Blue, Orange, and Green
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Chapter 2: White
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"So tell us what you were doing at the bar last night, V." Venus' friend Innis said as they relaxed at the inn.
"I saw what she was doin'." Another friend, Bala, scoffed. "She was chattin' up dat lil skeleton guy. Don' know why, though."
"Shut up or I'll make a coat outta you." Venus said to the leopard girl. "I was talking to him because he said he was a fan of mine. And… he's funny and cute, so I gave him my number."
"You did?!" Innis squawked, her feathers puffing out.
"Oh, so das why you's lookin' at your phone all day. Shit." Bala clicked her tongue. "Of all da guys in the Underground, you pick him?"
"I've had my share of the hot but stupid type of guys, alright? I'm way done with that. Sans has something more than that, I can tell."
"Do you think he'll call you?" Innis asked.
"I don't know." Venus splayed out on the bed. "When I gave him my number, he looked really surprised, like he thought I was joking."
"Maybe you should have asked for his number, instead." The bird girl suggested.
"I still don' get it." Bala scratched her head. "How do you even fuck a skeleton? Ah!" She screamed when a pillow was thrown at her face.
"You're gonna make a pretty coat, Bala." Venus gritted her teeth. Suddenly, her phone rang; it was a number she didn't recognize. "Ooo, it's him!" She shushed her friends and waited till the third ring to answer so as not to seem desperate. "Hello?"
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"hey, kiddo, uh… venus. it's me, sans." Sans had been thinking about this call all day at work, since there was nothing else to do. Fuck his boring job and his over-thinking brain. He was already fucking it up anyway, and Papyrus was making him more nervous as he loomed in front of him, making him call this woman. "howzit goin'?"
"It's going well, thanks. This inn is really comfy!"
"did you happen to sleep inn?" Sans jested. Papyrus face-palmed.
"Haha, yeah, actually, I did."
"lucky." Sans liked her laugh. "but i'm off work now, uh… howzabout grabbin' some dinner with me?"
"Sure! At Grillby's?"
"yeah, there aren't many restaurants here, but grillby's is the best."
"Heh, yeah. I'll meet you there! See ya."
"bye." Sans pressed the end call button and sighed in relief.
"I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE SO NERVOUS! YOU WERE A NATURAL!" Papyrus smiled. "AND SHE APPARENTLY LIKES YOUR RIDICULOUS PUNS. YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS AT DINNER!"
"no bones about it." Sans thought maybe Pap was right after all.
"NOW, YOU SHOULD GET CHANGED! AFTER ALL, NICE CLOTHES SHOW THAT YOU CARE!" He turned around, finding his brother gone. Sans was having none of that. "SANS?! DAMMIT!"
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"What do you know? He called me and asked me out." Venus got up, looking through her suitcase for something to wear.
"And the next day, too." Innis said. "Isn't it more customary for men to wait a few days before calling?"
"I'm only going to be in town a short time." She decided on a low-cut (but not too low) T-shirt and black leggings. She also chose her matching dragon earrings and necklace to go with it. "How do I look?"
"I dunno why you botherin' to get dressed up." Bala says. "How much you wanna bet he's wearin' the same thing he wore last night?"
"Oh my God, what do you have against this guy? You don't even know him!"
"I'm just playin' your conscious, boo. I'm like the devil on your shoulder."
"Please, I have enough devils on my shoulders." Venus threw on her coat and bag. "See ya."
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"Cold, cold, cold…" Venus muttered. She was at least thankful Grillby's was only a few steps away. When she got there, Sans was already standing at the door waiting for her.
"hey." He simply said.
"I hope I didn't make you wait too long." She smiled at him, looking him up and down. He was about 3 inches shorter than she was, and he was wearing similar clothes that she remembered from last night, slippers and all. Amazing Undyne doesn't yell at him for that. "You wear shorts in this weather? Do you get cold?" She just now noticed.
"nah, it's not so bad. Not having skin has its ups, you know?" Sans saw her shiver. "but you look chilled to the bone. let's go in."
"Yeah, I'm half cold-blooded. If I was full-dragon I wouldn't even come here." They went in, and Venus took off her coat and hung it on the hanger.
"so you're half-dragon, eh?" Sans slid into a booth instead of his usual seat at the bar. "what's the other half?"
"Succubus." She said saucily. "My mother was a succubus with red skin, and my dad was a yellow-scaled dragon, and I came out orange. It's like art or something." She sat down across from him.
"heh, definitely." He noticed the dragon jewelry and the nice shirt (trying to ignore the exposed skin). She had a Celtic arm-band tattoo around her upper arm. "you look nice. guess i should have listened to my brother."
"What, did he try to put a tux on you?"
"something like that. probably a shirt that says 'cool dude' on it." Sans said, and Venus giggled.
"It's okay, and thanks for the compliment. I didn't put that much thought into it. Didn't even brush my hair or put on makeup." She fussed with her shoulder-length wavy hair.
"wait… you're not wearing…?" Sans could swear that she was wearing makeup, especially on her eyes.
"Nope, I only wear it on stage because of the lighting, but I really hate the way it feels on my skin. I like to be au natural." She fluttered her eyelashes for effect. Sans was stunned; she was more beautiful than he thought.
"Hello Sans, Venus." Grillby came up to them, surprised to see the two on a date together. He raised his eyebrows at Sans, but he pretended not to pay attention. "What can I get you two?"
"i'll have a burg, grillbz."
"Ketchup?"
"of course, a full bottle." Sans grinned.
"I'll have the fingers with fries, please." Venus said.
"Would you like ketchup with that?"
"she can share with me. bring me a glass."
"Very well. I'll be right back." Grillby left to get their food.
"A glass? Do… do you drink ketchup?"
"yeah. weird, right?" Sans shrugged.
"Yes." Venus said bluntly. "But that's okay, I like weird."
"i'd like to see you out-weird that."
"Well… I eat honey out of the jar, but that's not as weird." She thought about it and snapped her fingers. "I can chug 20 million Scoville hot sauce. And without needing milk or bread afterwards."
"wow, that is hot." Sans' grin got wider. "but still not all that weird."
"I'm plenty weird. Haven't you seen my improv show?" Venus thanked Grillby as he came back with their meal.
"yeah, you definitely weren't afraid to get weird." Sans squirted his share of ketchup in the glass. "you should have a regularly scheduled show on tv. give us a break from the robot."
"Aw, Mettaton's not bad. But a show would be nice." She sighed. "I don't want to be as big as Mettaton, but I do want the company to do well. They're my new family."
"so, your parents…?" Sans already knew the answer to this.
"Yeah, gone." She sighed again. "Yours?"
"same." He drank his ketchup. "it's just me and pap."
"Tell me about Papyrus." Venus changed the unhappy subject as she ate a finger. "Undyne says he's adorably innocent, yet he wants to join the Royal Guard."
"is that what she says?" Sans was glad it wasn't anything bad, or else he'd have to have a chat with that fish lady. "it's true, i guess, but he's the coolest bro a guy could ever have. he wants to make our family proud by joinin' the royal guard, but he really doesn't need to. his 'innocence', as she calls it, is what makes me proud."
"Oh wow. You really love him." She smiled at how sentimental he could be. "That's what I like about you. You act like you don't care, but you actually do." His eyes glowed in surprise for a second, but died down as he grinned and thought of a joke.
"heh… i think you're gettin' care-ied away." She's good. Nobody else can read him like that, not even his own brother. They continued to talk about their friends and such while eating together. She even drank some ketchup, easily realizing that wasn't her thing. They paid for their food (yes, Sans paid so as not to look like a broke-ass) and left the bar, standing outside.
"I gotta get ready for our show tonight, but I'd like to keep seeing you, Sans." Venus smiled at him.
"really? thought by now you'd run for the hills."
"Now why would I do that?" She leaned down in front of him. "You're very interesting, Sans." She kissed him on the head. He blushed bright blue and his eyes dimmed. "And cute! May I have your number, too?"
"uh… yeah." He gave his phone to her so she could get his number, all while he was still reeling from the kiss.
"Got it." Venus gave the phone back to him. "I'll call you after I get back home."
"all the way to new home? that's a lot of travelin'."
"I can actually get around pretty quickly. call it fast travel."
"yeah? so can i. call 'em shortcuts."
"Then, we should have no problem with a long-distance relationship." She winked at him. "Bye, Sans." She turned and head back to the inn.
"bye." He waved, blushing again. "she said 'relationship'… hm…" He touched the place where she kissed him. "and she thinks i'm interestin'? nah… it's fate that's interestin'."
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