Author's Note: Hiya! I'm sorry that I didn't update yesterday. It honestly feels much longer than that to be honest! Anyway, so here's the next chapter of Their Story! Hope y'all enjoy it!

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I sat down in my room, looking out the window in the most depressing way possible. Now, let's be clear I have been doing my best to not look all sad and depressing, but everywhere I go, it feels like a storm cloud is raging over my head.

Ever since the wedding, I've been less than happy. Asriel has suddenly started brushing me off as if I don't exist, spending all of his time with other people and no time with me.

Look, I understand the guy needs to have his own life, but he is clearly avoiding me. And in the rudest ways possible, I might add. Not to mention, he's also started acting somewhat threateningly towards me recently. It's just not like him.

I guess I do have to admit how much it bothers me the amount of time he spends with Lois. From how he first acted when he saw Lois at the wedding, you would've thought he didn't really like her in that way, but now it seems like he's made a complete 180.

At the very least, everyone has been pretty supportive towards me recently, (with the exception of Asriel as for mentioned). I guess Undyne and Sans couldn't keep their mouths shut, could they? In reality, I'm not all that angry at them though. I mean, it is nice to be able to talk to any of them and just vent.

"How you holdin' up, kid?" Sans asked. I didn't respond, as I continued to stare out the window. He took it as a cue to sit down next to me and not speak, which is what I intended for him to do.

We remained like this for about 10 minutes. It was nice to have Sans's company, especially since I was lacking in Asriel's.

"Sans?" I asked quietly.

"Hmm?"

"Why does it hurt so much?"

Sans leaned back onto the floor in thought. Finally, he scratched his cranium and shrugged his shoulders. "Only the universe knows. My best guess? You probably don't like the feeling that Asriel would rather spend his time with someone else than you. It makes you feel abandoned." He pondered for a moment. "It probably makes you feel similar to how you felt when your parents died," he tried to add delicately. While that statement would most likely upset most people, it was refreshing to have Sans's blunt input on the matter.

"I guess that sounds pretty logical," I conceded.

Sans just shrugged again in response. "You know, you shouldn't be spending so much time by yourself. You're almost acting like you did before you found Asriel, except your behavior recently has been a lot more concerning," Sans stated.

It was my turn to shrug. "I'll just have to wait until the sun comes out."

"Frisk, the sun is already out. You just don't want to look for it," Sans replied. I stared at Sans blankly, unable to process the fact that he, of all people, had bestowed those words of wisdom upon me.

"Sans, you really could become a motivational quote creator or whatever person that does that stuff."

"Nah, I think I'll stick to my comedy. It's less depressing." I smirked at that.

"I guess I could really use some of your comedy skills right now," I said.

Sans remained quiet for a moment thinking. "You know, I actually have a gig tonight at Ghost Klub. It's kind of a last-minute thing. Nabstablook called me and told me that the guy he had scheduled had cancelled on him, and asked if I would take his spot. You can guess what I said. Anyway, maybe you could come and watch?"

"Really?"

"Yeah, as long as Toriel's ok with it. I think I'm going to have to call good ol' Nabsta to make sure it's ok for you to come. I'm not sure what ages are allowed in that place."

"If we can make it work, I'd definitely like to go," I said, hugging Sans.

"Hey, it's no problem kid. It's about time you had to sit through one of my comedy routines anyway!"

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I walked with Sans through the entrance, to be greeted by Nabstablook inside. After a quick conversation, Sans was led by Nabstablook into the staff area, leaving me behind. I ended up going over to a table and sitting down. That was when, to my complete horror, I noticed Asriel sitting with a group of jocks at a table nearby. I ducked my head, but I was too late. He saw me.

Asriel got up from his table and immediately walked up to me. "So, you're so desperate you're following me around now?" He taunted. Some of the guys at the jock table exchanged some confused looks with each other.

"For your information, Sans invited me to watch his comedy routine tonight. Nabstablo—"

"I don't care why you're here. I don't want you here," he said in an aggressive voice.

"Well, we can't get everything we want. My best suggestion is to go to the doctor and get a prescription of 'deal with it'." I replied with a cool tone.

Asriel looked genuinely shocked by my statement. "Yeah, well, if you won't leave, then I'll make you lea—"

"Asriel! Woah, dude, calm down!" One of the jocks, Kieran, said. "What the hell is wrong with you man? Leave her alone, Frisk hasn't done anything wrong," he said with a hint of disgust at Asriel on his face. "Jesus, she hasn't even bothered you." Asriel glared at Kieran and walked back to the jock table.

I looked over at Kieran wide eyed. He smiled at me encouragingly before sitting down next to me. "Hey, I'm sorry for what happened," he said.

I shook my head. "You shouldn't be the one who's sorry. Anyway, thanks for doing that by the way."

"It's really no problem. I'm actually shocked that he acted like that. Has this happened before?"

I hesitated for a moment before telling the truth. "As much as I hate to say it, it's been happening a lot lately. Pretty much every time he sees me."

Kieran's eyes grew big. "Seriously? I didn't even realize…I'm guessing it doesn't happen too much in public?"

"Well, because of the wedding they gave the school a week-long break. I haven't been out very much so…this is actually the first time he's acted like this in public."

Kieran glanced at Asriel and shook his head. "Well, if you ever need help like this again, just call me, or one of the other guys," he said nodding in their direction. "We'll be happy to help you. I mean, you've done so much for a lot of people that you deserve it."

I smiled in gratitude, and we exchanged numbers with each other before he walked back to his table, being sure to take a different seat than his previous one, which was next to Asriel.

"Ladies and Gentleman, may I have your attention please," Nabstablook announced in his dry voice. "Since our comedian for tonight cancelled, we will be having a special performance from Sans!"

The audience, (including me), broke out into applause as Sans sauntered onto the stage. Sans winked at me quickly before beginning his performance.

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"Sans, I have to owe you an apology. I have underestimated you for all of these years. Why can't you share any of that material at home? It would be nice to have that instead of your terrible puns!" I exclaimed.

Sans patted me on the back. "Someday you'll understand. Today is not that day." I rolled my eyes as we walked out together. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Asriel glaring at me. I noticed that none of the jocks were there with him. That was when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Oh, hi Kieran," I greeted in surprise.

"Hey Frisk. I just wanted to come over and congratulate Sans on his wonderful performance, as always!"

"Haha, this kid has good taste," Sans replied. "Thank you, it's nice to hear you enjoyed it!

"Anyway, apart from that, the guys and I were wondering if you'd like to join us for a flag-football scrimmage we're going to. We're one player short and I've heard you like this kind of stuff."

I looked over at Sans who gave me a barely noticeable nod of consent. "Yeah, sure, I'd love to go!" I turned to Sans. "I'll call you when it's over?"

"Sure. Have fun kid!" He called as I walked with Kieran outside of Ghost Klub to meet with the rest of the group. I immediately noticed Monster Kid was with them, who nodded at me in acknowledgement.

"Hey guys, I'm pretty sure you all know Frisk. She'll be replacing Asriel for our game tonight." My head snapped in Kieran's direction.

"Asriel was going to be playing with you tonight? What happened?"

Kieran grinned sadly. "Well, after what happened…team chemistry is important and if Asriel is going to act like he did to you often, it's not going to make it easy to play with him."

"Wait, are you saying he was basically trying out for the football team?" I asked in surprise. The group nodded.

"Anyway, with that aside, you should meet the guys. We have Monster Kid, which as far as I know you're fairly acquainted with. Then there's Jase and Larry. And we also have the triplets Blake, Bladen, and Blaise. Of course, to top it off, we have yours truly." Kieran introduced.

"So, we're playing with 8 on each side?"

"Yep, you're quick to pick things up. That's definitely a good quality to have." Kieran glanced at the watch on his hand. "We should get going or else we'll be late!"