Two Worlds, Two Souls

Chapter 8: The Truth

Angel's Point of View:

As happy as things were turning out, I couldn't help the gnawing feeling in my stomach from the nerves. I hated that I was lying to Sans about the fact that I wasn't a monster, but in fact a human. It was a dangerous game as the two of us got closer. I felt like he was truly a friend I could rely on, and yet, I was hurting him so much just by not being honest on this one thing.

It grated on me these last few weeks that we'd spent together. It had been closer to a month of knowing one another, a little over if we were getting picky. He and I, we'd banter and joke through the door and he'd tell me more of this life and I'd tell him of my day with my sister and Toriel. It was all it took to keep us entertained during the short time we were together.

But this time, I wanted to be honest. I worried that I would ruin things, but at this point… I didn't know how much longer I could lie. I had never been good at the skill. Keeping things secret was one thing and just not telling someone, but actively lying was another. I could if it was a stranger I was trying to get us away from, someone who was after us was entirely different than one I cared about.

I had to ask him again that night…

I made my way down to our normal spot where we'd meet up. I held a crystal in hand to light my way, though the familiar looking walls and just knowing the path came to me so easily after so many days of doing it all the time. I practically knew exactly where to go. I was fairly certain I could do it with my eyes closed.

When I arrived at the end of the hallway, I knocked on the door. When I heard nothing yet from the other side, I sighed and sank to the ground.

I was almost glad he wasn't immediately there.

It gave me a bit more time in those moments to try and relax slightly. I struggled to keep my nerves calm as I was waiting for him. I really didn't want to tell him, but my feelings just weren't letting me have a choice.

I tried to calm myself down in those moments, thinking of songs that perhaps would help me at least ease my nerves as I waited. Many different songs came to mind, but it was the ones that left a bitter aftertaste that seemed to really help with the emotions.

"My lover's got humor; he's the giggle at a funeral. Knows everybody's disapproval, I should have worshiped him sooner." My soul just seemed to respond to the words as they felt like I was singing the negative feelings right out of me, simply just like letting soiled water falling off of me. "Take me to church. I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your life, I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife…"

The song continued. I could feel the power as I sang, forgetting to keep quiet as I sat there. Waiting for my skeleton friend, hoping and praying that he wouldn't despise me after this…

"Wow Precious, quite the dark song tonight." His voice caused me to squeal in shock as I heard him at the door. "Geese… did I scare ya?"

I let out a deep sigh. "Sorry, I wasn't expecting you right at that moment."

"Awe… sorry 'bout that Angel." I heard him sit in the snow behind me. "You wanna talk about it?"

"Yes and no… my nerves are all tangled up into this dreadful mess."

"I'm… not sure I'm followin'."

"Sans… there's something I asked you when we first met that's bothered me for the longest of time." I tried to slowly get out the words, but I was struggling.

I heard him go silent for a moment. "Angel, what's the question?"

"Do you remember when I asked you about your opinion of humans?"

"Oh, that's it…" The relief his voice was something I wasn't expecting. What else could he have been worried about? "Yeah, I guess I was never strait with ya on that. But why does it bother ya that much?"

I sighed. "It's very important that I know…"

"What, it's not like ya ta be that secretive." Sans' tone changed slightly back to a worried tone. "What's wrong? It's not like yer a human or anythin'."

I remained silent.

The moments ticked by and when Sans didn't respond to me, I felt incredibly nervous. I felt like my soul was trying to jump out of my body and flee, but I had made this choice. It was too late to turn back now. Regardless of how I felt, he knew now.

He knew I was a human.

"Ya… are?"

Again I refused to speak.

"Angel, come on. I can't talk to ya if you don't talk back ta me." Sans' voice sounded pained then, I could only imagine how much I hurt him telling him this. "Are ya a human?"

"…yes."

"Okay…" I heard a deep sigh escape him. "Okay… I need ta think."

"There's nothing to think about…" I buried my head into my arms. "I ruined everything…"

"Now just hold on a second!" I jumped at him using his voice in a louder manner. "Don't start jumpin' ta conclusions."

"How can I not? You're a sentry that's on the lookout for humans like me!" I tried to keep back the panic in my voice. It was a lot harder to breath then I thought. "Oh my god… I screwed up so bad… my baby sister… I'm so sorry…"

"Angel, get a hold of yourself! You haven't screwed anythin' up." Sans' voice, even as I was fearful of what he would or could do, was about the only thing grounding me. "It's gonna be fine, alright? Don't freak out."

How had I let this guy let me get so attached in a simple month? I'd never done anything so reckless before, especially when it involved my sister's safety. But he was the only one that I'd felt I could truly trust, and it both excited and scared me more than I could admit. I could feel his soul trying to sooth my own with his non-threatening emotions. He was being truthful…

"…how?"

"I'm not gonna tell."

My eyes widened and I dared to turn and hold onto the door. "…what?"

"I'm not gonna tell anyone. Much as it sucks being trapped down here, life isn't all that bad. We've got food, water, great friends and family. Besides, yer too cool of a girl ta pass over ta Asgore. Rather have ya as a friend then six feet under. Besides, anyone who listens ta me ramble or say bad puns all the time can't be all that bad."

"…really?"

"Come on, Precious." There was laughter in his voice then, something that made me feel even a little better. "I kinda figured ya were a human for a while now, but I didn't say anythin' since… I probably would have done somethin' similar if it meant keepin' Pap safe."

"Really?"

I heard him sigh. "Maybe? Maybe not. You'll just have to step outside those doors and ask me one day." He paused for a moment then before proceeding to knock on the doors. "Knock knock."

"Who's there?"

"Dishes."

I blinked, my muddled emotions making it hard to try and think of the joke he was trying to tell. "Dishes who?"

"Dishes a very bad joke."

"Pft…" And it was like that the tense atmosphere was gone and I was laughing in the presence of the skeleton monster once more. I felt so out of character. Never before would any person other than my sister have meant so much to me or that I would have cared enough to go the lengths I had with him, and yet… Sans kept me so at ease. He made me feel like I could do this, even if I knew how dangerous this was.

There was so much to still think about, but to know and feel that there was another ally that was willing to give a human a chance was something that really put my mind at ease. I haven't even been here for a couple months and I had two monster friends, one that I could use to help me even if the other I could not.

"Sans?"

"Yeah Angel?"

"Thank you… you have no idea how relieved I feel right now."

I heard him chuckle. Our souls had calmed down then and the atmosphere had eased tremendously. I felt my heart beating at a slower pace as it calmed down from the panic I'd had earlier.

"Don't worry about it Precious, can't have my amazin' audience feeling any less sansational than normal."

He had me chuckling again. "That one never gets old."

I could almost imagine the monster on the other side shrugging. "Eh, not really."

"But Sans… a question for you."

"Here Angel, an answer."

I blew a raspberry at him. "You nut, but I wanted to know… are there other monsters that think like you? Or ones that I might be able to sway at least not to kill us when we leave?"

"Eh… well, the people of Snowdin are pretty relaxed, so I doubt you'll run into too much of a fuss, except my bro."

"Papyrus? He has a negative view on humans?"

"More like… he's a human huntin' fanatic!" Sans laughed, and the lightness of his soul made me think his comment was more a joke then a true worry. "Paps has been a bit down lately with no one ta try his puzzles, but he's harmless. Just looking to be a part of the royal guard. It's been his dream for the longest of time, so catching a human would give him that fame."

"But judging by your tone, you don't think he'd do it."

"Paps a cool dude, but he's a softy. He's more into talkin' it out rather than hashin' it out, if ya get what I mean?"

"I think I do… but what about after Snowdin…" A lightbulb suddenly went off in my head. "Oh my friggen god!"

Sans seemed to hesitate at my frustration. "What?"

"Your town is a friggen pun! It's a snowy place out there and the town is Snowdin! Snowed in!" I smacked my face in exasperation. "I can't believe it took me three weeks to notice that!"
Sans howled in laughter at my realization. He couldn't seem to stop himself while I laughed on the other side of the door that separated us. Our laughter bounced off another and seemed to echo off the hallways.

"It took ya nearly a month ta figure that out?!" His laughter, even with how vocal he was being, it was still so deep sounding. "My god, Precious, who's the numbskull now?"

"Angel?" My head shot up the second I heard another voice. I gasped and looked down the hallway to see my sister round the corner and look at me with wide eyes and somewhat irritated eyes of Toriel.

"Uh… oh…"

"Uh oh?" Sans quieted down enough to feel the change in the mood. "Ya get caught?"

I sighed. "I got caught…"

I heard Sans quickly stand. "Welp, that's my cue ta run. Pap's is probably ready ta send out a search team. Catch ya later Angel."

"Okay!" I quickly stood and felt as his soul hurried away from where he was behind the door. By the time I'd felt his soul entirely leave my reach and the area; I turned to see an infuriated Toriel above me. I gave her a gentle wave. "Morning?"

"You and I have a few things to talk about, my child."

I felt a shiver down my spine as she walked away, her soul commanding me to follow after.

A Short While Later:

"My goodness Angel, you were too trusting for your own good." Toriel sighed after I'd gotten through telling her the entire story of meeting Sans. Though I had neglected to tell her a few things, such as the fact that she had been talking to him too… or his name… or much about him.

Was it wrong that I kinda wanted to keep him as a secret for myself? He was a such a cool guy… I would have let my sister know about him in time, but Toriel was different, even if we had patched up everything between each other. Sans was one of those secret things I wanted to keep away from her as long as possible, fearing that she'd take him away from me, my one small sliver of freedom behind the iron door.

"It worked out in the end you know, he's one monster who doesn't hate humans." I had to prevent myself from pouting at her and acting like a child. I was nineteen for god's sake… "I know it may have been an ill choice, but that's one person on our side that has at least a few connections that may help us sway people if we head beyond that gate. He was telling me that there's truly only one person I have to worry about when or if I ever travel to Snowdin."

Toriel sighed as we sat in the dining room area. As much as I was being disagreeable in that moment, I knew I was hurting her some. I was looking forward to being behind those metal doors and seeing what else this world had to offer. I wasn't content being trapped in the ruins as she was.

Yet, I also should have thought that maybe she was in a similar position as us…

"Toriel… I'm sorry…" I sighed and the worried female glanced over at me through glistening eyes. I felt even worse about the way I'd acted after seeing her pained face. "Please don't cry…"

"Child… its fine. I know how you feel being trapped here with the desire to move on." Toriel spoke softly, her voice trembling as she did. "I won't lie and say it doesn't hurt, but I know you and I have spoken of this. I'm not looking forward to when you leave me, but I know it will happen soon, even more so now that I've seen you talking with a… friend."

"He's a really great person. He's kept up my spirits for a while now." I smiled as I thought back to all the moments I've spent with the skeleton friend I had through the iron door. "He's gone out of his way to come back and talk to me the entire time since we've fallen. He's really cool too."

The mood quickly shifted and I heard my sister snicker. "I think Angel has a crush!"

My face flared with an ugly red color and I gave the stink eye to my younger sister. "No, I do not. I have too many things to worry about rather than crush on someone. Besides, I've only known him for a month."

"Angel and mystery monster, sitting in a tree…"

"Frisk…" I felt the vein expanding on the side of my head. At my more aggressive exterior, Frisk squealed and hid behind Toriel in an attempt to save herself.

"Then why are you getting so flustered?" Even Toriel was smiling, a barely noticeable grin escaping out to the world to see.

"I am not!" I huffed and turned away from the both of them, infuriated with the conversation. "I'm not some lovesick school girl, I do not have a crush on Sans!"

I flinched when that information left me and there was no way to take it back.

I was so screwed…

"So… his name is Sans?" Both my sister and Toriel seemed to chuckle evilly at me and I forced myself away from them then.

I couldn't handle it anymore. I planned to go to bed…

Witch's Note:

Oh, teasing everyone is such a fun thing! And Frisk does it so well! I'm eager for the future chapters that show her off much more! As well as her inner thoughts and personality!

And you know, Mystic Girl is a lot like Frisk and I'm a lot like Angel… can you see where the ideas for them came from?

So now Sans knows that Angel is a human and he's gonna keep her secret?! Oh, my goodness! What are the odds?

I can't wait for the next chapter people! We're finally going to explore past the ruins! Anyone else excited for that? I know I am, and for Angel and Sans to finally meet in person!

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