Wiping your lips gently with a napkin, brushing a few crumbs from your lap, you look around the area. You notice that everyone has just about finished eating and are just chattering away with one another.
Meghan has left the table and gone to the small bar off to the side by a tree to grab something to drink for the two of you.
You look over towards the wedding party and see the happy couple with the skeleton brothers on opposite sides. Papyrus is chattering away with Undyne and Alphys, more like Alphys is being her normal nervous self and listening attentively.
You glance over at Sans, trying not to seem so obvious.
Too bad he was looking over at you with one eye in a wink as he held a ketchup bottle up to his teeth. You looked at the bottle and blushed deeply.
There on the sides were the letters, 'S-A-N-S'. He brought the bottle you made him for work.
Was he teasing you? Was he aware of you looking at him? Was he doing this on purpose? Why were you even caring if he was?
A sudden feeling of butterflies in your stomach made you flinch away from looking at the skeleton and back at your plate. A few stray peas and crumbs lay upon the white dish.
"ATTENTION EVERYONE! NOW THAT DINNER HAS REACHED IT'S END, WE WOULD LIKE TO REALLY START OFF THE RECEPTION! AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO JUST THAT THAN A DANCE BY THE HAPPY COUPLE FOR THEIR FIRST TIME AS WIFE AND WIFE!," came Metatton over the speakers.
Practically jumping from a tap upon your shoulder, you turned.
You then see Meghan had made her way back to the table with a glass of red wine for herself, and handing you a glass with a red mixture.
"Ya got some weird taste, girl, but here ya go! Bloody Mary, slightly spicy just the way ya like."
"Thanks Megs!," you thanked her as you swirled the piece of celery around in the glass.
Lights were shinning down on the dance floor from poles.
"NAPSY, DARLING, COULD YOU START UP THE SONG THEY HAVE CHOSEN FOR THEIR FIRST DANCE?"
You looked over to the DJ table and there was a little ghost with a pair of headphones on his head. He didn't look the happiest but you could hint a slight smile on his transparent face.
Undyne and Alphys had made their way to the center of the dance floor as a soft, but catchy piano started to play through the speakers.
Your heel was slightly tapping to the beat under the table as you knew the song 'Everything' by Michael Bubl'e.
Other couples started to form on the side of the dance floor to get a better picture and watch the happy couple as they started to sway with one another on the floor.
Undyne could be seen mouthing the words along with Alphys, their eyes never leaving one another. They smiled so much and seemed so happy. You were happy for them.
'And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you; you make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything'
You couldn't help bug giggle when the beat started to pick up slightly that Undyne would spin Alphys and turn the slow dance into a bit of a swing with her.
Undyne tilted Alphys back slightly in a dip and kissed her at the end of the song. Everyone was clapping and letting soft 'awes' escape to the couple.
"THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, DARLINGS! NOW NOW! ALL THE REST OF YOU BEAUTIFUL COUPLES LETS SHARE THE LOVE AND LET YOU ALL DANCE WITH YOUR PARTNER, OR FIND THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE HERE! DON'T BE SHY!"
Another song started up through the speakers as monster couples were joining upon the dance floor. You even spotted an adorable goat looking couple who were already swaying to the music. (('Like I'm Gonna Lose You' by Meghan Trainor))
You took a sip of your drink as you watched couples form on the dance floor.
"EXCUSE ME, HUMAN MEGHAN, BUT …MIGHT…Y-YOU CARE TO PARTAKE IN A DANCE WITH THE …THE GREAT PAPYRUS?!"
Papyrus stood at the table hand out to Meghan. You could see sweat forming on his cranium and his cheeks flushing orange.
Meghan looked at you with wide eyes and a blush upon her cheeks. All you could do was giggle and smile at her with a nod.
"Go on, like the song says 'you'll never know when we'll run out of time'. Go have fun!"
Smiling brightly at you, Meghan turned to Papyrus and placed her hand in his. At the touch of her hand in his, he practically pulled her to the floor.
"WOWIE! THIS WILL BE GREAT!"
You giggled as you gulped down another bit of your drink, watching your best friend slow dance with the taller skeleton brother. Nothing made your heart warmer than seeing two people you cared about enjoying themselves and smiling.
You glanced around the area again, over the crowded dance floor of slow dancing couples, to the dj stand, to the wedding party table. You noticed that the entire table was empty.
'Hm, shouldn't be a surprise for him to be dancing with someone,' you thought to yourself.
You finished off the last of your bloody mary and sighed. You were use to sitting out on the side for slow songs at weddings and even back in school dances. It wasn't a big deal because when it came to upbeat songs you were always the first on the floor.
Pushing out from the table and taking your empty glass, you headed over to the small bar away from the speakers and dance floor. Nobody really around it except for one figure leaning up against it.
You'd know that white dome anywhere. A smile forming on your face as you approached the bar, leaning against it yourself.
"So you brought your ketchup bottle with you I see?"
He practically jumped as he was facing the bar when you approached. He looked at you with wide sockets for a second and then smiled with a chuckle.
"Hey it's pretty handy! Haven't left the house without it yet."
You giggled to yourself as you placed your empty glass on the bar and caught the bar tenders attention.
You ordered yourself another bloody mary, slightly spicy. You thanked the bar keeper and swirled the celery stick around the glass to mix it a bit more.
Sans was eyeballing, or 'eye-socketing', your glass with a bit of confusion. Of course you noticed this.
"Wanna try it? It's the closest thing to ketchup with alcohol!," you offered to Sans.
He happily took the glass and studied it slightly before bringing it up to his teeth and taking a swig. His sockets widened as he took another drink.
"It's no ketchup, but it's pretty good!"
You laughed and ordered another one, letting Sans keep the original and you both stood there drinking your beverages.
The two of you talked about the ceremony and adding in your own puns for the rest of the slow song. Along with another Bloody Mary or two for you both.
The song had ended and another started to play. This one more up-beat and the younger monsters out dancing. A few couples were spreading back out to the tables and some by the bar as well.
"So, why are you not out there on the dance floor like Papyrus?," you asked him as you tipped your glass getting the last few drops out of the bottom.
"Eh, dancing really ain't my thing. Remember, I'm the king of laziness," he said with a chuckle and a wink.
"Awww I bet you're a good dancer, you just don't know it yet," you giggled as you bit down on the celery piece.
Sans looked at you with a tint of blue on his cheek bones, but just shook his head with a low laugh.
"HEY PUNK! HE WONT DANCE CUZ HE'S GOT TWO LEFT FEET!," you heard from behind you at the other end of the bar.
There was Undyne grabbing herself a drink and pointing right at Sans.
Sans glared at Undyne and pulled off his shoes holding up his boney feet in view of you both.
"Hm…lets see….a left…and OH what's this? A right foot? Hm, could've sworn ya said I had two….," he said with a smug look as he placed his shoes back on. "I ain't got no problem with dancing, I just don't feel like it."
"HAHA! The day you are caught on that dance floor Sans is the day Alphys says she HATES 'Mew Mew: Kissy Cutie'!"
A glass was placed on the bar and a grumble was let out from the shorter skeleton. He slipped from his jacket, placing it over a chair nearby.
He moved over by you and held out his hand to you with a wink.
"Come on kiddo, lets cut a rug!"
Cheeks practically at the boiling point, not knowing if it's from the offer or from the alcohol.
You look at Undyne who had an eyebrow raised with a snicker, then look back at Sans, slightly your hand into his.
With you in-tow, Sans made his way to the dance floor as a song started to play, an old tune you know by heart.
"Don't go breaking my heart;
I couldn't if I tried;
Honey if I get restless;
Baby you're not that kind"
Sans turned to you on the floor, your hand still in his as he held a hand to his chest and extended his arm holding yours out, then tugging you to bring you into him with a spin.
"Don't go breaking my heart
You take the weight off of me;
Oh honey when you knock on my door
I gave you my key"
Sending you back out from the twirl being so close to him, he then takes your other hand. Both hands in his hands he pulls you to him gracefully to his right with yours and his left to yours, repeating this a few times.
Your stomach filled with butterflies and your body heated. You were lost at what was really going on until you really realized you were dancing with Sans!
"Oooh, Nobody knows it!
When I was down
I was your clown
Oohoh, Nobody knows it!
Right from the start,
I gave you my heart!"
Lifting an arm up he spun you in a twirl under and back. He grabbed your waist with one hand and pulled you right up to him.
Your face right by his as he smirked at you, your leg slid between his as he straddled it slightly. He held your lower back dipping you back and swirling you in a circle to bring you right back up to face him.
"Don't go breaking my heart!
I wont go breaking your heart!"
You hadn't noticed everyone was watching the two of you dance on the floor. You two were having fun, even if you were slightly drunk with the shorter skeleton.
One arm wrapped around your waist and the other hand gripped to yours in front of the two of you, Sans led you in a fast waltz across the floor to the beat. The two of you practically giggling like idiots with one another.
Repeating a few of the other dance moves from the beginning, Sans let a grin grow wider on his face each time you were brought against him.
"Don't go breakin' my heart!"
As the song ended, you were twirled once more under his arm. Then brought up against his chest almost nose to nose. Your leg had cocked up against his hip, with you not purposely doing so. He then dipped you to the side leaning over you at the last beat of the song.
"Ya ain't 'fallin'' for me are ya, kiddo?," he winked.
Lost in his glowing white pupils that seemed so bright in the blackness of his sockets, you smiled at him both breathing heavily from your dance.
You both were pulled out of the gazing battle when everyone was clapping and whistling at the two of you.
Sans helped you back to a standing position, both blushing from embarrassment but then laughing.
"I doubt Alphys will ever stop loving 'Mew Mew' even from you dancing," you laughed out, Sans laughing along with you.
"Eh, did it mainly to get Undyne off my back-bone."
"Ya ended up having fun in the process didn't you?"
He smiled at you with a tint of blue on his cheeks and nodded.
"Yeah, I did. Did you, kiddo?"
You bushed nodding happily as you fixed your hair slightly. You were still standing very close to Sans, feeling monsters start to crowd the floor again as a soft piano traveled through the speakers and into your ears.
You spotted Meghan and Papyrus slow dancing again off to the side of you both. Her head was resting on Papyrus' shoulder, face turned into his chest. They both seemed to be talking softly and smiling happily.
((A Thousand Years by Christina Perri starts to play ))
"Hey,_?"
"Yes Sans?"
He slightly leaned down offering his hand with a warming smile.
"May I have the pleasure of dancing with you again?"
You brought your hands up to his neck, lacing your fingers together behind his skull. His sockets wide as he stood back up straight and realized he had his answer.
His boney fingers placed upon your waist and your hips swaying along with his to the slow pace of the song. Both your feet taking small steps to go along with it, a true slow dance.
You felt lost in the moment as you heard the words to the song travel through your ears. Blocking out all other monsters on the dance floor, you glanced at Sans only once before your eyes never moved from his.
"You know…..that dress looks really good on you...," Sans said to you softly.
"You don't look half bad yourself all 'suited' up…"
"Haha, well, don't get use to this attire. It's a 'pain in the neck' to put on," he said rolling his head in a circle, his cranium brushing your hands as it rolled back.
"Haha, well, even though you look dashing in it, you still look 'san-sational' in your blue hoodie."
Hands moving from your waist to your lower and upper back, you felt Sans pull you against him more. Your chest right up to his, him only being a bit shorter than you. Your head now drifting to rest upon his shoulder but resting against the side of his.
"Ya know, kiddo, I'm glad you came…..cuz I want you to know something"
You inhaled his scent traveling through your nose. A musky scent but tied with the smell of fresh snow. It was his scent and his scent alone, engraved in your head now.
"Oh? What' that?"
You felt him take in a deep breath and exhale, his hands up behind your back holding you protectively against him.
"I was pretty scared about what happened to ya the other night. I want ya to know that, if you ever, and I mean EVER need someone there, don't be afraid to give 'ol Sansy a jingle, alright?"
You leaned your head back slightly to see his eyes are shut. His cheeks flushing just slightly of a light blue, he continues to sway with you.
Tilting your head to angle with the corner of his mouth, you bring your lips to his skull and kiss him gently.
His bones stiffin' from your action as he slowed the swaying just slightly.
"Thank you Sans…thank you"
"Heh, no problem kiddo," he said as you felt his skull practically nuzzle against your cheek as you rested your head against him once again, finishing the slow dance.
