Chapter 2-

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Chapter 2-time flies with money

Sans yawned as he walked besides Papyrus, who smiled happily as they made their way into town. Sans kinda wished he could have slept in longer, but he promised Papyrus they'd go into Snowdin in the morning, and he never broke his promises for his bro.

The wind blew a bit harder that morning, but the snow still fell softly, the small dusting from the ground covered up whatever tracks the two brothers made behind them. Papyrus ended up going faster than Sans, going in front of him. He glanced back to look at him with a smile.

"Come on Sans! The others are going to be in school soon! I don't want to miss them before they leave!" Papyrus shouted happily to his brother.

"I'm commin' bro, hold your bones!" Sans forced a smile onto his face until Papyrus turned and ran ahead again. Once he did, Sans's smile disappeared, and he sighed. He always wondered why his little brother enjoyed going near the kids…they always picked on the poor skeleton. But every time they went home after a day with those kids, he'd always say the same encouraging words; "They'll change, they'll be better. I know they can if they try!". It always made Sans wonder how he always had the effort to stay positive like that. It didn't annoy him, no, in fact, he was glad he never gave up so easily, unlike him. It was the fact that he could try too hard and end up getting hurt that worried him. Sans knew the kids teased Papyrus, but he only hoped it didn't get any worse than that. He wouldn't know what to do if things did get out of han- "Saaans!"

Sans jumped a bit, brought back out of his muse when he heard his brother should at him with some irritation. Papyrus was still a ways ahead, but he had stopped to glare at him. "I told you to hurry up, not slow down! Come on! We're going to miss them!"

"Alright alright I hear ya bro." Sans quickly responded before starting up a bit of a quicker pace to catch up with Papyrus. Once he was close enough, Papyrus started to go ahead again, and they finished their walk to the front of the schoolyard.

There were a bunch of little monsters in front of the school gates. Some were chatting, others were running around and playing tag, and a couple others were just watching the other children interact with each other. Most of the mothers had left, but a couple were still there, waiting for the school to open and say goodbye to their kids. Papyrus smiled, happy to see he didn't miss anyone before the bell rang. He looked back at Sans and waved to him quickly. Sans smiled a little to him and waved back.

"I'll be at the benches if you need me, Paps!" Sans called out to his brother. Papyrus nodded a bit before hurrying towards the crowd of kids. Sans watched him for a second before walking over to the benches tiredly and sitting down. He yawned a bit and closed his eyes, taking advantage of this relaxing moment. When the kids were gone, he decided he would take Papyrus and him to Grilby's. It wasn't Papyrus's favorite place to go, but it was the second cheapest place around, next to the dumpsters. Sans smiled a bit and soon enough found himself asleep on the bend.

"Sans!" Sans's eyes snapped open to see Papyrus standing in front of him. All the other kids were gone, inside the school, he knew. He noticed something else too. Papyrus wasn't looking too happy. He wore a frown, and he had his gloved hands in his pockets, something h did only when he was really upset and had nothing to hold onto. Sans frowned at his appearance, and sat up.

"Hey Paps…what happened?" Sans asked him lightly, but already had a good guess. Papyrus looked down a bit, and didn't say anything. Sans frowned again. "It was those kids…wasn't it..?" He asked. Papyrus only nodded a bit. Sans sighed, and glared a bit towards the school. Papyrus took his hands out of his pockets and wrapped his arms around one of Sans's.

"Why are they always making fun of us, brother?" Papyrus asked quietly, his voice showing he was starting to choke up on sadness. Sans sighed, picked up his little brother, and sat him in his lap for the moment. Papyrus took that moment to bury his face into Sans's shoulder. Sans rubbed the back of his skull gently.

"They just don't understand, Paps." He said softly. "Not yet, anyways…they'll learn to accept us soon." He felt Papyrus give off a small sniffle. Sans got an idea to cheer him up. He quickly lifted Papyrus up onto his shoulder, getting a bit of a surprised gasp from the smaller skeleton, before he stood up and smiled. "Common bro, don't feel too bonely," Sans said, and heard a small groan of annoyance and a little giggle of laughter come from Papyrus. "Let's head to Grilby's, huh? We can eat out today." Papyrus smiled a bit at the option, then nodded. "Yeah, okay!" He said, then quickly gripped Sans's skull as Sans started a bit of a run towards the diner. After getting use to the speed, Papyrus loosened his grip, and smiled. "Neh heh he!" he laughed out in excitement up until they reached the small restaurant. Sans walked into the small place, huffing from the exersize.

"Man do I 'huff' need to exercise 'huff' more, heh…" Sans laughed a bit at his own lack of fitness as he brought him and his brother to a couple of booths at the bar. He sat Papyrus down in one of the seats, then sat next to him.

After a couple moments, a teenager, with what looked like he had fire for a head, and wore round green glasses came up. He was much taller, and slightly older than Sans. Sans smiled a bit.

"Hey Grilbz," Sans smiled at the kid. The kid working, Grilby, seemed to light up at the sight of the two brothers.

"Hello Sans, Papyrus. It's really nice to see you again." He said to the two. "It's been a while. What can I get for you guys?" The teenager asked politely. Sans smiled, and looked at Papyrus, knowing what the little skeleton liked.

"I'll take a bottle of ketchup, and Paps will have a hot chocolate." Sans said with a smile. Grilby nodded and went to go and get their refreshments, but first handed them a couple of menus. Papyrus smiled brightly and quickly opened the menu. Sans looked lazily through his menu as well. After figuring to take a burger and some fries, and looked over at Papyrus.

"What would you like, bro?" Sans asked him. Papyrus kept looking through the menu for a moment, seeming to have a hard time figuring out what he wanted. Finally, giving up, he smiled and looked over at Sans.

"I'll have whatever you're having, brother!" Papyrus said. Sans smiled a bit. "Heh, good choice bro." he said, just as Grilby came back with their refreshments. They ordered their food, and ate it happily, enjoying the food. Sans and Grilby had a few small conversations during the time. They talked a bit about Gribly's time at work and home, but most of Sans's comments in their conversations were lame but funny puns that seemed to brighten Grilby's day. The time had slipped away from the brothers, as they began to hear the sounds of Children and their parents rushing home. Sans glanced back at the closed door, and knew that rush hour was going to start up soon.

"Heh, hey Grilbz, sorry to end it so short, but we gotta get going, y'know? Don't wanna get caught in the rush hour…heh, right?" Sans commented. "We'll take the bill…if you don't mind." Grilbz nodded, then went and got the bill for them. Sans took it and looked at the price. He frowned at it, and glanced up at Grilby.

"Heh…the uh, price has gotten a bit higher…" He stated, obviously not happy about it. Grilby nitted his eyebrows a bit, and sighed.

"Yes…business had slowed the past week or two…so my dad had to raise the prices to keep this place in business…" He stated. "I am very sorry for net telling you sooner…" Sans waved his hand a bit. "nah, don't worry about it Grilbz…" Sans stated, and reached into his pocket. He got out the right amount of money, and handed it to Grilby. After doing so, he turned to papyrus, who had fallen half asleep in his booth. Sans sighed a bit, and gently lifted him up.

"Let's go buddy…" Sans said softly, feeling Papyrus lean onto his chest as he carried him, and soon began falling into a slightly deeper sleep. Sans walked past the now empty school, and out just before they reached the woods. Sans walked over to where there was a small, empty fireplace made from rocks, some ashes mixed with snow was on the inside of it. Near the small fire pit was a pile of multiple blankets, two makeshift mattresses made up of leaves, twigs, and some feathers that were caught by some birds. On top of those mattresses laid some comfortable pillows, obviously store bought. Next to one of the beds was a small action figure of Undine, and next to the other was an empty bottle of ketchup. There was also a tarp looking object folded messily on the ground near all the stuff. Sans walked over to one of the 'beds' and laid Papyrus down. He covered him up with a blanket and sat down next to the bed. He sighed for a moment and glanced at the sleeping skeleton, then smiled a bit.

"heh…you aren't usually this tired this early…but I'm not gonna complain…" Sans stated, more to himself, and took this advantage to get his missed late morning rest. He got up and went over to his own bed and sat down before laying back. He sighed a bit and starred up into the sky for a moment, thinking for the moment. He had spent too much money on their lunch today. He felt a bit disappointed, seeing how much more expensive the place had gotten. It was usually affordable, good enough to go to every there every other week if they didn't spend too much money on anything else. Bu now, they had to save back up again, and maybe have to wait a few more weeks before spoiling themselves on such foods like that again. That made Sans feel a bit annoyed. He just wished things could be easier for him…and Papyrus. Sans glanced over at his sleeping brother again, and sighed again. He was hoping to get them to stay at the Inn for a night next week, but now they would have to wait a couple more weeks until they had enough to keep up with the things they still needed. Grunting, Sans shook those thoughts away and got back to what he was trying to do, get some more rest. He closed his eyes, and relaxed into the bed, and was finally able to get a decent amount of sleep.