Chapter 3

"Why do you ignore me all the time darling..?" Mettaton asked. Sans gulped a little. Really? He was asking this now why?
"...I don't ignore ya Mettat-"
"Yes you do darling, and I've had enough. I don't really understand why you don't like me. What have I done?" Mettaton cut off. He felt... irritated. Sans looked a little confused. Sure Mettaton was irritated at first when Sans acted cold towards him but then Mettaton never spoke of it. Sans of his thinking and finally looked at Mettaton who was looking down at him, pink eyes narrowed a bit, long black eyelashes making his eyes look even smaller. Sans just looked at him, he opened his mouth to say something when the door burst open.
"HELLO YOU TWO THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS BA-" Papyrus stopped in his tracks when he saw Mettaton and Sans. They both looked at him a little worried as Papyrus stayed silent for a moment and seemed to be processing what was going on, looking at the both with an analysing gaze. Papyrus walked up to them, he then opened his mouth to say something to Mettaton, Sans gulped. "WOWEE METTATON! I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR SHOULDER GUARDS CAME OFF! AND YOUR HEELS ARE OFF TOO!" Papyrus exclaimed in wonder and curiosity. Sans breathed a silent sigh of relief and Mettaton's posture visibly relaxed.
"Of course they can darling" he said smoothly, putting his gloveless smooth metallic hands together at the tips of his fingers. "Can't have them getting in the way if i want to try a new outfit~" he cooed as his excuse. Papyrus nodded, agreeing with the glambot.

"ONE QUESTION THOUGH METTATON…" Papyrus said, his cheeks grew a tad orange, cute. "WHY HAVE YOU NO CLOTHES ON AND ARE BY SANS?" he asked innocently with a hand behind his head. The short skeleton gulped once more. Mettaton still looked composed, the skill of an actor.
"Ah, darling I was having a shower and needed to come out because it was so steamy!" He said with a small giggle "don't want to overheat myself now do I? I'm standing here because it's nice and cool~" he explained still smooth. Papyrus just nodded, taking his idol/friend's word for the truth. Sans internally thanked god for Papyrus' denseness. Snow started to come inside as Papyrus had left the door open as he had got side tracked with Mettaton. Papyrus soon noticed and swept the snow back out. Now that the atmosphere had gone back to normal Sans was relaxed again, Papyrus always made him feel better, without trying.
"Hey Pap where were you?" he asked him as Papyrus shut the door.
"I WAS AT UNDYNE'S HOUSE PLAYING THESE NEW VIDEO GAMES SHE HAD BOUGHT BUT THEY WERE ALL ANIME ONES. ALPHYS PLAYED TOO, SHE WAS VERY GOOD!" Papyrus replied "ALMOST AS GOOD AS I." Sans grinned lazily in response, 'so cool' he thought. Papyrus pulled something out of his bag "ALPHYS GAVE ME THESE ANIME TO WATCH I DON'T LIKE ANIME BUT SHE SAYS THESE ARE REALLY GOOD!" Papyrus stated "SO I HAVE DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT!" He said excitedly.

Sans couldn't take it anymore. It's not that he doesn't like anime, but this one… just no. Papyrus seemed to enjoy it though. "This is the best part" Papyrus whispered, Mettaton just nodded in response. He had been surprisingly watching the anime quietly, occasionally put a piece of popcorn in his mouth making soft crunching noises as he ate. Sans still had the question of whether Mettaton needed to eat or not floating around in his skull. Mettaton hadn't spoken to him at all since Papyrus had come home, their 'talk' being interrupted by the younger skeleton. Sans also had made sure he wasn't in the same room as Mettaton alone, giving him no openings which didn't help. But Sans was just too tired to think of this right now, he felt his eye sockets getting oh so heavy… Soon after that he was sawing logs quietly while Mettaton and his brother continued to watch the anime. It was very late at night when Sans woke from his nap, 11pm to be exact. Sans groaned softly as his vision came into focus and he sat up. He was… in bed. 'Papyrus must have carried me up…' he thought as he rubbed the top of his skull. He slowly got up off his bed and walked to his door and down the hall, he felt like having a bottle of ketchup right now. As he started to walk across the hall and past Papyrus's room he heard talking, it was a bit on the quiet side, so he quietly walked closer to the door to hear.

"I'm just so tired of it!" Sans heard an upset but whispering voice say. He could identify that voice to be Mettaton's. That glambot was obviously complaining about him. "He just gives me the cold shoulder when I try to start a conversation and I just feel… uncomfortable. He was okay for a little bit when I first met him but ever since then he's been like this!" he wailed as dramatic as ever. Sans continued to listen, absolutely silent. "Like I don't even know what I did!" he continued. Papyrus was uncharacteristically… silent, well he is loud, but on matters like these he was actually a very good listener.
"Well…" he said thinking of what to say. "I know I call Sans a lazybones… but I think he's like that because… he's a little protective of me…" he said slowly. Sans raised a brow, Papyrus could tell? Maybe Papyrus wasn't as dense as Sans believed he was. Mettaton nodded a little. "Want me to talk to Sans?" Papyrus offered. Mettaton shook his head.
"I… I'll be fine" he said stubbornly Papyrus opened his mouth to say something but Mettaton seemed to be pepping himself up. Sans took a few steps away from the door having heard enough. He looked to be thinking… Perhaps he'll give Mettaton a chance. But if he messes ANYTHING up it'll be just like it is now, no. He won't let Papyrus get hurt, if Mettaton screws up he'll be getting a good dunking on. Sans slowly put a hand where instead of a heart his soul was behind his ribcage. He felt a little more… energetic? No, but he couldn't describe it... He took a deep breathe out.

He really needed that ketchup now…

Sans laid on the couch with his ketchup, drinking the bottle. He had had a couple to calm himself. He sat there in silence and almost absolute darkness, a small lamp illuminating the room dimly. Sans continued to lay there, his thoughts regularly went back to the discussion he had overheard of Papyrus and Mettaton, he rubbed his skull. He was never going to sleep like this, he got up, putting his ketchup bottle on the table and went to the book shelf and picked up a book. It was a quantum physics book. Not the one that he repeatedly use for jokes, his actual book. Surprisingly enough he did actually have an interest in quantum physics and had read many things and all of that science nerd stuff you'd expect from Alphys, though his was more of a hobby. He sat back down and ran his bony fingers along the book's worn old spine and opened it before touching its' even more worn pages. He flicked to a random chapter and started to read…

And that's chapter 3 folks (I know it reads chapter four) and I would once again like to thank you. I'd like to thank all those who held their tongues if they read my story and didn't like it, those who had reviewed and given such kind feedback and those who have been supportive, understanding and not hateful towards me when I voiced my concern about those who had stated they didn't like the hints of certain parings. Also, those who did, you still were all wonderful and still very polite, so I thank you as well and don't feel bad for voicing your thoughts prior to the my message and I hope you will keep reading. As a thank you, while it's not much I tried to write a chapter that was a bit longer for a change J
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and will continue reading my story,
peace out :3