A Fransmas Tale (A Christmas Special 2018)

Leaving And...More Anxiety?

  "WAKE UP, GET READY AND LET US GO!!" I shook Chara viciously after several failed attempts to wake her up. Chara weakly pushed me away, slightly annoyed that I woke her up.

  "Oh my God" Chara rasped while rubbing her eyes with her fists and sitting up. She looked a mess with her frizzy, messed up hair and the dark circles under her eyes. Oh dear, I'm going to have to fix her up. "What time is it?"

  "Seven O' cloc-"

  "Seven O' clock! Why would you get me up this early?? Doesn't everyone start coming around at, like, n-noon??" Chara looked at me completely sleep betrayed. I guess I couldn't blame her though, she was expecting to be able to sleep for four extra hours.

  I giggled at her grumpiness. "Come on, Chara, It's going to take a long time to fix you up and besides, I want to go back to the gift shop to...get a few things". Last Saturday, I and Chara spent the whole day buying and wrapping gifts for everybody who was going to be at the party. Chara didn't have any money to spend, so I filled in for her, paying for the things she wanted to get everyone. I hoped she wouldn't question why I wanted to go back after we have already been there, I really didn't want to answer that; I knew that if she did ask and I did tell her, she would tease me about it. I did not want to be teased. But unfortunately for me, she asked anyway.

  "We already got everything, what else could you possibly need?"

  "Just...don't worry about it, let us get ready and go...a-as I have said already" I sped walked into my room before she could ask me about it again and hoping she wouldn't notice me leaving fast. She did not question me more on the matter, actually, she was not saying anything at all. I looked out my bedroom door to make sure she did not just go back to bed even though I told her to do otherwise, I would not be the least bit surprised if she actually did. She did not though, instead, she was heading towards the bathroom; just when I peeked out of my room, she noticed I was looking through, and she knew the reason why. She just winked at me with the smuggest grin I have ever seen right before entering the bathroom. For a moment I kind of wished she did go back to bed, then I could slap her with her own pillow; I would love to see her reaction to that, she would probably be really upset or just laugh about it, knowing Chara, sometimes she can be a little unpredictable.

  Going into the gift shop and buying what I wanted without Chara knowing was easy. I just told her to stay in the car until I get back, and she happily abided. It was when I came out that was hard. I tried to hide what I had bought from Chara but to no avail. "You didn't want me to know you were buying that??" Chara changed her eye direction from the bag to me. I lightly blushed and looked down while sheepishly smiled, trying to appear like I wasn't embarrassed at all when, in fact, I was. A lot. Not necessarily because of what I was buying or why I was—even though that was a part of the reason—but because of Chara's responds to my awkwardness. Even as childish as it was, I did not want Chara to see it because I was afraid she would make fun or tease me about. My real insecurity about this gift was what it meant and who I was giving it to. Never in my life have I hinted at something that I was afraid would be noticed and would ricochet the truth bullet and cause permanent damage. I was unsure about what I was doing and anything could change my mind at this point. That is why I didn't want Chara to know, I was afraid that even her light teasing could change my mind.

  When I was not answering right away, Chara lifted her upper body and dropped it on her leaned adjusted car seat (which she did the first time she has been in my car and it has been that way ever since). "You need to be more confident, Frisk" Chara semi-jokingly told me. She tried to keep herself from laughing at her statement and only haft succeed; a laugh was coming up, but she stopped it but not all of it, resulting in what sounded like a snort; her whole body shook up from the impact of it. I looked over at her, startled by the unexpected sound coming from her. She was painfully smiling at what she had said and done.