Chapter 1
The time is almost here.
In just one minute, the event will finally be taken place.
He's been waiting for this day since as long as he can remember.
The clock is ticking.
10…
9…
8…
7…
6…
5… Almost there.
4… The time is coming.
3… It's happening!
2… This is going to be the most amazing moment of his entire life!
1…
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Sans roughly woke up to the sound of banging on drums and loud kazoos playing the birthday song. Sans tiredly rubbed his eyes and saw that it was all his friends who were making the ruckus. Frisk was simply playing a kazoo, Toriel was holding a large birthday pie with whipped cream and two candles (one that had the number "1", and one that had the number "8"), Undyne was violently banging on a gigantic drum with wooden drum sticks, Dr. Alphys was holding a digital device in her hand that showed a gigantic hologram that said "Happy Birthday!", and his royal highness, King Asgore, was wearing his usual flower shirt and simply played the French horn. They all seemed to be so passionate about his birthday, but his brother, Papyrus, showed off the most.
He was holding a humongous drum in front of him and banging on it with his one of his hands while also playing a French horn with his other hand (off key, of course). Papyrus was also dancing around the room as if the drum was as light as a feather, showing that he was definitely excited for his brother.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANS!" Papyrus said in his exaggerated, high-pitched voice. Sans said, while stretching his arms "heh, mornin' bro. thanks for the…really loud wake-up." Papyrus happily replied "YOU'RE WELCOME!"
It was one of these moments that Sans was so grateful to have Papyrus as a brother. He's always so ecstatic about special events, especially his birthday. Papyrus would both make loud, uncoordinated music with random kitchen utensils and stuff that he just happened to find around the house or make him an inedible spaghetti birthday cake.
This year…he did both.
"wow, the cake looks really good this year, pap! it actually looks edible this time." Papyrus, unaware that that was sort-of an insult, put on a smile, and placed the frozen spaghetti cake on Sans' drawer while Undyne spoke up. "Why, of course it does! That's because I helped him make it! But…to be fair…the first one we made was WAY better than this one." Sans sat up on the bed and asked "oh, really? how so?" Undyne put her scaly hands on her hips and replied "Well, I basically ruled, about, 75% of that version of it. Did you know that if you tap a certain part of the stove at exactly the right moment…you can blow up an entire house?!" Toriel turned to King Asgore and Toriel with nervous sweat on her forehead. "This uh…reminds me." Undyne pulled out her new phone that Dr. Alphys made for her, swiped it a couple time and showed it to Asgore. What he saw…was not surprising to say the least.
"Yea…I may need a new house…again." Undyne her head to Sans and continued "Oh! And I also made homemade noodles that time!"
Asgore didn't get angry (even though she's done this, like, ten times), instead, he simply sighed and said "I'll go get the construction crew." But, as Asgore was planning to leave, Toriel grabbed his shoulder and turned him around, making him meet with Toriel's oh-so-famous glare. "You are NOT going to leave this house! You can call your construction crew later; right now, we are going to celebrate our good friend's birthday!" Sans turned to Toriel and her ex-husband and said "it's alright, your majesty. you can go fix undyne's house. i'll be fine here." Toriel turned to him and said "No, Sans! This is you're 18th birthday! When you turn 18 you finally move from teenager to young adult. So, it is QUITE a big deal." Sans got up from his bed and insisted to Toriel "well, for some reason, you decided to make this huge surprise to me two days before my ACTUAL birthday. so, for now, i'm still 17. it's fine, really." Sans could tell Toriel wanted to protest incredibly badly, but, after a couple of seconds, she closed her eyes, breathed in, breathed out, and then turned to Asgore.
"Fine! You may go fix Undyne's house. But after you're done, make sure you go straight back here! Understand?" Asgore said to her "Well, can't I at least get a donut or-" Toriel gave him and glare again. "Understand, Asgore?!" Asgore arched his back away from her with scared eyes. "Uh…Well, gotta go!" Then, he finally left the room and soon went out of the house.
Sans turned to Papyrus and asked "speaking of…why'd you guys prepare this two days before?" Papyrus happily put his drum on the ground while replying "WELL, HER MAJESTY TORIEL HAS AN ENORMOUS POINT! I WANT TO MAKE THIS BIRTHDAY THE MOST ENJOYABLE, AND DELECTABLE BIRTHDAY THAT ANY MONSTER AND HUMAN HAS EVER KNOWN! I'VE ALREADY PLANNED MUFFET TO MAKE YOU FIVE BIRTHDAY CAKES AND TEN BOXES OF COOKIES AND DONUTS (HALF OF WHICH MAY BE FOR ME). SO, DO NOT FRET, MY PRECIOUS BROTHER! YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER! I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT!" Sans smiled at his brother's enthusiasm and said "aww...thanks papyrus…you're the best brother anyone could ask for!" Sans walked up to his taller brother and hugged him, and after a second, Papyrus smiled and hugged back. Everyone in the room awed at the adorable brotherly moment.
Suddenly, they heard something vibrate, which apparently came from Mettaton. Noticing the vibration on his metallic wrist, he looked at it and noticed that his watch was vibrating with the hands saying 9:00. Mettaton immediately vibrated along with the watch and yelled "AHH! I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR MY PERFORMANCE AT THE RETIREMENT HOME, AND MY MORNING NEWS, AND MY REENACTMENT OF 'ROMEO AND JULIET' AT THE GIRL SCOUTS!" Mettaton quickly rushed out of the room with Toriel holding out her hand while yelling "Mettaton, wait!" But he was already gone. Dr. Alphys quickly got more sweaty than usual and said "U-Um…I'm s-sorry Sans…I g-gotta go t-take care of Mettaton. He g-gets REALLY cranky w-when he misses a p-performance. H-Happy birthday!" She quickly went out of the room with Toriel once again trying to stop her. Then, Undyne said "Well, if I know anything about Alphys, is that she can drown her entire lab in sweat if she doesn't stop. And I don't want a sweaty girl hugging me all the time! Need to go calm her down." Toriel said "Don't you dare-" But Undyne was already after Dr. Alphys and Mettaton. Toriel had no choice but lean down to Frisk and quietly say "I'll return as soon as I can, my child. Don't worry about a thing." Then she suddenly changed her tone and yelled "COME BACK HERE AND CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION!" She quickly went out of the room as well, leaving only Papyrus, Sans, and Frisk alone in the room.
Papyrus turned to Sans and said "WELL…THAT WAS STRANGE. BUT GOOD NEWS IS WE GET TO SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER! THIS IS YOUR FIRST DAY OF YOUR FINAL DAYS OF BEING SEVENTEEN! WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO NOW?!" Sans, despite his brother enthusiastic behavior, replied "well…i wouldn't mind going back to sleep."
Surprisingly (possibly the biggest surprise so far today)…Papyrus did not get angry, which was strange to Sans. Whenever he'd sleep on the job, Papyrus usually would tell him to get up and call him "lazybones". Sans was basically the laziest person Papyrus ever knew. But, Papyrus merely said. "ALRIGHT SANS."
Sans raised an eyebrow (or…lack of) and said "wait…that's it? no "lazybones"? no "put your backbone into it"?" Then, he did what he did best. "i'd always thought you didn't like to be humerous with my laziness, pap." When Papyrus only breathed in and out a frustrated sigh, Sans knew something was up. He'd usually HATED his puns; he usually hated ALL puns. Sans had to ask "alright, something wrong. is there something wrong?" Papyrus reassured his brother. "NO, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG; FAR FROM IT, IN FACT. IF YOU WANT TO SLEEP ALL DAY AND…MAKE YOUR PUNS, I WILL NOT STOP YOU. IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY; I'LL JUST MEET YOU NEAR MT. EBOTT LATER. I HAVE TO…TALK TO YOU…FOR A LITTLE BIT." Papyrus turned to the nearby child. "COMEON, FRISK. WE HAVE TO GET READY." While Papyrus was walking out the door, Frisk walked to Sans instead. The child pulled something out of their pocket and gave it to Sans. Sans slowly accepted the tiny dark blue box and said "oh…thanks frisk." Sans noticed that the box held a tiny note on the outside, which read "Don't open until your actual birthday."
Papyrus said "COMEON, FRISK. WE MUST GET READY FOR THE SUPER BIG SURPRISE THAT SANS IS UNAWARE ABOUT!" Then, Frisk left the room, but Papyrus looked back to Sans. "OH…AND SANS…YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT BEFORE…YOU ARE THE BEST BROTHER ANYONE COULD ASK FOR." Then he finally left the room, leaving only Sans.
Sans looked at the floor while sitting on his bed and sighed. He turned his head to the mirror Papyrus hung on his wall a couple of days ago. He was face to face with his reflection. "trust me…" Slowly but surely, the mirror showed that his hands started to glow a bright neon blue, and his left eye began to glow the same color. "…i'm not."
