"BROTHER YOUR LATE AGAIN- ...
WHERE IS YOUR SHIRT?"

When we arrived back at the safehouse, Papyrus was there to greet us.

"Well, you see-"

Mid-sentence Papyrus looked at me with wide eyes cutting G! off completely, "(Y/N)?! WHAT HAPPENED?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!"

He rushed right past G! and Undyne to me. He gently lifted my arm where my wound was covered, to his 'face', inspecting it.

"I'm fine, Papyrus! There is no need to worry. G! patched me up."

"ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE, (Y/N)?"

"Yes."

Papyrus let go of me and held a hand to his chest breathing out a sigh of relief, "THAT'S GOOD...
HOW DID YOU GET HURT IN THE FIRST PLACE?"

I glanced G!'s way and he shook his head to say 'no'.

I don't know what to say...

I was clearly wearing a troubled expression. G! was about to take over when Undyne threw her arm over Papyrus' shoulder.

"Who cares about that! You should hear about what happened after!!" Undyne had an evil grin on her face and looked G!'s way to get a 'Don't you f*ckin dare' look back.

But Undyne decided to poke the bear, "So listen the Punk's...... soul..." Undyne faded out her own sentence as she looked over at me, she had her eyes wide like she just realized something that was kissing her nose. She pushed Papyrus towards G! and then she was right in front of me in a flash.

She grabbed a bundle of my shirt slamming me onto one of the walls of the safe house.

"Ow!"

My head hit the back of the wall with much force.

"What the hell, Punk?!"

"UNDYNE?!"

"What are you doing?!"

G! and Papyrus spoke simultaneously and tried to step towards us, but Undyne summoned a magic spear and slammed it down blocking their path.

I was very confused and totally surprised by her sudden attack.

"W-what did I-?"

"You said, you actively avoid monsters before in the gathering area!! So, tell me, why aren't you a pure soul?!"

Papyrus and G! froze at her words. I met eyes with G! for a moment, but... his eyes weren't looking at me, they were looking past me... I could see regret, guilt, worry, but those were not new. This time though I saw something that I hadn't seen before...

Fear.

What if you did something so awful, and maybe a bit horrifying,  that you weren't even worried about what you did, but terrified about how people would react if they knew?
That was the expression G! wore.

...

I looked back to Undyne and slowly shook my head 'no'.

Undyne got pissed at my silence and slammed me to the wall again. I closed my eyes and tensed at the pain, "Answer me!!"

When I looked up again G! was right behind Undyne. He gently put his hand on her shoulder, "Put her down."

Undyne jumped back dropping me down surprised by G! presents. I fell straight to the ground my legs feeling a bit like jello.

"Damn-it! I hate when you do that!"

G! leaned down to my level, "You okay?"

I nodded and G! carefully helped me to my feet.

Undyne recovered quickly, "What the hell, Sans?! I'm so sick of you helping this human!! Why is she so important?!"

G! eyes were dark and hollow, I couldn't even tell what he was thinking.

"... let's go, Dove."

G! took my hand and walked past Undyne, as we passed Papyrus, G! nodded to him and Papyrus returned it, in an unspoken conversation.

Undyne went to grab me, but Papyrus blocked her path, "UNDYNE? A WORD, PLEASE?"

G! used this as an opportunity and continued walking further into the safehouse towards the rooms. We also passed a few monsters that refused to met eye contact and coughed awkwardly.

Great~ We had an audience... can't wait for the new rumors to start. But...

G! squeezed my hand harder as he saw the other monsters, he ignored them and headed towards his room.

I can't worry about that right now.

💚Undyne's POV💚

"Papyrus! Let go of me! I know what I saw!!"

Paps had a tight grip on my arm as he leads me to one of the meeting rooms. We passed a few monsters, that more than likely overheard the event that just happened, but at this point, I was too pissed and worried to care.

"Dude, she is alone with Sans!! Aren't you worried?!"

Paps remained quiet as we finally reached Meeting Room A. He pushed me forward with a bit of force and locked the door as he entered.

"What the hell?!" I slammed my fist into the wall, rage flowing through me, "You know as well as I, that to active your human soul you have to kill a monster!!"

"THAT IS NOT THE ONLY  WAY THAT A HUMAN'S SOUL CAN BE ACTIVATED."

I met Paps' eyes and his whole body had a serious air around him ...I never liked seeing him like this.
I liked when he was super positive, loving, caring, and even a little naive.
The Paps I know...

This made me feel on edge, something was going on that I clearly didn't know about.

I took a deep breath and walked to the table in the room, sitting down.

"What don't I know?"

Paps perked up a little when he saw that I had calm down but remained stern.

He walked to the opposite side of me and sat down as well.

Paps was totally quiet for a long time thinking about how the right way to say whatever he was about to tell me.

...

I'm not super patient, but I waited for Paps to speak again.

...

Paps sighed deeply before finally speaking a bit softer and slow, "...THE HUMAN WAS A PURE SOUL... UNTIL SANS... HE... HE... FORCED HER SOUL OUT OF HER."

I shot up in total shock, my eyes wide and my head going a mile a minute trying to wrap my head around what Paps just said.

"He WHAT?!?!"

Paps jumped up pleading to get through to me, raising his voice, "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!"

"How do you pull out someone's soul by accident?!?! He either thought he was in a life or death situation or he... he..."

A quick image of Sans taking advantage of someone's soul popped into my mind.

It literally made me want to vomit.

"...I think I'm going to be sick..."

Paps read what I was thinking and slammed his hands on the table his eyes blazing an deep orange, "MY BROTHER WOULD NEVER DO THAT!"

I was a little surprised at how defensive Paps turned, but that didn't come close to how incredibly bad I felt for doubting Sans, even for a second.

Of course, he wouldn't do that!! What's wrong with me?!

I returned to sitting, feeling guilty, "...Then what did happen?"

Paps took a deep breath calming himself as well, "...HE HAD A NIGHTMARE AND THOUGHT (Y/N) WAS ATTACKING HIM."

"Oh..." I felt immediate relief fill me.

Then I had a flash back to slamming (Y/N) against the wall and threatening her.

"Oh no... Why didn't she just say that?! Danm-it!" I slammed my hands on the table in frustration. Then I sunk my head to rest on my arms that were crossed on the table. "Don't answer that, I know she was just protecting Sans."

Paps sat down again, placing a hand on my head in comfort, "WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES UNDYNE. YOU COULDN'T HAVE POSSIBLY KNOWN... BUT I STILL THINK YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE."

"Ugh. That's not really my style, but..." I stand up and give Paps a killer smile, "I know that she was just trying to be strong, gotta respect a punk like that." I walk to the door unlocking it. "See ya Paps."

I glance back and Paps was back to his bubbly personality self, he waved with much excitement and wore a big bright smile, "BYE UNDYNE!"

That's my Paps, always helping others. That's true strength.

I left with a smile still on my face.

Okay, time to fix my mistakes.

I punched my fist into my opposite hand in motivation and confidence.

💛Gaster!Sans POV💛

"...G!..."

I walked quickly to our room, keeping my head down and the voices of the others out.

"G!..."

'You know Papyrus will tell her.'

...

'You're afraid of how she will react.'

"G!!"

...

'Do you think she will be disgusted with you?'

"Gaster!Sans!"

I stopped on a dime and looked back at (Y/N), concerned.

"...you're hurting me."

I immediately let go of her hand, watching as she rubbed the pain away, gently.

I didn't even realize I was gripping her that hard...

'It's because you didn't like what your hearing.'

"...don't do that."

(Y/N) took my hand and unballed it laying it flat on her's, she rubbed where my fingers were pressed to my palm, "It's a good thing you don't have nails or skin, because you be bleeding right now."

I pulled my hand away.

Her touch was so soft and warm.

"Oh... I'm sorry." (Y/N) looked a bit hurt that I pulled away from her like I was rejecting her.

Damn-it! Don't make that face.

I grabbed her wrist but made sure it wasn't to hard and finished walk to our room. We entered quickly and I closed and locked the door.

I let go of her, then sat on the bed leaving her standing there across the room. She looked at me awkwardly rubbing her arm.

I looked down avoiding her stares.

'She is worried.'

...

'...you're afraid of what she is thinking too, aren't you?'

...

'Son, you have to say-'

"-something."

I glanced up at (Y/N) and she was meeting my eyes straight on, "Please... say something."

I smiled and chuckled a bit, "Something."

(Y/N)'s face turned sour and she crossed her arms, "You should really stop that. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed."

My fake smile faltered, "What do you mean?"

(Y/N) opened her mouth to say something then closed it and shook her head.

"Come on, Dove. I'm asking nicely."

"I can't. I promised."

She is starting to see the true you.

...

What are you going to do?

"Oh? You studying me?" I asked in a joking tone, but my 'face' was serious.

(Y/N) looked away.

"...
...
You're easier to read than you think. I know Papyrus has noticed."

"Noticed what?"

"..."

"It's okay, I'm asking, so tell me."

"...*sigh*" (Y/N) faced me, looking at me straight on.

That's one of the things that I like about her.

'What's that?'

Her eyes. They never waiver.

'That is another trait of her soul.'

Yeah...

"....
....
...You are depressed G!."

My chest squeezed at her words and I felt myself begin to tremble slightly, but she didn't let up there.

"You always seem as if your just going through the motions, like you don't even care.
But... you still fight because you do care very much of what others think about you and how they would react if they found out what you have really endured and what you really think... not that I know what that is.
Not to mention you totally zone out sometimes and go through tons of emotions as if someone is talking to you.
You are always very alert of me because I'm human... my guess is a human has hurt you very deeply so you don't hesitate to take one down if you think even for a moment they will harm someone you care for because if you did, they won't, right? Or at least that's what you tell yourself.
And... finally, your nightmare... You're terrified of something... I don't know what though, however I do know that this was not your first nightmare, it's happened many times before. Frisk told me. And when you fought me you weren't afraid of me or "Chara" but of what she could do, you fought hard though it seemed like part of you thought it was pointless...

...
But... before you attacked me you looked around the room like you have seen it again and again, and your expression was like you were literally heartbroken to be there... you almost looked like you wanted to cry, like it couldn't possibly be true... yet you believed it.
You believe it because you think or can't get rid of the feeling that it will happen again.
Maybe that's why you don't care? I don't know.
... you are hurting G!, badly. And those jokes and such are just your way of keeping yourself in and everyone out... I'm sure your friends have noticed that."

I wanted to run away again and build a wall so she couldn't get in, but... I'm just so tired of running, "... then why haven't they said anything?" I ask in a low tone as I looked at my hands. I can't even begin to comprehend how someone who hasn't even known me for two days, literally was read me like a book.

(Y/N) walked over, sitting on her knees next to me looming over me a bit. She gently took my hand in her's and lightly grab my face making me met her gaze.

"Because they trust you." 

"Huh?" She smiled sadly moving the hand against my face to the top of the hand she was holding.

"They are waiting for you to go to them and seek their help as they do yours. They are so worried but know that it will only burden you if you don't come to them first.
So they laugh or playfully get mad and they let it go, for your sake.
Never asking for more, but wanting it so bad...
...
Talk to them... or at least your brother... he is hurting, knowing that you are. Trust him, like he trusts you."

I try to fake smile but fail. I laughed a sad laugh and move my hands around (Y/N) leaning on her in a type of hug, to hide the expression I was wearing.

"Heh, heh. King Fluffybuns was right... you really should be careful with that gift of yours."

I felt (Y/N) hold me closer to her, like she was trying to take away the sadness, the loneliness, the fear, and in a way she did.

"...hey...please, can we stay like this? Just for a little bit?"

"As along as you need to. I'm not going anywhere, G!."

I tighten my hold on her. At this moment it didn't matter what she thought of me or how she is seeing me at my worst, a side that I thought I could never show anyone.
But, that she knew, that she was here.
Trying to take on this awful burden with me, that she didn't back down or falter...
That she'd reach out to my cry soul that begged,

💛Please! Please! Someone!💛

"...Call me Sans."

💛Save me!💛