Hello! so This fic is on hiatus until we get back to it. This is all fluff. The worst thing in this story is kissing… and it isn't even intense. Hope you enjoy! Remember to comment or message us if you have any questions!
Grillby woke up on the couch not knowing where he was but too tired to open his eyes. He felt a weight on his chest. Hearing giggles he felt something small touch his nose and cheeks. Moaning Grillby turned his head muttering "five more minutesss ssssweetie uncle Grillby is tired."
Another giggle was heard and another weight made its way onto his stomach "Uncle? What uncle?" Another slightly older but still very young voice asked.
"Huh?" Grillby slowly peeled opened his eyes seeing two small skeletons on top of him instead of fire. "Wha? Well, what do we have here?" Grillby grinned at the adorably small skeletons poking them lightly in their stomachs "are you two the famoussss ssssanssss and Papyrussss?"
The older one who seemed to have a permanent grin made it grow and raise his hands "I'm Sans! This Papy!" He said pointing to the infant who was all smiles and sunshine and sugar as he patted Grillby's face.
Grillby nodded chuckling his grin growing large Gaster's children were darling. Holding out his hand to Sans in a handshake Grillby introduced himself "it'sss a pleassssure to meet you sssanssss. My name issss Grillby." turning slightly addressing Papyrus tickling him slightly with his other hand "it'ssss a pleassssure to meet you too Papyrusss."
Sans shook it enthusiastically. Papyrus squeaked and tried to wiggle away laughing. His laughs were adorable little 'nyeheheheh' instead of common laughs.
Gaster woke from his dreams and sat up. Rubbing his skull "hhhmmmn breakfast need to make breakfast..." He muttered rolling over off the bed with a thump as he face planted and began crawling to his closest ready to fall back asleep
Laugh with the children Grillby scooped up both boys into his arms standing and headed for the kitchen "well how about we get ssssome food made. You two want to help me?"
"Elp elp!" Papy said waving his arms eagerly. Sans smiled "okay Gwillby"
Grillby smiled seeing two booster seats he sat the kids in their seats. Scooping out what the cabinets held he turned to the kids "you guys want some pancakessss?"
Sans and Papyrus nodded and cheered.
There was a cry from upstairs "ah! My kids! Sans! Papyrus where are you!" Gaster yelled running down stairs looking around even lifting couch cushions looking panicked "you two know daddy does not like hide and seek!"
Hearing Gaster yelling Grillby poked his head out of the kitchen "Gassssster?"
Gaster rushed over "oh Grillby I forgot you were here I can't talk right not now I must find my so- oh..." He said seeing them over Grillby's shoulder Sans waved at him and Gaster sighs waving back
Grillby smirked patting his shoulder leading him to the kitchen "We are making pancakessss. You want to join ussss?"
Gaster nodded and sighed kissing both his children on the forehead "morning my little ones" he said as Papyrus hugged his face and Sans kissed his chin "morning daddy" Sans said as Gaster stood smiling and helped Grillby with pancakes.
Grillby turned grinning at the kids handing them a measuring cup and a bag of chocolate chips "here kiddossss meassssure out how many chocolate chipssss you want in the pancakessss."
Papyrus giggled tried to naw open the bag as Sans held the cup.
Grillby giggled walking over to Papyrus "here let me help." ripping the package open Grillby helped him hold it as Papyrus tilted the bag.
Sans held the cup as Papyrus tilted and only filled it halfway before stopping. Sans whined "no Papy! More!" He said and Papyrus nyeh'd and shook his head.
Grillby smiled "ok thankssss for the help boysss" taking the cup and chocolate chips Grillby subtly added a few more where Sans could see before adding it to Gaster's mix.
Sans beamed and clapped happily.
Gaster chuckled "you've probably made their day. I knew they wouldn't be scared of you" he said with a smile.
Grillby beamed at Gaster "they are wonderful. I'm ssssso glad they like me." Grillby giggle "I must sssay that wasss the BESSST way to be woken up."
Gaster smiled "I am glad you are enjoying yourself" Gaster said as he helped cook he liked this it felt so so... Domestic... It was nice.
Grillby smiled muttering under his breath "tiny handsss. Sssssso tiny." as he worked. Finding plates and cups Grillby set the table.
Gaster smiled "tiny clever hands they love making me have heart attacks." He chuckled and moved the booster seats to the table.
Grillby chuckled bringing the pancakes to the table pulling up a chair next to sans. While Gaster sat between the two boys. Serving everyone some pancakes Grillby asked Sans "do you want me to cut them up for you?"
Sans huffed and crossed his arms "I am big I can do it!" He said reaching for the butter knife with his small hands.
Gaster rolled his eyelights. "Just give it a minute" he said to Grillby as he cut Papyrus's up into little itty bitty pieces and let the baby pick at them happily.
Grillby snickered patting Sans head "okay. If you change your mind jussst tell me. I sssstill cut up my niece'ssss pancakessss and ssshe'sss almossst nine." working on his own pancakes before pausing. "Oh drinkssss!"
Gaster got up "I'll get them. What will you have?" He asked Grillby unsure of he could have anything but alcohol. He poured a small cup of orange juice for Sans and then filled a sippy cup with Milk for Papyrus.
Sans took the butter knife and started to try and cut his pancakes he was using the wrong side of the knife…
Grillby chuckled "yeah I wouldn't think you would have any alcohol in your houssse, but anything without a large amount of water in it will do." easily he turned sans's knife around to the right side with a gentle smile.
Sans looked amazed with the knife actually did what it was supposed to "are you magic?" He asked eyelights flashing into little stars it was adorable!
Gaster hummed and looked around and actually found a bottle of vanilla extract "oh! Here is this its pure vodka with vanilla I doubt it'll taste good though..." He said and handed it over with a jar of condensed cranberry juice.
Grillby laughed "no, sssanssss not magic jussst old age. Heh heh. thank you Gasssster I'm sssssure it will work fine."
Sans stilled looked awed as he clumsily cut his pancakes still not making much progress.
Gaster smiled and gave them over and sat down "would you like help Sans?" He asked seeing Sans was probably ready to accept.
Sans pouted then looked up at Grillby "I want Gwillby to cut them!" Sans stated determined Papyrus laughed and joyfully smushed pancakes in agreement.
Gaster smiled "if he wants too" he chuckled eating his food. He was so pleased that his kids were accepting Grillby even if they didn't work out as a couple he hoped they could be good friends
Grillby's flames turn blue at sans's words. "Of coursssse sssansss." Grillby easily cut up sans's pancakes giving Sans his fork back when he was done.
Sans smiled "tank you!" He said missing the 'h' noise but began stuffing his face happily.
Papyrus smiles as he eats his by now smashed pancakes
Grillby smiled "you are very welcome sssansss. Thank you Gassster for having me. I haven't had ssssuch a great time in a while."
Gaster smiled "I have not either. usually my mornings are very hectic. It is nice to have another adult at the table." He said gazing at him warmly.
Grillby chuckled warmly looking sceptical at the children "you mean to tell me that ssssanssss and Papyrusss are not the perfect angelssss they are now?"
"No! They may have inherited my charms and sweet disposition but don't let it fool you! They are as mischievous as they come" he said patting Papy's head "this one does all the encouraging while Sans does the work" he said.
Grillby laughed a loud, crackling, deep laugh. clutching his sides as he leaned over. Wiping his lava tears away and glancing over at Gaster grinning widely at him.
Gaster pouted puffing his cheek bones out "you don't believe me" he said looking positively adorable.
Sans giggled at his dad announcing proudly "tats because we are angles like Gwillby said!"
Grillby went into squeaked filled laughter nodded his head.
"Liiiiieeeessssss" Gaster said embarrassed as he picked his son up and took him to the sink to wash his face "filling Grillby with false expectations shame on you" he chuckled starting to wash his face.
Sans looked shocked "I don'ts lie! I wouldn't give Gwillby any false expectors!"
Oh Grillby was dying Now. He had went into a silent shaking laughter. leaning too far and falling out of his chair onto the floor still laughing but with a few whines of pain mixed in.
Gaster turns and snorted before laughing "oh now look what we've done Sans... Are you alright?" He asked going over shuffling Sans in one arm and trying to pull Grillby up with the other but he couldn't stop laughing himself.
Standing up with Gaster's help Grillby wiped away his lava tears trying to catch his breath back. Grillby giggled a little more give the skeletons a breathless "fine. I'm good. Haven't laughed that hard in agessss."
Gaster smiled "I am beginning to see a pattern here" he said hand still on Grillby feeling the warmth under his fingers.
Grillby tilted his head in confusion "pleasssse enlighten me to thissss pattern."
Gaster shook his head "I might tell you later" he said smiling as he held Sans. "Right now I need to clean Papyrus of his mess... Would you like to hold Sans?" He asked petting his Son's skull.
Smiling Grillby eagerly taking Sans into his arms tickling the boy gently before going serious "now sssansss we have sssome important thingsss to discusssss."
Sans looked up at him confused at the seriousness "what?" He asked with wide sockets.
Grillby trying to keep serious "well for ssstarterssss I don't know your favorite color." Grillby couldn't help the grin that broke through at the end.
Sans looked startled but giggled "bwue!"
Grillby smiled sitting down in a chair with Sans in his lap. He faked surprise "oh really! I love blue too. Though orange isss my favorite. I mean how can it not be? My whole body isss orange." putting a finger on his chin in thought before holding up in a "aha" moment Grillby looked back to Sans "another thing you have failed to tell me isss your favorite animal."
Sans and Papyrus giggled at himself saying he was orange.
Sans smiled "rock!" He said in response to his question.
Gaster sighed "I gave him a pet rock and since then I can't convince him they aren't animals" he said
Grillby just grinned and nodded "my niece hasss a pet rock too. Do you take good care of your pet rock? They are a big ressssponsssibility."
Sans nodded and beamed "I feed him everyday! And daddy takes us on walks with him! But Papy is jewwy cause he can't walk yet!" Sans said laughing as Papyrus nyeh'd hearing his name.
Grillby nodded looking very impressed "wow sssansss I'm impressssed! You are a very resssponsssible little ssskeleton. Now sssansss I've asssked you quite a few quessstionsss do you have any you would want to asssk me?"
Sans though and tapped his face "where from? You stay? What do you do?" He asked smiling
Grillby chuckled patting Sans head "asssking all the hard quessstionsss first I sssee…. Hmm. Well I'm from hotland but I live here in sssnowdin. I own a bar and that'sss where I live and work. Asss for if I am ssstaying you will have to asssk your dad that one."
Sans listened and smiled "daddy daddy! He stay?" He asked and Gaster blushed "as long as he wants to stay" he said looking at Grillby slightly hopeful.
Grillby's flames went blue he has blushed more since meeting this skeleton than when he was a small flame living with his embarrassing mother. Stuttering Grillby looked between the two hopeful faces starting to feel distressed "i-i mean i would love too… b-but i have the bar a-and i… i d-don't want to russssh thisss… i mean." quickly Grillby picked Sans up and placed him in his booster seat wringing his hands nervously slowly backing to the door. "N-not that i don't like you! I do! i really like you… it'sss just i feel thissss isss going way to fassst."
Gaster panicked "no! I didn't mean it that way! I don't want to rush you or make you uncomfortable! Oh dear..." He said wringing his own hands he kept getting caught up in silly fantasies of being a couple he kept forgetting that Grillby was new to this. He set Papy back in his seat. And went after him "Grillby I am soooo sorry my behavior has been unacceptable..." Oh gods he's ruined everything he knew it.
Grillby couldn't meet Gaster's eyes deciding that the floor was better to look at. His flames were low as he shook his head "no, no you are great… it'sss me… i knew i ssshouldn't have done thisss… you dessserve sssomeone better. Sssomeone that knowsss what they are doing…. Oh ssstarsss i alwaysss messss everything up." Grillby ran a hand through his flames knowing he screwed up muttering "thisss issss why i've never got a date."
"But you did get a date! You got me! And that was with both of us being our complete stupid selves. And it doesn't matter if you screw up I don't care... We can work together on it..." He said smiling softly "to be honest I've never had an ongoing relationship either... Everyone flopped because I am weird... And stuff" he said smiling
Grillby sighed frustrated "i don't sssee why you're amazing! I'm just ssso..." Grillby sighed deflating. He was bland, boring, a workaholic. no one wanted to be with him. Grillby didn't want to wait to the day Gaster got tired of him that would just break his heart.
"Warm, caring, and handsome?" Gaster asked finishing the sentence. "Um... A good cook... Great with kids... What else..." He looked him up and down "a dedicated snazzy dresser..."
Grillby's head shot up his flames a bright blue shocked he stuttering "n-n-no i-i'm not. I-i'm b-boring, a w-workaholic, i don't get out much, i'm not very good at jokesss, and i'm awkward." Grillby tried to make Gaster understand.
Gaster smiled "I'm a boring, workaholic, clutz of a skeleton. Going out and meeting you is the first time I've taken a vacation since Papyrus was born... But... I want to change that I want to build a better life... With you even if it's just as friends... And I can tell you are happy too even if it's just a little" he said his eyelights wide and sincere.
Grillby's lip quivered this was the first time he truly felt that someone wanted to be with him. someone who understood him. Grillby launched himself at Gaster hugging the skeleton. Gaster has caused him to feel so many emotions that he hadn't felt since before the war. Grillby's voice quivered but he dare not cry on the skeleton, lava and bones would not mix well. "Yesss! You make me sssssso happy. I've never felt sssso underssstood. Pleasssse sssstay with me gassster. I don't care if it'sss romantic, but pleassse let usss ssstay together."
Gaster tipped back into the floor and grunted as the fire man landed on him but he squeezed him tight "I'll stay with you... Forever if I can" he said and felt his own purple tears of joy gather he felt whole and complete as well.
Grillby laughed and snuggled into the skeleton. Sans and Papyrus cheering with joy. Sans starting to sing off key "Gwillby and daddy sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-I-N-G! First comes me then comes papy then comes the tori and the king. We all watching you two ki-issing!"
Gaster blushed and looked up "Sans noooooo!" He said and looked at Grillby "not that I am opposed to kissing?"
Grillby chuckled blushing blue, but giving Gaster a quick peck on his teeth before he changed his mind. Quickly standing up and offering Gaster a hand to stand.
Gaster blushed and took his hand letting him help him up. He dusted himself off smiling a little.
Grillby fidgeting slightly looked to Gaster "ssssssssoooooo… what do you want to do…. I don't work today. Ssssso i'm free to do whatever."
This is as far as we got on this fic. so let us just use our imagination until we get back to it.
that they all went to the park that day. made snowmen. had a jolly good time. after a few great years Grillby finally asked the question "Gaster will you marry me." Gaster is in shock, but shakes his head in a no. Grillby is destroyed! the love of his life just said no! "please Grillby do not think that i am refusing you. i was going to ask you... to marry me." oh joy! they get married. all the tears. soon they grow older their skeleton children are adults now. years later they are sitting in a field of flowers on a hill side. frisk had came and was able to set them all free. they hold hands gazing at a sunset. their last sunset. they lay down as the stars come out. Grillby's flames had dimmed in old age only giving off only a light glow. they turned to each other kissing one last time "i love you" they say in unison before giggling turning to dust. they will now live on together with the stars and the grass.
the end.
