Autistic Skele-Bros

7: Reveal

(1713 words)

"Al, I don't know about this..."

Sans sits on the floor in Alphys living-room up on the surface.

Alphys sitting cross-legged across from him, eating instant noodles. "It'll be fine, it's not a big deal. Lot's of people and monsters have it, and nobody is going to treat you or Papyrus differently."

Sans pulls his hood up over his skull, the pellets inside making a soft swishing sound. "But what if they do? I mean, you didn't change, only because you could see it from the beginning. But everyone else..."

Alphys reaches a hand out to comfort Sans, but thinks better of it and instead scoots beside him, letting him rest his skull on her shoulder.

"it'll be okay. No one is going to act different. And afterwards you will feel so much better. Plus everyone will be able to help when things aren't going so good."

Sans nods into her shoulder, remaining silent.

"D'you wanna tell Papyrus the plan?"

"Probably should." Sans mutters, closing his eyes.

"Everyone's gonna be here in an hour, and Papyrus still needs to get back with the eggs." Alphys says, half changing the subject. "Yeah." San says quietly, obviously dreading telling everyone about this.

"Alphys?"

"Yeah Sans?"

"What do you think it's like not to be Autistic?"

Alphys lays her head on top of Sans' 

"I don't know."

================================================================================

Thankfully Papyrus made it to Alphys house with forty-five minutes to spare before their friends started to arrive.

As soon as Papyrus had walked in the door he had shouted about how hard it was to find 'good eggs' these days.

"Papyrus, do you remember that thing we were gonna tell everyone tonight?" Sans says sleepily, already feeling low on spoons.

"Of course! We were gonna tell our friends that we both are Autistic!" Papyrus obviously wasn't feeling the same way about all this that Sans was. He was so much more open and a bit oblivious at times.

"Okay, but also, um maybe let me and Alphys here do more of the talking?" Sans stands up from where he was sitting with Alphys and stands in front of his brother with his hands in his pockets.

"Why?" Papyrus asks innocently.

"Well, uh, we just think we'd... take turns?" Sans tries to think up an excuse for not letting Papyrus babble off anything and everything to everyone. "Yeah," Alphys starts "you two were going to take turns telling things about ourselves that the others didn't know, although I can help with explaining things"

Sans looks at Alphys, surprised, whispering "I thought you weren't going to say anything"

"I thought you needed some back up." she smiles.

Papyrus, his happy aura returning, bounds off to the kitchen to make dinner for everyone with a loud- "Okay!"

Sans sits back down with Alphys, this time on the couch, trying to not freak out about what he's about to do.

Ding-dong

The doorbell rings, seemingly too loud for Sans at the moment, and he covers his 'ears'

"I'll get it." Alphys says, getting up from the couch.

Alphys opens the door, to only be jumped by her crush. "Alphys! how's it goin'!?" she shouts.