{R A T T L E D * B O N E S} ~ Sans x Reader

Chapter 7 - I Always Ache And Feel Empty Without You (Part 5)

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You sighed. At least I'm going to get out of here and out of Alphys' way. Only a few days had passed, but they felt like an eternity. The normal routine was waking up, taking the medicine, having Mettaton come visit - with the occasional Sans and Papyrus tagging along - or Sans and Papyrus coming to visit later. Then, maybe, you were able eat. But now you had to change into your normal clothes. You stepped out of the room you were in and walked to Alphys.

"Uh... a-are you re-ready to go h-h-home?" She smiled nervously at you. You tried your best to give a smile back to her, but it was weaker than you wanted it to be.

"Yeah. I guess I am." You had bags under your eyes and you hadn't been able to catch much sleep within the last few days - especially with the nightmares that keep reoccurring. They constantly repeat in your head.

"H-hey, you n-never answered my q-question." You turned to look at her, then you gasp. As you gasp, you move your hands over to above your mouth.

"T-that question?" You finally asked. Her pupils bolted everywhere while she started to blush.

"U-um... y-yes..." She quietly spoke. You had smoothed your hands through your hair.

"W-well, I... uh, don't think that's how he sees me... and, uh..." You stuttered. She was obviously intrigued as to what you were saying. You swallowed hard. She noticed that you were getting very uncomfortable.

"O-oh, never mind..." She looked at you, "You don't have t-to answer if you don't w-want to."

"Thanks Alphys." You wiped your brow (which was glazed with sweat).

She then mumbled;

"I d-didn't know y-you were l-l-lovesick."

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"Sans? What are you doing here?" You asked puzzled.

"Alphys sent me here to pick you up kid." He responded.

Why can't she just let me walk by myself? You felt anger building inside - then it dawned on you. Is she trying to make me and Sans--? No, she wouldn't.

... Right?

A voice interrupted your thoughts. "O-oh! S-sans! Y-y-you're here!" You heard her voice even though you had no idea where it was coming from.

"yeah, i just arrived."

"Alpyhs? A word?" You walked past her.

"I-I'm sorry S-sans. J-j-just give me a s-second." She walked over to you in the next room. "U-um... w-what's the p-problem?"

"Why did you ask him to come pick me up? Why not him and someone else?"

"W-well, I-I asked h-him because he w-was the only one a-available out of everyone e-else I asked."

"What was everyone else doing?"

"Um... P-papyrus and U-undyne were busy, the k-king is out t-to get you, t-the queen is trying t-t-to stop A-asgore, Mettaton is... well... Mettaton, M-muffet is busy b-baking, N-napstablook is out s-somewhere..." She lowered her voice, "I d-don't trust F-flowey."

"Okay, okay, I got it. Was Sans doing anything?" You twitched a little bit.

"Y-yeah, he said h-he was at w-work, but h-he wouldnt m-mind coming to get y-you."

You twitched, but it was more noticeable.

"U-um... I could've w-waited if this was g-going to make y-you u...uncomfortable."

"N-no. It's fine. I need to go home... a-and, uh, freshen up?"

"O-oh! R-right! I forgot." She chuckled nervously. "W-well than. I-if you're ready, I w-won't keep you a-any longer, and y-you can g-go."

"Thanks Alphys. I appreciate it."

You both entered the room you were previously in.

"kid? Alphys? is anything goin' on?" Sans looked confused and worried.

"U-uh, n-nothing!" Alphys quickly interjected. You know she was only trying to protect you from Sans' fury. She didn't want to have you having more injuries to recover from.

"you okay Alphys? you're sweating a lot." He looked at you while you were playing with your fingers.

"Y-yeah! I-I'm fine." She whispers. You breathing gets sorta raggedy and feel pain on your chest. Down here, you wouldn't know if that was DETERMINATION or a heart attack. Both are quite horrifying to experience the first - or to be exact, any time. But you figured it was probably just DETERMINATION again.

I hate this DETERMINATION. It's always so annoying to feel or (nonetheless) get rid of.

Again, it was noticeable by Sans and Alphys. Alphys was put into a panic attack until Sans calmed her down. He sat you down and gave you a glass of water.

"slow breaths, kid. nice and easy." He said. You can almost never tell how serious he is because of the smirk that's constantly on his face.

You take a deep breath, then exhale. "Thank you Sans. I really am getting tired of this DETERMINATION and the pain of having it." You take another sip of water, easing more and more pain the more and more you drink water.

"no problem kid. just take it easy, okay? i think the more you get worked up or want do something, the more and more it takes effect on you."

Alphys stood in amazement as she watched the both of you. "W-wow! S-sans, how d-did you know h-how to deal w-with t-this?" She asked, very carefully choosing her words.

"well, they had this happen to them before when they first met Paps and first got to our house." He explained. She watched him closely in sheer confusion. She had never seen anyone so calm about lowering DETERMINATION levels, nonetheless, lowering them at all. She didn't even know how to lower the DETERMINATION in... well, anything. Not even a small, yellow flower. Although she figured the way to get rid of over excessive levels were different with everyone.

"O-ok." She stated.

"anyway, you ready to go kid?" He turned back to you. You nodded and with that being said, he took your hand and told you to close your eyes.

With you blushing immensely, you did what was told. "Ok." You whispered. You were quickly sent a distorted area where you heard lots of swirling, but in a very deep, muscular tone - while others were in a higher pitch. You peeked one eye, ever so slightly, and saw an array of blues and greens. They were all swirling within each other, making some look like a young child painted there and just discovered a really deep grey.

Overall, some of it was disgusting to look at for you.

You quickly shut your eye while you smelled burning charcoal. Is a fire happening somewhere? You pondered over the smell and where it's coming from. Then you heard Sans speak, "alright bud. we're here." You then opened both eyes and looked around. You were in Snowdin. He started to walk to his house with you following... unfortunately, you felt very nauseous.

You groaned. "Ugh. Sans? I..." You questioned if you should tell him what was wrong. But you decided to tell him by him snapping you back into reality.

"you what? do you feel sick or--"

"Yeah, I feel really sick actually." The words floated right out of mouth.

He groaned in frustration. "you didn't open your eyes, did you?" He seemed like he stared straight through you.

"Yes. Yes I did." You said it with lots of guilt.

"Why would you do that? Especially since I told you not do that."

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Sorry it took me so long to post this chapter. I've been busy with school and things to that nature. Please understand lovies! I'm trying every chance I can to update. I hope you like the cliffhanger.

~ The lady herself
          A.J.R.