It had been about a week after the whole reveal. While nobody had talked about it, everyone had it on their mind constantly. It was tragic, really.. Which brings us to the present.
Geno quietly sipped his tea, watching amused at his chattering friends. His red scarf draped over his shoulder, curled up at the bottom on his lap. Steam emerged from the sweet drink as he brought it to his mouth, the liquid slipping into his skull. He and Toriel, Frisk, Papyrus, and Sans had decided to go to a cafe. It had a welcoming aura, with home-made foods.
Geno lowered the teacup onto the wooden table. "Hey, Papyrus, what does a skeleton serve his tea with?"
"I DON'T KNOW, WHAT?" He asked.
"Bone china."
Sans erupted into laughter, while Toriel giggled. This left Papyrus and Frisk with unimpressed looks.
"REALLY, GENO?" He said, looking as if he was going to flip a table over; which HAS happened before, mind you.
"Pfft, haha!" Geno snickered, before a black cloak caught his eye. "Ha!- Eh!?" Geno's sockets widened, as he almost tipped over his chair. He would've fallen over, if not for Sans taking hold of his arm in time.
"You okay bud?" Sans asked. Geno looked up to see the concerned faces of his family and friends.
"Erm, Yeah- excuse me, I need to get some fresh air." Geno quickly got up and pushed his chair in, resting his teacup on the table. He swiftly turned around and walked at a fast pace to the door. He didn't look back to notice everyone giving him suspicious and confused looks.
"Ugh, where is that idiot?" Geno mumbled into his scarf. He looked around, trying to catch sight of the familiar black cloak again. He finally found the skeleton he was looking for, right by a dumpster in an alley, looking at a stray cat on the ground.
Geno muttered a curse before readjusting his jacket. He then walked- or rather, stomped, to the cloaked reaper himself.
"The hell are you doing in my timeline, Reap?" Geno growled. They might have been friends, but Geno took the AU and Timeline business very seriously. If an outsider randomly appeared in an AU, they could risk interrupting the timeline, and in worst scenarios, a forced RESET or a new ending is made.
Reaper turned around with his tired eyes, "..I see you're as feisty as ever, Gen." He said, slurring his words slightly.
"I asked you a question Reap. You know I don't take to RESETS kindly."
"It's been years since an AU has forced a RESET. Calm down Gen.." Reaper mumbled slightly.
The stray cat behind Reaper let out a quiet meow, before running off. It disappeared into the shadows, joining its family of abandoned strays.
"Still! It could happen! I don't understand how you could be so nonchalant!" Geno said, raising his voice. He extended his arm to the right to empathize his point.
Reaper sighed, before looking down at the sidewalk under them.
Geno stared, before sighing as well. He walked towards Reaper, placing a hand on the god's shoulder. He rubbed his thumb on the rough fabric, looking into his empty sockets.
"Sorry. I shouldn't have bursted at you like that. I haven't been the same since.. well, you know."
"I think we've all changed.." Reaper mumbled, before rubbing his sockets tiredly. "It's just.. I didn't mean to get here, you know? It was an accident..."
"..." Geno tensed at that slightly. Reaper, despite being quite the joker, was never one to slip up and make mistakes. Especially when he's constantly on the job. "What's wrong, Reaps?"
"...I've been.. thinking about what Error said.." Reaper breathed out. "It must've distracted me and I made my portal wrong.. but I didn't leave the AU 'cause.. I needed time to think. Sorry about that, Gen."
"No!.. no, no. It's fine. I can't really blame you... like you said, we've all been on edge, haven't we?" Geno said with a smile. He let go of Reaper's shoulder and took a step back to give the other room. "To be honest.. usually around this time, Core would'a come around to just say hello. Judging by their sudden.. appearance in the fight, it must've had a toll on them."
"Yeah.." Reaper replied as he scratched his cheek, "It's gonna take long for us to.. recover."
Geno only nodded, "But we can't change the past. If you keep thinking about it, you'll never move forward."
[ *It seemed that was the wrong choice of words. ]
"But.. how c-can I not?!" Reaper nearly yelled. "We hurt an innocent for.. for y-years!"
Geno looked down in guilt. "I don't know what to tell you, Reaps."
"...You never did." Reaper spat.
Geno almost jumped. He expected a sassy joke or something to lighten the mood, but never had he ever anticipated Reaper to full on.. insult someone. Any less, him! Reaper's best friend!
"Excuse me?-" Geno looked up, shaking in both anger and just his mixed up emotions. The only sight that welcomed him was Reaper's back facing him, the god of death walking into a dark portal. His black cloak trailed behind, his aura becoming more dangerous at the minute.
The previous stray cats scattered from the alley, growing uncomfortable at the intense atmosphere.
"...Oh and..." Reaper said as he looked over his shoulder, stopping in his tracks. "Think before you speak.. real friends would be more careful with their wording, especially when comforting the other in times like these.... but I guess it was inevitable..."
"What do you even MEAN, Reaper?" Geno said, anger blossoming in his SOUL.
"We want... what we can't have." Reaper said with poison. He continued into his portal, the entrance closing itself almost immediately.
Geno stood in shock.
"Just how long have you been bottling up your emotions, Reap?" Geno whispered, tears starting to form at the corner of his eyes.
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I wanna fly, can you take me far away?
Give me a star to reach for.
Tell me what it takes;
And I'll go so high, I'll go so high
My feet won't touch the ground.
Just stitch my wings, and pull the strings..
I bought these dreams
That
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-"WINGS" Macklemore x Ryan Lewis
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I think it's obvious what song I was listening to while writing this. Okay um, anyway.. Reaper is going to be like super emo and edgy in this. And like.. you can interpret Reaper's view on Geno and what he wanted from him however you want. Whether it be an actual relationship or just a neverending friendship. Because honestly it's not going to be mentioned again I think, or is it? Just do whatever ya want.
Anyway. I've been listening to a Macklemore playlist for the past hour, and Wings has got to be my favorite song from him. It's just so good?? Go check it out rhjfhfjfh.
Also, would you like to see more headcannons in the future? It seemed a lot of you guys liked it, so I might do it again if I don't post any actual chapters in a week. I guess it's like filler?
But here's another one I made.
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Sci: Does it bother anyone else that there are parts of your life you don't remember? You have done and said things you don't even know about anymore. That means you don't even have the right perception of yourself, because you don't even fully know who you are. However, something that you've forgotten about could be a prominent memory in someone else's mind. It trips me out.
Outer, sweating: I really wish you hadn't said that.
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