Flirting with Hyperdeath

Chapter 11: Voice training

Asriel got behind him and started healing his neck some more

"That was a little awkward" Asriel said.

"You guys were arguing over the morality over murder - and by the way, you were in the wrong." Frisk said.

Asriel's healing got a little weaker at this comment.

"Wrong? They thought I killed a child" Asriel said, sounding calm.

"They killed you over a mostly baseless assumption and didn't give you time to plead your case." Frisk said.

"If i had your dead brother in my arms and suddenly i had an extra soul, what would that tell you?"

"I don't have a brother." Frisk said "And that would tell me nothing - especially if he had no physical wounds. Chara had no physical wounds when you carried him into that village."

"And what if someone carried me past you while i was dusting?" Asriel asked

"you carried chara like how you carry me, correct?"

"yeah, but i dont see how-"

"I would assume you were being saved by that person"

Asriel frowned. "well what if-"

"Enough of the hypotheticals, Asriel. Judging someone as a murderer based on carrying someone i didnt even know was dead is a pretty large leap, especially if they didnt fight back when attacked." Frisk said. "Quit justifying the actions of those humans. They dont deserve it. You didn't murder Chara, stop trying to tell yourself that you did."

"I went back on the plan, i would have lived - Chara would have lived through me if i had just-" Asriel went on

"Just what? Murdered those people you want to call innocent? If you had broken the barrier in that way, those humans would have fought back, killing what was left of the monsters. Your dad was smart for handling it the way he did - waiting for humans to come to him rather than seeking them out." Frisk explained.

Asriel started thinking. He had no blood on his hands.

" 'Kill or be killed' is the most primal, uncivilized philosophy that only the most soulless of creatures could come up with. You aren't Flowey. You never was. I imagine Chara was never awful either" Frisk said. "What you mistake for trying to see in those humans is actually denial on yourself"

Asriel was about to speak, but it was as if Frisk was reading his mind.

"Chara would have tried his plan on someone else. What he saw as monsterkind's only hope isnt something he'd just give up on just because you were 'too scared' as id imagine hed put it. It isn't your fault chara poisoned himself." Frisk said.

"you really have a counterpoint for everything, don't you?" Asriel asked.

"Ive had a long time to think about it." Frisk replied.

"Do you really think everything chara said was right?" Asriel asked

"No, just the point that the humans shouldn't have killed you. The rest was him trying to justify trying to take over your body and killing those people, because if we're being honest, he wouldn't have just killed the men who attacked you. He would have killed women who had nothing to do with it, and children too young to understand what was happening. Chara had deep hatred for humanity in general, not just a small part of it" Frisk said. "You saved countless lives by dying, even if you dont realize it"

Asriel stopped healing Frisk. He felt overwhelmed.

"What about everything i did as Flowey?" Asriel asked.

Frisk, unaware that Asriel stopped healing him, tried to speak, but just started coughing.

Asriel helped Frisk through CPR, and started healing his throat again.

"I'm sorry." Asriel said. "Please continue?"

"You reset all of your actions as Flowey, didn't you?" Frisk asked.

"Well yeah, but i still did them" Asriel said.

"Flowey has killed people, hasn't he?"all Frisk asked.

"Yes" Asriel responded.

"Are those people still dead?"

"Well no, but-"

"And they dont remember dying either, do they?"

"They don't, bu-"

"Then did you truly kill them?"

Asriel's eyes widened a bit

"I still REMEMBER killing them, though. Shouldn't that count..?" Asriel asked

"If i punched someone in a dream, should i apologize to them in real life?" Frisk asked. "Those past resets are nothing more than that now - dreams."

Asriel didn't have a real argument to this. He felt peace of mind instead.

"Why do you even care what Flowey did? He's not you." Frisk asked.

Asriel shifted his hand to be healing directly on top of the wound. This proved to be much more effective.

"try to speak without my healing now, Frisk." Asriel said.

Frisk tried to speak again. Only coughs.

Asriel tried healing Frisk's throat as Frisk was coughing instead of performing CPR. This theory hardly worked, so Asriel performed CPR to help Frisk instead.

Back to healing

"What were you trying to do there?" Frisk asked.

"I was trying to see if i could help you without doing mouth-to-mouth" Asriel said.

"You dont dislike doing it, do you?" Frisk asked.

"No, its not that! I do- W-well, i enjoy umm helping you, i mean... i just dont want to- to make you uncomfortable" Asriel said.

"It doesn't make me uncomfortable." Frisk said

"oh- well, i didn't think i was very good at it" Asriel admitted.

"I wouldn't be breathing right now if you was bad, would i?" Frisk asked

Asriel blushed, though Frisk couldn't see it, since Asriel was behind him

"I hope i don't have to do it again." Asriel said. "Not that i would uh m-mind doing it again, I just don't want you getting hurt any more"

Asriel continued healing Frisk, and Frisk eventually fell asleep.

Asriel stopped healing him for a moment, and sighed. The use of magic in general was too demanding to ask him to keep this up for much longer. Despite this, he wanted to train his fire magic he hasnt used since his basic training sessions with his parents

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what if i just didn't upload the next chapter until this got 11 views at the very least? what if i held the story hostage for my most dedicated readers because i want to see a number go up?