Chara x Reader

The Gift (25)

Chara

"Oh Frisk, what did he do to you?" I cringed at the blue bruises and the red marks that patterned her body.

"Who really cares anymore." She whispered, smiling nonchalantly.

"Tch. Toriel. Sans. All your family, all your friends at school, all the monsters who you helped, they don't mean anything to you?" I frowned at her ignorance. "Do you think (Y/n) would want to see you in such a mess?"

She winced and shut her eyes tight. "As if I mean anything to him anymore."

As she began to cry again, I gently caressed her cheek. "I asked (Y/n) to go after Flowey so he wouldn't see you in such a devastated state. He wouldn't recover if he saw you like this."

Frisk chuckled quietly, "Even now you take him away from me."

"I know what you're feeling."

"Do you?" Asked Frisk.

"I do!" I answered. "You're not jealous of our relationship, and you're not worried about the fact that (Y/n)'s been spending less time with you specifically, you're scared that because of me, everyone will reject you and your life will fall apart."

"My life is already falling apart!"

"It's not Frisk, it's not! I never intended to one-up you in anything or to take anything away from you, I just wanted to be normal, and to fit in with everyone, standing next to you; not taking your place! I want you to accept me, even if you're scared and even though I know you hate me. Frisk, I was scared of you too, and I really hated you as well." I took a deep breath and wiped away the tears from both our eyes. "You were always the perfect little child. So much uncorrupted potential while I, on the other hand, was sick and impure and deluded. Too far gone.... I-I'm so, so sorry, for all that torture I put you through, all the resets. It was evil; my stupid, shitty way of coping with the pain of knowing that I was never meant to have what you had - happiness, you know?"

"It's ok." Frisk put her hand on my cheek, and I immediately brightened up at her forgiveness. However, I couldn't accept it. I shook my head and took her hand away appreciatively.

"However much I want to hear that, I can't just be so easily forgiven, not after everything I did.

"It's ok because I understand you, finally." She was still shaken up as she spoke. "I let my insecurities change me into something evil, too, not myself, so. I really don't know."

"Oh Frisk." I sighed. "I understand you, too."

"T-There was something else, as well." I gave her my full attention. "The resets... You showed me that I wasn't as emotionally strong as I thought I was. Compared to you, I'm not strong at all. I felt... like I cheated everyone, being the chosen child when it was you who deserved everything more than me. That's why I'm so scared that everyone will reject me, for being a liar and a cheat. You didn't make me do anything, but I eventually started wondering 'what if this' and 'what if that', things only a sick person would think."

She broke down once more into my chest and tugged violently at my sleeves. "I realised my mistakes though! I'm not bad Chara! I'm not bad, don't you know that. Please!? I'm not bad Chara, I'm not..."

Her words devolved into mumbled gibberish as I patted her slowly on the back. "You're not bad Frisk. You're not evil. You're just fine. Everything's fine." This whole situation made me remember a feeling I felt a long time ago, but I wanted to get something off my chest before I talked about that.

"Do you remember the one time you were free from all the resets?" I asked. "Two years back, which led us all to this point."

She nodded slowly.