Faye seemed slightly nervous. She stared off into the distance where the waterfall was.

"Whatcha lookin' at?" Brayden asked, catching her glance.

"Just the waterfall," Faye replied. "It's really pretty. It's so shiny and rushes quickly. It bubbles so... oh, I love the sound it makes..."

"Just looks like water to me." Brayden shrugged.

"It is water," Faye replied. "But when it's falling like that... it's beautiful."

"I... guess?" Brayden said, shrugging once again.

"I'm sorry," Faye sighed. "You don't really care... that's okay." She looked at him. "What did you want to talk about?"

Brayden cleared his throat. "Well, I... um... actually kinda wanted to ask you something." He paused. "Y'know when we were pretending to be Undyne and Alphys and you... said a bunch of stuff... kinda sounded you like, LIKED me..." His cheeks were a faint red. "... were you being serious?"

"..." Faye looked down. "... I j-just... think you're a really good best friend..."

"Of course you do!" Brayden grinned. "I'm the BEST best friend!" He gave her a noogie. "And you're the second best best friend! And to me, you're my best BEST friend!"

"Thanks..." Faye smiled. "I... I don't think I'm a good friend though..."

"No way!" Brayden retorted. "You're great!"

"Not really..." Faye sighed. "I'm... I'm just a weird loser."

"You're really quiet, but you're not a loser." Brayden replied, folding his arms.

Faye shook her head. "You... you just... don't know the truth about me. That's the only reason you care about me. Because you just think I'm... a quiet girl who likes her Faye-bulous puns." She winked. "But... in reality... I'm horrible."

"NO YOU'RE NOT!" Brayden retorted. "I MEAN THAT PUN WAS PRETTY BAD BUT YOU'RE NOT!"

"Stop doing that!" Faye suddenly grumbled. She sighed, looking away. "Please, just... stop being so.... nice to me. I get that you don't like seeing people feeling down, but... I don't deserve those chances. I really don't, Brayden." Brayden looked like he was about to say something, but Faye stopped him. "Don't tell me you don't agree with me. Don't tell me I'm great or nice or cool or whatever. Just... if you're going to say anything..." she sighed. "Be honest with me. If... if there's something you've been wanting to tell me for a while and haven't... then tell me that."

There was a pause. Finally Brayden cleared his throat.

"Honestly... I'm... kinda worried about you," he admitted. "You act kinda creepy sometimes. It's like you... know something crazy's going on."

Faye looked down, her hair covering her eyes. Eventually, she looked up.

"... what if Flowey wasn't completely lying?" she asked in a quiet voice.

"Whaddya mean?" Brayden asked, making a face.

"Nevermind..." Faye replied, turning away.

"C'mon Faye, you don't have to hide anything from me!" Brayden said, putting an arm around Faye's shoulder. "WE'RE FRIENDS! You can tell me whatever you want!"

"... this is different, Brayden..." Faye said quietly. "I... I... I just... I..." She breathed in shakily. "I'm sorry... you won't understand."

"TRY ME!" Brayden yelled, holding up a fist.

"No... maybe you will understand, but..." Faye sighed. "I just don't want you to understand."

"Why?!" Brayden asked.

Faye sighed. "Because if you do... I... I'm scared... I'm scared you..."

"Scared I'll what?" Brayden asked.

"... I'm scared you won't like me anymore." Faye mumbled. "I'm scared you'll hate me."

"I'd NEVER hate you!" Brayden retorted, lightly punching Faye's shoulder with a reassuring grin.

"But what if you do?" Faye asked, sweating. "Y... you don't know anything... I... don't want to lose you..." 

She thought, not when you mean so much to me...

"I know because I CARE about you, Faye," Brayden said. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it reassuringly. "You think some big secret's gonna keep us apart? HECK no! Clover got herself expelled but you don't see me running away from her, eh? You're good, Faye. Okay?!"

Faye blushed and looked down. She gazed at Brayden's hand in hers and felt a feeling of bliss. She looked at his face and admired that grin he always wore. She felt her heart pump and her face heat up. But she knew she was ready.

It was time to tell the truth.

"... oh..." Faye sighed. "Alright then. W-Well... a long time ago... I... began having dreams. These dreams were... kind of weird. I dreamt about... this place. The Underground. I dreamt about monsters and humans... then I kept having dreams about... all these timelines, and... other strange things... I didn't understand any of it. I didn't think much of it either so I kept all those things to myself. Then, eventually... I realised." She paused. "These things were our future."

"Waiiiitttt, you can SEE THE FUTURE?!" Brayden asked, raising his brow.

"... kind of," Faye said. "I mean, I didn't know these things were our future... until I saw them." She made a face. "They appeared in a few of my dreams. They didn't say much, but they... they were doing a lot of horrible things..."

"Who?" Brayden asked. "Chara?"

"No, not Chara," Faye said. "But I did see Chara. They were just watching them, looking very sad."

"Watching who?" Brayden asked.

"The eighth human." Faye replied. "They didn't seem like much of a nice person in my dreams. But then... we actually met them. And they were much nicer than I thought. They led us up Mt. Ebott... and that's when I realised all my dreams were future events. And I realised so many other things as well." She paused. "I've known about RESETS and SAVES for a long time. I know we actually did fight Asgore, but since we all died, the eighth human reset."

"REALLY?!" Brayden asked.

"Why didn't any of you guys remember?" Faye asked. She sighed. "I guess... that reset was... different."

There was a pause. Faye noticed Brayden tensing up.

"Why didn't you say anything about this BEFOREHAND?!" he suddenly asked. "You could've, like, helped us all out! We might not EVEN BE DOWN HERE! YOU COULD'VE STOPPED ALL THAT!"

Faye shivered. Guilt washed through her. She choked up.

"I was... too scared," she admitted. "The future is never guaranteed, Brayden. I didn't want to mess anything up."

"UGHH!" Brayden growled, standing up. "Seriously?! You're such... you're such a WIMP! Why don't you tell anyone ANYTHING?!"

"I knew this would happen..." Faye sighed. She looked sad. "You already hate me."

"Do you know that 'cause of your future powers or whatever?" Brayden asked. He scowled. "BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT!"

Faye looked hurt. She wiped her eyes. "I think so too..." She stood up. "I'm sorry..." She ran away, hiding her face.

"YEAH!" Brayden yelled, sounding angry. "RUN! Y-YOU COWARD!"

He walked over to a pile of garbage and punched it. The garbage floated all around him like a river. He ended up getting covered in it too.

"STUPID!" He yelled, punching more garbage. "COWARD! USELESS!" 

He threw some over the edge of the waterfall. He continued yelling and punching things, mess everywhere. He refused to cry. He wasn't weak. Not like her.

"Brayden?" a voice suddenly asked him. He turned around and saw Cody behind him, nervously waving with a smile. "Are you okay?"

"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE CODY?!" Brayden asked. He wouldn't admit it, but Cody suddenly appearing scared him.

"Well, my sister and Melody started arguing about the stick kid, and Percy couldn't decide who to side with so he went off to be by himself," Cody said. "I couldn't stop them arguing so I sneaked off and... I heard you yelling..."

"Ohhhh." Brayden replied, his brow raised.

"Where's Faye?" Cody asked.

"WHO CARES?!" Brayden asked furiously, clenching his fists. He looked like he wanted to punch something again.

Cody frowned. "Aren't you worried about her?"

Brayden gritted his teeth. "She's a LIAR!"

"How so?" Cody asked.

"She has this power of seeing the future in her dreams, but she didn't tell anyone about it until NOW!" Brayden grumbled. "She doesn't tell anyone ANYTHING! She's just a coward!" He sounded furious. "If she TOLD US ALL ABOUT HER POWER, WE'D STILL BE HOME! WE WOULDN'T BE NEAR DEATH! WE WOULDN'T BE STUCK DOWN HERE IN THIS STUPID GARBAGE DUMP!" He punched more garbage, still trying not to cry. "DON'T YOU GET IT, CODY?! SHE COULD'VE SAVED US IF SHE SAID SOMETHING! BUT SHE DOESN'T BECAUSE 'Ooh, I'm scared people will judge me'!" He breathed heavily. "COWARD!"

Cody knew the problem. Brayden just wanted to go home.

"Oh Brayden..." Cody walked over to Brayden. "I think Faye kept her power a secret to protect herself as well. If everyone knew about it, bad people might use her power to their advantage! They might take her away and you'd never see her again." He made a face. "Worse, they might think s-she's a monster or something terrible and k... do something really bad to her!"

Brayden kept his teeth gritted.

"I don't think Faye would've liked us all to fall down here," Cody said. "... but... who knows? Maybe she knew that the future would be worse if she didn't keep her power a secret. Maybe this was the better outcome."

"WHY ARE YOU BEING SO NICE TO HER?!" Brayden snapped, glaring at Cody. "MAYBE SHE COULD'VE SAID SOMETHING TO ANYONE, MAYBE-"

"Brayden," Cody held up his hands. "I don't think that Faye's completely in the right. I do think she could've done better. A lot better. She's not perfect." He sighed. "But look at monsters. A lot of them tried to kill us, but once we got to know them... we learned a lot of them were nice. We gave them a second chance. And look what happened! We became friends with them." He smiled. "If you gave monsters a second chance... it's not so hard to give Faye one too, right?"

"B-but..." Brayden made a face. "We've only known monsters for... however long we've been down here. I've known Faye for AGES! If she had something to hide she would've said it ages ago! IT'S DIFFERENT, OKAY?!"

"You've known Faye longer than you've known monsters, that's true," Cody said. "But that doesn't mean she doesn't deserve to be forgiven. She doesn't think very highly of herself... but she loves seeing you go out and be brave. She told me that once. She thinks you're amazing! She'd forgive you in a heartbeat. And she doesn't want you to think she's a bad person. You mean quite a lot to her."

"I..." Brayden looked away.

"Brayden," Cody said. "Faye really cares about you. She'd never want to hurt you. I just know it." He smiled. "Is your friendship really worth breaking over this one mistake?"

"I..." Brayden sighed, slumping down. "I... I'm an idiot, aren't I..." His voice was strained. "Damn... why did I..."

"It's okay," Cody said, kneeling down next to him. "You deserve a second chance too. It'll be okay."

"CODY YOU'RE A FRIGGEN LIFESAVER!" Brayden cheered, putting his arm around Cody's neck and hugging the poor boy too hard. "LITERALLY AND, UM, METAPHORICALLY! LIKE HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?!"

"I do my best!" Cody blushed. He coughed, visibly uncomfortable. "Um, please let me go!"

"Heh," Brayden chuckled nervously and let Cody go. Cody anxiously rubbed his head. "Anyway, I owe you big time, dude. But right now I gotta go and find my best friend." He stood up and held out his fist. "LATER MAN!" He ran off, searching for his best friend.

...

Faye sobbed into her palms. She was sitting in the area where she and Frisk played Go Fish... who even knows how long ago? It didn't matter. She felt terrible. Her own best friend thought she was horrible. If even Brayden didn't care about her... then what did she have left? She kept crying. She thought about how much Brayden meant to her. She knew despite how loud and impatient he could be, he was a very caring and compassionate person. He cared about her too. 

Faye knew why he was upset. She'd feel the same way. And she hadn't even told him everything about her...

"You and Brayden had a fight?" Percy gasped. "But you're my OTP!" He fiddled with his notebook. "So, you're here because you don't want to be near Brayden, yes?"

"... yeah." Faye said. "I... I think he hates me."

"Why is that?" Percy asked.

"I... I just... lied about some things." Faye sighed. 

Her dreams hadn't told her anything about this. She wished they did. She choked up once more.

"I'm not very knowledgeable about emotional feelings, but I don't think he would genuinely hate you that quickly," Percy said. "And even if he did, he tends to have short bursts of anger, then he is not mad anymore. I have taken notes on behaviour. That doesn't mean I understand it. I don't. But this is the best I can give you."

"It was very nice of you to try, Percy..." Faye said. "Thank you."

"Oh," Percy said. He flipped through his notebook. "Perhaps try... 'reminiscing'?"

Faye flashed back to when she and Brayden first met ages ago, back in the first year of school...

...

Faye was sitting by herself at the back of the classroom. She was too shy to approach anyone and other students thought she was a bit weird, so they didn't approach her. So she was alone most of the time. She played with her hair. Back then, her ribbon was brand new and her hair was almost completely covering her face. She was wearing a dress instead of a shirt and pants. It was white and had two cyan stripes on the chest.

Faye was daydreaming. She'd had a funny dream the previous night, and she couldn't get her little mind off it...

"HEY!" a squeaky voice yelled in front of her. Faye nearly fell out of her chair. A boy was standing in front of her. He was wearing a bandanna that was way too big for his head and his light-brown hair was a mess. He was wearing pink, cotton gloves instead of leather ones. He had a bandage on his elbow. He was somewhat covered in mud and Faye noticed he had a booger in his nose.

"Um... hi..." Faye said quietly back, her voice barely above a whisper.

"WHAT?" the boy asked, very loudly. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

"I-I, um... s-said... hi." Faye squeaked, looking down with a blush. '

She hoped the boy wouldn't ask her again. She felt embarrassed enough already.

"Whatcha doin'?!" the boy asked.

"I-I don't r-really k-know..." Faye whispered.

"I CAN'T HEAR YOOOOOUUUUUUU!" the boy whined.

"I..." Faye bit her lip. "I... I don't really know..."

"WHAT?!" the boy asked. 

Faye just kept looking away. The boy sat next to her.

"You look kinda lonely," he said. Faye was relieved he wasn't yelling anymore. "Do you have any friends?"

"... not really..." Faye said sadly.

"Yeah, me too," the boy said. Faye found that surprising. "I just moved here, so I don't know anyone. And I saw you hanging out back here and you looked kinda sad, and being sad SUUCCKKKKSS so I came over!"

"... oh," Faye said. She felt... kind of happy. "That's... really nice... of you."

The boy grinned. "Wanna be friends?!"

"U-um, okay..." Faye said, with a small smile.

"YEAH!" the boy cheered. "What's your name, by the way?! I'M BRAYDEN!"

"... my name is..... Faye...." Faye mumbled.

"WHHAAAAAAATTTT?!" Brayden asked.

Faye smirked. She didn't dream about this, but she had a feeling she and Brayden would be friends for a long time.

Faye realised she was crying again. Percy was watching her, looking very unsure about the situation.

"I'll... leave you alone." he said. He walked away. 

Faye continued crying. She missed her best friend. She wanted him to come back. She suddenly knew what she had to do. She had to apologise. She had to say this was all a joke. She didn't have any powers. She had to lie. If that would make him understand...

No. Lying didn't help anyone. Alphys knew it. And Faye knew it too. She just needed to apologize. So she stood up and began searching for her best friend... and her crush.

"Brayden?" she called out. "I'm... really sorry! I'm sorry I lied to you, I'm sorry I kept so much to myself... I just... I just didn't want anyone to hate me! I... I didn't want to lose you..." She gulped, tears forming in her eyes once again. "If you're... anywhere... I just want to see you again! Brayden? Brayden?!"

...

"So she's NOT here?" Brayden asked Napstablook.

"no...." Napstablook replied. "sorry...."

"UGH!" Brayden groaned. He walked off, shoulders slumped. "FAYE?!" 

He walked over to Napstablook's snail farm. He picked a snail up and brought it to his face. "You seen my best friend? She's got blonde hair and a red ribbon."

The snail shrugged. It jumped out of Brayden's hand, doing a somersault and getting a perfect landing.

"What about YOU?!" Brayden pointed at another snail. "Have you seen my best friend?"

The snail (somehow) pointed in another direction. Brayden gave it a thumbs up and went that way. He kept calling out Faye's name.

"FAYE?" he yelled. "HEY, I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET MAD AT YOU! I MEAN I'M STILL KINDA MAD BUT YOU DESERVE ANOTHER CHANCE!"

He walked through a bunch of plants, glowing particles floating around his head. He remembered coming here a while back. Then he heard something. A girl's voice. But not just any girl's voice.

"Faye?!" he yelled. He ran towards it, shoving past tons of glowing plants.

...

Faye would recognise that voice anywhere. For once she ran towards it, ignoring how pretty the space was around her. For now, that didn't matter. For once, it didn't matter. Because... she saw him again.

The kids stared at each other for a bit. They got closer to each other, before giving each other a tight hug and repeating their apologies like broken records.

"I'm sorry, I don't hate you, I just think you could try a little harder," Brayden said, hugging Faye like he never wanted to let her go. "Okay?! I'm SORRY! DON'T RUN OFF ON ME!"

"I should've said something earlier, it's all my fault..." Faye sobbed into Brayden's shoulder. "I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry..."

"I'll give you another chance," Brayden said, patting her head. "You can thank Cody for that. He talked me into it."

"Percy told me to reminisce..." Faye said. She made a face. "That... helped me understand..."

"Percy of all people?" Brayden asked, laughing. "Not bad." He slowly let Faye go, shaking his arms. The two looked at their shoes. They were both blushing.

"I guess we should go back to the others now, heh," Brayden said, chuckling nervously. "We've been away for ages!"

"... yeah," Faye shrugged half-heartedly. She sounded... slightly disappointed.

"You okay?" Brayden asked her, sounding a bit concerned.

"I... I just wanted to be alone with you for a bit longer..." Faye admitted.

"Heck yeah, we can do that," Brayden smiled at her. "The others won't mind us taking a little longer, right?"

Brayden and Faye walked around Waterfall for a bit longer. They eventually sat down in the place with the sparkly ceiling. Brayden had to admit, the glimmering stones were quite an eye-catcher. Both of the kids could see why monsters liked them.

Faye rested her head on Brayden's shoulder. He put his arm around her, bringing her closer.

"Hey, Faye," Brayden said, his voice calm. Not a frequent occurrence. "Y'know before when you told me to be honest with you? ... well, there's... um, actually something I didn't tell you."

"What is it?" Faye asked, gently grabbing his arm.

For once, Brayden's voice was barely above a whisper. But it didn't matter, because Faye heard the words clearly:

"I love you."

Faye blushed, but then smiled. "I love you too."

The two lost track of the time they spent sitting there, silently hugging each other. But it didn't matter. When they had each other, they both knew it would be okay.