Other Half
Chapter 2
The skeleton emitted a sigh. The bell rang, and the teacher assigned them some materials to obtain. After sitting alone the entire class period, Sans found himself shuffling out of the door. The teacher was unnaturally hyperactive, and he really didn't need that kind of energy so early in the morning. Despite that, the class wasn't bad. For some reason, he felt himself gravitating toward physics and scientific things, even though he'd never had any official experience in the field. Sans of course, wasn't one to complain when things came easy to him, and now he was more than willing to shrug it off as luck, or whatever he had. He'd been tinkering with magic and time machine type things back in the underground, but he never wanted to actually apply for a job as a scientist or something. He checked his schedule, then realized that his class was pretty close to him. He could have teleported there, but he'd decided against doing that too many times. After all, he didn't want to mess with the laws of space and time too much.
With that, he began to travel to his next class. After commuting for a few minutes, he walked inside, and chose a seat located elsewhere this time. To his surprise, a monster he vaguely recognized from Snowdin took a seat next to him. The bear like creature offered a little wave, and he let out an easy smile in response before paying attention to the teacher, who hurriedly walked in through the door. The instructor said nothing, but immediately started writing on the smart board in black. Sans looked around the room in a little confusion, and other students mirrored his expression. Apparently he was one those teachers, the ones who didn't say anything in class, but just wrote. Sans rolled his eye spotlights, but pulled out a notebook and began to write. He was glad that he didn't have hand muscles to cramp, because even 20 minutes in, he noticed both human beings and monsters shaking out their appendages. He didn't know how their teacher did this constantly, but he hoped that he'd get the subject quickly. After all, he didn't want to fail.
When the bell finally rang, freeing him from his second class of the day, Sans stretched and left the room. The remainder of his day passed in a similar fashion, and since he didn't have an 8 am class, he had no free spot between the rest of his classes. After he finished the day, he returned to his shared home with his brother. Papyrus worked as a bodyguard, and while the details of his job weren't clear, his younger brother absolutely adored his line of work. When Sans finally arrived at their shared dwelling, he was pleasantly surprised to see his brother preparing something on their stove. When the cooking skeleton noticed his sibling, he automatically abandoned the pasta sauce and ran towards the other being in the house.
"Brother!" He shouted with his usual excitement. He immediately pulled his sibling into a hug. "You've returned!" He stated, and Sans quickly accepted his hug, and melted into it a little before moving away. "You know, it's been weird without seeing your lazy bones around here brother. How was your day?" Sans seemed more relaxed after the embrace, and he shrugged.
"It was okay. Tibia honest, I would have had more fun here." He said, slyly sneaking in a pun. Papyrus, to his credit, didn't groan as loudly as he honestly wanted to, but he clearly made a disapproving face.
"Really Sans? You just got home and you're already making your jokes?" He asked, and Sans grinned almost impishly.
"What? I thought they were pretty hummers." He said, and his brother did groan this time and return to his pasta. "Oh yeah, by the way, my engineering class is visiting Mount Ebott right after the semester ends." The shorter brother stated. Papyrus, while engrossed in his cooking, still carried his conversation as usual.
"Really? Well, I'm sure it will be nice to visit our old home once again, right Sans?" The aforementioned skeleton nodded, then looked towards the kitchen. He noticed a lack of tomato sauce on the wall, and he raised a pseudo skeleton eyebrow.
"Are you making it differently this time?" He asked, placing his bag haphazardly on the floor.
"Well brother, I decided that I would try a surface recipe for this dish, to celebrate our arrival up here!" He said, then immediately went back to stirring. "There's a lot more cutting, and a lot less punching. It's strange, but it's likely that humans just can't punch things as well as Undyne." He stated solemnly. "Actually, I don't think anyone is as good at punching things as Undyne." Sans nodded. He was right on that point. The aquatic fish woman was 90% muscle, and she used it constantly. Speaking of Undyne, Sans remembered that one of her matches would be on tonight. It was strange, but humans loved watching people hit each other, and as soon as she heard about it, Undyne was more than ready to become a pro wrestler. The slightly shorter skeleton walked over to their couch from the surface, and then flipped the channel to one about pro wrestling. Lo and behold, the blue fish warrior stood in one corner of the ring, her muscles glistening in the light. On the other side stood some gigantic, buff human that was flexing at the crowd. The two immediately began to fight, and Sans watched them with a content expression.
Frisk quickly grew to love her roommate. After a week into the semester, Frisk couldn't understand how they would manage to maintain high grades if they were always staying up talking late at night, but at the same time she adored their kindness and the fact that her roommate was always a reliable alarm clock- even when Frisk wasn't. The excitement of finally being in college hadn't completely worn off yet, but as more work was assigned, she realized that it would be difficult at best to keep her grades where she wanted them to be. Frisk's roommate, a junior human girl that used they pronouns and constantly tutored everyone, was a great companion for Frisk. Their spunky personality balanced out Frisk's kind one pretty well, and both of them loved hanging out whenever they had the chance. Frisk heard her room door open and grinned when she saw her roomie.
"Hey, dorms buddy! Happy Friday!" They said, practically dragging their school bag behind them and kicking the door shut. Frisk grinned a little. Classes were over for the week, and Frisk was more than happy to have this weekend to get some work done and relax.
"No kidding! This week was…wow." She responded, her head turning quickly at the sound of her roommate flopping into a beanbag chair.
"Don't I know it. This week was brutal- and trust me, it only gets worse." They said, and Frisk sighed. "You know, we should do something fun! I know there are a few parties we could go to." They grinned devilishly, and Frisk immediately shook her head.
"Nope, Nuh Uh, No. No way am I going to a college party, I hear stories about those." Frisk said, shuddering a little. "Plus, don't we both have work to do?" She asked, raising an eyebrow and pointing to the abandoned backpack near the door. Her roommate pouted a little, but laughed.
"You know, you're right. I didn't know that a teacher could assign so much work!" They said, then shook their head disbelievingly.
"You're telling me? My Econ teacher is insane!" Frisk said, placing her hands on her hips. "I probably need a break- but I can't afford one." she mused, looking toward the ground. Suddenly, she clapped her hands together excitedly.
"Oh! But my International relations class is taking the best trip ever. Guess where we're going!" Her roommate, Ange, placed a hand on their chin in thought.
"Oh, Japan?"
"No!"
"Italy?"
"No!"
"Hm, okay, Nigeria? Thailand? Brazil?" Frisk giggled.
"No, No and No! We're going to Mount Ebott!" She said with an excited grin. Ange's eyes widened.
"Shut up! That's the place where an entire species that we never even knew about lived for thousands of years! That is where the world's most brilliant scientist, at least in my opinion, learned how to make a human soul! Are you going there?" They asked, leaning forward in their seat.
"Yes, yes we are! The trip's later this semester, and it's free for everyone in my class!" Frisk said excitedly. The two girls immediately began to jump up and down as the information permeated their brains. After the two finally settled down, Frisk thought back to the work she would have due on Monday morning.
"Anyone else who wants to can pay to go, but I don't know if its Freshman only or what. Until then though, I have a paper I need to write on the history of currency." She said with a wave, and then started to make her way towards the desk. Ange nodded, said something about a library, then hefted their gigantic schoolbag once again and left their shared room. Frisk sighed and began to outline her findings. This would definitely take some time.
AN: Hey guys, So, did you like it? I'll probably skip forward in time a little farther. I know they're not here yet, but Gaster and Chara will appear shortly, trust. I kind of faced a little writer's block here, but I still got this chapter out! A reviewer asked about possible pairings, so I'll answer the question. The story isn't meant to really focus on pairings, but I'm sure a few scenes will be seen as slightly romantic. At this point, you shouldn't expect any kisses or confessions of admiration, but one sided Monster Kid x Frisk will probably be a thing. Frisk and Sans is the most likely pairing in this story, but nothing serious will happen between the two.
In regards to Sans's lack of laziness in this story, Well… he won't be lazy. According to the wiki, everyone's favorite skeleton (or second favorite, if you prefer papyrus) has severe depression resulting from his knowledge of the timelines, and he only disguises it with laziness. In this story, both Sans and Frisk lack knowledge of the timelines, so Sans doesn't have his depression. They will get some more information when Gaster and Chara come in, but as for now they're just college students trying to not fail. As always, I am appreciative of reviews and feedback of any kind. Thanks for reading!
Question: What's your favorite Undertale Au? Are you guys fans of under swap? Outer tale? Even Under fell? Let me know in a review! And if you don't know about them yet, I would encourage you all to check them out! There's a lot of cool ones out there, so you may enjoy it.
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