The Real Me + You

Part 4 (Torture Marks)

Sans POV:

Mettaton has had the girl in the bath for 30 minutes now, I just watched the flames from the fire. I felt terrible, I just left her in the woods and assumed... just assumed she had somewhere to go... I was horrible, I'm horrible... she was so nice to me and so wonderful and I just left her alone in the freezing cold woods.

I cracked my knuckles in anger, I felt the couch dip and Papyrus held out a mug with a small smile,

"Here brother,"

I took it smiling sadly before looking into the mug, Tomato Sauce, I chuckled before taking a sip,

"Brother please don't blame yourself, you didn't know if she had a place to go or not and think of it like this, shes safe now,"

I fidgeted with the mug, pondering over what Papyrus said but I still felt horrible,

"Thanks Pap's but it doesn't change the fact I left her alone,"

Papyrus pulled me into an awkward side hug, I was still Human so it felt kind've strange but I didn't want y/n to see me just yet as a skeleton, now that I think about it,

"Brother how's the transformation practice coming?"

I sat up and looked at Papyrus, he twiddled his skeletal thumbs,

"I've got it spot on but I don't like the way I look or more I'm not used to the look of me as a Human,"

I smiled at him,

"I know, it's weird at first but you get used to it eventually, I'm asking because y/n doesn't know we're skeletons and I'd like to show her soon but I just need to see if she'll be...accepting,"

Papyrus was silent for a minute and then nodded, the room lit up in a warm orange colour and then in the place of my skeletal brother sat my human brother, I had never seen him as a Human before so this was...different.

His skin was pale like mine, his hair, while messy, was still contained and just as white as mine. His pyjamas held onto his body better. His eyes were a strage yet comforting orange and they held a boyish hint to them, he looked lean, his jaw just as sharp looking as his skeletal one, his arms looked filled out a little, probably from stirring pasta constantly,

"You look nice brother,"

Paps lips moved into a small grin, even while sitting he looked tall, in skeleton form I was 5 ft 1, in Human form I was 6 ft. Papyrus as a skeleton was 5ft 7, as a Human he easily looked 6ft 6, maybe even taller,

"Thanks Brother, I dunno but I'll stay like this until you're ready for us to show her,"

I nodded in appreciation then Mettaton called down,

"Sans darling can you come up here please?"

I put my mug down and made my way upstairs,

"Yeah MT?"

"Borrow me one of your shirts please and possibly a pair of comfy pants,"

I stood confused, I heard Mettaton sigh,

"They're for y/n unless you want her to sleep with nothing?"

I felt my entire face flush blue and I hurried to my room, I grabbed one of my white shirts and a pair of my smallest fitting quarter pants, as I passed Paps room I quickly snuck in and grabbed a pair of fuzzy socks. I knocked on the bathroom door and opened it slightly so Mettaton could take the clothing, he shut the door and I heard the water drain.

I made my way to my room and cleaned up where I could, I picked the laundry off the floor and put it in a basket, I threw away the litter that covered my carpet and straightened my books. I fixed my bed so that Mettaton could put y/n straight into my bed, I sat down on my chair by my desk and lost myself in a world of thought.

10 minutes passed and Mettaton carried in a healthy looking y/n, her skin was back to normal and her cheeks held a slight flush from the heat from the water, she still looked comatose which was slightly worrying. My clothes looked baggy on her but it looked cute, Mettaton laid her down slowly and covered her,

"I dried her hair so she won't get sick but she's okay, she's still out but responsive so I'd say she's sleeping now. I suggest staying with her, to monitor her,"

Mettaton whispered, I nodded at him and thanked him with a smile, his face fell into a small frown,

"I know it's none of my business but when I undressed y/n her back was covered in strange welt like scars and there are a lot of them, also her stomach has long burn like streaks. She has many more scars I'm guessing but they seem to be covered by some permanent magic. Its concerning..."

My face fell into a frown,

"Torture?"

Mettaton looked back at y/n

"Possibly, whatever it is, it doesn't look fun and she has a symbol burnt into the back of her neck, an X with two lines going through it, like a brand,"

Fury and slight understanding surfaced through me,

"She was a 'pet',"

I spat the word out like it was venom, Mettaton looked at me in confusion,

"Some Humans of the Surface world had other Humans as their 'pets', they tortured some of these people as a kink and had sex with them in a few cruel ways. The owners branded their 'pets' so that nobody could take them as their own, whipping was commonly used and by the sounds of it that's what's covered y/n's back, whipping welts. The burns on her stomach? Severely hot wax. The rest must be severe if she's got a permanent spell on them,"

Mettaton's hand covered his mouth in pure shock,

"How do you know this?"

I looked at my hands then back up at the robot,

"I've been doing extensive research on the human world, that unfortunately was one of the things I learnt about,"

Mettaton dropped his hand and looked at y/n sadly,

"Poor girl, no wonder she chose to stay down here,"

Mettaton bid me goodnight and left, Papyrus walked in a few minutes later, in Human form,

"At least she's alright, will you be alright for the rest of the night? Well more morning,"

I nodded with a smile and Papyrus went to bed, I put my chair next to the head of the bed and turned the heat of the blanket down a notch so she didn't burn. I watched y/n for a bit as she lay on her back, her chest rising and falling at a slow and steady pace, a few seconds later she moved onto her side, her face towards me and I continued to watch her with curiosity, for an all-powerful being she was very kind looking and extremely beautiful. That curiosity soon turned to anger, but not for her, for the Human that tortured her.

I was about to grab a book to calm myself when y/n mumbled something in her sleep, I looked closely and noticed tears falling slowly, her mumbles started to turn into strangled cries, she curled into a ball and began to sob. I had no idea what to do except climb into the bed with her and hold her tightly, I whispered softly into her ear, she uncurled from the ball and clung to me, her cried became softer and softer until she was no longer crying.

I stroked her hair back while whispering in her ear that everything was okay, when she had gone silent I tried to move but she clung onto me with a whimper, she wouldn't let go so I lay debating what to do. Eventually my desire to remain in bed with y/n won so I stayed with her but before I fell asleep I summoned my little music box over and wound it up, a song my Brother called Home began to play, it was pretty peaceful to fall asleep to, I put it back in its place and turned off the light.

I turned around to face y/n, our noses touching, she was no longer clinging onto me but she still held me. I searched her face still wondering about earlier, I hope she wasn't mad at me, mad that I kissed her. The music began lulling me to sleep and I eventually dosed off and I dreamt about my time with y/n at Grillby's, except this time we didn't leave and all we did was speak and laugh and forget about all our troubles... it was a heavenly dream.