* As in other stories now
* Normal 888 means place transition or other
* Bold 888 is POV change
* Trying to find a good way for a line break so bear with me please
With the clock striking 5, it signified the end of the work shift.
'Albino' waked to the backroom humming a familiar tune, opening the door he stepped in and untied the apron, setting his pen and paper pad in a bin, and hung up the apron.
Yawning he put his tips in his pocket and rubbed his eye, didn't always like working the day shift, preferred the bar shift. Less people, less hassle and all around, more fun… he always forgets how stressed Humans can get…
Walking out he waved goodbye to everyone else.
Now that he was outside, the white-haired boy started to walk home. During this time, he started to think about the day, lots of Monsters today.
Snowdrake with his mother, Mrs. Snowdrake, Dogamy & Dagarresa, and, surprisingly, Muffet were the Monsters he served.
And a group of people who started to harass Muffet.
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He was walking out of the kitchen holding a big plate of food in his hands, he was going to be serving someone.
A popular Monster song 'Death by Glamour' quietly played over the speakers.
"Ugh… who let Monsters in this place?" He heard someone say from his right. Turning that direction, he saw 3 people, two guys and a woman standing at another person's table, a table he was going to be serving at.
He briefly glared at them… more Monster haters 'Ugh… who let Monster haters in this place' he mocked the woman in his mind.
Sighing he put on a big smile and walked over to the table, plate in hand. Walking up to the people he cleared his throat, they turned around to face him.
Still smiling he spoke "Excuse me, can you please move, I need to serve here" One of the men glared at him for a second before the woman spoke up.
"Oh, do you work here?" He nodded "Are you sure it's… sanitary to have a Monster here? A spider nonetheless?" She put on a fake concerned face "I mean think about it, it brought real spiders with it! They're probably in the kitchen right now!"
He tilted his head slightly in thought before glancing at Muffet. She looked scared and but her gaze turned pleading when she saw him looking at her.
He turned back to the woman with a smile "While you do bring a point of that" Muffet became crestfallen "I can assure you the spiders Muffet has brought with her are not Surface spiders, they're Underground spiders, and, out of good trust to Monsters we allow her to bring her spiders here when she comes, now, could you please move so I can serve her?" His voice sterner at the end of his mini speech.
The woman looked flabbergasted as the looked between Muffet and him, Muffet having a small smile on her face while he still has a kind smile.
Sighing between her teeth she turned to her 'friends' "Let's go guys, I don't want to eat at a Monster ridden establishment" As they walked away he grabbed the big plate of food and set it down on Muffet's table.
He grabbed a smaller plate of fried haddock and set it in front of her with a glass of lemonade.
"Here you go, sorry about those people earlier, we try to keep those people away as best we can…"
"O- Oh it's quite all right dearie, I… get that type of reaction a lot most people don't want to eat at a place with a spider in it so I end up getting kicked out" She chuckled "In truth I thought you were going to kick me out too… I usually hate being wrong but… I'm glad I was this time, thank you"
He gave her a big smile "It's all right" he stepped back and picked up the big plate, resting it between his arm and torso "Have a nice meal" He said with a wave.
Before he knew it, he was at his front door, wow memory lane sure is quick.
Taking his eyes out of his pocket he unlocked the door and stepped in. Taking off his sweater he put it back on the coat rack, throwing his eyes into the little dish by the living room he went to his bedroom.
Inside he cracked his neck, relieved at work being over, he had the rest of the day to himself. Why did he feel like he was forgetting something?
Oh well, if its comes it comes.
Eh, may as well change into something more loose for lounging.
Walking to his closet he picked out a black muscle shirt and a pair of black basketball shorts.
With the new clothing on he sat on his bed thinking of what to do for the rest of the day. His mind drifted to their burnt couch.
Eh, it can wait for another day or two.
He turned to his bed and yawned, looks like he's already made up his mind.
Throwing his legs onto the bed and putting his head on the pillow he closed his eyes
A tall white haired male walked through a picture… frozen movie… a… memory.
The male started to sing a song an old yet new friend had sung to him
"Wash away the pain of the day, this is a new future"
He walked around the corner of a house, an arrow being the first thing he sees, frowning he ducked under it and continued walking…
He saw people, Humans.
"Come with me and all my friends, these flowers are not for you"
As he walked closer to the Humans he saw they were armed, not well armed, they all had some form of weapon though.
A bow and arrow, spear, pitchfork, one lady was holding a chair over her head. Heh. Still laughing about it to this day.
He turned to where everyone was running either away from or towards, himself.
His attire very different from his current.
"I just want you to be happy, you will not find that here, follow me back through this place, you have nothing to fear"
He had a black robe on, white hair still there, black markings that went from his jaw to his eyes on both sides of his face, eyes and pupils black, sclera's white.
He sighed, knowing what was to come of his past self.
"…" turning around, he smiled, and walked away.
He awoke to the sound of something hitting something.
KNOCK KNOCK!
Oh, someone was at their house.
Wait… someone was at their house! Frisk! That's what he forgot about!
Tumbling from his bed, and not falling face first onto the floor, he opened his bedroom door and quickly walked to the front door.
Once there he unlocked it and opened it.
Frisks stood on the other side, wearing a blue and purple stripped pullover sweater and jeans. They were holding a plastic bag in their hand.
"Hi…" he stepped to the side to allow Frisk to enter.
They smiled and walked in, he closed the door behind him.
"Oh, before I forget!" They reached into the bag and pulled out a cup, the cup from chapter one, and handed it him.
"Oh yeah, thanks" He started to walk to the kitchen to put it away "Have a seat on the couch if you want!" he called setting the cup on the counter and turning on their kettle.
Walking back out of the kitchen he saw Frisk still standing, he was curious as to why- the couch.
…
They were staring at the couch, the burnt couch that looks like it had been lit on fire.
"Oh… um… that?" He brought Frisk to the nearby loveseats, they both sat in them.
"What happened to your couch?" They turned to him shock "It wasn't like that yesterday… I think"
The older of the two twiddled his thumbs "Um, yeah… I um… dropped a cigarette on it?" He hated saying that… he never smoked.
Frisk was going to pry but… decided now was not the time.
The two sat on the chairs in an uncomfortable silence.
Frisk looked around the room, a mirror hung up behind the couch, some candles sprawled around, and possibly some pictures from Dillan's and 'Albino's past.
Oh, that reminded Frisk of something, they still don't know his name!
Frisk turned to him "Um… question?" His friend turned to him "Shoot"
"Um…" Frisks scratched the back of their neck, embarrassed "I… still don't really know your… name? Not that I don't want to know it, it's just that every time I try to, something comes up!" They franticly added.
The other chuckled "Oh, yeah… that has been happening, hasn't it, well, let's start over, shall we?"
Frisk nodded and extended a hand, he shook it.
"Howdy, I'm Ariel, Ariel Sazzy" "Frisk Dreemurr"
"Huh, Ariel? Nice name" They smiled.
Ariel chuckled "Thank you, picked it out myself"
"There's another thing a friend of mine wanted to know when I told her about our new neighbor, do you like anime?" Frisk was smiling the only way an anime person could excitedly.
Ariel hummed in thought.
"Yes, I do, my sibling introduced me to it a few years back, don't really like this new Monster one though… Mew Mew Kissie Cuite 2" "Oh. My. God. You and Alphys are going to get along so well!"
Frisk sat back, still smiling, their smile faded into a look of confusion as they turned back to him.
"I didn't know you have a sibling, what's their name?" They asked with an innocence only them and Papyrus could muster.
Ariel's face become one of shock and slight fear before realising the question, he turned to Frisk hesitantly.
"M- My sibling? Um… they're not here, killed themselves in an accident" He looked at Frisk with a small smile, he chuckled lightly "Come on, don't give me that look, it was… a long time ago, gotten over it mostly" he turned towards the floor
Frisk put their hand over his, he looked up at them. "I'm sorry for bringing it up, and for them…"
Ariel turned towards the couch for a second… he can't keep doing this, lying.
"Frisk… can I… show you something?" He asked still turned to the couch.
"Um, okay, what is it?" Ariel stood up, walked over to the couch, and sat down, trying his best to ignore the feeling of chard fabric against the back of his legs.
He looked down at the couch "So, the couch… I didn't drop a cigarette on it…"
Frisk scoffed "Yeah, I could tell that from the moment you said it" Ariel looked to them, confused "I have two reasons, wanna hear them?" He looked more shocked and slightly afraid at that "Three now, first one, you were more shocked and… scared when I said I had two reasons"
Ariel looked away, nodding. Frisk continued.
"Second, you don't seem like the type of person to smoke, I don't know… you just don't, and I've been around politician's that reeked of the smell, you don't, third, a burn that big" They pointed to the scorch marks Ariel was sitting on "Can't have spread that fast without anyone noticing, even a lighter would have been noticed before that happened" They smirked triumphantly.
"I know more than one way to smoke…" Ariel grumbled before turning back to Frisk and sighing "All right, caught me red handed" he put his hands up.
"I have a… secret… that I feel like I can trust you with" Frisks smile became a serious one, they nodded.
Ariel hand his hand out in front of himself, palm up.
He wasn't sure if he wanted to do this but, he knew he could trust Frisk, he did before. If anything went incredibly wrong there was always… no, nothing would go wrong.
Looking from Frisk to his hand he felt it heat up, haven't done this is a while. He felt something, deep within his Soul flicker, then, a fire.
Now, in his hand was a small flame.
He turned to Frisk, they looked intrigued and confused, but thankfully, not scared.
"So, yeah… n- not a lot besides this…" Frisk turned to him and he smiled sheepishly.
"How? Fire magic?" Ariel nodded, closing his hand thus dispelling the flame.
Ariel pointed to the couch "Had a bad dream last night, burnt the couch… again" "Again?" he nodded in confirmation.
Ariel once again saw Frisks eyes flash red, barley noticeable if you weren't looking for it, he was expecting it though.
He smiled but didn't say anything.
"How did you know you could trust u- me with this?" Frisk asked carefully, eyes slightly narrowed to him.
He shrugged "I don't really know, you just seem like a trustworthy person, that's all" He tried to keep a serious face but a childish part of him wanted to laugh.
His lip twitched into a smile.
He took a deep breath to keep himself from laughing, a giggle slipped out, he quickly covered his mouth, completely smiling.
"W- what's so funny?" Frisk questioned, surprised by the sudden change in mood.
Ariel shook his head.
Frisk hummed in thought before sighing.
Frisk- or well, Chara had a theory, a theory that they… honestly didn't know what answer they would like, but, they had to do it, just to make sure.
Frisks eyes turned back to blue.
"Anyways… how long have you had your… magic?" They pointed to his hands trying to change the subject.
Ariel looked at his palms for a few moments, opening and closing them. He didn't really want to answer but, not answering and dropping the subject would just make it be brought up at a later date in front of people he didn't want to know, yet possibly.
"About… my whole life? I guess… don't really know how to answer that" A vague truth is better then a complete lie.
The two sat in an… uncomfortable silence.
"Um… we have some games down the hall" he shifted "Don't really know what to do now… I don't know a lot of people so… yeah" he said quietly.
Frisk perked up "What kind of…" They looked away and turned shook their head slightly.
Turning towards them they smiled "Sorry about that…" They sounded different.
Ariel shrugged and stretched before standing up, bones popping.
"S'okay, what you gunna say?" He said turning to them.
"Oh F- I was just asking…" they looked around the room briefly "what games there was, yeah!" They stood up and put both hands on their hips, smiling.
Ariel rolled his eyes before listing off some games and brands, the two started to walk down the hall when Frisk bumped into him both fell on the ground, Frisk towards the seat, Ariel away from them.
Both hit the ground with a 'thump'.
"Oh stars, I'm sorry!" Ariel said getting up first and stepping over to Frisk, extending a hand to help them up, they graciously took it.
"It was fault, sorry" Frisk scratched the back of their neck as Ariel turned to look down the hall.
"Hey Asriel" Ariel turned to them making a confused noise, a second later his eyes widened slightly, he took a small step back.
"A- Asriel? Who's that?" He asked nervously.
Frisks tried to hide their triumphant smirk.
"Oh, sorry, he's an old friend, again I apologize, your names are just similar, Ariel, Asriel" They made a scale type motion with there hands before shrugging.
Ariel nodded nervously before looking at Frisks eyes, they were red again.
Sighing he crossed his arm over his chest and looked away.
"How are you always so smart…" he grumbled. Glancing at Frisk, or, Chara, they were smiling in a smirking type way.
Chara started to sing in a soft, quiet voice, still unsure.
"Wash away the pain of the day, this is a new future"
"Come with me and all my friends, these flowers are not for you"
Their returned to normal before going back.
"I just want you to be happy, you will not find that here, follow me back through this place, you have nothing to fear…"
They were watching him intently.
He sighed again and turned to them "I am happy here" Was all he said before turning away again and closing his eyes.
Frisk cautiously stepped forward "Asriel…?"
He nodded and felt arms wrap around him for a second before releasing.
Suddenly Frisk, or Chara, couldn't really tell, slapped him.
"Oh!" He turned to them holding his cheek "What the hell what that for?"
Tears were in Frisk and Chara's eyes "Why did you say anything before?" "We went back a month later to find you-" "Flowey" he corrected "Flowey… but, y- he wasn't there, we looked for a month and… you were here?"
Ariel nodded, gesturing them to follow him, he lead them back to the couch and both a down, still not caring for the feeling of it.
Once sat, Frisk and Chara hugged Ariel again.
"Sorry I haven't said much it's just… I don't know how to react" Ariel nodded and smiled.
"It's okay Chara" They jerked back at the mention of their name, he smirked "What? I've noticed it since the first time you looked at the hot chocolate Dillan made oh…" He pulled out his phone and checked the time "Dillan should be home soon too, but Frisk, Chara"
He turned to them, serious.
"Y- Yeah Asriel?"
"Dillan knows about my magic, yes, but he doesn't know I'm Asriel, and could you please not tell Toriel or Asgore please? Asriel said it before, I don't want to break their hearts all over again" They nodded.
He scratched his neck "That and… Sans would probably kill me if I break their hearts" he shuttered at the memories.
"You still have Flowey's memories?" Frisk asked curiously.
Ariel nodded "His and Asriel's, and before you ask, yes, I'll come" They looked at him shocked "Had a feeling you would ask me to come over to dinner" He laughed a bit.
Frisk and Chara laughed as well, it was quiet weird hearing two different yet similar voices come out of the same mouth.
"I don't even care how weird our laugh is or how you guess that but yes, I do want you to come over, if you want…" They looked away, finding the floor interesting.
Ariel pushed Frisk lightly "Said I'll come over, didn't I?"
Frisk smiled, they soon pushed him onto the couch and trapped him in a tackle hug "I'm just so happy your alive…" They whisper into his shirt, Ariel sighed soundly and ruffles their hair.
Hearing the front door open both turned to it, Dillan walked in, dropping a bag by the side of the door.
"Back… guessing the kids here by now…" He turned to the couch slowly and curiously, his face one of confusion then amusment.
"Wow, only known them for a day and you're already doing that kind of stuff?" He pointed to them. Ariel had his back on the couch with Frisk lying on top of him, arms wrapped around each other.
Dillan put a hand to his chin in thought before picking up the previously dropped bag.
"Also, I thought you were more of a top, not bottom" He laughed and walked into the kitchen.
Ariel, face red, picked up a pillow from the floor and threw it into the kitchen "Dillan you little shit!"
* Sorry for not updating this in a while, have a sort of schedule? Sort of not, I also have two other stories I'm currently writing plus school (With it being close to exam week), but no need to worry, I'll make it work! Have been!
