Technically this is chapter 5 on quotev but whatever. Also I'm too lazy to add in most of the italics and stuff. Nothing too big, but they should be there one wattpad if you REALLY want to see them. I WILL italicize flashbacks though. Btw the A/N may or may or may not aplly right now because of the copy&paste thing from the other sites I posted this on. Enjoy. Or not your choice. I really should start proofreading.

[(I know Sans doesn't actually love the stars in cannon, but this is why it's an AU people. This is just filled with minor fan theories & my own headcannons that may or may not have been proven. Also minor OCs)

. . okay.. So far this story kind of sucks.. And I can't seem to make it flow worth a damn so it's annoying to read.. Sigh, sorry. I told you guys not to expect fast updates and I meant it. How long was it since I last updated? Hell if it know. Should have checked. Oh, well doesn't matter. . . I'm gonna be saying that a lot in this aren't I? Fuck. Anyways . . . I probably should have said something about possibly skipping the second "chapter" and italics being flashbacks. Too late now though. My writing style will probably change throughout this story as I improve, so be prepared for that. Another warning, I suck at angst. Not to mention I seriously need to reread before I make another chapter...Aaaand pay attention to them, that'd be good too. Might repeat or forget something. I need to make these chapters longer and A/N's shorter too. . . Ugh, this timeline isn't making any sense.. It's confusing, I know. Again, I'm sorry. I suck. This is my first time writing anything Undertale related and it's been a while since I've written anything at all. (Aaand I started out on my iPad then my phone, sooo.. More typos, yay!) Try to enjoy this while you can, 'cause it's only going to get you more pissed off as this goes along.]

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They say first impressions are important. Frisk of course never had a problem with them, being able to just RESET each encounter. Selfish, maybe, but when you're life's at stake most people would do anything to live. Having been a lonely child who was never properly taught right from wrong, she wanted to get it right no matter the cost. She truly learned to care for her family of eccentric monsters and wanted to do everything she could to make them happy. You can call that foolish or naive all you want, it didn't matter. As long as they were enjoying it, that was enough. Frisk already had her fun, it was their turn. She already saw everything there was to see down there, explored every outcome, befriended every monster.

Frisk still remembered the day she first came to the Underground.

She had heard the stories of Mt. Ebott, children going missing, and she also knew that it was the best place to go if anyone wanted to disappear. Frisk wasn't nessicarily suicidal, but if she left who'd truly miss her? She had no family or friends, constantly being miss gendered and ignored. Sure she was quiet, but never that much. She might as well just been invisible. Then there was that story the adults would sometimes read to the other children. About monsters and humans. Of course it was just some legend, a fairy tale no one believed in anymore. Most people just said it was a story to scare their children enough not to climb the mountain. The other missing children didn't help any. So Frisk, being the curious little child she was, hiked up the mountain ready to finally solve a mystery no one else ever could. She would never have guessed she'd be falling down a hole so deep you could hardly see the bottom. It hurt, just not as much as she expected. It was more like tripping rather than falling. At first she was terrified, but then again she was just a child. Young and full of curiousity. The girl had landed on a bed of yellow flowers. Terrified and confused with no way of getting out. And then she met him. He did not give a good first impression. Flowey seemed nice at first, yet incredibly weird considering he was a talking flower, strange even by monster standards. Offered to help, showed kindness.. Only a lie. After he attacked her, Frisk learned she needed so stop being so trusting. A wake up call.

Toriel showed up soon after, saving her life. The goat monster screamed stranger danger while giving off this motherly, friendly vibe at the same time. So she tried trusting her, even if a little less than she would have had she not met him. Toriel gave her shelter, food, kindness, and a place to call Home. She became like her mother, a loving person who would be there when she needed her. Unfortunately, being stuck in the ruins just didn't sound appealing. Children weren't like adults, they didn't like settling down. They liked to explore. So, Frisk left. A part of her always hurt leaving Toriel behind. Mom always seemed so lonely being in the ruins all by herself. Toriel had given a good and long lasting impression on the young child's mind.

Papyrus seemed scary and egotistic at first, but she learned he was the most kindhearted monster out there. He'd never hurt anyone. In fact he truly was the greatest friend one could ask for. Not the best cook and a bit loud, sure.

Undyne was frightening at first. She wanted to kill her and take her SOUL. Not exactly the greatest person to run into. Head of the royal guard and all. But she was just doing what she felt she had too for all the monsters trapped underground. Undyne wasn't such a bad girl after all, just . . . Excitable. And violent, don't forget violent. Not the best combination, but she did truly care for her people.

Alphys was timid and stuttered a lot. She worked as the royal scientist and had been spying on her the entire time. But she was not a mad scientist. The lizard-like monster may have made some mistakes in the past, but everyone does. They always say, "you're mistakes are what make you human." Alphys was willing to help make up for what she had done.

All in all, the Monsters lurking in the Underground weren't as bad as they seemed. In reality, they were made up of HOPE, magic, and kindness. It wasn't in their nature to be mean, harmful creatures. Even acter being stuck with no means of escaping, they still longed to see the sun and stars again. They refused to give up. Many didn't know what anything above the surface looked like, or what they were. Still, they remained a kind and surviving race. Everyone could be befriended given a little DETERMINATION, even Flowey. He seemed mean and cruel. The truth was, he was lonely. Very lonely. And afraid. That fear and lonliness brought rage. Being soulless made him a victim of all kinds of nevative emotions. Frisk helped him, nust like all the others. She didn't want him to be lonely anymore. No one deserved that. Not even the former prince. Frisk could help anyone down there. Just show them a little kindness. That's all it took.

All the monsters were like that. All. . . Except one.

Sans always had been a mystery.

Ever since she first met him there seemed to be something..off about him. His first appearance was a bit eerie and frightening. He intentionally scared her just to get a joke in. He seemed to be nothing more than a prankster. But he later started to show signs of knowing things he shouldn't. And he was so hard to read, one minute smiling and joking like normal, the next acting all serious and scary. He mentioned an anomaly and started talking talking about time travel during that one conversation. After that she got suspicious and payed him much more attention. Sometimes when others weren't looking he would drop his smile. The first time she saw it she thought it was just her imagination. Surely she hadn't seen her best friend, no a family member, have such a desperate and disraught face. It couldn't be real. How could Sans, the lazy, funny, and wise-cracking skeskeleton, be so sad and hopeless? Then she saw it again. It really was real. She really did see it. It really hurt, seeing him like that. When Frisk asked his brother if something was wrong, at first he brushed it off.. For a few seconds before admiting defeat. Papyrus told her how Sans would keep all his problems to himself, never told anyone, not even him. When Papyrus would start question him, Sans would just tell some joke or change the topic to derail the conversation. He worried about Sans more than he let on. Papyrus might have been a bit too kind his own good and often acted childish, but he wasn't stupid. He knew something was very wrong but.. There wasn't anything he could do, no matter how much he desperately wanted to.

Frisk wanted the same. Sans had helped her after all, why not return the favor?

So she decided to all go stargazing. That might cheer him up a little right? Frisk could pick flowers, Mom could bake a pie and make snacks for them to eat, and they could all spend some family time together. Pretty night sky, nice view, what wasn't to enjoy about it? Even Flowey would have a chance to get some fresh air and move freely. Sans would definitely enjoy it. He loved looking at the stars. She found out that quirk after asking why Sans of all Monsters would have a telescope. Sure it made for a nice prank, but that couldn't have been the only reason. Turns out one of his favorite science subjects was astronomy. She always did find it weird that Sans was just as much into science as Alphys was. He never told anyone else about it. Papyrus knew, but the subject never really came up in front of others.

Just one more mystery about Sans that she wanted to figure out.

"Hey, Frisk."

A voice interupted her thoughts. It wasn't angry or real irritated, more questening than anything else.

"Yeah, Flowey?" she answered him back.

"Why exactly did you decide to do this?" the flower questened her. He was looking at her sceptically, like he didn't understand a word she had said during breakfast. It wasn't necessarily his fault, it was just in his nature to question about every act of kindness given to him or anyone else in his "family". Not to mention he could tell when something was bothering his "best friend". He remembered she was acting a bit odd when Sans came in the room earlier.

"I think something's bothering Sans. . ." Frisk said slowly.

"The Smiley Trashbag? Why are you worrying about him for?" he scoffed.

"He's been acting a bit weird lately," she responded sadly.

"What do you mean, "weird"? He's always weird. Trust me."

"No, I mean he's been acting strangely ever since we got above ground."

"It's not me, is it? 'Cause I'm pretty sure we already got over that. (Not that I care, of course.)"

"It's not you . . . He just seems so different, like something's wrong."

"Something's always wrong."

"Flowey!"

"What? I mean it. Listen, Sans just isn't normal. Out of all my resets, he's caused the most . . . I never once could kill him, yet gave me a GAME OVER more times than I could count. Don't tell anyone but... He kinda terrifies me. He always knew more than he should. Saying things that never happened.. Things that he just couldn't have known about. Counting how many times I died.. It freaked me out. Not to mention that he said . . . " Flowey trailed off. He didn't want to say it. Not to Frisk. Don't get him wrong, even with Alphys helping get more of his emotions back, he still couldn't be a nice person. Not after all he'd done. But even he just couldn't tell Frisk that. . .

"Flowey . . . ?" Now Frisk was worried. "What is it? What did Sans say to you?"

"Look. . . I warned you not to get too close to him. 'Don't let him find out anything about you.' I said those words before, right?"

"Yeah. . . But-"

"Papyrus? Yeah. He's a nice guy. Too nice if you ask me, but we've already argued over that. He even made a fan club for me! . . . You and him are the only members. . "

Flowey shook his head.

"Sans however? He isn't a nice guy. Never has been."

"That isn't true! Sans helped me-"

"Did he really? He said it himself. If it wasn't for Toriel. . you'd have died the moment you walked through that door. Before, when I was trying fo be the good guy, he didn't like me. I had befriended everyone, solved all their problems, helped them find "happiness". Except him. He didn't trust me. Now, he was right now to distrust me, but why? I really was trying to help, even if I couldn't feel anything. I didn't do anything wrong, maybe a few RESETS but nothing major. All the others liked me. I'm not sure there was anyone who outright hated me. I didn't get it. Yeah, I know some people just don't get along. This wasn't like that. He's always been good at reading people. Did he know I couldn't feel . . . ?"

"But he was suprised like everyone when we told the others you couldn't feel," Frisk pointed out.

"He's very good at acting, like pretending he actually cares about this world at all."

"What."

"Oh, wait. I wasn't supossed to tell you that."

This probably wasn't a good idea thinking back on it.

Hiking up the mountain hadn't been too difficult, taking one of hus "shortcuts", he even made it before anyone else. Frisk, Papyrus, and Undyne, who had been racing, weren't too happy having been beaten by him of all people.

"WHAT?! Dammit! How'd you get up here so fast!" Undyen most of all.

Sans winked, "took a shortcut."

"I'm serious you-!"

"SANS! NO CHEATING!" Papyrus knew exactly what that "shortcut" he was talking about. He'd done it before, and darn was it aggrivating. Why couldn't Sans just walk instead of being such a lazybones?

"sorry bro," Sans shrugged not looking too sorry.

Frisk decided to disfuse the situation by suggesting they go pick flowers. Asgore and Papyrus thought it was a great idea. Flowey didn't have much a say, and Undyne decided to make a contest out of it. . . . She didn't pick many intact.

While they picked flowers, Toriel and Alphys started setting up the picnic.

It was such a nice sight. Peaceful, happy . .

It was stupid. Really, don't they know this is all just some distration from death? Acting all happy fogetting you're gonna die one day. Of course, that was something he'd been doing for years. Always acted as if there wasn't any problem. He even started lying to himself.

{Sans. . .}

Ugh.. Who was that? It sounded so familiar.

[hey, doc.]

That was his voice!

(Hey, Sans! Look who finally decided to show!)

This . . . This, wasn't right. He didn't remember any of this.

[ha, ha. very funny.]

(Ain't my fault, you can't take a joke. I said I was sorry.)

[you know i don't like jokes]

What . . . ?

("Oh, leave him alone, Jack.")

That was a female's voice. . .

(Ah, man! But the kid needs to lighten up a little!)

[I'm NOT a kid!]

(Whatever you say, shortie)

[I'm not that short . . .]

("Seventeen is still young Sans. And, yes, you are short.")

[whatever. . .]

{A-hem. . .}

(Oh, sorry, G. Got a little carried away didn't we?)

/"At least you didn't blow anything up again."\

That was another male's voice.

(Hey! That only happened once! ¬_¬)

"U-um. . . Shouldn't we get back on track?"

(Ah, right sorry, Al.)

Alphys. . . ? What? He never-

[so... What we doin' today doc?]

{Well, I was going to say we start looking at those tinelines again.}

Timelines. . . ? Wait.. Did he mean-?!

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{ , . . . ? }

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"Sans?"

Toriel and Flowey were both looking at him worriedly(oddly). For a second he wondered why, but then he realized he hadn't been paying attention to his surroundings. The others were finished picking flowers and had started eating. It the middle of his uh.. episode, it had gotten darker. The stars were barely visable now.

"Oh, sorry. Guessed I just spaced out there. Heh heh.."

"It's perfectly alright, Sans," Toriel laughed a bit, the way he spoke not being forgotten. It was best to get his mind of off whatever it was for now. He'd talk about it later if it was important, well, at least she'd make him. "Would you like a like of pie before the others eat it all?"

"nah, you know i don't have the stomach for it."

"Seriously?" Flowey made a face.

"Now, Flowey," Toriel looked at him sternly.

"Yes, Mother," Flowey said with deep sarcasm(truth).

This was nice.

Papyrus and Frisk were pointing out constellations in the stars while Flowey was pretending not to care. Unyne and Alphys were talking about what he assumed to be anime. Toriel and Asgore were both pretending not to look at one another.

Maybe for just a little while he could forget about all the things haunting him and just enjoy the night with his family. . . ?

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Yeah, right, and maybe he'd finally pay his tab at Grillby's.