"We need to get you more clothes." Sans mumbles handing you the jeans and hoodie from the day before.
"It's a shame that outfit you gave me got ruined…" You reply taking them in your hands.
"You liked it?" He smiles at you softly and you nod, returning the gesture before going into the bathroom to change and get ready.
Unzipping Sans' jacket you stare at yourself. Still dangerously skinny but slightly more plump than before. You poke at the newly added scar on your stomach. You chuckle humourlessly. Never thought you'd have any self-inflicted ones.
It wasn't you though, not really…
A voice rings in your head that sounds ominously similar to Chara's. You shake your head to rid yourself of the dark thoughts that start flooding your mind.
Stepping out of the bathroom you join the skeleton brothers in the living room, handing Sans his jacket, thanking him for what he did for you. He took it and immediately slipped it on, soon a blue tinge is dusting his cheeks.
"Smells like you…"
There's a loud crashing sound at the entrance and you turn to see the door slammed open, nearly ripped off the hinges and a tall and muscular, very angry looking, blue fish monster standing there huffing and puffing. A shiver crawls down your spine when her eye meets your widened ones.
"PUNK!" She nearly growls.
"U-Undyne…" You stutter at the sight of her.
"How dare you wake up and not say anything after you left us hanging that night?!" She stalks over to you, sharp teeth bared. "Especially when shorty over there showed up half dead with your own life hanging by a thread! He wouldn't even let us see you! Like you had some sort of contagious disease only he was immune to! WE WERE WORRIED SICK YOU NERD!" You think she's going to hit you and you brace yourself, but instead you find yourself in a bone crushing embrace.
"I'm sorry…" You manage to let out, your voice sounding choked both from her hold on you and the knot of guilt that formed in your throat.
"If you had died I would've killed you!" You can't help the laugh that escapes you when she says this. She lets go of you and gives you a menacing glare that makes you flinch. "Don't ever do something like that again!"
"No promises." She punches your arm forcefully and you chuckle despite the pain.
"CAREFUL WITH THE HUMAN UNDYNE! THEY'RE SQUISHY AND FRAGILE!" Papyrus warns her while checking if her punch didn't do any lasting damage.
"She can take a hit as well as she can dodge them! I didn't even use my full force." She flashes you a grin that throws you off after all the hostility she displayed. "Good thing you're okay, means I can fight you again!"
"Maybe hold off on the training while she recovers." Sans suggests sending you a knowing look which you return with gratitude in your eyes. You're not certain using magic at the moment is the best of ideas.
It seems Alphys is working today but Undyne makes sure you know how concerned about you she was the whole time, asking if she could do anything to help, run some tests, anything. Sans wouldn't have it. You shoot a glance at him and he shies away from it. You know why he did what he did. He was protecting everyone else from Chara… From you…
You can't shake the feeling that he still has to.
Soon after Undyne barged in, there's a gentle knock at the door and before you look to see them come in you already know who it is. Toriel steps in with Frisk beaming behind her. Their resemblance to Chara still tugs at your heart strings slightly. The thoughts that have been plaguing you lately are nothing short of disturbing and the fact that Frisk enacted some of them against his will isn't making things any easier. You bend down to take them into a hug that stretches on for longer than you initially intended.
"Hey Frisk. How's school?" They sign something to you before realising you don't understand and reaching into a bag they're carrying. They take out a little white board.
After writing on it and turning it over to you, you read the words scribbled in black. Great. Want me to teach you some signs sometime?
You nod eagerly. That would not only make communication between the two of you easier but it was also a good skill to have. Despite their physical similarities Chara and Frisk couldn't be more different. It's curious how the same soul nature can result in such jarringly opposite personalities. You greet Toriel timidly.
"It's great to see that you're better, my child."
"I owe a lot of that to you." She smiles warmly. You finally notice that there's someone else standing behind her. Another goat-monster, much bigger and broader than the motherly monster who's helped you so much already. His horns are thick and strong, standing tall on his head and offering him an imposing air of royalty. He truly is the king of the monsters.
Asgore smiles at you. "Howdy, Star is it? I've heard a lot about you from Alphys. She tells me you're a very interesting human indeed." He extends out his paw like hand and you take it with a heavy heart.
"Your majesty…" You start but are quickly interrupted.
"Please, no such formalities. Asgore is just fine."
"Ah, okay… That would be me, yes. Although I wouldn't say that I'm interesting or anything." You scratch at the back of your neck embarrassed.
"Hey, if I have any say in the matter you're the most amazing human on the surface of the earth." Sans grins, putting an arm around your waist. "After Frisk of course…" He quickly adds after receiving a playfully icy glare from the small child.
Laughing sounds over the room and you join in.
You're surrounded by so many loving monsters (and Frisk) and they all seem to genuinely care about you. Your heart warms at the notion.
Do you really think they'd love you if they all knew what's going on in your head? The voice in your mind sneers. You ignore it.
If you distract yourself it will go away. If you ignore it, Chara's voice will stop filling your mind with twisted thoughts you'd never think otherwise. You tell yourself it's just the aftereffects of the possession. It was bound to leave some scars like Sans said… That was all it was…
Papyrus excitedly fills everyone in on his amazing plans for the day but you're not really listening. You feel Sans' hand squeeze your side to get your attention.
"You okay?" He asks lowly.
You fake a smile. "Yeah, I'm good."
He shakes his head disbelieving. "How am I supposed to help if you don't tell me what's wrong?" You look down at your feet ashamed.
"I'm just trying not to think about it."
"I get that. But I've been down that road before. It doesn't end pretty." His eyes meet yours and you can feel his concern for you.
"It's the same as before… Just unwarranted thoughts that come out of nowhere…" You confess quietly as the others chat away, completely unaware.
He nods and pulls you closer. "Tell me if it gets worse." It already has. You stay quiet hoping against hope that you'll be able to abstain yourself from it.
Apparently Papyrus has heard that there's a fair in town at his job. He gets a lot of friendly costumers that talk to him about such things when they walk in. It sounds fun to you. You've never been to one. All the others are excited as well. Especially Frisk and Undyne.
"We'll WRECK all the games! WIN ALL THE PRIZES!" She pumps her fist in the air. "Man I wish Alph was here!"
You arrive at your destination and you scan your surroundings with a wonder filled gaze. Everything is so big and colourful and noisy. Your mouth drops open as you stare at the large ferris wheel.
"Wow." Is all you can manage to let out.
"ISN'T IT AMAZING?" Papyrus jumps around. Frisk is already running inside before you can snap out of your amazement.
"Frisk, don't wander off alone." Toriel warns from behind you.
Undyne's already making her way after the small child with Papyrus in tow. "Don't worry, we'll take care of the dweeb!"
Sans nudges you with his hip. "Where do you want to start?"
You take a look around. "I can't decide."
Asgore chuckles. "Yes, it is quite overwhelming."
"There's a fair amount of entertainment." Toriel snickers.
"Come on Tor, even by my standards that was pretty bad." Sans says but laughs nonetheless.
The rest of you all go in and start inspecting everything. The smell of fried foods that no one in their right mind would think to fry fills the air. Your eyes widen when you spy someone rolling pink fluff onto a stick. You've never had cotton candy before. Biting down on your lip you stare at the man masterfully creating an ever growing ball of sugary goodness and handing it to a little girl giggling next to her mother. "You want some." Sans whispers in your ear, making you jump slightly. It's not exactly a question but you answer all the same, somewhat flustered.
"No, I wouldn't want to… It's fine…" He completely ignores you and goes up to the stand. At first the man running it eyes him suspiciously, but you guess a living, talking skeleton isn't something he would see every day. After getting over the fact that he's talking to a monster the man gets to work and hands Sans a pink fluff covered stick, which he promptly pays for.
"This is stickier than it looks." The small skeleton comments when his finger returns covered in the stuff after poking at it out of curiosity. He waves the finger in front of your face. "Heh. Wanna lick it off?" You blush a scarlet shade and look away. "Kidding. Here." You take the cotton candy from him and take an experimental bite. Big mistake. Your face is instantly sticky all over.
"Oh geez…" You try to lick at it but can't reach where the sugar has stuck to your cheek.
"Oh, take this, my child." Toriel gives you a tissue and you wipe your face with it after thanking her.
After this you know to pick small bits off with your hand and then sticking it in your mouth to avoid another disaster. It's delicious. So sweet, making your taste buds come alive. You ask Sans if he'd like a taste but he shakes his head, too busy looking at you enjoy it.
You decide to go find Frisk and the others. They're in line to go into some ride that looks slightly scary as you see the people already in it go past you screaming, going around the ride at astounding speeds. But of course this only makes it more exciting for the three of them.
"OH PLEASE COME WITH US!" Papyrus begs.
"N-no, I don't think that's a good idea…"
"What are you, a chicken?" Undyne mocks you, feigning wings with her arms.
Frisk joins in with her mimicking while giggling. "I'll go if Sans does." You blurt out.
"No way." He immediately retorts much to your relief.
"Oh well, guess I won't go this time, sorry guys…" You start walking somewhere else but Undyne grabs at your hood pulling you back.
"Oh no you don't." She picks you up off the floor and carries you over to the ride. You stare at Sans desperately.
"Help me!"
He shrugs while laughing, placing his hands behind his head. "Not my battle."
Papyrus buys the tickets and you're set down on a seat and strapped in. You're quiet and unmoving but deep inside you're panicking. As soon as the ride speeds up you shut your eyes tight, resisting the urge to scream at the feeling settling in your stomach. One thing's for certain, right now you aren't thinking of anything else.
You stumble out, slightly sick, very unbalanced. The world around you is twirling. "I don't feel so good…" You mutter as Undyne and Papyrus both yell "AGAIN!"
Sans steadies you. "How was it?" He grins mischievously.
You glare at him. "I hate you."
"Aww… You break my heart. Oh wait, I don't have one."
"Clearly." You grumble, groaning at your stomach churning.
"I'll make it up to you, wait." You narrow your eyes at him unsure of where he's going with this.
When you've recovered you go to one of those games where if you knock down all the cans you get to pick a prize. "Which one do you want?" He asks.
Raising an eyebrow at him you stare confused. "You haven't even played yet…"
He winks at you. And asks the woman running the game to play. She goes to hand him three balls but he tells her that he only needs one. She snorts at him but complies.
He doesn't even aim, just throws in the general direction, and you don't miss the faint blue glow around the ball as it crashes into the cans, throwing them all down. "Told ya." He smirks at the woman who scowls at him, telling him to pick a prize.
He turns to you and does a swift motion towards them. You point to a small stuffed panda and she takes it down for you.
"Why a panda?" He asks with interest after you're a few meters away.
You shrug. "Closest thing they had to a stuffed Sans." You hug it to your chest and smile to yourself when you see him blush a light blue. "You know that's cheating right?"
"Like they don't cheat too." He responds with a widespread smirk.
When you re-join the rest of the group you all grab something to eat. You're dragged into more rides against your will, but thankfully they're not as bad as the first and you actually have fun in some of them. Without realising where the time has gone, dusk soon starts to fall, the sky being coloured by beautiful shades of pink and orange.
Papyrus and Frisk pull both you and Sans towards the big wheel enthusiastically.
"WE HAVE TO GO ON THAT! LOOK IT'S SO HIGH UP!" Frisk nods fervently in agreement, a huge ear to ear grin plastered on their face.
You stare at it. "It only has two seats per cabin. One person will be left out…" You murmur.
"Oh, it's fine, I'll stay behind, looks boring anyhow!" Undyne smirks, and you could swear she gives Frisk a suspicious glance but before you can think about it anymore, you're already being pushed into the line along with Asgore and Toriel.
"FRISK AND I WILL GO TOGETHER!" The tall skeleton winks at the child. Okay something fishy is definitely going on and it's not Undyne…
"My child, are you sure you wouldn't like to come with me instead?" Toriel inquires glancing towards the larger goat monster briefly with some uneasiness. They sign something and the motherly monster smiles softly. "Oh alright…"
"What did they say?" You ask Sans quietly, curious as to what exactly is happening.
"Some lame excuse about wanting to share the moment with Pap." He smiles knowingly. Turning his mouth towards your ear he whispers into it. "Kid's trying to set them up again."
You let out a drawn out oh. "Then why do we have to go as well?"
"Less suspicious? Also I don't mind the idea. Seems nice."
Not one to disagree with that, you simply nod, the corners of your lips pulled up as you look up at it. "I bet you can see everything from up there." The small skeleton hums in agreement and takes your hand in his.
You take your seats and the wheel slowly starts its rise. Asgore and Toriel were in front of the two of you, Papyrus and Frisk behind you. You see Asgore's hand go for Toriel's and you think you hear a screech of excitement from Frisk, but it might just be your imagination. However, the smaller goat monster pulls away, and you can feel the disappointment emanating off of the king. You fight off a giggle, it would be rude.
Sans snorts slightly. "Knew it wouldn't be that easy."
You playfully smack his shoulder. "The ride's long, give them a chance."
"Sure."
As you slowly make your ascent the shades on the sky shift to darker tones. You look around you, your eyes shining. It's a beautiful sunset. When you're nearly at the top you point in the distance. "Hey it's Mt. Ebott! Looks better from a distance…" You comment.
"Tell me about it." Sans agrees. You lean your head over his shoulder as he puts his arm around your own.
The sky finally goes dark, the first stars shining shyly, illuminating the vastness above you. "It's gorgeous." You whisper, a pleasant tingling in your stomach.
You feel Sans rub his face against your head. "Not nearly as much as you…" You turn to face the small skeleton who's staring at you with loving eyes. "I love you so much…" He leans towards you, placing his mouth on your lips tenderly. You close your eyes for a second until you hear whistling behind you followed by fits of giggles as Sans turns to glower up at his brother and Frisk.
Firsk's face freezes and their eyes widen, their mouth hanging open as they tug on Papyrus' scarf repeatedly, pointing. You follow their gaze and see Toriel giggling at something Asgore said, one paw in front of her mouth and a pink blush somehow showing on her furry cheeks.
"Well that's unexpected…" Sans says with a look of pleasant surprise on his face.
It's clear that there's still some tension there. But it doesn't seem so thick. You can't help but smile.
As the ride comes to an end, you step out, walking with everyone else to meet with Undyne who has been joined by Alphys. She must have arrived when you were all at the top, she's still in her lab coat and everything. Frisk and Papyrus look thoroughly proud of themselves as the goat monsters seem to talk a little easier to each other.
"H-hey…" Alphys greets everyone. You all return her greeting. The tiny yellow monster looks up at you timidly. "A-are you doing alright?" She asks politely.
You smile and nod. "Yeah, today was really nice."
"That's g-good but I m-meant after what h-happened… Are you s-sure you're fine?" You're a bit taken aback by her question.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" You nervously run a hand through your hair, averting your gaze from hers.
"O-okay then…" She looks down at her hands. You could swear you saw a spark of worry on her face from the corner of your eye.
Not long after, you all decide it's time to go home. You're honestly quite exhausted, considering you didn't get much sleep and the day's activities were slightly draining. But Papyrus seems happy, and honestly so are you. Sans seems at ease himself, glad that you're feeling more cheerful.
So after saying your goodbyes you and the skeleton brothers start walking to their home. No, your home…
NOTE: The fluff! That's all I have to say! Hope you enjoyed reading this and please leave any feedback you may have :)