"How sad. You started to like him, didn't you? Pathetic. Are you so desperate for attention that you'd rely on some strange creature you just met? I told you before, this isn't living. He'll kill you again… and again… and again… until one day your body doesn't recover. Don't you see it? Don't you want to be happy? To leave? If you want to truly be happy, just… kill… them…"
Nyssa sits up, her breathing heavy, her body sweaty. She wraps her arms around herself as tears form in her eyes. She pulls her legs up to her chest and wraps her arms around them, resting her forehead on her knees.
"I'm… Alive…How…He…" She looks down at her body. She's still wearing her jeans, but her shirt has been replaced by a white t-shirt. "Ah, this…" She pulls on the shirt. "It doesn't fit at all." She half smiles, then she blushes. "W-wait, who ch-changed my shirt?" She looks around the room, and her heart stops when she sees Sans, sleeping in the corner. She begins to shake as she slowly slips out of the bed. She tip-toes to the door, then slowly opens it, constantly glancing back at Sans. She slips out of the room, and then runs to the stairs.
"SANS, ARE YOU FINALLY AWAKE? I TOLD YOU THAT YOU'D FALL ASLEEP IF YOU JUST SAT AND WATCHED OVER A SLEEPING PERSON." Nyssa stops for a moment, but then continues, walking, slowly, down the stairs.
"No, its me. Sans is… Sleeping." Nyssa replies.
"NYSSA? YOU'RE AWAKE?" Papyrus peaks out of the kitchen as she reaches the bottom of the stairs. "YOU ARE! I'M SO GLAD!" He walks out of the kitchen. "I WILL HAVE TO ADD MORE FOOD TO MY BREAKFAST. I WAS JUST MAKING SOMETHING FOR SANS AND I, BUT I'LL HAPPILY MAKE YOU SOMETHING AS WELL."
"Ah, th-thank you." Nyssa smiles nervously.
"I WAS CERTAINLY CONCERNED WHEN SANS CAME HOME AND SAID YOU WERE SO WORN OUT BY HEALING SO MANY MONSTERS THAT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SEE YOU. NORMALLY I'M THE ONE WHO CHECKS IN AND CARES FOR YOU, BUT HE INSISTED THAT HE CARE FOR YOU UNTIL YOU WOKE UP. I'LL ADMIT, I CAN BE A BIT… LOUD, SO I AGREED… WHY ARE YOU WEARING ONE OF SANS' SHIRTS?"
"Uh, I… Don't know…" She looks down. The shirt is very loose, but it doesn't reach down past her hips. "I'm more concerned as to how I got into it."
"WELL, MY BROTHER MUST HAVE CHANGED YOU IF YOU DIDN'T CHANGE YOURSELF. HOWEVER, HE'S VERY RESPONSIBLE, SO DO NOT WORRY." Nyssa's face turns bright red.
"He… He would have…" She wraps her arms around her chest.
"don't act like i did something wrong. your shirt needed to be changed." Nyssa jumps and looks up to see Sans, leaning on the handrail above. Her blush becomes worse. "look, we should, uh, probably talk, alright?" Nyssa glares at him as she takes a step away. Papyrus looks between the two of them.
"IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?"
"nah bro. we just need to figure some stuff out, that's all."
"WELL, HAVE SOME BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU GO. IF YOU TWO HAVE TO RUN THEN YOU CAN ENJOY MY LOVELY MORNING SPAGHETTI NOW AND I'LL GET STARTED ON MAKING SOME MORE FOR MYSELF." Nyssa opens her mouth to protest, but her stomach growls.
"i'm not really hungry bro. just give nyssa something and i'll eat later." Sans walks to the stairs, and Nyssa runs to the kitchen, hiding behind Papyrus. He looks down at her.
"YOU SEEM A BIT DISTURBED BY SOMETHING. WHAT'S WRONG?" Nyssa glances up at him.
"Its… Nothing." She mutters. Papyrus grabs a plate and puts some spaghetti on it.
"WELL, HERE YOU GO THEN. MY MORNING SPAGHETTI! ENJOY!" Nyssa takes the plate and looks at the food. She smiles.
"Right… Thank you." She quietly says. She grabs a fork off the counter and starts eating the spaghetti. Papyrus proudly puffs his chest out as she eats.
"YOU'RE QUITE HUNGRY THIS MORNING! YOU'RE HARDLY TAKING THE TIME TO PROPERLY ENJOY MY DELICIOUS SPAGHETTI." Nyssa nods as she fills her mouth with spaghetti. Papyrus fills another plate with the rest of the spaghetti, then begins eating as well. When Nyssa finishes she sets the plate on the counter. She sees Sans standing in the doorway, leaning against it. His hood pulled over his head.
"if you're done then lets go for a walk." He says. Nyssa hesitates, but then sighs and follows. "we'll be back in a little while, pap." He turns and heads towards the front door. Nyssa glances at Papyrus then follows after Sans. He walks away from the town, away from others, until finally the two are completely alone, surrounded only by snow and trees. Sans stops and turns around, looking Nyssa in the eye. She has her arms crossed, covering her chest. She's shivering. "so… i'm guessing you remember what happened, since you haven't stopped glaring at me."
"Of course I remember! How could I forget you killing me?" Nyssa snaps.
"look, i did it for a good reason. its not like i'm not grateful to you, but you didn't go through what i did. i just… i didn't want to lose anyone again because a human got bored…"
"Did you really think I'd do anything to hurt anyone? How could I? I can't fight!" Nyssa feels the tears in her eyes. They sting as they roll down her chilled cheeks. "You just waiting for me to save everyone, then you killed me! Do you hate me that much? What did I ever do to make you do that?"
"calm down. seriously, it wasn't because i hate you. i… humans are much stronger than us monsters. you don't know about these differences, and you don't understand the hell we just went through because of a human. i'm trying to protect everyone."
"Well so much for that. Apparently I can't be killed, I…" Nyssa bites her top lip and looks away. "I…" She glares at Sans again. "And why did you change my shirt? What the heck?" Sans looks surprised. He smiles, then chuckles.
"heh… you… you seem to be over the whole killing thing pretty quickly. listen, when i attacked you, obviously your clothes were a bit damaged. i didn't really have any shirts your size, so i just put one of my shirts on you, and yours just slipped off your arms. i didn't see anything, don't worry." Nyssa looks down at the snowy ground, then looks back at Sans, gritting her teeth.
"I… I was so afraid. I felt the bones run through me. I…" She sniffles. "You keep saying to protect everyone, but from what? Am I that much of a threat? I couldn't hurt anyone. I'm too weak. I don't have the stomach for something like that." Her voice becomes quiet. "I don't understand… I… I thought… We… I thought we could be…" Sans looks away.
"uh… look, maybe… it'll be a pain, and i really don't wanna, but it might help if i explained things from the start, including with just what us monsters are and our history with humans, since you don't seem to know." Nyssa continues to shiver as she looks down, then back at Sans.
"Fine. Just… C-can we go somewhere, you know, warm?" Sans looks at her, then smiles.
"what's wrong? you look chilled to the bone." Nyssa glares at him. "no need to act so cold. i snow you're upset, but i promise i won't flake out on explaining things."
"I hate you." Nyssa mumbles, though she has to bite her lip to keep from smiling. Sans walks over to her and takes his jacket off. When he wraps it around Nyssa she blushes and looks at him in surprise.
"look, why don't we go to grillby's? he just opened up again, and i think it'd be a good place to talk. it's definitely warmer than here." Nyssa grabs the jacket and holds it tightly over herself.
"Okay… I… I think that'd be good. Just… Promise not to try to kill me again, okay?" She half smiles. "It really, really hurts."
"i don't really make promises. the last one i made i had to break. but, i guess, for you, i can promise that i won't just randomly kill you again. sound good?" Nyssa sighs.
"I guess… If that's the best I can get. Not like there's much I can do about it anyways." The two walk back towards the town. "By the way, I… I think I'm gonna need some better clothes. You know, ones that fit me would be nice."
"heh. i'm sure papyrus and i can get you something."
"Thank you…" Nyssa pulls the jacket a little tighter around herself.