Authors Note!: Hello! Sly here! I know named my character after myself how rude ;) Anyway I felt this story was best in second POV so that you can really feel his emotions! while this isn't my first story, it's been a long time since I've written! I hope you like it!
You groan as you shuffle into the bathroom, the first rays of sunshine filtering in from the small skylight. Stepping closer to the sink, examining yourself for a moment you sighed. Your hair was sticking in every which way, and you decided right then that it was time for a haircut, usually keeping your auburn hair short on the sides and letting the top stay relatively long and flop onto the right side in loose curls. Even that was getting too long though, and you dreaded the trip to the barber. Reaching for your toothbrush you got to work on your morning routine.
Finishing quickly enough, you returned to the living room to see Asclepius, your blue merle smooth collie, holding his leash and watching you. A soft smile came across your face and you grabbed your bag with his service gear in it and unzipped it. " 'mere bub" you mumble to him, and he quickly makes his way over to you standing still as you clip on his vest and the handle to it. The soft blue of the vest stood out from his fur and you smiled at him, he was such a handsome dog, and your entire world really. "Gotta get to work bubs, you ready?" You ask him as you put his head halter on and he looks up at you, left eye blue and electric while the right was a soft chocolate brown. You two had that in common, kind of. One eye brown, splotched with an icy blue, and the other completely ice blue with flecks of brown. They stood out even against your light skin. It actually got you almost as many stares as having a service dog, almost. Shaking your head you check your phone and groan "6:00am" 30 minutes until you had to be at work. Grabbing your keys and charger and slinging the backpack across your shoulder you head out. Asclepius knew the way to work and while he didn't pull he led you there as your mind wandered. You lived in a large enough city that there were plenty of people walking, but it was small enough that work was only 15 minutes away, and it was almost instinct by now. You let Asclepius and your legs guide you while you looked at the shops you passed.
Work passed by quickly enough and it was an easy job, you literally sat and watched dogs all day, from 6:30 am until 6:30pm. It paid really well and you knew you had gotten extremely lucky. You could play on your phone as long as you kept a watchful eye out for the pups, and you didn't have to stand all the time. Clocking out and saying a meek goodbye to your coworkers you headed out. You were never really one to gossip and that was about all they did. Not that they were bad, just wasn't your thing. You smiled at Asclepius and headed home, fighting over whether or not you wanted to stop by the shop on the way or not. Completely zoned out you could do nothing but squeak when Asclepius and yourself nearly collided with someone coming around a corner "S-Sorry!" You blurted out as your face went red. "It's dark and I didn't-" you cut off as your eyes lifted to him, he wasn't much taller than you were, and he wasn't human. Now it had been 2 years since monsters had come topside but you hadn't particularly MET any. But he was, and you found yourself staring at his skull, his eye sockets lit with bright white pupils and a smile plastered on his face. His large canines shining brightly in the moons light. He was...a skeleton? You were incredibly embarrassed but you couldn't help but look at him. A snort, "you're good kid, just be careful" it wasn't rude or cruel, it was filled with genuine amusement. His voice was deep, and gravelly. The anxiety hit you all at once, and you stood there awkwardly for a moment your mind racing as you let out a forced laugh "heh, uh, yeah, sorry again" you sidestepped and Asclepius followed obviously aware of your anxiousness he touched his nose to your hand. Okay, alright, just move forward now.. just continue on with your walk home...left foot right foot. Asclepius was moving forward before you were, snapping you out of your trance and you quickly realized you had literally been staring this whole time. You forced another laugh and then scurried onward, your heart racing. He watched you walk away, watched you falter in your steps a little, and gave a big shrug before walking away.
You arrived home flustered and your heart still racing. Annoyed with yourself you shrug off your work clothes and pull on your far too large hoodie and fuzzy pants. Replaying the events in your head over and over you groan. Sly you literally couldn't say shit you just sat there and stared and that was so rude and he probably thought that was so rude and why couldn't you just act Normal...Scrubbing your eyes you flick on the tv and Asclepius hops up beside you on the couch, laying his head on your lap the two of you settled into your nightly routine.
The next day was one of your days off, Saturday, and yesterday had been pay day. This meant shopping trips, and you were not ready. Huffing and sitting on the couch you fumbled with the beanie that you usually wore. Trying to psych yourself up to actually go out and get shit done. With one final push you shove the beanie on and stand, Asclepius was ready to go and as you grabbed your keys you shoved the final doubts of going out into the back of your head. You had made a list of things you needed to get done, and another list with groceries you needed to get. Even so the day went by relatively smoothly until you had to go grocery shopping. You had put it off for as long as you could and could feel the anxiety growing as you approached. You didn't live in the *best* part of town and while it wasn't awful most of the people had no boundaries or filters and it was extremely stressful. Grabbing a cart you made sure Asclepius was in a close heel and was on his best behaviour, trying to hide him the best you could. You ignored the coos and gawking as best you could and avoided as many questions as possible before you were physically stopped by someone who insisted they *needed* to pet Asclepius "ah..actually he's..hes Working so if you could just-" you were cut off by the person as they forced their way between you and Asclepius "It's fine! I just wanna say hi!" Asclepius was trying to get back by your side and was physically uncomfortable with the person grabbing at his neck scruff and as they forced you back you easily lost your balance trying to grab at his handle to right yourself you missed and could feel yourself falling, and then you stopped, a hand had pressed itself to your back and you opened your eyes which you hadn't even realized were closed, ready for the impact of the floor. The side of a white skull was above you and as he pushed you up to right yourself he quipped at the person "Hey bud. He said no huh? Dontcha think that's a little rude?" Cool as a cucumber, with that smile still plain as day on his face. The person that had forced themself onto your dog had backed off at the sight of the skeleton, and while he certainly wasn't forceful in his request to back off the person seemed a little fearful before turning tail and walking away without even an apology. "Ya get that often?" The skeleton was still faced toward where the person had walked off to but his bright white pupils had slid their way over to you and settled on your own eyes. Shifting in his large fluffy blue jacket he turned to you, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Uh." You tried to say literally anything but nothing wanted to come out, finally managing a nod you frowned. "Yeah...well not always like that, usually it's just calling out to him or coming up to pet him without asking. I-ive never been pushed like that" setting your hand firmly on the handle to Asclepius' vest you grounded yourself. " 's rude, Whatta bonehead" he responded "ah, yeah, um... T-thank you!" You were still a little light headed as the skeleton winked at you and you shook your head smiling at the joke "fahgedaboudit, I'm Sans by the way" he reached a hand out to you. "Figured I'd introduce myself since this is our secon' time meeting" you took his hand and it was odd, you had expected to meet bone but instead it was like there was a small barrier. It was almost like electricity going through your hand, not unpleasant just noticeable. "I'm Sly-" you were cut off by a loud voice that made you jump slightly "SANS WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, I HAVE FOUND THE SPAGHETTI" a much taller skeleton rounded the aisle carrying a box of spaghetti noodles and gave Sans an exasperated look "WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS BOONDOGGLE ABOUT?". Sans chuckled and winked at you again and you tried to figure out how it made you feel but decided against it and returned your attention to the taller skeleton "Sorry Paps just talking to a new friend, guess I really am a lazybones" Sans motioned towards you and you felt uncomfortable being the centre of attention, but his joke had you giggling a little. "HELLO HUMAN! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS!", Papyrus looked at you smiling brightly and you nodded "I-Im Sly, nice to meet you" this was a lot. "YES I AM ENVIOUS OF YOU TO BE MEETING ME, THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" You laughed a little, Papyrus was a whole lot of energy, but you could tell his boastful words had come from a good place. Sans spoke up now, his voice was so cool and calm and deep and it intrigued you "c'mon bro let's let him get back to his shopping" he gave you a smile and turned to walk away Papyrus following him fussing at him for wandering off. "UH S-SANS" you called to him and you had no clue what you were going to say after that, your mouth had betrayed you. The skeleton turned around and raised a brow bone at you "thanks again" you managed and he smirked "Like I said, don't mention it, I got your back" the pun had you actually comfortable with him than you had realized "would have been boned if you hadn't come around" you retorted and the look Papyrus gave you was one of annoyance "NOT YOU TOO HUMAN". You returned home feeling chipper much better than when you had gone out. You wondered where you'd meet Sans at next.