It's everything that Sans had suspected that S-4 might be feeling, but it's one thing to suspect and quite another to hear an admission of such pain come tumbling out of his brother, so fast that the words almost can't keep up with it. But S-4 has listened so patiently to him, and now Sans returns the favor. He sits and holds his brother's hands as long as S-4 will allow him, nodding along every so often in agreement and sympathy.
And S-4 probably doesn't think anything at all of what he says next. It probably seems so simple to him. It should have seemed so simple to Sans. But to hear his brother say that he wanted Sans, that Sans was enough...it makes Sans smile, weak but heartfelt, to hear and finally fully understand the truth of those words.
When S-4 seems to be done speaking, Sans leans up and forward, for the sake of nudging his forehead against the other's. "i'm sorry. i've been stupid. and also dumb." Sans can be very much not-smart, sometimes.
"...want to know a secret, s-4? i'd kind of like it if i could just...stay here with you guys, forever." What does he have to go home to, anyway? Even as much as he's come to care about Frisk, he'd rather stay here in this castle with S-4 and Sans-Serif forever, rather than bank on the nebulous hope that his timeline might cross with the kid's again. "i was happy, just being with you and him, too. you guys are my family." As much as Papyrus was.
But if he'd let himself believe that S-4's happiness wasn't as important in the grand scheme of things, Sans had hardly been about to consider his own.
"so...so it's okay, for me to try again? you want to forgive me?" Sans settles back down into a proper sitting position on the couch. He's well aware that S-4 is capable of forgiving him. He even knows that the other skeleton probably already has. He just wants to be sure that it's something S-4 wants to do, rather than something he believes he has to. "i...i want to be here with you, too, y'know?" He's sorry he forgot that.
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And S-4 probably doesn't think anything at all of what he says next. It probably seems so simple to him. It should have seemed so simple to Sans. But to hear his brother say that he wanted Sans, that Sans was enough...it makes Sans smile, weak but heartfelt, to hear and finally fully understand the truth of those words.
When S-4 seems to be done speaking, Sans leans up and forward, for the sake of nudging his forehead against the other's. "i'm sorry. i've been stupid. and also dumb." Sans can be very much not-smart, sometimes.
"...want to know a secret, s-4? i'd kind of like it if i could just...stay here with you guys, forever." What does he have to go home to, anyway? Even as much as he's come to care about Frisk, he'd rather stay here in this castle with S-4 and Sans-Serif forever, rather than bank on the nebulous hope that his timeline might cross with the kid's again. "i was happy, just being with you and him, too. you guys are my family." As much as Papyrus was.
But if he'd let himself believe that S-4's happiness wasn't as important in the grand scheme of things, Sans had hardly been about to consider his own.
"so...so it's okay, for me to try again? you want to forgive me?" Sans settles back down into a proper sitting position on the couch. He's well aware that S-4 is capable of forgiving him. He even knows that the other skeleton probably already has. He just wants to be sure that it's something S-4 wants to do, rather than something he believes he has to. "i...i want to be here with you, too, y'know?" He's sorry he forgot that.