"Daddy?" A small voice called out. Sans, waved it off thinking it was his imagination. "D-Daddy?" The voice hiccuped. Sans actually opened his eyes this time and saw Frisk holding his hand trying to wake him with tears in her eyes.

"oh no, what's wrong?"

"I-I had a really scary dream. I'm sorry."

"it's ok frisk. come here." She immediately ran into the skeletons arms and he held her tight, pulling her into the bed with him. "come on why don't we try to get some sleep together. good old dad will keep any nightmares away." He smiled, trying to lighten the mood, but Frisk only shook her head. "huh? why not?"

"I tried to be brave and just go back to sleep but-but the dream continued. That's when I came in here."

"aw kid." He sighed holding her tighter. He began to wonder why this kid had to go through so much. He didn't blame her for having nightmares. Just about everyone she loved had tried to kill her at some point with the exception of himself. He also didn't blame her for trying to be brave. Frisk was braver than most anyone Sans had ever met. She never failed to try and take on whatever challenges she faced. However, at the same time this was also kind of comforting in a way to him. Frisk was the kind of person that would be persistent if she wanted to do something. Like overcome a nightmare. But she had only tried to fight back against this nightmare once before she came to him. She was beginning to trust him more, not that she didn't already trust him, but now she was coming to him with her problems. Unlike she did with the bullies. It made Sans feel like he really had a purpose. That he wasn't just a caretaker. But an actual father.

"I dont wanna go back to sleep tonight." She told him. Sans sighed, they didn't really have to do anything tomorrow. She didn't have school and he didn't have work. If this nightmare was that bad that the kid didn't want to go back to sleep, he could at least respect her wishes.

"alright. so what do you want to do?"

"Anything to get my mind off the nightmare." She let out a shaky breath and held onto Sans nightshirt.

Sans stood up, bringing the kid with him. He walked out of his room and into Frisks. "here, these should help a bit." He told her and handed the girl in his arms her teddy bear and her blanket. "let's go downstairs." He told her and took her into the living room, placing her down on the couch before going into the kitchen to make a cup of tea for her. As he waited for the water to boil he went back into the living room. "i got an idea." He told her smiling and went to the tv set. Taking a controler from a game system Alphys had convinced the brothers to get. Sans then set up a game. One with a little blue animal who shook his finger and winked in the opening title. "here, play this." Sans handed her the controller and went back into the kitchen. The clock on the stove said it was 2:21. Damn and he was gonna stay up with the kid. Boy was he gonna be tired tomorrow. "but it's worth it." Sans whispered to himself and smiled. When the tea was done he finished preparing it just how Frisk liked it. "so how far did ya' get?"

"I finished Green Hill Zone 1 and 2. I just have the boss left."

"awesome job. here."

"Thanks." She smiled and handed him the controller and took the tea.

"oh so i'm playing now?"

"Yes." She giggled.

"gotta go fast." He smiled.

"I must go quickly." They both laughed.

Frisk had never taken the controller back instead she watched him play, and pointed out things that he otherwise would have missed. As the night continued Sans came to one of the bosses and heard light snoring coming from his side. Frisk had curled up and was leaning on him while holding her teddy. Sans smiled and put down the game.

"knew you'd fall asleep." He smiled and lifted the girl up. Her head over his shoulder as he carried her back to her room. "night kiddo. just go and have good dreams about hedgehogs, ok?" he leaned down and attempted to give her a kiss on the forehead. He got up and slowly closed the door.

A/N: Ok so i've actually now updated twice today. Which it why this chapter is a lot shorter than the others. I posted another chapter but then decided the tone was completely different from what I wanted this story to be. I ended up taking it out of this story and now it's kind of a side story like thing. In that Frisk will be taking care of the bullying issue along with other things.

Thank you for reading!