Sans blinked at her response his grin wavering for a second. "why you cheeky little…" He moved so both hands were at her waist and began mercilessly tickling her not surprised by the woman's flailing, giggling reaction. She laughed and struggled so hard that soon she was slipping away off his lap. The skeleton straighten out his legs so she slid down them to the floor finally escaping his tickling attack. Dani sprawled on the floor, her hair twisting out around her, arms held protectively around her stomach. Sans just grinned and relaxed back into the couch, face smug as he propped an elbow on the arm of the love seat, resting his skull in his hand.
Just then the front door opened followed by Papyrus' booming voice and foot steps. "SANS, HUMAN, I HAVE RETURNED FROM ANOTHER HARD DAY OF TRAINING WITH UNDYNE!" The tall skeleton announced coming into the living room to stare at the woman still laughing on the floor. "HUMAN, ARE YOU INJURED, DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE?" He called, rushing over and helping her to her feet.
The girl held his hand to steady herself, the other coming to her face to wipe away tears as she finally managed to quiet her hysterical laughter. "YOU ARE CRYING!" Papyrus noticed, turning to glare at Sans who was still grinning. "BROTHER WHY DID YOU NOT ASSIST OUR HUMAN IN HER TIME OF NEED?"
Sans shrugged, a casual wink playing his boney face. "it was her own fault…" He explained, Dani took a short step, reaching towards him. Sans sat forward until his forehead brushed her fingertips. The girl gave his skull a quick, playful swat.
"My ass it was."
"IF YOU ARE FINE HUMAN I AM GOING TO SHOWER NOW!" Papyrus informed them, having given the smiling pair an odd look. Dani nodded, waving her hand dismissively. The tall skeleton moved towards the stairs to the second floor.
Dani stepped towards her side of the love seat, feeling her long lost blanket under foot, picking it up. Sans felt his hand twitch debating on whether or not it would be appropriate to slap her ass as she gathered the blanket. There was a joke in there somewhere. His hand closed in on itself, eyes averting towards the steps as she finally got the whole blanket in her arms and sat down again.
After a while Papyrus came back down from his shower, rummaging through the kitchen as the other two sat on the sofa. Dani was barely visible under the large thick blanket while Sans was sprawled half on the loveseat half hanging off. The girl had her eyes closed, and a book in her lap under the blanket, she would have looked asleep had it not been for her mouth moving ever so slightly to the words she read. Sans' eyes were half lidded clicking to a different channel every couple of seconds in an attempt to find something to watch.
Papyrus came back into the room with a large bowl of popcorn held in his bony arms. "SANS, RELINQUISH THE REMOTE! THE NEW EPISODE OF THE AMAZING METTATON IS GOING TO BE COMING ON SOON!" He said, holding his hand out towards his brother.
Dani's eyes opened as she listened. If a new episode was on she wouldn't be able to convince Papyrus to go shopping with her. Sans sighed, handing the remote over as he sank back into the couch. Mettaton was a friend, but his show was horrible; and he was too lazy to get up.
The woman beside him shifted, lifting the book out of the middle of the blanket and setting it on her side table. Slowly she began to unravel from her cocoon before standing up and stretching. "I'm going to get to the store before it gets dark." She said plainly. "Do you guys need anything?" Papyrus shook his head, sitting on the floor in front of the television like a child, shovelling popcorn into his mouth. Dani could hear him crunching it between his teeth and wondered, for the hundredth time, how either of them managed to eat; by now she learned not to question monsters too much on their bodily functions. It just led to more confusion.
Dani moved towards the door, gathering her jacket, gloves, hat and boots, putting them all on in a content fashion. Sans looked from her to the television as it played the opening credits to Mettaton's show, before looking back at Dani. "Hey, I'll come with." He said, pulling himself from the love seat. The short skeleton trudged towards the door and waited for the human to finish getting her things together.
Her hand reached towards the white cane propped near the door. She had lived in the same town her whole life, not really needing it to find her way around; it was more a courtesy to the people driving than for her use. Not having to take it was half the reason she liked going places with Papyrus, she would loop her hand over his arm and let him lead her about. He seemed to like taking her around with him, yelling at cars to stop, helping her up the curb, all that. Even though it was all entirely unnecessary.
"Do you mind if I leave that, if you coming with?" She asked, gesturing in the general direction of the cane. Sans blinked, not sure what she was talking about for a second.
"sure kid, i'll be your seeing eye dog for the evening." He said, grinning at the sudden color to her cheeks as she reached towards him. Her hand looped around his arm, the girl coming in close enough that he could feel her body pressing against his jacket. Sans smiled with abandon, knowing she wouldn't be able to see how brightly he was beaming.
"SANS, YOU MUST ASSIST THE HUMAN IN GETTING UP AND DOWN THE CURB, AND REMEMBER TO LOOK BOTH WAYS FIVE TIMES BEFORE TAKING HER ACROSS THE STREET, AND HOLD THE DOOR OPEN, AND BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR ICE, IT WILL SNEAK UP ON YOU!" Papyrus was shouting over his shoulder, apparently paying more attention to the two of them than either had thought. "IF YOU BREAK THE HUMAN I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU."
Dani chuckled, while Sans' smiled faded and gave way to something near a frown. "jeez paps, i'm not going to let her die..." He groaned, sounding tired and the tiniest bit annoyed. Papyrus was continuing his tirade of the rules and regulations one would have to follow when taking their human out but Sans lead her outside and shut the door with a sigh. Dani on the other hand was still chuckling to herself as they started off the porch, her good natured giggling bringing a small smile back to the skeleton's face. "what's so funny kid?" He asked, eyeing her as they turned onto the sidewalk and started towards the shops.
She kept an even pace with him, her eyes cast downward as they usually were when they went out. For whatever reason she didn't seem to like wearing sunglasses like the blind people on television but Sans had noticed on more than one occasion that people would stare at her; even when she didn't have a skelebrother following her around. He imagined that most people reacted the way he had the first time they had met, aware that something was wrong, just not sure exactly what. Once they figured it out, the stares became more obvious, after all how was a blind girl going to know? Sans was pretty sure she knew what was happening around her, but Dani never seemed to care. It was one of the many things he found remarkable about the human.
"Oh nothing." She said, pulling him away from his thoughts. They were at an intersection and she stopped before he did, Sans coming to a halt a few steps ahead of her. Damn, his brother was right to be worried if he was about to take her into the street without checking first. There were no cars that he could see, but still. He tugged her a little to signal it was okay before they started off again, the woman stepping off and back onto the curb without a hitch. "Pap just cracks me up sometimes."
Sans grinned, his brother was definitely an awesome guy. "yea, heh- he's pretty great right?" It was a rhetorical question. The rest of the walk into the shopping district was filled with idle conversation about this or that. Dani did most of the talking as Sans was content to listen and lead her along. Mostly she told him about the book she was reading getting rather animated as she explained the most recent plot twist. He smiled, aware that he had been doing that a lot since they moved in with her. Sure he was usually caught with a smirk on his face but genuine smiles? It felt strange, like his face was actually going to get stuck that way.
