Chara x Reader

Megalomaniac (8)

Hi! I'm so happy to write for you all again! It's pained me to stay away for so long: and that pain is a mix of your waiting and my initial statement about updating regularly.

Anyway, we'll talk more in a bit! Enjoy!
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Your POV

It's already been a few days since Frisk saw Chara and I together. And after the outburst that occurred, both girls are in shock. Chara has gone from her normal, hopeful self to straight out depressed. And Frisk? I haven't even heard from Frisk since the event. Is she okay? Do I even really care - I lied to her so blatantly once before because I thought I was 'better', and look how it turned out. When will I learn that I'm not above consequences?

Was I... Am I wrong?

I laughed to myself. Maybe I'm just a kid who doesn't know any better. I tried bringing everyone together and now I've brought everyone's nightmares down to the surface. What am I even saying anymore!? Chara's not a nightmare, not a demon, she's misunderstood. She's my...

"...(Y/n)?"

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"C-Chara! You're awake, then."

"It's the middle of the night." Chara came by the couch, sitting next to me, as she tucked in her knees, hands wrapped around her legs.

"Um, I just needed a bit of space alone to think, sorry."

"And... What were you thinking about?" She asked, her eyes half open.

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"I was thinking of Frisk."

Her eyes closed. "Oh."

The silence continued as both of us sat down in the darkness, side by side. I was worrying over my friend, the one I've had since childhood, but.

"Chara, what are... You thinking about?" She remained motionless as I questioned her. It's been 5 days and she's barely talked or left my room since, as my mother's friend is still occupying the guest room. I chalked it down to bad memories but it seemed much more than that now.

"I've been thinking about my place here. And where I stand."

"...I see." So Chara's been thinking about the same thing as I. Maybe it's a sign? Maybe it's for the best. "I was thinking a bit about that too."

She raised her head a bit as she spoke. "I know how I'm making the people around me feel, and it's not what I wanted." She stood up and started walk around aimlessly while she talked. "In my time here I've done nothing useful, just lounged about and stayed scared of the world around me."

"Um, you can lounge about here anytime you want, you know?"

She shook her head. "I don't want to live just so I can waste my time here, (Y/n). But, I- I don't even know if I have enough courage to change. I never did. I just fed off the hopes and dreams of everyone else that came into the underground, and even now, the underground is gone. I have... nothing."

Doesn't she know she has me...? "I don't really know what to do anymore myself. It's a little pathetic how at the start I was so sure of what we could all achieve together but in the heat of the moment, I was childish. I didn't think. And um, maybe now I can see that it would be better off if we returned to how things were before."

"What? (Y/n), I'm saying that any other place to call home apart from the surface is gone. Right now, apart from you, I have nobody. I'm like a wild animal in a zoo that everyone's afraid of! Right now... I have no place here. That means-"