Chara waited at the bus stop, holding Frisk's hand. They felt more content then usual, despite still feeling awful about the Asriel situation. Asriel just ignored them all morning. He showed clear disdain at Frisk's feelings for Chara, though. The bus pulled up. Asriel rushed on before Chara and Frisk. Chara feels the anxiety and anguish they were trying to push down rise to their throat. Frisk began walking onto the bus. Chara felt like they were being dragged. Chara matches Frisk's pace, not wanting to trip. The two shuffle into a seat. Despite being with Frisk, Chara was dreading riding the bus even more than usual. They were experiencing heavy sensory overload from all the yelling. Maybe they should have asked Toriel to drive them to school..
Suddenly, Chara notices someone move in the corner of their eye. Their eyes shift to the source.
Danny had slid into the seat across from Chara and Frisk. Chara had accidentally locked eye contact with him, and he smirks.
"Just when I thought you couldn't disgust me any further!" Danny laughs. "Looks like someone's got herself a girlfriend!"
Frisk frowns. "Leave Chara alone. " They let out a low growl. Chara didn't think they'd ever seen Frisk mad before. Not mad. Not really mad. Usually Chara was the one to explode after just onw comment.
"And why should I?" Danny crosses his arms. "Demon scum like that shouldn't even be allowed to exist."
Chara grits their teeth. They felt too many different emotions at once. Fury, Sorrow, and everything in between. Not much longer and they would snap under all this pressure.
"Oh?" Frisk snarled. "Chara's the demon? Really? Judging from how you've been acting, I can really question your definition of 'scum'."
Danny snarls. "You little-"
"Shut up!" Chara yells at Danny. They were too overwhelmed by the noise and all the emotions attacking their mind at once. "Stop it. Stop going out of your way to hurt me. Stop hurting people I care about. t!"
Multiple people nearby watch Chara's breakdown. They didn't care. Too many things were happening at once and Chara wanted nothing more than to disappear.
Danny cackled. "Ohh, so you're all big and strong now? We'll see about that."
Danny starts to lunge towards Chara, but is interrupted.
"Cut it out back there!" Finally, the bus driver had noticed Danny's behavior. "Sit back down!"
Danny growled and reluctantly sat back down. He locked eyes with Chara and glared.
"I'm not done with you yet, demon," Danny sneers. "Just you-"
"Quit it!" Frisk snaps. They wrap their arm around Chara and pull them closer.
Fortunately, the bus makes it to the school. Chara was eager to get off. They stand. As they walk out, they trip and fall into the person in front of them. No doubt that Danny had tripped them. They sheepishly apologize to the person they ran into. Frisk follows close behind Chara as they walk off of the bus. Chara keeps their arms crossed. It was unbearable to live this way. Maybe they should have thought their plan through. They couldn't do it now. Asriel would hate them even more. Chara wouldn't be able to take that. Was it even possible for Asriel to hate Chara any further? They didn't want to find out.
Asriel and Frisk head their separate ways to their first periods. Frisk hugs Chara tightly before walking away. Someone taps Chara on the shoulder as they walk, and Chara whips around in fear. It was Melanie. Thank God.
"Hey.." Melanie waves sheepishly. "Chara, right..? Do you..need someone to walk to class with you..? I figure, uh, Danny's still picking on you."
Chara shrugs softly. "I mean...that would be nice.." They mumble.
Melanie lights up. She smiles and nods, taking Chara's hand. Chara smiles softly,appreciating the gesture. While they still felt extremely apathetic and on edge, they were glad someone was helping. Melanie keeps close to Chara, making sure they didn't get hurt. As much as Chara knew that Melanie just wanted to help, they couldn't help but feel like they were being babied. It was a ridiculous thought, but it wouldn't go away. Chara keeps their mouth shut and lets Melanie walk them to class. Once they make it to the classroom, Melanie lets go of Chara's hand. Chara shuffles in, staring at the floor. They slide into their seat, unknowingly starting to fidget with their sweater. Suddenly, their seat gets shoved forward, slamming their ribcage it the desk. Chara coughs, wincing in pain. They didn't have to turn around to know who it was. They have an overwhelming urge to run out of the classroom. Their stomach was churning, and they felt like they would throw up if they stood. There was too much stress put onto them in such a short time. Asriel, Danny, Sans...it was all too much.
The teacher wasn't there yet. Without a word, Chara walks out of class.
Chara rushes to the bathroom. They splash water on their face and take deep breaths.
"You'll be okay," Chara repeats in their head.
No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't convince themself. There was no way they could convince themself that anything was okay. Because it wasn't okay. Nothing about their situation was okay. At all. Everything was falling apart,but they would have to suck it up. Chara was not going to have Toriel take them home early again. They would pretend to stay strong.
And so they did. The whole day, Chara stayed stoic. They acknowledged when people talked to them, but they were emotionless. They just had to get through the day. They couldn't focus on anything else.
Finally, they had made it home. Chara huffs and sits on the couch, exhausted from phoning it in. Frisk sits next to them.
"Hey," They smile. "So...I have a meeting today. I'll be with some humans in charge or management of the town...and a few monsters. Asgore will be there. I was thinking..if you wanted to come, I wouldn't mind."
Chara thinks it over. "I don't know..."
"Please..?" Frisk looks Chara I'm the eye. "It'd be better with you there...and You need to get put of the house...do something to get your mind off all this. Maybe we could ask mom to take us out to eat afterwards or something?"
Chara just couldn't refuse those eyes. "...Okay."
