Three Girls and The Mansion Of Skeletons ( Reader X AU Sans and Papyrus)

Chapter 29: Autumn

The cool breeze blew your H/L hair as you walked through the park. It was autumn now, summer long gone. Mae was working again, 2 to 3 days a week, so it was just you and Suzy today. Well, and Slim, Stretch, G and Buc. The rest of the skeletons were at home (most of them asleep). You were going to the the village's Autumn Festival. Mae loved getting fresh vegetables from the festival, but sadly she couldn't today because of work, so she'd asked you and Suzy to get some for her. You didn't mind, of course, since you had nothing else planned today. Suzy had begrudgingly agreed, complaining about the freezing weather outside.

Suzy shivered as she nuzzled deeper into her scarf. "It's so fucking cold. Why'd I have to come along?" she complained. Slim snaked an arm over her shoulder and pulled her towards him. She grunted.

"Because if I'm getting out of bed early so are you, sweetie. You can deal with the cold! Nyeh heh..." he laughed.

Suzy just glared up at him and grumbled, "Ya didn't have to come along..."

You smiled and shook your head. He'd only come along because of her. Buc walked up beside you. You looked up at him and smiled faintly. "I heard ya had a really bad nightmare the other night..." he said.

Your smile faded as you looked down, watching the leaves crunch under your brown boots. "Yeah, but I'm fine now. It just spooked me pretty good, that's all." You felt Buc's bony fingers intertwine with yours and your face flushed. Buc was sweet. You knew that he cared for you.

"Hmmm...well, as long as you're ok. I don't wanna have to worry about your pretty little head," he said with a smirk. He ruffled your hair. You snickered. The festival arch appeared over the hill you were walking towards and you ran towards it. You arrived, out of breath. The festival looked beautiful with all the autumn colors featured in banners and streamers. Children scampered about with their faces painted. You smiled. It was nice seeing kids have fun.

Suzy huffed. "I prefer Halloween..."

"I do too," Stretch mumbled, agreeing with Suzy. You sighed.

"Come on you two, where's your fall cheer?" you exclaimed.

"Left it back in bed," Suzy deadpanned. You frowned and grabbed her arm, dragging her into the fray. You were not going to let her be bored. No way.

"Y/N, come on we're too old for this..." she groaned. You gasped dramatically.

"You're never too old for festivals, Suzy!" you said. Suzy smirked and rolled her eyes at you. You went over to a stall that sold beautiful autumn flowers. You loved the colors of flowers in the fall, what with their deep hues of reds and oranges. "Hey. Suzy. You think maybe we should get some flowers for the window boxes? Mae would love them," you said with a smile. Suzy shrugged.

"Yeah, sure. She likes any flowers. I'm not really bothered. You buy 'em, I'm gonna get some food," Suzy said, walking over to Stretch who was ordering from a nearby hotdog stand.

You bought a few flowers from the vendor, a lovely young woman with dark hair. She'd pushed you to buy more, but you'd declined, since you didn't want to lug around an armful of heavy pots all day. You left, scanning the crowd for Suzy and the skeletons.

"Damn it. How is it possible to lose sight of a tall girl and a gaggle of skeletons..." you mumbled to yourself as you looked around, seeing only parents with their kids and teens hanging out. You sighed. Well, might as well take this opportunity to get Mae's vegetables. If they still hadn't turned up by then, you'd go searching.

"Here you go ma'am," the store owner said, smiling to you as he gave you a bag of fresh vegetables. You returned his smile and handed him a bill.

"Thanks," you replied, waving as you walked off. "Now to find my friends..."

Just as you were about to start scouring the place, you noticed Suzy, Stretch and Slim were over by an oak tree talking. You sighed in frustration and walked over to join their conversation.

"There you guys are! Where have you been? Also, where are Buc and G?" you said angrily as you crossed your arms. Suzy could've at least texted you to tell you where they were going.

"Oh sorry, Y/N! Me and Stretch went to get hot dogs then wandered off. We didn't mean to leave you on your own, honest. I was about ta text ya anyway," Suzy said with a cheeky grin that you wanted to smack right off her face. You didn't though, because you couldn't hold it against her. It was just Suzy being Suzy. "G and Buc just went to get some supplies that they said they needed," Suzy said with a shrug. Slim and Stretch nodded in agreement. "We gotta wait for 'em. Sorry, kiddo."

You nodded. "As long as they don't take hours. These flowers are getting heavy."

You waited an hour for G and Buc to return. Upon their arrival, they were looking rather flustered. You quirked an eyebrow as they got closer and became even more confused when Slim and Stretch began to growl.

"Y-you two wait here," Slim mumbled as him and Stretch walked up to G and Buc. Buc was carrying some kind of plant in his arms. It was rather strange looking and unlike any human plant you had ever come across. It had curling purple thorns and glowing petaled flowers that shifted colors. You couldn't hear what the skeletons were saying, but you caught them glancing over at you and Suzy a few times.

"Geez. Can they hurry it up? I just wanna get home to warmth..." Suzy mumbled. You were going to reply when a loud smash made you and Suzy jump. G had smashed the plant, a snarl on his face. Its petals glowed from the floor as people turned looking for the origin of the crash. They were probably all thinking the same thing as you: What the hell was that about?

Suzy walked over, pushing them away from each other and breaking up the argument. "Guys, the hell is wrong with you? Stop playing," she said with a frown.

Slim and Stretch stopped snarling at G and Buc. They did the same. "Ah, sorry toots. Dunno what came over us..." G mumbled, rubbing the back of his skull.

"I don't give a shit about whatever is going on between you four! you can figure it out yourselves. Me? I'm cold and wanna get home so if you don't move your bony asses in the next minute I'll bang ya skulls together!" Suzy shouted stomping towards the festival's exit. You shook your head, but followed behind her, grabbing her arm to make her stop.

"Just a sec, Suzy. I think it was that plant that made them go funny," you said, lowering your voice. Suzy looked over her shoulder and glared at the skeletons who were standing in a circle looking ashamed of themselves.

She sighed in annoyance, spinning on her heel and walking back over to the skeletons with a smirk. She nudged Slim and Stretch in the ribs playfully. You smiled. The last thing you wanted was your friends falling out over silly things, but you were still confused on what had happened. You left it for now.

After a couple minutes of struggle, you were all finally walking home. G was telling stories of his adventures in his universe.

"So me and the human ended up in a glowing Echo flower field, and it was weird but oddly beautiful. Well, I mean she seemed to like it, but I didn't really care," G said, mumbling the last part as he took a puff of his cigarette. Buc rolled his eye light knowing all too well that G did care. Suzy was laughing at Stretch's puns. Stretch had a big smirk on his face. He knew he was making Slim all too jealous. Slim was walking close behind Suzy with his hood up and red eye light glowing. When Stretch smirked his way Slim showed off his teeth with a silent snarl.

Autumn sure was going to be a wild ride.