"...last night was really dramatic, but i could use some help here." Sans looked down at Alphys, who was sitting against the wall on his floor. Sans sighed, shaking his head.
"having 1 HP really sucks, considering i could stub my toe and die," Sans shrugged, sitting next to Alphys.
"..." Alphys stared at the wall in front of her. "Don't take it too literal, okay?"
Sans managed a small shrug, before getting back up.
"sorry to bring it up, but i mean, just last night i was almost killed. you're the only one with extensive knowledge on HP, can't you help?" Sans knelt down in front of her. "after all, you can't mope about this forever. she'll come back and you'll get along," Sans gave her a small, but reassuring smile.
Alphys looked at Sans and sniffed, wiping her eyes again.
"alphys- come on," Sans got back up and had Alphys' tablet in his hands. He seemed to search for something.
"H-hey, how did you get that..?" Alphys studied Sans briefly, before studying her fingers instead. She touched her cheek, and she teared up.
"i've been holding back on it, because i've had to deal with papyrus and such, and i really don't like the near-death experience she gave me," Sans tapped a few things on the screen and read a paragraph before speaking again, idly. "you know, he really is great. i don't know how we managed to..."
Sans looked up to Alphys staring at him, tears in her eyes. Okay, maybe talking about family wasn't that good support. He gave a sad look and held his arms out.
"you want a hug?"
Alphys looked up at Sans and smiled sadly, wiping her tears. "N-no, I'm fine."
"don't be like that," Sans smiled, but went back to studying things on the tablet.
"so, like i was saying, can't you help? i'm not that great when it comes to health and stuff," Sans shut the tablet off and turned to look at her.
"All I know is that you're going to need some hope or some sleep for that. I've noted you haven't been sleeping much this week, you're scared of your bed," Alphys got up and, almost in a dream-like state, walked over to his mattress.
"okay, sure, doctor," Sans looked away.
"Hey, don't talk to me like that. It's true, you can't deny it," Alphys failed to hide a small smile. Sans just shrugged.
"You slept last night, though," Alphys may have been quite sad, maybe even depressed over the loss of Undyne, but for now, she was content explaining stuff to her friend.
Sans listened as Alphys went on about science and observations, gradually getting happier as time passed.
-=-=-Papyrus-=-=-
Papyrus talked with Frisk while cooking spaghetti. It wasn't as fun without Undyne there. Where was she, anyway?
"Yeah, they don't have a second floor," Frisk crossed her arms, and played with a noodle.
"REALLY? WOW," Papyrus stirred the spaghetti.
Frisk thought for a moment. "Actually, Papyrus, I have a question,"
"YES, FRISK?" Papyrus turned the oven off, and dumped the spaghetti into a container, putting it in the fridge.
"Okay, I have two. First, do you ever actually eat that spaghetti?" Frisk looked at the overflowing amount.
"NO," Papyrus smiled, confusing Frisk. He didn't even provide an explanation.
"Uh... okay. Second question: What did you and Sans talk about?"
Papyrus stopped to think for a moment, before giving a suspicious look and shrugging. "SANS WOULDN'T BE MYSTERIOUS IF EVERYONE KNEW EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING, WOULD HE?" Papyrus grinned, and Frisk looked down, before Papyrus continued. "HOWEVER, I AM DEFINETELY NOT SANS," Papyrus sat down across from Frisk and began explaining.
"WELL, UNDYNE TOLD YOU SHE WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU HER TOP FLOOR AND YOU WENT AFTER HER, AND THEN-" Frisk cut him off, laughing slightly.
"Papyrus, you know you don't have to describe everything in complete detail, right?"
"OH. WELL, AS I WAS SAYING, SANS AND-" Papyrus's phone buzzed. He took out his phone and looked at it. A huge smile spread on his face.
"What? What is it?" Frisk got down from her chair and made her way next to Papyrus.
"OH, UH, I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!" Papyrus announced giddily, and ran upstairs into his bedroom. Frisk glared angrily at the noodle and attempted to break it. It only jiggled from the force.
Why couldn't she ever listen in on anything? She wasn't completely innocent or naive. Frisk went to Sans' room and tried the door. It was locked. Rejected by the door, Frisk made her way back down the hall shamefully, before the door opened again and Sans peeked out at her.
"hey, come in if you're bored, kiddo." Sans smiled, and Frisk ran to join him. The door shut behind her.
-=-=-PAPYRUS... AGAIN?-=-=-
Papyrus laid in his racecar bed, happily reading the message that had come in.
"Hey Papyrus!"
It was Undyne! Papyrus was excited. It'd only been a day since he'd seen her, but he had so many questions, and it felt like she's been gone forever, and for some reason Sans was there, and he didn't know much except that Undyne tried to fight Sans, and, and, and...
"HI UNDYNE!"
"It's pretty boring here without you. What are you doing?"
"I'M TEXTING YOU!"
"Oh, well, that makes sense, haha"
"WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Oh, just... out. I might be gone awhile, did you hear about what happened last night or did it seem like I totally disappeared for no reason?"
"I HEARD PRACTICALLY NOTHING!" Papyrus wasn't stupid. He knew that if he started talking about her fighting his brother, she'd probably leave.
"Well, ignore whatever Sans told you. He hates me, I feel bad you have a brother like him. Srry. Well, me and him got into a fight and we fought, but he SUCKED!
I totally won, though"
Papyrus paused for a moment, glaring at the text message slightly. Papyrus didn't THINK Sans hated Undyne, why was Undyne being so rude about his brother. Well, nothing else to do but play along.
Also, it wasn't Sans who said Undyne had fought him, it was Frisk.
"YEAH, HE'S NOT... GOOD. BUT WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? I HEARD ALPHYS CRYING A LOT LAST NIGHT!"
Okay, so, Papyrus probably shouldn't have said that, but he was talking to his friend, who he told everything to, and it just sort of... came out.
"..."
"GTG, if idont come back Ilost my phhone]\\\]]"
...
Well, that wasn't planned.
"WAIT! UNDYNE! NOOOOOOOOOO!" Undyne read it, but didn't reply.
Papyrus put down the phone sadly. He buried his head in the pillow before turning around and standing back up.
Papyrus put it down and went back downstairs. Apparently, Sans, Alphys and Frisk had migrated downstairs and were playing a card game. Alphys wasn't showing much effort, from the looks of it. She looked both bored and sad.
Sans noticed the somewhat depressed look on Papyrus's face.
"hey, papyrus, what's wrong?" Sans looked at his brother, pulling out a chair neat to him, inviting him to sit down.
Papyrus obeyed, and motioned for Sans to lean closer. Papyrus whispered to Sans about Undyne texting. Sans' face visibly cringed at the name, but it went away in a second.
Frisk placed her card proudly and looked up, only to see Papyrus whispering something to Sans.
"Come on! Can I not be included in anything?" Frisk pouted. Papyrus stopped, and looked at her. He scooted a bit to her side and whispered the situation in her ear. Frisk felt sympathy for Papyrus, but also extremely joyful for finally being included in something. Finally, it wasn't excluding her.
"...Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Alphys looked up from her cards, staring at them.
None of them knew what to say. Papyrus and Sans both spoke up, at the same time.
"I... THINK UNDYNE MISSES YOU!"
"he.. thinks Undyne misses you."
Papyrus didn't really know what to say. He didn't exactly know about the whole breakup incident, however, he thought it was the right thing to say. Sans had thought it up on the spot.
"R-really?" Alphys looked hopeful, and Sans struggled not to cringe at the lie he told. White lies are good, but lies like that aren't. Papyrus smiled at his brother.
"JINX!" Papyrus beamed proudly.
"man, i need to change some things around if you guys can predict me that easily," Sans finally felt... happy. Without Undyne there, glaring at his every move. Without Undyne there, thinking he was the scum of the Earth. Sans knew it was probably really bad to think that, but he did anyway.
Papyrus turned to Alphys. "YES, I'M SURE! WHY WOULDN'T SHE?"
Alphys smiled a little, even when the thought dawned on her that Papyrus had never learned about the argument.
"WELL, CAN I HAVE SOME CARDS THEN?" Papyrus did get over situations easily, especially with his friends.
-=-=-...-=-=-
She sat there, looking down at the pit. She couldn't see anything but darkness. Thoughts clouded her mind.
Why'd she have to go and do that? Why'd she have to go and mess everything up? It was all her fault, anyway. That much was obvious. If it wasn't for her, then...
Then maybe, Sans wouldn't have ended up hating her, and she wouldn't have ended up hating Sans, and Sans wouldn't hav ended up awkward around Papyrus, and Papyrus wouldnt've ended up awkward around Sans, and they wouldn't have had to get along, and Sans wouldn't have had to take that walk, and she wouldn't have had to fought him...
It was really boring, staring around at the darkness. She could see the wishing stones on the roof, which she counted. This was the place she never went to. Ever.
She shivered. It was colder over here. Waterfall was sort of wet, but here it was just.. cold. It was part of waterfall, though, so what was with the change?
She laid on her side, curled up into her own little ball. It didn't matter how she was, if she acted tough, or if she acted like a wuss. Either way, she was all alone.
She wiped a tear. She missed Frisk... Alphys... and Papyrus. All three of them. She even missed Sans a little bit, despite how much she hated him.
Undyne smiled slightly, before whispering under her breath.
"Well, toast to all of you...
We Broke Sans."
