A Different Kind of End - Book One - Reset

Chapter 6 - Moving Onward

"Are we finally leaving this damn house?" Chara asks as she comes up to him, Frisk responds with simply a nod but holds up a finger to indicate him to wait a moment before grabbing her satchel and hurrying to the kitchen,

"AH HUMAN!! I'M LEAVING FOR MY TRAINING, SANS SHOULD BE ON DUTY..." he glances over her to see she has her bag, "YOU'RE LEAVING AREN'T YOU?" he looks sad when Frisk nods, "I KNEW YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WON'T YOU, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY SPECIAL FRIEND!" he wraps Frisk in a tight hug then pulls a tub of spaghetti out of the fridge and hands it to her,

"Thank you," Frisk responds in her quiet voice, Papyrus grins having only heard her voice a few times over her stay. They both exit the house together and he then dashes off waving at her.

"He gave you spaghetti, didn't he?" Chara asks,

"Yup," Frisk grins, "let's go!" she skips down the steps of the porch and walks in the direction Papyrus had gone, Chara falling into step beside her. Frisk pulled the jacket tightly around herself, she would have to return it to Sans soon since once she was out of Snowdin she wouldn't need it.

As they entered the next district, they could both hear the bubbling sounds of the waterfalls and Frisk smiles, this was her favourite place in the underground, "The sound of rushing water fills you with determination," Chara chuckles, Frisk giggles along with him and hurries forward spotting Sans at his post, which surprisingly still had snow on, "we just got away from the bone brothers and now your rushing towards him again!" Chara moans. Frisk stops in front of Sans and waves a little while looking at his post,

"What? Haven't you seen a guy with two jobs before?" he then grins at her, "fortunately, two jobs mean twice as many legally-required breaks." he tilts his head for a moment, "I'm going to Grillby's. Wanna come?" he asks,

"Say no, we have to continue or else you will never get out of here," Chara grumbles, Frisk ignores him and nods enthusiastically, Sans chuckles before shrugging and saying,

"Well, if you insist... I'll pry myself away from my work..." he walks out from behind his post and starts walking, "over here, I know a shortcut," he winks taking her hand. There is an odd shifting sensation, almost like she was dropping from a great height,

"Frisk!" Chara's panicked voice reached her ears but then he was gone, and Frisk found herself and Sans standing in the fire elemental owned bar, Chara was nowhere to be seen, this worries her a little but she's distracted by Sans,

"Fast shortcut, huh?" she nods and smiles at him, "Hey everyone!" he proceeds to greet everyone in the room while leading her over to the bar,

"Hey Sans, weren't you just here for breakfast a few minutes ago?" someone calls out,

"Nah, I haven't had breakfast in at least half an hour," he winks at Frisk, "you must be thinking of brunch," everyone in the room starts to laugh and he points to a stool, "here, get comfy." As Frisk sits onto the bar stool a sound ripples through the air, "whoops, watch where you sit down," Sans says while chuckling, "sometimes weirdos put whoopee cushions on the seats," Frisk grins at him and shakes her head laughing a little.

*

He stares at the kid for a moment, 'cute' the thought crosses his mind quickly and he just as quickly tries to shove it away, 'I can't be thinking that, they are just a kid, and human, besides,' he glances over them, 'I don't even know how old they are exactly or even if they are a boy or girl, though I suppose the latter doesn't really matter, ack what am I thinking!' he gives his head a little shake as a blush heats his face lightly, "anyway, let's order," he catches Grillby's attention and the fire elemental comes walking over while cleaning a glass, he looks curiously at the kid who smiles up at him, before turning to Sans, "Whaddya want...?" Sans asks them, they ponder for a moment,

"Burger please?" they ask politely in their quiet voice, 'got to be a girl, right? With that delicate of a voice,'

"Hey, that sounds pretty good," he grins and looks up, "Grillby, we'll have a double order of burg," Grillby nods and walks off into the kitchen. Frisk swings her legs slightly and watches as Sans pulls out a comb and combs his non-existent hair, making her giggle a little and Sans grin, "so, what do you think..." he pauses, "of my brother?"

"Cool," Frisk responds with a warm bright smile,

"Of course he's cool," Sans scratches at his non-existent nose to hide the fact he is once again blushing, 'she's a kid get yourself together,' "you'd be cool too if you wore that outfit every day," he chuckles making her laugh again, he had really begun to like her laugh and making her laugh, "he'd only take that thing off if he absolutely had to. Oh well, at least he washes it, and by that, I mean he wears it in the shower," this made her giggle more, "here comes the grub," Grillby returns with their food and places it in front of them.

*

"Want some ketchup?" Sans asks while holding out the bottle, Frisk frowns a little remembering last time and the disaster that happened, ketchup all over her food,

"No thank you," she politely refuses and reaches for her burger,

"More for me," he winks then proceeds to drink the sauce out of the bottle, her eyes widen as she watches him then she giggles. After a few minutes of silence while she eats and he continues to drink the ketchup he continues to talk, "Anyway, cool or not, you have to agree Papyrus tries real hard. Like how he keeps trying to be part of the Royal Guard, one day, he went to the house of the head of the Royal Guard..." he chuckles lightly, Frisk listens attentively even if she has heard the story before, "and begged her to let him be in it. Of course, she shut the door on him because it was midnight, but the next day, she woke up and saw him still waiting there. Seeing his dedication, she decided to give him warrior training, it's, uh, still a work in progress," he shrugs with a grin and turns back to his own burger, which is still untouched, "Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you something," Frisk suddenly felt like she was under a spot light, "have you ever heard of a talking flower?" he was still grinning but his tone was serious, Frisk once again wondered as she had the last run, 'is he asking about Flowey?' last time she had said no, this time she decided to be truthful,

"Yes," she responds focusing on the remains of her burger, she feels his gaze land on her,

"So, you know all about it," for some reason Frisk tenses up a little at his words, she wonders if he is maybe angry with her but then his next words just throw her off, "the echo flower." his grin widens a little when she looks up at him, "they're all over the marsh, say something to them, and they'll repeat it over and over... what about it? Well, Papyrus told me something interesting the other day... Sometimes, when no one else is about, a flower appears and whispers things to him." Frisk's eyes widen just the slightest, she remembers Chara telling her that he had seen the younger brother talking to Flowey, "flattery...advice...encouragement...predictions," his smile seems to falter ever so slightly but he recovers, "weird, huh?" he turns his head to look at her a little, she shrugs not really knowing if he wants an answer or not, "someone must be using an echo flower to play a trick on him," he says this but Frisk can tell he does not believe it, "keep an eye out, ok?" there is concern in his tone so Frisk nods, he sighs and grins brightly again "thanks," he then jumps off his seat, "welp, that was a long break, I can't believe I let ya pull me away from work for that long." he chuckles, Frisk turns on the stool smiling at him, "oh, by the way...I'm flat broke. Can you foot the bill? It's just 10000 G?" Frisk widens her eyes at him, 'is he serious?' he laughs at her expression, "just kidding, Grillby, put it on my tab," he starts walking towards the door before turning to look back at her, "by the way..." he rubs his non-existent nose hiding the small dusting of blue across his cheekbones, "I was going to say something, but I forgot," he then gives a small wave and hurries out. Frisk is left a little dumb founded before she jumps down, she notices Sans did not eat his burger. Turning to the fire elemental she says a quiet thank you before hurrying out and back into the snow of Snowdin, Sans is nowhere in sight.

"How does he do that...?" she ponders out loud, she then gasps and starts running back to Waterfall, hoping Chara will still be there, 'he's going to be so mad...' but she grins, 'I had fun with Sans though,' she continues to grin as a blush warms her face and she hurries along.