If you like this chapter, be sure to leave a heart or comment so I know you want to see more! I couldn't get the music to work in this chapter sorry :( Previous chapter: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/579844905/ ♡ Every time I've seen her, Grace Rutherford has always been incredibly kind to me, treating me almost as her own child. But today, when she answers the door after I knock, the look she gives me is one of sheer disdain and disgust. "Why are you here, Mettaton?" she asks coldly. "Haven't you done enough damage already?" I blink, taken aback by her harshness. "I just- I need to drop off Elizabeth's belongings. They were still at my house." I hold up the huge box in my arms. "Is… is she okay?" Grace doesn't answer. Instead, she simply yanks the box out of my arms and shouts into the other room. "Mary! Yui! Come help me with this box, please!" "Coming!" someone cries, and in a matter of seconds, the couple appears at the door. At first they seem fine, but when they notice me in the doorway, they start to glare fiercely. After an icy silence, Mary growls, "Mom, do you think Steph can help you with the box? I need to talk to… him." Grace sighs with exasperation, then resignedly carries the box out of sight. Yui, meanwhile, briefly stops giving me the death stare to whisper something to Marianne. "Do you want me to go, babe?" Mary shakes her head, never taking her eyes off me for a second. "No." She shuts the door and steps closer to me, staring me down, then hisses, "What did you do to my sister?" I open my mouth, but nothing comes out. Finally, I manage to murmur, "I told her it wouldn't be safe for us to be together.” Mary jabs a finger in my face accusingly, her eyes shooting daggers at me. “Well thanks to YOU, wise guy, she’s pretty much ruined! I thought I trusted you- I LIKED you!! But then you turn around, break up with my sister, shatter her heart, leave her crying alone in her bedroom, and then show up at her door a day later like nothing happened! WHAT do you have to say for yourself?” “Break up?! I-it’s not like we were ever- wait, crying in her bedroom? Ruined??” I echo in disbelief, blinking several times. “Did- did it really hurt her that badly?” “‘Did it really hurt her that badly?’” Mary mocks me. “For the love of God, how dense can you even be? You expect her not to be heartbroken?” “Is she okay?” I say insistently, stepping forward. “Can- can I see her? Please, I just want to help-” “If you want to help, then leave,” Yui finally murmurs. Although her words are spoken quietly, like always, they somehow manage to pierce through my soul like knives. Despite being nearly a foot shorter than me, she stares me down coldly. “We don’t want you here. You’ve done enough. Get out.” I flinch. Mary places a hand on Yui’s shoulder, and the latter seems to relax a little. “...Okay. I understand.” I bite my lip for a moment, wishing not for the first and certainly not the last time that I had the ability to cry. “I can’t even tell you how sorry I am. But if you want me to leave, I will-” “Then DO IT ALREADY, tin can!!!” Mary snaps. Startled, I back away, then resignedly walk back to my car, hugging myself for comfort. So that’s it… The amends I’d hoped to make crumble before me as I struggle to accept my defeat. I’ve broken the woman I love. How could I...? How could I have done this to her, to her family? Will she be able to recover? Will she be the same person again? Oh God… what have I done? ♡ i'm seriously reconsidering continuing to write this if it's gonna hurt my heart this bad lol Art and writing by me! All Undertale content and characters belong to Toby Fox. Probably only 6 or so chapters left...? I'm not sure tbh but not a whole lot :) ♡
