Bitter Determination ♥︎

Chapter Twenty Three

Darkness,
Then Frisk felt an agonizing pain in his head,

He heard a foggy voice ring through the halls, making the headache worse,
He felt blood drop down his face, and he felt..
Smaller.

"I think I heard it over here.."
Frisk tensed when he heard the voice of a young boy, and he opened his eyes as much as he could,

A goat-like boy walked over to Frisk; and kneeled down,
He looked so worried.

" Oh? Have you fallen? Here, get up." The boy took Frisk's hand,
Or, whoever's hand it was. It was far more pale than his actual hand.

The boy assisted Frisk to his feet, and a wave of nausea flowed through him.
"What's your name?" He asked.

Frisk tried to form the words, but something else was said,
"Chara." Frisk said involuntarily, and he was shocked by the light feminine voice.
It didn't take long to understand that he was in Chara's body.

"Chara? That's a nice name.
My name is-"
Frisk felt himself get dizzier and dizzier,
"Asri..e....l"
before he collapsed down to his knees, and everything faded to white with nothing but static noise and the ringing of Asriel's light, worried voice.

Frisk woke up to Chara straddling him by the waist, shaking him by the shoulders, whispering words to try and wake him.
Frisk blinked, and sat up,
"I'm wake.." he grumbled, and Chara smiled,
"Thank god. You were unconscious for a good ten minutes. I was getting worried.." Chara admitted.

Frisk looked to Chara,
"I had a weird dream." He said quietly, believing Chara might know who Asriel was, or why he had such an odd dream.

"Hehe, well, Frisk. What was it about?" Chara asked,

"A boy. I think his name was Asriel. I think I was in your body." Frisk explained,

Chara frowned,
"Oh. Well, were you at the summit? The castle?" She asked.

"The summit. I was bleeding, and he came over to me and helped me up. He asked what my name was, but I said 'Chara', even though I wasn't trying to." He said.
"Then I blacked out." Frisk finished.

Chara frowned,
"That.. actually happened. Like, seven years ago. I think there's an explanation, and I can make a guess, but I don't know for sure." She murmured.

Frisk sighed,
"Who was he? Was that your brother?" He asked.

"Yes." Chara answered simply.

"He seemed nice." Frisk commented.

"The nicest monster down here." Chara said,
"He was so sweet." Chara added, smiling faintly, before sighing,
"We'd better get going. We are almost at the end." Chara said.

Frisk stood up, picking up Chara, and began to walk, or wade, through the water, making his way off of the patch of rotting golden flowers, and through the trash filled water. He passed a dummy, but it didn't seem terribly interested in Frisk.
Frisk passed it and went into the next room.
(Sorry guys. No mad dummy)

Chara held onto Frisk, smiling.
She then snickered a bit, and kissed his cheek as they walked.
Due to lack of reaction, Chara began to pepper his cheeks and neck with tiny kisses.

Frisk laughed,
"Chara, Stop." He said with humor, as her actions tickled and made him feel a bit antsy.

Chara sighed, and stopped, though laughed slightly.

As they continued to walk, Frisk reached a room with a piano in it,
And Chara smiled.
"Oh!! I love the piano!" She sounded excited and hopped off of Frisk and ran over to it.

//back to headcanon hell guys//
Frisk remembered what Chara said roughly 20 chapters ago.
(Sorry about that too).
Back in the ruins, Chara mentioned her love for piano.
"Can you play?" He asked.

"Mhm!" Chara smiled.

Chara walked over to the piano, and grazed her hand over the keys.
With one hand, she played a simple melody. It had a very gentle and mellow tune, though a strict rhythm it followed.
It sounded familiar.
Like a reassuring melody you'd hear after falling down, and a good friend is there to pick you up again.
(Not Memory
The song was Fallen Down. Mostly because it's fairly easy to play on the piano)

It got repetitive after a bit, so Chara stopped.
"There used to be a song that opened a door,
But I forgot it." Chara informed.

Frisk laughed,
"It's alright." He reassured,

Frisk felt heavy fatigue weigh down on him,
It was close to painful, and he hadn't noticed it until now. He felt almost feverish.
"Is there any safe place to sit down for a bit?" Frisk asked.
"I know we just did, but.. I don't know. I just feel sick." He murmured.

Chara inhaled sharply, though thinking.
There was no inn. There were no homes
"The.. ground." Chara answered.

Frisk looked around. "Is this room okay?"

"Mhm." Chara shrugged. She didn't mind, nor did it affect her terribly. Chara found comfort in Frisk's arms, and even if it's uncomfortable, she was lulled to sleep even while wide awake.

Frisk leaned against the wall and sat down, gazing off at the ceiling when Chara sat besides him.

"You really are cute, Y'know?" Frisk glanced to Chara, before looking up and shutting his eyes.
The last thing he heard was a sweet giggle of happiness.