Sans

A month and a half... it's been an entire month and a half since I last saw her eyes... her smile... heard her laughter and voice... since i've been happy. Frisk and Toriel have tried telling jokes and pulling pranks to cheer me up but my souls just not in it. While they tried to cheer me up Undyne had taken Papyrus out a few times to see if 'training' could help him out of his depression but he's usual enthusiasm has almost completely been extinguished. He refuses to leave Duska's room now, not even for a sleepover with spaghetti involved.

"SANS... SHE'S NOT GOING TO WAKE UP..."

The sudden words make my soul stop, my mind draws a blank. I look towards my brother and see no bright light in his eyes, nothing. He's lost hope. He hasn't got an inch of hope left.

"p-papyrus... you know that she will... d-don't lose hope..."

"BUT THERE ISN'T A SIGN OF HER WAKING UP..."

"don't! don't you dare lose hope papyrus!"

I hated how I raised my voice at him but his hope is the only thing keeping me together. I see his eye sockets move as he looks at me with full on anger, something i've never seen him have.

"YOU CAN'T TALK SANS! YOU LOST HOPE AGES AGO! WHEN CHARA AND FRISK WERE RESETING YOU GAVE UP ON EVERYTHING!"

"you have no idea how hard that is to live with papyrus! to see your friends and family die and knowing that you've seen the sun but just can't remember what it feels like!"

"AND SO YOU GAVE UP!?! YOU JUST STOPPED CARING BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T REMEMBER THE SUN!?!"

He was pushing at all the right buttons, he knows what's going to push me and he's making sure that he's grabbing at them. His usual caring demeanor is completely gone as I stare into his eye socket's, their empty.

"i stopped trying because i couldn't deal with seeing you die again! i lost count at a hundred and fourty-something and i tried literally everything to save you! but in the end i still didn't save you! it was frisk! a kid saved you!"

"BECAUSE HE TRIED! UNLIKE YOU! YOU DIDN'T TRY!!"

"S-Stop... pl... please..."

The two of us freeze positions with the same question in both our heads, where did that third voice come from? We both look towards the door but it hasn't been opened, the door handle gets stuck in the downwards pointing position when it's been opened from the outside. We both then check the bed, the only other space in the room. Bright blue eyes stare back at us with a tired and worried expression.

"DU... DUS..."

Without another thought I run and throw myself onto her, hugging the kid as hard as I can. I feel Paps following my lead on the opposite side of the bed, wrapping one arm around me as well. Hearing Dus laugh as she slowly rests one of her hands onto my head was the greatest sound i've ever heard, and I can imagine that she's doing the same with Paps. The two of us cry as Duska just softly rubs our skulls, she probably doesn't even know why we're crying.

"I-I THOUGHT... I... I'M SORRY!!"

"Calm down... Paps... it's fine..."

She sounds tired more then weak, it was the one thing we needed. I don't know how much longer I could stay in this room, staring at her, without going crazy.

"dus... we were s-so s-scared..."

"Huh? Scared? What... happened?"

She doesn't have a clue... it takes a while for me and Paps to calm down enough to talk and even longer to not break down into tears while we explain how long she's been unconscious for. Once we finish Pap goes back in for a hug as I just sit awkwardly at the edge of the bed, looking down at my pink slippers. They're actually pretty dirty. A slight weight is placed onto my back which makes me turn around, Duska's eyes are focused on me as he holds Papyrus' hand.

"When I woke up... were you two... fighting?"

The two of us looked at each other but then quickly looked away which seemed to give the kid an answer. I here her sigh before pulling me backwards with my jacket and my head lands onto her legs.

"kid what-"

"Apologise! You two shouldn't be fighting!"

"dus-"

"Now!"

Sitting up again I turn around to see Papyrus twiddling his thumbs as he looks at them. I sigh and lift my legs up onto the bed so I could fully face him.

"sorry for pushing all that onto you bro..."

"SORRY FOR TALKING ABOUT THE TIMELINES SANS..."

We awkwardly stare at each other before rushing into each others arms, hugging each other as hard as we can. Dus chuckles and I see a large smile on her face as she looks at the two of us.

"Much better. You two look a lot happier when you aren't awkwardly avoiding each others gaze."

The two of us chuckle as we pull apart and look at the bedridden girl. Without warning the door slams open with Alphys and Undyne running in, Undyne almost throwing Papyrus off the bed to reach Duska's side.

"Punk, your awake!!"

"Yes Undyne. Calm down!"

She giggles as Undyne hugs her, loosening up once she realises that her hugs usually crush the huggee. Next Alphys comes up beside me and nervously smiles.

"I'm glad your a-awake Duska. Everyone was w-worried about you..."

"Thank you Alphys but i'm fine now. No need to be worried anymor-"

"DARLING!"

Oh. Great. Mettaton. He runs into the room with his arms full of gifts as he almost dumps them on me on me but instead onto the kids legs. She holds in her obvious pain as Mettaton then embraces her into a metal hug.

"Oh darling! I was so scared for you!"

"I'm fine Mettaton! But uh... could you please move those heavy presents off my legs?"

He jumps up and pushes them off quickly before putting them onto the floor, at least he isn't a heartless robot. The three must have been watching the cameras as they had came unusually fast and Mettaton must of took a detour to his room to grab the presents.

"Sorry hun, I was just so excited to hear that you were awake!"

I jumped off the bed and sat back onto my usual chair as I watch people come and go for the next few hours, all wanting hugs from Dus and all saying how worried they were. Chara even seemed happy to see her awake which... creeped me out a bit, not knowing if her liking Dus is a good thing or a bad thing. Toriel and Asgore leave with the kids once Dus falls asleep with Frisk in her arms, Toriel found it hard to decide if she should leave him or not but in the end she took him home. Pap fell asleep on the other side of where Frisk was laying but Dus didn't seem to mind, not even when he woke up briefly and grabbed her into an embrace.

"Sans?"

She looks at me with tired eyes but still smiling, she hasn't stopped since she woke up.

"your supposed to be sleeping."

"I know, but that chair doesn't seem comfortable. There's still room on the bed if you want."

I want to say no but the chair is incredibly uncomfortable, the one Paps was on was broken by Undyne at one point and the chair i've been using was attacked by an incredibly angry weed. I sigh and get up, walking over to the empty side just as Dus lifts some of the blanket for me. I lay down beside her and I hear Paps move a bit, he had moved more into the kids side with his head resting on her shoulder. She quietly chuckles just before giving him a kiss on the forehead, watching this seems to make my cheekbones feel hot. I ignore it and close my eye sockets, feeling sleep come close. Just before it does a small kiss is placed on my forehead before an arm wraps itself beneath my ribcage and pulls me closer to Duska.

"Nite Sans."

As the arm unwraps itself I place my own arm over her waist as I dig my head into the side of her shoulder. Her breathing slows and I listen to it for a while before deciding that I should get some sleep.

"nite dus."