Sometimes kindness is enough

Chapter 17: Higher or deeper?

The trio was getting closer to Mettaton's hotel when something rang close to them. "What is it? And is that me or it comes from you, Red?" "Wait, my phone?! It's still working?!" Red paused for a moment : he was still carying Sans in his arms, after all. He couldn't reach his phone. Seeing the hesitation on Red's face, Flowey decided to take actions. "Alright, don't move, I'll get it." He extended one of his roots toRed's pocket and reach said device. Red quietly thanked Flowey, before taking the device and answering it. "Yeah? Who is it?" "Can't you take the time to check the ID? It's written on it, for Asgore's sake!" "What is it Alph?" "*sigh* ...It's Mettaton. He wants to tell you something." "I'm listening." "Darling, go to my hotel. You can rest there if you want, but most important : you can take the elevators to the King's castle. I programmed them just before leaving" "Wait, really? but in that case, we'll reach the goat in no time with that!" "Oh, but you're welcome darling, it was my pleasure to do that for you! It was nothing at all!!" "Yeah, yeah, thanks..." Red could pratically see the smirk on Metatton's face, "No need to thank me for that, darling. I let the card in one of the room, the 313 to be exact." "Thanks, Metta..." Sans answered, still weak but stronger than before. "No prooblem, darling. Now hurry there." Then the call ended.

"So...Mettaton's hotel?" "Yeah. We'll rest a little when we arrived, then we'll keep going, okay?" Sans nodded his head slowly. Having the confirmation he needed, Red resumed his pace, and soon they reached the hotel. The guard was not in sight and they took advantage of it to enter through the front door. Calling this place a hotel was a little bit too much, considering the state it was in: the people in there looked suspicious, the wall were covered in dirt and vines and there were holes on the floor. Nonetheless, Red walked to the room Mettaton told him about. Luckily, it was unlocked.

Red entered in and immediately closes the dorr behind him. When he looked at the room, he was speechless : the room was quite well-decorated and in better shape than the rest of the hotel. The walls were painted in sky blue with a white ceiling, the bed was large and looked comfortable, there was a table with some chairs around it, a small kitchen in a corner and a small fridge. "Mettaton didn't joke about this room..." Red stated, before going towards the bed, laying Sans down on it. He walked to the the table, putting Flowey on it, before going to the kitchen, grabbing a pot anf filling it with some water as well as a small bottle. He returned with that to Flowey, letting the pot for him, and finally laying in the bed next to Sans, giving him the bottle of water. "Drink Sweetheart, that will be good for ya." "Thanks Red... Do you want some?" "Nah, thank ya." "Okay." Sans did drink some of the water, before putting the bottle aside and snuggling to Red's chest. "Is it okay if I stay like this?" Red rolled his eyes at that question. "Really, Sans?" He slowly embraced Sans, covering them with the blanket. "Ya shouldn't even ask, ya know that, right?" "Yes, but I'll always ask you anyway. I want to be sure... that you're... comfortable with anything we do..." Sans smiled softly , looking with adoring eyes at his boyfriend. Red kissed him in return on the teeth, the action always making them blush deeply. They both settled into a comfortable silence.

"Sansy?" "Y-yes?" The petname was new, but it fits perfecly, and Sans liked it already. "Did ya already fall in love before?" "Well, not really falling in love, except if  having a crush on a neighbour when you were 5 is considered as falling in love.." Red snickered at that comment, "It never happened before." "Are ya sure of that?" "Yes, why wouldn't I ?" "Just a question like that..." Sans looked curiously at Red. "What about you?" "Never ever before. That's why I was confused about my feelings for ya." "I see..." "How did ya know that you loved me?" Sans pondered for a moment. "Hmm... I think...It was when we were at Grillby's." "Really?" "Yes. I discovered that you were kind, with good intentions, funny, smart...and I already knew you were handsome beyond belief..." Red turned his eyes, blushing from embarassement, with small tears shining at the corner of his eyes. "Shut up...That's not true...Why are ya lying?" Sans turned Red face towards his, wiping away Red's tears  with shaking skeletal fingers. "I'm not lying, Red... You're beautiful..." "I'm covered in scars, there's nothing beautiful about it..." "Because you don't see what I see, and because... you grew up in such a harsh world, when people mistreated you... So... I think...you began to think like them about you. But I'll tell you : you're beautiful, kind, smart, funny, and that's great. You're not what they want you to be, So what?  You're you. And that's all that matters. You think those scars are uggly? I found them enticing. of course, I'm sad that you got hurt so much, but it proves that you survived this. That you were and still are strong." Red was tearing up at this point. He couldn't answer, his words were stuck in his throat, so he just kissed Sans again, deeply, lovingly, before pulling away and hugging his lover close to him. "I..I l-love ya...S-so m-mu-uch..." Sans returned the gesture with as much feelings as Red. 3I love you too... More than I could ever tell you..." They both drifted off to sleep quickly, basking in their mutual love.

A few hours later

They both wake up to Flowey calling out their names. They both were disoriented, before remembering why they were here in the first place. They quickly got ready, Red finding the elevator card, taking Sans in his arms and Flowey on his shoulder, then leaving the room behind them. They arrived at the elevator, at the end of their corridor. Red passed the card into the small device, which made a small ding then the doors opened. Red stepped in, pressed the button to the King's castle floor, and the elvator slowly went high. The three of them talked quietly, mostly Sans telling them about the surface and his life. "And your brother is engaged with Mettaton?!" "Yes, it was recent when I arrived there. I thought Alphys would faint, saying thery were too cute and talking about animes again...Alphys in all her might." "She sounds funny...and so easy to tease..." Red said evily. "I don't think Undyne will let you tease her wife and mother of her child and futur second child." "Wow, they don't waste time, do they?" Sans laughed softly at this. There was a comfortable silence between them, before Red suddenly frown. "What' wrong, Red?" "There's something wrong with the elevator." Indeed, it wasn't moving anymore. Flowey was about to say something, but before he could, the elevator moved in a weird manner, shaking slightly. "Whoa whoa! What's going on?!" The elvator kept shaking, more and more violently. Sans gripped as strong as he could Red's arms. "I have a bad feeling about this! Red, get us out of here with your magic!" Red was about to do so, but then the elevator suddenly dropped down and fall faster and faster down, and Red was thrown into a wall, making him lose consciousness, as well as the two others, making them unaware of their descent into  aterrible place.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Hi everyone! Here's another chapter! I hope you will all like it! I don't have much to say, except the usual! Comments and questions are welcome! And I inspired myself of a 'conversation' I had with a dear new friend of mine:

@Bitch_Lasagna1!

Well, that's all for now! Thank you all, and have a good night or day!!