Determined Love (Charisk)

Chapter 2: A New Timeline

     Frisk woke up on a bed of yellow flowers, they were still holding hands with Chara. Frisk looked around and knew they were back at the entrance of the Ruins. They sighed, relieved that their plan had worked. Frisk looked over at Chara. They weren't awake yet, so Frisk decided not to wake them yet. "They look so peaceful," Frisk said quietly. They were still holding Chara's hand, and they let go quickly, slightly blushing.
     "Chara is so... Beautiful.." Frisk said, but a little louder than they hoped.
     "Muh.." Chara groaned. "Just... Five more minutes." They bolted up right fast and made Frisk jump. "Wh-where am I?!" Chara looked at Frisk. "...oh, you." They said rudely.
     Frisk smiled, "Morning, sleepy. Are you ready to go? Or would you prefer to stay here for awhile?" They hoped Chara had not heard what they said a minute ago.
     "Go where? I don't see anything," Chara looked up, "other than the hole right above us. Where are we anyways?"
     "The Ruins! Don't you remember?"
     Chara was quiet for a moment, thinking about the past, and how they fell down the hole of Mount Ebbot, landing in this exact spot. "Yeah.. I guess I do, but what are we gonna do there?"
     "Well Chara, in order to have the same timeline as the one I was originally from, we are gonna have to repeat everything I did, but this time, you'll be there too!"
     "You're timeline? What do you mean? You just killed everyone!" Chara got an evil grin, "Maybe you just want to kill them all again?"
     Frisk looked mortified. They couldn't do that again, no matter what. "No Chara! We are going to SPARE every monster, and become friends with everyone!"
     Now Chara looked mortified. "SPARE them?! No! I will murder all of them!"
     "Chara, please, you said you wanted to see Asriel, Toriel, and Asgore right?"
     "No, as I remember, I said Asriel was a traitor and I DIDN'T want to see him!"
     "Then what was that about, 'I'll go, but for Asriel and Mom and Dad, not for you'" Frisk mocked.
     "Shut up, Frisk, that's not what I meant."
     "Then what did you mean!" Frisk said a little louder than they wanted.
     ".....nothing. Let's just go." Chara got up and started walking towards the entrance of the Ruins.
     Frisk felt bad about how they acted towards Chara, after all, they wanted to be friends with them, not enemies! "Look, Chara I'm sor-"
     "It's fine. Whatever you know?" Chara said without looking back.
     Frisk followed after Chara, and they entered the first room. Frisk looked around. "That's strange.. No Flowey anywhere." Frisk thought. Chara looked around.
     "I don't remember this area too well, but then again, when I fell, it was kinda a blur."
     Frisk was about to say something when they saw Toriel, standing there, looking extremely surprised.
     "Chara... my child, is that... You?" Toriel said.
     Chara looked like they were about to cry. "Mom..." They ran to Toriel and hugged her, making Toriel cry with joy.
     "My child, I thought I had lost you and Asriel forever, but here you are!" She looked at Frisk. "Is this your friend, Chara?"
     Chara glared at Frisk, but looked at Toriel's face and responded, "Yeah mom. Frisk is a good pal of mine."
     Frisk smiled, but was a little intimidated by Chara's glare.
     "Well my children! Let us not waste any time, let's get home, and I'll make us a pie! Frisk, do you like Cinnamon or Butterscotch?"
     "I love both actually!" Frisk said, remembering the amazing pies Toriel baked during their previous runs.
     Toriel's face lit up. "Great! I'll get it started as soon as we arrive home!"

                              *Time Skip*

     Toriel showed Chara and Frisk to their room, it was fairly big, but only had one bed.
     "I'm sorry, children, but I don't have another bed to provide for you, so you'll have to sleep together until I can get one." She looked up. "Is something burning? I'll go check!" She ran off quickly, closing the door behind her.
     Chara sat down on the bed and checked their stats. LV 1. That's all they needed to read. Frisk had made them SPARE every monster they came across, but in a way, Chara liked to SPARE them. Sure, they would rather cut them in two and watch them bleed, but somehow, they didn't feel angry whenever they had to SPARE something, but instead... Warm inside.
     Frisk broke the silence, "So Chara... Um.. I-it's getting late and a-all." Frisk started to blush. "So if you w-want.. We can.. go to bed.."
     Chara looked at Frisk. "They look so nervous." They thought to themself. "Its actually kinda cute." Chara blushed, "Wait, did I really just think that?" Frisk noticed Chara blush and smiled.  Chara caught them smiling, "H-hey! Don't get any weird ideas Frisk!"
     Frisk giggled, "Don't worry, I'm not." They felt better knowing that Chara got a little flustered too.
     Frisk and Chara change into sleeping garments Toriel had gotten them. Frisk had picked purple pajama pants and shirt combo, while Chara picked the green one. Frisk crawled into the bed and got close against the wall, to provide room for Chara.
     Chara looked at the bed and considered sleeping on the floor, they didn't want to sleep with Frisk, but they wanted to get to sleep so they crawled in beside Frisk and got closer to the edge of the bed, leaving room between them and Frisk.
     Both tried to get to sleep, but couldn't. "Chara?" Frisk asked."
     "Yeah, what is it?"
     "I can't sleep."
     "Well, that's not my problem. I can't either."
     "Do.." Frisk started to get flustered, but they were glad Chara couldn't see them in the dark room. "Do y-you think I c-c-could maybe.."
     "Well, spit it out Frisk."
     "....Cuddle.. With you?"
     Chara blushed hard. They were extremely glad Frisk couldn't see them. "W-what? Why?"
     "I'm sorry! It was stupid to ask!" Frisk turned around, feeling embarrassed and stupid.
     "...Sure Frisk. You can."
     Frisk faced Chara, "Really?"
     "Hurry, before I change my mind."
     Frisk got close to Chara, and rested their head on Chara's chest, getting comfortable. Chara blushed even more and put their arm around Frisk.
     "Thank you Chara." Frisk yawned, "Goodnight."
     "Goodnight Frisk." Chara felt... Weird. They didn't know how to explain it. They felt nervous and happy at the same time. For once, they didn't feel like a wasted space, they felt like Frisk needed them, even if it was just a cuddle to get to sleep. For the first time in a long time, Chara felt blissful. They drifted quickly into sleep. 
     Toriel opened the door quietly, and saw the two sleeping peacefully. She placed two slices of Butterscotch Cinnamon pie she had just baked near their bed for when they woke up. "Sweet dreams, my children." She whispered. And closed the door quietly.

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Hey! How'd you like this one? A little bit of fluff, as Chara is just now warming up to Frisk. I really hope I am making these okay, I hope they aren't boring or something! Anyways, thanks for reading, and if you have suggestions or comments, let me know!  Love you guys!