let’s smile again
I always get melancholic thinking about this.
Kris's dad used to be a gardener. They were probably taught to be gentle by him first.
Don't go and touch these flowers too hard you'll crush them, don't pull on a flower too hard you'll break it, watch your step and admire the beauty of a gentle embrace, watch and admire how beautiful a flower could be when you choose to be gentle with it.
And then you remember how he treats Kris now that his family fall apart.
Asgore hugs Kris too tightly and doesn't understand what he is doing all he understands is that Kris doesn't like it when he does that, he barely pays attention to them and whenever he does it ends with him trying to make a move on Toriel, he puts them in uncomfortable situations (like bringing flowers to their mother) and just leaves them there because he never takes the time to stop and think about his actions.
Kris is his flower.
Like any flower. Kris needs to be handled with care, Kris needs attention, Kris needs consideration but Asgore never understood.
Kris is nothing more than a flower that never got to blossom because of Asgore's obsession.
A flower that first learnt gentleness from the gardener only to never received it in the end by said gardner. Oh Kris.
