Shape of You
by EmeraldHeart510
[Story also posted on Wattpad under same author name.]
- Chapter 21 -
"Sorr-ry for intruding," Alphys stuttered, after Sans opened the door to let her inside.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever it is, make it quick," Sans said, who did not hesitate to be rude, as soon as the small yellow monster walked in through the door.
"S-sans, is that y-you?" Alphy's went wide eyed with amazement, as if this is the first time she's seen him with this appearance.
"No, I'm the tooth-fairy."
She was not really phased by his manner, because the little dino monster walked around Sans, studied his appearance, as if she was taking mental notes on what was different about him. She pulled at his hands, lifted his arms, and even went to the lengths of examining the back of his calves.
"Oi! Watch where you're touching!" Sans yelped, when he didn't expect her to touch the back of his thigh. She was just so deep into thought, that she got carried away.
"S-sorry! I w-was just recently researching m-more about monster m-metamorphosis. I found it intriguing, that you morphed this way," Alphys' yelped away from Sans, not really expecting him to be so scary.
"So my years of mental breakdowns astonish you? Brilliant..." Sans sighed and very noticeably, tried not to get angry at her. You can see him sucking in every ounce of his will, not to raise his voice and practically chew her out for palpating him subconsciously.
We both knew how cowardice Alphys was. If he buffeted her with his wrath, she would run away and hide, then it would take forever for her to calm down. Maybe not even show her face around him anymore.
"S-sorry Sans... my sympathies to you."
Though Sans did not show it, there was a glimpse of discomfort gleaming in his eyes. I felt his pain, like I could literally feel it. He was sad and mourned for his little brother. His heart was recoiling in thumps; it glowed wildly. It was obvious he did not want to be reminded... ever.
Sans gripped his chest, slowly inhaled and exhaled to calm his nerve-wrecked soul.
"Thanks... but please don't remind me."
I stride over next to Sans and Alphys, just so I could sever the tension that lingered in the air around us like chains that got tighter around us, but mostly around Sans.
*Cough cough* I fake coughed into my palm, wavering the little dino's attention from Sans to me.
"F-frisk!" Alphy's practically screeched with happiness. To my bewilderment, she jumped to me and embraced me with her small arms. That I could not foresee; Alphys making more contact than a handshake.
How long has it really been since all my friends have seen me? They tell me it's been a few years, but it feels like so much more than that.
"Alphys, long time no see!"
I hugged her back, feeling a bit of nostalgia pass through me.
"Likewise F-Frisk," Alphys said as she stepped back from me and fixed her glasses.
"It has been a-awhile. When we d-discovered your amnesia, we had no ch-choice but to keep our distance. But I'm glad you r-remembered us, for the m-most part."
I nodded at her and smiled. It was good to see everyone again and how much they have and haven't changed. Alphys was still shaky as ever, but she was still herself, which I'm very glad to see.
"Well if it weren't for the bag of bones here, for stalking me at work, I might've not remembered at all," I joked and bit my tongue in the process.
"If that was a joke, you suck at it," Sans scoffed, and made his way back to the couch.
"Oh lighten up, will you?" I stuck my tongue at him, while I escorted Alphys to the loveseat to sit down.
"Would you like anything to drink? We have water, sweet tea, coffee, coke..." I asked her politely, attempting not to fail as a hostess.
"She's not here to hang out, she's here to give us useful information," Sans rolled his eyes and stared back at the television, as if he was already bored out of his mind.
"Hush Sans! She's still our friend."
"Yeah yeah yeah," he waved me off, as if he didn't even bother to listen to a word I said.
"Y-you don't have to F-Frisk... Sans isn't c-completely wrong. B-Besides, you just got out of the h-hospital not too long ago."
I glared at Sans, as if to burn holes into his head.
"What?" Sans noticed my glare.
'What?' You say... but didn't you just turn me upside down to interrogate me, even though I'm just now recovering? Thanks for the hospitality.
I waltz to the huge, side by side, refrigerator and opened it's french handle doors. When the light came on from inside, it revealed that it was stocked full of food and drinks; most likely from Mettaton's doing.
"I insist, you traveled all the way here to help us. I could at least offer you a drink. You must be thirsty."
Alphys sat there, nervously twiddling her thumbs.
"Well... if you insist.. I w-would like water p-please."
"Sure!" I answered, almost too cheerfully.
Grabbing a water bottle, I glide back to Alphys and hand it to her, before sitting back down next to Sans.
Sans, who was not at all discreet with his actions, snaked an arm from behind and cupped my side with his hand. He pulled me closer to his side, not afraid to show dominance, even in front of friends.
"I-I see your r-relationship is still s-stronger than e-ever."
The look on Alphys' face seemed to brighten up. I feel that she was insinuating that we had been together for a longer time than we really were.
"What do you mean by that, Alphys? It's only been a few days."
Her inquisitive personality got the best of her. She was going to bombard me with questions. But you could tell she was invoked by fear, after she glanced at Sans then back to me.
It wasn't very apparent on her face, but she hiccuped as soon as her eyes peered over.
I turned my head to look at Sans, but his expressionless demeanor did not give away any answers. His eye trailed down to me and gave me a wink and a smile.
He was totally not suspicious at all!
"Alphys, you came here with important information. Did you not?" Sans spoke, as impatient as ever.
"Y-yes... y-yes... I thought it would be better to tell you in person," Alphys' started, she articulated, that whatever she had to make known, was something serious. It's not every day Alphys become determined and speaks clearly without being skittish and tense.
"Frisk, Sans, it has been a long time since any real commotion started in between monsters and humans. Nothing really horrible has happened until recently."
Alphys twiddled her thumbs and took a deep breath before she continued.
"It's extremely rare for romance to spark between a human being and a monster. It's considered taboo to this day and age, where humans have slowly begun to even accept monsters into this world."
"For the past few years, there have been crime reports of human bodies and monster dust found across the country. Each one of them had, a more than normal, connection to one another. The murders have been made public, but the stories behind it have been covered up."
Oh my God... that's awful!
"To the point Alphys," Sans raised his voice and annoyingly wiggled his foot.
"O-okay! Okay... I have looked into it... and someone had wired a lot of money to Schwarz' bank account, just before there were sightings of him showing up to Frisk's previous job. I've kept track of videos from traffic cameras. They showed Schwarz regularly visiting the restaurant, just around the time a huge sum was deposited into his checking account. It's all too coincidental."
What?
I felt my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach. Fear twitched through me, and for some reason, I began to shake violently.
"It seems like someone is out to get you and Frisk. The same someone who killed all those humans and monsters who has eloped."
Flashbacks popped in my line of vision. All I could see were people with white eerie masks, dripping with black ooze, from what were suppose to be their eyes and mouths.
"Doll?" Sans concernedly questioned me. Although I could hear him, I was not able to reply to him.
In the fizz of my corrupted flashbacks, all I could see was a well dressed man, and his wicked smile. His eyes I could not make out, but his laughter was all too familiar to me.
"Frisk!" I could hardly hear Alphys cry out for me too.
Then I felt the weight beside me shift, and strong hands shake my shoulders. I wanted to wake up from this nightmare, but even how much Sans would try, his voice was too far away for me to even hear clearly.
"Frisk! Snap out of it!" Sans' voice was so far away, but so desperate to get to me.
He shouted so loudly, but it all seemed like quiet whispers of ghosts, fading away from me.
'Frisk, darling... do you honestly think you could get rid of me so easily?'
My memories flashed like white snow on a television. And right before me, in small slips of time, was a tall skeleton monster, who dashed in my direction, with bright lights moving ever so slowly behind me.
That's when it dawned on me.
"Papp... PAPYRUS NO!"
My voice had seemed to carry beyond my consciousness. I finally broke away from the haunting nightmares, and found myself drenched in tears and crushed in the grasp of Sans' embrace.
"Sans..?" My weak voice cried out for him.
He pulled away from me, with a bewilderment impression, that was slapped across his face. His body was shaking so violently, and the red glow in my chest was fading in and out erratically. He knew what I saw. I shouted it so frantically.
Tears slowly started to river down his cheeks, and the yellow heart, that beat in his chest, was dimming in and out as well. It seemed to take ever ounce of his will to not cry harder than I already was.
"Sans..." I cried his name out again.
After a moment, Sans' face softened, and he reached up and cupped my face. He took a strand of my hair and tucked it behind me ear, only to brush his fingers under my eyes to wipe away the tears.
"It's okay baby, I'm right here.."
"Sans.. I-I-I'm s-sorry.." I leaned into his shoulder and cried my eyes out.
"Shhhh, calm down baby. It's okay, it's not your fault."
All Sans could do was rub my back in circles and rock me back and forth, ever so carefully.
"I'm sorry Alphys. I think we should finish this at another time," Sans whispered to the yellow monster.
"W-will she be o-okay...?" She whispered back to him. All he did was nod at her.
Seconds later, her scurried footsteps made it to the door. Then the sound of the lock clicking back into place, was the tiniest sound I could hear over my woeful cries.
Never, in my dreams, would I have thought who I would run into again.
I had hoped I would never see him again in this lifetime.