Undertale: REWIND

Confusion

A/N: New chapter name. Can you guess why? XD Anyway, I hope everyone who is following this story is enjoying it so far ...

The gnawing feeling in his stomach was definitely not letting up. A part of him is kicking himself for making a child cry and hurting one of Papyrus's friends.

Then again, was the human child really his friend?

Sure, they were nice and all; they were friendly and clicked really well with everyone in town. But perhaps, a little too well and that's what Sans was worried about.

He felt like an ass but then again, he was just protecting his family ... Somehow, the child knew things they shouldn't have known. Every area of Snowdin, Papyrus's quirks, even Sans's taste in sauces ... It was uncanny how they were so at home in the Underground. And Sans didn't like it. They were on to them. He reasoned with himself. They've been researching them.

And they had a good reason to. Appearing in Snowdin one day was strange and Sans had been counting on the unassuming nature of monsters to not question it so long as they both didn't disrupt the peace of the town. But then came Frisk. The second human child who fell in after Chara ...

How much does the kid know about them anyway? Were they working with Chara on something? If so, Sans needed to take action. He couldn't afford to risk his brother's safety and let this pass.

Sigh. He thought. Chara had seemed creepy enough ... now with the addition of another human child who seemingly knows everything, he's got a lot on his hands.

And why would they ask if he believed in time travel? Out of all the things he's heard from the kid (which, he noted, wasn't a lot; they weren't really a talker), the question on time travel unnerved him the most. This most certainly confirmed Sans's suspicions the kid was a spy, or at least, someone sent to investigate him and his brother.

How would they know though? Sans had covered all his tracks ... He'd gone to such lengths after all, even replacing Papyrus's memories ...

All this thinking kept Sans awake 'till the next morning. The sun had just come out and a few minutes later, he could hear Papyrus cackling excitedly in the next room. Then, he heard his brother stumble down the stairs and ... a loud metallic clash of equipment from the kitchen?

Hurrying down, Sans saw that his brother had opened a cupboard which was stuffed with pots and pans they'd never used, causing them to crash onto the floor.

"'Sup brother." Sans raised a hand.

"Sans! I'm going to make spaghetti! This is truly a cause for celebration! Santa gave me what I wanted for Christmas!" And then Papyrus pulled out an action figure from behind his back. "Look! It's an action figure of ME as a Royal Guard!"

Sans's grin grew. "I guess you could say the gift was SANS-ational!"

Papyrus rolled his eyes. "Ugh! Will you stop trying? What does that mean anyway? You didn't get me anything!"

Then Papyrus pulled out something else from his back. It was a small parcel clumsily wrapped in shiny foil. Sans took it from him with surprise.

"That's your Christmas present. Unlike you, I never forget to get you something!" Papyrus said proudly as he watched his brother unwrap it. "Oh, and by the way. The human helped me pick this out for you!"

Sans took off the last piece of foil and revealed a ... rock sitting in the palm of his hands.

"Uhhh ..."

"It's your pet rock! Now you can never get BONELY again! NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus cackled with glee.

Sans was officially skele-done with his brother.