Determined Love (Charisk)

Chapter 11: Befriending the Enemy

     Not long after they had left the Lab had Alphys started updating her status, flooding the girls' phones with notifications. They decided to ignore them so they could focus on the Hotland. It was less than safe for the two to be there. To get across platforms, they had to stand on vents of super concentrated air that would propel them forward. 
     "Frisk! I don't care how many times either of us have done this!" Chara said, staring at the vent in front of her. "There is no way I am doing this, it freaks me out! What if we get hurt, or thrown into the lava!" 
     Frisk didn't respond, stepped on the vent and was launched across. "Look Chara! Easy!" Frisk said.
     Chara stared at her. "No! I'm not going to." Chara crossed her arms. 
     Frisk didn't know how to convince Chara. She thought for a moment, and then had an idea, a devious grin spreading across her face. "Oh well, Chara. I guess you'll have to stay here. Alone." She stressed the alone on purpose. "While I go ahead, and possibly get hurt without you to protect me! I need you!" Frisk started to walk forward. She added the "I need you" because she knew that was her ace in the hole.
     Chara stared at her. There was no way she was going to be alone, and certainly no way she was going to let get hurt. "Frisk, wait!" She jumped on the vent and was launched across. She ran towards Frisk and hugged her from behind. 
     "Over your fear yet?" Frisk giggled. 
     "I was never scared!" Chara lied. 
     "Than what was that all about?" Frisk smiled, Chara hugging her tight.
     Chara had a evil grin on her face. "Making sure you needed me, that's all!" Chara kissed Frisk's cheek gently. 
     Frisk knew she was lying, but didn't care. "I will always need you Chara." 

     Before the scene could get romantic, the moment was ruined by Frisk's phone ringing.
     *RING RING* 
     "Alphys sure did make our phones loud with her, 'upgrade.'" Chara complained, and let go of Frisk.
     Frisk looked at her phone.
     *Papyrus is calling* 
     While she didn't like how loud the phones were now, she did like the Caller I.D., as Alphys called it. She opened the phone and answered. 
      "Hey Papyrus! How are you?" She answered happily.
      "Put it on speaker," Chara said. Frisk selected the speaker option. 
      "HUMAN!" Papyrus said. "I AM FINE, AS ALWAYS! IS CHARA WITH YOU?" 
      "Greetings Papyrus, I'm here." Chara responded. 
      "GREAT! NOW I CAN TELL BOTH OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME." He continued. "HUMAN, DO YOU REMEMBER MY CALL FROM AWHILE BACK REGARDING UNDYNE?" He asked.
      Chara looked at Frisk questioningly. 
      "Yes, I do, about going to her house?" Frisk said. 
      "But Frisk!" Chara started, but was interrupted by Papyrus.
      "WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT RIGHT NOW! MEET ME IN SNOWDIN!"  Papyrus said, hanging up before they could answer him. 
      Chara crossed her arms as Frisk put away her phone. "Lets go!" Frisk said. She held out her hand for Chara to grab, but she didn't. "Is something wrong?"
      "Frisk. We can't go see Undyne! Are you mad? Or did you already forget what she tried to do to yo-To us?" Chara said looking at her disapprovingly. 
      "Chara, this is our chance to reconcile with her. We can show her we are friends!" Frisk smiled patiently at Chara. She knew Chara didn't like Undyne, but she was going to get them to be friends. "Besides Chara, I bet you'll really like her when you get to know her!" 
      Chara looked at Frisk smiling at her. That smile could make her day no matter what, and it was hard being mad looking at it. She uncrossed her arms, and grabbed Frisk's hand. She sighed. "Okay Frisk, I believe you. I will try to be her friend, but if she attacks us-" Chara started.
     "She won't." Frisk interrupted her. "I promise it will go well." Frisk said, giving Chara another smile.

     The smile warmed Chara's heart, more so than Hotland ever could, and she squeezed Frisk's hand. "I can't wait then." She said, smiling back at her.

*Time Skip*  

     "YOU'RE HERE!" Papyrus said gleefully. He clapped his hands. 
     "Ready to go?" Frisk said. 
     Papyrus looked them up and down. "HMM.. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.." He stared harder. "YOU TWO ARE FILTHY!" He finally said, after a thorough inspection. "WE CAN'T GO SEE UNDYNE WITH YOU TWO LIKE THIS. COME INSIDE!" He ran towards the door super fast and opened it for them. 
      Frisk admitted that they hadn't changed clothes or showered for awhile, they were just too busy. Papyrus ran upstairs and ran a bath. "WE MUST GO QUICKLY, SO YOU TWO WILL NEED TO BATHE TOGETHER!" He said coming out of the bathroom. "I WILL GET SANS TO GET YOU SOME CLOTHES." 
     As he walked away in search for clothes, Chara looked and Frisk. She was madly red in the face. "Frisk, you alright?" She asked.
     "B-bathe together?" Frisk stuttered nervously. She had never bathed with someone before, and definitely not Chara. 
     "It's fine Frisk! Just wash and get out." Chara said. 
     "But.. we'll be... you know..." Frisk said quietly.
     Chara hadn't thought about that, and blushed too. "Well. If you, um, want me to not look or something.. that's fine." 
     Before Frisk could answer, Papyrus came running down the stairs. "SANS YOU LAZY BONES, I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING! HUMANS, I WILL BE BACK WITH SOME CLOTHES!" He rushed out of the house, as Sans walked downstairs. 
     "heh. told him to go all the way to tori's. so, whatcha two doin here?" He asked, yawning.
     Frisk was still flustered and didn't answer Sans. Chara spoke up.
     "Papyrus wanted us all to go talk with Undyne." 
     "ah. say, what's wrong with frisk?" He said, looking at her.
     Chara blushed. "Um, ah.. well. Papyrus said we needed to take a bath together, and she's a little nervous." 
     Frisk looked up and grabbed Chara's hand. She was filled with DETERMINATION!
     She got up and dragged Chara to the bathroom. 
     "heh. wonder what that was about." Sans said, sitting on the couch, pulling a bottle of ketchup from his jacket and drinking it. 
     The bathroom was warm and the bathtub looked inviting. The clear water was warm, and stream arose off of it's glistening surface. Frisk wondered why Sans or Papyrus would need a bath tub, did skeleton's get dirty? 
     Frisk slowly took off her clothes. "C-Chara.. turn around." 
     Chara was wide eyed and her face was redder than a tomato. "Oh, y-yeah." She turned around and undressed herself. 
     Chara stepped into the tub and let the warm water surround her, relaxing her nerves and giving her a sense of calm. That is, until she saw Frisk. Her heart skipped so many beats she thought she'd die right there. Somehow, she was even more beautiful now, with nothing on. 
     Frisk stepped into the tub and felt the warm water. She sighed. "You staring at me like that is not making me comfortable, you know." Frisk was red, she pulled her knees up to her chest and held onto them.
     Chara turned away, "S-sorry Frisk. You're just so beautiful." Chara's heart was still racing. 
     Frisk smiled, and was flattered Chara found her so pretty. "Not as beautiful as you.." She said quietly. 
     They heard a knock on the door. 
     "HUMANS!" Followed by heavy breathing. 
     "Yes Papyrus?" Chara called back.
     "I.. GOT YOUR.. *huff* CLOTHES! *puff* THEY ARE OUTSIDE.... THE DOOR..." Papyrus said.
     Frisk giggled softly at Papyrus, "Could you set them in here?" Frisk called back.
     From the other side of the door, Papyrus blushed. "BUT... YOU TWO ARE.." 
     "It's fine, Papyrus, just close your eyes and set them down for us!" Chara said, giggling as well.
     It was silent for a moment, and then they heard the door open slowly, and Papyrus walked in with on hand covering his eye sockets, and the other with their clothes. He knelled down and set the clothes on the floor. "HERE THEY ARE!" He said, quickly running out the bathroom. Shutting the door. 
     Chara and Frisk laughed at Papyrus' nervousness. 
     "Well, Frisk, we shouldn't keep him waiting, lets clean up and get out." Chara said, grabbing the soap next to her.
     "Y-yeah." 
     The two washed and rinsed themselves off and got out of the tub. Chara couldn't help but get a few side glances and Frisk. She was too pretty to not look at. They grabbed separate towels and dried off. They put on their clothes, and walked out. Frisk was still red, and Chara was smiling.
     Chara leaned in close and whispered, "We should do that again." Flirting with Frisk.
     "C-Chara!" Frisk said.
     Papyrus looked at the two and smiled. "YOU TWO ARE FINISHED! LET'S GO!" Getting up from the couch with Sans, and running to the door.
     Chara grabbed Frisk's hand.