After[Undertale]

Ch6- It's still you

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W-where am I?

I... I don't understand I... was watching a terrible movie and... n-now I'm here...

Y-you're still there right?

Y-you're still-

Ok...ok good...

I walk through the white room... my stem not even making a noise as it moves over the smooth white ground. I rub my eyes at the harshness of the blinding light.

It... it...almost feels like I'm... floating? Falling? It's hard to tell when you can't feel the floor underneath... it's hard to tell when you don't even know, when the ceiling starts and the floor begins. I-it's h-hard t-to t-tell w-when...

VINES!! of course... that should work...right? I try to extend them out but... they don't come. W...What?

I... I don't understand...

That is... that is weird...

Good thing... good thing I... I can't really get scared... of stuff... anymore... heh...

"Hello? Anyone here...?" I shout into the infinite light...

But my voice... doesn't come out, I don't make a sound... is my mouth even moving? It's hard to tell.

Ok...ok... i don't like this...

Ok yeah I'm slightly panicking now... but it's fine...

I'm fine.

Let's just... take deep breathes... in... out...in...out...in...out...in-

Why can't I even feel myself breathing?! How does that even work!

Ok... let's just...wait this out... yeah... just wait it out...

I stop walking and stay standing still...

Or falling...or floating...or-

Shaking slightly, I squint my eyes, and instead I see darkness... which isn't much of an improvement... in all honesty...

Yeah... ok if I'm being honest with you... I'm not a fan of the dark... sue me.

Okay okay... yeah this is worse...

I open my eyes but... even when my eyes are open the room is still filled with a suffocating darkness... threatening to engulf everything in its path...

Open eyes.

Close eyes.

Open eyes.

Open.

Close.

Open

Close. Open. Close. Open. CLOSE! OPEN! Close, open, close, open, close open, close, open. Open-close-open-close-

Had I even closed them at all in the first place... had I even opened them...

Okay...okay...this is bad...this is bad... this is bad...

"Hey! Hey let me out of here!" I yell but again...

No sound comes out..

Are t-the walls... closing in.. or is it just me...

I'm alone but... at l-least you're here right...at least...

Suddenly i see a figure walking out... there's a red glow in their chest... It's... it's their soul...

No...nononononono... it's... no I'm not doing this... I back away but... I can't even tell if I'm moving...

"hey it's ok... you're ok..I'm coming over..."

Oh it's Frisk.

Yeah. I... thought it was someone else for some reason.

It's weird... I... I can't really hear my voice... it's like when you think to yourself and can kind of hear your voice but it's quieter and... well not as obviously a noise...if you know what I mean...

"Frisk...thank annoying dog!" But...I still can't hear mine...

The red glow gets brighter and closer as it gets closer to me... the darkness backs off and... stops consuming me as much...

Suddenly the glow helps me see the person in view.

They are right in front of me now.

"Frisk...thank you...thank you...thank you-"

Wait...what are they doing... they've kept walking...

I turn around to see them hugging a figure behind me... It's.... It's... Asriel...

Oh I hadn't... told you his name had I? Well... yeah this is...that monster i used to be, the "he" in me and Sans' conversation but now... but now Frisk was-

"Hey it's ok... you're here...it's still you." I see Frisk smiling...

"Frisk! Frisk I'm over here. Frisk. FRISK. COME ON!" I yell...but...no sound.

No sound.

No.

Sound.

" Yeah it's me." Asriel says in my old voice.

FRISK!

Frisk extends their hand towards Asriel and the timid goat takes it.

FRISK!

Frisk pulls him into a hug...

Frisk...

Asriel hugs Frisk back.

..Frisk..

They start to walk away.

...frisk

No one cares about me. They're just... just...waiting for him.

As the red light fades, I sit in the darkness for...I don't know how long, could be minutes, it could be hours, at some point the pin drops, that it's a nightmare. But no eye rubbing or pinching snaps me out of it.

The fact that it's fake brings no consolation because.. it feels so close to being real... it feels like it could happen...

It might as well have been real.

Eventually I wake up and stumble into the kitchen and get some ice cream. I put two chocolate ice cream scoops into a bowl and sit back on the couch. It doesn't help like it normally does.

"Despite everything it's still you," Frisk had told me once, trying to comfort me.

But they had no idea what seed they'd planted in my head, they had no idea about the extent it was flourishing, no idea how invasive it was.

Because to me it only meant that...

I'll always be him.

A/N: hey! This is probably one of my favourite chapters, so far. I really wanted to explore Flowey and Asriels connection. And the iconic phrase "Despite everything it's still you" felt very fitting, because it's supposed to mean that you haven't lost yourself, but for Flowey maybe that's what he wants, or what's he's trying to accept. As always any votes, and comments are always appreciated!

Edit: the current plan is to write as many chapters a day as I fancy and then post a chapter a day so then I can make sure I'm getting at least one out even if I'm having some writers block or something.

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