Ok so I gave upon the Spotify idea…. I just use YouTube anyways… so here ya go ya filthy animals!
channel/UCAsIVv5fW76s1vblH81p2rA
That's my channel and I switch between my "Beats" playlist and the "Mega Mix". I also have made a playlist for the music featured in this Chapter.
ANYWAYS! On to the story? Yeah… ok….
It's a bit choppy but bear with me ok? It's important stuff… Or at least I think it is…
Just fall in love with me guys…..
For the LOVE
Chapter 6: You're all I see, all I feel
[Saturday]
The sun must have been bouncing off the TV, because I awoke late that next morning, still on the couch with Sans' arm around me. It took a minute before I realized where I was and I debated moving and waking him, when I heard him huff and felt him begin to stretch.
"Good morning….." I mumbled as I flipped over to look at him.
"morn…." He groaned. He began to stretch and I could hear his bones clicking together. Magic or not, apparently he still had to crack his knuckles like a normal person. I yawned as I pushed myself upright and began to shuffle toward the kitchen. It took a second for Sans to join me, scratching the back of his head as he reached for the coffee pot. We worked together in silence, making breakfast and setting the table for the two of us.
As we ate, I began to notice that he was keeping his head down, sipping his coffee and trying not to look at me.
"You've never done this before have you?" I asked, placing my fork down on my empty place and grabbing for my cup of tea.
"…not really…" he sighed. "most of the women in my life have been either good friends, or casual…. um… dates?" He shrugged.
"So you had a bunch of one night stands? Did you ever have a relationship?" I questioned.
"a few but they never lasted long. i mostly stayed at their house when we were together and left before they woke up," he leaned back in his chair resting his free arm around the back of it.
"I have a feeling some of them were weird at first right?"
"sure… i mean there was this one who was obsessed with watching me eat. i didn't realize it at the time but she had kept a journal of every time i ate in front of her and one night i even saw her checking the inside of my pants like the food would be sitting in the fucking crotch of my pants," he chuckled.
I sat there with my mouth agape, questioning the sanity of the women he had been with.
"::well fuck…::" I muttered. "That makes my story about Scary Nick sound like a cake walk…."
"scary nick?"
"Yeah…. It was in my teens. I met this guy at a tattoo parlor and we started hooking up. The guy was weird looking. Tattoos, shaved head, and piercings everywhere…. And i do mean EVERYWHERE. When I told Liz she just about hurled," I laughed. "Speaking of Liz… what time is it?"
He leaned to look at the stove clock.
"it's almost noon, must have been a good date…"
I frowned. It wasn't like Liz to not text me when she wouldn't be home, so I excused myself to check my phone. I found it in my room under a small pile of my discarded clothing from work, the screen flashing with multiple texts. I read them as I came back downstairs and sat on the couch.
"Oh my god that little bitch finally spent the night with someone….. ::OH MY GOD SHE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH GRILLBY!::" jumped up from the couch as Sans stuck his head out from the kitchen.
"::what?!::"
"::SHE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH GRILLBY! SHE SENT ME A PICTURE! LOOK!::" I waved my phone in front of me as I danced towards Sans. He caught me around my waist, pulling me close as he grabbed my phone. The picture was a selfie, the two of them leaning on one another, surrounded by candle light at a very nice looking restaurant.
"::hot damn…::" he woofed.
I busted out laughing. I was too giddy for Liz to really comment on the fact that we had both been speaking in wingdings, plus his pun had been too perfect.
"So we kind of have the house to ourselves… What do you want to do? Did you have plans?"
"nah… but i got a few ideas… you said you had had a dream the first night we were here together…" he winked as he pulled me closer.
I smiled and started pulling him after me up the stairs. Maybe we could make both of our dreams come true today…
[Wednesday]
"So I told him I had a great time… and then one thing led to another and I ended up sleeping in his apartment above the restaurant," Liz had been telling me about her date with Grillby as we ate together on her lunch break at the local school. It was more of an elementary school, with smaller monsters running around in a playground area, jumping rope, and those that had arms, swinging on monkey bars.
"So you spent the whole weekend with him?" I asked around my pb&j.
"You know how you always say that you had a feeling in your chest? Well, I had mine finally and I took a chance. It was the best weekend of my life. I even helped him with the bar when it opened Saturday night, running food and serving drinks, the whole time we just kept passing each other and touching… it was like magic…" She sighed dreamily.
"So you ARE going to see him again right?"
"Hell yeah! I'm not letting this one slip through my fingers," She punched my arm playfully. "Now, tell me about you and Sans. What's going on?" Her face turned serious as she turned toward me on the bench we had chosen.
"Where do I start? So you know how monsters have soulmates right?"
"Yeah, Grillby explained it to me…" she blushed.
"Well… we're soulmates. I should've known by the way I was acting when I first met him, but I don't know… I guess I was so scared that I was the only one feeling it since we hadn't spent any time together, just by ourselves. But it was so comfortable... and now it just feels like we've been doing this forever," I looked at Liz. She was still grimacing but nodding at the same time.
"What?"
"Just… just be careful ok? I don't want to see you hurt," she patted my leg and gave it a tiny reassuring squeeze before packing up her lunch.
"I'll see you at home, ok? Love you!" she kissed my cheek and went towards the kids, ushering them inside.
[Baby Shower]
Mettaton had gone all out for the party. Sans' backyard was pretty big, with a small deck attached to the house, opening to a fenced in yard. There was enough space that Mettaton had been able to place a stage along the back, with lights and speakers, three large round tables with chairs and a buffet table along the left side. Balloons in purple and white were tied to the corners of the deck and there were small balloons tied to the stage and scattered along the fence. Sans stood on the deck, beside the grill as Grillby placed his famous hamburgers and dogs on the flames.
The Royal Guard had arrived together and had claimed an entire table to themselves, and Sans watched as Undyne boasted about her upcoming performance to them. Mettaton had decided that they wouldn't be playing regular party games but instead performing their own lip syncing contest for their amusement with Toriel being the judge. He had even convinced their friends to let him record it and place it on his talk show later that night.
Toriel and Asgore were the last to arrive, walking through the side gate, hand in hand. He waved at the couple as they found their seats closest to the stage. Lauren chose that moment to exit the house behind him. He hadn't seen much of her in the last week, she had been busy at work and he had been… well, he had been looking into the gaps in her memory. What he had found wasn't pretty but he was pretty sure his initial suspicions we're true, it was just trying to explain it all to her or wait until the right trigger for her lost to correct itself.
So what if it was a little selfish for him to be enjoying her company while he could.
She walked with Liz, a large sheet cake in her arms, and gave him a passing wink as she went to the buffet table. She was wearing a flowy, white, hi-low spaghetti strap shirt, with the tiniest bit if skin showing between it and her wide leg peach pants with white, wedged heels. The warm June weather was perfect for her outfit and he felt a little out of place in his blue shorts and white polo.
Beside him, Grillby whistled low in appreciation, looking at his own girlfriend. Sans chuckled as the girls looked over at them, heads bent together conspiring something.
He watched as they walked over to Napstablook behind his DJ platform behind the stage.
"we're in for it now, grillbz…." He muttered as Mettaton made a show of climbing onto the stage.
"~Hello Darlings! Thank you all for coming to the Dreemurr Baby Gender Reveal Party! In lieu of normal games that the humans tend to play, I've decided that we are going to have a lip syncing contest!~" The gathered group hooted and hollered. "~The ultimate judge of this contest will be our LOVELY Queen Toriel! The winner of this contest will not only be featured on my very own talk show 'Confessions of a Killer Robot' but will also cut the cake revealing the gender of the newest member of our Royal Family!~" More cheers rang as Mettaton walked around the stage, the small robots manning the cameras tracking his every move from the corners of the stage.
"~Well then, if you are ready Mrs. Judge? Then let the Lip syncing commence! First on the stage, our very own Captain of the Royal Guard, Undyne and her super cute girlfriend, and my wonderful creator, Alphys!~" Undyne and Alphys walked onto the stage behind him. "~They will be performing to 'Crossing Field' by LiSA! Alright everyone, make some noise!~"
Undyne was dressed in a black leather duster with white accents, black shirt and black pants while Alphys was dressed in a white tank top connected to sleeves by red fabric, a red and white skirt and her version of thigh high white boots with red accents.
As the music started, it built to a crescendo and the two began to wave and side step with the lyrics. There was a lot of pointing and holding as they moved their mouths to the words, spoken in a mix of Japanese and English. They twirled and danced to the beat of the song, everyone seeming to have a good time while the lights flashed and flickered.
When the song was over, the entire table of guards jumped up to applaud their captain as she pumped her fist and hugged the small yellow dinosaur woman.
"~That was certainly energetic! Next up we have the love of my life, the great and wonderful Papyrus! He will be preforming to 'The Fox' by Ylvis. Take it away Sweetie!~"
Papyrus took the stage and Sans realized that he had never exactly explained lip syncing to Pap as the song began and Papyrus started to sing the actual words, along with the artist. Everyone seemed to be good sports about it though, singing along with him as he danced in his own way around the stage.
When the song ended, everyone clapped, some having to wipe tears of laughter out of their eyes.
"~That was wonderful dear!~" Mettaton kissed his cheek and he bounded off the stage, his face alight. "Next is… You guessed it! None other than my beautiful self! I've chosen 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' by The Darkness! Hit it cuz!~" He turned around, his back to the crowd as the glam rock began floating though the speakers.
When he turned back around, he had produced a blow up guitar and was pretending to play it like an actual one, strumming it and shifting his fingers on the neck to make chords. He posed and flipped his hair whenever he could, his mouth moving with the singer's words, even bending backwards on seemingly impossible high notes. When the song drew to a close he sank to a split at the front of the stage and everyone gave him a standing ovation.
"~Thank you my beauties! Thank you!~" He bowed, gesturing everyone to sit back down. "~Next we have one of our newest friends, the lovely… Liz! She will be performing 'Bad Reputation' by Joan Jett! Let's give her a welcoming round of applause!~"
Liz was dressed in a black, short A-line dress, shit-kicking boots and flaming, fire tights. Her makeup was neat and but dark and as the song started she got everyone clapping and dancing with her wild jumping and shaking. She was totally free and wild on stage and Sans had to look at Grillby as he clapped and smiled. He was thankful that they had found each other, she seemed like the perfect loud accent to his quiet demeanor.
Liz bowed as the song finished and flounced off the stage, hugging her friend in the process. Mettaton took the stage again and Sans could see it was Lauren's turn so he leaned on the deck railing so he could see her the entire time.
"~Alright Darlings! On to our final performance for the day! Last but certainly not least, we have Asgore's OTHER right hand, Lauren! She will be lip syncing and dancing to Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk'! Ooooo a personal favorite of mine! Let's get this going!~"
The song started and Lauren strutted to the front of the stage, arms clapping to the beat. Her hips seemed to have a mind of their own as she posed and fanned herself with the lyrics. Sans was entranced, sure that his smile couldn't get any bigger. She was lively and smiling, even jumping from the stage to dance with everyone in the crowd before making her way to him and dragging him back with her to the stage.
"Just go with it…" she whispered as she danced around him. It took him a few seconds but soon he was dancing with her, matching her step for step. The song drew to a close and he spun her around before dipping her to the floor for a kiss.
The entire group jumped to their feet in applause and cheers as they bowed together hand in hand. Mettaton joined them on the stage, never needing a mic for this small group of friends.
"~Ok Toriel…. It's decision time!~" a hush fell over the group, all staring at the goat woman who was looking at her husband.
"I believe EVERYONE would agree who won this contest Mettaton!" Toriel giggled. "Sans and Lauren should cut the cake!"
Everyone cheered and together the entire group moved toward the buffet table. It was now filled to the brim with burgers and dogs and every kind of fixing you could imagine with a cake at the very end. Muffet had baked it personally from a sealed envelope so no one but Alphys and Muffet actually knew what color the cake would be inside. The cake had been decorated in the Royal purple and white with the words "Welcome Baby Dreemurr" on the top.
Toriel stood beside Asgore as Sans and Lauren worked together to cut a small square out of the corner of the big sheet cake. Lauren quickly covered the slice in a napkin and Sans handed it to Asgore. Everyone waited in bated breath as Toriel pulled the napkin off to reveal a pink and blue swirled cake underneath the frosting.
"Y-you're having twins!" Alphys squeaked from beside Undyne.
"called it…" Sans whispered in Lauren's ear as she beamed. A chair had been brought behind Asgore and he sank into it before he passed out. Toriel stood with tears in her eyes and hugged her husband, the entire group cheering and chortling at the King's reaction.
"Did you have any names picked out Toriel?" Lauren asked. Sans could see that she was almost bursting with excitement, she couldn't sit still and he had to place his hands on her shoulders to keep her in one place as she stood in front of him.
"Actually we did. Lyra, after my mother and Valen, after Asgore's grandfather. I didn't think we'd get to use both though!" She laughed as a chair was brought for her.
"~Well there you have it Beauties! We will be expecting not one, but TWO royal children in the coming months!~" Mettaton turned to address one of the cameras that had moved to record the cake cutting. "~And next week we will have Sans the Skeleton and Lauren with us on the show! Later Beauties!~"
With that the party resumed a normal pace. Everyone ate as Toriel and Asgore opened baby gifts from their friends, commenting on needing multiples of everything they already had at the house.
Sans ate and drank with his friends and family, Lauren by his side, enjoying the glowing feeling deep in his chest the entire rest of the party.
[Later that Night]
They laid in bed together, Sans caressing her naked back as she drew on the back of a piece of paper she had found on his desk.
"Hey Sans, what does my soul look like?" she had finished her drawing, staring up at him from her position on the mattress.
"i dunno… i could show you but it'll leave a mark…" He looked at her, his skull resting in his left palm.
"Like a tattoo? Would it hurt?" She flipped over, her breasts just visible from the moonlight coming in his uncovered window.
"nah… but it is permanent…"
"What will the mark look like?" She hooked her right pinky in his lowest rib causing him to moan as she stroked it.
"everyone's mating mark is different…" he said tracing her tattooed hip.
They had discussed their mutual dream last weekend, both surprise and pleasure had filled them as they had recreated it.
"Well, I'm ready when you are!" she wiggled a little beside him as he chuckled. She had taken to the idea of soulmates better than he could have ever dreamed.
An intimate feeling filled the room as he slowly raised himself to a seated position, facing her with his back against the wall.
Using his left hand, he activated his magic, causing his hand and eye to glow before lightly tapping the space below her left collarbone and pulled upward into the space above her body.
A soft red light followed the invisible string and just below his fingers was her soul. She gasped as she saw it, floating slowly above her chest and he had to check her as he continued to pull. The soul was shaped like a read heart, but where his had been whole and seamless; hers was cracked and shattered, held together in some places by pieces of a black, glimmering monster soul. Slowly she placed her hand underneath it as she had seen him do and sat up against the headboard.
"Why… Why does it look like it's been broken and glued back together?" her voice quiet in fear.
He shrugged, at a loss for words but so many questions came to mind.
Who? How? What the fuck had happened?
Instead he watched her inspect the soul, noting the heartstrings attached, including the gold one that had shimmered to life and attached to his chest. It had gotten much thicker; almost the width of his thumb now, and a pulse seemed to echo through it into his.
Answering her soul's call, his was pulled from behind his ribcage, landing in his palm and connecting the golden threads.
They sat in stunned silence as the two pulled each other closer until they combined in a blinding white light before flying back into their chests. A small glow came from the places where the souls had entered and they waited for their eyes to adjust to the dark of the room while they caught their breath.
Once calm, Lauren jumped from the bed, racing next door to the bathroom, unabashed in her nakedness as Liz had decided to spend another weekend with a certain fire monster. Sans took his time finding and putting on shorts before teleporting to the bathroom.
She was leaning over the small pedestal sink, staring and touching the new tattoo above her left breast with amazement. He moved into the space behind her, taking stock of his own chest. In the center of his breastbone was a two-dimensional GasterBlaster in a deadly black as if it had been burned in.
"Not gonna lie that was so cool…." She turned toward him, hopping from foot to foot, her earlier fear from her broken soul a distant memory.
He smiled but it didn't quite reach his eyes as his mind was still wrapped up in the barrage of questions regarding the condition of her soul and how it had gotten that way.
It looked like he would be spending the rest of the night in his secret room instead of beside her in his bed.
