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You emerge back into the field you initially enter before finding yourself in the magic space of Ellana's home. Yawning, you noticing the sun starting to raise and start you trek back home. You makes a stop off in Bloomdon and hits up a coffee shop. It was one of those coffee chains and they have a french press you wanted to purchase, "Wow, I can't believe how much extra they change for one. If it wasn't so early in the morning I would shop somewhere else, but I have no idea when my next chance available to get one will be."

You grab a one pound bag of coffee and have the barista grind the beans for you. You purchase a cup of hot coffee along with your other items which they put in a little paper bag with handles. You add cream and sugar to your coffee(there's no way you're drinking coffee black). You sit outside and take a moment to drink your coffee. Seeing as running with a hot beverage would probably result in it going everywhere. It was good, but you still felt guilty about enjoying such things by yourself.

Throwing away your cup in a nearby trashcan you make sure you're out of sight before using swift-step to finish your trek back to Mt. Ebott. You're not sure how your going to explain the items you bought. You could just say it was something you bought when you got everyone else their gifts, but then you'd probably be asked why you never mentioned or used them til now. You decided that it might be better just to keep it somewhere out of sight until a moment presented itself.

No one was up yet and you make your way back to your room. You shove the bag with the items under your bed to the far back(hoping no one would find them). You remove your hoodie and backpack placing them next to the dresser. You approach Asriel's sleeping form and smile. "_Well seems he didn't stay up all night worrying about me that's good."_You gently shake him to arouse him from his slumber. He stirs, slightly annoyed and grumbles something incoherent you couldn't make out. "Good morning to you to sleepy-head. I guess you rather oof-"

You're tackled to the floor by a now fully alert-excited Asriel giving you a hug, "Geez Azzy, you trying to injury me or something."

"As if Bro, you not that fragile and you know it. You don't even have any visible injuries or scars after the battle with the robot you fought back in the ruins. I don't as well thanks to your healing magic, but that's beside the point. So how did things go while you were out?"

"It wasn't completely a bust, but the news was a little more disheartening then I was hoping for. If I tell you anything it stay between us for now. I need to try and get mom and dad to allow me to make more trips to the surface. If they hear about this, I don't think they'd be mad per say, but more shocked & sadden about what I learned. There's apparently more remnants of the war left behind then just the barrier. If you still want to know I'll tell you, but once I do you might not like what you hear."

Asriel nods, "I want to know, I don't want to be left in the dark about it. You really should let mom and dad know about anything you found though." You let out a sigh, "I would, but you got to remember Azzy I wasn't even suppose to be up on the surface again. Not to mention I told them I didn't find anything on my initial trip to the surface. I know I'm probably digging a bigger hole for myself by keeping this a secret, but all it's going to do is cause them to worry."

You adjust yourself in a better sitting position on the floor, "Anyway at the moment we can't even keep anything from falling or being dumped into the underground. So things like those robots can still be a threat in the future, but considering the people who brought them here are the same ones to do this to me I highly doubt we'll see something like that again."

Asriel also moves to get more comfortable, "So your saying the people who changed you in the laboratory also made those robot, but why were they down here? Are they trying to get you back or did they find out that dropping you down here didn't have the desire effect they had planned for you."

"It's more of, "they're using Mt. Ebott as a dumping ground for their failed experiments." They know people will stay away due to the legends of Mt. Ebott, from rumors being spread of people going missing up here, but I have a feeling they maybe the ones spreading those rumors. If people really were going missing due to falling into the underground, mom, dad, or you shouldn't have been so surprised when I fell down here."

"That makes sense, I mean it could've been before I was born, but if other human did fall down here prior to you, then wouldn't they still have been around? Even if they passed away, mom and dad, among other monster would have know about something like that. I think their Soul would have also been study to find a why to break the barrier. Though I rather not have to think of someone Soul experimented on for such a purpose."

You nod and agree, "The problem is, that Dualality is using Mt. Ebott as a place to bring experiment that don't meet their expectation, but shouldn't there have been more before me?" Asriel sits there quiet for a moment before speaking up, "That's a good point, it falls along the same lines if a human fell down here, and what or who is Dualality?" Asriel asks. Realization hits you that you said the name of the Organization name that the scientist work for unintentionally. You take a deep breath and slowly go over a brief summery of Dualality, the mages you met, and the reason behind the war. Asriel looks a bit despondent about what you tell him. You move to be next to him and place an arm around him.

As you pull him gently against you; you ask, "You going to be okay Azzy? I know this is a lot to take in and looks rather bleak, but we'll need to keep our head held high and support each other. I'm going to find a way to help keep us all safe, but at the moment Dualality is a rather difficult goal to go up against. So for now safety should be our main goal and later find out Dualalities whereabouts. This is why I want to dispense information to mom and dad carefully, Okay."

Asriel give a nod, "I understand Bro, but golly I never knew there was more to the war then what's been told to me all these years. It just makes me wonder how much mom and dad truly know about the war. Humans having been around so long before monster and a city full of mages, it's had to image, but from what you've told me mages are few in numbers now a day. That even Dualality is grasping on to what little power they once held."

"That's the little advantage it seems we may have over them. The better question is, "how do we take advantage and exploit it in our favor?" Once we can figure that out we can make plans in stopping them from doing harm to more humans or monsters. We'll discuss this more at another time, it sounds like mom and dad are awake."

At that moment the door to the bedroom opened and Toriel entered. She was surprised to see you both up and sitting on the floor, "My children you're both up early. Have you both been awake very long?" You both shake your heads and Asriel speaks, "We've been up for about twenty minutes or so. Bro ended up waking me up." Toriel looks at you and notices that you look even more tired then you did yesterday, "My child, you look worst then you did yesterday. Is there something that kept you from getting sleep last night?"

She wasn't wrong, yesterday you only got about three hours of sleep after she brought you home. You figure over the last forty-eight hours you only got about eight hours of sleep total. Though the coffee you had has done wonders for you so far, but it was only a temporary fix. You're trying to think about what to say, but excuses weren't really coming to mind. She was looking at you waiting for an answer.

You just gave up and shrug, "I'm not sure what's going on myself. I got sleep and Gaster didn't find anything wrong with me yesterday. It might have something to do with the changes to my body. I know it's been two years since it's happen, but who knows what effects it could be having over the last year. Hopefully it's just a temporary issue and it'll straighten itself out in a few days."

You hope that sounded like a reasonable excuse, but she didn't seem completely satisfied with your answer, "Well after breakfast I think you should just take it easy and work on your studies today. I rather not have you doing anything to demanding and have you collapse again like yesterday. Once Asriel and I are done with magic practices I'll take you back to see Gaster. It's might be possible he missed something the other day."

"Okay mom, I've gotten a bit behind on my studies and could use this time to get caught up. I'm sure Gaster never gets tired of having a chance run more test on me." You give a light chuckle, "My child this isn't something to be taken lightly. I very concerned about your health and your lack of sleep as of late." You look down at the floor, "I know mom and I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make light of the situations or anything. My lack of sleep isn't helping me think clearly."

She comes over, bends down, and gives you a hug, "It's alright my child. I understand you didn't mean anything about it. If you feel you need to grab a nap you may do so. Studies can always wait, taking care of yourself is more important to me." You return the hug, "Okay mom and I will if I need to. Though don't you have breakfast you need to get started?"

"I do, but I meant what I said. If you need me to come home early for-" You interrupt her with a chuckle, "Mom, I promise. If anything changes or I feel I need a nap I'll do so. I'm sure breakfast will help give me some energy to face the day. Plus you, dad, and Azzy need to get ready yourself." She looks at you with a hint of worry on her face, before she nods and heads out of the room slowly.

After about thirty minute Toriel has breakfast ready and everyone is at the table. She keeps glancing at you during breakfast from time to time and you swear even Asriel was doing the same. After you finished breakfast you excuse yourself from the table and make your way back to the bedroom. Shutting the door behind you and giving a sigh of relief, finally getting away from all the worrisome glances from Toriel at the table.

You head over to the desk in your room and take a seat. You grab a book from the top shelf. You open the page with a bookmarked location that has your name on it. You were half way through the work when you hear a knock on the door, "My child, we are heading out now. Is there anything you need before we leave?"

"I'm good mom, you both enjoy your day together."

"Alright my child, again don't be afraid to call if you need us to come back early."

"Okay, I love you. I'll see you later when you both get back."

"I love you too my child. We'll see you soon." And with that the house went silent. It only took you a couple of hours to catch up on all the work you missed out on. The work Toriel gave you at first was a struggle due to a lack of education, but thank to Toriel constant tutoring you caught on quick. Now it all seemed a bit to easy, but then again the lack of resources down in the underground didn't help. Sure the library books added some new lesson for the two weeks she had them, but now they were back at the library.

You could always look into purchasing new books for Toriel, you chuckle at this, "To help mom and improve upon her lessons and cause Azzy to have the extra workload or keep things as is and know I can catch up when I get behind? I could always could give myself extra studies at the library when I'm allowed to make another trip to the surface." You knew Azzy is still struggling with some subject and you definitely didn't want to make things harder for him(yet).

With nothing else to do, you reach down and pull your backpack closer to you. Pulling out the book that belonged to Yagitha, you place it on the desk. Opening a side pouch, you pull out the monocle and place it over your eye. You open the book and start looking at what is written inside, most of the beginning of the book went over the war, Dualality and so forth. About the mid-point of the book is a section pertaining to a few simple spells. They weren't to difficult to cast and most of them are just simple utility spells, but you're sure you'd find some use for them.

What really intrigued you was the next few pages. It talked about beings made of pure magic, mages seem to referred to them as 'Spirits or fay', but they didn't have any physical form. The best they could manage to manifest in a physical form was a wisp of light, but even that seemed to be a tremendous amount of effort for them. Mages who did have connection with these fay learned most magic in the world came to be from them.

The fay acted as conduit for magic for those in the world. Mages and the magic they drew upon went through these conduits that the fay created, but monsters were different. The studies the mages done on monster never were a hundred percent certain about how the creation of them came to be. So many theories were thrown about through the years before the war. Mages believed either they were a combination of the hopes and dreams of humans imaginations given form through magic, but some believed that it was the fay creating bodies for themselves.

If anyone would know for sure it would be the fay, but those who have forged friendships with them either didn't know or were keeping it well guarded secret from those who might abuse such knowledge. If monsters were fay given new form then it would explain the magic they possess. Fey could never interact with the physical aspects of the world, but those who are sensitive enough to them would sense them more on a spiritual level.

That is why some mages believed why monster magic only affects the Soul and not the physical body. While magic gather by humans gained more physical nature when cast. Still the research was never was completed, "But maybe that is for the best. Maybe no one should ever tamper with these elements, seeing how greed and want for power resulted in a war that devastated both sides." -Yagitha.

As you turn the page it seems that there's another entry made by Yagitha , "An accident occurred today and years of work have been lost. The chance to finally be free from this dreaded place is gone. My apprentice was working on a spell I strictly told them over and over they were not ready for. I watched in horror as the backlash of the spell incinerated them, body and Soul. I cried so much for them, maybe it was my fault for pushing to hard. Thinking about being free from this curse for so long drove me to doom them.

"Now as I write this I realized I cared less about my selfishness. I cared about them more and enjoyed having their company. For so long I've been alone, but having them around for the last five years has been a breathe of fresh air. Though I think they knew how much I cared. Which resulted in them rushing things. Not so much due to impatience's, but the selflessness to help me despite the risk. Why did they have to be so damn kind, I was always so strict on them the surface, but they could always see through me.

"The happiness they had on their face and the joy they felt when they succeeded on the task I gave them. I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to that loneliness, maybe I could set-up a shop and I might... no, I won't take another apprentice not after this. It just wouldn't be the same and I'm afraid to have such an outcome happen again. If anyone finds this, do not get carried away with magic. It can turn on you if you're not careful. Even us who master such have made terrible mistakes and this is one of mine." -Yagitha

The entry ends and you felt horrible reading this, like you invaded someone privacy, but she gave you the book probably knowing full well that you would eventually read this. It explained the loneliness you saw on both Yagitha and Ellana's face.

"I really should go see them both. I could really see the happiness on their faces when I was visiting them. The company, even if short, must have been so nice. Damn it, this whole secrecy crap that I'm holding on to is tearing me up inside. I want to go to the surface and see them right now after reading this. Then maybe Ellana could help me get in touch with Yagitha and we could all enjoy each others company. I'm not sure how that will work if they can't leave there so call,"Prisons."

Giving out a exasperated sigh, you push back your chair and stand up from the desk, "If I don't do something to take my mind off all this I'm going to do something I may end up regretting later."

You take a walk around the castle not really paying attention where you're going until you find yourself in front of that glowing grayish field that makes up the barrier, "Really? The one place I was trying to avoid and my subconscious leads me here anyway."

You sigh to yourself, "Well I'm here now and I really could use some fresh air." You walk outside the barrier and look over the scenery before you. It was a great view of everything and you focus your sight in the general direction Ellana and Yagitha are in, "Why am I torching myself like this? I know I can't just run off and see them. Hell I don't even know how to access Yagitha shop since a solid wall took its place of her shop. I shouldn't even be out here period. I need to talk to mom and dad tonight about these limitations on leaving the underground, badly."

You sit down to enjoy the view and forget about everything for an hour before having to head back in. You get back home and of course Toriel and Asriel are back. You just wave to them briefly as you head back to your room. You weren't much in the mood for conversation at the moment. As you got to the doorway of the bedroom you hear soft footfalls from behind you coming down the hallway. You knew them all to well and look back as you see Asriel coming to a stop in the hall.

"Bro, you okay? You looked a little depressed when you come in. Is there anything you want to talk about?" You continue into the room and it was only a moment before Asriel came to stand in the doorway. He stood there unsure on how to proceed and watches as you walk to the side of your bed. As you make your way over to the bed you notice the bag with the forgotten gifts for Asgore, "I forgot to give him his gifts, I'll have to make sure to give them to him tonight." You crawl up on to the bed and under the covers.

Asriel slowly walks over to your bedside and you knew he wasn't going to leave your side until you say something to him. With a sigh, you turn over slowly to face him and he has a pained look on his face. "Great, now Azzy probably thinks I'm being mean because I'm ignoring him. That... Damn it, I hate seeing him like this." You reach out a hand and run it down the length of his right ear. He reaches up and takes your hand in his as you reach the bottom of his ear.

"Azzy, I'm sorry. I'm not ignoring you or anything. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings by making it seem like I was. I'm just a bit depressed about something, but I really don't want to talk about it right now. I want to get a nap in before dinner, but if you could wake me up beforehand then I'd appreciate it. I also appreciate how your always there for me when I know I need it."

You give him a weak smile and he returns it. "Always and I'll make sure to wake you up before dinner. Just get some sleep, you really look as though you can use it. I was just worried about you and when you didn't say anything it made me feel uneasy. I know you're dealing with a lot and your trying to handle it yourself, but you really should ask mom or dad for help. I'm glad your able to tell me some of what's going on, but I'm at a loss about how to handle any of this."

"I know Azzy, I plan on talking to mom and dad about the whole surface limitations later tonight, but I really need to get some rest so I can think clearly on how to approach the topic without making it worst."

"You should just tell them you found a lead on the barrier, you can leave out the Dualality & mage part for now, but if they know you made progress they might allow you to take more trips. You can just abridge the last couple of days into a single day. Then as you gather more information you can tell them what you feel comfortable with." You free your hand from the light grasp he's has on it and you ruffle his head fur.

"That's actually not a bad way to approach the situation. Though you shouldn't be helping me in devising more ways to keep secrets, that should be my burden alone. I don't want you getting in trouble for any of this for my sake." Asriel just shakes his head, "I want to help, isn't that what family is for." You give a tired chuckle, "Yeah, I'm still adjusting to the whole family routine. It's only been a year since I've had anyone who actually really cared and loved me as a person and not an object to be used."

You give another yawn and Asriel just giggles, "Well I guess I've kept you from sleep long enough, night Bro." As he turns to leave he felt a hand grip his arm, as he looks back he sees you grabbing onto his arm, "Thanks Azzy, your advice really help straighten out a lot of the issue I was dealing with today. Keeping everything bottle up is hard to do. I love you, Azzy."

"Love you too, Bro. Now get some sleep already." You release your grip on his arm and he give you one final, "sleep tight" as he shuts the door behind him. You roll over and you let your eyes close, letting some much overdue sleep take you." Unfortunately your sleep is not a restful one as disturbing images plague your dreams and your parents stand in front of you. Their gaze looking through you as they begin hitting you and verbally saying familiar vile things about you.

As you do your best to protect yourself from their attacks, you notice the slits that are home to your claws on your hands. You lash out without a second thought at them and what you see next haunts you as your eyes go wide and face pale. The people in front of you were no longer those of your abusive parents, but that of Toriel and Asgore.

A horrid look of shock on their face in reaction to what you've done. Claw marks cut deep in their chest as you reach out for them and apologize, but as you do so they turn to dust. You bolt straight up, hand gripping your chest, your lungs gasping for air as your heart is racing. The image still fresh in your mind, sweat soaking the front of your shirt and beads of sweat running down your face. You knew that you weren't going to be able to get back to sleep after such a terrifying nightmare.

You slowly draw back the cover and swing your legs over the side of the bed. You rest your hands over your face and focus on taking deep breathes to calm down, "Ugh, why did I have such a dream? I haven't had many nightmares in the last six months. Is it a side effect of being sleep deprived the last couple of days or am I feeling the guilt of my actions catching up to me?" Of course, not having anyone there to comfort you after such a dream, you stand up, and head for the door.

You enter the bathroom as you draw a bath. Another luxury you haven't had the courtesy of doing the last couple of days. You're surprised Toriel didn't say anything about it, but knowing you've been excessively tired may have over-ridden any complaints she would've brought up. Regardless of the reason, it was certainly helping in calming you down, the lingering images of the dream fading away somewhat.

"Maybe I'll ask Azzy if I can sleep with him tonight. I hate to be a bother like this to him, but having him sleep with me always kept the nightmares away in the past. It's funny how something as a nightmares scares me more then fighting robots and creatures created in a lab. Guess it's easier to deal with something that has form then those that don't. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to talk to mom and dad tonight after all."

You sigh, get out and reach for the plug to let the water out. You grab a towel nearby and wrap it around your waist. Heading into the bedroom you see Asriel sitting on his bed and gives you a warm smile as you enter. "Hey Bro, I head the water from the bathroom running earlier so I figure you must be up. Did you need any help brushing your fur?" A smile creeps on to your face as you let out a light chuckle, "Sure Azzy, I wasn't going to worry about it, but since your already here and offering I might as well."

You take a seat on the bed and turn so your back is facing him. He already had a brush in hand and gets to work. He seems to be doing better then in the past and brushing you at a casual pace. It felt nice and further helped melt any tension away from earlier. You both really didn't say anything, but knew that it wasn't necessary. The comfort of each other company being enough. Though Azzy finally came to a stop and you knew he finished.

You get up and grab some clothes from the dresser and Azzy turned his head as you got dressed. If you were looking at him you'd notice a slight blush on his face. As you finished you turn back to him, "So how long was I out?"

"Only a few hours, still about an hour before dinner. Did you want to do anything while we wait?" You put a finger to your chin as you think about what to do. After a moment you just say the first thing that comes to mind, "Want to play some video games?" He leaps to his feet in excitement, "Yeah, we haven't really had much time to have fun lately with everything that's been going on." You both head to the living room and turn everything on.

An hour goes by in a blink of an eye as Toriel calls out, "Dinner ready my children."

You both pause the game and head for the table, but Toriel asks Asriel to go wash up(you already having a bath earlier). You watch as he heads down the hall and are now alone with Toriel. She sits down directly across from you at the table. "My child, how are you feeling? I see you went out earlier today, but you looked a bit unhappy when you came in. Did you want to talk about it?" Well you knew she'd ask you sooner or later, it just turned out to be sooner then you wanted.

"I'm feeling better, still could use more sleep, but I'm fine for now. As for me going out I rather wait and talk to you and dad alone. I've some matters I like to discuss, but dinner isn't the time I want to discuss them. Also I rather if Azzy wasn't involved in what I need to tell you both." She give a nod, "I understand my child, would you like to talk with us after Asriel is in bed tonight."

"I guess that... actually I think I rather hold off til morning, maybe Azzy can go out and play while we talk things over. Tomorrow is our break from our schooling, so if that works for both of you. Do you think dad can spare some time tomorrow?" She giggles, "I'm sure Gorey can make time. This seems important to you. Though for now let's just enjoy the evening." You nod in agreement and Asriel just made his way back when you both finished talking.

Dinner was great and you both continued where you left off on your game. As it got late, Asgore came in from his day. Asriel goes over and gives him a hug. You pause the game and do the same, "How have you both been?" You both reply, "Good." and he just smiles with a nod. You remembered the gifts in the bedroom and run off to get them. As you come back you hand him the bag, "What is this, my child?" He looks into the bag and pulls out the tea and watering can.

"Oh, this is great. My old watering can was becoming unusable. Also I can't wait to sample the different flavor of teas, would you both like to join me in a cup?" You both nod and he make his way to the kitchen, Toriel following behind him. You have a feeling she was going to tell him about tomorrow, but Asriel is already back in front of the TV. You rejoin him and let the matter drop for now. You'll tell Azzy about it tonight before bed, but all you wanted to do at the moment is be a kid.

You're both brought a cup of tea, which got cold from due to focusing more on the game. You both take a break and heat the tea back up with magic. You got yours a little to hot, not use to using magic in such fashion. It was great, the honey ginger tea you received and Azzy enjoying cinnamon spice he got. It was a nice change of pace from what you normally had available down here, but you'll always enjoy the golden flower tea Asgore makes.

Toriel tells you both to start getting ready for bed after you finish your tea, Asriel heads to the bathroom and you head to the bedroom. You get changed into your pajamas and look through one of your books while you waited for Azzy to be finish with his bath. You went over a spell you've yet to read and as you attempted to cast it nothing happened. You go back over and are sure you pronounced the wording correctly. You tried again, but nothing happened again.

You shrugged and decided you'll look it over later. You hear the bathroom door open and you put the book away back into your backpack. Asriel walks in looking like he really need a hand with his fur. You're glad you only had areas of fur and weren't completely covered in it, but you chuckle lightly at his struggle as the brush got stuck in his fur. His fur has grown a bit long and he definitely was in need of a trim soon. You walk over to help him and with a claw helped free the imprisoned brush from his fur.

"You know Azzy I think you need mom to trim your fur again. It's been a while since the last time. I could help with that, but I don't think I'd do a very good job. I can however help you get your fur sorted out until tomorrow." You being working on the tough areas of his fur with the brush. Cutting away any area that are too tangled with a claw as you brushed.

"Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask and mom with being busy teaching, but she'll be free tomorrow so I'll ask her in the morning."

You look down, remind by his word what you had planned in the morning, "About tomorrow Azzy, I talked to mom briefly when you went to get washed up before dinner. I told her I wanted to talk to both of them in the morning, but wanted to exclude you from discussion. Not because I want to keep anything from you, but because you already know what I plan on talking to them about. I'll let you know what they decide once we're done, but if you can wait outside for me til I'm done. I'll try not to take to long."

"Oh, I was wondering when you planned to talk to them. I thought you were going to do so tonight, but that's fine. I can always go to one of my favorite bug hunting spots and then we can meet up once your done." You let out a sigh of relief, " Thanks Azzy, I just wanted to let you know in advance so you didn't think I was keeping you out of anything. I figured you didn't want to hear me repeat everything since you knew. Also mom and dad seeing you not being surprised by any of the news might alert them that you know something and then they might try to get information from you."

"Well I could probably fake it, but I rather not risk putting on a poor act. I don't want to be the one to make things harder for you. You already do a good enough job of that on your own." he chuckles and you glare at him. "Thanks for the support Azzy, you really know how to cheer me up." You couldn't help, but let a chuckle out yourself. You finally manage to get most of his fur sorted out so it won't tangle to badly while he sleeps.

"Hey Azzy, I was wondering if it's okay if I slept with you tonight. I had an eerie dream earlier today and I don't think I'll be able to sleep well tonight because of it." He wraps his arms around you, "Sure Bro, though I didn't take you for a scaredy-cat." You smirk and his laughing, "Ha ha, well next time you have trouble sleeping I'll remember that." Toriel comes in a few minutes later to see you both sound asleep and snuggled up together. Seeing how adorable the two of you are, she pulls out her phone and takes a picture.

Smiling, she put her phone away, and move over to give both of you a quick kiss on your foreheads. She turn off the light and closes the door on her way out. As adorable as it is seeing you both together like that, she was concerned since you both haven't done so for a while now. She begins to wonder if you're having nightmares again. She'd have to ask in the morning, but for now it seemed like you were sleeping peacefully.

She heads back out to the room, taking a seat in her chair as Asgore comes in with a cup of tea in his hand. "So how is Broderick doing? Was he able to get to sleep?" Toriel nods as she looks at him, "It seem like he is, but I'm concerned seeing him sleeping with Asriel. It's been so long since he's done so. I hope something hasn't caused a relapse in his nightmares." Asgore move to the couch and takes a seat himself.

"Hmm, that sounds worrisome indeed. Let's hope that it's a one time occurrence. We'll check up on them one last time before we head to bed ourselves. I wonder if his lack of sleep is a result of what he wants to talk to us about tomorrow."

"It's possible, but I don't want to speculate about if that's the reason or not. We'll find out in the morning, for now I'd like to get in some reading before then." Asgore takes a sip of his tea as Toriel picks up a book, "You're right, speculation never amounts to anything that ends well. I shall leave you to your book and tend to my flower garden for a bit." He finishes his tea and takes the cup to the kitchen.

About an hour goes by before Asgore makes his way back home, as he walks in he see Toriel returning the book she was reading to the table and stands up. "I'm back, I take it you're done reading for the night?" She nods, "I am, we should check on the children like we said we would and then get some sleep ourselves." They peek in and your both still sound asleep. They close the door quietly and turn off the hall lights as they head to their bedroom.

They get change for bed and crawl under the covers. They nozzle their noses affectingly as they gaze into each others eyes, "Good-night Tori my love, sleep well."

"You too, my big-ole fuzzybuns." They both chuckle and snuggle together as they drift off to sleep.