Constant Heartache (SwapxFell) ~Completed!~

Chapter 2: Cover Lies

Walking alone in the snow is a strange sensation. With empty nothingness in front of you and only the soft crunch beneath your feet, one easily starts to imagine noises that aren't there. I could swear that I hear footsteps behind me, but there are only my small prints in the snow and if I stop, the noise would not repeat itself. I continue on like this for a while, stopping every few steps because of that noise. I'm looking behind myself and stepping forward at the same time when I run into something very solid. I look up and see none other than Fell looking down at me. He leans over and squints at me.

"OH! HIYA FELL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I ask in that fucking obnoxious squeaking tone.

"Cut the bullshit Blue. Your pap ain't workin on no project, so what did ya take to Alphys' lab eh?" He growls in a deep tone.

"UHM... NOTHING REALLY. SHE JUST WANTED SOME HELP GRABBING A FEW PARTS! ONE OF HER PROJECTS BLEW UP SO SHE WAS SUPER OVERLOADED WITH WORK SO I DECIDED TO HELP BECAUSE, WHY NOT! WHY, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT? I squeaked.

"Why'd you hide it from me then, huh? Was she askin you for drugs or somethin?!?"

"OH, NO! NOTHING LIKE THAT I SWEAR! SHE JUST NEEDED PARTS! YOU CAN ASK HER IF YOU WANT!" I flinch away from the hand he extends to me.

He sighs and steps away. I stand and brush myself before glaring at him with my arms crossed.

"DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT I WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT ILLEGAL?" I squeak, filling my eyes with a lot of fake tears.

Fell steps away some more, looking very uncomfortable.

"No, of course not... but she mighta threatened you or somethin..."

I give a huge, very fake sob and turn away.

"SO YOU THINK I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF MYSELF EITHER!!!" I wail.

"Erm... Uh... there, there?" He tries to sooth me.

"YOU AREN'T DENYING IT!!! GO AWAY!" I raise my voice a little and the passerby stare.

He is now super uncomfortable and his eyes are dashing around, looking for an escape. He gives me one last glance before teleporting away. I grin a bit and stand straight again. The monsters who walked by a bit ago were now quite far so I continued to Muffet's. A doughnut would be perfect right now, maybe even a coffee. It does help get my mind off of Killer a bit now that I'm being responsible enough to make my own money and buy my own food, but it's not quite enough. Hah, Pappy thinks I'm too young for a job! Now I'm working multiple! I can buy my own stuff and he doesn't even notice that nothing is missing from his account. I still spend a little from his account here and there like at Muffet's so he doesn't get suspicious, but I can replace it! Eventually, I'll have enough gold to get my own place. Then I can get over Killer in peace.I have finally arrived at Muffet's and head inside giving huge, very annoying and bubbly grins to all the patrons before sitting at a spindly table. Muffet takes my order and bustles off to the back. My head droops closer to the table. My head still hurts a bit... my arms are sore.... maybe a little nap while I wait won't hurt...

"KILLER!!! PLEASE!!!"

"Heh, heh. Scream all you want my sweet. It's music to my ears either way, plus, no one can hear you out here. No one will save you..."

The chains clank madly as I try to free myself and it just makes him grin wider as I struggle. He leans close to my ear and chuckles.

"You can't stop me from getting what I want. No one can. You should know that by now my sweet." He whispers.

He steps back and I see the knife in his hands. I whimper and he tilts his head. He opens his mouth and I see his sharper than normal teeth.

"Sans... Sans wake up... wake up" He says in Pappy's voice. 

I pull and yank on the chains as he continues to speak in Pappy's voice. He's getting closer. Reaching a hand to grab my jaw...

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!" I scream, raising my hand, summoning my gaster blaster, and jumping from my chair.

Muffet and Pappy jump back and glance from my gaster blaster to me, who is panting like a wild animal. I slowly take in my surroundings and lower my hand, the gaster blaster vanishes. I was at Muffet's, which had obviously closed while I was asleep as the tables and bar were empty. Pappy and Muffet were staring at me and I pull my scarf over my mouth in embarrassment.

"ERM... SORRY ABOUT THAT... NIGHTMARE. WHAT TIME IS IT?" I squeak.

They exchange a look they think I don't see that says all too well, "We'll talk about this later". I hate it when people share looks they think I don't see or understand.

"It's after nine... nine forty seven." Pappy looks at his watch and leads me to the door with his other hand.

He waves at Muffet and we start walking the path home in silence. Until Pappy breaks it.

"Blue... where were you all day?" He exhales, cigarette smoke swirling around him.

"HMMM... TODAY? LET'S SEE. I WENT TO THE STAR BASE, THEN I WENT AND HUNG OUT WITH FELL FOR A WHILE, THEN I GUESS I LOST TRACK OF TIME IN UNDERFELL, THEN I WENT TO MUFFET'S AND I GUESS I FELL ASLEEP THERE."

He sighs and stops. I stop beside him and look up. He looks... sad.

"Now... where were you really?" 

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"

"Ink and Dream visited... so did the dog couple. Ink and Dream hadn't seen you all day, while the couple said you were fighting with Fell before going to Muffet's. Now try again, where were you all day?"

I felt this new life I lead cracking at the edges. Come on! Surely you have a convincing enough lie somewhere in that skull of yours! I went with the partial truth.

"OKAY, OKAY. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE STAR BASE IN A WHILE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HELPING UNDERFELL'S ALPHYS WITH HER EXPERIMENTS. NO, DON'T GET THE WRONG IDEA PAPPY! I JUST HELP HER GET PARTS AND STUFF! SHE'S BEEN REALLY STRESSED LATELY AND IT'S TAKING A TOLL ON HER AND METTATON, BUT I'M HELPING, OKAY? AND I WAS FIGHTING WITH FELL BECAUSE HE SUGGESTED I WAS TAKING HER DRUGS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE NOW! PROMISE!" I squeak, putting on my most innocent smile.

His expression cleared and he looked down at me before patting my head gently.

"If you say so, Blue. Just tell me the truth next time."

I grin at him.

"SURE THING PAPPY!!! I, THE MAGNIFICENT SANS, WILL TELL YOU HONESTLY OF WHERE I GO!" I grin stupidly and continue walking, humming a "happy" tune.

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