I groggily open my eyes and sigh, forcing myself to sit up. I squint my eyes to try and block out the sunlight.
It's morning already? I went to bed early last night, but I guess it doesn't matter how much I sleep. I always hate mornings. The sun is just always way too bright this early in the day
Yesterday two new guests moved in, the skeleton brothers. It was pretty uneventful after they got back here with all of their stuff, which only took a few hours. I guess they really didn't have many things... Dad heated up th casserole he had intended to give Sans and Papyrus when they were going to leave... but, well, since they live here now we all ate it.
After that I just went straight to my room and stayed there the rest of the day. I wasn't ready to face Sans and Papyrus anymore yet.
So yeah, like I said, pretty uneventful.
I sigh again, and push myself up off of my bed, then stretch out my arms and legs. I quickly get dressed, and brush out my short black hair, before heading to the bathroom to finish getting ready for the day. After brushing my teeth I exit the bathroom and make my way to the kitchen, hearing my dad having a conversation with Papyrus. Suddenly I stop, then take a deep breath to prepare myself before entering the kitchen.
Upon entering I see my dad, Papyrus, and Sans sitting at the kitchen table with plates of scrambled eggs sitting in front of them, Sans plate of eggs is covered in a thick layer of ketchup. I notice an empty chair with another plate of eggs in front of it, and know my dad set it out for me like he does every morning.
I slowly and hesitantly make my way over to the empty chair and sit down, not bothering to speak to any of them yet.
"Good morning honey!" My dad says to me cheerfully, pausing from his conversation with Papyrus.
"Good morning dad." I say with a small smile. Then I hear Papyrus start to say something with an extremely loud voice, making me shudder.
"HOW ARE YOU DOING HUMAN?! ARE YOU STILL FEELING SICK FROM YESTERDAY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE YOU BECAME SO SICK THAT YOU PASSED OUT. I DO HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER."
At least he thinks I was just sick...
"I'm feeling m-much better now... Thank you for asking." I say, managing to stutter considerably less than I thought I would.
"GOOD TO HEAR. I WAS SO WORRIED. I WOULDN'T WANT A NEW FRIEND TO BE SICK." Papyrus says with relief in his voice.
He just met me... and he already wants us to be friends? That's new to me.
"Don't worry about me. I'm f-fine, really. But th-thank you, and thanks for helping me yesterday." I say smiling a bit, then start to eat my eggs.
"YOU ARE VERY WELCOME HUMAN. WE WERE GLAD TO HELP"
"Yeah, really, don't sweat it kid. It wouldn't of eggxactly been okay to leave you there, so we picked you up and scrambled to get you home."
It takes me a minute to register what I heard, and my lips quirk up into a smile, but I try not to laugh at the awful pun.
"SANS NO." Papyrus yells as if he's had to say this many times before, and I hear my dad chuckle.
"That w-was awful." I manage to say still smiling.
"Eh, you'll have to forgive me. My funny bone gets to me sometimes." Sans says smiling.
I... have no words. I smile even wider, but still don't dare laugh.
"Wow." is all I say to Sans as I hear Papyrus quickly get up and walk to the sink to wash his plate.
I guess he couldn't take the puns.
"So, what do you plan to do today Shilo?" My dad asks me trying to swerve the conversation to avoid another round of puns.
"Oh, uhh, nothing much really. I don't have work so I thought I'd just stay home and do whatever." I say simply.
"I see, well, I'm done eating, so I'll be heading off to work now, I can't be late. Don't go destroying the house while I'm gone." Dad says to me smiling.
"Alright, see you soon." I say hesitantly.
I guess I'll have to be alone with them for a while...
Dad gets up and washes his plate. Then goes to grab his suit case and opens the front door. With a quick goodbye, he exits the house and shuts the door.
I feel an awkward silence creep up on me when I realize I and Sans are the only ones left at the table, so I quickly finish my eggs and go to wash my plate. After I finish, and put the plate up I start to leave the room.
"Hey." I hear Sans voice in my ears, and I stop, turning to face him.
"Yeah?" I say quietly, just enough for him to hear me.
"Just so you know." I hear Sans voice become dark. "I know the real reason you passed out. You may be fooling everyone else, but not me. You were afraid."
I feel my stomach start to churn and I hesitantly open my mouth to speak. "N-no that's not true. W-why would you think that?" I say trying my best to lie. I was really hoping he didn't know... What am I supposed to say now?
"Ah, alright then. So you don't wanna admit it. That's cool, I won't push ya'. But just know this, if you let your fear get out of hand and try to harm me or my brother it's not gonna be fun for you, got it?" Sans says with a threat in his voice...
I feel myself start to shake a little, and I clear my throat. "Yes." I say quietly, and quickly walk away, and head to my room. I quickly enter it, and shut the door behind me. I slide to the floor, and bury my head in my hands.
"He knows." I whisper to myself and start to feel myself become even more stressed than I was before. This really sucks. And now he's worried I might be some kind of threat. Great.. now I'm on a monsters watch list.
I guess I shouldn't plan on leaving my room anytime soon... I'm way too freaked out right now. I need to calm down. I get out my computer and immediately head straight to youtube. I immerse myself in one of many stupid (but adorable) cat videos, and after about 30 minutes of video watching start to feel a bit more relaxed.
After about another hour of my adventure deep into the youtube rabbit hole I hear a knock on my door. I quickly shut my computer, and grow tense. What could Sans or Papyrus want?
"Come in" I say nervously.
I hear the door open, and feel a sense of unease wash over me. Sans enters the room quietly and goes to sit on my bed, looking down at me as I continue to remain on the floor.
"Look, we may have got off to a bad start, so I'm gonna say what I have to say. I don't know why you're so afraid of monsters and frankly I don't care, but I realize I'm probably making it worse by threatening you, and I don't want to be another reason for your unnecessary fear, especially when we're going to be staying in the same house, could get kinda awkward. I'm no tryin' to say that I think you're some kinda threat, okay? I'm just saying that if you did do something, I'd have to also do something that you won't probably like. But as long as you're nice, I'm nice. So don't start getting all intimidated by me... anymore than you were before at least." Sans says lazily, as if nothing he's saying is meant to be taken seriously... but I sense something deeper in that tone...
It's almost like he's trying to apologize... I guess I can say I'm a little less freaked out now, about the threat anyway. In general though I'm still a bit weary of Sans.
"Yeah, o-okay. I'm not going to do anything... so you don't have to worry about that, sorry if I'm being st-strange." I say reassuringly.
Sans looks at me for a moment as if he's studying me. "Alright, I don't suspect you will, just giving you advice not to. So, care to tell me what you've been doing all cooped up in here?"
"I, uh, was just on my computer watching videos. So... nothing really I suppose. What were you doing?" I ask, not knowing much else to say.
"Taking a nap."
As if to help end the awkward small talk, I hear my phone start to ring and quickly answer it, not bothering to check who it is. I just want to stop that conversation.
"Hello?" I say into the phone waiting for a response. But when I finally get one my blood instantly runs cold, and I feel my heart start to race.
"Hello Shilo. Miss me?" I slowly move the phone away from my ear and check to see if the person calling is who I think it is. Upon confirming my suspicion I put the phone back up to my ear.
"Never call this number again. I'm blocking you." I say coldly and hang up on the person.
"Who was that?" Sans asks with slight concern in his voice.
I smile. "It was no one, just some telemarketer." I say, not giving the real identity of who called.
"Ah... I see. Yeah, those can be annoying. We even got them in the underground.
I immediately push the phone call aside as if it never happened and laugh. "Ha, sometimes it can be fun to mess with them, especially if it's actually a scammer. It takes away a bit of their time so they can't mess with anyone else either."
"I've never done that, may try if I get one of those calls again." Sans says chuckling a little. "Also, you seem to be a little more talkative all of the sudden."
Huh, do I?
"Oh, uh, yeah I guess I might be a little. I didn't notice." It's true though, I really didn't notice. Weird... I guess I'd rather talk to my actual fear rather than the source of it.
"H-hey, wanna go downstairs and watch a movie? I know a few good ones." I say shyly trying to further push the phone call back into my mind.
"Uh, sure, just make it something funny." Sans says almost as if he's surprised by my new demeanor.
We head downstairs and I spot Papyrus on the couch watching tv.
"Hey, Paps, we were gonna watch a movie if you're not watching anything good, so you wanna watch it with us?" Sans asks Papyrus casually.
"OF COURSE, I LOVE MOVIES. WHAT ARE WE GONNA WATCH?" Papyrus asks enthusiastically.
Upon choosing a movie from the dvd rack I slip it into the dvd player.
"We're gonna watch Big Trouble in Little China. It's pretty funny."
"Never heard of it, but if it's funny I'm sure I'll like it." Sans says lazily.
I sit on the edge of the couch, while Sans takes a seat in the middle of the couch, and then I hit play on the dvd remote, and we all begin to watch the movie in a comfortable silence.
After a few hours the movie finishes and I put the dvd back in its case, and turn off the tv.
"Okay, I guess that was pretty funny. Nice movie choice, kid." Sans says grinning a little wider than normal.
"Thanks, it's one of my favorites. I've always thought it was funny, and used to watch it a lot." I say grinning.
I'll admit, despite still being weary of them, it was nice just to sit down and watch a movie, knowing they seemed to have enjoyed it too. Especially after that phone call...
Suddenly I hear the lock on the front door turning, and my dad comes through the door. Right, we were watching that movie for a while, I guess it's time for him to be home.
"Hey hun." Dad says as he pats my head and smiles. "How are all of you doing?" he says woth a caring voice.
"WE ARE DOING WONDERFUL. WE JUST FINISHED WATCH A MOVIE TOGETHER AND IT WAS QUITE FUNNY." Papyrus says ecstatic.
My dad smiles almost mischievously... Oh great, he probably just assumes this one small thing means I'm completely over my fear now, and he can take credit for it...
"Oh really, that's wonderful. Isn't that wonderful Shilo?"
Oh god, here he goes...
"Oh, yes dad it is wonderful. Now you should go put your suit case away. Im sure you had a long day at work." I say with a hint of sarcasm in my voice.
The skeleton brothers eye us strangely.
"Um, okay. Well, I'm gonna head out for a bit. Need to get some air." Sans states sounding as casual as usual.
"Oh, Shiloh, why don't you go with him! I'm sure he could use a companion to talk too, and you two could get to know each other more." Dad says over enthusiastically.
Why does he have to keep scheming? I just want to take things at my own pace.
"Yeah, sure, I don't mind." Sans states like he doesn't care either way, and then shrugs.
I try to think of an excuse but can't, so I give a hesitant nod in Sans direction, signaling that I'm going.
"Great, don't be out too long though. It's really hot outside and you could get overheated. Call me if you need anything, either of you." Dad says way too happily, and I glare at him slightly, a little annoyed.
"Alright, let's go. See you two later." Sans says as he walks out the door, and I immediately follow.
"DON'T GET HER INTO TROUBLE SANS. AND BE NICE." Papyrus yells to his brother as we walk away, door shutting behind me.
I follow Sans silently as we walk, eventually exiting the neighborhood and heading into the city. It's kind of a middle of the road city. It's not great, but it's not horrible either. It's named Gladisville, and it's in the middle of Kansas, It's the second closest city you can find from Mount Ebbot, so a lot of monsters live here... Not really helping my phobia. This is the first time I've taken a walk just to take a walk in a while... I'm honestly pretty freaked out about it, but I'm trying to keep my composure.
"So, whats up with your dad?" It seemed like he would've practically begged you to take a walk with me if he had to." Sans says curiously, as he glances at me.
I guea I have to explain that...
"You see... He umm, wants me to get over my fear, s-so he's pushing me to interact with you and your brother... I guess that sounds kind of weird when I say it that way, but... yeah. That's why he's acting weird." I say, kind of embarrassed, and stare at the ground as I walk.
"I see... I guess he just cares for you then. Well, you were watching that movie with us earlier, and you looked pretty relaxed to me. So maybe you're realizing your fears a little silly by now. I mean neither of us have tried to kill ya' right? And I tell very humerus puns, so I can't be that bad ya' know." Sans says lazily, and I glance at him.
"Ha, tibia honest those puns suck... but they're still kind of funny... And well, yeah... Maybe they're just... silly." I say, sort of faking the last part. Yeah, I think my fear is stupid. Yes I think it's unwarranted but... It's not silly. It's a serious thing regardless of how dumb it is... I'm obviously not going to say that though, so it's best left as a thought.
I hear Sans chuckle. "Not bad, you have a funny bone I guess."
I chuckle slightly at Sans pun and continue walking with him for the next 30 minutes, talking about nonsensical things along the way, until we get back home where dinner is waiting at the table.
We all eat quickly and dad talks about his day at work, saying that one guy who always acts like a douche got fired, making me chuckle at how happy he sounded about it, then we all wash our dishes and head off into the living room.
We spend the next few hours watching tv before we all head off to our respective rooms.
Upon laying down on my bed I turn to my side and stare at the wall getting lost in random thoughts, until a specific one gets my attention.
Why would Joey call me again after all these years? He knows I don't want anything to do with him... Not after that... You know what, I don't wanna think about it. I blocked his number so he won't be calling me again anyway. I just need to go to sleep.
I slowly let myself close my eyes, and drift away into the land of dreams.
