Tsuyu - "Are you sure you're ready to be back Sans?"

Sans lounged on his desk with a big smile on his face. He didn't need his crutches, so long as he took it easy. He was still very tender in that side and was threatened by pretty much everyone in authority to be careful no to reopen his stitches.

Sans - "More than sure. It's so nice to finally have some normalcy back in my life."

Sans pulled out a ketchup bottle he managed to sneak from the house. Can't have normalcy without a snack.

Eijirou - "Bro, Ma said no ketchup when you're still healing."

His ketchup bottle was taken from him. He had to fight every instinct he had to not scowl or try to take it back. He was being unnecessarily coddled all the time. No ketchup, an eight o'clock bedtime, no junk food, no magic, Mayo has to go with him everywhere (not really an issue, but not the point.)

Mayo lay on his lap with a new leopard print harness and a matching bow on her dark blue collar. She was enjoying the attention she got from him and his classmates. Uraraka and Hagakure fawned over her the most.

Sans - "I'm going to get some water."

Sans left the classroom, as unhurried as he could. Mayo trotted beside him dutifully with her tail swishing this way and that.

Katsuki - "Richter! Wait up!"

Sans stilled and turned his head. Katsuki ran toward him and he couldn't help but smile. Katsuki wasn't able to stop by his house too often so it was a great surprise he ran after him. Sans was grabbed and spun around in a tight hug.

Katsuki - "I missed you, damn skeleton."

Sans - "Pulling out a classic aren't you?"

Katsuki - "Maybe...still can't talk?"

Sans - "Yes and no..."

Katsuki - "What do you mean?"

Sans smiled sheepishly and opened his mouth.

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His voice was barely above a whisper, more breathy than anything. Katsuki blinked his eyes and looked as confused as Alphys did when she found out.

Katsuki - "Uh, what?"

Sans snickered and turned to his tablet.

Sans - "It's called WingDings, the tongue of Skeleton Monsters. Human bodies shouldn't be able to reproduce the sounds, but here we are. It does give me a really bad sore throat so I'm sticking to the tablet for the moment. Alphys, being his student and my coworker, was to learn skeleton tongue over the period of decades. That's the main reason she's my primary doctor at the moment."

Katsuki - "Makes sense."

Amai - "Hey Kirishima, oh sorry Sans!"

Sans and Katsuki looked over to see Amai leaving a classroom with a stack of papers.

Katsuki - "Kirishima, eh?"

Katsuki pulled Sans into his side and smirked at him. Sans pointedly looked away with a guilty smile.

Sans - "What's up Amai?"

She smiled brightly with her eyes swapping from grey and white zigzags to light blue and white pinpricks against a navy background.

Amai - "Oh, taking papers to the gen ed. Classes. Though, it's a lot, would you mind helping me take them all?"

Sans - "No problem. Kats, can you tell Mr. Aizawa where I went?"

Katsuki - "Fine, see you later, skeleton freak."

Sans snickered and kissed his cheek.

Sans - "Love you too blasty bitch."

Katsuki's face flushed and he kissed his hairline before sulking off. Sans turned his head to friend with a grin.

Sans - "Alright, where's those papers?"

Amai - "Here you go, I'll grab the other stack."

Sans held the stack of papers, almost buckling under their weight. It was quite the stack of printer paper. Amai returned holding an equally hefty stack of paper.

Amai - "The gen ed. classes use the printers a lot more than any of the other classes and I had a free period so I was asked to retrieve some. Is it too heavy for you?"

Sans opened his mouth, froze and sheepishly shook his head. His tablet was on the top of his paper stack so he was a little speechless you could say. Mayo trotted at his feet with her harness hanging from her mouth.

Amai - "Looks like little miss Mayo is doing such a good job as always!"

Sans nodded enthusiastically. She was the best girl in all of Japan.

Amai - "Pardon if this is a bit forward, but why did he follow you?"

Sans turned his attention to her fully. Where did that come from?

Amai - "Sorry. When we first met, it looked like they had all left you to have their own fun, but came back as soon as someone new decided to talk to you. I had a friend back in Okinawa with her own group of friends that acted a lot like yours. 

 They never let her branch out to make new friends, left her alone all the time or just straight up abandoned her when they all went to do something, or just mocked her ruthlessly. I don't think your friends are like that! It's just reminding me of her situation. I don't want you to suffer like she did."

Sans looked away from her. He owed Natsumi a serious apology. Sans was far from stupid, he knew when someone was trying to manipulate him. She was trying to isolate him from his friends and family.

"Kirishima Sans, please report to Principal Nezu's office, immediately."

He wondered when Nezu was going to step in. Figured he would notice it too.

Amai - "Here, give me your papers. Best not keep the principal waiting."

Sans heaved the papers on her pile and speed walked away. Best not indeed. He saw the squad racing to him as soon as he reached Nezu's office and they burst in before him. He was still ticked off with Eijirou taking his ketchup, but he was just looking out for him (even if it was getting on his nerves.)

Nezu - "Bakugo, Kirishima, Ashido, Kaminari, Sero, Iida, and Aizawa-Yamada. I need to speak with Sans alone. Please return to your classroom, or I will have you escorted there."

Sans - "Everything's fine. Go back to the classroom. I'll be there in a bit."

Katsuki - "If you need me, I'm only a text away."

One by one, the squad filed out of the room. Nezu's camera showed them making their way back to the class.

Nezu - "As you're aware, your tablet has tracking software and a recorder that gives me a live feed of  ongoing conversations. How did you come to meet Miss Ono?"

Sans - "The others and I were in the park and they were goofing off at the monkey bars. She approached me and introduced herself as Ono Amai who got a scholarship here that got misplaced in her old school's system."

Nezu - "That matches my information. Online records show her birth fifteen years ago, her school records, and medical records. However, they didn't exist prior to two months ago. Her record spans fifteen years, but was only uploaded two months ago. One could only assume something nefarious  was going on."

Sans - "I think she figured I liked her enough for her to try and plant seeds of doubt in my mind about my loved ones. She wants to isolate me and "swoop in as my then only friend I could trust." It's a common tactic used by abusers. I assume you called me here, related to her."

Nezu - "Precisely. I want you to let her "manipulate" you so we can find out what she's planning. It's too coincidental that this young lady appears out of nowhere and tries to manipulate one of the strongest students in UA. This could just be about the incident involving the man who speaks in hands, or just because you're the top student in the hero course.

It would be prudent to figure out what angle she's working and because you're the one she's actively trying to manipulate, you're the best pick for this undercover mission. Are you okay with it? This mission will be extremely mentally and emotionally taxing and I will not force you to take it."

Sans had to give this serious thought. If he took the task, he couldn't tell his friends. He would have to purposely distance himself to satisfy whatever goal Amai wanted to achieve. He was currently without his magic, which made him defenseless, but...

Sans - "If I do this, I'm going to need protect for my friends and family and some kind of weapon for myself. My magic is on the fritz. I can barely use my blue magic and I can't use my shortcuts or blasters at all."

Nezu - "Done. I have a multitool I built myself. It has a flashlight, a 16.5m voltage taser, a switchblade, a screwdriver, a panic button, and a can opener. It's the only one of its kind and small enough to hide in your pockets. If you're in a dire situation, press the button. It will send all audio to me immediately as well as send your location to your mothers, Eraserhead, Present Mic, Vlad King, Kirishima, and Bakugo."

Sans - "Thank you. Quick, unrelated question, why did you call me "Kirishima Sans" over the speaker?"

Nezu - "That's how you introduced yourself to Miss Ono. I changed your name in all your legal documents to match. To everyone looking for you online, see you as Kirishima W. Sans."

Sans - "Cool, thanks, I won't get teased about that at all. Now let's get this shitty show on the road."

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