Classic's POV:

I looked at the stars for a while, then I realized that it was daytime. Thoughts started to swell in my mind. 'What if he hates you?' 'What if he doesn't love you anymore?' 'What if he's dead?' I held my head in my hands and pushed all of those thoughts away. Life here would be perfect. I just needed to get back with him. I put on my jacket, and headed to Alphys' lab. I knocked on the door and was greeted by one of her human assistants. This specific one was named Daniel. He was a real bitch. His expression changed from happy to upset. "What do you want skeleton?" "It's Sans, and I just need Alphys for one sec." He paused. "Alphys, the depressed skeleton needs ya!" He called to her hesitantly. "C-Coming." Daniel walked back to his desk so Al could talk to me. "Is s-something wrong Sans?" "No, I just need ya to open a portal to underfell." "C-Can't you just teleport? You've done it before." To be honest, I haven't been able to do that in a while. Sometimes when I would try, I would end up in different universes. It was strange, but I didn't think much of it. "I'm... feeling lazy today," I fibbed. "W-Well alright. But j-just this once." She sighed and motioned me to come inside. When we got to her office, she wrote something on her computer and the portal started flashing red. "Alright, y-you can go inside n-now." I sighed as I walked inside. This was finally the moment. Things would either go right, or completely wrong.

When I got there, there was far less dust on the ground than before. Maybe the monsters were less morbid now. I was about to knock, but then I hesitated. Would he want to see me now? I remembered all the hurtful things I said. It wouldn't be wrong for him to hate me. After all, I've only hurt him the last time I saw him. I tucked all my fears and worries again, and knocked on the door. No response. I got worried, this happened in my dream. I knocked again, this time I held my breath. Thankfully, Chara opened the door. Instead of having an angry expression, they had a look of suprise. "Classic?" "Yup, the one and only. It's been a while, huh?" "Yeah... would you like to come inside?" "Sure, why not." As we walked inside, I noticed Edge was not here. There was a note on the door explaining his absence. "How has Edge been treating you guys?" I asked Chara. "He's been a lot nicer lately. He's seeming to finally care for us." They gave a warm smile. "By the way, sorry for hurting you guys a few months ago. It... was really stupid of me." They frowned at first, but then gave a weak smile. "It's alright, but I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." They motioned towards Red's room. I walked up a few steps. "Wait! I don't think you should go up there yet," they called out. "Why?" "He's not ready. Wait for him to come downstairs on his own. I promise it'll be better." I plopped myself on the couch and turned on the tv. It was Mettaton posing for 30 minutes. I could hear faint sniffles coming from Red's room and I began worrying again. Chara seemed to notice my expression. "Thank god you came today, you can finally put an end to this." "Put an end to this?" I questioned. "Red... hasn't been doing well. I know that you're the only person that can cheer him up. Believe me, I've tried." They were hopeful. I can't blow this. I started thinking about what I would say when I heard Red's door open. Shit, he's coming. I started panicking. Don't screw this up. Don't screw this up.

Red walked down half the stairs and then noticed I was here. "Oh, heya. I wasn't expecting you to be here." He didn't seem upset. Or maybe he's really good at hiding stuff. All 3 of us sat down on the couch awkwardly. None of us dared to speak. "So, Classic, how are things in your universe?" Chara asked trying to start a conversation. "It's um, alright. We're living on the surface now, so um yeah." Red nodded in response. He was avoiding making eye contact with me. Chara looked at their watch. "Well, it's 3:00 pm. I'm going to go play with monster kid, you two talk or something." Before we could say anything, they shut the door. More awkward silence. "...I'm sorry for all the pain I've caused you," I said after a while. "Eh. I deserved it anyway." He laughed it off. "What? You didn't deserve any of that. What I did was wrong. In fact, I didn't mean anything I said that day. The only reason I broke up with you, was to keep you safe. I was afraid of Frisk killing you and Chara again and again. I didn't realize that it would cause you pain either." I was on the verge of tears with every word I spoke. He seemed to be too. "Honestly, I'm really sorry for what I did. And I understand if you hate me. I would hate me too. But I just want to ask if you'd like to be my boyfriend again." He was silent for a little bit, and it really worried me. "...yeah. I missed those days when we were together. Of course I want your boyfriend." Tears fell down his skull. Same happened to me. Both of us cried into eachother's jackets. "I promise I won't ever hurt you again," I said barely above a whisper.

Both of us spent the rest of the time snuggling watching the season finale of 'Thanos vs Superman'. Eventually Chara came in and was happy that we were back together. I wrote a note to Edge telling him where the kid and Red would be. He would be able to visit anytime, as long as he was friendly. I teleported all 3 of us home. When we got there, we took a second to admire the surface's beauty. "Well, let's go," I said leading the way. I opened the door to the house and was greeted by Classic Chara eating all the chocolate in the fridge. As soon as they noticed Fell Chara and Red, they gave a friendly smile and waved. The others returned a wave.

(Timeskip brought to you by Temmie.)

(Classic Chara= Chara
UF! Chara= Chaire)

A couple days have passed since Red and I have gotten together, and it's honestly the best I've felt in a while. We're closer than ever now, and now that Frisk is gone we won't be interrupted. Finally.

I heard a muffled ringing sound so I checked my phone. "Hello? You've reached the Sans residence." "Sans, I need a little help in the lab. Do you think you can come?" "Sure, why not." Alphys has stopped stuttering now, thanks to some help she's been getting from Undyne. She seems more confident in herself. I teleported to the lab to see a bunch of boxes. Alphys was trying to lift one up. "There you are!" "What's with all the boxes, Al?" "Well..." she started. "One of my employees is retiring, and they're sick today so we're helping them move their stuff. Mind lifting a few boxes with your magic?" "Don't mind if I do."

After we had moved all the boxes, it was break time. We all grabbed some snacks and chatted. "So Sans, I heard you got back with Red." Alphys said trying to make a conversation. "Yup." I started drinking some ketchup. "When are you guys having kids?" I spit out all of the ketchup in my mouth. "D-Don't 'cha think it's a little too early to even think about that?" "Maybe, maybe not. It's whatever you two decide." Now you may be wondering,'Sans, why were you bothered by this? Males can't birth children.' And, you're correct, we can't. However, it works differently with monsters. We use a technique called "soul breeding." The only difference between normal human breeding and soul breeding is that the child isn't birthed. When two souls combine, a tinier one is formed and the souling just appears. However, you still need to make the child. That's what caught me off guard. "Anyways, let's change the subject. Tom, how are your wife and kids doing?" Alphys started talking with the other scientists about their personal life while I spaced out. Red and I had legally adopted Chaire. All the papers were signed. Would they want a sibling? Goddammit Alphys, now I'm uncomfortable. It's not that I don't want to have a kid with Red, it's just that I don't know if he wants to.

I made my way home to see Red chatting with Papyrus on the couch. "Welcome back," he said to me as I plopped myself next to him. "I'll give you two space," Paps said going upstairs. I put my arm around Red's shoulder and noticed something on his arms. "What's that on your arm?" I asked. "Hmm, what do you mean?" He seemed suspicious. I slowly took his arm and rolled up his sleeve to see marks. Deep marks. There were a bunch of them too. They led all the way to his elbow. They were knife marks, of course. He looked away, knowing that I knew. I touched one of them, and he winced, taking his arm back. "Sorry. Red, why would you do that to yourself?" He stayed silent. "It's nothing. I deserved it anyway," he muttered under his breath. "No, you didn't deserve it at all." I took his face in my hands. "Please don't harm yourself. We're here for you. Everyone is. Don't let anyone say otherwise." Tears gathered in his eyes. I wiped them away. He nodded. I cuddled up to him and both of us fell asleep.

(To be continued...)