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It was one of the last boxes of my stuff, my fingers tense as I shoved it into the backseat of my little yellow bug of a car. Stretching and bending them to get the sensation back into them. Moving always was a pain in the ass. Course I bet most people feel the same. What I was thankful for? The fact that it was at least a clear day outside. That and the fact that I didn’t have to heave the heavy stuff.
Jacob, unlike me, effortlessly put another box into my backseat. Which so happened to be the last box. Jacob is my ex by the way. Friendly and lazy, you have to ask him to do something like three times in a row before he actually gets around to doing it. He wrapped an arm around me, giving a good squeeze.
“You be safe on the road okay?” he insisted, but I could only give him a half cocked grin.
“Well how about you don’t give me any late night booty calls?” you countered, teasingly batting your eyelashes at him.
“No promises” he grinned, though the joking tone of his voice didn’t reach his eyes.
Okay, that was enough of that. You shrugged him off, giving him a smile you didn’t mean to be so bittersweet. But well, can’t be helped. The two of you had already had so many goodbyes you really didn’t want this moment to linger. While mutual, the break up had been hard on the both of you. Though he certainly didn’t show it as much as you did.
A warm breeze seemed to push you in the direction of sliding into the front seat. It was that time of year that it was right before it got blazing hot. Sure Ebott City literally was right off the beach but the high rise buildings really didn’t help with the heat.
Checking behind you, you backed up and left him behind. Not even wanting to look at him one more time. It’s not like you would never see each other again but everything had been different since the monsters emerged from Mt. Ebott. The day would’ve been memorable regardless but it was even more cemented by the fact that everyone received soulmate marks somewhere on their body. Your eye quickly glanced at twinkling azure star markings on the inside of your wrist. Ones that didn’t match your now ex-boyfriends. All you could feel was bitterness. The both of you had been happy and had so much chemistry.
But… you knew the relationship hadn’t been perfect. Jacob hadn’t felt like he deserved you and the idea of marrying you? Well he worried that he just wouldn’t be a good husband for you. Which you told him was ridiculous. But you had waited patiently until he would feel he was ready. Waited and waited even until it had been six years.
Which felt like all that time had been wasted once the knowledge of soulmates came to be.
Right off the bat, you were furious. Trying to scratch off said twinkling stars. But nothing worked. No amount of cleaner, or washing took it off. Of course, Jacob would want to give up. The whole thought process,”Why be together when there’s someone that compliments us out there waiting?”. Both you and Jacob still spent some time cherishing what you had left though. Many tears were shed from each of you. Countless nights you stared at the soulmark on your arm willing it to change and match Jacob’s. There was a fair amount of anger over it. That for six years you spent with this man only to have some freak magical incident make it so that permanently you knew you weren’t the best one for him.
A loud honk broke you from your train of thought. Embarrassing you as you realized you had been sitting a little too long at the green light. You zoomed off down the road, going further into Ebott City. It was the perfect day for the beach and you’ll be damned if your mood would completely ruin today. Actually it had been months since you went to the beach, before the monsters had even emerged.It was a completely different scene from how it used to be. There were plenty of humans and monsters mixed in together here unlike the nearby town you had been in.
You managed to snag a free spot because someone was already leaving right at that moment. Sighing in relief as you managed to park perfectly. Turning around you dug into one of your boxes that you just knew had your sunscreen. A particularly nice one that put a gorgeous shimmer to your skin. Sure you didn’t have your bathing suit with you, but dipping your legs in would be just fine. Grabbing a towel from inside the car you made your way down to the shore. The sand is burning hot beneath your feet. Smiling at the sight of children running across the sand chasing some dog monsters.
Even with your hatred of your soulmark it didn’t mean you hated the monsters themselves. They were way more friendly than most humans were. It kind of made you envious, humans were kind of assholes in comparison. As you walked down to the glimmering shore, it seemed you didn’t notice that someone was running backwards towards you. A frisbee flying over you as you were suddenly pushed down into the hot sand. A startled shriek echoing out of you. Some type of monster was on top of you but they quickly got themselves off. It took you a moment but it was a skeleton monster with bright azure eye lights staring down at you nervously.
“OH MY I DO APOLOGIZE. I REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, I’M SO SORRY HUMAN I. . .” his voice teetered off as he was suddenly staring at the mark on your wrist.
Not that you knew that he was staring at that specifically. All you knew was that you felt very off right now. Happiness bubbling up in your chest for no reason at all. The sand was soft so it’s not like you got a head injury. Wait maybe his skull hit yours? No. Your head didn’t hurt at all. Confusion smeared over your face as this skeleton went quiet. The longer he stared at you, the more his starry eye lights grew. You stared back, finally actually looking at what he was wearing.
Some white tank top with cerulean beach shorts. And gloves? Who wears gloves to the beach. . . ? For a skeleton he practically had cuteness dripping off of him. Was it those large starry eye lights he had? Or maybe it was that smile that felt like a rainbow on a rainy day. Regardless you started to pick yourself up. No sense in getting more sand into your clothes than there already was.
“Accidents happen don’t worry about it okay?” you told him sincerely, he seemed nervous and twitchy.
Did he think you were angry? Trying your best you shot him your most dazzling smile that you could pull off. It wasn’t even hard considering the strange mood boost you just had. Maybe he literally tackled the misery out of you. You weren’t planning on just standing around in this one spot all day though and made to move away. But he caught your wrist, making you flinch in shock. Quizzically blinking at him.
“W-WAIT! PLEASE!” The cute skeleton cried out, his eye lights shaky as if he had a deep desire about to spill out from them. He stopped grabbing your wrist to pull off one of his gloves.
...It was your soul mark. Or rather it was both of yours. Mindless you just stared for a moment. Trying to comprehend this. I mean just not too long ago you had finally taken the last of your stuff from the old apartment you used to live with your ex. The idea to go to the beach today was only because it was so sunny out. But yet, that random decision led you to this very moment.
A part of you had thought that if you ever found your soulmate that you would be upset. But you couldn’t even manage to get a pinch of those kinds of emotions. In fact, a small giggle would burst out of you. One that would turn into a full on laugh that could be heard across the beach. The cute skeleton soulmate you had now started to pout at you. Hands on his hips.
“AND JUST WHAT IS SO FUNNY?” His tone was questioning, but he certainly was not upset. If anything he was huffy.
Holding back a snrk you shook your head,”I just… really wasn’t expecting to find you today. Today was such a heart wrenching day and...now it will forever be the day I found my soulmate”
Without even asking you he would suddenly wrap his arms around you, giving a good squeeze,” WELL NOW I CAN MAKE IT THE BEST DAY EVER! I AM THE MAGNIFICENT SANS”
Usually if some stranger hugged you...you would probably freak. But when Sans did it? It felt so wonderful, like all the aches your body had been having melted away. You hummed out your own name in reply. At which he would nuzzle his face against your nape. Your face heated up a bit and it wasn’t from the sun above the two of you. Hesitantly your fingers brushed across the top of his skull.
“hey bro you caught a human huh?” Another voice with a low timber called out. It was another skeleton, way taller than your soulmate. Taller than yourself. He looked like laziness personified, wearing an orange hoodie.
“MWEH HEH HEH, ACTUALLY I CAUGHT A SOULMATE!” Blue exclaimed and you could feel the pride he spoke with rumbling through his ribcage as it pressed against you.
“More like tackled down” you mused, as Sans brother had now caught your attention. The grasp your soulmate had on you not budging in the slightest.
The two of you introduce yourselves to each other as you managed to free a hand for Papyrus to shake. Only for the handshake to literally shock your hand. The perpetrator being the joy buzzer in Papyrus’s hand. He was chuckling at your reaction, like a joke that never got old.
“such a shocking development huh bro?” Papyrus wheezed.
“NOOO PAPY, SHH DON’T TAINT HER WITH YOUR AWFUL HUMOR” Sans complained, but it didn’t sound like he really meant that at all. In fact, was that pride you heard in his voice?
You weren’t super crazy about puns but you had a feeling that you’d be getting used to hearing a lot more of them now.
“It’s nice meeting you, just please say you won’t greet me like that everytime” you laughed softly, which Papyrus would just chuckle at.
“nah, I’m a guy of mystery~” Papyrus teased,” now I’m sure the two of you guys have plenty to talk about. i’ll just be hanging around” Sans brother waved as he walked off, but not too far away you noticed.
“We do have a lot to talk about” You hummed in thought, as Sans nuzzled his skull against your chest affectionately.
“OH YES I WILL HAVE TO GET TO KNOW ALL THE THINGS A PROPER DATE MATE SHOULD KNOW!” Sans finally broke away from you, but still held your hand. Leading you over to the tidepools that you were very familiar with since your childhood.
It was puzzling on what to tell him first. But the two of you just started on ordinary things. Like your favorite color, favorite food, how you liked to dress. You were really glad he seemed to enjoy tacos like you did. Both of you were careful not to upset the sea life in the pools but you did love cooling your feet in the crisp water. When you weren’t saying anything to each other, you noticed how he seemed to be memorizing everything about you. The same could be said about you, and you really wondered if he was curious about your body like you were his. How did a skeleton monster work? Did he need to breathe? He obviously ate but did it work the same way other monsters did?
Eventually though the two of you...did get onto the topic of dating. Even though you had tried to stay clear of it.
“I HAD A DATE WITH THE MONSTER AMBASSADOR CHARA, BUT AS YOU KNOW OUR MARKINGS DID NOT MATCH SO I HAD TO REGRETTABLY BREAK THEIR HEART” Sans proclaimed casually, and you could feel yourself sweating not just due to the heat.
Would he be upset that you had almost gotten married to someone else? Even though you could tell you will be very happy with this cute skeleton...You can’t say you regretted being with Jacob either. There had been so many happy memories, things that defined you as a person. It would feel wrong to pretend that it didn’t happen.
“I was with someone for six years. We actually broke up not too long ago” you spoke just loud enough to be heard over the waves crashing against the coast.
It was...quiet. Which made your nerves shoot up with such a stupid amount of anxiety that your muscles felt like they were locking in place. At this moment you weren’t looking at Sans face. So you missed the flash of pure possessiveness that came over his features. His voice didn’t show any of that though.
“WOWIE THAT MEANS YOU REALLY ARE AN EXPERIENCED DATER, I WILL HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HARD TO KEEP YOU PROPERLY WOOED” Sans cheered, his phalanges playfully running down your arm.
A breath you didn’t know you were holding escaped out of you. Now finally looking at him once more you could only see that he wasn’t bothered, so of course you cracked a tender smile at him.
“Really Sans you don’t have to try too hard, I’d probably love anything you did for me” you softly laughed, leaning into the skeleton. Was he purring? That….is just too adorable. You gently pet his side and the purring got louder.
Okay, that is something you’re probably going to be trying to hear all the time now.
Embarrassingly the moment was interrupted by a small grumble from your stomach. The sun was a lot lower in the sky now. It’s not like the time was wasted, but you certainly need to eat something. Even just a snack.
“MWEH HEH HEH! THAT SOUNDS LIKE I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY HUMAN” Sans winked as he got up, helping to pull you up as well.
The two of you crossed the beach to a hot dog stand, which Papyrus just happened to be manning. Which you wouldn’t have thought much of except for the weird fact that they had honey next to the ketchup and mustard? Shrugging you figured it must be a monster thing. Both of you managed to escape from Papyrus’s tons of hotdog puns and jokes. There were moments that you would catch Sans watching you eat the hotdog, blushing once he’d been caught. The cyan blush that crossed his zygomatic bones was just one of the many things on the long list of things that were so cute about him.
Sans was probably just curious on how you ate. Which is maybe why he also went up to the nicecream stand to split a bisicle with you.
Letting out a please hum you would suck and lick at the tasty treat. Even after all these months since the monsters had been released you had never ever had a nicecream. It was cold but didn’t melt at all so you could take your sweet time eating it. Though this time you were more focused on your food than the skeleton that was flashing his eye lights over to watch you licking your treat. The treat which was colored pretty closely to Sans magic. Unfortunately you finished your cold dessert faster than you would’ve liked.
Instead the both of you walked down the beach. The waves pushing past both of your feet. Playfully you kicked water and sand up against his legs. Which seemed to encourage him right into tackling you into the small waves.
Laughing you could feel the salt water drench your clothes as you rolled with him in the water. Course it seems your skin would sting a bit. Only now remembering that when you first met Sans you had been tackled into the sand. And...forgotten that sunscreen that you particularly liked.
“Oof, It’s really obvious now I didn’t put on that sunscreen. Just careful okay? It’s sensitive now” you sighed, annoyed with yourself for forgetting something. Actually two things, because you also didn’t have the towel either. Another wave hit your face and you sputtered trying to not let the salt water enter your mouth.
Sans helped you sit up, looking worried for a moment. There was a brief moment where he hesitated and you had no clue why. Then he slipped off one of his gloves, the palm of his hand glowing green before he smoothed it down your arm that had been exposed to the sun all day. Hissing for a moment at the pain you couldn’t help but flinch but it was quickly replaced with relief as you could feel the heat from the pain go away. His hand caressed everywhere the sunburn was obviously at. Pleased mewls echoing out of your mouth that you would’ve been embarrassed by if his magic didn’t feel so good. When did you close your eyes? No idea...but as you opened them Sans seems way more close than he was before.
His teeth just inches away from your lips. It was obvious what he wanted to do. But were you ready? Thoughts buzzed through your mind, and shamefully an image of Jacob did. Well...you weren’t together anymore but you feared that kissing Sans wouldn’t feel right even though they’re your soulmate. Regardless if it might’ve felt too soon though you found yourself pressing into a kiss with Sans.
Love. Pure and simple, your worries about this feeling wrong being blasted away as you leaned further into the kiss. Your heart trilling with happiness.Grappling onto his handkerchief as you pulled your body tighter against his own. You could feel the spark of his magic making your lips tingle in a way that was going to be addicting. The two of you kept it passionate but tasteful. He didn’t push his tongue in your mouth but he did growl for a moment. Which he stopped himself quickly from continuing that behavior.
Apparently the two of you had been kissing longer than you thought, because when you both disconnected your mouths from one another the sky was filled with soft pinks fading into oranges. The sunset casting a romantic lighting over the two of you.
“Perfect”
“PERFECT”
The two of you said together, which would make the two of you laugh and giggle together. Both of you are cherishing this moment. You really wanted to remember this moment forever. The smell of the ocean, the brush of a breeze passing against your skin. The way he was looking at you… like you were the most precious thing on Earth.