Asriel and I wanted your opinion on something."
Chara sat up, "Frisk you do know you can knock right?"
"Ah," Frisk looked back at the open door a sheepish smile on their face as Asriel walked in looking like he was trying to hold back laughter, "Sorry about that it's just that the door was already ajar and my arms were full."
"They wouldn't be full if you just let carry at least a few of them you know."
"I'd let you carry one if you weren't so slow."
"At least I didn't run over a cook."
"Hey wait! I did not run her over! At most I bumped into her. And! I said sorry."
"It'll take her weeks to recover." Asriel shook his head trying to look grim, it was ruined by the fact he was barely managing to not smile.
Chara leaned back on their bed and sighed, "It sounds like a tragedy, how bad was the damage Azzy?"
"Her whole left side was bleeding ou-"
"No it wasn't, I already feel bad Asriel! Anyway, Chara we wanted your help taste testing, for the spread and the cake for the wedding." Frisk pushed Asriel aside, and placed a thin slice of cake in their hands, "This one is the best out of the bunch so you should start with the-"
"Hey no, we agreed to not push them towards our top picks!" he took the plate out of Frisk's hands holding it out their reach, "it was supposed to be fair."
Frisk tried jumping a few times trying to get the cake back to no avail.
Chara laughed, "Sorry Frisky, it's not happening."
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Asriel barely remembered the today he met Frisk for the first time. To him, it was a blur of colors and sound. Unable to piece together the chaos of that day he tossed it into the back of his mind sticking to trying to look to the future. Plus the chaos of a wedding is information that was much more important to hold on to.
A wedding he didn't know how to feel about. He still carried a torch for Chara there was no doubt about that, yet he wasn't as unsure that he'd never have feelings for Frisk anymore. To get the admittedly shallow reason out of the way; Frisk was attractive, their long black curly hair braided with purple ribbons, their dark brown skin was soft and pretty, their full lips seemed to default into a smile naturally, their light brown eyes seemed to shine with kindness and a bit with mischief. A more solid reason for starting to like them is that they were good to talk to they have made him laugh many times over. So it was looking like he hadn't doomed himself and Frisk to a loveless marriage yet…
Shouldn't he only exclusively want Frisk? Wasn't it a bad thing to still be crushing on Chara while something was starting to spark between him and Frisk? It had to be some kind of cheating. Within the past week, he almost told Chara about his feelings sure that their rejection would fully push him towards Frisk.
He always chickened out at the last minute, he reasoned it was he couldn't deal with a broken heart, really he had the suspicion it was that he held on to the impossible idea that Chara felt the same. That they could be together. Even as more reasons pilled on to make that more unlikely by the second.
The thoughts running through his head felt less burdensome while with Frisk and Chara were around together however, it was hard to feel sad while watching Frisk jump to grab something from his hands while getting to hear Chara's laugh.
"This isn't fair Asriel!" Frisk made another grab as he switched hands stocking his chin thoughtfully.
"Hmm, but was it fair that you tried to nudge Chara to your side? I think not."
Chara laughed again taking a triple chocolate cookie from one of the trays, "It almost sounds like you're fighting over me-" Chara froze and turned red, "I mean that-"
"Sure I'll fight Asriel over you," Frisk winked and blew Chara a kiss which left them flustered.
"I said almost, not to-" They shoved their face into a pillow, "Agh, how dare you."
"How dare you be so cute?" Frisk shot back clearly enjoying Chara's reaction.
Asriel chuckled, "They're right you are being adorable right now." He froze just as he said it wondering how it managed to slip out. He lowered both his arms, and he was starting to worry that he stepped over a line- "Ah-"
"See two votes even if you said you're not cute it'll be overruled." Frisk nodded wisely before grabbing the cake out of Asriel's hands and sitting next to Chara a shit-eating grin on their face.
"What kind of cakes do you two have anyway?" Chara said after hitting Frisk with a pillow and stealing the cake.
"Well Frisk wants a strawberry cake, I wanted a butterscotch cinnamon cake-"
"You do realize there are flavors aside from butterscotch cinnamon right?" Chara said while taking a bite out of Frisk's strawberry cake.
"Do you realize there are other flavors aside from chocolate right?"
"Fair but consider any flavor aside from chocolate is just a construct of your imagination."
"Why is chocolate the only flavor that exists then?"
"It's the only one that deserves to exist."
"I'm sorry, but what is going on?" Frisk asked looking from Asriel to Chara, a bit thrown.
"Oh, Chara just says stuff like that sometimes, it's failed to throw me for years now."
"You're just used to it?"
"Lies I can still throw you off, I just need to try harder." Chara sounded a bit grumpy stabbing the cake a bit too aggressively while Frisk sat down next to them.
He laughed picking up his cake slice, and sitting next to them as well, "Sure, whatever you say Chara." They glared at him but he could tell there was no malice behind their eyes, he placed his plate on top of the one Chara was already holding. "Mines better."
Frisk leaned over to punch his arm while he laughed.
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