Not Your Fault

Tell her and She'll Hate You

Sans held his friend tight as the room went still, Papyrus slowly walking toward his brother. Frisk was dazed and couldn't really tell what was going on but she knew Sans was uneasy. The way he was holding her she could tell he wasn't letting go, he didn't want to let go. Frisk's head was being pressed against Sans' sternum and his free arm was around her body. The child knew her friend needed comfort so she moved up from his hold and wrapped her arms around him. Frisk sobbed into Sans' shoulder. Papyrus stopped and sat down. "Huma-...Frisk it is ok. ", Papyrus reassured the child as Sans just sat there. He didn't know how to feel, he didn't know what to say, he just wanted to keep Frisk safe. Tears started to pool in his eyes as he accepted Papyrus and Frisk's embrace. " I'm so sorry for scaring you and hurting myself and wanting to die! I just want you all to be happy! ", Frisk was out of it. She just wanted everything to go back to normal. Sans and Papyrus ended the group hug to sit Frisk down and show her it was alright. The three of them sat there for awhile. They talked about a lot of things, including the timelines. The whole time Frisk wanted to tell the two skeletons what Chara was planning but couldn't for fear of what they would do. What would Chara do if she told? And what could the skelebros do for her if they knew. Chara had full control of her determination, that demon could take control of her body any minute and destroy everything. Sans interrupted the child's thoughts. " we're gonna help ya through this kid. I know ya think you're unworthy of life but you're not. ", Sans and Papyrus both gave Frisk comforting looks as the shorter skeleton continued. "we love you ya know? everything that happened in the past? none of it matters now cause we're your friends and we forgive you. ", Frisk just nodded. " Human. You do not have to worry. Like Sans said we love you! The Great Papyrus will not let his very cool and awesome friend suffer in silence!!", Papyrus confidently picked Frisk up and spun her around in circles while shouting encouraging phrases at her. "NOW!!! Why don't I make us a fantabulous spaghetti lunch! ", Frisk gave Sans a (please get me out of this) look while Papyrus put her down. " uh bro? maybe i'll take the kid to Grillby's",
"But brother the human needs TLS not grease! ",
" and what is TLS Pap? ",
" Tender loving spaghetti of course! Everybody knows that. ", Frisk giggled at the skeletons goofy banter. It was nice to see them back to normal so quickly. " c'mon kid. let's go. ", Sans grabbed the humans hand and they were engulfed in a blue fire like aura. Almost instantly they were in front of Grillby's. It was cold and Frisk was in her jumper still. Frisk collapsed from the sudden burst of magic. She was still weak and the complete loss of her determination wasn't helping. "shit! are you ok kid? I totally forgot! ", Sans offered his hand to help Frisk up. " I'm... huff... fine", Sans held Frisk up as he opened the door. They walked in slowly. Sans layed Frisk down in a booth as Grillby ran out from behind the bar to help. The punny skeleton was getting questioning looks from everyone in the restaurant until he explained how Frisk was just exhausted. "hey kid. i'm sorry for teleportin'. i'm gonna get our food to go ok? ", Sans talked to the girl but she didn't respond. He just assumed that she was falling asleep, those booths were pretty comfy. "..... ",
" yeah Grillbs she's ok. ",
"..... ",
" nah I can get us home without magic. i'm no bonehead. ", Grillby walked behind the bar into the kitchen without responding. " what's wrong Grillbs? aren't my jokes humorous? ", the skeleton grinned at his horrible pun before focusing back on Frisk. Hopefully he could help her. " this kid's done so much for me. I can't just sit back and watch it happen anymore. I'm gonna help ya Frisk. ", Sans rested his skull on his arms which were folded over the top of the booth so he could look down at Frisk as she slept. Grillby came back out with two to go bags and a red fur lined coat. The fire monster noticed that Frisk wasn't dressed warm at all. It was still snowing pretty hard from the night before and Sans and Frisk would have to walk home. The coat belonged to Fuku, Grillby's daughter, so understandably it was a bit bigger than Frisk. Sans took the coat and the food after thanking Grillby. The skeleton woke Frisk up and helped her into the coat, apologizing again for his earlier teleportation. Once they were ready to go Sans picked up the girl and hoisted her over his shoulder with his right arm and holding the food with the left. "Sans you don't have to carry me. ", Frisk protested. " don't gimme that. you need rest... I just didn't realize till we got here how beat up you are. ",
I thought I could handle it. I guess the determination makes a big difference. ", they walked out the door waving goodbye to everyone. " let's just get home. this is gonna be a long walk Frisk, why don't you catch some z's. ", little did he know Frisk was already falling asleep. For a skeleton Sans was pretty warm. Maybe it was his magic? Whatever it was Frisk loved it. Once the silence hit it only took a few minutes before Frisk had completely given in. If he had a free hand Sans totally would've taken a selfie. He knew that this was adorable. Sans sighed. He hoped that Frisk would be ok. Her soul had been through a lot today and she had become so weak. He wondered how long it would take for her to get her strength back. He couldn't help but think that it was his fault that this happened. Frisk was like a daughter to him and usually he could read her, but she hid it pretty well. She probably learned how to hide it from him. As Sans got closer to home the snow let up, making it a little clearer. In the distance he could see Toriel walking with what appeared to be groceries. Toriel spotted Sans and dropped her bags. The goat woman ran toward her her small skeletal friend. As Sans saw her coming he masked his worry for Frisk behind a toothy smile. Toriel looked him up and down looking for reason why he was walking instead of using his shortcuts when she noticed Frisk sleeping on him. " Hello Sans. Is something wrong with my child? She looks pale. Is she sick? ", Toriel pried. Sans didn't expect that. He thought she'd hit him with a pun or a how do you do, not a " Is my child hurt? " Maybe it was a mother's intuition that something was wrong. Or maybe it was the fact that he was carrying Frisk that tipped her off. Either way Sans couldn't lie to the loving mother. He decided he would invite Toriel to his house to explain everything. "Tori... why don't you come home with me? Paps and I can explain everything to ya. ", Toriel knew something was off. " Of course Sans. ", The skeleton's mask faltered slightly at the thought of telling her, it would break her heart to know what her kid was going through. Sans looked sadly at Toriel for a moment when he felt the the sting that meant tears. He refused to let them fall. Sans started walking again. " c'mon Tori. ", The boss monster followed but had a hard time keeping up, Sans was trying to stay ahead so she wouldn't see his face. " Sans slow down. I am not as young as I used to be you know. ", Another thought crossed Sans' mind. Would she forgive him for letting this happen? He was crying now, walking faster. " Sans? Sans? My friend is something wrong?", His breathing picked up. "Sans?! ", He was running now. He couldn't face her. " Come back! Why are you running from me?! ", Sans dropped the food and used both hands to hold Frisk over his shoulder. In his rush he ran right passed the house and into the forest. Everything was blocked out, he couldn't see or here anything around him until he blindly ran into a tree. " AH! ", Sans fell backwards and dropped Frisk on her side. " Sans?? Sans! ", The skeleton rubbed his skull, still crying. " k-kid? h-how long have you been awake?? ", Frisk made her way to Sans on the ground, helping him sit up. " Since you started running. I tried to stop you but you couldn't hear me. ", She used her thumb to wipe the tears from Sans' eyesockets but he grabbed her hand. " ya don't n-need to kid. ", She hugged him anyway. " You know I can see right through you Sans. ", Sans could feel her heart beating against her chest as he hugged back, she was scared. " heh... heheheh", his laughter quickly turned back into broken sobbing. Frisk spoke up "Is this about me? ", Sans shook his head " nah", "Is it about mom? ", no response " Sans? ", He was trying to slow his breathing. Once Frisk noticed this she tried her best to help. It took about ten minutes to calm him down, Sans was used to small panic attacks like these. Like Papyrus, Frisk had almost only seen Sans like this after he had a bad nightmare. When the skeleton was finally calmed down he picked Frisk up and started walking back out of the forest. "let's go home Frisk. "