Colors Of The Soul

Ch. 6 A Moment Past

Back at the hotel

Frisk's fever starts to break. She finally starts to relax more as the pain didn't come as quickly, the cold medicine was finally doing its job. It calmed the nerves and was fighting off the virus. Her chills were not that bad either anymore. As she glanced towards Sans, she couldn't help but notice his worry brow on his skeletal features.

"Hey Sans..." She said her throat dry as her voice cracked. "What's wrong?" She prompted herself up to get a better view of Sans. He looked over, startled from his thoughts.

"eh, just humans being difficult." It wasn't really a lie, he was having to try to explain to a human why he wasn't opening his shop like they had hoped.

"Yeah... I am sorry about today...."

"don't apologize for what ya can't control."

"Oh... I presume you meant me since I am a human... and I didn't feel like myself today." He winced.

"no, i didn't mean you." Should I ask who it was maybe I shouldn't he looks so stressed.

"It will be okay Moonshine see I am even better." She made a weak ta da. He smiled a little at that.

"yeah, seems like that medicine is finally kicking in."

"Yeah I am feeling a little better" she still had her aches and pains but she knew better than to complain at this point. Sans was stressed out.

"Do you want to talk about what happened Sans?"

"just one of my suppliers. he's bein' a pain because i wasn't at the shop like he expected despite me sending him a text this morning about it."

"Wha... you own a shop?" She genuinely didn't know about it.

"sorta. i still sell hot dogs."

"That is so cool. Why didn't you tell me before? Omg, what is it called?" She forgot her illness for a second as her excitement took over.

" 'Dogs. it's nothin' to big or anything so saying it's a shop might be a bit of a stretch. It's a mobile cart, but i have specific stops."

"Still That is amazing. Why would you not tell me this?"

"there's a lot that we should talk about that we just haven't had the time to." She looked into his eye lights and pat beside her on the bed "Well I have time now if you want to tell me some stuff my scientific hot dog man." She coughed, but she enjoyed this. He slid into the spot next to her.

"hmm... where to begin... "

"You were born in a log cabin...." she kidded. He began to snicker.

"i was born in a lab thanks. much less drafty there."

"Oh really... I guess that is where you got the smarts than." She said amused and enticed by the story.

"debatable, but not unlikely since i did a lot of my studies there. let's see... after we moved to the city Mettaton found us a place to start living. It was a bit small, but after a few hundred shows we got a bigger place."

"Yeah, I remember Paps sending me letters about how your socks were everywhere. I had to pester them both to find out anything about you."

"i'm sorry about that. But there wasn't really much to tell, i kinda spent night time looking for odd jobs to help pay the bills when those two weren't at shows."

"What do you mean? I have never thought you are boring for one second and on top of it when your family needs you. You always stepped up. Knowing you probably took 2-3 jobs at one point and never complained.

"try maybe a few hundred. i was working through a temp. service. so i did a lot of random things."

"See what I mean... you 'doing nothing' is not true. Besides I always thought you were interesting." She looked down and blushed. He was genuinely flattered.

"yeah, but i couldn't ruin my reputation of being a lazy comedian... so... most of my jobs had me sleepin' through the day." A smile cracked across her face.

"So did you become a bed tester yet?" He chuckled.

"much as i wish, that wasn't really a thing i got to do. plus i can sleep anywhere so i don't think i'd be very reliable regarding judging beds." As she laughed, she started to cough a little bit.

"so that was before i found out humans found me amusing. met up with a human agent, said he wanted to book me some comedic gigs. so i started doing that once a month. the hot dog stand was just so i had something to do during the day so Paps wouldn't worry as well as yell at me to not sleep through the entire day."

"Not only are you a sexy entrepreneur but you are a comedian who does live shows, a scientist, an individual who has done several hundred jobs, a sentry and a hero. You say your life is boring? Now I need to figure out where to get tickets to one of your shows because I want to be your groupie." She winked at Sans. He laughed a little.

"i have a show next month."

"I demand backstage passes... hmmm... I wonder if I can sleep my way back there." she laughed and coughed at the same time.

"dunno about that, but there's always a private show for after the public one..." He smirked.

"Hmmm... to be an ultimate fan of Sans comedy show has been a dream of mine." She smiled "As your new ultimate fan is this limited tattoo I have to allow me an all-purpose pass for behind the scenes with the celebrity." She proudly showed her "tattoo" off.

"i'll say it does." He replied with a hint of a lustful smile.

"So mr. scientific celebrity tell me more in what happened to you."

"well, after Mettaton caught me on the roof talking to "you" he talked to Paps. now that tin can didn't say anything about what he'd overheard, but between the two of them, they bullied me into a dance studio. i was too nervous to join really, but i did watch from the back row and picked up a few things. made a friend or two as well."

"I am glad you really enjoyed dance classes and made friends Sans." She softly smiled at Sans. Her hands went and took his hand into her hands. "You shouldn't have been bullied into it, but I am glad you enjoyed it just the same."

"hmm, well i have learned stuff." He wasn't sure if he could say that he enjoyed it, but he didn't hate it really, and it got him out of the house at least once a week.

"I know to enjoy teaching the kids how to dance with Toriel. The way their eyes sparkle when they master the move they have been practicing. How they joke amongst themselves, and just them having fun." Her mind filled with memories of when she was a teacher with Toriel. Not that she could afford to even start her own studio anyway, but she can dream that one day she can do it again.

"ever thought of teaching yourself?" He asked, seeing her eyes light up.

"I would love to Sans... but there is no way I can afford a place to do it... I mean maybe we can rent a studio that I can teach, but I would be there all the time...no we can't do that. Can we?" It is as if she was a child asking for permission to go have a sleepover except her request was a little more expensive.

"if it's what you want, i'm sure we can find a place." Her eyes lit up so bright.

"Are you sure? I mean are you positive....Okay, calm down Frisk first things first is just oh my god..." She started rambling to herself about all the things she can do. He smiled at this.

"it's worth it to see you so happy." She gave him a huge bear hug.

"OH MY GOD THIS IS SO AMAZING!"

"we can start lookin' after you get better." She didn't think she could fall asleep after hearing news like this.

"What should we can the dance studio... Taps off to you... Frisk's Dance Studio, Sansational Studio's? What do you think Sans?"

"well, it'll be your studio so i think the name is up to you. for now, get some sleep, the faster you get some sleep, the better you'll be."

"Fine... fine..." She kissed his cheek and pulled the covers over and went to sleep.