Wouldn't it be cute if there were fanart for this story? Any one of you draw it or no?

Alphys had tried to help Sans at least fall asleep and make sure he gets a nap in at least, it might raise his HP, at least, temporarily. Or maybe, if he had it for long enough, it would sort of mold. If Sans wasn't going to sleep in his own bed, what more was there to do?

Turns out, it's pretty easy to make Sans falls asleep. Sans watched a few boring shows on the TV before falling asleep, a success for Alphys. Now she could take some time to think for herself.

It's always great to have friends that care about you, but sometimes, you need to have some time to yourself. In the past day, Sans had been pretty much on Alphys' case, not allowing her to shed a single tear, trying to keep the spirits up. While help was appreciated, she wanted to feel bad. She felt bad not feeling bad.

Alphys had to be careful, though. Sans was a heavy sleeper, however, he could be a light one if he wanted to. He had grown alert to most things, especially while sleeping.

Alphys didn't watch Sans sleep, but she had observed Sans thrashing about a bit in his sleep, waking her up half-way, but not really, on the night Undyne...

Alphys rubbed her eyes, teary-eyed again. Was it really a breakup? They never technically said anything related to breaking up in the argument, however Undyne had been missing for a day and a half at this point.

The news had spread quickly. Undyne; their ex-Royal guard leader, had disappeared mysteriously. Nobody was panicked yet, after all, she could've been on vacation for all they knew, however, some concerns among people had arisen.

Alphys was avoiding going out to do absolutely anything. She just knew she'd be approached and asked. It was pretty much public news by now that she and Undyne were dating. Or had been. Nobody knew. Not even Alphys.

Alphys put her head down, and sniffled occasionally between silent weeping. She had to be careful, though. She didn't exactly have a room she could go to to be alone, especially with Sans sleeping on the couch next to where she was sitting; the dining table.

Alphys looked up, cheeks raw from the tears. Sans wasn't on the couch.

"done?"

Alphys screamed and did a weak slap towards the direction of the sound, missing Sans by a mile.

"woah, sorry to scare you there," Sans smiled. "are you done?"

"W-with wha-..." Alphys looked down, before looking back at Sans. How had he gotten next to her?

"N-no actually. Can't I have some time to myself?" Alphys said it as a complaint, but pleading eyes.

Sans looked at her, studying her face, before giving a slow nod.

"hey, i've never been one to meddle. go do whatever. i'm gonna go help Papy and Frisk," Sans winked, and got up to leave.

"W-wait! What... what ARE they doing?" Alphys had overheard Papyrus and Sans talking to each other about something, but she wasn't sure what. She had faintly picked up Frisk's voice, one of the three-person conversation.

"Err," Sans looked at his wrist, although he didn't have a watch and this had nothing to do with the time. At all. "Uhm, I actually think they're trying to find Undyne..." Sans had noticeably taken on a more serious-tone, a break from his regular attitude. He looked back up at her as he said this.

Actually, Sans was pretty happy with Undyne gone. Of course, Alphys was constantly sad about it, and Frisk was pretty shaken, but look what happened. Sans smiled to himself.

Alphys and him had become better friends, after all. With nobody to depend on, especially since Mettaton sent a letter once a month from the surface (He never actually had anything to pack, he just ran up), Alphys had grown to rely on Sans.

It felt nice to be trusted for once in his life. It was either he was too lazy or he was too annoying, but now, he had a friend relying on him.

Sans' smile faded a bit, looking down at the table and then at his hands. Well, eventually, Papyrus would be crushed with the resolution that Undyne would never come back...

Sans loved his brother more than his friendship with Alphys, he was sorry to think it, but it was true. If it was between Papyrus and Alphys, Sans would choose Papyrus without hesitation.

And, anyway, with finding out where Undyne was hiding, maybe she would've realized going missing, no friends, food, laughs... wasn't worth it. And anyhow, she hadn't actually gone mis-

Sans' thoughts were interrupted.

"Uhh... aren't you leaving..?" Sans looked up at her voice, and watched her for a second, recalling what happened in the minutes prior.

"oh, yeah, sorry," Sans got up, waving goodbye and winking to her. Alphys watched him walk up the stairs, but then looked to the window. Sans winked at her from outside the house and walked away.

Alphys had to admit, she did smile about that. Sans always went the opposite direction, even though it was probably more effort to teleport than to walk. Is there a name for the type of lazy that prompts you to use energy to be more lazy?

Laziness 2.0?

Alphys still did worry about him, though. Like she had thought, he hadn't been sleeping much. He had developed some deep fear for his bed in particular, and only Alphys figured it out. Or, well, she thought so.

Alphys got out her phone and ordered a bed. She put the phone back in her pocket and decided to weep some more.

-=-=-Papyrus-=-=-

"hey," Sans smiled and walked up behind his brother and Frisk.

"OH, HI SANS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASLEEP?" Papyrus smiled at his brother, and Frisk smiled at the skeleton as well.

"oh, i mean, i was, but something woke me up," Sans smiled happily and shrugged. It seemed that now all he was doing was smiling. It felt... nice.

"Papyrus, go on ahead, okay? We'll catch up," Frisk smiled, and Papyrus walked ahead, yelling about no footprints. Well, it had just snowed.

Frisk turned to Sans.

"heya, kiddo. need anything?" Sans looked at her.

"Sans, I'm worried about you," Frisk rubbed her other arm nervously. She felt silly.

"you? worried about me? don't switch the roles," Sans attempted to brush it off.

"Sans, you have 1HP. It's scary..." Frisk gave him a worried look.

"..wouldn't you know that I used to have that?" Sans asked, questioningly. It took him a moment to realize what he was asking, and Frisk was shocked.

"n-no, i mean, wouldn't you? heh, it was a pretty 'popular' thing," Sans joked, trying to play it off. Oops. Guess those dreams have been getting to him, huh?

"S-sans..?" Frisk looked at him with sad eyes, making him feel bad.

"so what if i don't take as many naps? you've never seen papy taking a nap, have you..?" Sans motioned with one of his hands up ahead, to his brother, who was looking at the ground and running in circles here and there, following his own footsteps as a game. He was getting bored of waiting.

"Sans, I haven't been around too much, but I haven't seen you sleep too often," Frisk thought back. She'd seen him sleep a few times this week, however, not as much as he should have. Especially when his HP was so low.

Sans opened his mouth to speak, closing his eyes, before closing his mouth and opening his eyes. He walked forwards, teleporting ahead. Frisk was standing there, alone. She saw Sans and Papyrus in the distance, discussing something, and Frisk ran at full speed towards them.

'Stop... excluding.. me..." She thought. She panted as she ran. She tripped and fell, getting a mouthful of snow, half buried in it.

Instantly, she shivered, cold. She struggled to stand up, but it was like tripping underwater.

She reached her hand out and somebody grabbed it, pulling her out. Papyrus.

Papyrus brushed the snow off of Frisk, who was shivering. He picked her up.

"SANS! YOU COULD'VE ASKED ME TO COME OVER IN A LITTLE LESS TIME, YOU KNOW!" Papyrus frowned at his brother.

"AND MAYBE A HEADS-UP TO THE HUMAN WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT, TOO!"

Sans was surprised. He wasn't expecting Frisk to get that angry. Well, he had been kicking her out of conversations recently. He'd be just as mad if he were her. Sans did his best to help, brushing off some stray snow.

"HMM..." Papyrus thought, looking at Sans then at the shivering human.

"SANS, GIVE THE HUMAN YOUR JACKET!" Papyrus smiled.

"but then i'll be cold,"

"THE HUMAN'S COLD BECAUSE OF YOU!"

"yeah, but i'll be cold then,"

"SANS, YOU.. YOU DON'T HAVE SKIN," Papyrus sighed, however he wasn't really mad at his brother. He concealed a small smile.

"eh," Sans shrugged. "guess not," Sans took off his jacket, and Papyrus held Frisk out. It actually fit Frisk pretty nicely.

"UHH, SANS?"

"yeah?"

"WHY WERE YOU WEARING TWO JACKETS?"

Sans rolled up the sleeve, revealing the bone. The jacket was obviously less thick than the one Frisk was wearing. This one was slightly purple.

"because, i wouldn't want to get.."

"chilled to the bone,"

Badum tss...

No?

Papyrus sighed. "SANS!"

"hey, you're smiling," Sans teased his brother, and they began walking again.

Papyrus didn't reply to Sans and just looked down at Frisk.

"HUMAN, I WOULD CARRY YOU, BUT SANS' JACKET IS PROBABLY FILTHY WITH HIS TERRIBLE PUNS," Papyrus grinned.

"hey, you've carried me before," Sans was smiling, grabbing a rock as they walked. He threw it, and it slightly bounced off of the snow, but plopped less than a millimeter away. Frisk waddled along, the jacket slightly too long for her. Other than that, it was a pretty perfect fit. Odd that it was too LONG for her, considering Sans was...

"HEY, SANS, YOUR JACKET FITS FRISK VERY WELL. IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE SHORT?" Papyrus looked at his brother, awaiting a response.

"ow, you really are improving your insults, aren't you?" Sans smiled. "well, we're looking for somebody taller than you," Sans knew it was a bad comeback.

"THAT COMEBACK WAS WORSE THAN THAT PUN EARLIER, SANS.."

"guess i ran out. you could say i'm...

sans comic. or, probably comedy would be grammatically correct,"

Papyrus's eyes widened. Now that was a good joke. Using his own name, in reverse, playing off the fact his name meant "Without", and correcting himself.

Sans elbowed Papyrus.

"good one, huh?"

"SANS, WE'VE BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM FOR HALF AN HOUR TELLING TERRIBLE PUNS. WE'VE BEEN AT THE ENTRANCE TO WATERFALL FOR A GREAT LENGTH OF TIME," Papyrus pointed ahead. The snowy area was cut off, quickly turning into wet, dark dirt.

"well, then there's no holdup," Sans grabbed Frisk and took the jacket off of her, and she giggled, despite her attempts to look angry.

Sans put it back on and disappeared.

Papyrus sighed and rolled his eyes, taking Frisk by the hand and quickly leading her to the next room.

Sans was behind his sentry station, waiting.

"SANS, COME OVER HERE!," Papyrus frowned in disbelief, although a little bit amazed.

"why?"

"SANS, YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK," Papyrus never thought he'd be esaying those words. Ever.

"hey, that's a first. also, if i go to work, i should take a break," Sans smiled, but walked over to join Papyrus and Frisk again.

Ah, Papyrus's brother, Sans. The master of lazy.

"WELL, SANS, ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHECK ON ALPHYS.. MAKE SURE SHE'S STILL OKAY," Papyrus was suddenly serious. Sans nodded, and waved goodbye.

-=-=-Alphys-=-=-

Sans walked into the house, unlocking the door silently. He walked in and looked around. No Alphys.

He went up the stairs and opened his room door... and sure enough,

There was Alphys. Sleeping, cuddled up against her tablet.

Sans smiled, and closed the door. Time to go back to his brother.

And of course, the saying goes, slowly crippling...:

'We broke Sans'