Asriel Dreemurr

Thank you...I'm sorry, I'm always falling to pieces over something, aren't I? It's just...there are so few people I know anymore, and when one of them leaves, I...

[He cuts off, afraid to complete that sentence. But Asriel can probably figure out at least partially what's frightening Mettaton.

The fact that the next one to leave might be someone he couldn't bear to lose. It's selfish to think that, considering that Asriel had lost his mother to the whims of the Ingress, but...he still hates it. Mettaton's tired of losing people.

He gives Asriel a squeeze, then pulls away from him. Seriously, they gotta get inside. No one needs to see all this codependency friendship.]