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Heaven frowned slightly, slightly worried for her friend, as Asriel yawned. “Are you sure you want to do this Asriel? I mean, I won’t think less of you if you quit now.” “I’m *yawn* fine! It’s just the Halloween decorations are a pain to hang up.”

Asriel leaned back, attempting to pop their back. “Okay then, as long as you’re sure you are okay.” Heaven said, her face both disapproving and worried. Asriel yawned once more, before shooting a circle of flower pellets in the air.

“What are those! I’ve never seen you use those before! Are those leaves?” Asriel looked at his hands, now considered traitors to him, and proceeds to look at where the pellets were.

“T-Those are...um...pellets. They can be considered leaves...I guess…” Heaven began listing off questions, but Asriel was only able to make out the last one. “Why can you shoot leaves?”

“Haha. Kind of a funny story really.” Asriel laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. Asriel paced for a bit, trying to come up with an adequate response, “I’m not really comfortable talking about my time as a flower.” he mumbled to himself.

“You mean like your little ‘Flowey’ over there?” She said, gesturing to the flower on his bookslef. Asriel locked up, unsure of how to respond. He remembered that he had pointed it out specifically to her when she first visited his home.

“W-Well...yes?...no...not really. I was a lot more menacing than this ‘thing’.” “No you were not! There is no way you could be a scary flower! You would be too cute!” Heaven teased.

"Show me!" She shouted, "w-wha?" "show me what you looked like!" Heaven continued to push him.

"you sure you want to find out?" Asriel challenged, "It's gonna be real scary!" "You can't possibly scare me! You're far too cute for that!" Heaven retorted, not backing down.

Asriel gave a huffed expression before slamming his hand into his muzzle, depressing it into his face.

He began to rub his face all over, ebbing out all distinguishable features.

He then began to shake his head, his ears multiplied forming a ring around his head. With a few strokes they turned a yellow colour, becoming flower petals.

He then proceeded to tug at his right arms. they widened slightly, and turned a dark green colour. His veins became more apparent through the now thinner skin.

“It’s me, Flowey! Your Best Friend!” After giving Heaven a wink, cartoon star and all, then proceeded to wear Flowey’s signature toothy grin, and ask devilishly, “Am I cute now?”

“YES! You look so adorable! I could..just..scrunch those cheeks!”

That was not the response Asriel…Flowey, was expecting. “D-Did… You're not scared at all?” Heaven giggled in response, Flowey went rigid and ground his teeth."I guess i'll have for force the scared out of you!"

Flowey began to grow in size, filling the room with vines. Although Heaven was noticeably intimidated now, she still wasn't scared and was even laughing harder. "What will it take to scare you!?" Flowey's question was honest as he was too flustered to come up with any new ideas.

"Flowers can't be scary! You try to make them creepy and they'll just end up looking silly!" Heaven continued to laugh. "If Flowey can't scare you, I'll need to try something else..." Without forethought, he set aside his set morals and let his thoughts drift dark.

The look he gave was equivalent to holding a light bulb above his head. He had just had the p e r f e c t idea.

Asriel morphed back into his original form, and smiled innocently up at Heaven. Suspecting Asriel to be up to something she braced herself.

He blinked gently and innocently, but upon opening them. He looked anything but. His eyes had gone pitch-black with his irises a menacing combination of red and green. As well as sporting a toothy ear-to-ear grin.

Corrupted black essence began oozing out of is eyes as well as his hanging jaw; the contrast emphasizing his now sharpened teeth.

Heaven was not prepared. Her eyes glazed over and her body fell out from under her. She collapsed onto Asriel’s bed, fainted.

Asriel had not anticipated such a reaction. He whimpered, “H-...Heaven?” He shook his head about till no trace of corrupt coloured essence remained.

“Heaven!!” He cried out as he rushed over to her side and tried to stir her back into consciousness.

Upon awaking however, she shrieked at the sight of him. Unsure of what to do, he gouged his own face off, revealing Frisk’s underneath. “It’s alright Heaven! It’s alright!.. I-I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…” Asriel sobbed.

A few hours after the whole ordeal, Asriel tried to coax Heaven into conversation.

“So, uh, how’s school been going?” She waited for a few minutes, before finally breaking the silence. “Fine.” She said, her voice barely above a whisper.

Asriel waited for her to follow up with something, anything really, but when he noticed her longingly staring at the door, he sighed. “Do you want me to walk you home?”

She didn’t even grace him with a response, just shook her head and left. Asriel walked over to the window, making sure she got home safely, before going back to their room.

Chara spoke up in his mind, [*Azzy...I know you’re angry, but-] Asriel slammed his hands down on their bookshelf, and swiped everything off. “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND! I wasn't thinking! I could’ve hurt her…”

Asriel sniffled, failing to hold back his tears. “Asriel...we all make mistakes. It’s a part of life, and not an excuse to start throwing a tantrum.” Frisk spoke through him, their tone both stern and sympathetic. “You don’t understand frisk! I could’ve KILLED her!” Asriel shrieked.

“Asriel! Get a hold of yourself. What’s done is done, now move past it!” Asriel relinquished control of Frisk’s body, and disappeared to the far reaches of Frisk’s soul.

Frisk yawned, and realized that they still need to go to bed. After about twenty minutes, they’d cleaned their room, and were all ready to sleep. “Goodnight Chara. Goodnight Azzy.” [*Goodnight Frisk.] Frisk waited for Asriel, but when they realized it wasn't going to happen, they turned over and closed their eyes.

Things were slightly awkward for Asriel, as Heaven acted like yesterday had never happened. “Let’s take a walk through the park! I hear the falling leaves make it real pretty this time of year.” She exclaimed excitedly.

Asriel reluctantly agreed, and shouts to Toriel, “Mom! We’re going to the park for a while!” Toriel ducked her head out of the kitchen and said, “That’s splendid my child, but be sure to head back before it gets too late!” Asriel opened the door, and let Heaven through. He closed it behind them.

As they walked through the leaf-laden path, he continued to make small talk. “Golly! It sure has been cold lately.” Heaven laughed while hugging herself “Fall has always been my favorite season. Cold enough that I can snuggle up inside with some hot cocoa and a book. But warm enough that I can go outside and play in the leaves.”

Asriel, fed up with the questions that bubbled within his mind, lightly grabbed her shoulder, stopping her from continuing. “Heaven, I hate that I’m about to ruin our outing, but I must know… How are you feeling? I know I was pretty scary, but I want you to know that I’d never hurt you.”

“You weren’t scary! You just surprised me, that’s all.” Heaven tried to move forward, but Asriel tightens his grip slightly. “Heaven. Please don’t lie to me. I just want to make sure you're okay.”

Heaven shrugged his hand off her shoulder and said, “If you want the truth, then fine. I was scared, and then I was angry. I’m still a little angry, but I’m trying not to be. I’m trying to enjoy my time with you, so stop making it difficult!” She huffed, and continued walking forward.

Asriel let his ears droop and followed, looking like a kicked puppy. “Before we get to far...did you remember to call your parents?” He said quietly. “Oh! I had totally forgotten. I’ll call them now.”

Heaven pulled out her phone. Asriel noticed immediately that the lock screen was blank.

She had taken a photo of him during the week they first met, that photo being the first thing she would see whenever she turned on her phone. The photo was gone.

Asriel wanted to ask her why she removed it, but couldn't bring himself to do so. He looked down shamefully.

A digital shutter click grabbed his attention. He looked at Heaven puzzled, she took another picture.

“And what do you think you’re doing?” He asked her, putting on an annoyed expression. She took another one and began to giggle.

Asriel relished the sound, and made a funny face in an attempt to hear it again. Her phone clicked again, though she didn’t laugh this time. He continued to make various silly faces while she kept taking pictures. After a while, he finally gets her to laugh again.

Asriel paused for a moment, and looked up at her with relaxed eyes and a gentle smile. Heaven hesitated to take another photo, and Asriel took notice.

“Is something wrong?” He asked worriedly. “No. Just...don’t worry about it.” Her thumb was shaking over the shutter button.

Asriel gently pushed the phone down and once more rested his hand on her shoulder. “If I wanted to hear the truth earlier, what makes you think I’ve changed my mind now?” He asked somewhat sternly. “It’s just. The smile...and the eyes...they remind me of yesterday.”

Her hands shook more noticeably. Asriel grabbed the phone this time, to prevent her from dropping it, and slipped it into his pocket.

He grabbed her hand, and pulled her head onto his shoulder. Asriel didn’t take notice of the wet feeling on his shoulder. They stood there for a while, him repeating the same mantra over and over. “Shh... It’ll be okay... Just let it all out.”