For The Life Of Us

2.) New Ground

Chara

I still don't understand why Frisk gave me part of their soul. That had to hurt.

Frisk

It hurts a lot. But the cutie sitting next to me can't know that it hurts. I have a feeling that they aren't as cold hearted and numb as they act. We're at mom's house now. After Toriel sat us down in Charas old room and told us that we should probably get some rest. We proceded to call beds. Chara seemed reluctant to sleep at all and really didn't want to sleep in his bed. *If it makes you uncomfortable I could-* "No!" I was shocked by their outburst, but I understood why they would be so reluctant to be anywhere near his bed, or his things. "I'll sleep on the floor. I'll just ask mo-...miss Toriel for some extra bedding." Chara left and shut the door behind them so I was left alone with my thoughts. I decided to explore our new room. I never had before, simply focusing on getting through to the end. It was a nice room obviously ment for smaller children. The beds were twin sized and the desk in the corner was full of crayons and comic books when checked. The bookshelf next to the desk was made of a strange dark colored wood and designed in a way that it looked like it was growing into the ground. The books were all for small readers. Beginner books, all the way up to 3rd grade reading level. Chara must have been a Cute little kid. *Cute? What's cute?* Oh shit!! I forgot that we could do that! Chara walked in with a puzzled look on their face. "What's cute?" They looked around questioningly. *Why you of course!;)* I wink at them trying to play it off as my regular flirtatious nature. Chara rolled their eyes. Wait, did their cheeks turn redder than normal? "Shut up Frisk." They said with a sigh. I just smiled and giggled a bit. Yup they are definitely more red now. I wiggle my eyebrows at them. Chara looks at me pursing their lips, "Stop it you pervert!" They throw the bedding they had received from goat mom at me. I laugh a bit and lay down on the bed pulling the extra bedding over my face so Chara couldn't see my glee at their embarrassment. They were just too cute when they were this  flustered. "Hey I need those! That's my bed for the short time we're here." I stopped smiling remembering that we still had a long way to go. And how were we gonna do that? Chara couldn't understand my sign language.

Chara

"Hey Frisk. I think I'm gonna learn sign language", *Why? We can just do this right?* True they weren't wrong but I didn't like people in my head. It made me uneasy. Having Frisk in there was the worst though... I felt my face warm up again. Why is it that thinking about Frisk makes me warm? " Frisk?", *yeah Chara?*, "How come my face gets warm when I think about you? Am I allergic to you or something?"

Frisk

Oh god! I'm gonna die!! They are completely serious about the allergy thing! Chara just looked at me with the most serious face. I couldn't help it I had to laugh. *Omg Chara! No! * I was laughing so hard. I just rolled on the bed laughing at them as they glared at me. Chara simply glared, ripping their bedding away from me and began to make their pallet. They had no idea what to do with thier emotions or what they even were toward me. It was so obvious on their confused little face! Not that I was any better when I thought about it. I stopped laughing abruptly as I realized this. Wait do I like Chara?! I mean their cute and all but why? I mean I like everyone. I'm just that way but to like like them? I watched Chara make their pallet. They were standing up with their back to me, folding the blankets in half to make a thicker mattress part to go on the floor. As they bent over to place it on the ground, I blushed, realizing what it was I was staring at. Chara must have felt my eyes on them becaus at that moment, they turned and looked at me quizzically. I quickly tucked myself into bed and rolled over, trying to hide my shame. That was weird. I shouldn't do that, Chara wouldnt understand anyway so all was well. *umm... yeah, maybe you should learn sign language* I heard Chara laugh at me. "What's wrong with you?" *tired* I replied curtly. "Ok well good night Frisk." I heard them ruffling their blankets as they got into their makeshift pallet. *good night chara*

~time skip~

I waited until I heard them softly snoring before I turned around to look at them. Chara looked so peaceful in their sleep. I study their face for a bit before allowing my thoughts I had crammed into the back of my head to come to the front. It was a nice butt...I close my eyes and try to ignore the fact that I'm blushing furiously.

~next morning~

I woke up in a cold sweat. I don't remember the dream but I do remember that I died In it. That's nothing new, what made me sweat with fear was that Chara was there. They died in the dream...and I felt like I couldn't go on living if that were to happen. I looked over at my sleeping demon. Their pink round cheeks, the sharp jawline that didn't quite fit their child like round face. Maybe they'll grow into it. They had the cutest nose ever though. It was like a little button on their face that wasn't to big or too small. I just smiled at their adorableness. Ahh so cute. Chara yawned. Nice canines...they open their eyes looking directly at me. Oops. "Hey creepy, How long you been doing that?" Chara said with squinted eyes. I was feeling extra chipper this morning so I replied with *All night. Mwahahaha!!* Chara giggled at my weirdness and threw a pillow at me then frowned. *What?*..."Seriously?" Wow. Chara and I are going to have to work on reading people's body language and facial expressions.  For being so sarcastic Chara sure doesn't understand it when others use it on them. *No Chara not really I was being sarcastic.* they stuck their tongue out at me like a child. Well shoot, that was just too cute. Sitting up I look at Chara *So what do you wanna do today? Wanna stay here a bit longer or go on to Snowdin?* Chara frowned.

Chara

Snowdin... ugh... it's not that I didn't like it's just...ok yea I didn't like it. The cold the snow...the fucking smiley trash bag that lived to torment me! Ugh. "Frisk let's stay here ok? I'm sure you can find something to entertain your little head." oops. There I go being mean to the only nice person in my life again. "Sorry". *It's ok. Say, why don't we go exploring here I'm sure you know some things about the ruins I don't! It could be fun!* ugh. I dont want to get up."Ok!" I say this with as much sarcasm as I can muster. Frisk doesn't seem to notice because they get out of bed, grab their clothes, and go to the bathroom to change I presume. "Great now we're going to do some stupid shit and 'bond' or something..." though it could be with someone worse...what? What makes me think that? Whatever. I stand up and stretch and end up on the floor. Oops, stood up too fast. I Change as quickly as I can. It would be just like Frisk to pop out while I'm naked. Fucking pervert. I burn up at the thought of this. Huh. I really need to figure out why that happens... I'm ready to go so I knock on the door of the bathroom. "You ready?" Frisk opens the door so fast I almost fall over. They catch me and lift me up. Strong kid. *yup let's go on an adventure!*