Skeletons and a Siren
Chapter 9: Catch some light and it'll be alright
After the Skeletons found you in front of Grillby's, you noticed that it stopped raining heavily, but it still drizzled down from the grey thundering clouds. You still had your jacket, but it wasn't heavy enough.
You were about to ask one of the Skeletons for their jacket, but Red whispered "hold on," in your ear.
And hold on you did.
A flash of red and suddenly, you found yourself in a dark place.
A very dark place.
Endless darkness.
A Void?
Whatever this place is, it is…. Endless, dark, scary…. and fascinating.
You admired how Red was flying through this as he was encased with his magic that brightened the darkness, and you couldn't help but look at Stretch and Sans as they lazily follow suit; their magic glowed so brightly. Even Betsy was encased by blue magic, you couldn't help but be even more impressed by the Skeletons.
It's amazing.
…
…
Well, it was amazing until you felt a sharp pain in your chest.
A sudden ping of sharp pain emerges deeply in your chest, it was painful enough that it causes a groan to release from your lips and grab your chest as your life depends on it.
It hurts.
It really HURTS!
You tightly shut your eyes to keep the tears from falling; you didn't want the Skeletons to worry about you even more. Especially since they found you
It was like a thousand knives were digging into your chest.
The pain was too great and it was getting harder to breathe.
Your vision became unfocused.
You felt your stomach twisting and turning; you felt at any moment you were going to vomit.
Suddenly, the feeling was gone.
The pain was gone, but the tears still fell down your cold cheeks.
Your eyes were still closed as you felt your body shifted onto something plushy and comfortable.
"y/n," you heard Red say as he wiped your falling tears from your cheek with his hard boney finger, "sweetheart?" He sounded worried.
You slowly open your blurry eyes to see Sans, Stretch, and Red staring concern clear on their faces. "T-Thank you… thank you so much, guys…. I-I'm fine." You manage to say considering how sore your throat is.
Thankfully your best friend was here, Betsy looked a bit nauseous, but still herself as she laid her head on your lap.
"fine?" Stretch said, he quickly sat next to you and took the blanket off the sofa. He gently put the blanket around your shoulders as he continues, "no offense, honey, but you were asleep in front of grillby's and you were crying just now," Stretch reached out to you, and like Red, he wiped another tear going down your cheek (you quickly stifle a gasp when he touch your skin), "that doesn't define 'fine'."
You sighed a little as you tugged the blanket tightly around you.
You knew he was right; you weren't fine.
Far from it, actually.
But you didn't want to be a problem, not to them.
"I don't want to be a burden," you whispered.
Suddenly Sans was next to you, "a burden? kid, do you think we're that heartless? we wouldn't have asked if we weren't concerned."
After hearing that you felt like you were going to cry again, not in a bad way.
You felt a warm feeling in your chest, you don't even remember the last time you felt so… cared for.
With the three skeletons waiting so patiently for you to speak, you let out a small sigh before you began your story.
You told the patient skeletons about your house and why you were in front of Grillby's, crying.
Of course, you didn't tell them the whole truth, about why you weren't in your car when it started to rain.
Thankfully, you thought quickly on your feet.
You lied saying that you thought Grillby was coming back so you decided to stay.
You hope against hope that they at least believe that.
However, as you told your story you noticed that their eye lights were gone. Though Stretch's eye sockets were small you can still tell that his little lights were gone.
You started to have a bad feeling.
You asked if they were alright, they said they were fine, but you still felt an achy feeling in your chest.
"And that is when you guys came and found me." You finished as you looked up at your skeleton friends.
Maybe you shouldn't have said anything, now the skeletons were all silent with forced grins across their boney faces.
You were about to open your mouth to ask once more if they were alright, but Sans beat you to it.
"kiddo…. i'm so sorry you had to deal with that."
"why didn't you call us, honey?" Stretch asked.
You shrugged a little before saying, "Well for starters my phone died," you wanted to stop there, but you kept going " And….I-I didn't want to bother you guys with my problems. You guys have already been so nice to me I just didn't want to be a burden to anyone-"
"sweetheart," Red interrupts you, "like sans says you are not a burden. if we didn't care we wouldn't have brought you back with us, yeah?"
You nodded and felt Betsy's head lay on your leg as you gently pet her head.
You were so thankful for the friends you had made.
"Thank you, guys. I appreciate it." You then felt Sans pat your back, "eh fuhgeddaboudit, kiddo. mi casa es su casa and all that."
You smiled and nodded.
Stretch then took your hand away from Red's and led you towards the kitchen, "come on, honey, let see if we can warm you up."
You were grateful for Stretch's offer, but you couldn't help but notice a smirk that formed across his skelly face as he turned to Red.
You noticed that they do that a lot to each other.
"Must be a Skeleton thing," you thought to yourself.
You followed Stretch into the kitchen and suddenly you felt a strange sensation in your chest and around your body.
You didn't know what that was, but it felt tingly and…. Familiar.
It felt… nice and safe… and maybe a little hurt.
You felt your feet levitated off the floor as you were gently sat down on the counter.
You turned to look at Red with a smug look; you guessed that was him.
He then sat next to you as Stretch pulled out a jar of brown powder from the cabinet and Sans pulled a jag of Milk, Ketchup, and Honey from the fridge with a snap of his fingers.
Blue magic covered the items and placed them next to Stretch and the stove.
You didn't know how, but you felt Sans' magic buzzing against your body, and it felt… weird, and very numbing against your skin.
But also felt… nice.
Your skeletal companies' conversation of choice mostly consisted of giving out terrible, almost hilarious, puns and jokes about… well, Skeletons.
"Why did the skeleton climb up the tree?" Red asked you as you playfully scratched, "Hmmm…. Why?"
"Because a dog was after his bones!"
You couldn't help but laugh.
You saw how Red and Sans grin widen each time you laugh; with a hint of color across their cheeks.
After a few more puns, Stretch brought you a large white mug with a picture of Skeleton and it said, "You can't Skele-run from my Skele-puns."
You giggled before you thanked him as you took the cup.
You looked to see a brown liquid inside the cup, it was hot chocolate you assume.
It was warm by touch, and you were very much grateful.
As you took a sip you noticed how rich and smooth it was. The taste itself was decadent and sweet.
You were about to open your mouth, but Stretch beat you to it, "i added a little honey. honey always make things sweeter." He finished with a wink.
You couldn't help but blush a bit.
For a while, the Skeletons continue to distract you with their conquest to make you laugh at their horrible jokes and puns, and before long you joined in.
"I wanted to tell a skeleton pun, but I don't think I have the guts for it." That seemed to stump them for a bit before they all burst out laughing.
Sans wiped a tear(?) from his eye sockets, "kid, heh, that was terrible."
"Terribly good, you mean?" You asked with a wink.
The skeleton men glanced at each other before Stretch said, "it's…. somewhere up there that's for sure."
You decided to take that as a compliment.
After a while of exchanging bad jokes and puns, laughing and enjoying each other company, you noticed Sans's face fell a bit. His expression turned serious and there was a bit of sweat forming above his boney brow. "hey… kid… i know you probably don't want to talk about it but," Sans looked away, uncomfortably, scratching his head and let out a sigh, "but do you know…. who might have done this? or at least have an idea?"
Ah…. The serious talk.
In all honesty, you were enjoying yourself so much you almost forgot about what happened this morning, and you very much did not want to talk about it.
You already told the police what happened.
Where you were, if you knew who would do this, or why they might have done what they did.
It was exhausting.
But you can tell all three of them were very concerned about you; maybe they believe talking about it would help.
It's not like they can find the guy who did it.
You shrugged a little before you spoke, "Well… I honestly don't know… I mean I guess the anti-monster group, but they haven't attacked Grillby's establishment since the police finally got involved after one protestor tried to flood his place, and this was about a week after I started working there."
You thought for a bit before continuing, "And if I remember correctly, the guy who did it is still in jail."
The Skeletons let out hums as they, too, think along with you.
But then suddenly an idea popped in your head along with an image of those three drunken grease bags who harassed and almost hurt Blueberry.
You had to hold back the feeling of nausea after remembering that image; you forgot how disgusting they were.
"Well…. There are these guys I ran into at the Circus… they were attacking Blueberry, but I made them stop and leave him alone."
Sans raised a boney brow, "stop them? how?"
That…. That had you stumped.
You quietly scowled yourself as you gripped your cup.
How the hell are you going to explain that to them, idiot!
Maybe by…. Telling them the truth….
Pfff yeah like THAT will go well; they would either think you're crazy or maybe they will believe you…. and then sell you to a Seafood Market.
"Oh, I actually have magical powers because I am a Siren! Oh, don't believe me splash some water me and you will see! Yep! I have a tail and gills! Awesome right?"
Yeah… like that will end well.
Guess it time to use your human magic: lying.
"I….I told them I would call the police if they didn't leave Blue alone," …. That sounded lame, "They didn't take my bluff at first, but that was when a security guard came into view and they ran."
The last part was a lie, but you were glad it came to you so quickly.
Sans just hummed quickly while tapping his boney cheek, "did they say anything to you?"
You shook your head, "No they ran away, and one of them gave me a nasty glare before he left."
"do you remember what they looked like?" Stretch spoke up, you nodded to them as you describe the drunken humans.
Of course you remember them, they weren't hard to forget.
Especially their smell.
Some of the bile you had tried to hold back crept into your mouth.
Just remembering them made your stomach turn and your whole body shuddered; it seems like everyone is just after you.
You were still talking to Stretch and Sans about the three men but would glance at Red from time to time. He was being quiet… really, really quiet.
His eye lights were gone and you could tell he was grinding his teeth together.
You were a concern for him, you were about to ask if he was alright because he looked like he was ready to tear down the entire house, but suddenly the back door swings open.
It slammed against the wall; a precursor to the loud stomping coming into the kitchen, and of course, it was none other than the Edge lord himself…. Wearing a rather loose tank top that was low enough to see his ribs as well as his torn jeans covered in… car oil, grease, and sweat…?
It wasn't just his clothes, his face and arms were covered as well. His bright red gloves almost looked black they were dirtied. The whole aesthetic kind of worked with his scar across his eye socket.
You couldn't help but stare a bit as you felt your cheeks heating up.
He looked kind of…. hot.
Until his eye sockets spotted you, he opened his mouth, "WHAT IN ASGORE NAME IS THAT DOING HERE?!" You winced a bit, you forgot how loud he can be.
"Good to see you too, Starshine." You couldn't help but say sarcastically.
Edge ignored you and went straight to Red, whose eye light came back as well as his easy-going grin that displayed his golden tooth, he turned to Edge and said "sup, boss."
Edge huffed, "YOU KNOW WHAT'S "SUP", BROTHER! EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE HUMAN IS STILL HERE…. WASTING THE ALREADY SMALL SPACE WE HAVE! AND WHY IS THERE A FOUR-LEGGED CREATURE HERE?!"
You let out a frustrated sigh.
You were about to explain what had happened even though you were already exhausted; thankfully Red and Sans did the explaining, but that didn't stop Edge from his shouting, "WELL IF THE HUMAN HAS PROBLEMS THEN WHY BOTHER US?! LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS PROBABLY! IF SHE CANNOT SURVIVE ON HER OWN THEN SHE IS NOT WORTHY OF OUR HELP! SHE SHOULD GO BACK FROM WHERE SHE HAS CAME!"
"Excuse me?!" you shouted, causing the Skeletons to jump.
You were so over this shit right now.
You slam down the Skeleton mug and jumped off the counter, "Ok, first off, what part of my house burning to the ground didn't you understand? Second I didn't even want to come here in the first place because I didn't want to be a burden on you guys!" You strode towards Edge and followed him until his back was against the wall, "And lastly, I get that you hate Humans, I get that! Humans are the worse. I know that because it was Humans that turned my home, my childhood home, into burnt pieces of bacon because I enjoy being around Monsters and to them, that's unorthodox and demeaning. But I don't care!" That had him stumped, he tried to open his mouth, but he shut it closed.
"I already had a shitty morning and all I ask is for a FUCKING break! Is that too much to ask in this shitty comedy show I call a life?!" You gritted your teeth together as your breathing became heavy and your heart was pounding against your chest. You clenched your fist tightly your knuckles turned white and your fingernails dug into your skin.
Everyone stood there silently as they stared at you with bewilderment.
You tried to even your breaths and trying to keep yourself from crying, but it was getting harder to breathe.
You don't remember the last time you were so…. angry.
Yes, you do indeed have a bit of a temper, though as years progressed you learned how to control it.
It has been a very long time… since you "blew up" in a fit of rage, and right now you felt about ten pounds lighter.
You don't remember why…. Oh, wait you do!
You felt something cold and tingling around your fingertips, you already knew what it was: frost.
Mrs. Carmody warned you about this when you two first met. She has mention that sometimes your powers react with your strongest emotion.
Like now.
Right now you are incredibly pissed.
And sometimes you tend to get very emotional when the time calls for it.
You willed yourself to calm down as you let a little bit of heat magic melt the frost away.
Right now you were silent as the Skeletons were still staring at you in silence, even Edge lord himself was speechless.
Which was…. Surprising.
You looked up at him and noticed a bit of… Violent-Reddish tint across his cheekbones. His scowl slowly turned into a frown as he was about to open his mouth until the front door opened and an excited familiar voice reached your ears, "ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO THE MONSTER MARKET! BROTHER AND FRIENDS! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAS RETURN!"
Despite your anger, you couldn't help but smile when Papyrus entered the Kitchen with his wide grin.
He dropped his plastic bag on the floor and immediately spotted you. You gave him a meek wave before he scooped you into his arms and gave you a big hug as he "NYEH HEH HEH-ed".
Papyrus set you down gently on the floor and began to ask you questions: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK ALREADY? NOT THAT I DO NOT MIND THAT YOU'RE BACK! YOU MUST REALLY WANT TO SEE THE GREAT PAPYRUS AGAIN! OH, IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WERE COMING, I WOULD HAVE MADE SOME SPAGHETTI!"
You were about to speak before Sans spoke up, "actually paps… can i talk to you in private," he gestured Papyrus to the living room.
"OH…? ALRIGHT, BROTHER!" Sans patted your shoulder and gave you a wink as he led Papyrus away.
Now you were alone… well almost alone.
Stretch was still against the wall with that long frown on his face whilst Red looked very much uncomfortable right now.
You don't blame him.
You are very much uncomfortable right now, but you knew you had to say…. Something.
You were about to open your mouth when the back door opened and another familiar voice reached your ears, "PAPY? HAVE YOU SEEN MY JUNIOR JUMBLE CROSSWORD BOOK?! I WANTED TO USE IT FOR MY PUZZLE-" He cut himself off as he saw you, you can already tell his eyes turned to stars.
"Y-Y/N?"
You waved at Blueberry with a meek smile, "Hey Blueberr-"
Blueberry rush towards you and gave you a great big hug as he "MWEH HEH HEH HEH-ed".
You hugged him back, but you hold a bit tighter, "MWEH HEH! I MISSED YOU, HUMAN Y/N! I KNOW IT HAS ONLY BEEN A LITTLE WHILE BUT I HAVE MISSED YOU!"
You couldn't help, but chuckle a little, "I missed you too, blue."
Blue released you from the hug and quickly grabbed your hand and begin to bound like an excited kid, "OH, OH ARE YOU HERE FOR MORE PUZZLES? YOU'RE JUST IN LUCK I AM ABOUT DONE WITH A NEW MASTERPIECE! OH HELLO DOGGY!" You didn't notice Betsy was next to you, wagging her tail as Blueberry was patting and petting her.
You know Betsy loves attention from strangers. Well, as long she is not in her protective mode.
And it has been a while since she had attention from someone else who is not you.
Betsy jumped on Blue and you laughed at how Betsy was a bit taller than Blue himself. She started to lick his cheekbones, "OH HE SEEMS TO LIKE ME!" Blue chuckled.
"Betsy is a very friendly dog; she enjoys the attention." You said as you motioned her to get her off of Blue and sit down.
"betsy?" Stretch spoke up, "weird name for a dog."
You shrugged and said, "Well when I found her, I named her Besty as in best friend, but I was six and the vet didn't understand me, so the name kinda stuck."
Blue continued to pet Betsy, "WELL I THINK BETSY IS A MAGNIFICENT NAME! ALSO AS MAGNIFICENT AS ME! MWEH HEH HEH HEH!"
You couldn't help but smile.
"BUT I MUST ASK, HUMAN Y/N," Blue gave you a curious look, "THOUGH I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE ALONG WITH YOUR BIG, FURRY FRIEND HERE, WHY DO YOU LOOK SO DISTRESSED? AND WHY DO YOU SMELL LIKE SMOKE AND BURNT WOOD? HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU, FRIEND?"
Are you that obvious?
Well, you were told you were an easy read.
Besides you probably look like a mess right now.
You hadn't showered in three days, plus you can still feel your dry tears on your cheeks.
You sighed; you were about to tell Blueberry what happened.
"HUMAN Y/N!"
Papyrus shouted as he rushes towards you with noticeable yellow tears(?) running down his cheekbones. He swooped you into his arms and gave you his usual skeleton hug, only this time it felt a bit… tender if not a bit tight.
"Wha-" You began, but Papyrus cut you off with what you assumed was loud, wet sobbing.
"SANS TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU! I'M SO SORRY, TINY HUMAN, SO VERY SORRY! IT IS VERY TERRIBLE AND TRAGIC! HAVING YOUR HOME BURNT TO THE GROUND AND BEING HOMELESS!"
You let out a sigh, you know Papyrus means well, but way to go salt the wound there, buddy.
"WHAT?!" Blue shouted, "HOW DID THIS HAPPENED?!"
You were about to open your mouth, but Papyrus beat you to it.
"SANS EXPLAINED IT TO ME! I AM SO VERY SORRY THAT THE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER MADE YOU HOMELESS!"
Wait…. Did Sans alternate your story? Why?
Papyrus put you down and made a dramatic pose, "BUT FRET NOT, TINY HUMAN! FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL MAKE YOU AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU PROCESS THIS HORRIBLE TRANSGRATION!" He put a hand on your shoulder and gave you the biggest grin he could muster whilst Blueberry wrapped his arms around yours, "DON'T FORGET THE MAGIFICIANT SANS IS ALSO HERE TO MAKE HUMAN Y/N BETTER AS WELL."
Along with an annoyed huff as you saw Edge rolled his eye sockets, you swore you heard, "UNLESS MONSTER…"
You couldn't help but notice how he said "monster."
You ignored it; you didn't have any energy to deal with the Edgelord.
Instead, you follow the overly excited skeletons to the living room where they sat you down on the couch. Blue fixed the blanket, making sure you were warm and comfortable as Papyrus took a case from the bookshelf, which contained various books and movie cases that had the letters M.T.T across the back in bold, next to the T.V stand.
"NEH HEH HEH HEH! HUMAN! YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT! WHENEVER I'M SAD I PUT ON MY FAVORITE TV SHOW, METTATON!"
Mettaton? That robot monster celebrity? You have heard about him when you first started working for Grillby. You've been told that he does his own movies with just one cast member: him.
One time, when you were on break at Grillby's, the Horse Monster that always hangs around the broken Jukebox told you about Mettaton going into the music business and showed you his first album that was on his iPhone.
You had decided to give it a listen back then.
….
….
…
And to this day you still had no idea what you listened too.
His lyrics made no sense and the only beat to the song was him chanting his name over and over.
But Monsters seems to like him.
"OH THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE, HUMAN! YOU SEE METTATON IS A LOST PRINCESS FROM AFAR FAR AWAY UNDERGROUND KINGDOM!-"
And right now, the way Papyrus talked about Mettaton sounded like pure adoration. You get the sense that it's more than a fanboy admiring the celebrity.
Suddenly Blueberry huffed and stood up from the couch, "NO NO NO! YOU HAVE IT ALL WRONG! IT'S NAPSTATON THAT IS THE BEST! HE IS SO FUN AND LOUD! AND MUCH LIKE HIS MUSIC, HE IS SO CREATIVE THAT HE IS MAGNIFICENT, LIKE THE MAGNIFICENT BLUEBERRY MWEH HEH HEH HEH!" Blue bloom as he hugged himself with that cute wide grin growing across his face. "THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD PUT ON TO CHEER THE HUMAN UP!" He walked over to the bookshelf and started to pull different DVD cases and throwing them onto the ground, "I KNOW THAT I HAVE SOME COPIES IN HERE SOMEWHERE." Blue muttered to himself.
"NO NO NO, MY LITTLE BLUE FRIEND," Papyrus placed a hand on Blue's shoulder to face him, "WHILE NAPSTATION MAY HAVE HIS QUIRKS, NOTHING BEATS A WONDER LIKE METTATON! WHEN THE HUMAN SEES THIS MASTERPIECE, SHE WILL NO LONGER BE SAD! SHE WILL FEEL WARM INSIDE LIKE I ALWAYS DO!"
"TRUE! NAPSTATION HAS HIS QUIRKS, BUT THAT MAKES HIM AS WONDERFUL AS YOURS TRULY! WE BOTH WANT THE HUMAN TO BE HAPPY AGAIN, BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IS BY WATCHING NAPSTATION AND HIS WONDERFUL STAGEPLAY WITH HIS RECORD PLAYER!"
Then the argument went right back to Papyrus as he continues to argue between Mettaton and Napstation, you feel like this just got turned into a one-sided argument.
You were about to open your mouth, but a voice suddenly appears beside you, "whoa there, guys. there's no need to argue," Sans said lazily as relaxed against the couch, "i mean poor y/n here doesn't know what to decide since they both sound so good, right kid?"
He winked at you before another voice came to be, "i agree y/n had a rough morning as it is maybe we shouldn't put much stress on her. especially the ordeal she had to experience." Stretch shrugs.
You didn't know what to say; you didn't even know what they were doing.
A sudden gasp between the two Skeletons, "BY ASGORE, BLUEBERRY THEY ARE RIGHT!"
Um…. What?
Blue rush you into a tight hug which Papyrus has joined in.
"WE ARE SO SORRY Y/N," Blueberry shouted, he looked up at you with teary eyes running down his cheeks, "WE DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE! WE ARE TERRIBLE HOST! MWEH!"
Oh!
"Oh, no! Guys you're not making me uncomfortable-" You tried to reassure them, but Papyrus cut you off with a loud sob, "NYOHOHOHOHOHO! PLEASE FORGIVE US! NYEH!"
You felt bad.
You want to make them feel better, but you didn't know what to do.
How to salvage this…?
What… what did you do before….?
Oh, wait!
You pat the skeleton's backs, "Hey guys, it's ok. It's ok! You didn't make me uncomfortable or anything." Blue and Papyrus slowly release you from their hug. The sight of tears falling from their cheeks made your chest hurt.
"WE DIDN'T?" Papyrus asked as he rubbed his sockets with his sweater sleeve.
You shook your head, "No, big guy!" You gave Blue and Papyrus your hand, "I can promise you guys I'm not mad. You see when I was young my….Mom," It still hurt to say her name, "she always sung to me whenever I was sad or lonely."
Blueberry suddenly perked up, "ARE…. WILL YOU SING FOR US, HUMAN Y/N?"
Before you can answer, Papyrus gave you almost a child-like "PLEASE?"
You just can't refuse them.
Before you can answer them, Sans spoke up in his usual lazy voice, "eh that sounds nice. maybe you can do a lullaby for me, kiddo? i could use a nap…"
Then Papyrus stood tall, "SANS! YOU WILL DO NO SUCH THING! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR THE TINY HUMAN'S SONG!"
Sans shrugs, "of course i will, bro. i'll just lend back and listen with my eye sockets closed."
Papyrus then let out an annoyed shriek with a stomp of his foot, you couldn't help but laugh a little.
Such a strange brotherly love.
It just kind of warmed your heart and SOUL.
Papyrus turned you, "I APOLOGIZE, TINY HUMAN, SANS CAN BE SUCH A LAZYBONES. BUT THAT WON'T STOP YOU FROM SINGING TO US."
You smiled, "Of course not, Papyrus." Then you suddenly remembered you didn't have your car. It was still at Grillby's.
"Oh I have a song in mind, but I don't have my guitar with me-"
"you mean this old thing?" Red appeared behind you, with your worn-out guitar case in hand, you jumped a little; both startled and amazed with their magic.
He handed you the case as he took a seat next to you, "ya gotta be careful where ya put that thing, sweetheart, it rattled my bones when i tripped on that thing." You laugh a little which brought a grin to Red's face.
Sadly that ended quickly.
"SANS! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT THOSE INFURIATING PUNS?!" You turn to see Edge leaning against the entrance of the dining room with a blank stare.
But that blank stare didn't stop Red from fidgeting in his seat, "s-sorry about that boss."
Poor Red.
You couldn't help but looked back at Edge with your "go to hell" look.
Of course, it didn't faze him, he only rolled his eye sockets and stood there in silence.
You figured he was going to judge you and in all honesty, you didn't care. You just wanted to share your music with the skeletons monsters as they waited patiently for you.
You set your case down on the floor beside Betsy, who had taken up residence laying by your feet, and pulled out the aging instrument.
You always loved the feeling of the wood in your hands, feeling the memories and love that was hidden within this instrument.
Ah, the stories that it could tell.
You looked at your audience of Skeletons; Papyrus and Blueberry waited patiently with stars in their eyes as Betsy moved to cuddle in between them. Sans, Stretch, and Red were lying lazily on the couch with one closing his eyes, one lighting a cigarette, and the other just resting his eye sockets on you whilst the angry glared as if he was trying to bore a hole into your head.
You blushed a little at all the attention and asked, "So…. What song do you recommend?"
"ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM YOUR SOUL TINY HUMAN!" Papyrus said.
From the Soul?
A sudden memory came to you from when you were just a young girl; you felt alone and sad until your ex-boyfriend sat in front of your open window with your Guitar in hand. He always knew ways to cheer you up, he always had a way to make you smile.
Too bad he turned out to be an asshole.
But that didn't stop your hands from strumming the notes.
That doesn't stop you from singing the beautiful lyrics.
Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you
Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now
Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders
The sirens inside you waiting to step forward
Disturbing silence darkens your sight
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now
Crosses all over the boulevard
Crosses all over the boulevard
Crosses all over the boulevard
Crosses all over the boulevard
The streets outside your window overflooded
People staring they know you've been broken
Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces
Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
...for now.
You let out a deep sigh before looking at your audience.
Both Papyrus' and Blue's mouths were agape with stars decorating their eyes, and Red and Stretch gave you a bony thumb up whilst you hear Sans snoring away.
You didn't turn your head to Edge; he was probably just glaring at you, making that hole bigger.
"Y-Y/N"
"Y/N"
Blue and Papyrus said together, making you feel nervous about their reactions, "Y-yeah?"
Suddenly they were on you, giving you tight hugs as Betsy howled happily (and loudly).
"THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!" "IT WAS ENCHANTING" "IT FELT LIKE MY EARS WERE IN HEAVEN IF I HAD EARS" "I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND (TORIAL FORGIVE ME) BETTER THEN NAPSTATION HIMSELF!" "IT WAS AS GREAT AS THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" "IT WAS MAGNIFICENT AS THE MAGNIFICENT S-BLUEBERRY!"
You hugged them both back and could feel a blush spreading across your cheeks.
Papyrus pulled back and clasp his boney hands together, "C-CAN YOU SING ANOTHER ONE P-PLEASE? IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK!"
Blueberry did the same only this time the stars in his eye sockets grew bigger, "PLEASE HUMAN Y/N."
You just can't say no to them.
"Of course!" You gleamed as you took your Guitar and begin another song.
Whilst Papyrus and Blue were mesmerized by your music, you didn't see Sans opening one of his sockets and gave Red and Stretch a look they both know so well.
His gears were turning in his head.
He was planning something.
