Chapter 5

Papyrus entered the house and listened for any sound, there was none to be heard. He made his way up the stairs back to his room and reclaimed the journal from his bed. After he had the book he made his way to his brother's door. He paused outside when he heard a soft sound coming from within. Leaning close he listened.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take, my sunshine away" Papyrus heard being sung from within. The song brought back vague memories of when he was younger. He would often get sick and Sans would sing to him this very song. His thoughts were interrupted by more lyrics being sung, lyrics he had never heard before "the other night dear, when I lay sleeping. I dreamt I held you, in my arms. When I awoke dear, I was mistaken. So I hung my head and cried. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take, my sunshine away". The song tapered off and he could hear the other skeletons voice wavering at the end, sounding almost on the verge of crying.

The sound hurt his soul, he didn't want Sans to feel sad or hurt; he loved the other too much. Softly he knocked on the door and waited for the soft come in before opening the door and letting himself in. Sans was still laid on his bed, his head turned to watch the younger skeleton enter. "Heya bucko, thought I heard you leave earlier… I guess you finished reading the book, huh?" Sans said as Papyrus walked over to the bed. Now that Papyrus knew the truth he couldn't help but wonder how he could have been so blind to the truth? Sans had always treated him differently from how he had seen other siblings interact, he had just chalked it up to Sans having to be the one to raise him on his own.

Papyrus sat down on the edge of the bed and he held out the journal to the elder skeleton "SANS… WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL ME? I'M NOT MAD, I JUST WISH TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT ALL OF THIS".

Sans sighed and sat up, moving his self to sit beside Papyrus "I'm sorry I never told you Paps, you were so set on calling me your brother that I just never had the heart to tell you I wasn't your bro… plus it was a fresh start for us, I figured the less things that connected us to the past the better. You don't know how many times I wanted you to know who I really was, all those times you were feeling down or lonely or felt like giving up; I really wanted to tell you just how proud I felt of you. There were times when I was close to just spilling the beans too but… there was always a little voice in the back of my head telling me it was a bad idea. I'm sorry Papyrus, I just wanted what was best for you, that's all I've ever wanted for you; you're my little sunshine, bucko".

Papyrus pulled Sans into a hug, surprising the other. Sans hugged him back and they sat there for a long moment in silence. "YOU HAVE NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE SANS, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT; I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH" He told the shorter skeleton "THOUGH… I AM SLIGHTLY CONFUSED STILL… I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER TO REFER TO YOU AS BROTHER OR FATHER… I'VE CALLED YOU BROTHER FOR SO LONG IT WILL BE STRANGE TO CALL YOU ANYTHING ELSE".

"Only call me what you're comfortable with kid, don't go pushing yourself to do something that will make you feel weird" Sans told him with a soft smile "sides, I'm used to being called brother so it won't bug me none, kay?". Papyrus let out a Nyeh heh heh of agreement and pulled Sans into an even tighter hug, causing Sans to wheeze slightly at his tight grip.

"PERHAPS… ONE DAY… I WILL BE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO CALL YOU MY FATHER BUT FOR NOW I WILL ENJOY TIME WITH MY BIG BROTHER" Papyrus told him with a soft smile as he released Sans from his bone crushing hug.

"Sure sunshine… we have all the time in the world" Sans said softly, his eye sockets falling closed. He wished those words could be true but he knew it couldn't last, not with the human constantly resetting the time line. Once they were bored with this run Papyrus would forget and they would go on as if nothing had happened… maybe he should leave his box down in the lab from now on? So an event like this doesn't happen again and he wouldn't have to feel these feelings all over again. At least he didn't have to fear Papyrus reaction any more. It was one less weight off his strained soul.