two: we meet again (sans)

 

Sans was trying really hard not to lose his mind. He had found her. His Soul Mate. She was so close this whole time. She was Doctor Lisa ____’s daughter.

 

Damn it, he should have asked Lisa to bring her daughter to meet him. How stupid was he? She literally commented that her daughter had been to one of his comedy performance…the same performance that he had felt his Soul Mate’s presence at.

 

“…and I h-hope that she is who you’re l-looking for, Sans.” Oh, that’s right. Alphys was talking to him. Heh, oops. He nodded absently.

 

“Have you been listening t-to me?!” The dinosaur monster demanded.

 

“nope.” He replied guiltily. “i’ve been searching for this girl for five years. do you really think i’m in my right mind right now, alph?”

 

She sighed. “I-I supposed not.” She turned towards the entrance as movement caught their attention. “O-oh! They’re here.” She turned to him. “Is that h-her?”

 

He grinned brightly, trying to keep himself from bolting over and pulling the woman he’d spent what felt like forever trying to find into his embrace. “yep.” Well, his voice certainly conveyed his intent. Alphys smiled knowingly.

 

Lisa and her daughter walked through the doors and approached the awaiting monsters. The girl, ____, looked to be in as much of a mess as he felt.

 

“G-greetings,” Doctor Alphys chirped as Lisa and ____ stopped in front of them. “You must be Lisa’s daughter. _____, was it?”

 

_____ nodded. “Yes, ma’am. I’m ______. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Alphys.” As she turned to Sans, her face flushed, and fell forward into a clumsy and silly bow. “And it’s a pleasure to see you again, Doc–”

 

“just sans. and the pleasure is all mine.” He interrupted, laughing in relief. She fidgeted, reddening further.

 

Oh geez, calm her down. Say something relatable. “despite my success over the past five years, i don’t do formalities. i’m just not that kinda guy.”

 

She gave a nervous laugh. “I understand.”

 

She was so sweet. Gotta be honest with her. “i’ve actually been trying to track you down. after our first meeting, i realized i didn’t get your name. that was my bad. i was sure that you would turn up in alphys’ soul program, and in a way, i guess you have.” There we go. Not too weird. She knows that he is her Soul Mate. Lisa should have told her.

 

“W-wait! You have seen her use magic? Sans, why didn’t you say anything?” Alphys cried. Sans thought back and remembered telling the two doctors about ____’s magic. Better pretend I didn’t and just explain the dilemma.

 

“weeeeellll, mostly because i might have gotten into trouble. but at this point, i’m confident that if that incident was brought into the light, ms. ______ and i would both come out unscathed. after all, during that incident, i fought in defense.”

 

“Now there’s a story I wanna hear. C’mon, boss man. Spill!” Ugh! No! Not now!

 

Coming from the hall to the left of Sans was a large man with gray hair and eyes, a brilliant white smile, and far too much energy radiating from him. “Hey now, who is this pretty lady?”

 

“don’t you dare.” You are not touching my future mate.

 

“Whoa, man! Chill! I didn’t know!” His hands were up in the universal sign of mercy. “This wouldn’t happen to be who that choker you are constantly messing with belongs to, would it?”

 

_____ gasped and turned to look at Sans in dismay. For his part, Sans flushed a bright blue and had the decency to look ashamed before turning to glare at his top administrator.

 

“damnit, nate!” He hissed. “why would you say that now?”

 

“Hey, I say what I’m thinking. You know that!” Damnit, Nate. Stop smiling, asshole!

 

“ffffffffffffffffffffffuuh…” Why do you have to ruin this for me? I thought you were my friend!

 

“So, I didn’t lose that necklace. You took it?” She accused with crossed arm. All hints of her embarrassment were gone. For the moment, at least.

 

“sorry. it was stupid, and selfish, and i will give it back. i only took it out of desperation.” Well, it was true.

 

“Heh, heh, heh! Oh yeah, he has!” Nate guffawed. “Every time he gets super stressed, he brings it out and messes with it to calm himself down. It works, though, so at least taking it wasn’t all bad.” Fuck off, Nate!

 

Turning to the ass in the room, Sans bared his fangs. “nate, get out. go do something productive. just leave us alone.”

 

Nate, looking very pleased with himself, chuckled and stretched as he made his way to the hall past Alphys. “No problem! I’ve done what I needed to do here. Later, boss man, Alph, Doc Lisa, madam! Don’t be too hard on the Skelepun! He means w–AHHHHHH! OKAY! I’M GOING!”

 

Completely done with his admin’s antics, Sans threw a bone at the man that flew through his spikey hair into the hall entryway, the projectile disappearing upon impact.

 

Get out of here before I destroy you for ruining my love life, damned asshole!

 

With Nate’s fast retreat, Sans turned back to me. “i’m so sorry. please forgive me.”

 

The young woman snorted. “That was hilarious.” She snorted again, dissolving into small giggles. “Now I see why so many people love working here.”

 

“Yes, it’s t-true.” His Jurassic coworker agreed. “And trust me, if Sans wanted to hit Mister Fuller, he would have. Those two have a personal history and love picking on each other.” True.

 

“And Mister Fuller does what?” I prompted.

 

Sans straightened up. “he’s one of my administrators. he oversees engineering and mechanics. despite being only twenty-eight, he’s one of the best in his field. he’s also the best bodyguard you will ever meet. he has a sharp eye and has kept all employees safe from harm.” Sans shrugged.

 

“when i was still new to being famous, i had been targeted for assassination a few times. because i couldn’t focus on reading the intent of others with what i was doing, nate was charged with watching my back. and he was successful every time. after fourteen failed assassinations, people realized that it wasn’t going to work. eventually, i could watch my own back because i had learned the ropes and was able to multitask, and so nate was charged with watching over my employees. between him and my other admins, gaster industries is in good hands.”

 

____’s mouth twitched into an uneasy grin, clearly worried for Sans’ sake. “Wow, that is so cool.” He grinned back, the excitement leaking through.

 

“I don’t mean to interrupt, b-but we have a schedule to keep.” Alphys reminded.

 

Oh, yeah, that. “oh shoot, you’re right. c’mon, let’s head to the lab. we will be at lab b, right?” He led the way down the hall Nate went down. The four reached an elevator and Sans pressed the down arrow. This is going to be so fun and exciting!

 

“Yes! I-I believe that is the best course of action given what you told me, Sans.” Alphys was carrying a checklist that _____ was reading from over her shoulder. That is so adorable.

 

“i agree. let’s go.” The elevator opened and the four of them entered.