As you and Sans sneak out of the hotel room and check out of the hotel, you notice that Mettaton was still there. He was just standing outside and had changed forms. The day before, he was a rectangle. Today, he had a humanoid form. Apparently, he was able to change between forms at will. There was no backway, unfortunately... Sans sighed.

Mettaton walked into the building and spied Sans. He smirked. "Hello, Sans... How was the room that you and (y/n) were sharing...?"

"it was fine. can you let us leave now? i'm not really feeling up to a four hour interview this morning," Sans told him.

"Oh! So sorry about yesterday! No hard feelings, right?" asked Mettaton as he stuck out his hand to Sans.

"about what?"

"Why, what I said on camera in front of the entire Underground! I've met a couple people on the road this morning who agreed with me, though. To be honest, I think you should be thanking me!" Mettaton said.

Sans eyed him oddly and ignored Mettaton's hand. "we've got places to be. i've got brothers to appease," Sans stated as he grabbed onto your hand and led you to the door. You didn't hesitate.

"You know, I'm not the only one who thinks that the two of you are an absolutely adorable couple! However, I don't care if you agree or disagree. I just wanted to let you know that I will do whatever I believe is necessary to get the two of you together! Whether if I have permission... or not...," Mettaton explained to you and Sans. Sans looked back at the robot.

"like what?"

"Gee, I don't know! Well, I shouldn't be holding you up on your way back to Snowdin! Toodles!" Mettaton said as he left with a wave.

You look to Sans. "What was that about? What did he mean?" you asked.

"i have no idea... something tells me that i really don't wanna know at the same time... welp, we oughta be going now anyway."

"How did he know we were going to Snowdin? Did we say something about that yesterday?" you asked.

"hm... did we...? wait. he did not... i really hope he didn't...," Sans said as he facepalmed himself.

"What?" you asked.

Sans pointed to a security camera up in the corner of the room. He then whispers to you, "don't you think that they put one of those in each of the rooms in this building. don't you think he has access to each of them and was listening in on the conversations we had last night?"

You suddenly realize what he meant. You two didn't tell him about going to Snowdin at all yesterday. He had watched the security tapes... It would be in his nature to do so.

"maybe it'd be better if we code jumped back to my house after all... if anyone knows what he did or if he did anything, it's papyrus," Sans told you.

You sighed. So much for the romantic walk... It was too much to hope for anyway. You nod sadly. "Okay..."

"yeah... i don't really want to either, but i'm interested in what mettaton did or is going to do. the only way i can figure it out is by going back. besides, we still had fun on our "date", right?"

"Yeah. More fun than the last two weeks of my life. Maybe we could hang out again next week. I just remembered that I've got a lot of work to get caught up on...," you told Sans.

"you want me to just drop you off at your house or something?"

"No... I've got something to do in Snowdin. You wouldn't mind hopping me over to Snowdin with you would you?" you asked.

Sans shook his head and snapped his fingers. The two of you were among the letters and numbers going for a walk. You looked around. Nobody else was there. Nobody else to accompany you. Felt a lot like the beginning of your dream where there was nobody... except for Sans. However, this time, nobody said a word. There was nothing to say. It was just go to Snowdin and then not see each other again for a while. As soon as you were there, Sans sort of stares at you for a moment. He sighs slightly and waves. "welp, it's been fun. i guess i'll be seeing ya."

"Yeah. Bye...," you answer as you turn away. As hard as it is, you refuse to look back. You shivered. You had given back Sans' coat and the freezing chill of Snowdin shot through you, but the coldness was nothing compared to the loneliness you now felt.

You stumbled into Grillby's and look around. There was nobody there except for Grillby who was wiping down the counter. He looked up at you. You sat down on the stool. Back to where you were two days ago...

"Based on the look on your face, it didn't go the way you hoped," Grillby stated as he looked at you.

"Nope... It was awesome. Heh... Sans did hang out with me just like you said he would. I almost thought that it became more than what we planned. I thought he started to like me... the way I liked him... Maybe it's a dream," you said as you buried your face into your arms on the counter.

Grillby put down the rag he was using to clean the counter and sat down across from you. "Alright, what happened?"

You sat up and looked at him. You could always trust Grillby. By an unknown force, you blurt out everything that happened. "I went to his house like you told me and ended up spending the night on his couch. The entire day the next day we were together. The two of us actually got trapped in the Snowdin Shop during the storm yesterday, but it was the greatest experience ever. Something told me he didn't want to end it all like me. However, because of Mettaton, we're now apart again..."

"Mettaton? You mean the guy who's always on at six in the morning and 3 in the afternoon?" he asked.

You nodded. Grillby didn't seem surprised. He continued. "I don't see his show much because of my sleeping hours and working hours. However, from what I've seen, he's very flamboyant, showy, and definitely tries to go all-out on pleasing his fans. What'd he do?"

"Well, he sort of threatened us. He said that he was going to get us together whether if we approved of what he did or not. He knew more about something than he should have because he was spying on us and because of the way he is, we got worried that he'd be broadcasting whatever he happened to hear. Because of this, Sans and I came back to Snowdin and I could tell that Sans thought that it'd be better if we stayed away from each other for the time being...," you explained.

Grillby nods to himself. "I can see that happening. Well, it may sound strange, but I actually think you should stay away from Sans for the time being."

You sat up on the stool. Why would he tell you to avoid Sans?! "Why would you want me to avoid him?!"

"That's not quite what I meant. What I mean is that you should just sort of lay low for a couple of days. Haven't you ever seen those movies? How someone doesn't realize another person's value until they are far apart which increases the desire to be together again?" asked Grillby

You tilt your head. "I guess that I have, but I do have a question for you. How do you know so much about romance?"

"My daughter forces me to watch all of those romance movies. I usually don't have a problem with them, but my wife thinks that I should become a matchmaker now..."

You giggled. Grillby the matchmaker. "That'd be funny if that were to happen!"

"I'd rather not talk about that... Well, unless if there's anything else you wanna talk about, I'd suggest that you returned to your home in Hotland," Grillby told you as he returned to wiping down the counter.

"Okay..."

You walk out the door and begin the long walk to Hotland. It was hot as usual and your house seemed really puny compared to the huge lab that Alphys lived in. You could hear Undyne yelling from inside and then there was a loud explosion. You decided not to ask and just went into your house.

As you sat around your house being bored, you got a phone call. It was from Papyrus! You picked it up and answered. "Hey, Papyrus."

"(Y/N)! GLAD I COULD REACH YOU! I AM CALLING ABOUT SANS!" Papyrus explained. You sighed as you remembered how bored and lonely you were now that he was gone.

"What about him?"

"HE SAYS THAT HE WANTED ME TO PASS ON A MESSAGE ABOUT HOW METTATON HASN'T SAID ANYTHING YET. THAT WAS IT."

"Oh," you reply. You were both relieved and disappointed.

"WHAT'S WRONG? IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?" Papyrus questioned when he heard your response.

"It's nothing. I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me," you told him.

"YEAH... THAT'S WHAT SANS SAYS WHEN SOMETHING'S WRONG. WHAT'S UP?"

You thought for a second. Papyrus did sort of know about your feelings towards his older brother, but to what extent? How much should you tell him? He's your friend. You decided that you should say something even if it wasn't the entire story.

"I've been a little lonely ever since Sans went away. I have nothing to do and, to be honest, I had a lot of fun yesterday!" you told him.

"OH! WELL, I SHOULD APOLOGIZE ABOUT YESTERDAY TOO... I WAS OVERREACTING! YOU DIDN'T DESERVE WHAT I SAID. YOU'RE WELCOME BACK HERE ANY TIME!!" he chirped.

"Aw... Thank you!" you reply.

"WELL, If THAT'S ALL THEN I'LL BE SEEING YOU."

"Bye, Papyrus!"

Click...

You smiled. Papyrus was pretty cool. However, you then remembered, you were alone. You agreed to be alone. What now? With no other ideas, you plopped onto the couch to think of some ideas. Nothing came to your mind. As the emptiness of your brain started to get to you, you finally decided to just take a well-deserved nap. Thankfully, that was the one thing that came easily.