Sans had never thought a dog could snore. Then again, he was a skeleton and he could snore, without having lungs. He gazed at the two lounging about on the sofa. He had listen to Papyrus comfort her and both drift off into slumber. She definitely didn't have a good childhood, even if her grandmother loved her. No one deserves to live without a father or mother. Well, he didn't exactly have a dad that treated them well.
He had texted Alphys that night and she had told him that she would tell her about her grandmother the day after her date with Papyrus. And she would also tell everyone else afterwards too. Sans felt better after that, and had a more sincere grin plastered on his skull. He hoped he hadn't scared Ashley too much from his warning, but saying that, she did thrash him playing video games, and celebrated her victory.
He let out a heavy sigh and went back to bed, dreaming of him again.
"UNDYNE!" Papyrus called into his phone, startling the fish on the other end.
"It's like 7AM Papyrus, what are you doing calling me?" She said, groaning.
"I FOUND OUT HOW ASHLEY GOT HER STAGE FRIGHT!"
"Really?!" She asked excitedly. There was no doubt the fish monster was super happy.
"YES! BUT I CAN'T TALK OVER THE PHONE! ASHLEY WILL WAKE UP SOON! I'LL BE ROUND IN A BIT!"
"Come now! You only have about 13 hours before Mettaton has his show! Come on Paps!"
"OKAY OKAY! I'LL BE ROUND IN A FEW MINUTES!"
The skeleton turned around, to see his girlfriend sound asleep still, a slight snore coming out if her snout. Papyrus smiled, and left the house, leaving a note for Sans.
Speaking of the lazy skeleton, he was currently snoozing on his messy bed, thankfully with no nightmares attatched. Ever since meeting Ashley, his nightmares had calmed down. He would just imagine her singing, and he instantly felt better. There was something about her emotions being put into her voice. It was a shame Papyrus hadn't heard her. Not yet anyway.
He had heard the door shutting and had woken up slightly. His vision cleared and he got up to check who left. Not seeing his brother, he assumed Papyrus went to do some patrolling. That was until he saw the note on the door. He used his magic to look at it. It said:
Dear Sans and Ashley,
I am currently hanging out with Undyne for no particular reason!
Signed by The Great Papyrus!
Sans chuckled and stole a glance at the sleeping dog monster. She looked so peaceful. Sans had to admit, he did have a crush on her slightly when she was at Grillby's with him, but seeing her affection more for Papyrus, it was obvious they both had a special connection. Sans was fine with that, as he thought she deserved better than him anyways.
Then, a movement caught his sight and interupted his train of thought. Ashley had stirred, and her eye lids were flickering. She let out a groan, and flopped onto her side. Sans chuckled. She felt around, frowning when she couldn't feel a certain skeleton. Her eyes opened fully and she looked around. Her gaze fell on Sans, who was now more than a little embarrased.
"morning."
"Good morning Sans. Do you normally watch people sleep?" She asked jokingly, heaving her body up off the couch.
He chuckled nervously.
"no, but you look pretty adorable when you sleep."
He then realised what he just said. His face blew up cyan, whilst Ashley laughed.
"I'll take that as a compliment." She said between chuckles. "Where's Paps?"
"oh he went to see undyne about something. i imagine he didn't wanna wake ya since you looked so peaceful." Sans said, now making his way down the stairs.
"I don't trust stairs." Said Ashley, folding up the blankets she had used. Sans didn't quite know how to respond.
"what?"
"They are always up to something." She said casually.
After a second Sans got it. He erupted into laughter.
"hehehehe that was a good one. was not expecting that ash."
His laughs died down, and an uncomfortable atmosphere took over. Ashley shifted uneasily, thinking about how to word what she was about to say right.
"Sans, I have a question."
"shoot kid."
"In my nightmare, right at the very end, there was a monster that looked a bit like you. It was hard to see, but I could tell he was a skeleton. He said you knew he was there and then fired a weapon similar to yours at me. Who was that? Or am I going crazy?" She said the last part with a grin, but it shrunk when she saw Sans.
His eye lights were gone again, and Ashley felt scared.
"there's no point lying or trying to cover up the truth any more. any other questions before i dump a load of information on you?"
"Oh yeah! Flowey said something about you telling me about resets. What are they?"
A flash of cyan appeared in Sans' left eye. It freaked out the dog, and she yelped in shock. Another bad dog habit. Sans looked at her guiltily, his pupils returning. She covered her snout with her paw.
"I'm so sorry!"
"no it's alright. i shouldn't have done that. it's just that it's a touchy subject."
"If you don't want to talk about it, don't. What I don't know won't hurt me right?" Ashley ventured. Sans wanted to tell her, but found himself keeping his secret once again.
"right. it's better if you don't know. don't wanna take away your innocence."
Ashley nodded slowly. Sans got up, and pulled something out of the fridge.
"i have some ingrediants for pancakes. you want some?"
Ashley smiled and gave him a thumbs up. But she still felt the atmosphere and it gave her shivers. She knew someone was listening…
BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP!
Ashley whipped out her phone. She saw Papyrus' name and smiled.
Papyrus: I FOUND SOMEONE WITH AN AWESOME TALENT! COME TO ALPHYS' LAB PLEASE!
Ashley: Okay sweetie! I'll be round in a bit!
Papyrus: UNDYNE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GO ALONE, SO SANS IS GOING WITH YOU!
On cue, Sans had finished texting and said something.
"we better get going then ash."
"Yeah I can't wait to see who they found!" She chirped, making Sans smirk.
They walked through Snowdin together, until they reached the river person.
"To Hotland please."
The river person nodded their head and the two monster jumped on. The boat started travelling down the river, and Ashley listened to the sound of the water against the wood.
"Tra la la la, the water is very wet today."
Ashley and Sans shared a look of confusion. Ashley then just giggled. But her hairs stood straight as their said the next thing.
"Beware of the man from another world."
The feeling of being watched returned, and Ashley shivered. Sans was looking away, but the dog could tell he didn't have any pupils. She shifted uneasily, until the heat from Hotland was felt.
"Tra la la, come again." The river person said, as the pair stepped off.
Ashley took little time going to the lab, she was running so much. By the time she was at the doors, she was panting heavily.
"geez kid, no need to wind yourself." Commented Sans, just now catching up to her.
The doors opened and Ashley saw Papyrus, Undyne and Alphys huddled together.
"Hey guys!" She exclaimed, walking in. Alphys squealed which resulted in her getting elbowed by Undyne.
"Heya Ash! We found someone awesome to perform tonight!"
"Really? Who?" Ashley asked, with an excited grin. Undyne just rolled her eyes. She was almost as ignorant as Papyrus.
"YOU!" She said, pumping her fist in the air.
"What? But I've told you, I don't want to sing."
"That's fine, but we have some monsters here that want to say something." Undyne said, shoving two monsters in front of her with a growl. Ashley gasped and stumbled back. It was the bullies from the school play.
"Don't you two have something to say to Ashley!" Undyne said to them. They looked away stubbornly but then Undyne looked at them threatenly. If looks could kill, they would have died ten times over.
"We're sorry for making you get staage fright." They muttered.
One, who was a monster who looked like a bat stepped forward. The other, who was a final froggit, just stood there. The first one surprised all of them.
"I'm more sorry than he is. In truth, I was jealous at how well you could sing. You had all the attention, and I felt left out. And the fact you had no parents just made everyone nicer to you. So, being the horrible kid I was, I sabotaged your performance. But no one really cared anyway. Things screw up, but that won't change that you are the most amazing singer I've ever heard. I hope you can at least forgive me."
Ashley blushed slightly and smiled kindly.
"Of course I forgive you Harrison. And I forgive Kyle too. I guess I always thought that if one thing went wrong, that was it. But now I know that no one's perfect!"
"THAT'S RIGHT ASHLEY! AND ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE YOU IS THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS POSITIVE. TRUE LOVE ISN'T FINDING A PERFECT PERSON, BUT IT IS SEEING AN IMPERFECT PERSON PERFECTLY!"
Ashley's face blew up red. Undyne and Alphys let out a giant 'awwww'. Papyrus hugged Ashley tightly. She kissed him on his cheek. Even Sans found this adorable.
"I guess I'm going to have to practise what I'm singing then." Ashley said, smiling at the two now really excited monsters.
"what about that song that i heard you singing the other day?" Suggested Sans.
"I haven't quite learnt the whole song yet. I'll have to listen to it quite a few times."
"I'll h-help you learn th-the song lyrics!" Alphys exclaimed. "And I'm s-sure to h-have an outfit for you! There's so many f-from my anime c-collection!"
Sans didn't quite know what to expect from that, and Undyne was calling Mettaton so she hadn't heard.
Alphys practically dragged the now terrified dog monster to another room whilst squealing in excitement. Sans and Papyrus chuckled a bit as she mouthed 'help me' to them.
"I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HER SING TONIGHT!"
"me too bro."
"So where is this dress from Alphys?" Ashley asked, sliding the dress on with minor difficulty.
It was a gorgeous pink colour, with a salmon pink lace trim and bow on her chest. It also included a pair of white gloves and cat ears…?
"You h-haven't s-seen Mew Mew Kissy Cutie?!" Spluttered Alphys.
"It's an awesome anime about friendship and there's also a game as well. ThegameisbetterbutnotMewMewKissyCutie2ittotallyruins…"
Ashley rolled her eyes and Alphys ranted and nerded out. She had never known anyone as devoted to a cartoon as Alphys. That's one thing she knew Undyne admired about her; Alphys determination and passion.
Ashley looked at her reflection in the mirror. She looked quite adorable in an anime sense. What was the word? Kawaii? That was it. She looked Kawaii. But most of all, Ashley wanted her boyfriend's opinion.
She left the otaku mumbling about how much she hated Mew Mew 2, and walked out to see Papyrus and Sans waiting with Undyne. Mettaton had booked Ashley in for the final performance, and she had now four hours to prepare. She had learnt the whole song, and the title, which was Surender, by a band called Cash Cash (if you readers didn't know). Now all that was left was the costumes.
The dress she had on was an improvement from the last three. All of those were just like anime school girls and one she refused to put on in front of the two skelebros. Papyrus would have instantly lost his innocence. She would have to talk with Alphys about that anime later.
The two skeletons looked up and instantly had their jaws opened wide in shock. They both had a heavy blush.
"you look…"
"ASTOUNDING!"
Ashley giggled and gave a little twirl.
Sans' POV:
I think I'm in love with my brother's girlfriend.
A/N: Dun dun dun! And this is my first author's note. Hi! Is anyone actually reading this? I hope so anyway. Just to be clear on the time, I am writing this as I have just published chapter 5. One person on has given my story a very lovely comment. I have published this story on Quotev, and Wattpad so whatever you use, you can read my story. I'm not sure if there's any other fanfiction sites that you guys use more often though. Please tell me! So I guess I'll see you in the next chapter, bye!
