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"COME ON SANS!" Papyrus shouted, pointing a finger at his older brother. You whipped your head around to look back, the movement making your neck pop loudly and your hair slapping you in the face before settling on top of your shoulders again. You held onto the straps on your bag, jumping when you heard Papyrus yell speak again.
"AT THIS RATE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THEM, SANS! PLEASE DO HURRY." Papyrus' tone lost its irritation at the end of his sentence, almost sounding like he was pleading. Sans held his hand up.
"there's still plenty of time, bro." He paused, before winking. "i guess i'm just not as agile as you." Papyrus seemed to lighten up at the compliment.. of sorts. He stroke a confident pose, his scarf flying behind him out of nowhere, looking like some sort of comic book hero. A very hyper, happy, and innocent one, at that. You snickered when Papyrus let out a series of 'NYEH HE HE's.
"I GUESS ALL THAT TRAINING WITH UNDYNE IS PAYING OFF!" Your snickering stopped, and you looked down, a sad smile on your face. Oh Undyne. You wish she could've come, but she had a date with Alphys and they had planned it for a while, since Alphys was always so busy. You thought of Toriel, and Frisk, and Mettaton. Toriel was helping Frisk with schoolwork and was too busy as the principal of the new and very much succesful school of monsters and humans, while Mettaton was touring the world, impressing others, both monster and human, with is skills and shows. Not that Sans would even want the bot here anyways. It unnerved him to have Mettaton around since he was always all over you. Giving you compliments and what not.
"Come on you guys, we're almost there." You called, dragging the word 'almost' to convince them. You weren't lying, though. The spot you chose to view the stars, for the first time with these two, too, was actually pretty nice and not crowded by the endless trees surrounding the mountain. It was some sort of clearing, also pretty close to the entrance of the underground, but the skele-bros didn't really need to know that as of now. The two of them, after waiting for Sans to catch up, followed you as you continued to make your way up the mountain.
After 5 minutes of climbing the mountain, you stumbled across the clearing, which made a smile play at your lips.
"Here we are," You sighed, holding your arms out as if you were showing them your brand new home, before pushing a bush aside and letting the pass. Papyrus thanked you.
"welp, let's get settled then." Sans declared, suprisingly loud for being a quiet guy. You nodded excitedly, gazing up at the sky with a gentle look. You couldn't wait to show them what it was like to live on the surface, and to show them real stars. Unzipping your bag, you emptied it of its contents, watching your typical red and white checkered blanket fall out and spreading it out on the soft looking grass. Sitting on it, you patted the spot next to you, laughing when Papyrus ran over like an excited puppy. Sans' grin grew bigger at Papyrus' excitement, and he sat himself on your right side, leaning his head on your shoulder and (somehow) closing his eyes.
Taking a deep breath, you wrapped your arms around him, closing your own eyes as you leaned your head on his. Papyrus was too busy scanning the sky for any white dots.
You played with the fur on Sans' jacket, rubbing soothing circles on his back. You could already feel yourself falling asleep, but wanting to see the skele-bros' reaction, forced your eyes open. Suddenly, a sharp gasp broke the silence, and you sat upright, your arms still wrapped around the smaller skeleton.
"ARE THOSE...?" Papyrus pointed at the small dot on the sky, and you followed his finger. Yep. That was a star for sure.
"Yes, Papyrus, those are stars..." You said, breathless. They looked even more beautiful up here. The sky had no dark patches of clouds, making the stars more visible and shinier.
You shook Sans awake.
"Look, Sans," You pointed at the star, "It's a star..." You were whispering for some reason, maybe because the skeleton in your arms had just woken up. He blinked (you still didn't know how the did that) a couple times, before sitting up slowly, his eyes shining and full of wonder. He held your hand loosely in his, and you couldn't help but smile at how full of curiousity he could be sometimes. He was like a child, ready to explore a whole new world. Which was kind of true.
"so...those are real stars, huh?" He asked quietly, sparing Papyrus an excited glance, "they're pretty cool..." Your smile couldn't have been any bigger.
"Yep. And you see that one?" You took his hand in yours, using his pointer finger to point at the small white dot, "That one is called Mintaka, one of the stars that form Orion's Belt." He glanced at you, urging you to continue.
"It is named after a Greek hunter, but it is anything but stealthy, as a hunter should be, since it's a constellation that is really easy to find. Orion proclaimed himself to be the greatest hunter in the world, much to the dismay of Hera, the wife of Zeus. She had a scorpion kill him, and was put into the sky as a constellation by Zeus. Or so I've heard. Different people hear different stories, after all." You grinned, and Sans grinned back, swiveling his head around to look back up at the belt of stars.
Papyrus, who was also listening to your story, 'oooh'd excitedly, propping his head on his elbows. "HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THESE 'STARS', HUMAN? THERE ARE SO MANY." He asked, and you scratched the back of your head, laughing nervously.
"I like astronomy... I guess." Papyrus nyeh heh heh'd again, nodding his head in approval.
"I VERY MUCH LIKE THIS... ASTRONOMY, HUMAN. DO TELL ME MORE LATER!" He smiled big, making you smile back.
"Will do Pap," You patted his shoulder, before turning to look back at Sans, who had been fairly quiet.
"So... Whaddya think, Sans? Do the 'stars' underground look like these ones?" He shook his head slowly, his eyes glued and the dark, starry sky.
"not even remotely close, pal. these are so much more beautiful.." You chuckled.
"I'm glad you think so. I think we should head home, though, it is late." You checked your watch, seeing it almost 1 AM. Papyrus, who seemed tired, agreed. You stood up, waving your hands and muttering an 'off' to get Sans to stand up and step away from your checkered blanket. You smiled at him, though he didn't see since he was still looking at the stars. Not that you minded, you did bring him all the way up the mountain for him to see this. Better to let him enjoy it.
When you were finally done putting your stuff away, you walked out of the clearing with Papyrus tagging along until you noticed Sans, who hadn't moved from his spot.
"You coming, Vertebae?" You called out to him, seeing him nod slowly before sauntering over to you with a dreamy look in his eyes. You wrapped your arm around his shoulder.
While walking back, you couldn't help but notice how quiet Sans had been through the entire thing. You opened your mouth, but just as you were about to ask, he spoke quietly.
"can we come here more often?" You blinked, taken by surprise by his question, before a grin slowly made its way onto your lips.
"Of course, Sans, anytime you want. Maybe we should bring Alphys and Undyne and- oh! And Toriel and Frisk too! I'm sure they'd want to see the stars! And Asgore!" You were starting to act like an excited child, making Sans grin wide.
"yeah... that'd be nice."
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