[Deltarune] Two Planets

A Two Hearted Dream

After Norma and Asriel finished dinner, the two were discussing the bill.

"I'll do it." Asriel offered, not that Norma was going to jump in anytime soon.

"Hey now," the other monster mused, "I brought enough to cover mine!" and with that pulled out just enough to cover the cost of their meal. Asriel looked over the money before looking back at Norma with a teasing grin.

"You're five dollars short- you got dessert today, remember?"

Norma let out a fake scoff to feign surprise. "We agreed that you would pay for dessert Dreemur!"

"Funny," came the cheeky answer, "I don't remember that."

Norma did not look amused as Asriel laughed at their expense, going ahead with paying for the rest of the meal anyway. Norma, still pretending to be annoyed, gave another scoff to look away from Asriel for a few moments before looking back.

"I swear that every time you deal with the tip, you give Moonflower more and more." Norma noted as Asriel placed down a 20 for the tip. The monster looked up at his roommate, giving a wide, mischievous smirk before saying, "Are you compensating for something Sunflower?"

"Grow up." Asriel hissed, not at all amused by whatever idea Norma was trying to hint at. The goat monster then hesitated for a moment before quickly placing a quarter next to the 20 as Orenda started to come back over. Norma couldn't help but snort in amusement.

"Just ask her out, Sunflower."

Asriel refused to answer, instead giving a small smile to himself that gave away to Norma that there was something he wasn't telling them. And Norma hated it.

. . .

Orenda preferred to stay late at the diner. The empty diner's kitchen, with only a single, swinging light above her as she washed dishes, was like the calm after the storm- it was a wonderful time to just get lost in her own thoughts and forget the world outside the diner for a little while. Sometimes she'd hum to herself to further help time pass, other times she'd play a CD from the dusty CD player that sat on a shelf by the freezer. Tonight, she felt like doing a little bit of both.

You know, my darling, I can't stand to sleep alone;

No sweetheart in the dark to call my own.

You're my own, you're my own, I can sing it, I can groan;

But the darkness is a stranger and I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, low...

Little did the human woman realize that someone had entered the diner from the back entrance (that was always unlocked until the last person left, which tonight meant her). They quietly crept their way through the diner to the kitchen door. From there, they seemed to linger to watch her continue to be caught up in her own world. The stranger looked at her with the same puppy-like admiration one would have for their sweetheart, and dared not to break her out of her happy trance.

Lonely, lonely, lonely, 'cause my mama told me;

The dream of love is a two hearted dream!

"Isn't the diner closed now, miss?"

Thoroughly shocked, Orenda let out a scream as she whipped her body around to see who had spoken. When she saw who it was, she immediately let out a sigh of relief.

"Asriel," she sighed, "Don't scare me like that."

"Sorry..." the goat monster immediately apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "But the last time I came in, I tried to give you a hug and you gave me a broken jaw."

Orenda gave a knowing smirk. "Well, if you didn't insist on seeing me so late, or at least warned me when you were going to visit, then I wouldn't have panic attacks and you wouldn't be physically attacked."

Asriel gave a nervous chuckle before walking over to her, so they could be closer for a more intimate conversation.

"Norma wanted me to ask you out again." he told her, more as if he were speaking a thought.

"Oh did they?" Orenda hummed as she took up a new dish to scrub. "You should tell them that I'm already seeing someone."

Asriel gave a snort as he started to wrap his arms around the human's tiny frame. The goat monster was always so afraid of hugging her too tight, in fear that she may snap in two if held too tightly.

"I think I prefer us this way instead." he mumbled while burying his head into her neck. "No judgments, no one spying on us, and no moms to force you to church when you kiss one girl in some stupid game you didn't even want to be a part of..."

"Speaking of mothers," Orenda then teased as she spun around to be face to face with Asriel, "I heard you were going back home for the holiday?"

Perhaps in knowing what was coming, Asriel took a step back from Orenda. "Yeah, I am." Feeling guilty, he looked away from her to add, "I'm still not ready for you to meet them yet. Especially Mom..."

"If the way you make her out to be is any indication, I don't think I want to either."

"She really isn't that bad..." Asriel tried to cover up, despite both of them knowing he had already made his point. "I think that if anyone wouldn't like you, it would be Kris, but that's because we're real close. But once Kris gets to know you, I'm sure you two would be friends."

Orenda gave a small smile at the idea. Asriel talked about Kris a lot; a trouble maker, practically the antithesis of their older brother, and -above all else- Kris was...

The vessel has been created.

Without warning, Orenda let out a shrill, earsplitting scream that nearly gave Asriel a heart attack. The human continued to scream as she grabbed her head as if it were in a fit to burst, and she fell to the ground in a crumbled heap of pain.

"Orenda!" Asriel immediately reacted, trying to catch her and mostly failing. She hit the ground softly, at least, but that did not stop her from screaming like someone was murdering her.

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