"So what happened to him, Sans?"

"that day, Alphys and i were next to the main extractor, the machine that was meant to be part of the extractor to be used as the gateway was off in another room. it was our job to watch for fluctuations while the others kept a physical eye on the machine and did systems checks and everything before it was to be tested. i wager only one of them could tell you what went wrong. i remember noticing a strange fluctuation... then i heard someone yelling something, and there was an implosion. i ran to the room to see what was going on, it was like a black hole... and at the same time... like a living thing. it reached out and picked up everyone in the room one by one.... everyone... except me.... and i tried to save them... i didn't know what to do... i hadn't mastered the blasters yet.... my attacks were ineffective and... well... they were just gone. the void went with them too. then... i remember blacking out. when I woke up, Alphys was there, asking me what had happened... but when i tried to explain she looked at me confused, told me i was the only one there that day... that no one else was ever in that room but me..."

Frisk believed him wholeheartedly. Not only because she just believed in Sans, but her reset powers she had. It allowed her to manipulate time in a sense. Allowing her to restart from the beginning. The monsters who met her forgot who she was except for Sans and Flowey. Her arms went around Sans in comfort.
"I am so sorry you lost your dad Sans... I know you raised your brother by yourself."

"yeah, but you know... the thing about that was... at first i believed Alphys. i had no reason to doubt her. thought maybe i had fallen asleep or something and dreamed it all up. but reality hit pretty hard when i went home and saw Paps... he was playing in the living room. he greeted me like normal, but when i asked him if he'd seen dad... he just gave me a very puzzled look and asked me who i was talking about. at that moment... i knew it wasn't a dream. that something very terrible had just happened and for some reason... i was the only one who remembered. i asked various other monsters about my dad and the others... but... i was alone. no one else knew them, no one else remembered... not even Flowey." Frisk felt tears slipped down her face. There are no words that would ease his soul. She just lovingly looked at him allowing him to finish his story.

"i decided that since i was the only one... i had to find a way to reverse it, but... i couldn't properly read all of dad's schematics for the machine that had taken them away. so i moved it to my shed. i spent years pouring over what i could find while Paps was at school or asleep. i spent the rest of the time trying to find a way to make money, knowing the g that dad had left us would eventually run out. i found a cookbook in the dump and took it home, thought it would be useful... but it wasn't entirely. all i found i could make was hot dogs. so i set up a stand for that and started selling them when i could while Papyrus was at school. i'd always met him afterward, sometimes take him to Grillby's. he sorta got sick of the place, and i don't blame him, there was a time, before my hot dog stand took off, that we didn't have a lot of g and so we only had food because of the owner's good graces. i knew after a week or so of eating there and Papyrus starting to complain that i needed to figure out more work... but it meant less time to work on the machine. i eventually ended up with a lot of odd end jobs to make ends meet so i could give Paps the life he deserved. i never go the machine to work. coincidentally, it was on one of my worst days with the machine that i got the attention of the king."

"Sans... I never knew.. you always seem so strong... and when I told you my problems you helped me despite it being tiny peanuts to yours..." She placed her head on his chest wondering if there was any way she could even begin to mend his soul.

"well... i dunno about that. a lot had happened by the time you arrived. i'd given up on the machine... among a lot of other things honestly."

"But you dealt with more things than any monster or human had to deal with. I ... I .. just wish to comfort you any way I can..." Her eyes searching into his eye lights. He reached up and lightly cupped her face with one hand.

"i know that my life hasn't been an easy one, but you've always managed to make it better. from the first moment, you stood your ground and shook my hand to this moment right here. right now. i never could have thought that a single moment in my life, meeting a human, would be all i needed to change my entire world."

"Sans..." She gently met his lips in a tender loving kiss. Wishing that if his words were right that she could be that comfort that he needs for the entirety of their existence together. He returned the tender kiss with warmth and love. She indeed was the brightest star in his world.

"You met Asgore and... is it before Asriel died or after?"

"well, the one i mentioned was not my first meeting. it was sometime after Asriel had passed. in fact... those two were around my age when that happened. we... were all just kids. before Chara showed up... i was one of the kids who played with the prince. monster children were far and few between since being forced underground; that was something dad was looking into that no one had the answer to. " Frisk knew about this issue. She didn't meet many monster kids down below, but on the surface, it seemed the success rate was a little better but still a rare thing.

"I didn't know you and Asriel knew each other."

"not so much actually knew each other as were just playmates. i probably saw him most often because of dad, though Paps was too young at the time to have formed any real memories of those days.'"

"Well, at least he developed great memories with you..."

"i don't know if he did or not. after he became Flowey... well, he never mentioned it."

"I am sorry about it.... you shouldn't have to deal with this all by yourself, and I didn't make your life easier with the multiple timelines."

"by the time you came around... i was used to it. there was a time where i wasn't by myself. that flower, in the beginning... he wasn't bad."

"What did Flowey do to you?"

"not just me... the whole underground. Like i said, by the time you arrived i was used to the timelines... it was thanks to him."

"Did he hurt you?"

"not at first. first, several times are hard to remember... there's been so many, but... first several he seemed out to help everyone. or at least to try to. he used the resets to learn everything he could about pretty much everyone. Tried the same thing with me, but i was a little wearier than most because i actually remembered stuff. so i didn't really let him find out much about me, and the more resets he did, the less and less i trusted him until one day he decided to see what happened if he killed someone. i don't know when exactly that started, but he decided at some point that was more "interesting" than helping monsters... and he became pretty good at it. because of him, i became really good at being a judge before i even was given the position. i blasted him more times than i care to count or even begin to remember... most of it just is all one blur of fight after fight after fight. the day that stopped was the day you arrived."

"I remember him saying something along the lines of him being able to do it as well, but with Flowey I didn't know how much to believe. His lies sounded like truths. As much as Flowey causes damage was I much better. I know for a fact, for me, knowing that nobody would believe me about the resets is a burden, and it is not something you can quickly explain to someone. I remember during one of the first resets I tried to tell mom, and she flat out thought I was crazy. She became afraid of me because I told her things that unless I already have seen it. Fear gripped her soul, and she ended up locking me up in my room forcing me to reset."

"honestly, something like that would be enough to make anyone scared."

"I didn't blame her... it just made me realize I would not be able to tell anyone about it. I had at least Flowey and you. Even then I wasn't sure what you recalled and how much. So I don't talk about it as much."

"you can always talk to me starlight, even if i don't remember it all i still know that if you say it happened, it did." Frisk appreciated his kind gesture and wanted to tease him just a tiny bit.

"Well there is this one time you and Paps did run around naked after I stole all your clothes. Do you remember that?" It never happened, but she wanted to see the reaction on Sans' face as she tried to say it with a straight face. He looked slightly amused but shook his head, he probably should have remembered something that crazy if it had happened, but he didn't.

"Oh yeah, it was nuts you and him running around, mom's face redder than a tomato. It was funny as heck." She started snickering hoping he would think it is just about the incident. She wasn't disappointed, he flushed a little.

"yeah.. that would be nuts."

"I am kidding Sans... that never happened but maybe someday I will tell you stories about some of the resets." Frisk kissed his cheek amused by the reaction.

"oh, now that's playin' dirty there starlight."

"What can I say I am a rule breaker Sans always have and always will." He rolled them over so that she was pinned beneath him. His gaze is soft and loving.

"wouldn't want it any other way." He kissed her lovingly. Her face flushed.

"Hey... I thought we were going to watch the stars...." She murmured looking up at his eye lights. She didn't really want him to let her go.

"i'm watching my star."

"Geez, how am I supposed to react to that... god, you are much more romantic than me... I just jump your bones." She smiled flirtatiously. He chuckled softly.

"we all have our talents i suppose." She smacked his arm.

"Are you implying I am only good at that?" She teased.

"no... just that you're very good at it..." He teased back.

"Well from experience I think you are really good at it as well... if there were a review site, I would give you 5 stars." He nuzzled against her, not having a ready comeback for that one. She moaned a little bit, but she was determined that this time. They were going to finish a date properly.

"Sans... come on... you know that this does things to me..." Her face blushing harder than ever before. "I want this night to be as special as you dreamed it would be."

"it already is because you're here. just having you nearby makes everything special."

"God Sans... why am I so lucky to have you in my life?" She met his teeth with her mouth and lovingly kissed him back slow and tender. He returned the kiss.

"i ask that myself every time i get to wake up, and you're there." She just looked at his face lovingly watching as the eye lights met hers back. Her arm reaching around his neck pulling him down on her kissing him gingerly. He returned the kiss with gentle adoration. He treasured every moment with her, every kiss, every sound, every sight, every touch... She was everything. Her hand traced his skull. As she wanted to remember every single detail of this night. Her heart and her soul belonged to him and him alone.

"You know Mettaton told me an interesting wives tell Sans."

"oh?"

"Yeah he said if one has a perfect dance on the first attempt that they are soulmates..." She smiled back. "Did you ever hear such a thing before Sans...?"

"yeah... i've heard of it."

"Sooo what do you think of it, Sans...? Do you think such things exist?"

"dunno, but to be honest, there isn't much proof of it."

"You are right... I just thought the story was just interesting that is all." She was a little disappointed, but she was not going to let him know that. Her smile never wavered.

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