Empty Heart (Sans x Reader)

Chapter 3

Your eyes widened. You only just left the Ruins and now you were in trouble? "Turn around and shake my hand." You slowly turned around, your entire body shaking. A hand was outstretched to you, the person who was talking hid in the shadows. The hand looked way different that a human hand, but then again, that was to be expected. You slowly reached out and shook the creature's hand, squeaking in surprise when a farting sound echoed from the hand. The creature was now in the light, and you could see that he was clearly a skeleton. And...not like a skeleton you saw in a science classroom either. This skeleton was about as tall as you, meaning that he was actually pretty short.

Upon closer inspection, you found that the skeleton was also wearing what seemed to be extremely casual clothing. A white t-shirt under a blue jacket with basketball shorts and pink house slippers. His attire was certainly

out-of-the-ordinary. "Whoopee cushion in the hand trick. Always works." The skeleton grinned at you and let go of your hand.

"Um... hi..." You said softly. You were obviously shaken up from the unusual meeting. The skeleton seemed nice enough, though. "Tibia honest kid, you look scared to the bone." You giggled a little, despite your wariness of the monster before you. He seemed pleased with himself. "My name's Sans. Sans the Skeleton." You smiled widely and winked at the skeleton. "And my name is Y/N. Y/N the Human." Sans laughed at your introduction. "So, kid-" "Y/N." You corrected him. Sans seemed surprised that you corrected him, but didn't say anything about it. "So, Y/N..." He looks at you and you nod. His grin widens. "Can I ask you for a favor?" You tilted your head in confusion. "yeah. Of course." You smiled softly, unsure of what he's going to ask.

"Can you talk to my brother? He's a human hunting fanatic, but he's harmless. Don't worry." You nodded. "Where is this brother of yours?" You heard stomps and suddenly a loud voice shouts next to you..."SANS!" You yelp and fall to the ground, the voice startling you. As you look up, you come face to face with another skeleton. Whereas Sans the Skeleton was around five feet tall, you swore this new skeleton stood at seven or eight feet. "OH MY GOODNESS! SANS IS THAT A HUMAN?!" Sans looks behind you at a rock. "No, Pap. I think that's a rock." The other skeleton nods.

"Hey, Pap. What's that in front of the rock?" The taller skeleton's eye sockets widen. "SANS! IS THAT A HUMAN?!" Sans nods and smiles. "Yes." The tall skeleton, who you now assume to Sans brother, looks at you in shock. "I'VE DONE IT! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE CAPTURED A HUMAN!" As 'The Great Papyrus' rambled on and on about how popular he was going to be, you and Sans exchanged a wink. You faintly wondered how the skeleton winked. As you turned your attention from your thoughts back to Papyrus, you found yourself beginning to smile. Really smile. The dark side of your mind was quiet, and you that made you smile all the more.

After a few puzzles and frozen traps, you were in a final fight with Papyrus. You knew you couldn't hurt him, if not for your promise then for how innocent and sweet he acted. You made it through the fight by flirting and sparing Papyrus, but your HP, or as you thought of it, HOPE, was down to three. You had eaten all of your nice creams and bisicles.

Papyrus ended up sparing you because of how much you 'genuinely liked him'. Which, you didn't mind. Even though you didn't care much for the skeleton romantically, you still did enjoy his presence. His happiness and innocence brought your mind away from the negative things and forced it into the positive things. You happily accepted Papyrus's offer to go on a date with him after the fight.

The date was fun. At the end, it turned out that Papyrus didn't like you 'the way you like him.' You decided to joke with Papyrus a little bit and pretend to cry when he said he only saw you as a friend... but that ended up being a mistake as he started crying too, saying that he was a failure for not being able to reciprocate your feelings. As Papyrus cried, you couldn't help but feel angry at yourself for being the one that made him shed his tears.

Sans walked into the living room just as you had finally stopped Papyrus from crying. "What happened here?" Sans asked with a slight frown on his usually smiling face. You smiled awkwardly and Papyrus jumped up enthusiastically. "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE AN IDEA!" You squeaked at his suddenly screaming voice, even though you should have been used to it by now. "W-What idea?" Papyrus turned to you excitedly. "I HAD TOLD YOU I'D HELP YOU SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST, DID I NOT?" You nodded, confused. "Yeah?" Papyrus smiled and scooped up his brother in his arms. "HERE HE IS. MY BROTHER, DESPITE HIS HORRIBLE PUNS AND LAZY ATTITUDE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECOND BEST COMPARED TO ME." Sans eye sockets seemed to widen and realization dawned on your face. "B-But, Pap-" "NO BUTS! YOU TWO WILL BE THE BEST..." Papyrus pauses to look at the dating book. "THE BET COUPLE EVER!"

You sighed in defeat, finding it impossible to argue with Papyrus. Sans seemed to be having that problem too. "WE SHALL COMMENCE THE DATING PROCESS! TO SANS ROOM!" Suddenly, you were scooped up into Papyrus's arms as well. Papyrus carried the two of you to Sans bedroom and kicked down the locked door. Sans flinched as you looked at the inside of his room. It wasn't bad... actually. A little bit of trash here, a dirty sock there... It was a lot better that some of the other rooms you had seen in your lifetime.

As soon as the both of you were set on Sans bed, Pap shut the door and locked the two of you inside. You sighed and muttered something that made Sans laugh... "Dating start."

(Word count: 1036)