After[Undertale]

Ch25-Soundproof

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We stop at the exit, and I sigh.

"Soooo who won?" Flowey asks.

"O-Oh right..." I go into my pocket and grab out the stopwatch and stop it.

I look at it and grin slightly.

"...Heh...I won,"

Flowey gives a mock look of disappointment.

"Soooo what do you have in mind?" Flowey asks with his usual chirpy voice and head tilt.

"I...uh...I don't know,"

"So what you're saying is all will be revealed later so you can leave me in suspense?" Flowey says in a stupid theatrical voice which gets a slight laugh out of me.

"...yeah,"

Suddenly, the door creaks and me and Flowey look in that general direction. There's a bunch of snapping noises, presumably from the lock.

"Pretty overkill huh?" Flowey jokes, swaying his head to the rhythm of the clicks.

"Yeah...how over engineered does a door need to be?"

"Eh I mean I guess they thought I was too smart for a normal lock soooo in a way it's a compliment," Flowey explains, in his usual Flowey logic.

Eventually the door swings open and Frisk walks out and I smile a bit more. They see me and immediately run over and pull me into a hug.

"Hi!" Frisk says, laughing a little.

"...Hey,"

We stand there hugging for a while until Frisk pulls away.

"Howdy Frisk!" Flowey says out of nowhere.

Frisk looks momentarily surprised and stumbles back slightly before their smile returns.

"Hi Flowey! ...heh you uh scared me a bit,"

Flowey laughs a little.

"Oops, my bad," he smirks.

He totally meant to do that.

"Well uh... bye Jynx," Flowey smiles at me and holds out a vine, which I fist bump.

"...Bye," I manage.

Flowey pops underground and I slowly nod to myself before I start walking towards the door.

"Well let's get going then," I look at Frisk.

I start walking towards the door but...I'm struggling to hide the lump in my throat or the shaking of my hands.

Just as I'm gonna walk through the door, I feel a slight tap on my shoulder and I recognise it immediately as one of Flowey's vines.

"...Wait," he says quietly.

I turn around and see Flowey in front of me.

He looks like he's analysing my expression. I've noticed he does that sometimes...I'm guessing since he can't feel much emotion he also struggles to pick them out when it comes other people. He frowns for a moment before his grin returns but it's noticeably less exaggerated.

He then looks at Frisk.

"Could ya...give us a minute?"

"Uh sure," Frisk walks through the doorway leaving it open for me.

Flowey turns back to me.

"Eh goodbyes kind of suck huh?"

I nod.