Chapter 10 - Papyrus Bursts In

He crumpled up the napkin in his hand, looking at the door. Of course Papyrus and Undyne were there, of course they were. Now that he thought about it, Grillby had pulled out his phone and frantically started texting someone when he had come. That fire bare tender probably promised to send them a text when he saw them.

Darn it!

"Who are they?" Sally asked, right as Papyrus and Undyne asked, "Who's that girl?"

"It's just my bro and his friend," Sans told Sally.

"Oh, them," Sally said, narrowing her eyes at them.

She knew about them too, it was hard to avoid the subject when the other three killers that visited him had talked about how much they hated his old friends and family. Jeff was the one who hated them most, probably because he had been there and witnessed how downhill it had sent Sans. He almost broke Sans' computer when Sans had saw a post on facebook about them going camping.

"WHO'S THAT?" Papyrus asked.

"No hi Sans, no asking about how I've been?" Sans asked, narrowing his eye sockets at them before glaring at the bartender, "Thanks for ratting me out, Grillby."

"Sans, you haven't been answering your phone or facebook, and you're never home," Undyne said, crossing her arms, "We had no choice but to ask Grillby to call us when you came around."

"We were just leaving," Sans said, turning to Sally, "C'mon kiddo, let's take Charlie and leave."

"NO, SANS, WHO IS THAT?" Papyrus asked, stopping them as they tried to walk out by blocking their path.

"You probably think it's another one of my victims, don't you?" Sans asked, "Because I'm a pedofile and all."

"It was a misunderstanding!" Undyne said.

"Oh, so not telling me about your engagement was a misunderstanding?" Sans asked, "Never calling me was a misunderstanding? You know, these past weeks I've gotten the most attention from you all than the many months we spent on the surface!"

"I KNOW, AND I'M SORRY," Papyrus said, "I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING. WE WERE JUST BUSY-"

"That's an excuse, and you know it," Sans said, "Busy this, busy that. Busy planning that wedding I'm still not invited to and had learned last about?"

"Sans, can you just f*cking-" Undyne started.

"Don't you dare cuss in front of her," Sans said, pulling Sally closer to him.

"WHO IS SHE, ANYWAY?" Papyrus asked.

"If you hadn't been shutting me out for months, I would've told you," Sans said, "But maybe, this time, you won't know something about me. Actually, at this point, you don't even know anything about me anymore. So why don't we keep it equal, you don't tell me anything and I don't tell you anything."

"Sans, please, just let us apologize," Undyne said, "We're sorry, we really are. You don't hear me apologize a lot, but I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that to you, none of us should've."

"Yeah, you shouldn't have, that's the problem," Sans said, "You shouldn't have done any of that. But you did. And here we are, you two having to trap me like a wild animal just to talk to me. Did you think I wanted to talk to you? Did you even consider my emotions or my mental health?"

"Sans," Papyrus' tone was light, "Please. I-I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."

He looked on the verge of crying, and Sans felt like he was on the verge, too. Papyrus crying always had made him cry throughout the years. Maybe... maybe he could-

"Why does she have two rings?" Sally dragged him out of his thoughts.

Sans looked to where his little sister was pointing, at Undyne's hand. Surely enough, there were two rings on her fourth finger, not just one.

At the mall, she had one ring...

He saw a post about how one day was so magical and how it was amazing...

She...

They...

No...

"Tell me you didn't have the wedding without inviting me," Sans said, choking on his words as he bit back tears, "T-Tell me you didn't have the wedding without inviting me."

Neither responded, both looking off to the side as Undyne hid her rings and Papyrus hugged his arms close to his chest.

"Uh oh..." One of the monsters in the bar whispered, Sans remembering they were there.

"They didn't invite him? I thought he just didn't show up..." Another whispered.

"You d-didn't..." Sans whispered, on the verge of tears, "You... actually...?"

"You both are big meanies!"

Sally took everyone by surprise by stepping in front of Sans and holding Charlie close to her chest, frowning up at the two with green eyes filled with utter hate. No doubt that the two would remain in her hate book.

"From now on, I'm Sans' only family!" Sally said, "Not Sans, Sally, and Papyrus, just Sans and Sally!"

"Kiddo..." Sans whispered, hiccuping as he tried to fight back the tears.

She was standing up for him...

No one's ever done that before...

"I thought I always hated humans and when Sans was nice to me, I thought all monsters were really nice compared to stupid humans!" Sally said, "But now, you all aren't different from humans! You lie, steal, and are just as mean! Sans told me that humans hurt monsters a lot, and so that meant that humans were meaner, but monsters hurt other monsters in just the same way!"

Everyone in the bar was silent, the monsters not knowing how to respond to the little girl pointing out their flaws. Monsters always declared that since humans locked them underground, that they were the more mean race, and due to their lack of need of love and happiness to live, it made sense. But neither race were really better in the long run, monsters could be just as cruel as humans, whether they did it on purpose or not.

"I don't want to see you until further notice," Sans whispered to the two, grabbing Sally's hand again, "Don't call me, come to my house, anything. Just don't."

"And that goes for all of you, too," Sans said, turning to all of the monsters in the bar, "None of you had my back, and Grillby even sold me out. From now on, I don't want to be associated with any of you. I just want to be alone."

He walked hand in hand with Sally out of the bar, hearing their silence fad for the busy street outside, not making any conversation with Sally as he buckled her into the passenger seat before he got into the drivers and drove out of the parking lot, silent tears dripping down his face.

"They're all meanies," Sally muttered under her breath, playing with Charlies little paws.

"They are," Sans agreed with the child.

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A little bit shorter than usual, but just as intense.

And keep in mind invitations are sent out well before they buy things like rings and dresses, so they didn't invite Sans before he ignored them.

Yeah, they screwed up bad. Trying to fix their mistakes today just dug their hole deeper.

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