It's a beautiful day outside.
A boy walked down the street, carrying a bag of food as he walked to his house.
He passed by a book store, tempted to go it, he remembered he had frozen items and, even though it was the start of winter, they wouldn't survive the shop so he kept on his path.
Looking skyward he saw a seagull, and other flying folk around. He ducked his head a walked faster as a Snowdrake passed by him.
Shame, he wanted to listen to how the birds are singing.
The wind blew past him making him shiver, he didn't really… enjoy the cold anymore, it was always so… cold, heh.
Another gust of wind hit him and made his white hair blow into his face as a piece of crumbled up paper rolled past him.
Brushing his hair to the side and out of his eyes he turned a corner, taking one last glance at the book store.
Damn, he really wanted to take out a book…
As he walked he heard people talking in the distance, normal but… it was what they were saying. He slowed down so he could listen but kept at a pace so it wouldn't be seen as creeping.
"And now that is three Monster lives claimed by the HMS, police are hard at work finding these criminals, who knew people would stoop so low…" The reporter solemnly shook her head as the camera man- er, woman lowered the camera.
The boy cautiously stepped around the corner and towards the reporter who was now walking to a white van that had the words EN on it, he knew they were from Ebott News from the logo.
"U- um… excuse me, miss?" The lady turned around after setting a microphone in the van.
"Um, I was wondering what you were… reporting about" He glanced at the van and saw the camera woman was, very badly, discreetly watching him like a hawk.
"Don't you watch the news kid?" He shook his head and looked away, cheek slightly red. The lady sighed, turned around, and grabbed a news paper from the van. How convenient.
"Well here, read these, sorry if I seem rude but, we need to go" The boy took the papers and smiled at her.
"Thank you, miss" She nodded before turning to a flower bed, one was starting to bloom.
"Look at that…" She smiled and the young boy turned to the flowers, they were carnations "It's nice to see some flowers are blooming" She shock her head "Sorry, used to be a florist before this heh, well, stay safe!" She turned back to her van and got inside.
The boy waved at he fumbled with the papers, folding them and putting them in his pocket before turning away and continuing his walk.
A few minutes of cold wind, and continuous walking, he was home. Taking his key out he unlocked the door and pushed it open.
Once he was inside he felt the warm indoor heating hit him and he sighed, leaning against the door.
"I'm back!" He yelled standing and walking to the left, the kitchen and towards the fridge.
Another boy, around 19, yawned as he walked into the kitchen. "Dillan, where did my cookies go?" He glared at the other boy, Dillan, weakly.
Dillan chuckled as he grabbed a slice of frozen pizza and put it in the microwave.
"I don't know, maybe the cookie Monster ate them" He wiggled his fingers as he closed the door and pressed some buttons, turning the microwave on.
The other boy sighed and shook his head as he placed the last of the food into the fridge, some orange juice. He thought for a second before grabbing the small bottle of juice and closing the fridge.
He was about to turn to Dillan but quickly turned away and shielded his eyes "Dear lord, Dillan at least put on pants when you wake up!"
Dillan laughed and shook his hips "What, does it make you uncomfortable?" He walked over and rested his head on the younger boys' shoulder.
He sighed again, took a sip of his drink before Dillan's forehead "No, it's just… weird, not used to walking around half naked people" He shrugged.
Dillan opened the microwave door prematurely and grabbed his pizza "Well, I ain't changing so…" He took a bite out of the pizza "sh'ure unna heve tu deal"
"Anyways, aren't you the one wearing the same outfit everyday? Where were you anyways?" He said between bites and sat on a chair.
"Well…" He sounded irritated "I was buying food because a certain someone ate everything" Truthfully, he wasn't really annoyed, he just wanted to get his point across. He felt sort of bad with the way he said it though seeing the ashamed look on his friend's face.
Biting his cheek, he walked over to Dillan and put a hand on his shoulder which reached just below his chest.
"Look, s'not a big deal, why don't we go play some video games or something?" Dillan smiled as he looked to him, causing him to smile.
Determination flashed in his eyes as he quickly stood up "You're on!" He ran out of the kitchen.
The younger turned to the table and glared at what was on it, the slice of pizza Dillan was eating. Picking it up he opened the cupboard and grabbed out a plate, placing the food on it he grabbed his orange juice and walked to another room, most likely where Dillan was.
Dillan's eye twitched. From last time, he had put pants on, blue jeans.
"H- How are you so good at this game? You said you never played!" He had just lost his sixth game in a row to an amateur. They were playing a bullet hell game.
The younger laughed while set the controller down "I genuinely have not played this before, I do not know why I am winning"
Dillan stood up as a character on screen spoke, they were on the death screen "It is on days like these that we must win the fight! Do not give up hope!" Dillan stood up and lowered the volume of the television.
He turned to his friend "First, you talking fancy again, second, I call bull, there is no way you could dodge all those, that or…" He narrowed he eyes and leaned forward "You're a dirty hacker"
The other boy rolled his eyes "Yeah, you say I'm a… hacker, was it? When I can barely use my phone" "Then how can you play video games so well if you can barely do that!" He shrugged.
There was a knock at the door, both looked in the direction of the front door when the person knocked again.
Both stood up and walked to the door.
As they approached they heard voices on the other side.
"YES HUMAN, I AM SURE THE NEIGHBORS WILL LOVE IT!" A loud voice… yelled?
The younger boy slowed his pace as he recalled where he heard that voice. Confusion turned into shock and then horror as he remembered, that was-
"GREETING HUMAN!" Dillan stepped aside revealing a very tall and lanky skeleton, a short Human stepped out from behind him.
"Heya, um… who are you?" Dillan crossed his arms over his chest. He was wary on new people but trusted Monsters more than Humans since he found they were nicer than Humans. So, he wasn't as rude to them as he would have normally been.
"OH, MY APOLOGISE HUMANS! I, AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! AND THIS IS MY SHORT HUMAN FRIEND, FRISK!" The Human, who was indeed short, shorter than Dillan turned to Papyrus.
"Papyrus, I wanted to introduce myself" they whined but turned back to Dillan, realizing they had done that in front of him "Oh, sorry" They extended an tanned arm to him "I'm Frisk, Frisk Dreemurr"
Dillan looked at the hand suspiciously before taking it "Hi, I'm-"
A loud farting noise erupted from where the too stood, Dillan had quickly retracted his hand, cheeks red. He turned to his housemate "This is why I don't trust other people!" He said embarrassed.
Papyrus was glaring at Frisk "HUMAN! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! NOW THEY WON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS! NYHO HO HO!" Frisk held their stomach as they turned away from Papyrus.
"I- I'm sorry, I got the joke from a friend" Dillan grumbled something as he dusted his shirt off, trying to play off the prank.
Frisk's eyes landed on Dillan's friend "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you before" They extended their arm to him as they saw him stare at their hand, at the whoopee cushion. They smiled sheepishly and removed the pranking device "Guess I can't fool you, heh, anyways, what's you name?"
Instead of responding he just started at them. Their hair, face, shirt, shoes… at them.
He felt his heart speed up which felt weird but his face portrayed absolute horror.
They… Frisk, Frisk Dreemurr was right here, in front of them.
Frisk saw the look on his face and took an uncomfortable step back "Um… sorry, didn't mean to make you uncomfortable…" They knitted their hand together looking at the ground.
"DO NOT WORRY HUMAN! THE OTHER, WHITE HAIRED HUMAN IS PROBABLY FORZEN FROM FINALLY MEETING THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" Papyrus struck a pose, scarf flapping in the non-excitant wind.
The boy snapped out of his though seeing the hurt expression on Frisk's face, he stepped forward.
"I- I'm so sorry! I was just… thinking, yeah… um… why don't you c- come in?" He stepped aside and gestured to his house, Dillan looked at him weird.
Frisk shivered as a gust of wind blew by messing up their hair.
Before they could fix it or respond Papyrus picked them up and stepped inside "THANK YOU HUMAN!" Papyrus nearly dropped Frisk seeing how cold they were "HUMAN! YOU ARE FREEZING! LADY TORIEL WILL HAVE MY SKULL IF YOU CATCH COLD!" He turned to Dillan "DO YOU HAVE ANY HOT BEVERAGES FOR MY FRIEND? I AM AFRAID THEY MIGHT CATCH COLD" Dillan nodded and gestures Papyrus to follow him into the kitchen, the skeleton followed.
Frisk walked over to the still nervous boy. He looked up at Frisk "Hi, I'm sorry to have scared you…"
The other boy glanced at the kitchen, wishing for Dillan, someone to come in right now, not wanting to be alone with Frisk any longer than needed.
He walked to the couch and gestured to a seat a fair distance from him, he fixed his blue striped sweater before sitting "It's okay, um, Dillan and P- your friend should be back soon, sorry for making you stand outside for so long, on days like these it is said to get cold" He fiddled with a pillow to his left, not looking at Frisk.
"Weird way of phrasing it, anyways, it's okay, things happen, but I never caught your-" Before Frisk could finish their sentence Papyrus literally jumped from the kitchen into the living room startling both Humans as Dillan ran after him.
"Papyrus! Be careful! I don't want to clean up hot chocolate today!" Dillan ran up to and looked around the ground for any spills, cloth in hand.
"I AM A MASTER OF BALANCE CLEAN-FREAK HUMAN!" Frisk and the other boy laughed at that while Dillan walked back into the kitchen embarrassed again.
"Papyrus, where did you hear that? It's also not a nice thing to say to people" Frisk put their hands on their hips and carefully took the cup of hot liquid from Papyrus, Dillan came back in with a coaster, Frisk graciously took it as well.
"I AM SORRY CLE- HUMAN, I HEARD SANS CALLING LADY TORIEL IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPLIMENT, I AM SORRY FOR POSSIBLY INSULTING YOU HUMAN" Papyrus dropped his head in shame Dillan walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's… alright man, no harm done"
The, boy sitting on the couch stretched his arms as he looked at Frisk again. He saw their eyes quickly flash red for a second as they looked down at the hot chocolate. He had a suspicion as of why.
Papyrus pulled out his phone when it buzzed, he said it was a text from his brother.
After reading it Papyrus gasped and grabbed Frisks arm and began to drag them towards the front door despite their protests "HUMANS, I AM SORRY TO CUT THIS MEETING SHORT BUT LADY TORIEL, THE HUMAN'S MOTHER NEEDS THEM BACK FOR DINNER!" He opened the door, picked Frisk up bridal style, and ran away.
"I'LL BRING THE CUP BACK LATER!" The two heard Frisk scream as they were carried home.
Dillan and his friend both stood up and walked to the door, the other boy closing it and locking it.
"Weird people…" Dillan muttered leaning against the wall.
The younger of the two shrugged "Papyrus seemed… energetic… anyways, they're kids like you and me… maybe not Papyrus though" He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, rough day so far.
Dillan cursed under his breath a he spotted a spill on the carpet "Yeah…" He turned to his friend and smirked "Anyways~ I saw you staring at that Frisk kid"
The other looked at his friend in confusion "What?"
"You like him… her, I can't tell, don't you?" The boy's eyes widened.
"W- what?! N- no I don't!" He stuttered waving his hands and shaking his head.
Dillan's grin got bigger "You do! Your stuttering and blushing! Can't even tell if they're a guy or girl but damn you fall quickly"
His friend made a motion of strangling Dillan as his face got redder.
"Don't worry, I won't judge, think they like you too, caught em starin a few times" The poor boy would have fainted right then and there is he wasn't so frustrated with his friend and flustered.
Dillan laughed and started walking away towards a hallway, most likely his room "See ya later albino"
He sighed and ran both hands over his face as he walked back to the couch.
Sitting down he grabbed and looked at a piece of his hair, white hair, rare color but still common according to the internet.
He flipped it away self concisely. If things kept going as they were, that fact might prove useful.
* Should be burning in hell