Sweet Mustard (honey mustard)

Red

"There you are!"

My eye lights go to pinpricks.

S-skeleton?! Boss said we were the only ones of our kind!

I take a quick scan over the skeleton before me.

He's tall and looks like he can easily overpower me. 

He's wearing a pair of shorts.

Nothing else.

"Hey, little guy. You... alright?"

I snap out of my thoughts and start to slowly sink further into the closet.

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He's terrified...

... Of me.

I crouch down and look at him.

He tries to sink further into the closet but hits the wall with his back.

"I'm not gonna hurt ya, just, try to relax," I tell him.

Looking him over again, I can tell sleep has helped heal a lot of what we couldn't.

He's shaking as he looks me up and down.

"W-where's B-Boss?" He stammers.

I raise a non-existent brow a the question.

"Boss?"

He slowly puts his hands to the collar on his neck and takes it off, putting it in front of him and he nudges it towards me, still trying to stay as far away from me as possible.

I pick it out and sit down fully to read the tag.

PROPERTY OF THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE PAPYRUS. RETURN OR PAY 1000G TO KEEP.

My face crumples up in disgust, my hand tightening on the collar.

Who the fuck would put a price on someone?!

And why was my name on the tag?

I've never gone by the great and terrible papyrus.

I look up at the skeleton before me.

He flinches at my gaze and whimpers.

My face softens as I feel myself push the anger down for another time.

"Hey, sorry, didn't mean ta scare ya. What's your name, little guy?"

He looks in my direction, but doesn't make eye contact, "S-sans, or Red, or w-whatever you wanna call me, s-sir."

Sans? That's my brother...

I look at the collar again.

Sans, Papyrus, but not me and my Sans...

Different timeline?

An alternate dimension?

Universe maybe?

This is crazy, but maybe a coincidence??

Probably not.

I look back to the small scared skeleton.

I can't call him Sans, it'd be confusing.

"Uh, so, Red you hungry?" I say.

Maybe if I can get him to feel comfortable, I can get a few answers out of him.

His eyes light up but he quickly looks away and shakes his head.

"Well, alright, then I'm going to make myself some food, you can come if you want," I tell him as I stand up.

He looks up and I turn and start to walk to the kitchen. 

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shortish chapter but I was bored.