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"Baby? What are you doing?"

"Is that what I think it is?"

"Darling, No. STOP!"

"EAAAAAAAAH!"

Familiar voices filled your ears as your mother's scream tore away the silence that you had been previously drifting under. The comfortable quiet darkness that you had been begging to consume you had refused. Gone. Again. Taken away by the depths of your own mind as you were forced to relive the last living moments of your parents. Nightmares that used to haunt you to no end, now just moving images that you have memorized by heart.

There was only one explanation as to why you were witnessing these again. You had fallen asleep. Somehow the rather adorable adventures of fluffy bunny done in the voice of an overly excited skeleton had lulled you to sleep. Though to be fair, once the medicine that Sans had given you kicked in, it probably did most of the work. Even though you knew you were in dreamland, it didn't make leaving it any easier. The images changed to more recent ones and the dread you were feeling grew. Waking up now would be great. You didn't want to have to think about what just happened.

The familiar feeling of cold settled on your body and you trembled at what was about to come. It had been a pretty tranquil way to kill yourself but it was bad enough that you were tormented by suicidal thoughts while awake. Dreams were supposed to be an escape. Not an awful reminder of your personal failures. Why couldn't you sleep like a normal person instead of being dragged through your own personal hell?

After what felt like years of watching everything wrong with your life, the pull that sleep had over you was finally weakening. Your body felt extremely heavy as you slowly came out of the dark slumber only to be greeted with the semi-familiar bedroom of Papyrus. Said skeleton currently had your lower half trapped to the bed as he was sprawled out across the top with the rest of him on the floor. Soft snores filling the room when otherwise there would be silence. You watched the peaceful slumbering monster.

Just what was his deal? Why was he trying so hard to help you? YOU! A person who is nothing more than wasted space. A person with no real achievements, goals, or ambitions. A person who is more of an NPC in a game than a living being with an opinion. Why? Why did he care so much?!

You froze as you felt the skeleton shift in his sleep. This guy... was rather touchy feely wasn't he? After all, his first instinct had been to hug you. Now he was sleeping on top of you. That... sounded a lot more perverted than what was actually going on. You doubted this guy ever had a thought like that in his entire life. He was far to innocent. The skeleton continued to move and frantically your mind scrambled. You weren't ready to deal with him yet. But the moment he knew you were awake, he would probably be all over you. Think of something... fast!

He turned in his sleep. The peaceful look morphing into one of concern with a hint of fear. "Please... don't go." His normally loud voice was now just above a whisper. What was making your heart ache was the fact that his voice shook. Terribly. What was this skeleton even dreaming about to cause this type of reaction? You felt him gently grip your foot when you moved it slightly. "Please... stay." Wait... was he... was he dreaming about you?!

Now that you thought about it, it made sense. You were probably the most terrifying thing to happen to him as of late. Not many people witness a person WILLINGLY jump into a frozen lake in an attempt to kill themselves. Did monsters ever try to commit suicide? Was it a common thing for their species as well or not? Regardless, your initial impression definitely left an impact. Probably more for the worse than the better. Why was it that you found help in one of the most unorthodox places? You hadn't even wanted help to begin with. He kind of... just took it upon himself to save you and make sure that you were okay. He doesn't even know anything about you.