I highly recommend rereading the story if you're one of the ones who waited about 6 months for me to post this chapter… sorry about that…

"Sans!" Monika yells at Sans to wake him up… It's not very affective.

"Saaaaaaaans!" Sayori now starts trying to wake him up, but he's still asleep.

"No! You guys are doing it wrong!" Natsuki yells out to the club, as she attempts to wake him up in her way.

Natsuki raises her hand in the air, trying to attempt to hit Sans. She almost succeeds with her plan, if it were not for Monika.

Before Natsuki could hit Sans, Monika grabs her wrist. "W-What's that for?!" Natsuki questions.

"N-Now now, Natsuki, there isn't a need for violence here!" Monika tries to soothe Natsuki into calming down.

"Yeah, well how else are we going to wake him up? Yelling at him isn't working, and-" Natsuki is then cut off by Yuri.

"Well… You don't have to slap him to wake him up… Pinching him would be a lot less violent, and less dramatic." Yuri then suggest to club room.

"Good thinking… But I still don't think we should resolve to that kind of treatment." Monika shut down Yuri's suggestion, as she turned back towards Sans. "I guess we're just going to have to start doing poems without him, if he doesn't wake up any soon." Monika stated.

"And I thought Sayori was the heaviest sleeper I knew." Jack said.

"Hey, I've been trying to wake up earlier!" Sayori responded, Jack just chuckled a bit.

"Guys! Let's get focused at the problem at hand here!" Natsuki demanded towards Jack and Sayori.

"Well… Monika did say we might have to do poems without him… If he isn't going to wake up." Yuri reassured the club.

"Aw, I wanted to read his poem though…" Sayori said, a little disappointed.

"Well, maybe you would've if Monika just me at least hit Sans, we'd be able too." Natsuki said, arms crossed together.

Sayori had a cute, pained expression at her face as she looked at Monika. Then Natsuki and Yuri looked at Monika too, both looking a little sad not being able to wake up Sans.

"…" Monika sweats a little, as she turned over to the side to see Jack, looking back at her, then she looks back at the remaining club members, and lets out a little sigh.

"I'm… not sure about this." Monika said, looking down a little.

"I don't really see how this is that much of a big deal, all I'm trying to do is hit him to wake him up. It's not like it's never been done before." Natsuki stated.

Monika let out a sigh, "Well…" Monika hesitated, "How about we put it to a vote?" Monika smiled nervously. "I vote no." Monika said.

"I vote yes, then." Natsuki was the first too reply.

Sayori spoke up, "If it means reading Sans's poem..." Sayori stopped and thought about it, "…I vote yes then." Sayori made up her mind.

It was then Yuri's turn to speak, "I'd… love to read Sans's poem, but I'm fine if I have to wait any longer, I don't suppose it's that big of an ordeal. I vote no…" Yuri voted no.

It was a tie between the two sides on what they should do in the situation, Natsuki and Sayori decided they should, while Monika and Yuri decided they shouldn't. The four girls turned to the last club member that hadn't voted, Jack.

"Well… What do you think, Jack?" Monika asked Jack on what he thought of the situation, before he had the chance to speak.

"Oh… Well as Yuri said it's not really a big deal, it's pretty silly we have to go through all of this just to wake him up." Jack then paused for a moment as he thought about something. "Actually, I think I have a better idea." Jack said.

"Oh yeah? And what'd that be?" Natsuki said aggressively. "We've tried almost everything, but he still keeps sleeping!"

Jack breaths in, "Actually… I think it's called napping."

Sans eyes jolts open, as he flings his body up into his chair, grin drooping a bit.

"Sans?!" Monika said, a little startled by Sans's action.

"Oh… I guess I didn't need to use my plan anyways." Jack sounded a little surprised.

"Sans, you're awake!" Sayori said excitingly.

"Finally!" Natsuki said, acting tough.

Sans let out a yawn, "oh… well glad to see you guys didn't get 'tired' of me." Sans winked.

"…Back to sleep now." Sayori demanded, again in a pretty cute way. Sans chuckled at that

"yeah sure." Sans said as he put head and arms back on the desk, closing his eyes.

"N-No! Sans you know what I meant!" Sayori said.

Sans peeled an eye open, "you sure? im pretty sure i remember what you said loud and clear."

Monika started speaking, "Sans… Please don't do that on us again." She stopped, as she noticed a little bit of uncomfortableness displayed on Sans. "But what worries me is how you woke up… I may have only known you for a few days, but it doesn't seem like you to just… do that. It looked like you woke up from a nightmare."

"Yeah… I noticed that too, actually." Yuri started speaking. "The fact you're able to sleep through all we did to wake you up, it's pretty concerning."

Sans lifted his head and arms off the desk, clearly uncomfortable. "jeez, i just woke up and you guys are hitting me with this kinda stuff? don't worry 'bout me though, i'm what people call a heavy sleeper." Sans winked.

Natsuki started speaking as well, "No Sans, now that I think about it, they both have a point. It worries me a bit, especially when you add in what you said after you said after you read my poem yesterday." The entire club raised an eyebrow in curiosity to what Sans could've about her poem.

"Wait… What did Sans say?" Sayori asked. Natsuki was going to answer but was cut off by Sans.

"oh that…? it was just me saying i related to her poem, nothing much." Sans paused, "speaking of poems… shouldn't we be sharing 'em? i actually have one today, as promised." Sans finished, as he looked towards Monika, attempting to change the subject.

The club noticed Sans was trying to change the subject they were talking about, Monika decided to speak up, however.

"Sans-" She didn't even get to finish before Sans cut her off.

"alright, listen… i know you guys are concerned about my, sleeping habits." Sans emphasized the last part, "but you guys are looking way into it, i'm fine." Sans gave confident grin.

"…You sure, Sans?" Monika said, as the club looked up to him.

"yeah." Sans reassured the club, still with his grin. The club smiled back at Sans, feeling a bit calmer about his health.

"now uh… poems?" Sans said.

Monika smiled a little wider as she gained the clubs attention, "Alright club! Time to share our poems!"

The club nodded as they got out their poems. While Sans took his crumbled poem from his jacket pocket.

Sans was heading towards Jack to share his poem with him first, since it cut off yesterday, but Sayori beat him too it. Natsuki and Yuri were also partnered up, so that left Monika and Sans.

Sans let out a sigh, as he approached Monika. "sup, pres."

"Hey Sans…?" Monika said, sounding more like a question than a greeting.

Sans noticed how Monika greeted him and was confused a little himself. He noticed Monika looking down a little, as so did he, too see his crumbled-up paper.

Sans chuckled as he realized why Monika acted like that, "well, told you not to get your hopes up." Sans winked, as he handed her his poem.

"Well, I haven't even read it yet." Monika said as she took Sans poem. "Besides, if it's bad, the club will help you any way we can to make it improve!" Monika said cheerfully.

"thanks monika, definitely making this club a nice place to be in. surprised there aren't much people here." Sans said, as he took Monika's poem to read as well.

"Oh… Well, I try my best!" Monika smiled.

Sans grinned back, as he and Monika began to read each other's poems;

Save Me

The colors, they won't stop.

Bright, beautiful colors

Flashing, expanding, piercing

Red, green, blue

An endless

Cacophony

Of meaningless

Noise

The noise, it won't stop

Violent, grating waveforms

Speaking, screeching, piercing

Sine, cosine, tangent

Like playing a chalkboard on a turntable

Like playing a vinyl on a pizza crust

An endless

Poem

Of meaningless

Load Me;

Sans eyes widened a bit, getting hints of what this poem is about, hoping he is wrong. Sans breathed in, and out. Looking up from the poem, to see Monika looking right back at him, into his mismatched eyes.

"So… how'd you like it?" Monika asked, smile on her face.

Sans closed his eyes as he thought of how to respond, "well… it's definitely a mouth full."

Monika's face frowned a bit, "You don't like it?"

Sans opened his eyes. "no i like it, trust me on that, but uh… do ya' like video games, monika?" Sans questioned, looking right into Monika's eyes.

Monika's initial reaction was a little bit of shock, considering she didn't expect Sans to get that far into realizing the meaning of her poem, she tried to cover up that reaction with a false calm state. "V-Video games? I don't play much of them, though I-" She then got cut off by Sans.

"monika, this might be a little hypocritical on my part to ask you this, but about that 'epiphany' you've been having…" Sans paused for a moment closing his eyes as he took in a deep breath. "you doin' okay?" Sans asked as he opened his left eye.

Monika hesitated for moment, smile vanishing from her face. After all, she did not expect that kind of straight up approach from Sans.

"eh, sorry, guess i'm jumping the gun a little here." Sans put his hand behind his head, "anyways, what'd you think about my poem?"

Monika stayed silent for a bit, "It's… nice" Monika said, Sans soon picking up on Monika's hesitation.

"thanks monika, not gonna lie though, it was way harder to make than how it looks." Sans said, as Monika slowly looked up at him. "though it was my first time doing something with this level of literature in it for a while, so who am i too complain, am i right, monika?" Sans tried to carry on the conversation for Monika, due to Sans being able to tell she wasn't feeling a hundred percent after what Sans said to her.

"Yeah…" Monika's head dropped down a bit thinking of what she should say next, trying to choose carefully with her words. She now knew Sans's deductive skills are way more advanced then she thought. "…Your style mostly reminds me of Natsuki's style the most, really." Monika finally said.

Sans noticed how Monika took a while to respond to Sans, but didn't think too much about it. "i actually went with suki's style due to it's nice and easy to write format. plus, the poem could be a lot 'shorter' if i went with that kinda style." Sans snuck in a pun which referenced Natsuki's height, making him grin a little wider.

Monika understood the pun, and let out a little chuckle, admittedly making her feel a little better, and less nervous. "Well, that's great Sans." Monika started to be able to power her brain again, "But I think you should explore different writing styles next time, it'd be great to find your style of writing. Maybe you should try Yuri's style of writing tomorrow, just to experiment a little more." Monika said as she regained her all-knowing smile, and confident approach.

Sans's grin fell a bit, after hearing what Monika said, "sure… i can do that." Sans said as he grew a little more tired from just thinking about having to write another poem, in a more complex manner.

Monika noticed his expression, "Don't worry Sans, just try, the club is here to support you, always!" She said to cheer Sans up from his current train of thought.

Sans noticed, and his grin picked up a bit more, gaining more confidence. "thanks monika, and if you need help too, just know i'm here as well." Sans said as he gave a gentle wink.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Monika questioned.

Sans only let out a chuckle before he looked around the clubroom, "welp, looks like everyone else is done, here's your poem back." Sans said as he handed her poem back.

Monika grabbed her poem, as Sans grabs his back from Monika as well. "Good work Sans." Monika Said as she parted ways with him.

"you too." Sans replied.

'interesting monika, there's a way lot more to you than i thought… now i wonder what your hidin..'

Sans next person to go talk too was going to be Jack due to not being able to talk to him yesterday, but as soon as he turned his back to face Jack, Natsuki was approaching him.

Sans got a little annoyed at this but shrugged it off, knowing he could probably make it next time. Though, he noticed Monika went over to Sayori, which meant that his next partner was going to be-

"Hello, Sans…" Yuri.

Sans turned back and looked down at Yuri, "sup, yuri, gonna try to out pun me again?" Sans says as he winks.

Yuri blushes slightly at the wink, "No thanks, Sans, even with you going easy on me, I'm sure I'd lose…"

"c'mon yuri, maybe if you just got a joke book for yourself you can even stand a chance against me." Sans grin becomes a little wider.

Yuri chuckles, "I don't think a book can beat an expect in one go, Sans."

"aw, thanks yuri im flattered. callin' me an expert n' all." Sans says teasingly, winking yet again.

Yuri blushes as she realized what she said, struggling to make out a sentence. Sans chuckles at the site of seeing a flustered yuri.

"and also yuri, i said you might stand a chance…" He said as he closes his eyes. "of couse a book ain't gonna get me, but you gotta start somewhere, 'sides, puns may be annoying and all to most people, but you gotta admit, it is a use on clever word play, so maybe it helps in literature, too." Sans shrugs, as he opens his eyes, still grinning.

Yuri, who gained her composure after what Sans said earlier, nods in agreement, smiling. "That's why I can't wait to read your poem Sans…! Believe it or not, I've never thought of the concept of someone who is really clever with word play were to make a poem, such as yourself." Yuri says.

Sans grin falls a little, while he's sweating a little too. "well uh, don't get your hopes up too high, this is my first time in a while actually doin' something like this, ya' know." Sans says as he looks to the side. "so it's not gonna be that great, compared to yours anyway."

Yuri looks a little shocked, due to the fact she never saw Sans like that before, besides the time he forgot to do his poem, and that she caused it of all people. "Oh… Don't worry Sans, I'm sure the people in the club would love to help you improve."

"funny, monika said the exact same thing." Sans said, rising his grin once again. "sure, maybe i'll try a little harder next time." Sans said.

Yuri was about to respond, before being cut off.

"OH MY GOSH!" Sayori yelled out, gaining the clubs attention. "DID SANS JUST SAY HE WAS GOING TO WORK EVEN HARDER?!" She said with a surprised expression.

"No way…!" Jack said, also dumfounded, "Yuri, what kind off black magic did you use on him?" Jack accused Yuri. Before Yuri could respond, she was cut off again.

"Who are you, and what did you do to the real Sans!" Natsuki yelled out, pointing towards Sans.

All Sans could do in the situation was chuckle, thinking the way the club reacted was cute, with Monika also doing the same.

"yep ori, you heard right." Sans grinned a bit more, "guess im gonna work myself, 'down to the bone'" Sans said.

The club stayed silent…

"I don't get it." Natsuki said, confused. Sans eyes widened a little, forgetting he was still a human.

He quickly thought of a well witted response, "oh sorry, guess we weren't talking about skeletons." C'mon Sans, really? What kind off well witted response was that?! Ugh, anyways… This left the classroom even more confused.

"welp, that wasn't very 'humerus' of me." The club suddenly got what Sans was setting up, and groaned, even Yuri let out a sign of displeasure. Good work Sans…

"I still don't get it…" Natsuki said, even more confused.

"Alright club, back to sharing our poems!" Monika ordered, still smiling.

"Sure can do!" Jack said, looking back towards Natsuki. While Monika and Sayori looked back at each other.

Sans and Yuri looked back at each other, "well that was interesting… it's only been a few days, and you guys already get excited at the site of me doing work." Sans said.

Before Yuri could speak, she gets cut off… yet again…

"I STILL DON'T GET IT!" Natsuki yelled, which showed the little fang in her mouth. Though the club ignored her, except Jack, who gained Natsuki's attention by trying to explain the joke to her.

Sans only chuckled at the scene again, though stopped when he saw Yuri's frustrated face.

"somethin' botherin ya, yuri?" Sans asked.

Yuri opened her mouth to talk, but got cut off, AGAIN!

"is it because people keep cutting you off when you attempt to talk?" Sans closed his eyes, grinning even wider.

Before Yuri could respond-

"yeah, i understand how you feel, i hate people who do that to me." Sans grin turns into a smug one, as he opens one of his eyes to look at her expression. Which shows even more frustration then how it did before.

Sans chuckled, "alright, i give you permission to speak, i swear the gods won't make another clever situation to prevent you from speaking." He said, still with one eye open, he's done with his fun.

Yuri looks at him skeptically, "Good..." Yuri says, relieved she didn't get cut off again.

"anyways, ready to share poems, im sure the others are almost done, we might have to rush this one." Sans says.

"Right, here's mine." She hands Sans her poem, and Sans takes his out of his hoodie pocket.

Yuri looks at the crumbled piece of paper confusingly, but accepts it anyways, as Sans accepts hers.

Sans begins to read her poem;

It happened in the dead of night while I was slicing bread for a guilty snack.

My attention was caught by the scuttering of a raccoon outside my window.

That was, I believe, the first time I noticed my strange tendencies as an unordinary human.

I gave the raccoon a piece of bread, my subconscious well aware of the consequences.

Well aware that a raccoon that is fed will always come back for more.

The enticing beauty of my cutting knife was the symptom.

The bread, my hungry curiosity.

The raccoon, an urge.

The moon increments its phase and reflects that much more light off of my cutting knife.

The very same light that glistens in the eyes of my raccoon friend.

I slice the bread, fresh and soft. The raccoon becomes excited.

Or perhaps I'm merely projecting my emotions onto the newly-satisfied animal.

The raccoon has taken to following me.

You could say that we've gotten quite used to each other.

The raccoon becomes hungry more and more frequently, so my bread is always handy.

Every time I brandish my cutting knife, the raccoon shows me its excitement.

A rush of blood. Classic Pavlovian conditioning. I slice the bread.

And I feed myself again

Sans finished reading the poem, he looks up and see's Yuri looking back at him, smiling.

"I was way more daring with this poem's than yesterday's." Yuri said.

"uh…" Was all Sans could say before he got cut off.

"Sorry if it was too metaphorical, I'd understand if you got really confused by this, Natsuki got confused when I showed it to her as well."

"yeah i could tell, this definitely seems like your writing style." Sans says. "Though I think this poem has a 'sharp point' to it that im missing." Sans winked, Yuri's eyes widened, the pun surprised her. "though i can't seem to 'cut' to the chase, i don't know what this poem is really about." Sans shrugged.

"W-Well…" Yuri doesn't know what to think, 'maybe he's just punning off the fact a knife was brought up in the poem.' She thought, trying to calm herself down. 'yeah… that has to be it.'

"I believe many people can relate to this poem in their own ways…" Yuri said.

"how do you relate to this…?" Sans questioned her.

"For me, I wanted to express the way it feels for me to indulge in some of my more… unusual hobbies…" Yuri said that last part a little awkwardly.

Sans chuckles, "yeah i gotcha, guess that could really apply to everyone, huh? especially me." Sans shrugged.

Yuri chuckled, "Speaking of you, I can see why you didn't want people to have high expectations for your poem." She said.

Sans nodded, "told ya, ain't really do this kinda stuff often..."

"N-No, I'm not saying it's bad…! But it's short, and I can tell it's a lot like Natsuki's kind off style."

"yep." Sans agreed "it's because i thought her style would be the easiest for me to write in." He gave the same excuse he gave too Monika.

"Well, sense you said you would work a little harder, think you could try going for a more complex style next time…? I-I'm not forcing you too or anything, but due to you being a beginner, I think it would be really well for you too explore more styles and possibilities."

Sans chuckled, "monika said the exact same thing to me, y'know… guess this place really is filled with cute, and talented poets." Sans winked at Yuri. Yuri blushed as red as a tomato when her brain processed what Sans just said. She couldn't even form a sentence with her mind racing so fast.

Sans let out a laugh due to teasing Yuri once again, "anyways," Sans handed her poem back, "nice job on the amazing poem, great job yet again." Sans said as he grabbed his poem from Yuri's hand, who still couldn't even talk properly.

"Y-Y-You too…!" She said, stuttering frequently through her words.

"have a 'knife' day…" Sans punned, however, Yuri didn't pick up on it due to her still freaking out.

As Sans was walking away from Yuri, he couldn't help but think a little more on Yuri's poem…

'so yuri cuts herself huh… interesting… she definitely isn't depressed, i can tell, and she referred to it as a hobby… yeah i can definitely see how that can be weird… maybe i'll bring it up later whenever i get a little closer to yuri as a person…'

HHaaahh…

Yeah so sorry for taking a giant hiatus off of this, school's over now, and I got enough motivation to continue this story. Once I get sayori's and natsukis poems out of the way, I think I'll be gold for a while and be able to continue this story without having to work off of motivation spikes for now on. But thanks to everyone who wrote reviews about this story and wanted to see it continued, it really inspired me to keep going. ;)

Also there've been to many reviews for me to respond to during my hiatus… that or im just super lazy… but thanks for reading this story, and encouraging me to continue it.