Was a normal weekend where you and Chara had free-time to play together
No obligations tomorrow so you both were prepped to fucking crash til the wee hours of the dawn
Goal was to play an arpg together and at least hit level cap so that you both could look into build-crafting later that afternoon
Got a couple dozen of levels so there's no time to waste
All starts smoothly, Chara popping heads with surgical precision while you try barrel stuff with buckshot.
Mobs fall, bosses fall, side quests get turned in, levels were gained.
Fun was had and you two couldn't ask for any better while sipping Mettaton Doos: Crimson Soul and snacking on Muffet's Chocolate Spiders (made without monster spiders) side by side.
It was quiet but also a good quiet, just a pair of demons let loose. Grinning ear-to-ear with blazing eyes amidst the screams of the slain.
DING! "Hey Anon, here's a toast to the final stretch!", you'd reciprocate and you both would chuckle at the clink of plastic bottles before she excused herself for the bathroom.
Chara returned as you were finishing up you light inventory management, sold a few of the under-leveled weapons clogging yours.
After returning to the slaughter for a bit, the machines of death humming in sync, you got greedy and looked to the side
Chara's face beaming with a glint in her eyes, all too familiar yet all too beautiful as she swapped from long-range target practice to mid-range target practice
Surprisingly absent the normal wear and tear associated with pulling an all-nighter
Ones you were beginning to feel but dammit all you'll keep up with her.
Sadly you were punished and got flanked, "Get back up partner, I know you can do better", you nodded and locked the fuck in as much as you could.
Though perhaps the tiredness is more psychological as she begins to speak after the encounter, seemingly to no one and everyone.
"If 9 is the absolute then what is any number ending in 0, if not just the beginning of the path to the absolute? A sign that I can be stronger?"
Some hours later and you heard the final ding for the playthrough as you both hit level cap, a funny 69. Chara let out a sigh like a weight has been lifted.
And holy fuck does Chara crash fast and hard, arm draped around your shoulder, "Heya partner! How about we test the limitz of sha bed!", she finished the sentence by collapsing on the floor.
You were so tempted to join Chara there but as you looked around to the results of a champion's feast, you were blinded by sunlight
Chara deserves to lay her head on something soft and you barely managed to get her to the bed before draping a blanket on top of her.
The one benefit of junk food was that it was easy cleanup, after a dozen cans and wrappers in the trash, you cuddled up with the absolute.