MemoryTale --- Hopes and Dreams

Frisk makes (a) Friend!!!

Frisk felt unsure.

She could tell Chara was slightly annoyed at her, by the way he glared at her with at least a slight bit more then the normal intensity he glared at things.

Or maybe it wasn't her he was annoyed at. It was a little hard to tell. He was normally annoyed, but still, he seemed even more annoyed then normal.

Chara glanced away. Oh. He was glancing at the statue whenever he thought no one was looking.

He seemed almost sad. Like... Sad-annoyed? Was that even a thing? Apparently it was!

Something about it looked familiar, though.

Frisk ran ahead and grabbed an umbrella. She placed it gently on the statue and wound up the music box.

"See! It still works!" Frisk smiled.

"How did you-"

"I could tell by the way you looked at it," Frisk sat down, "you seemed interested, so I dried it off!"

Chara seemed happy.

"Maybe I'll try coaxing Azzy out for a bit, he'd remember this tune too," Chara smiled sadly.

"I thought you were the one who called him 'dumb' and 'couldn't help it' earlier?" Frisk asked.

"... I don't care if he's 'dumb' anymore, I just want my brother to come back," Chara asserted in a not-very-assertful tone. Frisk nodded.

"Alright, I'll see you later then," Frisk said. Chara took one more glance at the statue with the music box before diving down into the dirt.

Frisk grabbed another umbrella to shield herself from the downpour, she didn't want to get soaked again, though she didn't know if she could help it. The Monster Kid ran over from around a corner where a low edge on the cavern ceiling seemed to be protecting them from the rain

"Yo! You got us an umbrella? You're the best!" the Monster Kid said happily. Frisk held it out a little so both of them could fit under.

"Here, I got you some Nice Cream!" the Monster Kid had a bag wrapped around their tail, "Cause, like, you're my friend and stuff. Right?"

"Friend..?" Frisk seemed surprised for a second that someone who wasn't Chara or Papyrus wanted to be her friend, "I mean- if you want, sure!"

Oh, they didn't know she was a human. Right. Still, it wasn't like it was a totally big deal! She could keep quiet about it! For a little bit! Maybe!

She took a nice cream stick out of the bag and her hand brushed against another one, "oh, you got one for yourself?"

"Yeah, but I need a little help opening them..." the Monster Kid blushed. Frisk smiled and picked it up. She put hers in between her arm and her side and tore open the packaging.

"Here you go, umm, what was your name again?"

"Oh! My bad, dude! Everyone calls me MK!" MK said. Frisk gave MK back the Nice Cream and they held it in their tail, the bag forgotten.

Frisk opened her own. It tasted kinda like blueberries. Maybe the no-sunlight equivalent of blueberries?

"C'mon, let's go!"

Frisk was happily licking on the icecream while her and MK walked down the puddly path. She carefully avoided each puddle while giving MK enough room if they didn't want to get their feet wet. Eventually she realised they didn't care.

"Man, Undyne is sooooooo cool! She beats up bad guys and NEVER loses. If I was a human, I would wet the bed every night... knowing she was gonna beat me up! Ha ha," MK said too happily for Frisk's taste.