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You trudge through the snow sniveling and shaking from fear. Your skin like ice as you struggle lifting one cold damp foot after the other. Crying as the wind hits your face, creating a burning sensation across your cheeks, but you can't stop the tears from falling or the hyperventilating breaths you struggle to take in. Your mind swims with so many thoughts and questions, you're confused and scared... but you keep moving forward not having much of a choice. You have learned that the monsters here are dangerous. Having lost your glasses back in the Ruins and with the tears blurring your vision further, the wind blowing in your face, makes you effectively blind.
You didn't know what was going on, why they wanted to kill you or why that-goat?? monster wanted to essentially smother you to death. Between not being able to see, the racing thoughts and being frozen, you thought seriously that this might be the end... You could end up dying down here... A suddenly, SNAP! stops you in your tracks. Shaking and sweating from terror you wait for something to happen, too petrified to turn around and see who or what caused the noise, and too tired to outrun any predators.
A deep grumbling voice from behind you spoke, "Aw, what's wrong, human? Why you cryin'?"... You dare not answer. "Heh, you scared?" The deep voice asked playfully.
You hear a strange noise and instinctively turn your head quickly to see who was taunting you but... there was no one there. Sufficiently terrified you start walking faster, not knowing where you were going, you just knew you needed to get away. New tears spring to life as you huff, running out of breath. You end up slowing eventually, being too exhausted to continue the quick pace. It's quiet, only the snow crunching beneath your feet and the trees creaking in the wind can be heard.
That is until, "Hey, you. Kid."
A familiar deep voice came from up ahead. You lifted your head and squinted, seeing a blurry brown looking mass. The closer you got to it the more you could it make out, it looked like some kind of wooden shack?
"You don't look so good." The voice continued as you got closer.
You stopped far enough away where you could see who was talking to you, which wasn't very far at all. You couldn't really see their face, they had their head down in the shadows with their chin in one hand, the other tapping their fingers rhythmically on the counter.
"How about a nicey spicy hotdog ta warm ya up?"
You looked harder and could make out that their face resembled one of a skull except, not human, with a gaping hole on the right side of his head. The closer you got the more details you could make out. Making sure to keep enough distance, you noticed he had a couple of his fingers inside his eye socket casually and a creepy sharp grin.
You shivered at his appearance, "U-uh... n-no thanks, I'm good..." you replied shakily.
"Seriously? That's kinda funny..." A large red glowing eye appeared in his free socket, somehow looking relaxed even though his socket was a large hole, he stared at you. "C'mon, kid. It takes a lot of effort to make a perfectly good hotdog for free. I put a lot of blood and sweat into this thing." His smile never fading.
You continue to walk past, "Y'know, as appetizing as blood and sweat sounds, I'm gunna have to pass... sorry."
"...Heh heh! You're funny, kid. Too bad, my joke is just killer."
Before you could run he grabs you by the wrist and yanks you back so hard you fall hard on your ass. He stands quickly, holding something over his head. You panic and scream and try to incoherently plead him to stop and wait.
"One HEAD DOG come'in u--!!!...."
You look up at him, eyes wide, streaming tears, silently pleading, heaving air as your heart pounds in your chest. Wondering why he's just staring as you stare right back, hoping for him to show any signs of compassion. His expression changes, he frowns and starts shaking slightly. Suddenly he looks angry, furious, he growls low and loud and your heart is trying to run out of your chest. You see a flash of something coming down towards you and scream as you shut your eyes, waiting for the searing pain.
But you flinch as you hear a thump next to you and the pain never comes, you hardly notice that he's let go of your wrist, keeping your trembling body frozen in place with your eyes closed. You slowly open your eyes, '... I'm not dead??' Your body frozen, you jerkily turn your head to see an ax plunged next to you in the snow. 'Holy shit..' You stay still and can barely recognize the feeling of being lifted to your feet.
"Come on..." The monster had grabbed under your raised arm and the back of your shirt.
He picks you up and holds one arm under your legs, the other supporting your back. You are still hyperventilating and now in shock, but you lean into his warmth out of need and instinct. You look up at him and he sighs, looking right back at you with an annoyed expression.
"A-are you going to kill me...?" You manage to stutter softly.
".... No...."
For some reason this instantly relaxes you, "Good...." you mumble right before passing out into the monster's arms.
"One HEAD DOG come'in u--!!!..."
He stops suddenly as his eye meets yours, he felt an incredible throbbing pulse through his body from his soul. 'What was that...?' He keeps staring at you, and his soul starts pulsing harder and faster. 'This is... no it can't be...' He growls in frustration, 'No fucking way!' He lets his ax swing down hard, but not across your neck, no. Into the snow beside you.
He takes a few deep breaths to compose himself while you screamed. Then, he lets go of your wrist and walks around to the front and stands next to you. You didn't seem to notice he wasn't holding onto you anymore, your arm was still raised. He watched the fog forming from your mouth over again as your body shook. 'Heh, poor thing, I almost scared you to death didn't I?' he thought amusing himself.
You had slowly opened your eyes and started turning your head towards his ax. Then you did nothing, just frozen and breathing hard. 'The human's gunna pass out any second like this...' So he started pulling you up to shake you out of your shock a bit.
"Come on..."
But the human wasn't responsive, so he bend down to pick you up. You shook violently, pressing yourself into his body. 'Weird...' He sighed at his position, a human so vulnerable in his arms and he can't do anything about it... Pissed him off.
You looked up at him with your fear-wide eyes, sparkling, "A-are you going to kill me...?" They asked in an adorable small voice.
"....No ...." What else could he say?
They gave him a little smile and their shaking lessened, "Good.... "
Their eyes closed and they were out like a light. He stood in the snow for a moment, examining their features, looking over their face. They were... so beautiful. Their nose and cheeks flushed bright pink from the bitter cold, the drying tears staining their face and eyelashes, their long slightly tangled hair... He sighed in defeat. 'What am I gunna tell Papyrus...?'