Toriel decided to confront the King about why he was so uncomfortable around her the next day.
She walked up to him with her usual bored expression, him looking up from watering his flowers. He gave her a quick smile before returning to his flowers.
"Hello there Miss. Toriel," Papyrus said, not looking up at her as he spoke, "Is there a reason why you are here alone? Are you concerned about your brother?"
"It's not about that," Toriel said, "I just feel like there's something I'm doing to make you feel awkward around me, but I want to know why you always look so sad when I'm around."
Papyrus sighed, standing up and setting down the watering can, "I apologize, it's just that... Know what, follow me."
And that's what Toriel did.
She followed King Papyrus out of the throne room, curious to see where he would lead her. They walked for a bit before coming to his house, him not glancing at her the whole time. It was a bit awkward, but at least Toriel was getting some answers.
"Please, sit down and make yourself at home," The taller of the two said, "Can I make you anything? Spaghetti?"
"No thank you, I'm good," Toriel said, sitting down on the couch with her legs crossed, "I just want to know how to make you stop feeling uncomfortable, King Papyrus."
"Please, just call me Papyrus," The skeleton said, sitting down across from her, "And it's not you... It's just that you remind me of someone, someone I haven't seen in years and I miss dearly."
"Do you mean my Dad?" Toriel asked, tilting her head.
"I do miss him, but that's not who I'm talking about," He said, "Are you aware that I had two brothers when the first human fell down?"
"Yeah, but that's all I know," Toriel admitted sheepishly, "All I know is that you had two brothers and something happened to them."
"Well, it happened when the first human fell down here," He started the story, "I'm the middle child, but I was out in charge because the eldest of us decided I was ready for the responsibility. He was Sans, our oldest brother. I'm taller then him though, but not by that much. We had a younger brother, Gaster, he was the one who found the first human."
"I know that part, Gaster brought the human home, but I don't know what happened after that."
"He did, he became best friends with Chara. They were so close, she practically became family. I remember Sans brought them to a frog race and let them use some money to bet on frogs. They were so happy that day..."
Papyrus looked lost in memories, smiling slightly.
"It must be hard for you now," Toriel said, "Since they both are gone now."
"It is hard," He said sadly, "One day, Chara fell ill, and died. Gaster wanted to properly bury her, so he took her soul and went to the surface. He died, his body dusted on those flowers in my throne room."
"Did the humans attack him?" Toriel asked, tilting her head.
"They did," Papyrus sighed, "Just because he was a monster, they attacked. I was so furious when I saw him dust away that I declared war on the humans and threatened everyone of their lives that fell down here."
"Did Sans die to the next human...?" Toriel asked, trying to piece it together.
"No, I'm not even sure he had ever met them," The King said, "He was upset when I declared war, and he told me to take down my threat or he'd leave because he cared about the humans. I said no, but I didn't think he'd actually leave. I haven't seen him since."
"Did you search for him?" The goat monster asked.
"At least seven times," He sighed, "They couldn't find him anywhere, but I don't blame them. He was always good at hide and seek when we were younger, he always won and I thought he was kidnapped before he popped up out of nowhere. I miss him..."
Toriel watched him sadly, recognizing his pain. She had no idea what she would've done if her brother ran away and never came back.
"I miss him..." Papyrus groaned, hurry his head into his hands, "And you remind me so much of him. You both like puns, whenever I hear a pun I only can think of Sans."
"So that explains it," Toriel concluded, "Since I say puns all the time I keep bringing up bad memories. I'm sorry, Papyrus."
"It's not your fault," He grumbled, "I miss Sans, so much. He's been gone for years and I don't even know if he's alive, it's killing me knowing that I'll never know. And we only need one more human soul to exit from the underground, but he's probably so disappointed in me it's driving me crazy."
"I'm sure you'll meet him one day," She said, trying to reassure him, "I doubt he's dead, I think he's just upset, but you guys are family, you'll see each other once again."
"Do you really think so?" Papyrus asked, looking up at her, "He probably hates me."
"After all this time, he has to have forgiven you," Toriel reassured him, "Don't worry about it."
"Thank you, this talk was beneficial to the both of us," Papyrus said, standing up, "We should to back to our duties now."
"'Course Papyrus," Toriel said.
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