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The school bell rang marking the end of the school day. Asriel excitedly packed his books and binders sloppily into his back pack. With an unzipped backpack on his back he ran over to the teacher Toriel.

“Come on Mommy let’s go!” He tugged at Toriel’s dress.

Toriel bent down and zipped up Asriel’s opened backpack.

“Asriel, I have to stay late today for a parent- teacher meeting.” His mother informed him “Uncle Papyrus will walk you home.”

“Uncle Papyrus?” He bounced excitedly “Golly he’s so much fun!”
Asriel was slightly disappointed that his Mom wasn’t going to walk him home, still he really liked uncle Papyrus.

“Asriel!!” Papyrus’ voice called. Asriel spun around to see the tall skeleton standing proudly at exit waving to him. “Come my little friend a grand adventure awaits us!”

Asriel ran to Papyrus playfully tackling him to the ground. He pinned Papyrus to the ground. Papyrus in turn chuckled

“Oh no it would seem you know my only weakness!”

“That’s right Papyrus, I know you weakness! The tiny tickles of terror!” Asriel began tickling Papyrus with his little fluffy paws. Papyrus squirmed playfully, and laughed. Suddenly Papyrus lifted Asriel off of him, he held him at arm’s length.
“Oh ho ho, The Great Papyrus retaliates!” Papyrus declares proudly, to which Asriel giggled.

“Ok you two, time to get going, my meeting is about to start.” Toriel chuckled.

Both Asriel and Papyrus both made a little whine of disappointment. Papyrus stood up and put Asriel on the ground. Toriel held the school door open for them.

“Remember Asriel, Papyrus is in charge, so be sure you listen to him.” Toriel called after them.

“Ok mommy!” Asriel called back giving a little wave to her.

They stopped at the park on their way home. Asriel and Papyrus played their favorite game of make believe “Galactic Human hunters”. They were two space hunters looking for mutant humans to capture. They would feed them a spaghetti antidote to turn them into nice humans. It reminded Asriel of the games he used to play with Chara back when he lived in the underground. After an hour Papyrus stopped to take a break.

While Asriel was drinking the apple juice that his mom packed for him, he noticed that Papyrus was on his kneecaps in front of a flower bed. Curious he walked over Papyrus. Asriel eyes was fixated on the flowers, his knees were shaking. Asriel had anthophobia which is a fear of flowers. This came from his time being Flowey the Flower. During that time he had heartlessly played with the lives of the monsters when they were still trapped in the underground. When he was a flower he could not feel love, and that meant no attachment. He could do whatever he wanted to the monsters without any remorse. Asriel had deep regrets about doing that now that he had a soul of his own.

“U…Uncle P…Papyrus, w…what are you d-doing?” Asriel asked him with a nervous quiver in his voice.

“Oh, I’m looking for my little flower friend!” Papyrus answered turning to look at Asriel. Asriel’s heart began pounding in his chest and the fur on the back of his neck stood up.

“F…f….f…flower f….f…friend?” Asriel quivered.

“Yes, I think his name was Flowery? I haven’t seen him since we escaped from the underground.” Papyrus’ skeletal face had a look of worry to it. “I hope nothing has happened to him, after all he was one of my first friends.”

Asriel had flash backs of being Flowey. He remembered training with Papyrus when they were in the underground. He would find new ways to break Papyrus it seemed so satisfying as Flowey. Asriel felt his sins crawling on his back. He dropped to his knees, the pain of guilt so intense he could hardly keep himself together. Tears were streaming down his fur.

Papyrus saw Asriel’s tears, he scooted closer and stroked the top of Asriel’s head.

“I didn’t realize you had been great friends with Flowery. You must be worried sick about him. Fret not my little friend, I the Great Papyrus will not rest until I find your friend! Then we can all hang out together.”

Papyrus spoke with a calm determined voice, but despite this it only made Asriel more upset.

The fact that Papyrus still thought so highly of Flowey only made Asriel feel guiltier. He had been holding onto the truth about Flowey out of fear. He hadn’t even told him mom about what he did as Flowey. He was terrified of the hatred that he would receive.

“I know what will cheer you up!” Papyrus emoted. He stood up and took Asriel by the hand. “Let’s go get you some nice cream. What do say?”

Asriel nodded weakly only to be polite to Papyrus. With that the two of them started walking to the Nice Cream vendor right outside the park entrance.

If only Papyrus knew what he had done. As Flowey, Asriel spent more time with Papyrus than any other monster in the underground, and that meant he caused Papyrus the most amount of suffering. What made it worse was that Papyrus was so innocence. His unconditional trust of others was so easy to exploit. How could he ever bring himself to tell Papyrus the truth? Asriel feared that he would lose Papyrus trust, or even his friendship. He really loved spending time with Papyrus, he couldn’t risk losing that! On the other hand was it worth having all this guilt?

Papyrus spoke to the nice cream vender and got a vanilla nice cream cone which he gave to Asriel. He began licking it slowly and as he did a smile began to slowly form.

“It’s like I always say, it’s impossible to be sad when you have some nice cream” Papyrus emoted ruffling the top of Asriel’s head. “It’s the same with spaghetti”

They sat down together on a park bench to let Asriel finish his nice cream. Eating the nice cream had calmed Asriel down enough to think clearly. He realized that he wasn’t the only one who had kept dark secrets. Dr. Alphys had a hand in creating creatures called Amalgams. Amalgams were the result of monsters being exposed to high levels of determination. The result causes the monsters to become nonphysical and melted together forming misshapen creatures that were neither human nor monster. Not surprisingly Alphys hid her research from the families of the monsters, out of guilt of what she had done to them. Thanks to Frisk, Alphys found the courage to tell the families and her friends the truth.

‘If someone like Alphys was brave enough to tell the truth’ Asriel thought to himself ‘Then surely I can to, right?’

Asriel looked over at Papyrus who was staring off into the distance.

“U…Uncle P…Papyrus?” Asriel swallowed hard, “Th-There is something I-I need to tell you”

Papyrus turned to face him with an eager smile.

“What is it my little friend? Do you want me to teach you how to cook spaghetti?”

Asriel shook his head, he had to force himself to smile

“I know wh…where your little flower friend is” Asriel quivered

Papyrus had a sparkle in his eyes sockets.

“You do?! Where? Where is he?” Papyrus eagerly asked.

Asriel slowly pointed to himself. Papyrus’ smile turned to confusion and he tilted his head. After a few moments of silence Papyrus smiled and began laughing.

“Oh Asriel you are so silly!” Papyrus chuckled “you’re a little goat, not a flower.”

“Howdy Papyrus! I can’t believe Undyne hasn’t let you into the royal guard yet.” Asriel imitated something he said as Flowey “They need someone like you!”

Papyrus’ jaw dropped but he looked more excited than shocked. Next thing Asriel knew Papyrus had picked him up and began swinging him around.

“Wowie Asriel! You’re my little flower friend! You turned yourself into a goat, you are full of surprises!” Papyrus was practically squealing with delight. His spinning stopped abruptly and Asriel noticed that Papyrus’ joyful expression had been replaced with a puzzled look.

“Wait a second” Papyrus set Asriel down on ground. “If you were my flower friend this whole time, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“W..w..well I..I w..as afraid t..too” Asriel admitted rubbing his shoulder “I-I took advantage of your k-kindness and m-made you believe that I was your f-friend.”

Tears were welling up in Asriel’s eyes which he rubbed with his paw.
“B-but I was not very n-nice to you! I-I was a-a very, very bad f-friend to you!”

Asriels heart felt like it would break into a thousand pieces at any moment. Tears were streaming down his fluffy face.
“Papyrus…I… understand….if you can’t forgive me. I….don’t …blame you if you…hate me. I...hurt you too many times to keep count of!! There’s…no excuse for what I did to you. ”

Asriel sobbed erratically, His heart stung with pain. Asriel felt a gentle hand rest on his shoulder. He opened his eyes and saw the blurred shape of Papyrus standing over him.

“There is no need for tears.” Papyrus spoke softly “I have already forgiven you.”

Asriel whipped some of his tears away with his sleeve.

“Really?...” Asriel sniffed “You…really …forgive me?”

“Off course I do.” Papyrus spoke gently “The truth is when I first meet you as a flower, I suspected that your life was heading down a dangerous path. However I saw great potential in you, and I the Great Papyrus was willing to guide you down the right path.”

“Why? Why would you do that for someone as awful as me?” Asriel asked looking up at Papyrus with tearful eyes.

“Because my little flower friend, I believed in you.” Papyrus declared proudly “Anyone can be good if they try and I believed that you could be good as well. Because of my guidance you now recognize the error of your ways. I am proud of you Asriel!”

Papyrus always had a way of surprising Asriel. He now had a new level of admiration for Papyrus. Asriel teared up once with a smile on his face. He embraced his friend with his tiny arms. Papyrus held him gently.

“Thank you, Uncle Papyrus.” Asriel whispered gratefully “Thank you, for believing in me.”

Description

The school bell rang marking the end of the school day. Asriel excitedly packed his books and binders sloppily into his back pack. With an unzipped backpack on his back he ran over to the teacher Toriel.

“Come on Mommy let’s go!” He tugged at Toriel’s dress.

Toriel bent down and zipped up Asriel’s opened backpack.

“Asriel, I have to stay late today for a parent- teacher meeting.” His mother informed him “Uncle Papyrus will walk you home.”

“Uncle Papyrus?” He bounced excitedly “Golly he’s so much fun!”
Asriel was slightly disappointed that his Mom wasn’t going to walk him home, still he really liked uncle Papyrus.

“Asriel!!” Papyrus’ voice called. Asriel spun around to see the tall skeleton standing proudly at exit waving to him. “Come my little friend a grand adventure awaits us!”

Asriel ran to Papyrus playfully tackling him to the ground. He pinned Papyrus to the ground. Papyrus in turn chuckled

“Oh no it would seem you know my only weakness!”

“That’s right Papyrus, I know you weakness! The tiny tickles of terror!” Asriel began tickling Papyrus with his little fluffy paws. Papyrus squirmed playfully, and laughed. Suddenly Papyrus lifted Asriel off of him, he held him at arm’s length.
“Oh ho ho, The Great Papyrus retaliates!” Papyrus declares proudly, to which Asriel giggled.

“Ok you two, time to get going, my meeting is about to start.” Toriel chuckled.

Both Asriel and Papyrus both made a little whine of disappointment. Papyrus stood up and put Asriel on the ground. Toriel held the school door open for them.

“Remember Asriel, Papyrus is in charge, so be sure you listen to him.” Toriel called after them.

“Ok mommy!” Asriel called back giving a little wave to her.

They stopped at the park on their way home. Asriel and Papyrus played their favorite game of make believe “Galactic Human hunters”. They were two space hunters looking for mutant humans to capture. They would feed them a spaghetti antidote to turn them into nice humans. It reminded Asriel of the games he used to play with Chara back when he lived in the underground. After an hour Papyrus stopped to take a break.

While Asriel was drinking the apple juice that his mom packed for him, he noticed that Papyrus was on his kneecaps in front of a flower bed. Curious he walked over Papyrus. Asriel eyes was fixated on the flowers, his knees were shaking. Asriel had anthophobia which is a fear of flowers. This came from his time being Flowey the Flower. During that time he had heartlessly played with the lives of the monsters when they were still trapped in the underground. When he was a flower he could not feel love, and that meant no attachment. He could do whatever he wanted to the monsters without any remorse. Asriel had deep regrets about doing that now that he had a soul of his own.

“U…Uncle P…Papyrus, w…what are you d-doing?” Asriel asked him with a nervous quiver in his voice.

“Oh, I’m looking for my little flower friend!” Papyrus answered turning to look at Asriel. Asriel’s heart began pounding in his chest and the fur on the back of his neck stood up.

“F…f….f…flower f….f…friend?” Asriel quivered.

“Yes, I think his name was Flowery? I haven’t seen him since we escaped from the underground.” Papyrus’ skeletal face had a look of worry to it. “I hope nothing has happened to him, after all he was one of my first friends.”

Asriel had flash backs of being Flowey. He remembered training with Papyrus when they were in the underground. He would find new ways to break Papyrus it seemed so satisfying as Flowey. Asriel felt his sins crawling on his back. He dropped to his knees, the pain of guilt so intense he could hardly keep himself together. Tears were streaming down his fur.

Papyrus saw Asriel’s tears, he scooted closer and stroked the top of Asriel’s head.

“I didn’t realize you had been great friends with Flowery. You must be worried sick about him. Fret not my little friend, I the Great Papyrus will not rest until I find your friend! Then we can all hang out together.”

Papyrus spoke with a calm determined voice, but despite this it only made Asriel more upset.

The fact that Papyrus still thought so highly of Flowey only made Asriel feel guiltier. He had been holding onto the truth about Flowey out of fear. He hadn’t even told him mom about what he did as Flowey. He was terrified of the hatred that he would receive.

“I know what will cheer you up!” Papyrus emoted. He stood up and took Asriel by the hand. “Let’s go get you some nice cream. What do say?”

Asriel nodded weakly only to be polite to Papyrus. With that the two of them started walking to the Nice Cream vendor right outside the park entrance.

If only Papyrus knew what he had done. As Flowey, Asriel spent more time with Papyrus than any other monster in the underground, and that meant he caused Papyrus the most amount of suffering. What made it worse was that Papyrus was so innocence. His unconditional trust of others was so easy to exploit. How could he ever bring himself to tell Papyrus the truth? Asriel feared that he would lose Papyrus trust, or even his friendship. He really loved spending time with Papyrus, he couldn’t risk losing that! On the other hand was it worth having all this guilt?

Papyrus spoke to the nice cream vender and got a vanilla nice cream cone which he gave to Asriel. He began licking it slowly and as he did a smile began to slowly form.

“It’s like I always say, it’s impossible to be sad when you have some nice cream” Papyrus emoted ruffling the top of Asriel’s head. “It’s the same with spaghetti”

They sat down together on a park bench to let Asriel finish his nice cream. Eating the nice cream had calmed Asriel down enough to think clearly. He realized that he wasn’t the only one who had kept dark secrets. Dr. Alphys had a hand in creating creatures called Amalgams. Amalgams were the result of monsters being exposed to high levels of determination. The result causes the monsters to become nonphysical and melted together forming misshapen creatures that were neither human nor monster. Not surprisingly Alphys hid her research from the families of the monsters, out of guilt of what she had done to them. Thanks to Frisk, Alphys found the courage to tell the families and her friends the truth.

‘If someone like Alphys was brave enough to tell the truth’ Asriel thought to himself ‘Then surely I can to, right?’

Asriel looked over at Papyrus who was staring off into the distance.

“U…Uncle P…Papyrus?” Asriel swallowed hard, “Th-There is something I-I need to tell you”

Papyrus turned to face him with an eager smile.

“What is it my little friend? Do you want me to teach you how to cook spaghetti?”

Asriel shook his head, he had to force himself to smile

“I know wh…where your little flower friend is” Asriel quivered

Papyrus had a sparkle in his eyes sockets.

“You do?! Where? Where is he?” Papyrus eagerly asked.

Asriel slowly pointed to himself. Papyrus’ smile turned to confusion and he tilted his head. After a few moments of silence Papyrus smiled and began laughing.

“Oh Asriel you are so silly!” Papyrus chuckled “you’re a little goat, not a flower.”

“Howdy Papyrus! I can’t believe Undyne hasn’t let you into the royal guard yet.” Asriel imitated something he said as Flowey “They need someone like you!”

Papyrus’ jaw dropped but he looked more excited than shocked. Next thing Asriel knew Papyrus had picked him up and began swinging him around.

“Wowie Asriel! You’re my little flower friend! You turned yourself into a goat, you are full of surprises!” Papyrus was practically squealing with delight. His spinning stopped abruptly and Asriel noticed that Papyrus’ joyful expression had been replaced with a puzzled look.

“Wait a second” Papyrus set Asriel down on ground. “If you were my flower friend this whole time, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“W..w..well I..I w..as afraid t..too” Asriel admitted rubbing his shoulder “I-I took advantage of your k-kindness and m-made you believe that I was your f-friend.”

Tears were welling up in Asriel’s eyes which he rubbed with his paw.
“B-but I was not very n-nice to you! I-I was a-a very, very bad f-friend to you!”

Asriels heart felt like it would break into a thousand pieces at any moment. Tears were streaming down his fluffy face.
“Papyrus…I… understand….if you can’t forgive me. I….don’t …blame you if you…hate me. I...hurt you too many times to keep count of!! There’s…no excuse for what I did to you. ”

Asriel sobbed erratically, His heart stung with pain. Asriel felt a gentle hand rest on his shoulder. He opened his eyes and saw the blurred shape of Papyrus standing over him.

“There is no need for tears.” Papyrus spoke softly “I have already forgiven you.”

Asriel whipped some of his tears away with his sleeve.

“Really?...” Asriel sniffed “You…really …forgive me?”

“Off course I do.” Papyrus spoke gently “The truth is when I first meet you as a flower, I suspected that your life was heading down a dangerous path. However I saw great potential in you, and I the Great Papyrus was willing to guide you down the right path.”

“Why? Why would you do that for someone as awful as me?” Asriel asked looking up at Papyrus with tearful eyes.

“Because my little flower friend, I believed in you.” Papyrus declared proudly “Anyone can be good if they try and I believed that you could be good as well. Because of my guidance you now recognize the error of your ways. I am proud of you Asriel!”

Papyrus always had a way of surprising Asriel. He now had a new level of admiration for Papyrus. Asriel teared up once with a smile on his face. He embraced his friend with his tiny arms. Papyrus held him gently.

“Thank you, Uncle Papyrus.” Asriel whispered gratefully “Thank you, for believing in me.”