Sans and Papyrus had looked all around the house while Undyne searched throughout Snowdin, but the small human child was gone. The disappearance of the small child caused Papyrus to have a panic attack. Sans tried to calm his brother, except there was nothing he could say to stop him from panicking. It had gotten so bad, that Papyrus crashed down onto the floor. Landing on his knees, gripping his skull. Breathing heavily, orange glowing tears ran down the side of his skull.
"SANS...WE HAVE TO FIND HER!!! W-WHAT IF SHE HURTS HERSELF AGAIN!? OR-OR IF SOMEONE TRIES TO...To..." Sans held onto his brother's quaking body. "Sans...She's To...small to be out..."
"pap, you have to calm down, i'm sure everything is going to be fine."
"Bonbn!!!!" "The brat jst..she ...se just..." "m-munckin...you hae to stay awake..dont..dnt...you dare me!!"
Getting a call from Alphys, Sans didn't know if he should be relieved that he knew where she was or heartbroken.
"Sans...?" Sans looked back at his brother and gave him a tired smile.
"just got a call from alphys." His eyesockets darkened and his voice dripped with fake cheer. "munchkin's heading to the core." Papyrus eyesockets widen as more tears ran down. There was so many things running through their minds. Was she not happy here? Did she not like them? Weren't they enough? But they said nothing as the air around them grew thick. Sans layed his hand ontop of his brother's shoulder before heading towards the front door. "i'll go check on her and keep you posted on how she's doing. the kid's probably goofing off as we speak."
"alpys!!! damt i kw you're h!!!""Oh m god Sans, w-wht hapened!""plese, you have to s her!"
After the small chat he had with her at the diner, he stayed close by. Watching her as she walked back and forth from the resort. Just waiting for her to fall down and sleep for then he could just swoop her up into his arms and take her home. She didn't though, instead she went to rent a room. His soul kept getting heavier and heavier as he stood away from the group of people who clattered around the elevator. Gripping onto his chest, cold sweat ran down his spine.
Why...why do I feel so...scared?...
As if on que, his phone rang. Looking at the screen he saw that it was Bonbon's phone number.
"heya mun-"
"Trashbag I know you're out there!!! Hurry and get here!!! Bonbon-"
In a burst of magic, Sans shortcuted into her room and what awaited him caused his soul to tear. His world slowed down as he watched the small human girl fall onto the bed, surrounded with golden flowers.
"Bonbon!!!!" Sans grabbed onto the small child's face, pleading her to open her eyes. Getting no reaction, he quickly dug his phalange downher throat. "come on baby girl...y-you have to spit it out right now!!!" Going deep enough, Bonbon's body lurched forward. Sans patted her back as she threw up the digested flowers. "atta' girl, see you're...you're okay...your g-going to be ...munchkin?" Bonbon's body went limp in his arm. "no..." Turning her gently over, he placed his hand upon her cheeks. Patting her face, he waited for her to open her eyes. "no no no no!!!! come on...open your eyes damn it!!" Body shaking, he held onto the small body close to his. "please...open those pretty little eyes of yours...don't... don't you dare leave me..." Crying out, he gripped harder onto the small body. His world felt as if it was crumbling around him as he waited for her to respond. When he finally heard it. A soft slow beating coming from within her chest. This soft gentle sound was all he needed to hear before shortcutting away from the room.
《Chara...why...why didn't you just leave her alone!? She didn't deserve that! She didn't deserve any of this!!!!》{And you think WE DId!!?? What did we EveR DO do to be treated like trash?!! Like some piece of crap under their shoes!!!}《Then...what makes you any diffrent from them?》{Shut up shut shut SHuT uP!!! I'm nothing like them!!!}
You let out a sigh before you tried to reach towards her, but she pushed you away.
{The kid will just reset...so...so what's the big deal...right? I already told you, I...I'll do anything to get out of here! And she wasn't...}
《Oh Chara...》
Sitting down, you rested your forehead ontop of your knees.
《She was on her way towards the barrier.》
{W-what...?}
《She...she said she was going to pick us up》you said with a dry laugh《...but now. I don't think it would be possible.》{I...I didn't know..how...HOw WaS I SuPPoSED To KnOw!!!???}
A soft steady beeping echoed through the quiet room. A room devoid of any warmth but the people who inhabited it. Alphys stood outside the room quietly talking with Undyne.
"I-if Sans wasn't there...I-I'm not sure that..." Alphys stopped when she saw how frustrated Undyne looked. Undyne wanted so badly to scream, to lash out but she contained herself. This wasn't the place for that. Breathing in, she glanced inside the room.
Alphys noticing how Undyne had somewhat calmed down, she continued. "I did everything I could...but, m-my magic isn't... it's not working. It's like her soul won't accept it."
"Alph what does that even mean?"
"Um well, it's like there's something keeping magic away from it...or something like that." Undyne continued to stare into the room while Alphys nervously stood near her.
"Sigh, when was the last time those boneheads ate?"
"O-oh um... y-yesterday I think. They weren'thungry this morning." Undyne scratching her head, started to walk away. "W-where are you going?"
"Getting something for them to eat. Don't want them passing out on us, right?"
"O-oh okay...bye.." Undyne gave off a slight wave before walking off. Alphys continue to look at her back, till she was out of sight. Seeing her gone, she sighed as well before looking into the room. A room filled with the warm orange and cooling blue glow. "She's right...at the rate they're going, they won't last long."
In the room filled with magic, a small body layed ontop of a white sheeted bed. On either side of the bed, sat a pair of brothers. With their head resting on the edge of it, both held onto the small child's hands in their own. They poured their magic, even though they knew it wouldn't heal her. But deep down, their souls where desperate. Desperate to call out to her, to reach her. But their magic only wrapped her in an air of safety...nothing more.
Standing before them, you too tried to reach her; not her soul but her mind, except it was as if she wasn't there. Only an empty shell with a beating heart and a closed off soul. Looking towards the corner where Chara sat, you tried to ask if she knew anything but she mearly made herself smaller not wanting to be bothered. Seeing how you couldn't do anything, you resigned to sitting next to her.
Days had past since the flower incident at the MTT resort. Sans had carried Bonbon to the lab, demanding Alphys to do something. Anything to save her. Noticing the urgency, she tried her best to keep her health from going down any lower. She wasn't the best with dealing with healing magic, but she knew some things regarding poison. The King and Queen had once demanded all royal scientists to study on it. She was the only one left and her knowledge wasn't so good. She did manage to stabilize her body, but couldn't do anything for her soul. Nothing she did could heal it.It didn't help that she had low health as well. When she found out she told them if they knew about it.
"what!?"
"What Do You Mean She Only Has 3 HP!!?"
Alphys stuttered nervously as they began to corner her. It was quite unusual for anyone to have so little health to began with. The old archives they had on humans, which was very few, stated that a healthy human child usually had 20 and that they where born with at least 5 to be able to battle the elements around them, but even that was too low. Any lower and they wouldn't be able to survive the first couple months after their birth. Hearing this news, Papyrus had walked back to the bed and started softly humming to her while holding onto her hand. Sans on the other hand looked furious. But when Alphys tried to ask him why, he interrupted her and asked how she knew what her stats looked like when he couldn't even get a read on it, she responded that it was when her soul was about to shatter before she stabilized it. All in all, it was a stressful time for them.
One day, as per usual, Sans and Papyrus sat near the small child pouring their magic towards her. They felt so tired, so weak but they didn't want to stop. While they rested their heads on the bed, her eyes began to flutter. Everything was so blurry at first, but when things cleared, she slowly looked around. Noticing the brothers as they napped beside her, she smiled at them.
"Papy?... S-sans?" Hearing her soft voice, Papyrus looked up with tears dripping down his cheek bones.
"T...Tiny Human?" Papyrus layed his hand the side of her face.
"Hee hee, why are you crying?" Papyrus let out a struggled laugh and rested his forehead against hers. He felt so relieved to once again see that smile on her.
"There You Are...There You Are!"
"You're silly."
You smiled wide as Papyrus ran out of the room to get Alphys, after showering Bonbon in kisses. Alphys, Undyne and even Mettaton came in to see her, all happy to see that she was ok. While everyone had tears in their eyes, Bonbon laughed as if nothing happened to her. Acting as if she had just awoken up from a long nap, and after eating a couple of monster foods, her health went back to normal.
While everyone was happily gathered around her, you looked towards the doorway where Sans stood with a grim look. Bonbon had tried to call out to him from time to time, but he would only ignore her. Never going past that doorway, glaring at her. With a heavy heart, you knew he would never forgive her for what had happened. If only there was a way you could tell him that it wasn't her fault. But there was nothing you could do.
"Brat, that was a really stupid thing to do, you know." All alone in her medical room, Bonbon looked towards the window where Flowey sat.
"Hmm? What was?"
"Those flowers. How stupid do you have to be to eat those!?"
"Flowers? Hee hee, I don't eat flowers. Auntie said I should never do that. She can get pretty scary if you ask why."
"Then why did you do it!!?"
Bonbon ask if he didn't dreamed the whole thing. Which only irritated him; he questioned her on what exactly did she remember that happened on that day at the resort.
"Hmm..." Bonbon closed her eyes as she smacked her lips. "I ate a Glamburger, got a kitty some friends and then I went to sleep. Had a crazy dream about Papy and Sans and then I woke up feeling reeeeally thirsty." Flowey sighed before turning his back to her. "I'm sorry, did...did I scare you?"
"How did we get here and where are we?" She asked as she looked at her hospital gown. "I tried asking Papy but it makes him sad."
"One of the rooms in the lab. The trashbag brought you here then the next day he came back to the resort to get me."
"Ohh...okay." Bonbon began to hum as she wiggled her feet. Looking up, she spotted you as you stood near the corner with Chara. She smiled and waved before humming again.
"Brat, what's with your soul?"
"My soul?"
"Magic couldn't touch it. It freaked everyone out, they thought you where going to die especially how low your health is."
"Ehh?" Flowey clicked his teeth before facing her. Looking around to see if they where alone, he let out a sigh before pulling out her soul.
"That..." Flowey said as he pointed at the small red heart. Bonbon looked down at her bright red soul, " No one could heal it."
"Hee hee I don't know. But I know that it didn't always looked like this. Before I fell, it was... diffrent." Flowey scrunched up his face and asked what did she mean by that. Bonbon, scrunched her face up while she cupped her soul and started rubbing her finger tips on the edge of it.
"BRAT! You can't do that!!!"
"Why?"
"Because, stupid!! It's the culmination of your being!! You could hurt yourself if you do that!!!" Flowey's eyes grew as he saw what she was trying to do. Bits and pieces of the red soul started to crumble, revealing something bright underneath it.
"See!" But as soon as she stopped, the red coloring surrounded the patch she had rubbed off.
"What...what...did you-" he stuttered as her soul floated back into her.
"Oh and my health, I always had low health. My Defense is even worse." She said as she flopped back onto the bed. "But..." he stared at her hands as she raised them into the air, "My brother...has even lower health then me. Mommy said it was because he gave me some of his to save me when we where inside her tummy." She looked so sad as she said this that you where tempted to comfort her in some way. That was until she shot back up with her arms wide open. "But he's got aloooot of defense. He's like a tank!!! That's one of the many things that make him so cool!!!"
"Idiot..." Hearing somone walking in, Flowey sunk back into his dirt.
"Tiny Human? Do Feel Well Enough To Eat?" Papyrus walked in with a plate of spaghetti. Upon seeing the food, Bonbon quickly started to drool. "BUT OF COURSE YOU ARE! NO ONE CAN RESIST MY CULINARY COOKING! NYEHEHEHE!" Slurping happily on her noodles, she asked when she could get out. "Soon..." he said with a smile while petting her head.
"Then can I go meet the king?" Papyrus clenched his fist as his smiled turned slightly into a grimace.
"Why... Don't You Tell Me About What You Dreamt About?" Bonbon blinked her black and white eyes before smiling at him.
"Hee hee, did you ever put eyeballs in your spaghetti?!!!!" Papyrus jaw opened wide as he started to go pale. "What do you think my arm taste like?" Bonbon stuck her arm towards him "Do you think I taste delicious!?" Papyrus placed his hand ontop of her mouth.
"TINY HUMAN! WHY...WHY WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING SO HOR-"
"Mhph..mgpmmmhm..." taking his hand away from her mouth, Bonbon placed her hand ontop of his and started playing with the fabric of his gloves. "I think you looked cool in an orange sweater. Even if you smelled smokey."
"I WOULD NEVER DRESS AS LOW AS MY BROTHER MUCH LESS RESORT TO MYSELF TO SUCH TERRIBLE HABITS!!!"
"Hee hee, okay!" Papyrus climbed onto the bed, holding Bonbon close to him. She snuggled closer into his chest and let out a soft sigh. "You're still comfy even without skin."
"WHAT WAS THAT?"
"You looked really nice with hair too..."
"TINY HUMAN, YOU MUST BE QUITE TIRED BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING NO SENSE. NOW SLEEP."
"Hee hee, okay. Night Papy."
"Nyhe, Goodnight Tiny Human." Bonbon in his arms, they both drifted off to sleep.
After a few more days at the lab, Alphys told Sans and Papyrus that it was safe to take Bonbon home, that there doesn't seem to be any more signs of the poisonous flowers inside her body. While at home, Papyrus smothered Bonbon with skelekisses and cuddling her as much as he could. Never leaving her out of his sight. Even though she giggled and smiled all day and night from the constant skeleton attacks, she would sometime stare at Sans who kept his distance from her. But much to Papyrus dismay, he had to go to work. He couldn't afford to miss any more days. Even if Sans was usually never at home because of his jobs, they where still short in gold. After convincing Sans to skip his Snowdin post job, Papyrus kissed Bonbon on the forehead goodbye.
Bonbon smiled happily, waving goodbye as the door closed, but not even a minute passed before she was engulfed in a bright blue light. Flying into the air, her body slammed against the wall. Sans pinned her against it, looking furious over her.
"what the fuck were you thinking!?" Bonbon blinked with confusion as she stared back at him "why would you do this to us? do you know how much papyrus cried over you!!? how devastated he was when we saw that little soul of yours in the brink of shattering!? how...how every bit of joy you gave him would be sucked out of him...how undyne would blame herself for not guarding you...how everyone would be at a loss without you ... or ... how... h-how i..." glowing blue teardrops dripped onto the floor, "hurt...i'd be without you?" Bonbon's eyes where wide as she heard his shattered voice. The room grew quiet with only the stifling sobs coming from him. His hands gripping onto Bonbon's arms, awaiting for her to say anything.
《Bonbon?》 Sans' crying...?《He's hurt...》 I hurt him?《No, you didn't do anything...but we did.》 I...I don't like seeing him cry...
"I'm sorry..."
"why...why did you do it?" His eye began to flame, crackling the air around them. "munchkin...you, you need to tell me what the fuck is happening. what did we do...is this my fault...?" His voice, heavy with pain looked at her face. She shook her head no. "was it your parents?"
"My...parents?"
"what did they do to you to make you want to kill yourself!!??" He rested his hand against her cheek. Gritting his teeth, he let out a small growl "i'll break out of here myself and kill them for hurting you." Her eyes widen at his threat with a single tear rolling down her cheek. Seeing her reaction, his magic died down. Holding her in his arms, Sans crashed down to his knees. "munchkin...you mean everything to me. i know that now. you and my brother are the only thing i have in this world. please, please don't take that away from me." He sobbed with his skull buried into her hair. "i won't be able to live with myself without you two." Bonbon gripped onto his jacket, "you're prefect just the way you are..."
"S-sans..."
"hmm?"
"I love you." She whispered out. Her soft voice shook his soul that he started sobbing even harder.
"i...i love you too..."
Watching them cry softly in each others arms, left you feeling so alone. That you backed away, but as you did, you heard another set of crying. Walking through the house, you saw Papyrus sitting against the door with his hand over his mouth, muffling his cries. He had heard everything that went inside. It must of hurt him greatly to not rush in and stop his brother. Breathing out, he composed himself before walking away.
The rest of the day, Bonbon slept in Sans' room, safety tucked inside his arms. Worned out from crying, Sans didn't budge when Bonbon awoke. She looked around the room, till she found you. Smiling brightly, she sticked out her hand from under the blanket to wave at you. You laughed and waved back.
"Hi.." she whispered. You placed your finger to your mouth, to keep her from waking up Sans from his slumber. Bonbon placed her hands towards her mouth.
Hee hee, oops.《It's ok, is there something you wanted?》 Maybe...《What is it?》Hows the other voice person. I don't hear her anymore.《...? She's here. But why do you ask?》I miss her, and her creepy voice.《...!》
Hearing this Chara stood up from where she sat, glaring at the small human.
{What are you, crazy!? I tried to kill you!!!}Oh I hear her now! Scary voice it's okay! Everyone tried at least once.
Chara growled with frustration before sitting back down at her corner.
《You're not scared of her?》Why?《She's been haunting your dreams and...and ..》The dreams...? Oh the nightmares! I forgot about those!!《..how...》It's like when I see a scary movie. I get scared but when it's over...poof I forget it.
You weren't sure how to feel about that. That she described your whole past as some silly horror flick.
《Weren't you scared when you saw her...》
I couldn't really see her...but I did see Alphys' coat and Papy's head. That got me reeeally mad. But they're okay, so I'm not mad.
You found yourself laughing and weren't to sure as to the reason why. It could be the fact that nothing of the things that had passed had fazed her in the slightest or the fact that she actually didn't care when Chara was threatening her. Stroking her hair, she let out a soft sigh.
Hmmm your cold hand feels nice...
Knowing that she could feel that, only ment that you didn't have much time. Bonbon closed her eyes and let out a long yawn.
I wanna try something out before I leave again...《Still planning to leave?》
Hee hee, of course!
Later that afternoon, Papyrus came home and was overjoyed on the fact that the two had made up. Preparing a large feast, he invited Undyne over to join them. Before you know it, most of the people you have grown to know and love where there. Alphys, Mettaton, Monster Kid, even Muffet, Grillby and his daughter. They where are all smiling happily as Bonbon sat in the middle of everyone with her little pot of dirt. Everything looked so warm, as you grew cold. Bonbon threw concerned looks at you, but you shook your head, for you where fine.
You...you were okay...