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"Geno, are you alright?"

"Huh?" Geno snapped his head back to the voice. He has been sitting on a chair and just staring into space. Gerson stood next to him, slight concern on his face.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Geno smiled, he looked at his hands and frowned a bit, "just.....thinking is all."

Gerson smiled a bit and sat next to him, "you can tell me you know, why did you come back?"

"What!?" Geno jumped a bit, "How did you know about that?"

Gerson laughed, "I may be old, but jumping out of a window isn't exactly quiet ya know."

Geno calmed down from the surprise and frowned, "i...I don't know, something happened when I left, and I just felt like I had to come back."

"Why?"

"Huh?" Geno said in surprise, gerson's tone of voice changed a bit, "what do you mean?"

Gerson shrugged, "this place isn't good for anyone to stay here. And you have a family waiting for you, isn't leaving what you wanted the first day you came here?"

Geno looked at the table, not really sure on what to say. It was true, he didn't have to come back. He didn't need to warn death. In fact, he could have left anytime he wanted. He could have easily overpowered the guards by the tunnel.

Yet, he didn't.

"....well," geno said and rubbed his neck, "why shouldn't i......you and death...you guys are my friends. Right? I couldn't have just...left. Not while everyone else is still stuck here."

Gerson looked at geno, as if he was trying to read him. Geno stayed quiet, almost starting to go back to his daydreaming state.

"I suppose so," Gerson shrugged, his voice turned back to its normal cheerful tone.
"So I assume you and death got on good turns?"

Geno nodded and smiled, "yeah, we were talking a while ago."

"That's good," Gerson said he looked to geno, "its been a while since he even considered on making a friend. Not that I blame him."

"What do you mean?" Geno asked and turned his head to the side. Gerson's smile faltered, and waited a bit.

"I'm not sure if I could tell you," Gerson said honestly, "its a personal story to death, I'm the only other who knows about it."

Geno looked at gerson, "if it's personal to him, you don't have to tell me, I'll respect that."

Gerson nodded and stayed quiet for what seemed ten minutes, then spoke quietly.
"It wasn't that long ago, it happened a few months before the war started."

Geno nodded, listening closely.

"Death was different back then, he showed more emotion then now. But that was broken by his friend." Gerson hissed the last word, geno could tell that he was starting to get mad.
"August, that was his name. He was a monster from the kingdom, he was Deaths tutor. After a while, he and death became good friends. They became so close that they seemed to be more then just friends."

"Like relationship wise?" Geno asked and tapped the table.

Gerson nodded and sighed, "nobody had a problem with though, August seemed like a good monster. Always helping out and willing to do things for others. So we never knew he would......"

"He would......?" Geno asked carefully, gerson looked as if he was going to cry. Gerson took a deep breath and looked at geno.

"Do you know what a bond is, geno?" Gerson asked him seriously. Geno nodded.

"Alphys and undyne have a bond together." Geno said, he was starting to feel nervous.

Gerson nodded and continued talking, "One day, when everyone was asleep and I was being the look out, Death came to me."

"Did something bad happen?" Geno asked, his voice was filled with small fear and nervousness.

"Three months before the war death started to get quiet, and more nervous. He would hardly speak to anyone, even his mother." Gerson spoke, he groomed his beard and continued, "So when he came to me, he told me what had been going on."

"August forced a bond with him."

Geno's eye socket turned black, completely in surprise and disgusted.

"W-h-  how!?" Geno almost yelled, "How can someone even force a bond - do they even know how personal that is!!? -"

"Geno calm down," Gerson said in a calm tone, geno sat back down in his chair. Not even realizing that he stood up in fury.
"After he told me, we dealt with the situation as best as possible. But August ended up getting hurt, bad. He was the one that told the monster kingdom that we attacked him without reason. So they declared war on us."

Geno tapped the table, completely infuriated at this "August". Gerson could see his irration and patted his shoulder. Already used to this gesture, geno started to calm down.

He may have calmed down a bit, but his soul still beated fast and his eye stayed black. Gerson continued.

"Since they already shared close feelings with each other, it's easy to force a bond on the other." Gerson choked on his words, "I'm pretty sure you've heard in history about how monsters would bond with powerful rulers to bring down other kingdoms, right?"

Geno nodded his head, "So that they would know what they were feeling, and so it would be easier to figure out if they were lying and bring down their kingdoms easily."

Gerson nodded in agreement, "That's what he wanted to do, Death was the next leader. So he would know everything from war plans to only things he and his mother could only know. And August abused that bond, learning every secret Death had."

"D....does he still have it?" Geno asked, feeling a bit depressed for death.
"And if he did, wouldn't others know about it. Whenever he would get sick and they would have to see his soul."

"Yes," Gerson said sadly, "he still has it, it never faded away or even cracked. So death has to live with it. And no one dares to ask about it."

"Isn't..... - isn't there some way to break it?" Geno asked, trying to feel a bit of hope for death.

"Yes," Gerson said but his voice faltered a bit.
"But Death wouldn't dare open that door for anyone."

O K LISTEN UP IF YOU WANNA LEARN ABOUT WHAT "BONDS" ARE IN THIS WORLD!

Ok, so you guys have an idea of what a "bond" is. But I'm going to give you the full explanation so read it if you want to know.

So take this for starters, you guys have friends right.

(If you don't....I'm your friend now!)

You and your friend share a bond together, because you truly enjoy each others company and personality.

To things here, that's a regular friendship. No actual "bond" is needed.

The source of a "bond" is made by two people who share certain feelings for each other.

Now there's two types of "bonds"

Here's one,

Say when a relationship has been going on for a while. And you and your significant other feel like you're gonna spend the rest of your lives together.

But wait -

What if your not completely sure. But you still want to take your relationship farther.

That's what we call a "dull bond"

Take this for example, a dull bond would just mean the green color around deaths soul would be duller, and smaller.

So say if the relationship doesn't work out in the end, it's an easy separation.  It'll be a bit painful, but it would be easier.

Now here's the bond death has.

"marriage bond"

A marriage bond is far more personal than anything. The two partners must be willing to give a piece of their soul to the other.

If one of them doesn't, it'll be physically and mentally painful for them.

You see, the difference between a marriage and a dull bond is that.

A dull bond isn't giving a piece of your soul to the other.
It's giving a piece of your magic to them. So it symbolizes that "one day you want to marry you"

A marriage bond is when your literally giving a piece of your soul!

Now here's how a "bond is created"

For a dull bond, it's easy.

All you guys have to do is want to do a dull bond with each other and boom!

Your magic wraps around the others soul.

Now for a marriage one.

It's far more serious, and personal.

A marriage bond is supposed to be something you agree on, something you both want to do. You're supposed to feel safe when you do it, but that didn't happen with death.

For a marriage bond, both of you are supposed to have your soul out in the open.

then, either one of your souls will glow and trigger the other.

Then if both of you completely agree on it, the marriage will be a simple and easy process.

But if one if you doesn't agree on it, it will be a painful and slow process.

Because basically a piece your soul is being teared apart and then having someone else's soul go around yours.

The marriage bond is pretty hard to take apart. Even if you and the person aren't together anymore.

A marriage bond is like having a handcuff around your wrist without any key.
The other chain of the handcuff may have broken off, but you two will still have the handcuff around your wrist.

(And another thing about the marriage bond. Once you two bond you'll be able to tell if their lying, you'll feel a pull on your soul. And you can feel with your significant other is near, your soul will then start to feel warm)

There's only one other way to break the bond.

But I'm sure you guys already figured it out.

Well then, now you guys know! But if anything sounds confusing, just ask me and I'll explain to the best of my ability.

Mk?

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter

Pepe! Out!