Nightmare buddies
Frisk was standing there, not blinking, bearly breathing, as she was looking dully over the balcony down at the snow. Whatever she was thinking, it wasn't any good. It was a cold night, even for Snowdin. Sans just woke up, sweating and panting, from one of the nightmares coming from the other timelines where he had to fight Frisk because of Chara. He sighed and took his pillow from his room as he walked to Frisk's room like he always did when he had a nightmare. He knocked at the door slightly. When he saw no answear, he decided to open the door.
"hey..uhh..frisk..? i had another nightmare and i was wondering if i can-....sleep..... with.... you..." Sans stopped as he noticed Frisk on the balcony. He frowned as he walked over to her. He left his pillow on the bed.
"f-frisk..?" he asked, a bit reluctant to approach in case Chara was in control again. He touched her shoulder and when he saw no reaction, he just turned her around. Sans relaxed a bit but was still worried about his best friend. She was standing in full winter in short pj's, without socks. He could see the dried tear stains on her face. He didn't like that.
"frisk...? earth to friskkk~??" She was looking down, through him. Sans was getting more worried. If she would have died, she would have LOADED by now.
"heh..umm..i know you can see right through me but it's a bit creepy..." Sans said, his voice shaking a bit. Frisk then turned back around and looked down, over the balcony. He frowned as he pulled Frisk away.
"let's not stand so close to that...we don't want you getting hurt now, heh....right..?" Frisk didn't respond again, which worried Sans even more. He couldn't wake his dad up...His dad was already tired and how were they supposed to deal with this..?
"frisk...you're really worrying me here...w-what's wrong...?" Frisk finally looked at him and hugged the skeleton. He stiffened for a second before hugging her back.
"aw frisk..come on! we're best friends! what's wrong...?" She sniffled.
"i don't know....i just.....i just saw myself over by the hole again ready to jum--"
"no." Sans stopped her. He didn't want to hear that. Technically, they never got any humans before her in the Underground...but he had a vague idea why she fell down that hole. And he hated it. He couldn't think of Frisk that way. She was so Frisk...she didn't deserve any shit she had to eat on the Surface and she didn't deserve that whole Chara stuff either.
"wanna...go in..?" Frisk nodded and they left the balcony and both sat awkwardly with their backs against the bed and looking at the sky in the Underground. Sans insisted in Frisk having his old room so she could look at the sky at night...he slept a lot with her anyways.
"Soo...you had a nightmare..?" Frisk asked, finally talking, as she wiped her eyes. Sans nodded.
"and...i guess you did too, huh...?" She nodded. They stood in silence a bit before Frisk said.
"Sorry...i..i should have been here to help but instead i was-....agh...i'm so dumb.." Frisk said putting her head on her knees. Sans looked at her in surprise than frowned.
"what?! no! we both have problems...don't just assume yours aren't important!" Frisk smiled at him.
"heh...soo...wanna talk about the nightmare..?" Sans shrugged.
"same stuff really..." Frisk nods.
"yours...?" Frisk points up.
"The Surface...." Sans nods in understanding.
"wanna....go to sleep...?" Frisk shakes her head.
"Not yet, please..?" Sans shrugs.
"you're lucky tomorrow is weekend or dad would kill us if he found out we stood up late..." Frisk snorted. He relaxed a bit more as he saw Frisk was feeling better.
"why...umm..why were you on the balcony though..? i-i get you were seeing the hole but...w-what were you thinking..?" Frisk stiffened.
"I don't....wanna make your night worse...." Sans frowned.
"nonsense. sooo...you going to answer..?" Frisk looked away from him.
"I wanted to dissapear. I hated the word dying....to die....it sounds...painful....to dissapear though...It sounded..easy. A way out.." Sans sockets went blank as the realization that his best friend almost jumped off the balcony of a two story building with really high floors made his soul tighten in his chest.
"f-frisk...i.." Frisk frowned.
"No. It was just a nightmare and i won't make things worse for you...." Sans frowned as well and pulled Frisk in a hug.
"you're not..i'm actually glad you shared this with me..you know...if i don't come to your room...you can always call me to your room...i..i won't hesitate to come." Frisk hugged him back.
"i'll protect my best friend! heh...guess you could say you're my 'nightmare buddy', huh?" Frisk started laughing a bit. Sans relaxed. They stood in that hug for a bit, neither of them letting go of the comfort of each other.
"you want to let go...?"
"...Not really..."
"yeah....me neither..." Frisk smiled.
"What if we let go to get some hot choco...and we come back later...?"
"rock paper scrissors on who makes it this time...?" Frisk put out her fist and so did Sans as they broke the hug and they shook them three times before Sans landed on paper and Frisk on scrissors. She smiled and he sighed as he got up.
"lucky...be right back i guess." She gave him a thumbs up. And so he left, made the hot choco, came back and the two spent time together talkin gand distracting each other from their own thoughts....apart from the ones they had of each other. They fell asleep, with their fingers intertwined and no one disturbed their sleep no more.
Sans didn't have a nightmare this time. No, not really. he just couldn't really sleep. Something felt wrong. Something didn't sit well with him.Lik something bad was happening and he wasn't there. He decided he should go to his 'nightmare buddy' and best friend again...Maybe it was something to do with her. He peeked to check if Papyrus and his dad were asleep. When he saw they were he teleported to her door and knocked quietly.
"frisk..? are you in there....? i...uhh...i can't sleep.." He said. No answer. He was confused...well that is until he remembered what happened a few days ago. He teleported inside and looked at the balcony to see Frisk standing on the railing. She was now falling.
"frisk!!" Sans didn't want another second as his eye flared, looking like a blue clock and he grabbed Frisk's soul. He brought her up slowly and as soon as she hit the balcony he wrapped his arms around her.
"what were you thinking?! w-why would you do that?!" He asked panicked, his eye still flaring from adrenaline. Frisk, like she just realized where she was or what was happening, gasped. She started trembling as her arms wrapped around Sans.
"W-wh......i-i...i'm.." Sans just tightened his hug.
"don't apologize for having problems damn it!....oh,frisky...." She was now crying. He teleported them both inside and they sat on the floor as she was crying. He managed to make her feel better and they fell asleep hugging each other.
"you're going on the surface with dad on this trip..? what if...what if i have a nightmare?? how long are you staying up there?? it's bad enough me and paps are staying with the dreemurrs but you have to leave as well?!" Frisk looked sadly at Sans. He sat up in protest at the thought of her leaving.
"a week..."
"what?! that's so long...that's the longest you'll be gone...." Sans said as he put both hands on his skull. Frisk gave him a hug and he just sat there, with his head on her shoulder and arms hanging sadly.
"why can't you stay here instead..." Frisk patted his skull. The answear was obvious: the humans asked to periodicly check on the human child that fell down there and she sometimes would work as a connection between humans and monsters. Almost an ambassador but not quite. The ambassador was Gaster, who also was the royal scientist. Frisk however heard about this event for a month, she had time to prepare.
"That's why i made you something!" Frisk went to her room and took a gift box, she came to Sans room and gave him the box. He opened it to find a plushie in it. A version of her but in a plushie form. The same goggles and sweater with the v pattern on it and the same hair and dirpy smile.
"y-you made this for me...?" Sans asked blue dusting his cheek-bones lightly. Frisk smiled.
"yup! oh oh! and i have one too!!" She took the little plushie out of her inventory. It had the same smile. It had the goggles, it's fuzzy jacket and even the unlaced sneekers. Sans snorted as he saw it.
"man frisky...you're the best." Frisk smiled.
"Hehe. I try~" Gaster opened the door.
"Kids! Come on, the King is waiting for us!" Frisk looked at Sans one more time before she ran to get her luggage. Sans looked at the plushie and stored it in his inventory. He won't actually need it....right..?
Sans sat up, panicking, as another nightmare just ended. He was panting. Damn it...Frisk wasn't there to help. He then remembered the plushie. He took it out of his inventory and looked at the little button eyes. He snorted.
"so dumb..." Sans said frowning at the plushie. It looked to be judging him.
"no...you are the dumb one." He said poking the plushies forehead. It felt fluffy. He started snickering.
"genius....you're a genius, frisky..." And he hugged the plushie as he drifted back to sleep. A resting sleep with a lovely dream. Heh...he loved his nightmare buddy. She was amazing.