* && these days we tend to lie
* not only has asriel exiled himself– forbidden himself from seeing his friends, his family– but he hasn’t even got a place to stay? how could sans just walk away? even after all the emotional distress he’s caused, asriel’s only a kid (pun only slightly intended). sans has enough trouble sleeping as it is; he doesn’t need to add a guilty conscious to his issues.
* no, it– it’s not fine, asriel.
* jeez, kid, i know other monsters are still miffed at you, but you don’t gotta… do this to yourself.
* i’m almost just as guilty as you. i could’a done somethin’, y’know? i was just too damn lazy, or i didn’t care enough, or both.
* a rather nervous laugh escapes him, and his gaze drops to the ground.
* i’m already up, and the chances of me fallin’ asleep before the sun comes up are pretty slim. y’sure you don’t need some company? everyone else is out; they won’t even know i’m gone.
Seeing that Sans was beginning to pin the blame on himself, Asriel let out a sigh of both defiance && reluctance. Maybe if he can’t win with having the skeleton tag along, then maybe he can win on another matter. ( It’s all just been a game to him. He couldn’t win at the one that mattered, so now he’s just filling a hole with pieces that don’t match. )
Gaze kept ahead of him, for fear of making things awkward while his thoughts began to collect and form on the tip of his tongue, he only turns a bit to look down at the stout skeleton as a smile creeps back onto his features, patient & wise far beyond his years suggest. ( He looks like his father like that. )
“ I wouldn’t mind company, but I don’t think you should stay out too long. I don’t want Mom worrying over you too much. You know how she can be. ”
A small laugh punctuated the comment about the motherly nature of his mother towards those she cares quite a bit about, but it falls flat as he remembers that nature when it was directed towards HIM. Silence falls for a brief moment again, before the ex-prince clears his throat.
“ Do what you’d like to Sans. I’m not going to force you to go with me. I’m just going to take care of something before finding a place to stay in a neutral zone. ”












