For The Life Of Us

4.) Skeletons in the Snow

Chara

The next morning I awake first. Which is odd since I know Frisk isn't one to sleep in. Getting up I prepare for Snowdin. Maybe if we see Papyrus Frisk will cheer up? I hope so...for some reason my chest hurts and i feel sick when I think about how sad they looked last night. Like they were just blank... I begin to fold my bedding I've been using as a pallet. I guess the noise woke Frisk because they look over their shoulder at me. Opening their eyes too see who's making noise. "Go back to sleep Frisk. I'll pack." They open their eyes to see me better. I turn quickly and resume folding my blankets. Why? Frisks eyes are always a startling bright blue, except when they're mad then they become a hard sapphire, but when they looked at me... Frisks eyes, why're they gray? I think I'm in this while I set the blankets on the desk and go to the bathroom to clean up a bit. I try to avoid the obvious reason looking for any other way but I can't avoid it. Once again it's my fault, once again I hurt someone close to me. It's better to do it now rather than later though right? I'd just end up hurting them in the end anyway. As I step out of the shower I question what is this feeling? Why do I care so much about what happened. Whatever. I push my thoughts to the side as I step back into the room and don't see Frisk. Where did they go?

Frisk

After Chara went into the shower I got dressed, packed, and went to tell Toriel we were leaving. Gotta fight her again. I hate that. I go to the living room and there she is, reading her '72 uses for snails book. *how to exit the ruins?* As expected she is shocked. "Good morning my child! Would you like some pie for breakfast? " ...*How to exit the ruins?* "Frisk please don't ask me that..." she gives me a sorrowful look*How to exit the ruins... please?* "Stay here", i know that she's going to the door so I follow. I ignore the endless sorrow she expresses as we approach the door. Chara comes running up behind me. Toriel is very upset about this. We enter a battle and as usual I SPARE every chance I get. I don't know why it matters though. Habit I guess. Afterwards Toriel hugs Chara Cara and I explaining everything as she always does. There's a touching moment between Chara and Toriel I think. I'm too focused on the door and getting out. I hear Chara call Toriel mom and see them both cry. *Come on Chara.* I look at Charas feet. Can't make eye contact still. "Me and Frisk are gonna go now mom.... I-I love you!" Toriel smiles and replies in kind. As she moves out of the way I move to open the door to leave but am stopped with a hug from mom...mom... As she sets me down I feel a bit sad at leaving her here alone. *we gotta go* I tell mom. She nods at me "Be careful my child." We exit the ruins.

~time skip~
Chara

I

t's colder than I remember here. We've been walking in the snow for about an hour now. "Glad we brought these sweaters huh Frisk?" They nod silently. Frisk has refused to look at me ever since this morning. I've never know Frisk to be thi-*Snap* uh. Oh. I forgot about smiley... we keep walking. As we reach the bridge we become stuck. "Ugh! Sans." We become unfrozen . Frisk and I turn to see no body behind us. Just pine trees and snow. "Wait, shouldn't he have showed up?" Well that's new. I turn and disappointgly I scream as I see him. "sup kiddo, i figure id change it up a bit." He stares at me with his blacked out sockets and says at Frisk "since you thought tha' d be a good idea too..." Frisk looks at the ground and just shrugs. "you ok buddy?" Frisk nods and smiles at Sans. Oh god! Sans glares at me with his blacked out sockets. "what did you do?!" Hes mad. Frisks smile was what set him off I assume. It was so sad and obviously forced. "i can tell when they ain't ok. what'd you do ya fuckin demon?" His eye begins to glow his signature cyan color I begin to sweat. I can't tell him, he wouldn't believe me! "Sans I-" "SAAAAAAAAANS!!" Sans immediately goes back to his normal self and instructs us to get behind the lamp and try to act like this is a normal run. When we both notice Frisk is gone. Sans and i hurry to the lamp. I plan to hide as instructed but this Is quickly disrgaurded. As we hear Papyrus talking. "OH HUMAN DO NOT CRY! EH?! OH YOU WANT TO BE HELD! I THE GREAT PAPYRUS AM THE BEST AT GIVING HUGS. THERE THERE! SAAAANS!! THIS HUMAN IS CRYING! WE SHOULD TAKE THEM HOME AND GET THEM SOME OF MY SPAGETTI!" Sans and i just stare at the tall skeleton holding frisk in his arms as though they were an infant. "uhhh, sure bro but what about this one?" I shiver as I feel sans staring at me, my sins crawling on my back. "BRING THEM TOO! AFTER WE COMFORT THIS HUMAN I WILL PROPERLY CAPTURE THEM BOTH!" we begin to walk when sans uses a shortcut to get us past all the places and so he doesn't have to walk. Lazy bones. I walk into the skeletons house and await what to do. Papyrus just holds Frisk The whole time he prepares the spaghetti, while Sans and I sit awkwardly on the couch. After hearing Papyrus comfort Frisk very loudly for a while Papyrus sets them down on the couch next to me and stands. Making a heroic pose he looks at Sans and I and exclaims "THE GREAT PAPYRUS MUST GO PREPARE HIS PUZZLES IN PREPARATION FOR WHEN I MUST CAPTURE THE HUMANS!" And with that he leaves. Frisk is asleep on the cushion next to me in the fetal position. "so..." ~battle start~ "wanna talk about it?!" Turning my soul blue and throwing me again the stairs. "W H A T D I D Y O U D O T O F R I S K?!" I cry as I I feel a rib crack from the weight. "I don't want this. I'm so sorry!! I-I-" he teleports on top of me. Glaring with blacked out eyes. "I'm sorry sans i know what I did is unforgivable and I'm sorry I don't want this! Please!" He doesn't respond only throwing me around more and more 12HP. 9HP. karma beginsto kick in. Sans just stares at me. Watching me bleed out. "you should've stayed dead." Summoning a faster blaster he waits until the karma has done it's damage. 3HP. 2HP. it's done I'm not taking any more damage but I cant move. I close my eyes knowing this is my fault. I just cry. I don't care if sans sees me as weak anymore. I deserve this. I hear the gaster blaster charge up. I open my eyes waiting for him to deliver the final blow. It explodes! Right before my eyes sans teleports to my side holding a bone to my throat. "frisk? what're you doing?" Those are my thoughts! And where did they get a knife like that!? The blaster dissapears spliting in half as frisk cries. Tears spilling on the floor. Sans eyes return to normal as he waits for Frisks response. They're are just standing there holding a glowing blue knife the size of my arm in their hand. "MINE!! CHARA IS MINE! Don't EVER touch them!" Sans and i just sit in shock. They attacked! Frisk rushes forward and grabs sans by the arms and rips them off. This does no damage, i know this but it proves Frisks point. Frisk follows up by spawning another knife identical to the first and stabbing the the wall on either side of sans' head. This would normally be scary and threating but when Frisk does it its terrifying and impossible...Mainly because they accomplished all this before sans could teleport!

"Fr-Frisk? Calm down I'm ok..." wow. They really care about me. Way too much. Frisk despawns the knifes and smiles at me crying still. They hand me some monster candy and run out the door crying. And saying that they're sorry. For awhile we just sit there too stunned to move. "did that really just happen kid?" I look at sans and i just nod. "He sits on the couch sticking his hands in his jacket pockets. "sorry kiddo... I guess I should listen to you first huh?" ..." Sans can we talk...like for real? Without trying to kill each other?" He just nods and I sit down next to him..."Sans I- oh god Sans I'm sorry!!" I can't help it I don't know what comes over me but I just cry and cry and cry and grab hold of sans and cry into his shoulder. He reluctantly wraps his arms around me and pats my back. I tell him every thing. How frisk saved me, the soul sharing, Frisks memories, how they confessed, how I rejected them out of fear, how afraid I am to hurt them and get hurt. All of it was on the table and i just kept crying until I couldn't. "Sans what am I gonna do!?" I look up to see he isn't smiling and is just sadly patting my head with his eyes closed. "buddo, im not the best at advice. and i don't exactly like you...but based on what you've told me, you should probably stop fighting. you can't fight love. you can FIGHT for LOVE, but this is different... just tell them." I just cry a bit more while he is holding me. "Sans I'm so so sorry, you have no idea how much I regret ...everything! I'm so sorry!" I look up from my tear stained spot on his chest waiting for a reaction. "Chara... if you want me to say I forgive you it's not gonna happen." I nod and put my face back down. I knew that. I didn't deserve forgiveness, i knew that now. For some reason talking about everything I understand my emotions now. Interrupting my train of thought sans grabs my chin and lifts my eyes to his. "not yet...i-i need some more time, and you still need to prove to me that you're not gonna betray us...or Frisk... just. give me some more time to wrap my head around all this ok?" I smile feeling the tears running down my cheeks "Ok Sans. Thank you." Just then the door is locked open by papyrus. "SANS! THE HUMAN IS HURT I FOUND THEM IN THE SNOW WITH THAT RED STUFF ALL OVER THEM! THAT'S SUPPOSED TO STAY INSIDE RIGHT?!" I sit up as fast as I can and bolt to paps. Frisk is bleeding from their arms and legs, sit lips and fingers as blue as sans eye. Frisk is passed out so we place them in the couch. Sans' eyes are completely dark and I begin to panic. How long were we talking?!how long did we leave frisk to their own devices!? I turn to sans. "paps go get the med kit from the shed" he instructs papyrus. As paps rushes out the door I look at sans' face. "Sans...?" This is the most serious I've ever seen him. "the wounds are self inflicted so they probably aren't too deep and none of them are cut in a length way fashion....but that's a lot of cuts..." I look at him in shock. While I zone out, I turn to Frisk hearing sans mutter about hypothermia before lighting the fire with his blaster. I ignore everything else as what sans said finally sinks in...self inflicted?!

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Sorry about the cliff hanger but this chapter was getting on the long side again so I decided to cut it off. Thanks for the support you guys!