Charans' Story- Glitchtale AU

by Instaquarius

What if Chara got to Sans and the Skelefamily much earlier in Animosity? What if Chara was able to fuse with Sans SOUL and saved him from dusting? All chapters are a collaborative story written by me and All Sanses are the best on discord, also known as JustanotherSansfangirl3332 on Ao3.

3. Nightmares (Part 1)

Later that evening, Toriel had gone up to check on everyone, seeing Charans, Asriel and Papyrus had all fallen asleep, still inside of Asgore's room. They all looked so cute she couldn't really bring herself to wake them up to move to a room with at least a bed, imagining that couldn't have been all that comfortable. But instead, she took out her phone, snagging a photo of all of them.

For herself, and possibly to use to perhaps apologize to Gaster later, for their bickering earlier on in the day. She went to grab a blanket and wrapped it around the 3 of them then went to check on Asgore, CHECKing his SOUL and stats and seeing that he was healing quite steadily. She whispered a "I'm sorry," to him before heading off to bed as well, though she knew he most likely did not hear her.

About an hour or two after Toriel had left, Chara was suddenly awoken by a disturbance that was coming from Sans' SOUL, though they were still quite drowsy. "Mmm...Sans…? What's wrong bud?" Chara mumbled, half asleep, and realized Sans must be dreaming.

Sans looked around the dark Judgment Hall, every one of his senses on full alert as he stared into shadows that seemed ready to swallow him whole. He knew that something evil was coming. Something that had slaughtered it's way from one end of the Underground to the other, and was now preparing to hunt down the final 3 survivors. But Sans had a feeling that it would come after him and Asgore first. He couldn't remember why he hadn't stopped this earlier, but there must have been a reason, right? It couldn't be that he just ran away like a coward and abandoned the monsters, leaving them at this demon's mercy.

At the other end of the hall, Sans could hear the sound of footsteps approaching and suddenly a waft of grey dust blew into the Judgement Hall on the wind, forcing Sans to lift his arm up to shield his sockets. There, standing directly across from him was a human with brown/pink hair and an unnaturally cruel smile laced on their lips. Their soul was a pink SOUL that was sitting right inside of a red determination SOUL. They wore a green sweatshirt with a yellow stripe right across the middle and a pink ripped up skirt, brown leggings and even darker brown boots. "Hello Saansyyy~3" The being sneered, sending a chill up Sans' spine.

'what the hell is this thing?' Sans thought as the beings' pink and red eyes seemed to stare into his SOUL, a strange black liquid starting to drip from them. "is it even human? and was it ever human?"

"Aw, Uncle Sans you don't recognize me? Names Bara." The thing giggled, almost girlish in a way. A pink blob moved to sit on the humans shoulder. "Oh well, you always were a lazybones anyways. I'll make sure you remember me soon enough. =)"

"heh, i don't know you, but what i do know… IS THAT I'LL BE SENDING YOU BACK TO HELL." Sans growled, trying to hide his fear by sounding confident, before he turned the creatures SOUL blue and flung it against the wall, then tried to throw it into some bones and followed that up with a barrage of gaster blasters.

When the smoke and dust cleared Bara stood there, still with the creepy unnatural grin on their face and was practically unscathed besides a few dirt marks on their clothing, despite the fact that they had done absolutely nothing to defend themselves. "You call that an attack? I'm almost disappointed. What was it that the fish said? 'You're gonna have to try a little HARDER than that!'" Bara taunted, taking a step towards Sans and making him step back by instinct.

"Aww you're cute when you try to play the hero. Come on, whatever happened to the

"I" used to have so much fun playing together with in all those Genocide runs? The same Judge who let all his friends and brother die before he decided to do anything about it?"

The thing grinned, gaze lingering and gleefully soaking in his rigid stance, as he somehow went pale.

"THAT'S THE LOOK OF SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY SCARED OUT OF THEIR SOUL RIGHT ABOUT NOW."

"n-no, that's not true, t-there was nothing that i could d-do." Sans replied, stumbling backwards again, before he suddenly shot another blaster at the creature before him. "i did everything that i could. i did everything that i could. i'm not tough like undyne, i did everything that i could."

Bara just stood there, and took the blast again, still grinning as once again, they were unharmed when the smoke cleared. They laughed again and it rang through the Hall loudly, echoing off it's vast chambers and off the walls as it reverberated off of the tall paned glass. There was a slight undertone of insanity to the laugh, partly to do with the high amount of LV the child seemed to have, but also sounding like one who had been given far too much candy at once and didn't have enough sleep.

It sounded like the laugh of a Madman who'd gone on a murderous rampage across an entire Underground and destroyed literally an entire species of Monsters just for the kicks and giggles.

For fun.

"'Not tough like Undyne?'" Bara cooed, still walking calmly closer and closer towards Sans who continued to back away, sweat glistening from his skull off the light that gently shone in from the windows, "So says the one whose killed us a thousand times over. Who threw us into walls full of spiky bones that impaled our body so many times. Who 'dunked' us so many times that they lost count. Who, even with just that one measly little HP, we could never touch him. Not until we literally did this song and dance so many times they got tired out and we just got 'lucky' that it was finally enough." Bara giggled again, this time they could just faintly hear the sound of bones rattling against each other underneath Sans's clothing and jacket.

"You're a funny little thing, 'Uncle Sans,' you know that? That's why you were always my most favorite little plaything. And the one I loved fighting the most. That's why I do this for you, Sansy. I'd love for your SOUL to be a part of my collection again."

Play thing. Like Sans was some kind of sad, broken toy...

"n-no, stay back, keep away from me!i-i could only do so w-well because of h-how my magic works, how it turns what is usually a strength for you into a weakness." Sans cried, tears of fear starting to leak from his eye sockets. He felt his back hit the wall and he pressed up against it, shivering violently as the tears fell and sweat glistened on his skull, giving away his fear.

However, even so, he still wasn't quite ready to give up yet and he raised a single shaking hand, turning Bara's SOUL blue again. Slamming them against the opposite wall before summoning multiple Gaster Blasters, aimed at the child, ready to start blasting at them the minute they'd hit the wall.

Bara had had enough of this, summoning Kumu as they commanded the blob to turn into a wound up spring, throwing it at the wall she'd just been thrown against themselves, and rebounding off of it towards Sans. While in the air, Bara transformed their arms into little scythes, slicing at the Blasters before they even had a CHANCE at firing their lasers.

The red eyes seemed to glow brightly as Sans could feel the murderous intent and determination wafting out from their SOUL and magic as they were launched like a rocket towards Sans, Bara took a swipe at him, and it was only thanks to Sans' quick instincts that he even managed to duck in time, as they slashed at one of the pillars before landing on the ground.

"There we go, now THAT'S how it's done!" Bara cheered, their arms returning back to normal human hands as they clapped and whooped, cheering for Sans in a way that made him sick, and even more fearful. How this weird demon/human fusion could act so innocent yet, every single part of Sans body screamed at him to stay as far away from them as possible. "Careful now. Don't slip. Or else, this little game of ours will be quite boring~"

"You don't want me to be bored, do you Uncle Sansy?" Bara asked, their voice warping and shifting, sounding almost glitched in a way that made them sound demented.

Sans didn't bother to reply, instead turning and sprinting down the hall, desperate to escape from this thing. 'asgore will be fine.' Sans thought, desperatelytrying to reassure himself.'i'm not abandoning him. he'll have heard alphys' warning and absorbed the human souls, which means that he has a better chance of killing this creature than i do.'

However, when Sans had reached the other end of the hall, he was shocked to discover that the door was no longer there. His eye lights shrunk to tiny pin pricks within his sockets. "w-what?" Sans thought as he skidded to a stop and stared at the spot where he'd seen the creature enter and where the door had been. "t-there was definitely a door here. where's it gone?"

Panicked and desperate, Sans threw several bones at the wall in front of him, even blasted it several times, as if trying to create his own exit out of there, but nothing worked.

He was now trapped.

Trapped with a demon that he had no hope of killing and took no damage no matter what in Sans wide arsenal of attacks he threw at it.

Bara laughed again, this time the laugh instead of sounding insane, became something entirely different. More gravelly. Rougher and calloused.

DEMONIC.

"WELL THEN, ISN'T THIS AN INTERESTING TURN OF EVENTS JUDGE?" Bara said, their voice echoing in the Hall once more.

Sans slowly turned to look at the fusion, his SOUL pulsing rapidly and frantically as he trembled. The sound of his bones rattling echoing throughout the hall along with the now demonic voice in equal volume.

The thing laughed again. Long and cruelly, the mere sound sending even more chills down Sans's spine.

The human...no, it even LOOKED like a demon by this point. A demon that wore human skin, stretched beyond its limits, as pieces of skin tore away, leaving raw flesh where its mouth was. Its eyes were almost bloodshot around the pinkish, red pupils that continued to ooze out black blood as it turned to face him, cocking its head to the side. Those hideous eyes that had once held a certain child-like innocence, now also had the same cruel intent as in its own voice, fixated on him with cruel, violent amusement and their smile twisting into a smug, jagged grin.

"Whatsamatter? Not gonna say anything? No pun about the situation you've found yourself trapped in? Nothing how you're 'not going to just stand there and take it?' Or how about 'If i took one more step forward i'm going to have a bad time?'" The thing smirked, grinning a little wider, taking a slow, deliberate step forward.

"Or, how about… Something about how 'on beautiful days like these, where birds are singing, flowers are blooming…" Bara continued to grin, fangs showing now between the tattered skin where lips once were as they took a very deliberate step forward, arms outstretched to their side and winking one eye. "'kids like me should be burning in hell?' You got anything like that for me sansy?"

Sans took another step backwards as the thing approached, shooting a few small bones at them to keep them away. Part of him wanted to try and ask for mercy, not even caring if he was trying to barter with the Devil itself. Half-hoping that there was some remnant of a good person inside there that would listen, but he knew that it was a longshot and there was another also part of him that didn't want to give this creature the satisfaction of seeing him beg.

Bara merely walked through the bones, it still not even doing damage to them at all, as they grinned even wider again. Almost giggling a bit as they watched Sans vainly try to fight back. To do everything in his power to keep this demon AWAY from him. Bara merely shook their head as they looked on. The emotion behind their eyes shifting to that with an odd fondness for Sans.

"Hehehe, oh comedian, you're still just so funny. You know, that? It's almost making me want to let you go." Bara sneered, watching as for but a moment they noticed the look of confusion and what almost seemed like hope that seemed to cross Sans's face. Like he'd be able to get off scot free with just a few cruel mind games and maybe some PTSD from all this.

No bodily damage done to him.

No broken bones.

Nothing.

"ALMOST." Bara corrected, watching Sans' hopeful expression immediately transform to one of pure, senseless, utter terror and despair, as the world stuttered for a moment.

Once more, Hope was brought to Sans SOUL as he prayed this was a RESET and that maybe the demon human fusion thing was just trying to mess with his mind more. Praying the timeline would be reset and that maybe they'd go for something more peaceful.

However, Sans quickly realized this didn't have that same sensation of a timeline being erased.

This was just a simple reload then.

The disorientation was dizzying, nearly knocking Sans down to his knees, but then it cleared, and Sans saw he was literally 2 inches away from the terrifying demon, human abomination. Bara watched as Sans jolted, screamed out in alarm and tried for a shortcut but the demon reloaded again. The world stuttering once more, and resummoning Sans right in front of them directly again. Only for another repeat, as Bara grinned.

Laughing.

Taunting him.

Mocking him.

When Sans realized that there was no escape, he decided to try one last time to destroy this creature, and so he summoned his true special attack. A wall of gaster blasters appeared behind Bara and Sans fired them all, not even caring if he himself also got hit by the attack.

The beams engulfed the demon and Sans continued blasting it for as long as he could, even as he could no longer see the creature through the smoke, and broken tiles flying everywhere. Not stopping his attack at all until he collapsed to the floor, landing on all fours as he was forced to end the attack to avoid fainting completely.

He felt exhausted, nearly gasping for breath, due to low Magic as the blasters faded away. More sweat dripped from his skull and bones, making a small puddle on the floor.

The dust and smoke this time stayed there for several seconds, actually closer to almost a minute in length, as Sans forced himself to suck in a breath, hoping it was enough to wound the creature or even kill it.

But, just as every other thing Sans used to have hope for, the world still just LOVED kicking him in the gut every time he even so DARED to wish to have a happy ending.

There, Bara stood once more.

Looking quite annoyed, shaking off their arms and flexing their muscles and hands. Even dusting itself off, as though to fan away the pain. "Easy now, comedian. You Don't want to hurt poor little chara now do you? Hehehe...not when you two were getting to be so close and so cute. Like Uncle and nephew. Or close friends at least." A belittling smile crossed it's features now, "you could have really hurt them with that one."

"w-what the hell are you talking about?" Sans whispered, trying very unsuccessfully to hide the fear that was coursing through his body.

"S...Sans..." a child's voice spoke. Sans could see a tear slowly drip from one of the eyes as it returned to the normal red. This thing was now playing on Sans' emotions and the last bit of empathy that he had. "H-Help me…" Chara cried out, looking quite scared from the normal looking eye, that Sans could see.

"c-chara?" Sans whimpered, recognizing the voice. "w-what happened to you?"

"Oh so you do remember them! How sweet…" The demon laughed cruelly, looking quite amused by this. Chara whimpered, regaining control for a moment, or perhaps the demon allowed Chara to have this control? Who really knew except for them.

"I...I'm sorry….I-I m-messed up...again…" Chara whispered, tears streaming down their face like a waterfall. "I...I wanted to b-bring Alphys back, and-and Jessica and all the others that died. I wanted you and everyone...to have a happier ending and...I'm s-sorry…"

"c-chara, i-i, you were just trying to do good, right? there's nothing wrong with that, but you still need to be careful. a-and i don't know how this happened, but i forgive you. n-now, reset now, before it's too late." Sans said, sounding like he was on the verge of tears.

"I...I c-can't...th-this d-demon..promised it'd… give me a way to get a happier ending, w-without the reset and..it- it took everyone! I-I don't kn-know how but...now it wants your S-SOUL too. You n-need to escape! G-Get out of here and-and save yourself!" Chara shouted, sounding absolutely terrified out of his poor little mind.

"i-i can't, it won't let me." Sans whimpered quietly.

The demon took control once again, its gaze re-fixing onto Sans's once more as it took another, slow, deliberate step forward to him. "Don't make this harder than it needs to be, judge." The demon sneered, as it made a grab at Sans, barely missing as his instincts kicked into high gear and he dodged out of the way. "I'm only going to play with you a little. Try and maybe figure out what makes you tick. Maybe...break a few bones here and there, kill your brother a couple thousand times right in front of you and watch you squirm. Strangle the life out of your pathetic soul with little chara's bare hands. Doesn't that sound like fun, judge?" The thing grinned wider, as more skin began to tear and flake off.

There was another swipe, as it watched Sans twist to the side, just barely managing to evade being grabbed.

Sans shivered and tried to continue to flee, but was suddenly stopped when something wrapped around his legs, locking them in place. He gasped and looked down to find Kumu wound tightly around his legs. Desperately, Sans reached down and frantically tried to tear the blob away, but it wouldn't budge at all. Sans looked up again, his eye sockets wide and eyelights little more than tiny pinpricks. Tears and sweat shone on his skull and soaked his clothes as he shook like a little leaf, his bones rattling loudly as he accepted his fate.

CRUNCH!

"hngh!"

The sound was loud and painful, as Bara had reached an arm out, its hand changing shape again to be far bigger than normal. Their index and middle fingers locked tightly around Sans' shoulders, the thumb and the rest snapping his arms to his sides, as he was shoved backward at full-force into the pillar behind him. His spine slammed against the hard surface of the smooth gold painted quartz. Solid and unyielding. It stole Sans' breath away, causing him to choke out from his throat, the wind knocked right out of his small form.

Bara began adjusting their hands position. It briefly released Sans and allowed him to fall the slightest amount before grabbing him by the throat, and then lifting him back up to his original spot, still keeping him effectively pinned against the pillar as he struggled for breath. His feet now barely touched the floor, as he tried to squirm away even though it was useless and his hands instinctively shot up to desperately and uselessly claw at the hand that was wrapped around his neck, wanting to remove it before it choked the life out of him or snapped his neck like a twig. His one measly little DEF doing absolutely nothing to protect him.

Sans inwardly cursed at his miserable stats, and could feel how the hard, rough surface of the Hall's pillar pressed painfully into his spine as the thing continued keeping him pinned against it.

"Tsk, tsk tsk. One month of the easy life on the surface and you've lost yourself. How shameful 'uncle sans.' you know, if you were still at your a-game you might have even actually won this. Made it so much more interesting." The demon spoke sounding bored, yet smug, it's hand continuing to grip at Sans throat, and tightening the slightest amount. Bara grinned as it heard the sound of his bones groaning.

"th-that gh! s-sounds unlikely." Sans half said half choked, until suddenly he felt Baras hand had loosened the slightest bit, once Bara was certain they'd be able to hold Sans' weight by just the skeleton's own neck without losing much grip and accidentally releasing him. Sans tried to sound snarky, despite his fear. "since… y-you're normally supposed t-to take damage when you get hit."

"Oh, and let poor little chara die because of your attacks? How hurtful. He looks up to you, you know?" The demon sneered, "You were always his favorite. Like an older brother. He's only alive because I absorbed your attacks. If i didn't, they'd all go directly to him. And you made a promise to the poor goat lady to keep him safe behind the door. You should be thankful. To me for protecting the child."

Bara continued to shove Sans steadily into the pillar behind him, still just dangling the poor, small skeleton monster off the ground by his neck. Bara almost considered whether or not to simply just crush his bones against it.

"and..hngh! i-i'm pretty sure that he w-wants to die, thanks to you. and f-first off you blame me for not… not doing anything sooner, n-now you bl-blame me for t-trying to stop you. make...make up your mind…!" Sans hissed back shakily, still squirming in the creature's grip and gasping for air when Bara had tensed their hand as a warning, feeling as the smaller attempted to escape, his fear intensifying.

"Perseverance, Uncle Sans. out of everything that you need, that is the one thing you've always lacked the most on, you know? And it's also what's most needed right now. Even in days of peace… really, you should take more after your brother or undyne. Learn to keep at it just like those two. With everything that you got! That's how you can win this little game of ours, sansy. And how you'll keep me entertained and happy." The demon spoke again, their voice turning into a low growl.

"YOU WANT ME TO BE HAPPY, DON'T YOU UNCLE SANS? Or else, you could... SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES." The demon warned Sans, still pushing him up against the pillar, causing his bones to creak and making sure that he couldn't move. Although it didn't hold him tight enough to kill him just yet, only enough to ensure Sans wouldn't be able to escape nor teleport. Instilling the fear every so often with a slight squeeze as a distraction and reminder that they were the one in control, and could very well just as easily as snap his neck bones with the mere twitch of it's fingers.

"heh, gh…! th-that sounds u-unlikely, considering that...that you're the kind of p-person that will n-never be h-happy." Sans growled back, still shivering and squirming. Sans' phalanges tightened around Bara's wrist once more when he again felt that same cursed hand tighten around his throat. Feeling as the bone began to crack under the pressure, before again, he was released but just slightly. Allowing for the smaller skeleton to gasp in pain, grimacing.

"Hehe..oh, that's where you're wrong, comedian. I already told you. Y o u , out of every single monster living in the whole underground, y o u were always my most favorite. That's why I like toying with you a lot during these…"Genocide" timelines. It's partially because this is the only time that I get to see you at your most powerful.. When you're not just a 'comedian,' and 'the world's friendliest, most laziest skeleton.'"

"But also, whether you know it, or not it's also because yo me to toy with you. Because you want me to and think that it's what you deserve for all the lies that you've told, and the secrets you've hidden from everyone you claim to call your 'friends.' Even your own precious 'baby brother' whom you raised and 'trust the most.' you hide, Because you want to believe you've given up, but somehow, there's still some part of you that still cares." The demon snarled, lowering him down slightly, allowing Sans a brief moment to touch the floor of the Hall with the edge of his slippers, as it carefully leaned its face closer to Sans's own.

"There's still something within you that loves oh, so deeply despite your claims. Maybe...sometimes it's just a little broken. And everything just feels like it's a little numb, but i know it's there. It just overwhelms you sometimes and refuses to listen when you tell it to stop is all."

The demon hissed into Sans's ear, or lack of one. Making sure he heard every word loud and clear, as it continued to grin rather cruelly, one of the demon's hands leaving its place by its side, its fingers tensing. "Even with the reset button completely gone and broken, And the one in control of the said resets unable to ever access the power again, you're still just so afraid of allowing yourself to let the others inside. To allow them to see your inner demons and to help you face them. It's almost funny, in a way. You. the king's JUDGE, the one in charge and who wields the blade to bring judgement down upon the sinners, or show mercy to those who deserve it…"

"Can't even find it within to forgive themselves. Because in reality, there neve single thing you could do about the anomaly. But because you 'gave up' now you think that everything is entirely your fault. that you simply accepted the way things were. For standing by while everything and everyone you ever cared about was ripped away from you, over and over."

"You blame yourself, because you cannot accept that in a way, you're exactly the same as the anomaly. Another killer with blood on their hands, who did not a thing, even as his own BROTHER was brutally murdered directly in front of you hundreds upon thousands of times. You claim to lay judgement on the sinners, but yet you struggle to hide from your past, by continuously distancing yourself, and not allowing the others inside, you create M E ."

"n-no, that's not true." Sans said weakly, even though he knew deep down that the creature's words were true. Or at least, that he believed them to be true.

"Hehehe...Oh Sansy... Truth hurts doesn't it? And the truth is, judge, no matter how much you know you couldn't do a thing anyways, you believe that you cannot justify your actions, anymore than the typical murderer out on the street. Or even me. And for what i do, and put you through so many nights. HAHAHAHAHA! I don't always look like this in your dreams, I'm not even real, Should be obvious, since you can't even touch me."

"Because your mind doesn't want you to be able to hurt or touch me. For I am the thing your very own guilty consciousness created, to torture and deliver judgement onto YOU and YOUR sins." Once more, Bara's hold on Sans' throat tightened, making him choke out in alarm, as his sockets flew closed, struggling for air for several seconds before releasing, just enough to allow Sans to start breathing again.

"I am the thing that keeps your cute little mind awake at night. I am the demon that comes when you call it's name, the one that haunts every dark corner of your tortured mind, to ensure that not even the JUDGE is above his own consequences. I will never rest, for as long as you hold onto that guilt and refuse help. I will come back. And I promise you sansy…"

"NEITHER WILL YOU. I hope you can feel your sins crawling on your back~ because YOU WERE NEVER THE ONE IN CONTROL right from the start."

"Oh well..." The demon cooed, shrugging. Pausing for a moment, to see Sans face, still screwed up in pain as he struggled again to get free. Bara noticed a small hairline fracture had now appeared down the length of Sans's neck. Bara tsked, backing their face away from Sans' slightly as their free hand transformed into a mini scythe and they again raised it above their head. The shadow resulting from it, now effectively hiding the demon's face, besides the cruel pink and red pupils that continued to glow as it smiled evilly. "It's been fun Sansy, but your dream is about to be over soon. So, before you wake up… let me share some parting words before I kill you as I always do in that twisted, adorable little mind of yours okay?"

Bara asked, their voice taking on that sweet, innocent childlike tone to it, mixed with that of the demons voice and sounding oh, so WRONG.

"Just a little friendly advice Sansy, but, you know...As the Judge. You do a lousy job at showing yourself some mercy, You say that being the judge requires you to be harsh on those deserving of it. But also to be able to have the skills to show mercy and take that into account as well., yet it's funny how long you've gone on with this, self-punishment, tortured soul shtick. Acting as if you don't deserve to be able to outrun your own sentences, which is why you usually just stand there and take it whenever you dream about me."

"And, as much fun as you are to play with in these dreams of yours, I gotta say you need to also work on that very active imagination of yours. Learn the difference between reality and the imagination world your fears and guilt conjures up that allows me to play these games with you. Your only defense is your entertainment and even that only goes up to a certain point."

"But likewise, I suppose it's about time for you to wake up now, Sansy boy. This dreams gone on for longer than what is healthy, even for you, the king of self-torture. So...here."

"LET ME GIVE YOU A HELPING HAND."

Sans tensed and tried to squeeze his eye sockets shut. He wanted to focus his final thoughts on his family and friends so that they would be the last thing that he saw before he died, however some mysterious force prevented him from shutting his eye sockets.

The demon smirked, as the blade came down in a wide arch. Blood, or Sans's own mysterious version of it, sprayed outwards as the blade cut violently through his rib cage in a downward slash, only just barely missing his SOUL. The blade cut just deep enough to slice through solid bone.

Bara smirked inwardly, almost admiring even, as the blood splatter on the glass paned window, and pillar behind Sans mirrored that of an Angel's wing coming from Sans's body.

Sans cried out in pain as the blade struck, and a fire erupted in his chest, causing him to nearly lose consciousness as his breathing turned into ragged, strained gasps and his vision blurred, blood leaking from his mouth as well.

Chara, who'd been possessed by the demon grimaced, as he heard Sans cry out in agony.

"You really need to learn to quit doing this to yourself..." The demon whispered, almost sounding as if it even felt bad for the smaller skeleton, as it suddenly stopped the blade, halfway into the last rib. Leaving it there as it slowly released Sans's neck and held him closer pressing their own body against his. Scythe digging deeper slightly, as the child leaned in, allowing Sans to rest his skull against their shoulder when they then gathered the limp monster into a tender, even gentle hug. Just like Sans had seen Toriel do so many times with Chara and Asriel.

As soon as the creature relaxed it's grip on him, Sans fell forward into their arms, his own arms and legs dangling limply as more of his blood soaked into his own clothes and the demon's, as well as dripping onto the floor. Sans shivered, as the scythe had cut forward, matching Bara's movements.

"We really are not so different, you and I. Well, since in a way, I am you. But still." The demon gave a chuckle, sounding oddly fond and friendly. "If I may further suggest, as I feel obligated to do so. Even though i already know you'd most likely ignore me since you can be quite stubborn sometimes and have a thick skull, 'uncle sans.' But, before our next 'session,' might I suggest, perhaps you should show some kindness to yourself,. Let your friends in sansy, and allow them to give you the help you oh, so desperately deserve and need."

"You may be the judge, but even you too, deserve forgiveness you know? I think, that would be better suited. To save you from yourself, before it's too late. Just, something to think about for when you wake."

Sans tried to reply, but only ended up gagging and coughing up more blood as his chest burned.

The demon giggled once again, as this time, they dug in deeper, more forward moving. The scythe transformed back into a hand as it suddenly grabbed Sans' inverted SOUL with agonizing strength and yanked it out, before backing away, and allowing Sans to fall backward, when Bara shoved him. Sans knees gave out, buckling beneath his weight, his body sliding down against the pillar and into a crumpled heap on the smooth tile, as the demon smirked, now holding the defenseless little organ in its grasp.

"NO!" Chara screamed, panicking. "Please, stop hurting him…!" He begged, feeling the demons cruel glee and excitement as he watched through their shared vision at Sans's soul within their hands.

The SOUL appeared to be beating, a beacon of sorts, as if it was begging for its body to go and retrieve it from Bara, seeking for help.

Sans weakly lifted his head as he equally weakly reached out towards his SOUL, even as a familiar numb feeling of disconnection started to creep over him and parts of his body started to flake off into dust.

The demon looked down at the crippled monster on the ground, almost feeling sorry for him, as it then called Kumu back towards itself and commanded the blob to open its mouth.

Inside, they could see several monster souls already there, screaming to be let out.

Undyne's, Dr. Alphys', Toriel's, Papyrus, W.D. Gaster's, Mettaton's, Napstablook's, Asriel's, even regular monster souls were there too, like a couple Froggits, Shyren, Aarons, Woshuas etc. It was all too much as the demon brought his own soul closer to Kumu, the little organ pulsing with magic frantically and weakly. Desperate.

Chara looked back at Sans' crippled body with a remorseful expression. As if saying, "this is all my fault. I'm so sorry Sans. I'm so sorry I put you and everyone through this." The child was terrified out of his mind, and he had every right to be. He couldn't even bring up any determination to fight this thing he was so scared and full of guilt. "I'm sorry Sans…"

Chara sobbed shutting his one eye as tears continued to stream down. "I...I never should have tried to do anything! Why couldn't I have just left things alone, and deal with what we had left?! Why do I always have to mess everything up and make things so much worse! I never should have even been born!" Chara screamed, as even more determination left his red soul, replacing it with a dull grey as Chara sobbed. "It's no wonder why my human parents hated me...If only I'd just died and- and…"

"i forgive you chara. this isn't your fault." Sans said in a voice that was barely more than a strained breath, before he desperately tried to use blue magic to grab his SOUL and bring it back to him.

Chara's voice hitched, when he heard what Sans said, his eye widening in surprise.

But by then it was too late.

The SOUL had only just started to turn faintly blue when-

CHOMP!

Chara tried once more prodding the soul of Sans, with his determination, when he felt that strange, disturbing feeling seem to emanate from his half of their shared body. Their concern and worry only growing as he felt that weird sensation of something akin to fear only continued to grow the last 20 minutes, when Sans wouldn't wake up.

A couple times during then, blue bones sometimes were accidentally summoned as Sans was dreaming. Though luckily none had reached Asgore's bed or woken up the others, and they vanished almost as quickly as they'd been summoned anyways.

On occasion, Charans' mouth spoke up as well, mumbling some small pleas for mercy, and Chara had even heard his own name called out once or twice, followed by weak whimpers, moans of pain and the like.

A few times, Chara was almost even tempted to see into Sans mind and thoughts and see what he was dreaming about but he knew better how horribly wrong and invading it was to a Monsters soul. As doing so, could even risk the soul cracking. And Chara had no plans to know what that felt like if it happened to a Godsoul…

Not to mention, Sans had already been essentially SOUL tortured by Betty for the most part, and possibly had his secrets and memories forced open by that demon child, when he had his magic drained non-consensually. Although Chara admitted he had always wondered what sort of secrets Sans held, what made him the monster he was, how he worked, how he became JUDGE; but Chara was determined to find out through trust. The way bonds of friendship should be built. And so, Chara turned away from his curiosity, trying to spare Sans as much as possible of his knowing.

Now, however, the night was quiet and Sans still didn't respond. The whimpers had stopped and so he shrugged it off after a minute passed, assuming Sans' dream had just vanished and he was now sleeping again, and Chara began to slowly drift back to sleep himself when out of nowhere a scream erupted in his mind as he felt control of Charans' body suddenly being violently pulled away from him.

The hybrid body dropped to the ground and thrashed about, as if Sans was desperately trying to escape from something, his SOUL almost seeming to be trying to fight its way free of the fusion, pulsing rapidly with terror.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!" Papyrus and Asriel screamed out in alarm when the hybrid had suddenly just made a fast movement, thrashing out of their sleeping holds and fell to the ground. The goat and Skeleton monster now follow.

"W-Whoa! HEY! Sans wh-?!'' Chara cried out as well, jolted awake as he felt Sans soul fighting to break free from the fusion. He struggled back for control, only managing to control their right arm as he grabbed at their chest. The hybrids legs, and left arm flailing and kicking about wildly as Chara desperately tried to summon out their Godsoul to see what was wrong.

"Sans, stop! STOP IT! It's just me, Chara! Chill okay?!" Chara yelled, as bits of Sans own voice broke in now and again, screaming in terror as he grabbed at the collar of their sweater, still struggling to summon the Godsoul they shared.

Sans seemed to recognize Chara, but he still couldn't calm down as he continued to squirm about on the floor. Chara could catch a few disjointed thoughts, most of them overwhelming feelings of fear and helplessness and also involving Betty. It seemed like he was having another panic attack.

"W-WHAT'S GOING ON?! SANS?!" Papyrus cried, as Asriel hid behind his legs. Both of them terrified as Papyrus watched the hybrid thrashing about rather violently, knocking the chair the three had been sleeping on, onto the floor with a loud CLATTER!

Bones were automatically summoned around the Hybrid thrashing on the floor when Chara had succeeded in calling out their SOUL, grabbing hold of it for a moment in the only limb they managed to control as the hybrid wrestled with himself.

Paps and Asriel moved towards Asgore's bed, when they noticed some of the bones had gotten a bit too close to comfort. Paps also recognized when the Hybrids left arm had moved upward, and felt blue magic, aimless, roiling and agitated began coating every single inch of the room, coating everything in a harsh, cyan glow. Paps panicked, as both he and Asriel grabbed hold of the bed belonging to the unconscious King. Paps lifted one of his hands in an attempt to grab hold of Charans Godsoul to help Chara calm Sans down. However, due to their mixed SOUL technically still being 2 SOULs just merged into one it had absolutely no effect on the Hybrid.

"SANS!" Chara tried again but in vain, seeing what was going on, now taking over one of their eye sockets as well as he tried to calm down his SOUL roommate. 'What the heck do I do?!' Chara thought, as he could feel his own red SOUL being forced out and Chara struggled with all his determination to hold on and remain in partial control, as Sans continued to panic, their fear and terror only escalating as well.

It seemed like Sans was dreaming his soul was still stuck inside Kumu, and was trying frantically to get out.

"S-Sans, please! Please, wake up! You need to calm down! It's just a bad dream! Wake up!" Chara shouted desperately, feeling the hold on Sans soul slipping out from under him more and more. It made Chara wonder if at this point, Sans could even hear him at all. Feeling as though he was just hanging on now by the skin of his teeth.

But Sans either didn't seem to hear or he was far too deep into his own nightmare to even realize what he was doing as Sans had given one final shove, Chara hearing the Hybrids scream for mercy as Charas' SOUL was finally, and violently shoved free.

Suddenly Chara felt disconnected from the fusion entirely, when the next minute everything had gone white in their vision.

Chara closed in on himself in fear as he thought, 'This is it. This is where I die.'

Faintly, he wondered if maybe Asriel would try and save him and fuse too...that would be nice. Seemingly forgetting human SOULs could persist after death for at least 5 minutes before shattering.

Papyrus felt the disconnect, and watched as the red SOUL had been violently jerked out from Charans chest, where the now all white, inverted heart shaped SOUL floated all alone. The red SOUL was sent flying across the room and stopping at a corner, furthest away from all 3.

Asriel shouted in alarm, seeing this as well, and was nearly tempted to go and retrieve it until he remembered that doing so, would leave Asgore incredibly vulnerable however, if neither of them could get Sans to calm, before he started throwing the furniture and things against walls, that his blue magic had been activated upon.

Slowly Paps tried to approach the hybrid when he saw the blue magic still surrounding the room, and knew calming down Sans had to be their priority first, before retrieving Chara's SOUL. "SANS?" Papyrus called out, reaching a hand forward as Asriel watched, unsure of what to do and still gripping the side of Asgores bed, as if hoping to keep it weighed down when he saw Sans magical eye activate out of fear at the approaching monster.

"P-Paps! Be careful!" Asriel called out in alarm towards Papyrus.

Outside the walls to Asgore's room, Asriel thought he could faintly hear the sound of Toriel and Gaster waking up from the amount of noise they were making and Asriel shuddered.

Inside his own SOUL, after several seconds Chara slowly opened his eyes again, seeing he was now in a sparkly white void of sorts. Gently floating, he looked around confused. "A-Azzy? Paps?!" Chara called out, wondering where even the heck he was. "SANS?!"

Chara looked around, frantically. 'Where the hell am I now…? Wasn't I just at the school and in a room with Azzy and Paps?' Chara thought, thoroughly confused.

Ahead of him, he saw a couple hazy...yet familiar silhouettes. Chara slowly approached them, half expecting it to be perhaps Toriel and Asgore or something, when the shadowy figures turned and Chara gasped.

It was his parents alright. His human parents.

Chara stared at them in shock, as sudden flashbacks slammed into Charas mind of so many miserable days, when they'd beaten him for miserable grades, or pretty much used any excuse in the book to make his life a living hell and abuse him. Chara suddenly glared, his eyes shining even redder than normal. Teeth gritted tight as he clenched his fists.

"You two…! I never thought I'd EVER see either of your faces ever again!" Chara snarled as more flashbacks continued plaguing Chara's mind. Memories that reminded Chara all too much why he hated humanity so dearly, and would forever always expect the worse to come from the race he'd been born into. "You're the reason I fell in the Underground, why I ran away from you two!"

Papyrus nodded towards Asriel, wasting not a single moment as he slowly eased himself forward, moving with practiced gentleness towards the Hybrid who, now that Charas SOUL was no longer attached to Sans's own, which was still sitting outside their chest. And Charas's own SOUL now on the other side of the room, tucked in a corner...The hybrid was looking remarkably and very much more, 'Sans-like.'

"SANS…?" Papyrus called, reaching out a careful hand, the taller skeleton monster laid it gently against Sans's arm.

Fortunately, the feeling of Chara's SOUL separating from his own, Papyrus' touch and the calming pulses he could sense coming from his brother's SOUL and the general intensity of the nightmare was enough to finally wake Sans up. He cried out again when he'd felt Paps hand sliding upwards, and suddenly, Sans teleported across the room, where he curled up into a tight, trembling, little ball, his eye sockets wide with terror as his eyelights rapidly darted about shrinking into tiny pin pricks.

Sans was now, at least 10 inches from where Charas SOUL had been thrown, and directly facing towards it, but unseen by the panicked skeleton.

"S-Sans! Come back, please!" Asriel cried out in alarm when the hybrid vanished."Don't you hear us?! You're safe!"

Chara's SOUL was "beating" with DT weakly, simply floating there and spinning slowly in place like unwanted trash. Discarded.

Asriel hoped Sans would be able to notice it soon, the sight of his brothers SOUL almost too sad to bear.

Paps could hear how Sans breath had heightened, quick and harsh, sounding strained as his eyelights continued to dart around. His brother's limbs closed tightly around himself, hands subconsciously gripping at the shirt of his chest. Protective as he continued to shift and look around the room for an enemy that only he could see. This sight reminded the taller of a cornered animal, and his soul ached for his to just pull Sans into a tight embrace, and then hold him until the worst had come to pass.

Gradually, as if sensing Sans soul was nearby, still floating outside Sans chest, its own DT seemed to glow slightly brighter in panic, as the first crack had formed, right in the middle of it. Marking the first minute had passed, and only 4 more minutes it had left until it would shatter for good.

Asriel cried out in alarm, noticing this as he pointed. One hand still gripping the bed of his fathers, "PAPS! LOOK! CHARA'S SOUL IS-!"

Despite the fact that he was still quite panicked, Sans also noticed what was happening to Chara's SOUL seeing it outside his own body and pulsing with determination in weakened "beats.". He cried out in alarm and carefully tried to grab the SOUL, trying to send Chara the feeling that he was sorry and that he did still want them around, though the fact that he wasn't completely calm made it difficult.

Meanwhile, back in the white void of space, Chara's human parents held out their hands. Acting as if the years of abuse they'd dealt to their son didn't happen at all and that they could be a "happy little family" again.

"Come, Chara. You should come back to us." replied Chara's father.

"Yes, Chara. Be a good little boy and come to us. You want to make Mommy happy don't you?" said Chara's mom in a sickeningly sweet voice.

Chara's eyes widened once more, his pupils dilating a bit and shrinking. Were they serious?! No way in hell was I ever returning to them after all they put me through! Chara thought, as his lips peered back, teeth revealing themselves as he growled, "Why?! So you two can just hit me again, and tell me how stupid I was for not understanding my assignments and homework and tell me how I shouldn't even be alive just because I was a little slower than most kids?!"

Chara's soul partly started to turn slightly darker, like the HATE it'd been harboring was starting to leak out, in response to the hate Chara was feeling towards his human parents and how they seemed to be gaslighting the situation. Since he was now in Limbo. In the void between life and death.

Chara gasped, as he also felt something darker start to take over. The whites of one of his eyes turned completely black, and so did half of his face as Chara struggled to tame the Hate again. He felt Sans's gentle touch, although it was a bit hazed, and didn't fully register since he was still panicking. But, in a small way, it helped to ground Chara as he remembered the Dreemurrs.

How Asriel had found him that day when Chara was at his absolute lowest point in his life and had wished for nothing more than for Death to swallow him up and take him away from the hellscape called Life. How readily they accepted him, despite being a human and a part of the race that had trapped them all Underground with no hope for escape.

Papyrus looked quite frantic, as he gently tried to approach his brother again, seeing the now-half red, and half blackened soul just sitting there between Sans' hands and, as carefully as he could, so not to startle him, who pretty much looked exactly as Sans had, before he started to melt. The Hybrids body taking Sans's appearance entirely without Chara's soul connected to Sans's at all now, and got to his knees and with a feather-like grace he carefully placed a hand to Sans shoulder, cooing soft encouragements towards him, lowering his volume to an almost-whisper, "Sans It's Me, Your Brother. You're Safe Sans. Remember? Betty is Dead And Gone. You're No Longer In Danger. And We Are Safe. You Are Safe. Everything Is Okay Now."

Sans looked up at his brother, then immediately latched onto him with one arm, still keeping the other hand on Chara's SOUL as he gently tried to call them back.

Papyrus almost hugged Sans in desperation, still cooing soft encouragements, trying to help Sans stay calm and ease Chara's SOUL back in again before it was too late. Noticing as more hairline fractures were appearing on Charas determination red soul, and guessed they had maybe 2 minutes more til it were to shatter entirely. Some part of him almost wanted Sans to stay this way, and break the red soul, as selfish as it was. For he missed his brother having his own body so dearly, and seeing Sans like this brought on so many memories, but also knew it wouldn't be right to sacrifice Chara, after Chara had done everything he possibly could to save Sans's life and everyone else's, even his own from Gaster nearly killing him the other day.

Chara felt the faint feeling Sans was giving him of how sorry he was and that he was still needed, and Chara focused on that feeling, as he reminded himself of that too. "I'm needed. The Monsters needed me. I am the Future of Humans and Monsters." He told himself firmly, as the HATE that was threatening to take over was slowly chased away from taking over his SOUL and his mind. Slowly, Chara started to turn away from his human parents before stopping. He needed to say something before he left them. He felt, or else, he may even regret it later…

Slowly, Chara turned his head to look over his shoulder, slightly ignoring the feeling as Sans tried to reach out to him, to call Chara back into the realm of the living.

"Before I go...I just want to tell you that I am NOT 'your' Chara anymore. My name is Chara Dreemurr. Adoptive son and brother to Asriel Dreemurr, Prince of the Monsters. For so long, I always thought that it was my own fault you treated me the way you guys did and all I wanted, was for you to accept me the way that I was. For your love. And, it was for that love that I ran to Mt. Ebott to escape from you two because I believed I'd never be able to earn it. Love, that should be given to their children unconditionally, no matter how many mistakes they made." Chara told them firmly, unwaveringly. "In a weird way...I almost want to thank you. For being so cruel. For making me, a 7 year old boy lose so much hope in this harsh world, that I ran away from you two and fell into the Underground."

"Because if it wasn't for you, I'd NEVER have found a family that gave me, EXACTLY that which you NEVER did. A family who, even when me and my adoptive brother had accidentally misread one of the recipe ingredients for a Pie and almost killed our Dad, still loved us both with all their heart and SOUL and never once mistreated me the way you two did. It was because of you two, I learned what a REAL family was like, and I'm going to go back to them now. You two had every chance to make things right with me, and it's come and gone now. And I am going to spend every last waking moment and cherish them for the life they gave me. And it's all thanks to you two. So goodbye."

And with that, the white void began to disappear, as Chara walked away from the two...

Slowly, the little red soul began to return to its home, as it slowly fazed back into the hybrids chest. Charans regaining his original, half human, half skeleton look as the two souls merged once more in sync with one another.

Chara rewoke with a gasp, slightly gaining back control as he made the hybrid heave, gasping for breath like he himself hadn't been breathing for quite some time. Chara coughed and gagged as he felt incredibly light-headed, having literally and practically been brought back to life from a near death experience from his SOUL being pushed out in Sans's panic. "Wh...wha..?" Chara asked, not really remembering much of what happened as he still struggled for breath, Papyrus gently rubbing the hybrid's back as he continued to coo.

"h-heya chara." Sans said shakily. "sorry for trying to throw you out. i, uh, wasn't thinking properly." He seemed to have calmed down quite a bit during the several minutes that him and Chara were separated, probably partially due to how good Papyrus had gotten at helping his brother when he'd had a nightmare.

"I-it's...fi-fine.." Chara coughed, still struggling for air, as slowly, the memories faded back from his time in Limbo basically. Slowly, Chara loosened their shared limbs, and touched his chest. "No wonder I feel like I just died. Again. Heh...Are you feeling alright?" Chara asked, suddenly more concerned for Sans' well being than his own and the fact he LITERALLY almost died.

He was a good kid. Although a bit strange. Worrying for others, when he himself was so close to death.

Papyrus and Asriel thought, watching the hybrid with bated breath, though also seeking for answers.

Sans hesitated, wondering how much of the truth he should reveal, then replied. "i-i don't know. i s-saw that thing i-it all felt so r-real and i…" He trailed off, curling up more and letting out a whimper.

"Sshhh...It's Okay Brother. You're Safe Now. And Among Family. Nothing Can Hurt You Now." Papyrus said as he gathered Charans into a hug against his chest, the gentle hum of his own soul, entering the ears of the hybrid as it steadily grounded them both. Almost smoothing.

Asriel nodded, also gently crawling into the hug as well, hugging the hybrid and just grateful he didn't have to watch as he almost lost Chara maybe a third time in his life now, as tears filled his eyes, in worry for his precious sibling and new sibling(s). "We love you Sans. Chara. Charans. It's just a dream. Nothing can hurt you in dreams." Asriel whispered, soft white fur touching hard, skin bone but also quite soothing.

"i-i know, but i-it, it didn't seem l-like a dream at the t-time."

"Dreams suck. I should have been more awake..Maybe I could have helped you more. Some soulmate I am-" Chara paused, realizing what he said and backpedalled. "Ah, uh, I m-meant, soul...roommate. Thing. Yeah! Not- Soulmate!" Chara blushed at the wording mistake. Though he was also just trying to use this as a means to cope and help to maybe cheer Sans up and distract him a bit.

Asriel seemed to pick up on this and teased, "What so you dating Sans now brother?" Asriel chuckled, and laughed as Chara's face turned slightly blue in a blush.

"NYEH?" Papyrus asked, far too innocent to really understand the joke.

"c-chara, it's not your fault. you need rest as well." Sans replied, still curled up in a ball.

"I'm fine. 'Sides, how can I when you're clearly in pain?" Chara asked, gently also giving Sans a mental hug. "I'll stay awake as long as you need me to."

Sans accepted the mental hug and stayed in it for a few minutes before replying. "are you sure you're fine? especially a-after i tried to throw you out?"

"Yes, of course. I know you didn't mean to and I don't blame you for it." Chara told him, "It...must have been really bad for you in there huh? You probably just thought I was Kumu and-" Chara asked him, though once he sensed Sans's hesitancy he nodded. This confirms his suspicions. "Well, I'm not gonna hurt you like Betty did. You're part of my family now, and you always will be." Chara continued to mentally hug Sans, gently rubbing his back, the way he could feel Paps and Asriel continuously doing to Charans.

"And if I do, do something that you don't like, or I accidentally hurt you in whatever way, I always want you to let me know okay? So I won't ever do it again."

"i-i know." Sans whimpered, snuggling into everyone's hold even more. Part of him wanted to ask if Chara had ever had nightmares like this, as the idea that his SOUL roommate had also struggled with these things and understood what it was like made him feel less alone.

Chara seemed to sense this, hesitating a moment since not even Azzy had known, as Chara never actually attacked anyone in his sleep during his nightmares but after several seconds Chara decided to share, knowing it might help make Sans feel more at ease. "I..used to have nightmares a lot, especially the first couple months, when I first fell in the Underground and was living with the Dreemurrs. Usually, they mostly involved my Human parents...and sometimes my paranoia, that the Dreemurrs were only pretending to care and would eventually abuse me too. I never told them though, I mean they were always just so kind. But for that first year or two, I never could fully trust them because of those nightmares and my thoughts bugging me it would all just end the same. That I'd mess up everything and that would be it. But, luckily it never happened. Heh."

"I don't know if my nightmares are anything as intense as yours tho. Especially compared to tonight but I get it. Ya know? I still remember some nights waking up in the middle of the night crying, and having to hide under the blankets and pretend to sleep cuz I didn't wanna wake up anyone and bother them with my mind just being so stupid and seem like I didn't appreciate them for what they were doing. But- yeah. Nightmares sucks."

"i'm sorry that that happened to you." Sans replied gently, hoping that he hadn't accidentally pressured them into revealing something so personal. "at least papyrus was always there to comfort me when i had one."

Azzy seemed to be in shock hearing that. 'Was that why Chara's smiles always seemed to look so sad sometimes? Oh Cha….' Azzy thought sadly, wishing he'd known so he could have helped him out back then.

"Heh, yeah." Chara smiled, "You got a really big brother taking care of you. Sometimes, I wish I hadn't been so stubborn. Maybe then I wouldn't have thought I owed them my life and thought killing myself would save them all from being trapped down there. Thinking back on it, I'm sure if I'd just let them in, they could have helped me too." He continued to hug Sans mentally and comfortingly.

Sans continued to silently accept the mental hugs, happy to just accept everyone's comfort as he slowly calmed down again, while still hoping that the others wouldn't want more details about what exactly he had been dreaming about. He wasn't really ready to talk about that just yet. Especially since he had never opened up about this to anyone before, not even Papyrus.

Chara hesitated asking Sans about his nightmare, but figured maybe it might be best to just let Sans open up at his own pace. Not really feeling the need to bug him about it, even though deep down he knew that might be the thing Sans needed the most. But at the same time, he also knew Sans had been through a lot. And didn't want to stress him out, even IF Chara had the ability to also just peel Sans' soul open and learn it himself, but he resisted the urge. Wanting to respect Sans privacy. Plus avoid risking doing more harm to Sans soul than it already had gone through.

Instead Chara merely told him, "I love you bro. You can tell us, whenever you feel ready, okay? And, know we won't judge you or anything. We're just here to help."

"i love you too. all of you. you guys are the best." Was all Sans said in response.

"but i don't know if i'll ever be ready." He thought, despite the fact that part of him was saying that he needed to open up, that the others could and would help him if he did.

'I am the thing that keeps you up at night and resides in every dark corner of that guilt-ridden mind of yours sansy. And i will not rest, and neither will you.' Sans remembered as Baras voice had creeped up on him from his nightmare, making Sans voice hitch the slightest amount.

Chara sensed this, gathering Sans even more into a mental hug, 'You will be. And I'll be with you every single step of the way, helping you to be.' Chara thought, reading Sans's mind by accident. 'Because you're not in this alone...Please don't make the same mistakes I made. Don't kick us out. That's all I ask… but, I want you to let us in at your own pace. Okay?'

'okay.' Sans responded, letting Chara hug him more. He knew that he needed to tell someone, to open up and let the others help, but it all felt so overwhelming and scary. The fact that everything he did, everything he said, would be permanent was both welcome and terrifying. What should he say? What should he do? How should he even explain all of this? What if he said something wrong and everyone hated him? What if they were so determined to protect him that they ended up suffocating him, acting like he was some fragile glass sculpture that had to be handled with only the greatest care. What if they found out how much of a coward and a failure he was, how he could have saved them but didn't because he was too busy feeling sorry for himself?

Sans tried to push the thought away and focus on Chara's comforting hug, and although he was successful, he knew that it would come back again.

Chara continued to mentally hug Sans, surrounded by both their loved ones as Chara thought back to his younger self, of the days he felt if he'd told the Dreemurrs how paranoid he was, they'd also treat him like such a fragile little thing. Or how afraid he was that one day, even the Dreemurrs might stop loving him and hate him the moment he did anything wrong. He thought about how alone he had felt back then, refusing for help even though he knew he needed it. And how he'd also felt that Asriel, Toriel and even Asgore would have pushed him away if he'd told them how he kept thinking Monsters were exactly the same as Human beings. All a bunch of fakers who'd only show they care and love, whenever it was convenient for them, or to keep up appearances.

Now he knew, however Monsters weren't like that at all. And how he still felt that he did the right thing by running away that day, and that, despite it all. Falling into the Underground was still one of the best decisions he'd ever made. And he related that feeling of his past to how Sans must have been feeling right now. And how he wished he could just take that away from him. That feeling of being alone and helpless to his situation.

Chara then imagined, Sans WAS in fact his younger self as he mentally hugged them tighter. "I'm never gonna let you feel alone again. No matter how hard you try and push me away." Chara said firmly, not realizing he was speaking kind of outloud, accidentally taking control of Charans body as he spoke to his younger self/Sans whom he imagined he was holding. "Because, you're a part of me now. I'm sorry for all the things you went through that made you think you'll always be alone. Or the choices you had to make that hurt you now. Or..maybe even the times you might have felt that you were unworthy."

"But, I want you to know you made those choices with all the knowledge and limited experience you had at the time. And even if you made mistakes, it's okay. You did the best that you could with the best that you knew, but now just know you won't have to make those choices ever again, Because I'm here now to take over if things get too scary. I will help look after us both from now on."

"We're in this together, okay? Never, ever forget that. I love you."

"heh, i know kid. i know." Sans replied, snuggling into the hug even more, even sounding like he maybe somewhat believed their words.

"That was so beautifully spoken Char." Asriel added, also holding them just a little tighter, snuggling closer. "And I also agree with him Sans. You have me now too. And Mom and Dad and other Dad, we're never abandoning you no matter what. We're your family now, and we always will be."

"AND ME! NYEHEHEH!" Papyrus professed, wrapping his much longer arms around Asriel too, smooshing them both against his chest, he couldn't help tearing up at Chara's statement and how true it was, and how he'd always wanted to tell Sans that, but never really knowing how to word it properly and was just happy someone voiced it for him. "I'm Sorry I Wasn't Strong Enough Back Then To Help Make It So Raising Me Was Much Easier For You. But Know No Matter What Choices You Had To Make To Keep Us Both Alive, I Don't Hold Against You Brother. I Know You're A Good Monster And I Love You Too!"

Chara blushed, when he realized they'd all heard what he said wanting to hide away, but found himself unable to as Papyrus gathered him and Azzy into a big old bear hug and grinned, happily. Meaning every word of that too, no matter how embarrassing.

Sans knew that they all meant what they were saying, but there was still a part of him that felt like they were only saying such things because they didn't know what he was like. What kind of a person he really was. But most of him wanted to believe them, to know that those words were true and they wouldn't leave, wouldn't hate him, even if they knew what he had or hadn't done.

"papyrus, it's okay. you were never too much trouble." He mumbled quietly, starting to seem tired again but also not wanting to go back to sleep, at least not yet.

"I Guess. But, Still, You Were Practically Still A Child Yourself. It Couldn't Have Been That Much Easier. And I'm Sorry."

Chara could sense Sans was getting tired and trying to fight it. "Do you...want to get some fresh air? Sometimes, opening a window or even just stepping outside, helps me clear my head. Maybe you can...show us some constellations?" Chara offered, knowing Sans loved the stars and such. Wanting to do something Sans enjoyed, to help make it easier for him to hopefully fall asleep again a little more deeply if he focused on something he liked.

"Yeah! If you want that is." Asriel also offered.

"doing some star gazing does sound nice." Sans replied. "but only if you want to. i don't want to keep you up longer than necessary."

"Of course I do. Why do you think I asked in the first place silly bones?" Chara chuckled. "Hopefully Mom won't be awake and they fell asleep again… I'm sure Mom would tell us to go back to bed."

"Haha, yeah." Asriel nodded. "So, are we doing this then?"

"yes, i don't see any reason not to, if you guys are okay with it, since i don't really feel like going back to bed just yet." Sans replied, shivering a little as he remembered his nightmare again.

Chara mentally hugged him again, hoping to chase away the memories of the horrible dream. "Okay then. Let's sneak out quietly. We're just gonna go to the front door and sit there or something and you can tell us all about the stars and stuff."

"Sounds Like A Wonderful Plan!" Papyrus explained, just happy to be trying to help Sans as well, as Charans led the way. Chara gently took control of their hybrid body, followed by Azzy and Papyrus.

As carefully as he could, Charans turned the handle on the doorknob and jolted slightly, noticing the leg of one of the chairs just outside the door, not really blocking the frame but just sorta there, out and in the hallway. And sitting on top of it, or rather, sleeping on it was Gaster. Charans then turned to the others, shushing them.

Asriel looked a little confused, but as he poked his head out of the door frame, he saw what Charans had meant, followed by Paps.

"he must have been woken up when i started screaming." Sans said quietly. "maybe he decided that you guys could handle it, which is why he didn't actually come in."

"Yeah maybe." Chara said, feeling somewhat comforted that there was such a strong monster watching over them. "Least he was able to sleep again, luckily." Chara whispered, watching Gaster for a moment more and mouths he's sorry to him, before continuing to sneak past and head for the stairs, as Papyrus gently shut the door again so if Gaster woke up again, hopefully he'd just think they were still inside and had gone to sleep and wouldn't panic when they see they'd gone missing.

The three of them then approached Toriel's room, which was nearby.

"do you think she's awake?" Sans whispered to the others.

"Ummm…" Chara wondered, waiting a second to hear anything from her room. After about 20 seconds he sighed, "No. I don't hear anything. Maybe she's asleep too."

Toriel, however, was still very much awake, her worry for the kids forcing her awake. As, even though she knew Gaster could handle it on his own, part of her made her stay awake just to be absolutely sure. Hearing Charans whispering on the other side however, seemed to calm her nerves. Noticing they sounded much calmer she let out a breath of relief. Still, she kept her magic in steady control so that they wouldn't be able to sense it listening close.

"Come on. I don't want Mom to wake up and freak out." Chara whispered, quietly making his way to the front door. Slowly he opened it and got out to the porch as the others followed.

Sans looked around at the space outside of their house, happily taking in the cool night air as he sat down on the porch. Despite the fact that darkness was often associated with danger and evil, Sans actually had very little fear of this natural darkness, and in fact even somewhat enjoyed the way that everything was gently lit by the light reflecting off of the moon, along with the occasional light from a house or car.

"maybe it's because i can see better in the dark than a human can." Sans mumbled to himself, thinking out loud, before his gaze drifted over to the flower beds that ran around the house. "hey chara, could you please remind me to tell asgore that i love what he's done with these flowers when he wakes up?" He continued quietly, trying to distract himself from the creature that had been haunting his dreams and his worries about if it might still be waiting for him to fall asleep again.

"Haha sure, I love what he's done as well. It feels a lot more..Homier. I think that's the word?" Chara thought a moment, also enjoying the view as he tried to see it the way Sans could. Or how their shared little eye lights, also added a tinge of color to everything. "I hope he wakes up soon, no one knows how to take care of these flowers the way he could. Well, except maybe Azzy." Chara said, poking fun at his brother and because he used to be Flowey. Not to be mean though.

"Hey! Well, maybe.. I should help water them while they wait for Dad I guess." Asriel thought, thinking how sad it would be if Asgore woke up and all the plants had died off cuz he wasn't there to look after them, pouting.

Sans turned his attention up towards the sky and part of the reason why they had come out here in the first place. The stars. Thousands of beautiful lights that were glittering in the sky, it was hard for Sans to describe exactly how happy being able to see them made him. He'd always loved stars, for reasons he couldn't really explain. He remembered how back when he was young, he'd spend hours pouring over any readable astronomy books that fell down from the surface, or staring at the sparkling rocks that were set into the ceiling of many of the caverns in waterfall looking for and naming his own constellations and dreaming of the day when he'd finally see the real thing. And even though he'd had an interest in most sciences, his love of astronomy had always been the strongest.

Chara could feel their soul warm a bit, in response to the happy feeling Sans was feeling, and he felt proud, knowing he'd done the right thing to take him out like this. Knowing how much Sans appreciated it, he could feel the happy feeling starting to get contagious, as Chara smiled too, one eye turning red so they both could share control and enjoy the stars. Chara let Sans control the whole left side of their combined body as he took the right side.

Papyrus and Asriel moved to sit beside them as well, the warmth of happiness from Charan's Godsoul seemed to have also spread to the two monsters on either side of the hybrid as they were smiling, more than usual. "So, Sans, what's your favorite constellation anyways?" Asriel asked, intrigued.

Sans searched the sky for a little bit, then, with a quiet call of, "there," pointed at a vaguely fork-shaped constellation. "this one is one of my favorites, but that's partly because of what it's called. you wanna guess what it is?" Sans asked, an amused smile appearing on his face.

"Uuh, the Big Fork?" Chara guessed.

"Forky way?" Asriel added.

Papyrus just shrugged, leaning his skull against Charans head a little tiredly, but happy. "I DON'T KNOW, BROTHER. WHAT IS IT CALLED?"

"well, chara was pretty close. it's called the large fork. unfortunately, no one has found the small fork yet." Sans answered, a slight tone of amusement creeping into his voice.

"Heh there's a smaller fork?" Chara asked, his half of their face smiling too as he now took on the challenge of trying to find it.

Asriel and Paps decided to join in also, making it a sort of mini race between them all trying to find it.

Sans chuckled quietly before replying. "i admire your enthusiasm, but i said that no one has found the small fork. there might not even be a small fork."

"But what if there is? I'm going to be the first to find it!" Chara smirked. "I am determined!"

"Not if I find it first bro!"

"NO, ME! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL NEVER LOSE! NYEHEHEH!"

"Oh, you're on!" Chara laughed, trying harder now to find it before his siblings could, focusing hard trying to find anything that resembled a fork in the night sky.

Sans happily watched the others searched for a few minutes before quietly slipping into a state that was sort of halfway between being awake and asleep, as Charans' left socket slowly fluttered closed.

After nearly an hour of searching the sky, Chara finally noticed something that looked like a tinier version of the Large fork and as gently as he could, so not to freak out Sans and get pushed out again, he woke up Sans pointing with the arm he could control. "Hey, Sans. I think I found it! There!" He said excitedly, even tracing its shape with his finger.

"hmm, whatisit?" Sans mumbled sleepy as he looked at where Chara was pointing. "oh, you found it. good job. maybe there's a space agency that you can tell. or maybe they already know about it."

"Ummm, maybe I could tell Gaster? He might know some. Haha. Or something- I hope not. I found it first!"

Asriel turned to Charans, "Aw man. I couldn't even find it!" He also said, kinda groggily, starting to fall asleep too as his eyes burned a little from looking for so long.

"Heh, i don't know. That was fun though." Chara said as he yawned a little.

Sans nodded silently and yawned as well, though he still seemed reluctant to sleep, instead content to fall back into a half awake half asleep state, the fusion's left eye socket closing again.

Chara tried to think what else they could do to help Sans relax more and let him know things would be okay. Not really having any ideas since he was also starting to get tired, but still, he was just as reluctant, especially since Sans still seemed to be in need of help, his determination overpowering the need to sleep in the meantime.

Papyrus merely snuggled closer to the fusion. "Any other constellations you know brother?"

Sans tiredly mumbled a few incoherent words, then spoke a little louder but still tiredly. "well, there's also a little shell shaped one. i like that one as well. i think it's pretty." He seemed to be starting to drift off to sleep as well, this conversation helping to relax him.

"Oh?" Asriel was the one to speak this time searching the sky for it.

Paps pointed this time as he did his best. Used to not sleeping much anyways and completely awake, just calmer, he traced the shape with his own phalanges. "Oh, I think I See it! It's That One, Right Bro?"

Sans slowly opened his shared body's left eye socket and looked over at where his brother was pointing. "yeah, thasit bro." He mumbled.

Then there was the sound of footsteps behind them, followed by the front door opening.

Papyrus looked over his shoulder along with Asriel to see who was at the door, since both Chara and Sans were in the middle of being half awake and asleep, Chara mostly running on his determination by this point to stay awake and help Sans.

They saw Gaster standing in the doorway, leaning against the doorframe.

"Oh, uh, howdy Skeledad." Asriel said, in greeting. "Sorry, did we wake you?"

"No, prince Dreemurr." Gaster replied, slowly walking to sit next to Charans, before gently pulling the fusion into a hug. "I just woke up again and realized that you weren't in Asgore's room anymore. So, I thought I would come find you and I had a feeling that you'd be out here."

Sans seemed glad that Gaster was here as well, tiredly snuggling into his father's arms.

Chara was barely half awake to even notice someone else had joined them, running on fumes and DT and even those were starting to fail him as he groggily wondered what was going on. "Mm..? Oh….g-greetin's ..bonedad." Chara slurred a little trying to wake up more, as he knew he was being a bit rude, forcing more DT to wake himself up. "Don' tell me you've been havin' nightmares too?" Chara then asked, though he was half joking.

Asriel smiled, "Oh, that's good. Sorry if we scared you when you realized we weren't there. We're trying to help Sans to stay calm and relaxed after his nightmare, Cha thought letting him see the stars he loved so much might help."

"Yeah, We Found The Little Fork And Shell Shaped Const-Constarlashun? Nyeeeeeeeeeh, That thing!" Papyrus replied, pointing up at the shell shaped one he'd found as Asriel pointed to the Little Fork constellation.

"It's fine prince Dreemurr. I assumed that's what you were doing." Gaster replied, before looking over at Papyrus, still not looking him in the eye sockets. "Good job Papyrus." He continued quietly. "They're called constellations."

"Oh, Yes Indeed." Papyrus frowned a little, wishing Gaster wouldn't do that. He thought about talking to him about it for a moment, hesitating a little.

After nearly half a minute of silence, Papyrus opened his mouth, "Um...Hey...G...You...Know I Don't Hate You For That, RIght?"

Gaster stiffened at this and looked over at Papyrus. "Why not? I almost killed you, just so that I could avenge someone that wasn't even dead. It must have felt like I didn't care about you, didn't love you, as much as Sans." He said quietly.

"Dad… I Know You Didn't Mean To Do That. You Were Hurting Inside. And I Thought He Was Gone Too, Ya Know? I Know You Never Meant To Hurt Me. You Just Didn't Know What You Were Doing, And You Were Just So Angry, And In So Much Pain, That It Blinded You. I Forgive You. You're A Good Guy, Dad. I Know That Better Than Anyone." Papyrus made a small smile, feeling a little awkward, but he continued. "You Were Just Trying To Protect Us All And Make Sure She Wouldn't Hurt Anyone Else. So, Anyways, I Just Wanted To Let You Know. I Just Hope You Can Forgive Yourself Too. I Love You."

Gaster and gave Papyrus a small smile, then suddenly pulled him into the hug. "I know you do, though I don't think I'll ever understand how you can forgive people so quickly. I love you too, even though I might have done some things that made it seem like I didn't, or that made you feel like I thought you were dumb or weak."

Sans was content to just listen to the others talk, having already drifted back into being half awake and half asleep for the third time that night.

Papyrus let out a yelp, startled when Gaster had suddenly pulled him into the hug, after a moment and letting Gaster say his piece, he wrapped his long arms around his father, also gathering Charans into it as well. "Even If You Did, You Are Forgiven. Nyeheheh! I Just Want You To Forgive Yourself Too, For Everything. Even If You've Done Something Bad, You Can Always Choose To Still Do Good Dad. I Believe Anyone Can Be Good, If They Just Try. And I Think You Do Try. Every Day, That's Why I Can't Ever Get Myself To Hate You Dad. Because I Know You're Good."

Chara stayed quiet, letting the Skellies have their moment, though he couldn't stop thinking about how lucky everyone was to have Papyrus around. Nor stop mentally applauding sans for doing such a good job raising pappy into the monster that he was even if he was such a goofball sometimes.

Chara made a mental reminder to never, EVER take Paps for granted. He thought, since it always seemed like he always knew the right thing to say, and was glad they were making up.

Gaster nodded silently and then gently nuzzled Papyrus, also very grateful to have Papyrus around. "I know, Papyrus. I know." He said quietly.

"I Hope So. Cuz I WILL Tell You Everyday Until It sticks! Nyeheheh!" Papyrus smiled nuzzling also.

Gaster chuckled quietly at this and nuzzled Papyrus again. "I know you'll do that as well." He said tiredly.

Papyrus smiled happily, mostly because his father was talking to him again and he wasn't being ignored anymore. Happy to have accomplished something good tonight, even though he knew for certain everyone would be quite tired when morning comes. He himself was used to this. Usually only sleeping for minutes on some nights. "Lady Tori will be so mad at us..hehe.."

"You got that right.. But, it was for a noble cause." Asriel agreed, "she'll understand."

Gaster nodded tiredly and nuzzled both Papyrus and Charans some more.

Chara mentally poked Sans gently, "How are you feeling now bud? Still scared those nightmares will return again?" He asked, checking up on him.

Sans hesitated, then mumbled back tiredly, "yeah, i am."

"Still?" Chara frowned wondering what else he could do to put Sans at ease.Was his nightmare worse than I thought…?

"i-it felt so real." Sans mumbled back, sensing Chara's concern.

"What...happened? What happened in it that got you so freaked out? I mean, I know you didn't want to talk about it earlier..but, maybe talking might help? Or, you can just show me the memories if it helps make it easier." Chara asked, carefully. Really concerned now for his soul roommate.

Sans hesitated again for several minutes, before Chara suddenly managed to catch a few glimpses of memories of Sans' nightmare.

Chara was surprised at first, not really at all expecting for Sans to open up, but was all the more grateful for it. He made sure to catch every detail of the nightmare as he knew for certain, Sans would not show him a second time most likely.

Chara saw the Judgement Hall, then some weird fusion of...himself and...Betty?! Okay...why would I fuse with that Demon? Dreams are weird… Chara thought, watching the memories, seeing Sans fighting against it valiantly but also noticing how it never took any damage, no matter what Sans threw at the demon fusion. What the crap?! Okay that's just cheating, screw you betty/nightmare me! I wanna beat up that version of me for being a jerk! Chara thought angrily.

He saw as still the demon didn't take damage and then puzzled at what the nightmare fusion was talking about as Chara was also just as confused. He continued watching as when Sans had tried to escape the Hall and the door vanished and how things went downhill from there, as Chara could only imagine the panic and despair Sans was feeling in that moment, seeing the fusion transform into a literal demon.

He watched as Sans released his true Special Attack. Giving the demon everything he had, and Chara hoped it worked, cheering Sans on, and gasping when the demon just walked out of it like nothing even happened.

Then he heard himself Okay wait- now I'm a good guy?! But- wh- huh?

Then he watched as Sans was grabbed, and the demon saying even more weird crap and then the slash and then-

Charans was then jolted from the memories, also looking just as freaked out about it as Sans did when he woke up, breathing heavily through his half of the hybrid's body as Chara accidentally took control again.

Chara spoke to Sans again, being careful this time now to not take over the hybrid's body, as he was unsure if Sans was okay with everyone else knowing just yet, "O-Okay...yeah...now I understand. I mean, Jeez. Dude.. What the hell- I-" Chara stumbled on his own words, not even sure how to process all that. But he was definitely sympathetic for why Sans had freaked and even kicked his soul out. "Sans...I'm sorry…" was all he could say at that moment.

"'is fine. wasn't your fault." Sans mumbled back, shivering again.

"Yeah but..stars- I don't think I'd be able to sleep again either if I dreamed something like that. An enemy you couldn't hurt? Wh-" Chara thought about that Betty/Chara fusion again, getting angry just even thinking about Betty and all the stuff she put everyone through, and what she was STILL putting everyone through even though she was dead. "I only wish I coulda been there with you in your dreams somehow, maybe it might have made it so much easier to deal with. I don't know. But, what the heck was that...Was Bara talking about? I never went on a murderous rampage. Least..none that I can remember. I mean besides the one I WANTED to go one against the Humans in Asriel's body heh."

Chara said out loud, then realized Sans didn't know about that yet, "Ah, sorry….Long story. But, I was dead. How could I have helped anyone go on some murderous rampage on all the Monsters? I LIKE the Monsters. It's the humans that I hate. Heck...sometimes I wanna murder my own body, I hate the fact I'm a part of their race...Sometimes, I wish I was born a Monster instead."

"maybe that thing was lying. it was very good at that, and good at manipulating people. or maybe it was my mind's weird way of sort of personifying the fear that a human would go on a rampage. i mean, i'd be lying if i said that i wasn't afraid that some human would decide to come down into the underground and finish us off." Sans replied, giving Chara a mental hug. "and please try not to hate yourself for being human. not all humans are bad, and hey, if you hadn't been human, you wouldn't have been able to save me."

Chara gave a small smile and a mental hug back, "Yeah...that's true. But, a good majority of them are. Through and through. I would never hurt any of the Monsters. Even if I COULD Reset again. I'd sooner stop somebody else from doing that than do it myself. After all...it was also Monsters that saved ME. Back then I mean." Chara thought for a moment, as he was still unsure how to help Sans sleep, more understanding why he was so freaked out now and so hesitant.

Chara thought about, since Sans opened up to him even a little bit, if he should allow Sans a peek of what happened, suddenly a part of him wondering if Sans believed he WOULD go and kill all the Monsters, and Chara wanted to make sure Sans knew he wasn't like that. "Sans..since,..you opened up to me.. I wanna, show you. What happened. Before I died. And Asriel too. As a thank you, for trusting me."

"is asriel okay with you showing me this? since it involves him as well." Sans replied.

Chara hesitated a moment, since he'd never even asked Asriel about it yet, "Um. Give me a moment." Chara sighed as he gently took control of Charans again, focusing his attention to Azzy again. "Um, hey, Az. So Long story but..I want to show Sans the reason for why we both died that day. It's to help him with his nightmare I promise! Sorta. I'll explain later. If Sans says it's fine. Okay bro? I promise."

"H-Huh?" Azzy asked, looking confused and alarmed. And sleepy. Very sleepy. "Wait. How would that help him-? What happened Cha?"

"I told you. Long story. But, I wanna know if it's okay. Since you're in those memories too."

"I mean….I guess? I told you I'd never doubt you Cha.. And I still don't. If...If you think it would help. Then, go for it. I guess." Asriel told him, though still looking incredibly confused. But he believed in Chara. And if he thought it would help, then who was Asriel to stop him? Right?

"Thanks Bro. Alright, Sans. He said it's fine."

"yeah, i heard." Sans mumbled back.

Chara nodded, then hesitated again not wanting to make Sans even more traumatized then he most definitely already was, but also he still didn't want to risk any misunderstandings between them or have Sans be constantly paranoid he could snap and actually go back to trying to find a way to reset and make everyone suffer too. And he sucked a breath knowing it was just as traumatizing for himself too but, after seeing Sans' nightmare, he finally decided.

Then, as gently as he could, so not to startle Sans and slowly ease him into it, he allowed for Sans to see into his own memories. Starting from when he and Azzy decided to make Asgore a Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie for his birthday, a happier setting with a happy family should be safe enough right?