(I need more feels! Have this! *trows afterdeath to you* and have fun!)

He had seen it, but couldn't do anything about it. He hated it, he hated them, he hated himself for not taking his place, but he could never hate him. He loved him. "Why did this have to happen? Why not me? I shouldn't have let myself get attached to him like that! I knew this would happen if I did! Everyone I love dies..." He thought to himself, sitting in the dark void he called home.

He was hugging his legs, watching the only thing that wasn't black, no, it wasn't a big screen, it was a small portal he had opened, but he was too late to go through, even if he did have time to save him then it wouldn't have worked. He would have been dust the moment he stepped out of the save screen. He could only watch as the small child and the cloaked skeleton fought. The sound of their scythe's slamming against each other still remained in his mind, together with their laughter, their insane laugh when they killed him.

~flashback~

Reaper and Chara had been fighting for a long time, how long? The two of them lost count real fast. An hour? Maybe five? But that didn't matter, what mattered was the battle. The two of them were, not surprisingly, in the secret garden of reapertale.

Reaper stood tall to take revenge on Chara for killing one of his closest friends and their own mother. Chara had killed Toriel, the goddess of life, disturbing the balance. Reaper was the first of many gods to arrive, only him knowing the place where she stayed. Others wanted to follow but quickly lost him in the dark halls leading to the garden.

Reaper saw the child stand over the pile of gold-green glowing dust that once was the beautiful goddess. Rage filled the god of death and he summoned his scythe, attacking the child from behind. The child, Chara, had already felt the dark aura the god carried around and was in time to block the attack, using their own scythe. An insane grin was stuck on their face as they turned to look at the god. "Hello sans~ I see you've come to join in on the fun~" They cooed. Reaper tightened the grip on his scythe, ready for anything the child could do. Chara walked up to reaper, willing to torture him as long as they could, their grin somehow became even wider as reaper took a step back, keeping distance.

Chara giggled, seeing reapers reaction. Reaper kept quiet, concentrating his magic without Chara knowing. Chara came closer to Reaper. Reaper, without warning, summoned six blasters behind him and they all fired at chara, at the same time. Chara's eyes widen as they dodged, barely making it on time. They growled softly. "Oh, I see how you want to play it." They said it in a cold tone. Reaper didn't seem bothered by the change of tone Chara gave. He went for another attack, slashing his scythe at chara, who, once again, dodged.

Chara's grin turned into a sly smirk. "My turn~" They said and disappeared into the darkness. Reaper looked around, watching if he could see the child. Chara, after a few seconds of hiding, came out behind reaper, giggling softly and slashing at Reaper. Reaper dodged, Chara's giggle had given away their position.

The battle went on like that, both sides attacking and dodging. Chara didn't have to make much effort with attacks, only dodging. Their plan was to tire the god out before getting a fatal hit on him, killing him with one attack. It seemed to work, with the anger reaper had for them. It didn't seem like he would calm down with his attacks soon, but only then he noticed that he was getting tired of attacking and dodging, he did something. He opened a portal, his way out of the battle. He didn't care where the portal brought him to, only if it was far away from there, from them.

He had opened a portal to aftertale, the save screen to be exact, right where Geno was. Geno smiled a bit, seeing the portal, but got worried when reaper didn't walk in. Geno walked up to the portal, looking through to see the god of death in battle with the child that had caused his suffering. Reaper was losing, it was clear to see for Geno, but before he could do anything, a slash was heard and soon after reaper collapsed. Chara standing behind reaper with their scythe that was now covered in his blood. Geno watches with tears in his eyes as reapers body dusted, leaving only his cloak.

Geno looked in disbelieve, this must be a nightmare, this can't be real. Geno looked up at chara, who had the same grin on their face. "Is something wrong~?" They said in an innocent voice, just to tease Geno. Geno growled at chara, his magic eye activated, glowing a bright blue and red. He summoned his blaster, but not a normal one. It was a lot, and I mean a lot, bigger. It charged and fired at chara. Chara disappeared, their giggle still going around the room. Geno stayed ready for any form of attack, but nothing came. Geno used his magic to get reapers cloak and put it on. The cloak was covered in dust, but Geno didn't care. All he wished for was for this to be a nightmare, that he would wake up any minute and reaper would be there to comfort him.

Geno sat there for a good few hours, crying and waiting for something to happen, anything, but nothing did. He watched the portal, it would close soon, right? It wouldn't be here if reaper was dead, right? He watched the pile of dust, half expecting something to happen, but once again, nothing did. After another good hour, the portal finally closed, leaving Geno in the dark void. He didn't want to believe it. Reaper was playing a trick. He made it out. Geno stood up, looking around. "Rea-reaper? Reaper, if t-this is a joke then it's not f-funny! Come ou-out!" Geno called out, his voice shaking from crying.

*but nobody came

Geno was alone, just like he had before reaper came. Geno wanted to cry again, but he felt something there, a dark aura, an aura he knew, reapers aura. Geno looked around, nothing, but he could still feel it. An echo of a voice could be heard, it seemed to come from everywhere, but the way Geno looked. "Please don't cry." It said, sounding worried. Geno kept looking around, hoping to find reaper in the void of the save screen. "Geno!" The voice got louder the longer it spoke. Geno felt someone wrap their arms around him in a hug, even though he couldn't see anyone. "Geno please!" Geno felt like crying, he tried hugging back, but only ended up hugging himself.

"Geno! Wake up!" Geno's eye shot open. He was still in the save screen, though not alone anymore. He could feel that he was being hugged tightly. He hugged back, knowing who it was. He started crying again, relieve washing over him. It was all just a bad dream. "Shhh, it's ok, I'm here." Reaper said softly, rubbing circles on Geno's back. Geno was clinging to reaper, not wanting to let go. Reaper had been worried when he came back to geno, only to find him asleep on the ground, shaking and crying. He had immediatly gone to try and wake him up, only to hear him talk, almost in a demanding tone telling reaper to come out. This gave reaper slight idea of what the nightmare was about. Reaper kept calming geno, softly saying reasuring things.

"Don't worry, we're save and sound."