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Chap 15

YO! I HAVE #1 IN UNDERFELL AS OF 8/26/24!! THIS IS CRAZZYYYYY THX SM GUYS
Here's an extra chapter- I powered through for u guys lol
*Bff/n POV*

I just can't get over how much my face has changed. I'm actually afraid of seeing Y/n again, because when I see them in the hallways, all I can see is their crumpled body, slowly bleeding out crimson. Their blood even had the slightest black tint to it, which threw me off.
As much as I love Undertale, I think I'm ready for things to go back to how they were. So much has changed its distressing. I liked my simple life with Y/n. I drove to their house, we hung out for a few days, and I went back.

I feel my eyes water up, and I don't stop them. I'm weak, and I know that. My family couldn't even bother to visit me in the hospital, nevertheless take me in as their own. Y/n was the only one there for me- They practically raised me from an empty shell. There was a knock at the door, and I spoke a shaky, "Come in." It was Error, and he sped in after seeing my expression.
He looked a little bit overwhelmed with my feelings, considering that his mental state kept him from feeling true compassion. He let me cling onto him for a while until he glitched out. "yOu kNoW, iNk isNt tHe tYpE tO iGnORe pEopLe. y/N's pRobBAbly tRyIng tO giVE yoU sOmE sPacE aFter RealIZIng yIU wErE unComFortABle aRouND thEM. oR thEy fOrGot. cOulD gO eIthER wAY."

I was still crying, and Error then randomly blurted out, "y'kNoW, aFtEr tUeSdAY, tHe CalLEndAR sAys WTF." I couldn't help but laugh, shouting, "WTF was that man?! I'm in the middle of a mental breakdown, and you say something only one without a brain would--?"
Error rolled his eyes and smiled smugly, "iT wOrKS, dOeSn'T iT? yOu sToPpEd CRyInG." I go retaliate but recognize that he's right and start to sulk. "iM nOt lacToSe, bUT sOme fInD mE haRD tO TolLErATe." Error jokes, and I let out a small chuckle. 

"dO yOu wAnT tO gO To bLUe'S aNd eAT hOrRibLe, gLitTEry TacOs wiTh mE?"
"Absoletely."

*No POV*

While the pair did in fact, eat horrible, glittery tacos with Blue, there was something else going on. Y/n, who was just on the couch, zoning out and in deep thought, was slowly breaking down. But nobody came. They finally knew the feeling that those three words in a sentence could bring, though they couldn't feel them at the moment. They were too frozen to actually go and get the ice cubes that they had made earlier with Ink, which were colored yellow, red and blue from the vials.
So, Y/n just sat there, alone in the house (Ink had left soon after assisting in putting the emotion-water in the freezer). "They made a grave for Fell, you know." a voice said soothingly, coming from nowhere, "In Horrortale. They made a grave and gave speeches to the whole Underground." Y/n moved their head, eyes to be met with two round eyelights and an undamaged skull. "Axe?"

Axe nodded and joined the human on the couch, offering a side hug. Y/n immediately accepted and melted into his touch as he talked about Queen Undyne announced how some plants had grown past the barrier and in a few years, they could mutate them to grow fruits and veggies with the help of Alphys.
As his voice cut through the quiet Y/n relaxed, releasing certain muscle groups that they hadn't even known were tensing along with their stress. Y/n was vaguely aware of the five others in the house nearby, helping themselves to the kitchen. There was an aroma that entered the living room from the kitchen, but Y/n was too mentally exhausted to move. 

They felt themself being lifted from the couch by the armpits and set into a chair around the kitchen table. Y/n had never needed more than two chairs, but Bff/n had been very insistent, so they had made at least seven, all beautifully crafted with crocheted cushions Bff/n made.
Y/n stared at the light blue tablecloth, which was slowly starting to fill up with plates of food. A tendril of Nightmare's snuck its way around their wrist and left off a comforting aura of teal and purple that numbed them of their thoughts. The room felt like a distant family gathering, except everyone had in touch after leaving.

*Your POV*

Plates were passed around, and food was put on your plate without having to ask. "Eat." Nightmare urged you, but you seemed too out of it to do anything. Nightmare motioned for you to take a bite, and you looked down at your food with a queasy stomach (Because of how busy you've been, you haven't been eating properly).
Nightmare frowned and looked to Horror, "I think solids are a little too much for them right now. Can you pass the soup?" Horror passed the soup, and you forced your shaky hand to hold the spoon and bring it to your mouth, where you blew on it, and took a sip. It was delicious, but you felt undeserving. A few more sips, and your stomach stopped you from going further. Nightmare is keeping a careful eye on you.

Well, WAS keeping a careful eye on you. Now he was staring at Killer, who was yelling to Axe about how good the soup was. "Killer, what's going on??" Cross questions, worried.
"I don't know!" The skeleton shouts, "I'm mad but now!" Your face drops, and Nightmare stares at you. "You guys took my crack ice cubes, didn't you?" you say, and Nightmare's expression drops too. "You have crack??"

You scoff, "That was obviously a joke, but like, I do have emotion enhancers (basically crack) in those ice cubes."
Nightmare growls, "Okay, when this dilemma is solved, you're going to tell me what 'emotion enhancers' are (and where you got them from." 

"One word." You say simply, "Ink." "That Dumb@ss Paint freak."
"I can take offense to that too, ya'know."
"One, that is lower on the scale of what matters right now, and two, you probably won't, and yes, I do know, I just don't care."