A/N: Hey! Here's another shortish one. Sorry bout that ^^' and thank you Wolfdragon for your kind review, means a lot to me :) alright, enjoy!

Roma

"Roma, for the last time, quit ditching your security guards!" Reginald scolded angrily.

"Sorry..." I whispered, feeling genuinely sorry. Not sorry enough to stop ditching my security guards, but still sorry.

"Let me get this straight. You left behind your security guard just so you can explore the city unrestricted?"

"Uh...yeah..." I said awkwardly, as I'd left out Sans in my explanation.

"Do you know easy it would've been for somebody to simply pull you in to an alley? And than 'poof'! Gone, not a word of you, ransomed away. It doesn't matter if it was in broad daylight, these things can happen. And people will put in the effort to make these things happen with people like you."

He sighed when I stayed silent out of disagreement.

"You know it's true. Besides, your terrible sense of direction would only make their job easier."

I pouted. "I always find my way to where I need to go..."

"Yes, eventually."

When I still said nothing, he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look. You know that I'm not even the one who's fighting for this the most. Think about your mother."

I cringed at the mention of my mother. I knew how much it would hurt her if anything happened to me.

"You know how hurt she'd be if her fears came true. If you got hurt because of your own wealth. She's only trying to protect you while she's gone, okay?" he said softly.

"...Alright," I muttered.

He smiled softly and placed his hand on my shoulder. "Now, please. Don't keep wandering off. For me, yourself, and your mother. Alright?"

"...Alright."

After class, I approached Sans' hot dog stand. I really did try to resist the urge to see him. But I couldn't help myself! I was just so curious as to what I could learn from him. Plus there was...I don't know, calling, besides my ordinary curiosity. I just had to see him. Besides, I could get back home before Reginald had time to worry!

"Hey Sans!" I called, as confidently as I could.

He looked up, and he grinned. Maybe he always looked like that, but part of me thought the grin was genuine. "wow, hey lady. looks like you didn't dogdge after all."

"Of course not!" I spoke as I reached his stand, momentarily missing the pun. "Wait...did you just...?"

His eyes, or those little pinpoints in his sockets, seemed to glow with mirth.

I chuckled. "You like your puns, don't you?"

"yeah, puns are pretty pun to use."

I stifled a small laugh. "Oh my god."

He continued to smile. I think he was happy that he made me laugh.

"what'll you have, lady?" he asked.

"The same as yesterday, please."

He nodded and began to prepare my order. "ya know," he spoke, as he got the got the hot dog. "you seem a bit uh, calmer than before."

That comment made me nervous for some reason.

Probably because it was true.

"Um...no! No, sorry, maybe I'm just like that with most people when I first meet them..."

He just continued to smile as he handed me my hot dog.

I began to eat it nervously, keeping my focus on the snack.

"don't worry about it. it's normal to be nervous around monsters. we're a completely different species that you've never seen before, and we've gotten a bad rep, so it makes sense that you'd be a little nervous," he reasoned.

I swallowed a bite, feeling very slighted that he was telling me I was afraid. "I wasn't nervous, I swear..."

"sure lady," he spoke, grinning devilishly. "if it makes you happy again, forget i said anything. i liked you more when you were happy."

The sweet comment caught me off guard, so I blushed. Choosing to ignore my blush, I asked him, "Well, than aren't you nervous?"

"huh? uh, no?" he said, clearly surprised.

I grinned. "Well, it'd makes sense if you were. After all, we're a completely different species you've never met before, and we've gotten a bad rep, so it makes sense that you'd be a little nervous."

He blinked. "well, touché. but i've already met a human in the underground. i'm not nervous."

"Than I'm not nervous either," I said cheekily.

"it's written all over your face that you are."

"Yeah, well...!" I trailed off, my finger in the air like I was about to make some wicked comeback. Instead, once I saw that his ever present grin was still there, I just looked like a wicked idiot. "W-well...I guess if you're nervous, you don't show it."

"guess i've got a good poker face."

"Oh? You play cards?"

"nah. i just got years of practice."

I frowned. He was still smiling when he said that, but something in his face kind of changed. It was hard to describe. But it felt sad to me.

But I obviously couldn't call him out on it, so I simply ended up blurting out the next thing on my mind. "Oh, so it is a choice for you to always look like that."

He laughed. "well, first person that finally had the guts to ask me. i can tell all you humans wonder if my face can change, but nobody has the guts to ask."

I laughed with him. "That so?"

He winked and said, "yeah. tibia-nest, i don't know if i'd have the guts to ask myself either."

As I snorted at the terrible pun, he shrugged. "well, i dunno if i can change expressions well."

"Oh, I'm sure you can!" I insisted.

"well, i'm sure you wouldn't wanna see it anyway." There was that melancholy again.

I frowned. "I'm sure I would. Come on, just do it!"

He thought about it for a second, before shrugging. "ok, fine. how's this?"

The air suddenly changed. His eyes turned black as night. But not hollow; no, this was empty. The type of emptiness that could contain anything within the depths of its darkness. His smile drooped sinisterly, but still remained upon his face, hanging ominously, and I felt a chill crawl down my back.

A moment passed by, with me almost petrified. I felt so...overwhelmed. As if by some force, and I didn't know why. All I knew was that I wanted it to stop, so I made it stop.

"That's um...q-quite an expression change..."

He quickly went back to his goofy expression, as if nothing happened. "thanks. i guess i'm a man of many faces, or uh, something like that."

I wasn't satisfied with that though. "Can you do anything else but smile?"

He seemed a bit taken aback. Maybe he thought I'd be shocked by his expression change for a bit longer. "well...i can't give away too many secrets. that's what a poker face is for, lady."

"Okay..."

"but it's not a poker face anyway. i just got a lot to smile about," he clarified.

"Yeah, sure," I said, grinning teasingly at him. "You sure you're not hiding anything behind that smile?"

He stared at me, his grin not falling. I think I saw his eye twitch. "heh, maybe. what about you? you got anything behind your sunny attitude?"

I laughed nervously. "Okay, okay. Maybe you are just a natural smiler."

He seemed content with this answer, so we dropped the conversation. I ate in silence, gathering up the courage for my next question. "Do you um...do you mind if I keep asking you questions?"

He rose a brow...bone. "huh? what uh, kinda questions?"

"Oh, I'll try not to make them too personal! I'd just like to learn about your life as a monster...and as a person."

He seemed rather shocked. "why?"

Now I was shocked. Why do people always ask me that? Why do people get frightened by these situations? Why don't people get this!? "Um...why? Because how many chances will I get to learn about the life of a person from a different species, and practically a different world!? This is an incredible opportunity! I want to take advantage of it, and learn even more! I'm not nervous to find out, I swear! I'm excited!" I noticed my excitement and dialed it back. "Plus...as an individual, monster or human, you seem interesting to me too. So I'd want to talk to you anyway, even if you were human."

He stared at me, his grin/poker face on (I still wasn't sure which it was yet). Something about his grin felt...warmer. Like it became less of a grin, and more of a smile. "well...can't say i expected that. alright, you mayo-sk me."

I chuckled at the terrible pun. "Ok, definitely my first question. Why do you relish these terrible puns!?"

Hope you liked it! Ps in case anyone didn't catch on, the face Sans made is that creepy face he makes when u piss him off or he's being serious. Review if you can, thanks! Byee