Reincarnated as Sans twin brother

Preparation

Mincho POV

I decided to talk with Pops and see if something was wrong because he started acting strange when we were at the market. I had a feeling it had something to do with the demon kid. So I pretended to fall asleep with my brothers after our outing before. Then followed him to his lab when he thought we were all asleep. There I saw him writing in one of his notebooks with a very determined look on his face.

"Pops what's wrong?" I asked him and he was so surprised to hear my voice that he jumped a bit in his chair.

"Oh, Mincho, it's you. For a moment there, I thought you were Papyrus!!" He whispered yelled to me as he put his hand over his soul.

"Hey, you don't need to have a soul attack, old man. It's just little oh me. But I can understand why you would be scared of Papyrus. He did say no working in the lab at night so both you and Sans could get proper sleep. And even for me, he can be scary if I don't take care of my health." I whispered as I walked to sit in the chair next to him.

"Yeah, he always worries too much about us sometimes. But I wouldn't have him any other way. I wouldn't change anything about any of you guys for that matter." Pops whispered with happiness in his voice as he continued to work on his book.

I put my hand on Pops's shoulder and whispered very gently to him. "Pops, what's wrong? You have been acting strange for a while now. Shoot you're even breaking one of Papyrus's main rules right now. You haven't done that since you first came here to our universe. Does it have something to do with the save stars or is it because of..."

"Mincho....sigh. Sometimes you're too smart for your own good and others too. You know that?" Pops said with a look of playful defeat.

"But of course, my fine old man, I must always be in everyone's business.
Or else...you all would always keep a skele ton buried inside... No and that's not good for anyone." I said to him with a sad expression on my face.

"You're not going to let this go huh? Sigh, fine, I'm a bit worried, you know? We all know that there's a high possibility I could be trapped in the void right? I was just thinking about what would happen to you boys if... that happens to me you know? Because during that fight with the demonic spawn, if I hadn't sent my Diamond cranes and the three lotuses, you guys would have most likely died. You three were getting tired and needed to rest while that child never seemed to be bothered by any sort of fatigue at all. If I ever did fall into the void you guys would no longer have that help anymore...." Pops said no longer trying to whisper so as not to wake the others.

And I could see him start to cry a little as he put his hands over his eyes trying to cover them.

"Pops..." I had no words.

"I have to make sure you guys stay safe even if I'm not by your side! I want to make sure that the demon cannot attack you while you rest! I want to make it so that you guys do not have to witness your brothers being killed by that damn child or know what it feels like to die! And want to just free you all from this damn time Loop that we're going to be stuck in for all eternity! Even if that means that I must suffer it all alone... I wish to get you boys out... so you all don't have to suffer like this! Because you all suffered enough!!!" Pops yelled out as he hit his hands onto his desk in his anger.

My brothers had already woken up after Pops stopped whispering and were in the doorway. I quickly hugged him and my brothers joined in the hug.

"You don't have to do this old man. Nothing happened besides your glitching when the kid came. You didn't fall into the void so you don't have to worry about it." Sans said to Pops as we hugged him tighter.

"That doesn't prove that it might not happen at all. There may be a possibility that it didn't happen last reset. But it may happen later on in another one. I just want to prepare in case something like that happens... I love you, boys, too much to not take precautions for every negative possibility that might never happen. I'd rather have a plan or something to be there and and protect you... I know I might justs be paranoid or whatever. But let me do this to put my soul at ease." Pops pleaded with us as he hugged us back.

We just stayed quiet for a moment contemplating, till finally, Papyrus spoke up.

"If you're serious about this then let us help you prepare. Don't shoulder all the weight of the potential crisis on yourself, Father." Papyrus said with a No Nonsense tone to his voice.

Pops just sighed.

"You all are not going to take no as an answer or are you?"

"Nope." We all said at the same time.

"FINE! I can never win against you guys when you all turn against me together like this." Pops said as he shook his head.

After we were done hugging each other we finally began working together in the hopes of caring for our father's worries. This time I didn't see how Sans got the same worried look Pops have from the market.

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Sorry about not updating sooner I had lost my account password when I got a new phone. I have retrieved it and now I'm updating this new chapter.