V Pov

    I woke up early the next morning and sat up, looking around me. I was in the room with Starlight, but I don't remember going to bed... I must have passed out after tucking Starlight in to bed. I made sure Starlight was still sleeping before standing up only to nearly fall over as a wave of nausea and pain hit me... Shit.

I carefully moved so that I was laying on the bed, beside Starlight and ontop of the covers. I laid-back and just waited for the pain and nausea to go away for who knows how long. I'm not sure how long I was laying down for but it couldn't have been to long as Starlight woke up a while later.

However before I said anything I immediately noticed the tell tale signs of him having another fever. His face was flushed, he didn't immediately get up and seemed almost sluggish. I let out a sigh, sitting up beside Starlight.

"Hey, not feeling to good bud? Want me to heal it or do you just wanna lay down and cuddle?" I gently asked Starlight, it was always a 50/50 on what he would choose. These fevers were nothing new but they always had me worried for him. All it takes is 1 particularly bad fever and he could be hospitalized....

Starlight however didn't give me a verbal answer, choosing to instead simply flop ontop of me, curling into my lap. I hid a chuckle, "Cuddling it is..." I shifted to a more comfortable position for Starlight to cuddle me and just sat there, cuddling with my brother for a bit.

While the fevers weren't new to our family, I could see how people we just met may be worried. Which is why I didn't jump when I heard Blue's voice ask, "Are they Okay?" Not looking away from my brother I replied, "Yeah their fine. The fevers are nothing new, not by a long shot." It's true, they weren't. But that didn't stop me from being worried everytime he had one...

Blue however didn't seem happy. "That's even more concerning." I mean I guess, but what can we do? "We can't exactly stop the fevers from happening, the most we can do is help him through them or I just heal them. It's been like this since he was born, more then likely because he was born extremely weak, even for a premature baby...."

Thankfully Blue seemed to understand what I meant and didn't ask about having Starlight see a doctor, instead saying "Poor little guy." I just shrugged as I replied with "I wish I could stop the fevers from happening but I can't. The best I can do is heal the fevers when they hit...."

Then I got thinking. Back home, in their AU... Starlight was in school. Does that mean that he'll have to go to school here? I was unsure and decided to ask just to be safe. "Hey um... Blue? I have a question... If you don't mind that is." I thought Blue and I were being quiet but apparently not since I heard Starlight mumble "loud..."

Blue must have felt guilty or maybe he felt bad because he then apologized and asked "What do you wanna ask?" In a quieter voice. I organized my thoughts a bit before speaking, in a much softer tone, not wanting to accidentally give Starlight a headache. "Sorry Starlight... And um, well... Starlight is still in school... Is... Is he gonna have to be signed up for it here?"

I let out a silent sigh of relief when Blue said that Starlight can be homeschooled. I mumbled out "That's probably best, for now at least..." as I hugged Starlight a little tighter. Blue then skipped off saying that he'll tell Classic to get a desk ready or something similar.

I watched him leave before turning back to Starlight, wanting to heal his fever. However Starlight didn't ask me to and I never heal people without permission... The only acception was if it was a life or death situation. I frowned in worry as Starlight's fever worsened to the point I could feel the heat through my shirt as he laid on me.

I decided to try asking again, "Are you sure you don't want me to heal the fever Baba?" However I didn't get a response. Starlight just whimpered as he cuddled closer to me. My soul ached with worry as my frown deepened.

Thankfully it didn't take very long before Starlight gave me the okay to heal the fever. As soon as he uttered "Ok" I was healing him. However it took about 10 minutes for the effect of the fever to go away completely. I asked if he was feeling better, which he responded with "Tired." It's not that surprising considering how bad the fever was.

"Yeah... It was pretty bad fever... Want me to carry you downstairs or do you wanna go back to bed?" I waited for a reply but never got one as Starlight was already fast asleep again. I honestly shouldn't be surprised since he normally does that after being healed from his fevers.

I sighed as my stomach growled. Damn was I hungry, but if I ate anything I would probably end up puking up blood... "Shit..." I nearly jumped as I heard someone speak up, nearly. "Need something easy on the stomach?" I looked up at who is was and it was Wine.... Who was swishing a glass of wine.

Wait, how did he get in here? Or when... Wine then answered my unasked question, "Blue left your door open." Ah... That's why I didn't notice.... Or Wine is just good. Either way that's question solved, er... Answered. Then I realized Wine asked me something. It's only fair I answer him, "Ah okay... And... I'm not quite sure if I should be eating right now..."

However Wine threw a... Chocolate bar onto the bed? Before I could ask Wine was already speaking, "Underfell chocolate. It doesn't matter the illness or disorder, you'll be able to eat it." After saying their piece they walked off, closing the door behind them as they left.

I, had no clue how to react. I blinked a bit and eye'd the chocolate bar. I was hungry, and Milk Chocolate was my favorite food.  The chocolate bar happened to be Milk Chocolate... God damn it. If I puke up blood then I puke up blood. I grabbed the chocolate bar and ate half of it before putting the other half in my invintory for later.

I was surprised when instead of feeling the need to puke my stomach started to settle. It was a nice and welcomed surprise if I'm honest. Once my stomach settled I watched Starlight trying to figure out if he would wake soon or not since I wanted to explore.  However I also didn't want to leave him alone either while he was asleep.

Starlight looked peaceful and it didn't seem like he would wake up soon so I stayed where I was waiting for him to wake up. The things I do for my family... after about 20 minutes however Starlight started to have a nightmare... Again. I shifted a bit so I could rub my brothers back and hummed the lullaby to try and help him through the nightmare.

Thankfully Starlight seemed to calm down, their breathing slowing back down. I took this as a good sign and didn't stop humming the lullaby or rubbing his back untill he woke up around 30 minutes later. Once he was up he stretched out causing me to hide a smile. "Feeling better Starlight?" What? Just because the fever is gone doesn't mean he's at 100%.

Thankfully he nodded before sliding off the bed. I will never let anyone know how worried I get when he has fevers. Especially the bad ones. "That's good, want some chocolate?" I then offered the half if chocolate bar I saved earlier, "I won't tell mom if you don't." We technically weren't supposed to eat anything before breakfast... But Starlight declined saying I could eat it.

I shrugged and put the chocolate back, "I ate half of it earlier, Wine said it was 'Fell Chocolate' or something?" I think that's what it was called anyways... However the question I got from Starlight after made my magic run cold. "Okay...? Did you puke again?" What? "Huh?"

I glanced at Starlight in what I desperately hoped was confusion and hidden worry, or maybe Panic. Either way I hoped he didn't pick up on it. I thought I was keeping the fact that I was sometimes puking up blood a secret. Starlight and Mom never asked about it, so I know for a fact Mom didn't know. But then... How does Starlight know?

Starlight noticed my confusion and answered my unasked question, thankfully. "I saw you puking a few times in the middle of the night." Oh, I thought I was being quiet but I must have woken him up... "Ah... I'm fine Starlight, Don't worry about it okay? And No I didn't puke bud."

I gave Starlight what I hoped was a reasuring smile, I didn't want him or anyone else finding out about my little... 'issue'. Starlight just said "You should take better care of yourself, you take care of everyone else and forget to."

I chuckled a bit, hoping my nervous wasn't visible. "I'll try to take better care of myself alright? Especially since we're no longer in an endless loop of resets." "Yeah so no dying or I'll kick your butt!" I smiled a bit a Starlight's statement knowing he would go through with it. "I won't die, I promise. Now how about we go explore the house? Er... Mansion..."

Starlight nodded while smiling brightly causing me to hide a chuckle. "Well let's go then Bud." With that said Starlight 'expertly' climbed onto my back. Even though he could have used the bed to do so. I chuckled a bit and off we went, exploring the mansion. Well I was walking where Starlight wanted to go but who cares about the details?

As we turned one of the many corners we came across an... Interesting sight. Mom was being restrained by a few of our counterparts. I was immediately on guard and almost tensed up but refrained because I didn't want to worsen the situation.

Instead I decided to find out what was going on. "Okay, what the hell did Mom do now?" I think I managed to keep my emotions out of my voice since I didn't get any looks or anything. However I was not expecting what came out of Cream Puff's mouth, "She tried to kill Red!"

Before I could process what was said I blurted out "Mom... What. The. Actual. Fuck." I stared at my mom, like what the actual hell? She isn't like this back at home! Could it be the stress of the new AU or something?

Mom answered before I could voice any questions, "He walked in while I was bathing!" Red's "Ta give ya a damn towel!" Seemed to sound so far away. That's when I heard my voice speaking, Dangerously calm. "You... Walked in on my mother?"

Logically I knew this was probably a misunderstanding but... Mom has done so much for Starlight and I... Before I could get into thoughts I heard Red say "First off, I'm GAY! Secondly she's basically my mom too!" I knew I should probably calm down but I was stressed out and wasn't listening to reason.

"I don't care. Next time Knock. We literally just got here yesterday dumbass. We literally have no reason to trust you or anyone else. Just because we haven't been hostile doesn't mean we trust you." While that was true, I wanted to be able to trust these people... But my body and mind just wouldn't let me.

Red snapped back with a "I did knock asshole!" Which caused me to get even more on edge and protectively ask "Did she give you the okay to walk in?" Damn it! Why can't I calm down?! The Red replied with "No I just walked it." What? Hopefully he's being sarcastic... If not then I'm not sure what to do.

That's when Mom said something that made me internally sigh, ".... Well I thought you were my Sans." "Mom, Starlight and I were sleeping and then he had a fever again. Besides Red sounds older then Starlight." Which was true. Sure they sound similar but Red sounds older then Starlight.

Mom went quiet which caused me to sigh, "Sorry about my Mom Red." Luckily I don't think Red held any grudge, "Whatever, luckily I stopped Boss from freakin out." I hummed a bit and apologized for assuming anything as well.

I then heard Creampuff ask my mom if she was calmed down only for her to huff and start walking off after being let go. I sweatdropped a bit at that, why was Mom getting so angry lately? Then I focused back to my main concern, "Red your not hurt are you?" I... Was not expecting what I heard next, "If I was I'd be dead. Only have 1HP."

I heard Mom stop dead in her tracks but I was a little busy, "What, 1 HP?? How the hell do you only have 1 HP?!" I faintly heard Starlight ask about HP but only really zoned in on Red's explanation, "Most Sanses have 1 HP. Let's just say... Didn't have a whole lot of Hope left." I am so God damned greatful that Starlight didn't remember those stupid Resets.

That's when I realized that they have probably been dealing with Resets alot longer then we have... "... I didn't think the resets could get any worse..." Was my response. Really, I didn't think they could, but they obviously can. God I actually feel pity for them but they probably don't want that.

Then I heard the rattling of bones and looked around. Eventually my eyes landed on our Mom, she was shaking pretty badly. Ah, yeah she tried to attack Red and almost.... Shit. I eye'd her carefully, figuring out if she was gonna lash out or break down crying.

After deciding she was probably gonna break down crying I put Starlight down. After making sure he was okay with a glace over I teleported to Mom then teleported the two of us to the room Starlight and I slept in. Good timing to because that's when Mom started to, well, have a breakdown of sorts.

"I'm... A monster... I almost k-killed him..." It broke my soul to hear my mom talk like that, she wasn't a monster... I sat on the bed and pulled her into a hug. "Mom, you didn't know about his low HP. Your not a monster, now let it all out. Then you can go apologize once your all cleaned up okay?"

Mom gripped my sweater and started to cry heavily but not loudly. I rubbed her back and just let her cry it out for as long as she needed too. Mom cried for a good 20 or so minutes before she seemed to calm down. After a few minutes of silence I asked her if she felt better which she nodded.

"Yeah.... I, don't know why I've been so angry lately...." You and me both Mom, you and me both. I just shrugged, "No clue, I can check you over if you want?" Mom seemed to think about it and decided it was a good idea. With her permission I did a quick scan only to freeze, my mouth slightly agape in shock. Was that...?

I heard my Mom say something but I told her to hold on a minute. I did another, slightly better scan and... Yep. Mom was... "Mom... Mom your pregnant." I was in shock. I was gonna get another sibling? This was news to Mom as well since she fell back onto the bed. "But when Did-?! ... The one night stand..."

I did not want to know about my Mom's more.. 'personal' life and decided to think of something else. Like the fact that it makes sense why she's been so angry. But that also ment... "Guess that means Starlight isn't the baby of the family anymore." Mom kinda just laughed a bit, "Guess so..." But that left another question... "So when are you planning on telling them?" And wasn't that the question of the day...
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Here is chapter 4! Hope you enjoyed!