A/N.

Hey guys. I apologize for the time it took to create this chapter. I am creating these chapters as I publish them.

For this chapter we have a little bit of fluff, not too much, as we have a first look into Sans' mind (skull?).

-(insert character) POV- is a change of characters point of view. Throughout most of this story our point of view is on Jessica (or the readers) view, but that might change more frequently in the future.

Hope you all enjoy.

Chapter 10 ~ A Dip Underground.

-Sans POV-

'what am i thinking?! i can't possibly... she's a human. i'm just...a monster. there's no way it's socially acceptable. i need to back off. what was i thinking.'

"Heya Sans," He snaps back onto the couch with dinner on his lap. He clears his throat and puts his attention back on you.

"I ah, just wanted to say thanks for saving me from falling to the ground at mine before."

'shit, she knew.'

"I know that you teleported in front of me on purpose then and yeah, I just wanted to say thank you. I appreciate your help, Sans." You smile with appreciation.

'that smile. sweet jesus. no, stop. there's nothing good about her smile.' He shakes off the thought.

"oh ah, yeah, it's all good. just helpin' a friend, right?" Even just saying that hurt his soul.

"I do gotta admit though Sans, your eyes are pretty out of this world." You wink.

'oh god. this woman. she ain't makin' it easy, that's for sure. thank god paps is here."

"WHY DO I GET A NAGGING FEELING THAT THERE WAS A PUN?!" Papyrus pokes his head out from the kitchen.

"i have absolutely no idea, paps." Sans chuckles.

Papyrus narrows his sockets untrustingly, and slowly pulls his head back into the kitchen. You both laugh away and then get back to eating spaghetti that you had shown paps how to make. Of course it was still Papyrus' spaghetti, you had just given him some pointers.

'i can't believe she actually made paps' spaghetti edible. i don't have to teleport in secret to dump it anymore. what a life saver she is. what? no. just a friend. what a great friend she is.'

After Sans was finished the whole plateful and you had almost gotten through your apple and pear puree, Ella jumped up on the couch and fell asleep on Sans' lap.

"she's adapted to this place better than i thought she would." Sans pointed out.

"Cats are pretty amazing at judgement. They get so much information of a person or place just by a sniff. Dogs are similar too. She must've sniffed out the beautiful personalities you monsters have by the scent of your place. The main reason for the 'sniff test' is so they can know if they are safe in a place or around a person. It seems that she deemed you two and your place safe and trustworthy to be around. Although she is being almost overly friendly to you guys so early, it's quite surprising actually. It just shows how beautiful your souls are. In other words she likes ya."

'god, i could say so many things right now.'

"ha ha well ah, thanks kiddo." He scratches at the back of his skull. "but if we're talkin' 'bout beautiful souls then i-" Papyrus' phone rings.

'shit, what am i doin?! backin' off, remember? thank god for that call.'

"OH GREETINGS, LADY TORIEL! ... NO, I'M NOT BUSY, THE HUMAN WAS JUST HELPING ME MAKE MY SPAGHETTI EVEN GREATER THAN IT WAS BEFOR- ... OH YES, THE HUMAN, SHE IS STAYING WITH US FOR A WHILE. ... OF COURSE, WE'D LOVE TO! TOMORROW FOR LUNCH? OKAY, WE'LL SEE YOU AT 12 O'CLOCK, YOUR MAJESTY!"

"Your majesty?!" Your eyes flew open and you sat up. Papyrus jumped into the lounge.

"YES, HUMAN, LADY TORIEL IS OUR MONSTER QUEEN. WELL SHE WAS UNTIL-" Sans interrupted.

"what did she want, paps?"

"OH, SHE WANTED TO MEET THE HUMAN AT HER PLACE FOR LUNCH TOMORROW."

"Um, excuse me, what?! I'm meeting your queen tomorrow at lunch?! Oh god, I am not prepared for this."

-Reader/Jessica's POV-

After watching a couple of movies, and the brothers passing out on a couple of mattress' in front of the couch, you lay there attempting to sleep. It doesn't seem to be going very far. You were very thankful for the couple of games your phone allows you to have. It always seems to be grumbling about a lack of space, even though you have almost nothing on it. It was times like this were you needed to keep yourself distracted. Where your mind will enter some places uninvited; unwanted, especially around other people's presence.

"can't sleep?" You look up from your phone and see Sans poking his head up at you.

"Oh, Sans I thought you were asleep. Did I wake you? I'm sorry." You start to already feel bad.

"nah, i've been awake for a while too. isn't it ironic? the lazy guy not being able to sleep. heh heh. so ah, why can't you sleep? ya know tori's a big softy. no need to be intimidated." He sat up, giving up on the idea of sleeping as well.

"But she's your queen! How can I not be intimi-" You whisper-shouted, trying to not wake the other brother.

Sans interrupted. "she was our queen. not anymore." You were confused.

"Oh, I didn't know that somebody could give up that kind of position. Is she ill?"

"ah, nah...it's ah, complicated." He seemed unsure of what to say.

"one thing ya should know is that things weren't exactly easy in the underground. we don' talk about being down there too much 'cause we were trapped down there against our will, so for a lot of us it wasn't exactly the best of experiences. The decisions we had to make, we had to do for the whole of monsterkind. Our options were very limited down there, so ya must understand that the decisions our king and queen had to make were for their people. their kingdom."

'He kind of said that like he was preparing me for something. Whatever it is, it can't be that bad. If the rest of monsterkind are anything like the brothers then nothing could've happened that's that bad, I'm sure.'

"Okay, I can understand that. I'm gonna presume you're not too comfortable telling me what happened yet?" You didn't wanna force him into anything he's uncomfortable with.

"yeah...i'm sure you'll find out over time anyway kiddo."

"It's all good. Why do you keep calling me a kid anyway? You know I'm 20 right?" You say out of curiosity, and a teensy bit of annoyance. (Admittedly you had been called out as a school kid way too much for your liking.)

"oh ah, it's um, just out of habit, i guess..." He seemed to shrug off.

"Wait, you have a kid?!" You couldn't believe that you didn't even think about that. What if Papyrus is a dad? Oh my god, think about the Papy babies!

"wha-what?! no no no. i don't have a kid. jeez no." He puts his hands up, defending himself. "if you don' mind, i'm not really comfortable in sharing that right now either. it kinda comes into the same story." He seemed quite uncomfortable. You can trust that whatever has him like this probably isn't a great story. Maybe he used to have a kid. However you can respect his privacy.

"Yeah, sure that's fine. If you ever do need an ear though, i am the only one HEAR who has one." You end in a punchline manner, winking.

"heh heh, thanks ki- ah, jess. thanks jess."