Chapter Twenty-Nine:
Things will get better
Things hadn't gotten better since that incident over at Asgore's place, neither he or Toriel had made an attempt to contact Sans or I. And then there's Sans, oh god then there's Sans. He had gotten to damn touchy since then, yes, he had sticky little skeleton fingers before; but now. Every chance he got, they were all over me, sleeping, cooking, fighting the trash tornados, he even tried to slip into the shower with me. How long had it been since I started staying with the bros, almost a week I guess? I hope I can go home soon.
Groaning as the hot summer sun blesses me with its bright rays, the tank top and shorts combo I picked out, not helping at all. Shielding my eyes from said rays I could see my destination. Instantly my glasses that I only wear on rear occasions started to steam up, god I hate these things; quickly cleaning them off. I hurried to the building, I pull open the door, once again getting hit by a wave of heat. Inwardly sighing in defeat what should I expected, Grillby's is a pub run by a fire elemental. Wiping the sweat from my forehead before it can get to sting my eyes, waving at a few monsters that I recognize.
Taking a seat at the bar, I waited for Grillby to take notice of me before having him take down my order. Crossing my arms over the table I rest my head down on them, this place will make a great winter hangout. In the midst of, the loud chatter going on in the bar someone had gotten up and moved from beside of me. Sitting up I watch Grillby working on some drinks, maybe I should ask him about this 'West' but not all monsters know each other.
"Hey, Grillby" I waved him down after he finished a round of drinks, polishing a glass he gave all his attention to me. I drummed my fingers on the table, this could be a dead-end but I don't know if I keep my mouth shut, "do you know anything about West…a veteran of the war?"
He continued to polish his glass as he stared at me, shit this must have been a bad idea. His glaze was unblinking well that's what I think since I couldn't tell his eyes from the rest of his body. My foot started to tap against the bar stool as the seconds ticked by.
"He was an old soldier from the royal guards like myself" he placed the glass back on the shelf and picked up a new one, "was in the same unit as him"
I blinked for a few moments, Grillby was in the war? How fresh was it to the monsters that lived in the Underground? Heck, if they're veterans that are still alive and kicking till this day, maybe it's like the world wars for us? But looking over the fire elemental he's either aged well or it wasn't that long ago.
"Why are you asking about West?" he set the glass down and loomed over me, sweat started to run down my face. I could feel his eyes glaring down at, this might not have been my best idea.
"Uh…um…I heard that he bonded with a human…back in the day" I cleared my throat, facing away from him, "from the queen…and I uh kind of wanted advice"
To my surprise, the fire elemental stated laughing it was a low rumble starting from his belly and upward to his mouth. Which split open from nothing, inside his new found mouth it was brighter fire, a more blinding yellow.
"ER…someone…asked me to bond with them" my cheeks grew a hot "and I kinda said we should…wait" at the end of the sentence I played with my thumbs, "the Queen said West and his human had not only married but bonded"
"Yes, West and Ethel sure did love each other" the fire monster laughed once more, "yes they were bonded…it was rare but it happens"
"Oh" I hummed slightly
"A bond is something more intimate than just a plan marriage…monster could marry first, but if the pair wanted to take the next step; it would be a bond" he explained.
"What if someone wants to leave the bond?" so marriage is just another form of dating/courtship to them?
"You're talking about a breached bond" the monster eyed me as if he was searching for something. He left to take care of one of his customers before returning to me "breached bonds are dangerous, it can harm either one or both members of the party"
My eyebrows knitted together, I remember one of the books going over a soul bond. I never thought it would have been this big of a deal, yes, we humans can say until death do we part; but with monsters, they take it seriously.
"Did this someone forced a bond on you?" suddenly I could hear the fire of his body crackling as the heat radiating off him became almost unbearable.
"N-no…just asked" the words came out of my mouth tripping over each other, "and I don't know much about monster culture…and I ran into someone who didn't agree with our courting…" I refused to let him know that I was taking about his king.
The fire monster nodding seeming to understand the situation more, "You know this something you should be talking to your parents about" my stomach flopped, I figured as much, "that's what I would have said if you were a monster…since you're not I'll let it pass" the flame monster gave a look over once more "if you were a monster...you'll probably have your magical burst by now" I shivered at the term.
"Yeah" I laughed slightly running my finger through my hair, those shits are painful as fuck…being cooked a live.
"Tell Sans I won't let a sweet thing like you pay off his tab for him" I gapped as Grillby placed a brown paper bag in front of him.
Nodding with a hot face and dry mouth I took the bag and left the hot pub, how did he know? Letting my legs lead me to the park, where I know where the short skeleton would be. God, why are there so many people here? That's good for Sans…more money but it's so damn hot! Looking over at the playground I saw water sprinklers, with children running and jumping through them. Smiling warmly as I watched the children laughed and play with each other. Right next to the playground I spotted a push cart, under a large shady tree with a small skeleton napping.
"Sans" I called when I neared the napping monster, "wake up, I brought lunch". He didn't even try to move, dang he must have been knocked out. Placing down the bag on the cart and leaned closer to him, he's a drooler. I chuckled softly, this shouldn't be as cute as it. I poked his cheekbone, the skeleton stirred but didn't get up. Geez, how does he make a profit if all he does is nap? Looking around to see if any monsters were looking over at us, before going in for a small kiss on his forehead. Suddenly his socket fluttered open and I'm met with soft eye light.
"Morning sleeping beauty" I smiled before moving the bag in front of him "I got you lunch, papa bear"
"Papa bear, huh?" he chuckled softly before sitting up fully to looking into the paper bag, "has a nice ring ta' it…all we need now is a baby bear"
"I have three cubs" I rolled my eyes and scoffed, even though my heart skipped a beat, "named Geo, Maddie, and Daisy…well four if you include Fritz…but he's rebelling"
"Yea, but don't ya' think it'll be nice ta' have a little one running 'round, one that we can take ta the park on nice days like these?" he motioned over to the playground with young parents playing with their children. Something inside of my chest swelled and started humming, pleasantly at the thought of becoming a nuclear family unit.
"Yes, that would be nice but I feel like you'll rather nap than play with the little one" I gave the skeleton the side eye.
"Sweetheart ya' hurt me" he placed his hand over his chest in fake pain, "and here I am about ta say those glasses look cute with ya' yer wearin' 'em"
"Whatever" I rolled my eyes "I'm heading back home now" I went back in for another forehead kiss. Only to be intersected with teeth to lips contact, gasping when his tongue slid across my lips. It still surprises me how wet it feels like melting ice but without the melting part or ice part. He took the opening and slipped it into my mouth, appendage teased mine before coaxing it into a sinful tango. A moan was muffled from the kiss before we broke apart, with a thin line of tainted blue saliva connecting us. My head quickly snapped to the side breaking the connection, heat now running down my neck and some settling between my legs.
"See ya later tonight, Mama bear" Sans laughed, bastard, his raspy voice not helping the situation one bit.
"O-O kay" stuttering I quickly left the park, leaving him alone with his lunch. Standing outside of the park with a sigh, I could return home and clean up his room again. It'd gotten a bit messy in the past days of him not picking up after himself. I'll have to take to him about that, yea that's what I'll do today.
"HEY PUNK!" my head shot up and whirled around looking for the owner of that voice. Then I saw her before running up to me, scooping me into a powerful hug even lifting my weight off the ground.
"H-hey Undyne" I weakly smiled down at the fish monster
"We need to talk" her one good eye glint with something that I couldn't decipher.
