Some Souls Don't Break | Female!Chara x Female!Reader

Chapter Nine: Soul Bonding

~Your POV~

I don't know how long I've been reading, but judging by the light coming from the windows it had been a while.

I've finished about 4 books and the closest explanation I have for mine and Chara's shared dreams is the theory of soul bonding. I don't know how much I should believe about this theory, it was a bit outlandish and hardly had any evidence to back it up. Even the author seemed to disagree with it, providing evidence against the theory. But it was the closest explanation I had gotten so far.

Essentially the theory went was if an extremely damaged SOUL came into contact with a SOUL that was in a similar condition to it, there was an extremely low chance that it could latch onto that SOUL to regain strength for the both of them. The only evidence for the theory was two obscure monsters from a super long time ago who claimed to be sharing dreams, experiencing pain that the other felt, and feeling an unnatural bond to each other.

Logically, it did seem to be a bunch of bullcrap. But deep down I knew that there may be truth to the theory. I kept skimming the pages, looking for something I may of missed. I flinched wildly and dropped the heavy book when the door opened. The book landed on my foot and I hissed in pain.

"Oops, didn't mean to scare ya." Sans said, looking at me in sympathy as I held my foot in my hand. It throbbed in pain for a few moments before subsiding quickly.

"It's fine, I'm alright." I replied, putting my foot back down on the ground. "What did you need?" I added, looking up at Sans.

"I'm guessing you don't want to eat Papyrus' spaghetti so do you want to head to Grillby's?" He asked, leaning against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets. I nodded frantically, having not even noticed how hungry I was due to my focus being on the books.

"Cool, but I also wanted to ask you one more thing." He said, peering into the hallway and shutting the door mysteriously behind him.

"...Yeah?" I was feeling unsettled by his oddly serious expression. His eyesockets had gone dark, but his forced smile was wider than ever. I felt chills run down my back, but it wasn't cold at all.

"Was Chara doing anything odd? I saw you looking at them."

I was a little surprised at the question, Chara having left my mind a while ago due to my focus being on the books. I thought for a moment, the only weird thing she did was try to distract Frisk but that was out of pure boredom. She also seemed to dislike Sans, but I wouldn't really call that odd. Sometimes people don't like each other.

"No, not really." I answered honestly, trying not to break eye contact with him. I wanted him to have full confidence that I wasn't lying. He seemed to relax a little, but still had his guard up for some reason.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. She was lying on the ground most of the time looking bored. But why are you asking? Why do you two seem to hate each other?"

Sans didn't answer, and he broke eye contact with me. He seemed to be lost in thought, his eyelights coming in and out of focus. It took three times of saying his name to get his attention.

"What? Sorry, wasn't paying attention."

"Is there something I should know about Chara?"

Sans was silent again, but this time he was staring at me. It felt like he could see straight through me, into my very SOUL. Chills ran up my spine again, but I didn't break eye contact. After what felt like hours, which was probably only a few seconds, Sans spoke.

"It's not important. C'mon, let's go to Grillby's."

It was an easy and lazy lie. If it weren't important why would he ask? But I decided to have mercy on him, I would get all questions answered in time. I just had to have a little patience. Maybe I could ask Chara during our dream session.