A Date Under the Stars
The next morning Shadow got up and went out the door in her pajamas. Then she realized she can't get to the Skeleton's house without help since Papyrus still had her car. One phone call later she found herself staring at Sans. His hair was all messy since he just rolled out of bed, he also had on flannel pajama pants but no shirt. Shadow stared at his six pack once again and started to blush.
"Shadow why are you blushing?" Sans yawned as he said that, rubbing at his eyes a little.
"You seem to be missing something Gray", Shadow said comparing Sans to the character Gray from Fairy Tail. Gray had a bad habit of taking off his clothes at random.
Sans looked down and let out a small "oh" and looked back at her, "I forgot my shirt. At least I remembered my pants."
"You sleep in just underwear?" Shadow asked her face getting more red.
Sans winked at her and laughed at how she was staring at him, "See something you like?"
"Shut up and take me over there", Shadow frowned.
Sans laughed at her again and walked over to her. Her anger was quickly erased by how close he was to her. He then wrapped his arms around her purposely holding her close to him. All he really needed to do was hold her hand but her reaction made this so much better. He was watching her face get more red and slowly started to lean down his lips getting dangerously close to hers. Suddenly they were at his house and he let go of her and walked to the kitchen.
"Want anything to eat?"
"Fucking asshole!"
"I'm sorry we don't have any "fucking asshole" here."
"Oh fuck off!"
"Why do you wanna watch or something? That's pretty dirty Shad."
"You know what I mean, and I'll have eggs", she muttered the last part.
"See was that so hard?" Sans was smirking at Shadow's reaction to everything he was doing.
This was a nice change of pace for him. He was happy that things were starting to go well. After all the drama it was nice to just have some fun. He knew he was really pissing Shadow off but she'd forgive him. He felt like today was going to be a nice relaxing day.
Sans started making eggs for him, Papyrus and Shadow. While he was doing that Shadow decided to take a seat on the couch. Right as she sat down a rather loud voice boomed from upstairs.
"GOOD MORNING SANS!" Papyrus shouting running down the stairs, "IT'S ODD TO SEE YOU UP SO EARLY THOUGH. YOU'RE UP EARLIER THAN ME!"
"Hey Paps!" Shadow chimed.
Papyrus paused and raised an eyebrow, "DON'T TELL ME IT WAS SHADOW THAT WOKE YOU UP!"
Sans winked, "You caught me bro, Shadow called and woke me up this morning."
"I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU DIDN'T WAKE UP ON YOUR OWN. I HAVE TO WAKE YOU UP EVERY MORNING!"
"Oh you do?" Shadow asked.
"YES SANS IS JUST A BAG OF LAZYBONES! I HAVE NO IDEA HOW'D HE GET ON WITHOUT THE GREAT PAPYRUS AROUND!"
Sans chuckled a bit at Papyrus, "Lazybones huh Paps? Does that mean I need to put more backbone into it?"
"SANS! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT THE PUNS?"
"But bro your smiling."
"I AM AND I HATE IT!"
Shadow was giggling at the two fighting. Soon after that Sans served them their eggs. After giving Sans their thanks they dug in.
"Wow Sans, I didn't know you could cook." Shadow said with a small smile.
Sans raised an eyebrow at her, "Oh what would make you think that?"
"You just don't seem like the cooking type."
"What does the cooking type seem like?" Sans asked backing Shadow into a corner with her words.
"Uhhh I dunno", Shadow responded with a frown knowing that she lost this battle.
Sans just smirked at her and the rest of breakfast went by quickly.
"BROTHER THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME!"
"What's that Paps?"
"WHERE IS YOUR SHIRT?"
Sans froze, "Shit I really am Gray!"
Shadow bursted out laughing. After that Sans ran up stairs to put on a shirt and his blue fluffy hoodie. Right when we came back downstairs the doorbell rang. He let in Undyne and Alphys.
"Heya punks!"
"H-hello there everyone."
"Hey guys! How are you?" Shadow grinned as she hugged both Undyne and Alphys.
"We're good punk, you look well.",Undyne said patting Shadow on the back.
"I've been feeling better as of late so yeah I think I've been well." Shadow smiled brightly.
Soon enough the five of them sat down and started watching Fairy Tail. They watched it late into the day, around four they finally stopped. They got through about a season by the end of their binge watching. Undyne and Alphys were ranting and raving about how amazing it was. Juvia was finally introduced and Alphys was shipping her and Gray really hard. Undyne was getting ready excited over what the next arc would bring fighting wise. All in all everything went well during the anime day.
After Sans brought Shadow home to get ready for their date. Shadow had no idea what to wear. Soon enough though she figured something out. She grabbed out a dress that was black with a red rose pattern on it. She quickly did her make up and made her ruby red eyes stand out. Her eyelids were covered in dark eyeshadow attracting a lot of attention to them. After that she pulled her hair into the same ponytail and added a black rose hair clip to her cherry red hair. She threw on her rose heels and sat down on the couch to wait for Sans. During this time she started on her homework. When seven finally rolled around Shadow was ready to go on that date.
"Hey Shad", Sans' smooth voice called out when he appeared in front of her.
"Hiya Sans", Shadow chirped.
"Ready for our date? You look rather stunning if I don't say so myself."
Shadow giggled and gave him a nod and a thanks. Soon enough he had grabbed her hand and teleported her to a new place. It was glowing blue everywhere and Shadow instantly knew where they were.
"Waterfall?"
"In the game yes, but in actuality it's called Echo Falls", Sans said looking around, "It's the most beautiful place in the Underground as you call it."
"What is it actually called?" Shadow asked.
"Underworld, because we are cast away souls", Sans replied with a far away look, "I never knew the sun before we got freed by the seven souls. Although lives were lost in the process it was worth it. I still mourn for those that died though. In fact a lot of them were either buried for had their dust spread out here. The graveyard is a ways off but this is where our dead rest."
Shadow was silent as she took everything in. She slowly walked to the water, taking off her heels she stuck her feet in, enjoying the coolness of the water. It was practically glowing as were the flowers around her. Looking up she saw sparkling rocks that looked like the stars. It was a magical sight.
Sans walked up next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Do you like it?"
"I love it", Shadow responded lost in the scenery.
Soon enough the two sat at the water, letting their feet dangle in it. The cool water was calming as was the atmosphere the place gave off. Shadow found herself leaning onto Sans just listening to the water and enjoying each other's company. They didn't feel the need to say anything. It was just quiet and simple for them. This relaxing feeling was enough for the two. It felt like they spent hours sitting like that. However, someone started to approach them.
"My god, a soul of empathy", a voice called out. His voice sounded old and wise.
Shadow and Sans looked at the source of the noise only to find an old man with glasses on. He also had a turtle shell on his back. Shadow quickly figured out that he was a monster, an old monster at that.
"How did you…?" Shadow muttered out.
"I've developed a good sense of what souls humans possess over the years. I stayed underground because the lights of all those souls are too bright for my old eyes. You're soul is very rare, and very legendary." The old turtle monster told Shadow.
"What's your name sir?" Shadow asked.
"Gerson", he reponsed.
"You were Undyne's old teacher weren't you?" Sans asked.
"That I was, she was always looking for trouble." He said chuckling.
"You can say that again.", Sans said with his own laugh.
Shadow felt a little left out and tugged on Sans' shirt. He looked at her and saw her small frown. He figured he was being a little rude, "Sorry, we're on a date right now actually."
"Oh really? A human and a monster, what a world, what a thing to see." He said looking astonished.
"I hope this isn't always the case. I would hope for humans and monsters to get along better in the future." Shadow said, her eyes holding both sadness and hope.
"I'd hope the same young one. Now, I'll leave you kids to your date. Good luck Shadow, you'll need it." Garson said, Shadow had no idea how he knew her name but she left it alone.
Soon Garson was out of sight and it was just Shadow and Sans again. The two resumed their date and spent the rest of the time laying among the glowing blue flowers and staring up at the shimmering ceiling of the cave they were in.
"They're like stars!" Shadow exclaimed to Sans. Her eyes glittering like the rocks above them.
"We always thought the same, however we didn't know what the stars actually looked like, It was a guess. Our great grandparents were the ones who said they looked like stars. When my father was alive he told me about the stars and the stories that they brought. Papyrus and I had always wanted to see the stars after hearing those stories. We'd come here for hours and stare at the ceiling talking about the stars and things we'd like to see someday. I wish my father lived long enough to see the real night sky." Sans said with a far away look in his eyes.
"If you don't mind me asking what was your father's name?" Shadow asked.
"His name is Gaster."
"So the game was right in that regard." Shadow muttered out.
"The game never really said that he was our father, fans just assumed that." Sans corrected.
"True but they got the name right." Shadow chimed in.
"That they did", Sans replied and grabbed Shadow's hand, "I should take you home now, it's starting to get late."
Shadow nodded and furthered his point with a yawn, "I had a really good time."
"I did too."
Sans teleported the two back to her home and started to lean down, "May I?"
Shadow put a finger against his lips, "Not yet cowboy."
"Cowboy?" Sans questioned.
He was only met with giggling in response. He smiled at her and kissed her cheek, "Goodnight Shad." With that he vanished into thin air leaving Shadow alone to her thoughts and homework.