The Cure Ch 2 Accepted

Author's Notes Below

"I was accepted," Sans brought up suddenly.

Papyrus's juvenile face stopped chewing on his breakfast cereal. He stared at the back of the newspaper Sans was reading. "What?" He asked through a full mouth.

Sans lowered his paper. "I got accepted," He repeated. He lifted his black coffee up and took a small sip, allowing the liquid to warm his insides.

"When?"

"Yesterday, they said to stop by that way today," Sans answered, still holding his coffee in his free hand. He blew on it a little, steam coming from the top. A smile tickling at the edges of his face. He couldn't lie to himself, he was surprised when he got the call.

"How?"

"By phone."

"Why?"

"… I guess they liked my report…?" He retorted. He pressed his eyebrows together and looked at Papyrus.

Papyrus's face stopped moving and his eyes began widening as the realization hit him.

"What?!" He yelped, his partially unchewed cereal flying forward. He slammed his fist down on the table, spilling his bowl as well, while his other hand remained secured to his spoon.

Sans held up his paper to shield himself from the onslaught of round cereal pellets flying through the air. A smile crept onto his face, "What, nothing to say? Not even a congratulations or I'm proud of you big bro? I'm hurt" He joked.

Papyrus's mouth hung open.

Sans's placed his hand up under his chin and smirked at his younger brother, "You didn't think I was going to pass did you…"

At this, Papyrus was quick to recover, "Well no- I mean n-no that's not what I mean!" He stumbled over his words. He held up his free hand in defense, "I swear I didn't think that. I believe in you Sans! I promise!" He stuttered.

Sans eyelids lowered, the smile still there, "Uh- huh did you now… you're very convincing."

Papyrus stood up in his chair, his full support on the table, "It's just that… I heard that his tests are really tough," Papyrus countered. "At least that's what Ms. Tori has said. That most people fail early on trying to get work in his lab." Papyrus exhaled and set his bowl right side up. "… Aren't you afraid though? I heard that Dr. Gaster is really scary," He huffed out.

Sans shrugged it off. "No worries Paps. I passed this test, but you're right, this is only step one." He rubbed his temples together, "There's still a lot more to do unfortunately but that's fine. As the saying goes, I didn't come this far, to only get this far right?"

Papyrus's eyes once again grew in size, admiration for his brother growing with every passing second. His eyes twinkled like that of the night sky as wonderful thoughts crossed his mind. "Nyeeeeeeeeeh," He hummed quietly, shifting lower into his seat.

Sans chuckled at Papyrus until he noticed his brother slipping lower in his seat. He looked at Paps in confusion at that moment, wondering what he was thinking. He took another sip of his coffee as Papyrus dropped from his chair and scurried out of the kitchen.

Papyrus's small feet tapped against the tile floor as he scurried down the hall. "What- where are you…" Sans began to ask until he realized his brother was gone- "Going…" Just after that came a loud slam of Papyrus's room door. He continued to look at the entranceway but after a few moments, he grew bored and his gaze trailed back to the paper. An article on the following side caught his attention and he began reading.

Today in Monsterville!

A local farmer reported to officials of some graffiti on the Wall's Eastside, written in human dialect. It's not yet determined if this was a prank by some mischievous monsters or by an actual human. The graffiti was found yesterday morning but the police reassure's the citizens that no one can get past the wall, neither humans nor monsters. However, if anyone has information…

The article continued on, providing names and numbers to which people could provide anything they knew. As well as a possible cash reward for anything that helped identify the guilty parties.

Seems like anything will make news, He thought a little disgruntled. I can't tell if they're trying to distract the public or just giving them more to worry about...

The wall has stood strong for at least 150 years and yet we still don't communicate with humans, not that much anyways, He tapped his fingers against the side of the ceramic cup, allowing the soft clink to take up the silent air. Only Asgore passes through the wall, and that's only to try and keep up trade negotiations.

He raised an eyebrow in thought. But is it even worth it? They usually don't have anything that great. I mean.. they can't even use magic, He sighed dejectedly. Humans are very different from monsters.. huh, At this, a chuckle escaped. If humans can't use magic though.. then I bet their bodies react to things differently than monsters… I wonder if they… His eyes lifted from the paper and over to their small table by the corner of the room.

A small piece of wooden decor adorned it with a glass vase filled with pebbles and flowers. There was also a picture of himself with Papyrus. To the side was a rock with two googly eyes glued it, not proportionate to each other, and at the back a black case filled with miscellaneous office supplies. Above this, a gust of wind caught the soft blue curtains, revealing a sunny window. Heh, It's a dangerous thought. But I understand if someone would be willing to go that far in order to protect the ones they hold dear.

Still, he rested his chin on the back of his hand again and set the paper down. I don't think I'd go as far as human experimentation. He messed with the edge of the newspaper. Well… maybe if it was for Papyrus… Though, he definitely wouldn't approve of something like that. He's always putting others before himself, He chuckled good-naturedly.

He lifted his gaze when he heard a distant thump down the hallway. His chair rattled against the floor with the following thump. His expression went blank. What…. is about to happen-

The thumps only became louder, "Oh shi-" And within seconds his eyes shot to the coffee in front of him. He thrust both arms forward and lifted the hot brew to the sky as a smaller skeleton ran up against the table, almost knocking it over. His younger brother's energy was back and crazier than ever as the Paps scrambled to gain his footing.

"What are you- Paps get off the table, you're not an animal!" he retorted lowering the coffee to a part of the table that Papyrus couldn't reach.

Before Sans could object again, the younger skeleton brought up a paper in front of him to show Sans. A look of pure joy and excitement covered his features, his eyes glowing even brighter than before.

"Are you even listening to m-" Sans stopped as the paper was shoved into his face and he was forced to look at Papyrus's art piece.

The picture showed a poorly drawn older Skeleton with both hands on his hips. The words, " Congratulations, you did it!" Was scrawled around and next to the skeleton along with some yellow flowers and green shrubbery at his shoes.

His younger brother waited with a proud look on his face to see San's reaction to his masterpiece. "Ta- Da!" He exclaimed.

Author's Notes

So in this chapter I had said I planned to make it 6-7 chapters hue hue.

* Update- 04/08/2018

Not even an hour after posting this chapter I read back through the F.A.Q of Faith-Tale and it looks like I'm in the clear to keep writing. I thought I was only allowed to write the comic portion but the question also includes "inspired" fanfic so... yeyyeyeyey.

* Update 3/11/2019

How many update author's notes can we get lol. I changed hardly anything in this chapter, huh.

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