This time around, a few days after the incident, when you asked if you could go out, Sans didn't put up a fuss. Papyrus continued going out with you.
While you should have been pleased, the brothers were treating you like fragile glass. Sans didn't offer again to take you to Grillby's. He was probably afraid you would freak out again, which just made you feel worse.
You tried to pretend that what had happened never happened, but little things would just show that was impossible. On your errands, Papyrus would go out of his way to avoid Grillby's establishment, walking dangerously close to the ravine sometimes. And various Monsters that had been there the day you and Sans went would make a point of asking if you were ok, to which you always responded with a thumbs up. They still asked next time they saw you if you were ok in a voice reserved for those obviously not ok, or who had just lost a limb or something.
One day, on an errand with Papyrus while you were nodding off, Papyrus let out a gasp of shock, jolting you awake. "I FORGOT SOME VERY IMPORTANT STUFF THAT I NEEDED TO DO." He looks up at you and looks torn. "BUT I HAVE TO WATCH OVER YOU! OH, WHAT SHALL I DO?"
"What stuff?" You were curious as to what could be giving him such a dilemma.
He looks around and pitches his voice lower, leaning in as if telling you a secret. "SENTRY STUFF."
"Really? Cool!" It was very cool. You never saw Papyrus do sentry stuff. The days he had sentry stuff he would just leave you at home. You realize with a start that lately you've been thinking of the skeleton household as your home too. You quickly shake your head, determined not to think of the implications of that.
"YES, IT IS COOL! ALAS, I CANNOT DO SENTRY STUFF WITH YOU. NYOO HOO HOO. PERHAPS I SHOULD JUST TAKE YOU HOME."
"No!" You say a little too quickly.
At Papyrus's inquisitive look, you quickly backtrack. "I mean, I have you, the Great Papyrus to protect me! There's no need to take me home yet. Pleeeaaaase." You unabashedly give him a pleading look, and he crumbles. "FINE HUMAN. THE GREAT PAPYRUS YIELDS UNDER YOUR PUPPY DOG EYES. I SHALL DO THIS SENTRY STUFF AND YOU SHALL STAY BY MY SIDE."
With that course of action decided, Papyrus swiftly takes you out of the town, heading out into the woods. He stays on the road, and you guys soon arrive at a Sentry station.
"Thank you so much!"
"IT IS NO PROBLEM HUMAN" He says putting you down. He looks around quickly, and then down at you. "PLEASE STAY HERE." You nod, and he goes off, leaving you alone. Looking around, you realize you're alone for the first time in weeks, outside. The impulse to run off strikes you, and you quickly squash it down. So much for you staying by Papyrus's side.
You find a tree to lean against, build a small snowman.
Barely ten minutes go by before Papyrus is back. "SORRY TO HAVE LEFT YOUR SIDE HUMAN. I NEEDED TO DO SOME PRIVATE CLASSIFIED SENTRY STUFF, BUT I MADE SURE NO ONE WAS AROUND."
"How?"
"HOW DID I MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS AROUND? WHY, I SCANNED FOR THEIR SOULS OF COURSE!"
Before you can ask him another question, he picks you up and carries you home.
It seems that Papyrus and Sans were resolved to answer nothing.
Author's Note: The reader feels left out and Papyrus is being secretive for some reason. In an effort to not make the reader worse, the skeleton brothers might just make everything worse.