***Hello, everyone! Take it in, guys... the final chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed-the frequent reviewers including smilesforeverhappy, who is a cool dude-and know that I appreciate you all. Anyways, Kabel belongs to me, Sans, Papyrus, and Grillby belong to Toby Fox, and let's roll!

Chapter Nineteen: What She Wants (Final)

A silence fell between the two siblings. It felt like forever, but it was only a few minutes.

"...if you're not gonna say anything, then I'm going home," Sans eventually said.

"Stay. I'm just... trying to figure out the words," Kabel said. As she thoughts, she picked at the bandages holding the IV to her hand. How to phrase this... how to pick out months of thoughts and years of feelings into sentences...

At last, she got three simple words out.

"You never cared."

Sans raised a brow bone. "So that's what's driving you crazy?" he asked.

"Yeah. And I know some-well, most it's one me. But we were separated for years. More years than I have the mental energy to count up to. I might not have acted like it, but I really, really missed you guys. That's why I went to jail twice! Why I let you guys go instead of me from Dad's lab and why I went half-blind! Because I knew-well, though you had forgotten, I stayed in Waterfall. When I found the cigarettes, they... they helped. More than they should've. And I got addicted. When I found you guys on the surface, I knew that Papyrus would care. After all, he's... well, he's Papyrus. I was really out to see if you cared. Toriel and Frisk can kiss my bony butt and call it ice cream. When I got with Grillby, I was hoping to find some sorta happiness with him that would make me feel better. And I love him, don't get my wrong, but... it ain't the same, y'know? You haven't even acted like my big brother. You ratted my past with the arrests out to Toriel, held my feelings over my head, broke off part of my rib... and that's just what I got off of the top of my head. I know that a lot of this was me, but... but some of it was you. I just wanna know that you care," Kabel explained.

Sans stared at her. "...and if I told you I didn't care?" he asked.

Kabel looked down at her lousy excuse of a sheet. "Then I'd go off and try to kill myself again... and hopefully be successful this time," she mumbled, not looking up.

Sans sat back in his chair. He didn't have a single word that he could think of to say. So he'd had a hand in helping his hardened, sarcastic little sister drive herself to suicide? And all this time, he'd just thought she was taking it too hard!

When, in reality... Kabel had been through a lot. But so had Sans, and Papyrus as well. And the brothers had made it through that together. Maybe... maybe it was time that Kabel was actually included.

"S... Serifa?" Sans eventually said, his voice thick.

"Yeah?" Kabel asked. She didn't even care that her first name was just used. She didn't even look up.

Now, it was Sans' turn to take a minute to think. At last, he found the words.

"I didn't know that I helped lead ya to this. And I didn't mean to! This whole time, I just assumed that I could mess around with you and we'd be like the kids we were before Mom died. But you fought back, because I hit nerves. And I fought back, because you hit nerves. But take it from someone who hates making promises... I promise I'll start acting more like I, y'know, actually care about you," he said.

"We all grow up and change. Being dragged through hell along the way just kinda made all three of us a little broken," Kabel said, finally looking over.

"But we're broken in a way so we'll fit like Papyrus' puzzles?" Sans asked.

"Just like one of his puzzles," Kabel agreed.

Sans gave her a hug straight-on; something he didn't do unless he really meant it.

Kabel was a bit taken aback at first. But she hugged back.

Eventually, they separated, and Sans plunked down in his chair.

"Y'know, this chair ain't so bad..." he commented.

"Lazy bones," Kabel said. "Could we call your broken eye socket a smoky eye?" Sans suggested. Kabel snorted. "Touche."

Sans crossed his arms in satisfaction. "Want me to get the others back in here?" he asked.

"You know that Papyrus has been waiting and listening at the door the whole time," Kabel said.

"I'd bet you five bucks on that, but I'm kinda in debt to your boyfriend," Sans said. He used his magic to open the door from his chair, and Papyrus fell right on his face.

"I told him not to try to listen in," Grillby sighed, walking over to the bedside.

Papyrus stood up, walking over to stand with Sans. "I couldn't even hear anything!" he said.

"Probably because we don't have ears?" Sans suggested.

Meanwhile, Kabel leaned against Grillby's warm frame, allowing him to wrap his lanky arms around her. "How're you feeling?" he asked.

Kabel looked at Sans, who was tormenting Papyrus with puns, and grinned. She looked back to Grillby.

"I think I'll get better."

***And there you have it. That is this story completed. Thanks to all of you who read it. I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!