Chapter two:
Slim heads into the living room. There he finds Chara sitting on the couch cuddling Temmie.
"I'm sorry." Chara speaks almost softly to the small monster. "If it wasn't for me agreeing to such a thing you all wouldn't have gotten hurt."
"It wasn't your fault. That thing tricked both of us. You weren't even in control." Temmie counters trying to assure the other. "We don't blame you."
"But you should." Chara slightly sobs to the other who nuzzles her in an attempt to comfort her. "It was still my fault. I still did those actions."
"No. It wasn't you. It was that dark being that tricked us. You had no control over what you did." Temmie tells her looking up towards her friends face with full seriousness. "Don't forget that. Okay?"
Chara nods softly and holds Temmie closer.
Slim moves a little more forward finally being noticed by the two.
The two of them turn to look to him as he approaches. They even slightly jump when realizing that he is there. They do relax a bit when they see that its only Slim.
"Supper is ready." Slim informs them and they get up only to follow him I got the kitchen.
Black has already set up the bowls for all of them. He turns when the three of them come into the kitchen.
Chara sets Temmie down gently on one chair while she goes onto the chair. "Thank you." She thanks Black who gives a slight wave.
"Don't worry about it." Black tells her and makes sure the others eat. He however doesn't start eating any of his.
Slim takes notice while Chara is complimenting on how good it is. He stops eating in worry of why Black isn't eating at all. "Do you not like it M'lord?" He wonders if Black only made it because he knew that Slim likes it.
"I'm just not really hungry." Black admits putting his bowl on the counter.
Slims frown deepens upon hearing this. He puts his own bowl aside grabbing Blacks attention. He moves closer to his brother.
Black watches him as he approaches. His eyes notice that Slims eyes dart down once he is close enough. He knows that Slim is doing a check on him. He waits anxiously trying to not show it. He isn't sure if the check will reveal the truth about what he's done.
After a moment or two Slim looks up to Blacks eyes at first not saying anything. It only takes a few moments of silence before Slim finally speaks. "M'lord if your magic isn't affected then why won't you eat?"
Black feels a slight wave of relief wash over him as he realizes that Slim didn't learn anything. "Maybe it's just a lingering side effect and I'll be hungry later when my magic quiets down." He even puffs out his chest to try to seem strong.
Slim does relax a small bit but he doesn't look completely convinced. He raises a hand and places it on the others forehead which makes Black pause.
Blacks puffed out chest lowers when the hand comes onto his forehead. "Papyrus?" He questions seeing the slight concentration on his brothers face.
Slim pulls away only a moment after. He seems to conclude that Black has no fever.
"Hm. Shouldn't you just eat anyways? I bet that this idiot won't stop worrying until you do." Nightmare whispers to him almost as if bored with this part.
Black clenches his teeth to keep himself from responding with, something along the lines of, 'shut up you idiot!'. ... But since Nightmare can't be seen or heard they'd think he was talking to Slim. He instead moves closer to Slim cuddling him. He nuzzles his chest closing his eyes. He doesn't even move away when a pair of arms wrap around him. He feels safe and warm in these protective arms and almost lets out a relieved breath.
It seems to work as after Slim holds him for a few seconds only to shift.
Black cracks one eye open. He spots Slim eating a little more of the supper before stopping. He feels relief and closes his eye. He stays close wanting to encourage his brother to eat more. His closeness only gets Slim to take a few more bites.
Then that's it and Slim stops.
The two of them stand there cuddling for a few more minutes before separating.
Blacks eyes opening. He turns to check on how Chara is doing.
Chara has finished her bowl by that time as Temmie is just finishing. "I can do the dishes." The human girl offers rather quickly. Her eyes attempting to hide her fear as she lets them dart around the room. Her eyes movements could almost be considered as submissive.
Black has seen it before. He had seen it in one of the newer guards that got assigned to him. He had shown a bit of power when teaching the new guard a patrol route. He had done so by taking down four monsters causing trouble. He then turned back to the new guard to see the same behaviour; after that the monster did anything he asked without question or hesitation. He knows it's probably done in fear of some sort. "You don't need to worry about that. You've been through a lot today. You should rest."
"I just want to be helpful." Chara admits softly to them.
"You think you need to help us in order for us to help you." Slim realizes out loud at this.
Chara lowers her head at this as if to confirm it.
"You don't need to worry. You should get some rest." Black informs her.
Chara stands up. "I'll get some sleep then I'll go."
Black tilts his head at this.
"Aw." Nightmare speaks from Blacks shoulder. "You're already driving her away. She wants to leave so soon. I bet it's because she's scared that you'll kill her. I wonder if she asked your Pappy to go with her."
Black tries to ignore Nightmares words. "And where will you go?"
"I..." Chara pauses at this completely uncertain. "I don't know." She finally admits closing her eyes for a brief moment. "But I can figure something out."
"It's too dangerous. You'll get hurt or worse. You can stay here." Black tells Chara.
"My brother is right. You'll get killed really quickly out there. You probably should stay with us." Slim speaks in agreement to this.
"Are you sure?" Chara questions the two skeletons. She gets nods in response.
"You can sleep in my room. I'll either sleep with M'lord or on the couch." Slim offers to the human child.
"You don't need to go so far for me." Chara informs him.
"It's nothing really. It's all fine." Slim informs her.
"The Mutt will sleep in my room." Black speaks up getting the twos attention. "Now human why don't you go relax?"
"I'll help you with the dishes M'lord." Slim offers in which Black quickly can tell that the other is worried. He doesn't usually willingly offer to help with things.
"Sure if you want." Black agrees and Chara leaves while the brothers gather the dishes. He begins washing the dishes while Slim grabs a towel to dry.
They are working for awhile and are almost done when Black hears something.
"I wonder." Nightmare suddenly speaks to Black as he washes things. "You want to know what I wonder? I'm wondering how they'd feel if they knew you were actually hosting me. Yet never told them."
Black can't help but shiver at the thought that those words bring up.
"Sans?"
Black blinks and turns to look to a super worried Slim. "We should check for drafts." He quickly lies but he must have done it too fast as Slim doesn't seem to buy it.
"are you sure nothing is wrong?" Slim questions his brother.
"Yeah Sans. Are you sure that nothing is wrong?" Nightmare teases him.
"I'm fine." Black tells Slim who still doesn't believe him.
"Still lying huh? You just enjoying digging your own grave don't you?" Nightmare laughs.
Slim doesn't say a word and moves closer to Black who watches. He pulls him into a hug cuddling him close.
Black leans into the embrace cuddling back. He closes his eyes enjoying the cuddle that feels so comforting.
Slim keeps him close trying to figure out what could be bothering his brother.
"I suppose you're letting yourself enjoy his company as much as possible. Because they won't want anything to do with you because you've lied to them for so long."
Black ignores Nightmare as he just enjoys the cuddles with his brother.
They stay like that for awhile then they pull away to finish the dishes.
They hang out with Chara showing her the Napstaton show. They however feel that it's getting late especially for a child.
So Black turns off the TV and stands. "Human go ahead and gets some sleep." He tells Chara. "The Mutt will show you to the room. Then I'll see you in our room."
Slim shows Chara the way and Black heads to his own room.
"Oh how boring." Nightmare slightly whines.
"If you don't like it then leave." Black responds rather sharply to the creature.
This causes Nightmare to laugh out loud. "Oh I can't leave."
Black closes his eyes tightly and uses his magic. He tries to make Nightmare teleport away. He cracks an eye open only to blink his eyes both open.
Nightmare is staring back at him with a smirk on his face. "Aw it's so cute that you think that would send me away. I am a part of you. You let me in and you can't get rid of me."
Black glares at Nightmare but knows it's the truth. He turns away when Slim comes in. His gaze quickly going to calm. "Let us get ready for bed."
Slim moves closer and brings his arms around Blacks waist. "It's been awhile M'lord." He reminds him and gently cups his crotch lovingly to ask.
Black moves away from him remembering that Nightmare is still there. "I'm sorry. I'm just not in the mood right now." He tells him. "What happened today made me not want to do it."
"I understand my love." Slim assures him letting him go when he moves.
"Let us get some rest."
"Yes M'lord."