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Humming to himself, he begins plucking a few notes. Good, it was still tuned. Sans hadn't played guitar a day in his life, but he watched Gaster play a little as a child, and had some sort of idea on what to do. He played a couple chords, finding a nice rhythm before singing out a few lines he had written a few days ago.
"The flowers of the new and laughter of the past
They're beautiful like you, beauty unsurpassed
Gone with a whisper, you fall asleep like death
Breaking through the earth, your smile shines again."
The voices in his mind were suddenly quiet, and he decided he enjoyed the silence.
"My empty gratitude, another empty thank you
I finally learnt regret from words I've always said
Never meant to speak to hurt, yet it hurt to put in words
Goodbye wherever you are, goodbye unbroken heart.
In truth I want to feel the truth I want to see
I'm trying to embrace your drifting heart and smile.
Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes
I keep on looking forward at you hoping that your light will never pass me by
I wonder what the stars that sparkle in your eyes are hiding from my mind
Hiding from my open heart and from your open heart."
With shuddering breath, he continued to play, putting his pent up emotions into every down-stroke. His head was steadily feeling lighter with each note, the weight on his shoulders lifting.
"Together, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
As long as I can hold your hand again and again, forever, I will find my way
You may never answer back my call, but you smile back at me with grace
And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
What I see will melt all away with my tears.
A shape of broken line will never be the same
It'll never find new life as a body of remains
A soul without a form, endlessly it'll chase
But will my broken heart find another place?"
All of the fear, all of the hate, all of the crushing sadness, it began to flow through the distraught monster, escaping in shuddering gasps and trembling shoulders. His feet had been soaked in the dirty water for a while now, but he felt none of it. His mind was a flurry of memories and nightmares, things that could've been, things that should've been. He had no power to stop it. It was all in Frisk's hands.
With a choked sob, he sang.
"In truth I want to feel the truth I'll never see
I'm trying to erase how far we've walked in miles
Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears as I look up at the sky
I keep on looking forward at it hoping that I'll find you soon enough in time
I wonder if the stars that sparkle in my eyes will eventually subside
Hiding from my endless heartbeat, from my endless heartbeat
Together, you and I will always be alive, committed, close to you I'll stay
As long as I can hold your hand again and again, then maybe I will find a way
I can never travel back in time, but they smile back at me, those days
And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
What I see will melt all away with my tears."
Monsters had begun to gather around the entrance to the dump, awestruck by the performance. Amoung them stood Alphys, Undyne, and Papyrus. They were all silent, waiting with bated breath for the next line.
"Replaying time again, replaying time again
Repeating time again, repeating time again
Reflected in my heart, reflected in my heart
Your never-ending laughter..."
It was all too much. The images of Papyrus having his head cut clean from his neck flashed in front of his eyes, running circles in his head. With a weak cry, he gasped, "Papyrus..."
"Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears..."
He stopped, the skeleton overcome with emotion as he coughed and choked on his own blue tinted tears.
With sudden motivation, he began once again, strumming with conviction.
"Can't you feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes?
I keep on looking forward at you hoping that in time your light will pass me by
Now I know the stars that sparkle in your eyes are guiding me to light
Guiding to my open heart and to your open heart
Together, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
Time will never hold my tears or hold my feelings down they pour like silent rain
All the colors forming back the life I knew when all remained the same
Somehow in a finite time, this time I'll find my way out
And I see I've barely reached you
And your heart."
Unaware that his singing had escalated into distressed shouting, Sans finished the song and hunched over as sobs racked his frame. He froze when he felt arms wrap around him, lifting him off the soggy ground. He looked up, suddenly face to face with a tear-streaked Papyrus. Sans scrambled to explain himself when he was pulled into a tight hug, Papyrus weeping much quieter than would be expected from the tall creature. The guitar was trapped between them, but neither cared. He felt more arms encase him, two scaly, and many much smaller. Resting his head on his younger brother's shoulder, he let himself cry.
He felt safe.