The Call Of A Mute Heart

Chapter 12

The ebbing cold that pricked at your fingertips had your eyes fluttering open. Shivering a bit, you looked around in an attempt to figure out where you were. It was still dark and your body felt heavy from the strong attack from earlier. You were no longer in the back seat of the van but in the very back part that had several cameras and other media equipment crammed into the small space. A rather scratchy blanket was wrapped around your lightly shivering form. How had you gotten back here? When had you moved? What time is it? The sound of strong winds outside confirmed that the snowstorm was still doing it's thing. That wasn't all you heard. There was also.... Humming?

You turned your head in the direction of the melodic sound. Mettaton had his arms holding you close to his chest. The fans under the pink chest plate whirring at a much faster rate than normal. He was looking absently out the van window on the other side humming something to himself. You recognized the tune but couldn't place what it was. What was he humming? After a couple minutes of thinking, it hits you. He was humming your song! Still?! You vaguely remember asking him to sing it again before passing out but he was still doing it? Why?

Turning your body a little bit, you wiggled your arm out from under the blanket, rubbing the sleep from your eyes. The cold air of the van hitting your warm arm, making you shiver even more.

"Cold, sweetheart?"

The humming abruptly stopped when Mettaton noticed your movement. He readjusted how he held you so that you were sitting up more instead of laying in his arms. Your head gently laying on his chest plate that was.... Warm? How? Mettaton was made of metal. Only the places you had been, previously, laying should be warm. Choosing to ignore those questions, you move towards the heat. Nodding your head as you do. The robot chuckling at your reaction.

"What time is it?" You manage to sign to him after freeing your other hand from the blanket.

Mettaton laid his head back against the van wall behind him. Closing his eyes in thought. "I would have to say it's 7 am. At least that's what the internal clock that Alphys installed says."

"You have an internal clock?"

"Yep and it changes automatically depending on where in the world I am." He gave you a playful wink before looking back out the van window. "The winds aren't nearly as bad as earlier. That awful snowstorm seems to be finally letting up."

Readjusting the blanket so that it covered as much of your body as it could with your hands still out, you noticed a slight sluggish hint in Mettaton's voice. "Are you okay? Were you hurt in the crash?"

"This fabulous body with a scratch? I don't think so, darling!" A long yawn escaped him just as he finished his sentence. "Just a little tired from staying up all night."

He didn't shut down at all? Was his battery okay? You were there when he got his new one but would it last with him being online for 24+ hours? Wait... Why did he stay up all night? Your hands asked him that last question with worry furrowing your brow.

"Well....Songbird. To be honest, that heart attack rather scared me. I wanted to keep watch to make sure nothing happened while you slept...." He trailed off for a moment before looking away. "Also the engine is shot due to hitting the tree, so I've been heating my core up to keep you warm throughout the night."

So that's why the fans were going faster than normal. You looked at his chest plate to see if the light was flashing like it had before but it wasn't. Then again, Alphys could have uninstalled it with the update. You didn't know what she did. "So is your battery low from using all that extra energy to keep me warm?"