I sat there my eyes glued to the screen lost within my own thoughts the faint scent of ketchup wafting over to me, Sans leaned towards the other arm of the plush sofa snoring. This was my usual Friday night, Sans would call me to come over for the night and we would spend it by going to Grillbys and watching movies, he always fell asleep about halfway through the film. Papyrus was always all too eager to cook us a spaghetti feast, although he had improved over the years with guidance from mom I still do not fully trust his perilous pasta. "hey kid, you OK? you look a little lost there, care to share?" Sans mumbled as he sat up rubbing his eye socket, this jolted me out of my train of thoughts and I smiled at him. "Yeah Sans I'm alright, just thinking about things." " well I was hoping we could Ketchup today but now I know that is just a fanta sea." I spit out my soda and laugh his puns were still as bad as ever, but I love that about him.
"seriously frisk I'm worried about you, more and more you seem to be retreating into your thoughts. are you still thinking about the past, about the resets? come on it happened so long ago lets just move past it already, please buddy for me." He quietly pleaded. "Nah don't worry Sans I'm not thinking about that I promise, I've just got some other things on my mind today." He stared at me for a moment and my face grew hot, the intense scrutiny from his hollow eye sockets was enough to make any one uncomfortable but I found it exciting. I couldn't help but to imagine several scenarios in my head where he would grow this serious, he would hold both of my wrists up above my head and slowly lean in close. It would be torture, his voice hardening slightly as he asks if I would like to have a bad time and I would be all to eager to reply. "frisk, if you are not up to it today we can always just put it off till next week, you don't have to stay if you have a lot on your mind. plus your looking a little red there do you have a fever?" He inched closer towards me and I quickly tried to back up forgetting that I was already at the edge of the sofa and fell, I swore from the impact and my own stupidity.
How could I get so distracted again is beyond me, but it had been happening more and more lately, anything to do with the oldest skeleton brother usually ended with me being lost in my own mind and red in the face. I shake my head to clear it a bit, its not fair to them that I keep doing this every time we hang out. I must put my thoughts and feelings on the back burner for the time being, I would hate to hurt their feelings. Papyrus sauntered into the living room balancing a bowl of popcorn and a few other snacks on his arms, he always had the most impeccable timing. "HUMAN ARE YOU ALRIGHT, SANS WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT ROUGHHOUSING WITH THE HUMAN THEY ARE FRAGILE!" Papyrus yells dropping the popcorn and other items to the floor rushing over to help me up, I dust myself off telling Pap that I was fine. "HUMAN COULD YOU PLEASE COME HELP ME IN THE KITCHEN TO PROCURE MORE SNACKS SEEING AS I HAVE DROPPED THE OTHERS ONTO THE FLOOR." He asked pulling me without giving me a moment to answer, I sighed out of exasperation and follow along anyway. There was no stopping papyrus when he wanted to do something that much I had learned over the years, that and he was far more perceptive when it came to his brother than others gave him credit for.
"Pap whats up you and I both know well enough that you don't need help popping the popcorn so whats up?" "Human why wont you just tell Sans how you feel, whats the worst thing that could happen if you do? Honestly yes there may be some hurt feelings and rejection, but that is part of life." I bite my lip as I process what he is saying. "I'm sorry Papyrus but I can't risk ruining our friendship over this you know that; how many times have we had this conversation know? Too may times that I can count and my answer will never change, he doesn't feel the same about me I can tell so its just best to forget it. Please." I pleaded with him eventually he decided to drop it and walked out carrying half of the snacks, I stood there for a minute blinking back some tears that wanted to fall. My heart broke a little each time this topic was brought up between us, I don't understand the appeal of torturing me this way, holding my feelings up to me like a mirror showing me what a coward I actually was. Not that I could ever fully put the blame on poor sweet Papyrus, my own stubbornness and uncertainty was the cause of my misery not his harmless questions. I soon walked out and plastered my most convincing smile while I greeted my two favorite boneheads. It would be alright, I could get through this if I stayed DETERMINED.
The night progressed without incident and soon they went to sleep. Out of the shadows in the far corner a melting form manifested watching over the sleeping trio, it smiled eerily at them. 'Soon little one your destiny will be fulfilled.' The form thought to himself before concealing himself into the shadows once again.
