A Different Kind of LOVE

Chapter 5

Sans stood as still as he could, trying his hardest not to panic in front of his boys. Who knows how they would react. This hoody Papyrus tilted his head at him, confused.

"Uh...owe me? I don't...you don't owe me anything, dude. What made you think that?" He paused, looking down at the floor in front of Sans' feet. "Also, could you clean that up before my bro gets home? He'll throw a hissy fit if there's mess in here." Now Sans was confused. Nothing this guy said made sense, other than the fact that he had a brother. If he thought about it, it kinda made sense for this Papyrus to have a Sans. Which meant he now understood what the damn machine did.

"Yeah, uh...you got a broom?" The hoody Papyrus nodded, walking to the corner of the room by the fridge and pulling out a broom and dustpan from between the fridge and the wall. When he went to hand them over Sans flinched, Red and Fell reacting to the sudden change in their Papa's magic by snarling at Papyrus. Sans waved the two off, grabbing the cleaning supplies and sweeping up the wrap he'd made, throwing it in the trash. Looked like he wasn't eating today after all.

"Papa, you can have the rest of ours. We're done anyways." Sans turned to Red, his mind no longer dwelling on the hoody Papyrus. Red and Fell were standing back from the wrap he had made them, not looking him in the eyes. Sans sighed before pushing it back towards them.

"No. You two need to eat more than I do. You both better finish that off; we aren't leaving until you do." Fell and Red stared at him for a moment before giving in and eating. Sans was right; they began tearing into the meal like animals once their hunger really set in.

"You aren't going to stay? You aren't completely better." Sans turned sharply, remembering the new Papyrus and rubbing his head.

"No. We already owe you for letting us stay this long and letting us eat your food. Once they're done we'll be on our way." Papyrus looked like he was about to argue when the front door burst open, someone stomping the snow off their shoes as they yelled into the house.

"PAPY! HAS HE WOKEN UP YET? I BROUGHT HOME MUFFET'S FOR DINNER!" Sans stared in the direction of the kitchen doorway, frozen. So. That's what he sounded like here.

"We're in here, bro." Hoody Papyrus called back lazily, ignoring Sans' look of horror. Sans only had a moment to prepare himself for the blue blur that tackled Hoody Papyrus, then turned to him and immediately started yelling.

"OH I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE AWAKE! YOU WERE REALLY COLD WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU HERE, BUT I SEE YOU'VE GOTTEN BETTER!" Sans just nodded, keeping his distance from the ball of energy that was this universe's Sans. Deciding that checking on Red and Fell would be a better use of his time than staring down his counterpart, he looked back towards the counter, only to see their wrap gone and both of them asleep, Fell laying over his brother's stomach. Sans smiled despite the other skeletons in the room and picked his boys up carefully, cradling them in both hands.

"Thanks again, for everything. We'll be outta your house now." Sans said quietly before starting for the living room. He heard fierce whispers coming from the kitchen as he walked, and snarled as he felt a gloved hand lite on his shoulder. The Blue Sans was holding his hands up in a calming gesture, a small smile on his face.

"I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD STAY HERE UNTIL WE GET YOUR MAGIC BACK UP. WE AREN'T GOING TO HURT YOU, OR RED OR FELL. I PROMISE YOU'LL BE SAFE HERE UNTIL WE GET YOU HEALED UP. THEN YOU CAN LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO." Sans stared at the Blue him for a moment, trying to gauge if it was a trick. He recognized nothing but sincerity on Blue Sans' face. Sighing, Sans nodded, looking down at his boys, who were still sleeping soundly in his palms. This would be a better setup than him trying to scrounge for food for them anyways. So he would stay. Until he got well enough to protect himself, and his boys.

"Hey, are you still hungry?" Sans looked up at Hoody Papyrus, who was standing in the doorway to the kitchen, leaning on the frame. Sans nodded, before placing Red and Fell on the green couch in the living room, pulling the quilt off the back and wrapping it around them snuggly. He watched them for a few minutes to make sure they weren't going to wake up, then followed Blue him and Hoody Papyrus into the kitchen. Damn this universe was weird.