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[Fancomic] Best Friend

Summary:

Asgore talks with his flowers about Rudy and the many things left unsaid to him, unaware of how much they hear. 19 pages.

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Never really posted a comic here before, but this one is so long and it really should be best taken as a whole. It came about mostly because I wanted to make a joke about Flowery thinking terms like "best friend" or "old buddy" were romantic because Asgore would use them while talking about Rudy and he was clearly in love with him, but the more I thought about that the sadder it got, so I went in a different direction.

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Hello, my little ones! I hope you all have been growing well today. I've had a busy day myself... I went to visit Rudy to see how he's doing. I brought him another bouquet, some of my best roses. He always laughs when he sees them... I made sure to bring a glass case to keep them fresh, just like with all of you.
...I told him how worried I was about him, how I pray for him... he didn't really want to hear it, I think. He just laughs and tells me things will be okay, and I don't need to worry so much, or bring him such expensive flowers... but I think a gift is more important than some money, especially considering...
...You know... I've known Rudy for a long time. Did I tell you that? I might have, it's been a long time that we've all known each other! I'm sure I've told you all many things over the years... it has been so many years now, hasn't it?
...I met Rudy back in college. To be honest, I don't remember a lot of what I studied back then, but I remember having... so much fun with Rudy. We spent so much time together, back then... oh, we were very close. Days like those... happy, carefree days when you're young and the world is so open to you... they feel very far away now.
That kind of feeling, back then... it felt like you could do anything. Be anyone. Rudy, he thought the same thing. We both... tried a lot of things we hadn't done before. We just spent... so much time together, back then. It was... so important to me. I don't think I realized how important it was until much later.
I think... maybe I didn't... know, as much as I should have. Rudy and me, we did so much together. I thought, we were on the same page about it, but. Maybe... we should have talked about things more. Like I'm doing with all of you. Maybe it would have made things... clearer, for me.
But... you know. He met Carol, and I met Tori, and... well, things changed so fast. Things you think will last forever... sometimes they end before you know it.
Not all of you, though. Not all of you! I've made sure of that... but...
I... when I think of him, when I see him in the hospital, and I think of... what it was like, when we were young. Things I was... perhaps mistaken about. We're... we're still close. Still just as close as can be. Don't you worry about that! It's not like... anything really changed, between us.
We're still...
He's my... ..... ..... best friend. His... old buddy. Pal. Chum! You know, all of those things! Yes... my best friend. My... best friend. It's good to have... a best friend.
...Ah, I just want him to be alright. I want him to be alright so badly... I wish there was more that I could do. I don't want to lose him, not after all this time. Not after...
Sometimes, I wonder...
what it would be like, if things had gone differently.

(Your dad's my best friend.)