The smell of apples and flowers invaded his senses as Sans slowly started to wake. The sent was so relaxing, that he wanted to bury himself deeper into it. His bed never felt so warm, so soft that it only encouraged him. Burying his face deeper, he could hear a faint beating sound. The steady beating soothed him even further. Something about this warm sensation underneath him seemed familer, but he couldn't wrap his half conscious mind around it. He wrapped his arms around the mysterious mass that provided him with so much comfort. Just a bit longer, he wished, wanting a few more moments before he had to will himself to wake. Afraid of what his world may be like once he opens his eyes. Fear always stayed with him everytime he closed his eyelids to the moment he opened them. For he never knew if he was going to repeat the same day again. So just for a moment, he wanted to embrace the intoxicating warmth, it's scent, that layed underneath him. His hand went towards the comforting pillow underneath his skull. Squishing it in his hands, he enjoyed the feel of it. How it was so soft between his phalanges. His pillow was never so...squishy.

Then the mass moved and a hand started petting his skull. This action sent his eyes to open wide. Lifting his head, he saw your face infront of him.

kid? wha...what are you doing in my room!?

But more importantly he wondered why he was laying ontop of you, again. You didn't say anything as you continued to pet him. Shocked and confused, he couldn't find himself able to move. You stopped petting in favor to signing.

'Sans, that kind of hurts a bit if you keep squeezing it that hard.'

squeezing?

Sans looked down towards his hand and saw that he was indeed still squeezing the mass in his hand, which turned out to be your breast. Face burningbright blue, he launched himself away from you, only ending up with him falling out of the bed with his blanket wrapped around his legs. From the floor, he could hear you shifting to glance at him. Grabbing the edge of his bed, he pulled himself up.

"kid, w-what's are you doing here? how d-did you even get inside?" Trying to sound demanding was harder to do when his face is glowing like a lamp and his voice stuttering like an idiot. You tipped your head to the side, letting your hair fall with it.

'You were crying in your sleep and I wanted to help.'

"i wasn't crying! but that doesn't matter! what matters is how did you get in? i always lock that door and only i can get in." Well, his brother could get inside as well but Papyrus was always respectful towards his privacy. You pulled out your phone from your pocket, dangling a couple of keys that hung from the metal ring.

'I'm the legendary fart master.' You proclaimed as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. You had found it odd that you still had all the keys you collected from the first time you made your rounds in the underground. All the other times, they had disappeared.

{Everytime we reset, you don't keep the things on you, it just wouldn't make any sense.}

But that doesn't explain why I have the keys now.

{Maybe something went wrong when you last reset. How am I supposed to know?}

Before Sans could question you, Papyrus' voice boomed from the kitchen, calling you both down to eat.

Getting up from the bed, you walked towards the skeleton that sat on the floor, petting his head before walking out. Walking towards the beam, Papyrus stuck his head out from the kitchen.

"GOOD MORNING HUMAN! THE BREAKFAST SPAGHETTI IS READY! SO GO ON AND WASH UP SO THAT WE CAN EAT TOGETHER AND ENJOY MY AMAZING COOKING. ONCE WE'RE DONE, WE CAN GO FORTH AND ENJOY OUR DAY TOGETHER!! THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU!"

'Sounds like fun.'

After washing up, you joined the brothers for breakfast. Staring at your plate of spaghetti you found yourself too busy concentrating on how you'll tackle the food that you didn't even notice the small pained expression cross Papyrus' face, or the mortifying look when Sans joined in. Under the natural lighting of the kitchen, they remembered the scars that littered your body. They were curious but feeling the small phantom scars on their hands, they knew it was better not to ask. In attempt to dodge the whole situation, Papyrus started recalling the many adventures he's had since arriving Snowdin.

You enjoyed listening to Papyrus happily talk about all the wondrous things he wanted to do while Sans quietly snoozed on and off beside you, even if the breakfast landed inside your stomachlike a ton of bricks. But you were managing it, anything to keep the big guy smiling. You weren't quite sure if you'll ever get used to his cooking though. Maybe it was time you suggested a couple of tips to help him out. Sans might even be grateful, which was a nice thought.

Stomaching what remains of the spaghetti from your plate, you noticed how silent your new roommates were. Everything seemed fine until Papyrus ran out of things to say. Which was very odd, almost as if he was trying to force himself to keep the room from being silent. Putting your fork down, you tried figuring out why they were so quiet. They were just staring at you. Looking at yourself, you saw that you were still wearing Sans' clothes. Was it the scars? Were they bothered by it after all? They didn't seem to mind them yesterday.

'Sorry, they're a bit unnerving to see, aren't they?' You attempted to excuse yourself, but Papyrus quickly grabbed your wrist.

"OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT! YOU SHOULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOUR SCARS, FOR THEY ARE PROOF THAT YOU HAVE PREVAILED OVER THE CHALLENGES YOU HAD TO ENCOUNTER! JUST LIKE UNDYNE ALWAYS SAYS!! SO...SO.."

'Thank you Papyrus,' Papyrus held on longer then he should, rubbing the bone underneaththe skin on your wrist. You smiled at him before sitting back down to finish his meal.

'If it's not the scars, then why were you two staring so much.' Both Sans and Papyrus turned their gaze from you, hiding their embarrassment on being caught bluntly staring at you.

"sorry kiddo. didn't mean to. there was just something i wanted to speak to you about last night."

'Last night? Do you mean after or before you two started to aggressively cuddle me while watching the MTT marathon.'

Sans sputtered, "k-kid we did not-"

'There's definitely was some cuddling going on.'

"DO YOU DISLIKE THE CUDDLING?"

'Not really, it's kinda sweet. Who would have thought skeleton were cuddlers?'

"BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE THE BEST."

'I also found out that Sans really enjoys these.'

The lights in Sans eyes went out as his face went full blown blue while you cupped your breast infront of him. "i-i don't-"

'Not that I blame him, they are quite squishy. Never knew how much until I woke up and found myself with a pair. Sans, you even mumbled how much you liked them while you slept.'

Sans couldn't understand why you didn't stop, you just kept talking about it. Were you trying to embarrass him on purpose!? Papyrus' getting curious, walked over and started squishing one of them as well. Feeling how much they yield under his touch, his eyes sparkled. "WOWIE!! SANS, THEY REALLY ARE SQUISHY!" That was it, he was done. He couldn't handle being there anymore. Any longer and his skull would explode from how awkward the whole thing was getting.

"oh look at the time! sorry paps, but i gotta get going!" Saying goodbye, he disappeared. Both you and Papyrus looked at each other before laughing at how embarrassed Sans looked. You too planned on leaving soon right after helping Papyrus with cleaning up the dirty dishes. Well that is if Papyrus would stop squishing your chest. He seemed to really be enjoying it though.

"I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THESE WERE FOR. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, UNDYNE HAD TOLD ME THAT SOME MONSTERS HAD THEM TO PROVIDE EXTRA MAGIC TO THEIR INFANT. IS IT THE SAME FOR HUMANS?"

'I guess you can say that. Female humans have them to feed their babies milk.'

Giving one final squish, Papyrus started gathering the plates. "THEY ARE EXTREMELY SQUISHY. ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE THAT SQUISHY?" You shrugged your shoulder and helped him clean the table. Well, you would have liked to help with the actual cleaning of the plates but seeing how the sink was far too tall, you ended up just drying the dishes as he washed them.

'If only I was as tall you, I could help you more.'

"NONSENSE! YOU ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!"

'Thanks. It means a lot. Especially coming from such a tall and handsome skeleton as yourself.

You heard a loud clank as Papyrus dropped the plate in his hand into the sink. He tried to hide his bright glowing orange face behind his gloved hand. "W-WHAT!? FLIRTING!!?" Folding your hand behind your back, you wiggled your eyebrows at him causing him to glow even brighter.

{...what are you doing?}

Flirting?

{Why?}

Cause it's fun and he looks so cute when he's flustered.

{Why are you so werid?}

"H-HUMAN!? HAVE YOU FINALLY REVEALED YOUR ULTIMATE FEELINGS!!??"

Your arms dropped as you tipped your head to the side. Something about this feels...familer.

"W-WELL I'M A SKELETON WITH VERY HIGH STANDARDS!!"

Yes, this felt very familiar. The last time you heard him say this was during your battle in your first run. Except instead of being outside in the cold, the scene was being played out inside his kitchen.

'I can make spaghetti.'

Papyrus hands gripped the side of his skull as he started to sweat nervously. "OH NO!! YOUR MEETING ALL MY STANDARDS!!" Though you don't remember him looking quite this nervous before. "WHAT HAVE I DONE!? BROTHER, I HAVE CHARMED THE HUMAN WITH MY GREATNESS! THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE! I MUST GO ON A DATE WITH YOU!!" Teasing him is one thing, but if it frazzled him that much you'd rather not push him so much. You rested your hand ontop of his humorous in attempt to calm him.

'Papyrus, you know you don't have to do something that you don't want to. You're the Great Papyrus! No one can force you to do anything that you don't like.'

Feeling the small tenderness from your hand on his arm, his panicking started to subside. He didn't mean to charm you, he just wanted to be the best friend he could be. But now, seeing you tell him how he didn't need to date you, his soul quivered. Nervously playing with his gloves, he wondered if it was just as friends it would be alright to have that date. Would that make him a bad brother?

"HUMAN, I BELIEVE YOU ARE RIGHT! THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING THAT TRULY FINDS THEM IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. BUT..." Papyrus could feel the heat of his magic gathering once more on his face. "WHAT IF...PLATONICALLY, WOULD YOU STILL BE WILLING TO GO ON THAT DATE?"

Seeing Papyrus face filled with hope and worry over your answer, you couldn't find any reason to reject his offer. Even the first time he's asked you out, you jumped to the chance to go on a date with him. Anything to give you more reason to spend more time with him.

'Yes, Papyrus. I would love that.'

"THEN LET'S GO AT ONCE!"

'Can I get dressed first?'

"BUT OF COURSE DEAR HUMAN! NYE-HEH-HEH!!" After changing, Papyrus smiled brightly while taking your hand. Pulling you away from the bathroom, he dragged you into to his livingroom. Arms spread, he announced that there was no other place to enjoy a date with a great friend then in his own home. Following the current, Papyrus showed you his room and everything it held. Everything was the same, from him reading his dating manual to him changing into his date outfit and finding the plate of spaghetti under his hat.

"THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN GO ANY FURTHER!" Papyrus holding the plate of aged spaghetti infront of you, you took a fork full. Stuffing it into your mouth, your face reflexively scrunches up. It's even worse then you remembered. But seeing the anticipation in Papyrus face, you fought back your gag reflexes and swallowed the spaghetti down. "WHAT A PASSIONATE EXPRESSION!! YOU MUST REALLY LOVE MY COOKING!" With a small glisten of a tear at the edge of your eye, you gave him a thumbs up. "AND BY EXTENSION ME!!! MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN I DO!!"

'Well its pretty hard no to. You are the best after all. Everytime I'm around you, I catch myself smiling for no reason. You're the first person who's ever believed in me and the brightest person I have ever known. You always try your best for everyone around you. And the love for your brother is something to admire. Just being around you I can tell that I'll always be safe.'

In a sense that he's not upright going to harm you, but from accidental food poisoning is another matter. Caught in your own mind, you failed to notice when his gloved hand had reached for the side of your cheek. Looking up at him, you can see the tenderness behind his slightly orange blush.

HUMAN, IT'S CLEAR NOW. YOU'RE MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME.

"EVERYTHING YOU DO. EVERYTHING YOU SAY. IT'S ALL BEEN FOR MY SAKE." His thumb lightly rubbed the smooth skin on your cheek as he continued to gaze at you. He finally was able to understand what his soul was trying to tell him. Why he wanted to spend every moment with you and even find more hours in the day just so that he can have more time with you. He's never met someone who cared for him as much as you did. Someone brave, kind and so... beautiful. He has not seen your soul, but he could tell that it must be the brightest and strongest soul.

"HUMAN, I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY, TOO." He wants to be with you, to protect you. To be there when you are down and to have him comfort you. To be the first to see when you are at your happiest, and when you're at your lowest. The warmth of his magic from his soul spread towards his face. His soul told him it was time for him to express his feelings. "IT'S TIME THAT I TOLD YOU. I, PAPYRUS... I..."

Everything about you, draws him closer to you. But more then anything is how you too care for his brother. His brother who hides an unknown pain from him. Who tries to shoulder all his problems, never relying on anyone to take some of his burden. Papyrus might not know what's going on with his brother, but he does know that he might relay those problems to you. As much as it hurts him to admit, his brother needs you more. Knowing this brought pain to his soul. His hands shocked as they held onto your face and tears threaten to run down his face.

Face shadowed, he removed his hand from your cheeks; already missing the warmth he felt underneath his gloves. Arms to his side, he clenched his hand to keep his bones from rattling. "HUMAN...I." Unable to look at your face, he turned his head away. "I'M SORRY...I DON'T LIKE YOU THE WAY YOU LIKE ME..." His eyesockets closed tight, keeping his tears away. Telling a lie never hurted him as bad as it did at this very moment. "I...I TRIED VERY HARD. I THOUGHT BECAUSE YOU FLIRTED WITH ME...THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU. AND...A-AND I WOULD...I WOULD BE ABLE TO LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU LOVED ME...BUT.." His words died when he felt your hand on his arm. Looking back at you only made it harder for him. "I HAVE... FAILED..." He couldn't say anymore. That he found himself running away from you.

So there you stood, in the middle of his room; completely lost. Did you do something wrong because this was not how you rembered it last time. He never looked so pained when he rejected you before.

{So what are you going to do now? Are you going to after him?}

A hand over your heart, you could feel the cold that nestled over it. Your time was cutting close. Feeling as if the small determination in your heart might give out, you had to let him go.

I don't know what I can do for him right now. But I do know that what I can do.

Whispering a soft goodbye, you grabbed your things and went straight towards Waterfall. Running past Sans' Waterfall sentry post, you smiled when you saw that he was hiding his blushed face from you. Following the same path, you hid in seagrass. Waiting until Undyne's gaze had left you. The coast clear, you walked out. Not seeing the young monster child, you continued your way. Your heart pounding, you rushed to confront Undyne once more. Reaching the area in which she first threw spears at you, you readied your reinforced stick. For this time you weren't going torun away from her.

Glowing blue spears came rushing out at you, but instead of dodging them, you held tight onto your weapon before giving off a large swing, deflecting them away. From the far distance, you could see a bright light glisten from behind Undyne's helmet. Standing your ground, she continued to launch numerous spears at you. Spinning your stick, you continued to deflect them. One by one you continue to swing away her attacks away all while making your way to the end of the room. Undyne jumping out infront of you, she gave out a loud battle cry before charging at you. Ducking down to dodge her attack, you gave a strong swing of your weapon across her legs, causing her tumble down.

Undyne laying on the ground, you jumped away; awaiting for her to get back up. Slowly getting back up, Undyne threw her helmet away. Smiling wide, there was a bright fire burning from within her eye. Finding someone willing to face her, brought a smile across her face.

"Human! You know, you're actually the first person to not run away. You know how many weak humans I had to chase!!? I was starting to think that Alphys' history books were all fake! I did have this whole speech to give you, but you know what. I'M TOO FRICKEN PUMMPED! So now, human, for the sake of all the monsters who are forced to live underground! Fight ME!!!"

Undyne pulled out your soul before swiping her magic over it, turning it green. Taking a stance, you were ready to face her. Blocking all her attacks, you stood your ground until your soul changed back. Having mobility, you made a dash towards her. Seeing your advances, Undyne pulled up a wall of spears to defend herself. As the spears started to rise, you flipped over them and landed behind her. Being caught off guard, Undyne awaited for your attack. But you didn't. You stood there awaiting for her to make the next move.

Undyne gritted her sharp teeth, before swinging back her spear at you. Even when you had a clear shot at her, you still refused to attack her. Which only made her more mad! Why wouldn't you attack her!! The fight continued to drag on, neither of the opponents taking damage but the bridge they stood on. "PUNK! What do you think your doing!!! All you're doing is dodging, why won't you FIGHT BACK!!!?"

'I'm not here to hurt monsters, I'm here to free them!' Undyne staggered abit, before regaining her resolve. There was no way a human would ever care for a monster to try to find a way to free them. Especially since there's no way of doing that but by giving up their own soul. Summoning dozens of spears behind her, you stood infront; feet planted firmly on the ground. Seeing your determination, Undyne was prepared to send a wave of attacks at you. Launching them, the spears charged towards you, but you refused to move out of the way. Standing tall, you were determined to show Undyne that what you said was true.

But instead of the spears hitting their target, someone had pushed you out of the way. You could hear the sound of debris from the missed attack while finding yourself laying on the ground, with a pair of boney arms holding you to the ground. "HUMAN? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" Looking up, you saw Papyrus concerned face looking at you.

"Papyrus?"

Why is he here?

"PAPYRUS!! What are you doing!!?? Do you know dangerous that was!! I could have hurt you!!" Hearing Undyne's voice, Papyrus helped you get up before facing Undyne.

"UNDYNE PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. YOU DON'T NEED TO FIGHT. THE HUMAN DOESN'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE!!"

"Look Papyrus, it doesn't matter if they want to fight or not! The only thing that matters is that we need her soul! DO YOU WANT TO KEEP BEING TRAPPED DOWN HERE!!!"

"NO, BUT THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY!"

"There is no other WAY! We are so close to being freed, don't you get that?! Her soul is the last one we need!"

"I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT..." Papyrus stood infront of you, blocking any chance Undyne had to get to you. "EVEN SO, THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY. THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY. UNDYNE, I BELIEVE IN YOU. PLEASE SPARE THIS ONE HUMAN."

"Why...why..." Undyne gritted her teeth, "What's so special about this one human! After everything they did to us!!!" Glowing lights began to glow underneath you.

"SHE'S...SHE'S MY FRIEND. PLEASE UNDYNE!"

"Sorry Papyrus, but I have the dreams and wishes of all monsters on my shoulders." With a flick of her wrist, the spears launched out of the ground.

"FRISK!!!" Not wanting Papyrus to get harmed, you pushed him out of the way as the spears emerged out from the ground. "F-FRISK..." His eyesockets widen in despair as he watched your body launch into the air from the impact of the attack. Your body flopped into the ground with a loud thud, coating the ground with your blood. Papyrus staggering to his feet, he tried to reach you but Undyne had gripped his shoulder.

"Wait."

"BUT SHE'S HURT! SHE NEEDS-" Papyrus stared at Undyne as her face lit up in wonder. Looking towards what she was looking at, he saw your bloodied body slowly get up from the ground. Standing tall, you faced Undyne. A smile across your face, challenging her to give it all she had. You weren't going to run, you were ready. You were determined.

"Punk," Undyne stepped infront of Papyrus, "if you really want to show me how determined you really are, then COME ON! HIT ME WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT! NGHAAHHH!!!" Giving a smirk at her challange, you rushed forward. Undyne braced herself for your attack, but instead of attacking, you came to a stop infront of her. "Huh?" Punching her arm with a cheeky smile. After everything, after having some many chances to defeat her... "What? Is that the best you could manage?"

'I guess so.'

"You just can't muster any intent to hurt me, huh?" Her weapon vanished and your soul returned back inside your body. "Heh, you know what. I don't actually want to hurt you either. At first I didn't understand why Papyrus wanted to save you. But after seeing how you pushed him out of way, I thought maybe there was something good in humans after all and the way you hit me right now, it... Reminded me of someone I used to train with. Now I know you aren't just some wimpy loser." Placing her hand on your shoulder, she smiled wide. "You're a wimpy loser with a big heart! Just like him..."

Hand on her hip, she let out a sigh as she brushed a strain of hair from her face. "It seems that you and Asgore are fated to fight. But knowing him...he probably doesn't want to. Talk to him, I'm sure you can persuade him to let you go home. Eventually, some mean human will fall down here and I'll take THEIR soul instead. That makes sense, right? Fuhuhu." Papyrus wrapped his arms around your shoulder and Undyne, with tears of joy in his eyes.

"OF COURSE IT DOES! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE MY GOOD FRIENDS GETTING ALONG!! I JUST KNOW THAT IN NO TIME AT ALL, YOU TWO COULD BECOME THE BEST OF FRIENDS. NYE-HEH-HEH!!"

"HECK YEAH!" All three smiled happily before Undyne gripped onto your sweater, bringing you closer to her. "Oh, and if you do hurt Asgore. I'll take the human souls..." closer and closer Undyne brought your face towards hers, "...cross the barrier and beat the hell out of you!" Papyrus started sweating nervously before Undyne let go of your sweater. Smiling brightly she ruffled your hair, "That's what friends are for, right? Fuhuhu! Now let's get the hell away from this bridge before it collapses underneath us!"

"WE CAN ALL GO TO MY HOME AND CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT!!" Undyne cheered loudly as she picked both you and Papyrus up from the ground and raised you two high above her.

"NGHAAHHHHH!!!!" She screamed as she ran towards Snowdin.

{Sigh!!! We're never leaving Snowdin are we...}