Things finally kick off in this chapter! Ever since I saw a certain cute little fan comic about Frisk teaching Muffet to ice skate, I became fond of the idea of these two having a sister-like friendship together. I hold true to that in this story; that also means that Muffet gets a lot more space in my story than in the original game! So please, feel free to let me know how do you like this version of her. ;)
CHAPTER I: Hopes And Dreams
Picture a dark attic in a small house. It's a nice warm, sunny afternoon outside, but you wouldn't know that if you've spent all day in here, crawling on every kind of surface there is – floor, walls, ceiling, wherever you pleased and wherever it wasn't overcrowded yet with all the others. Truth be told, there weren't that many spiders around as one would think. Sure, this was their oasis, a place where they could gather, rest and chit chat with all of the huge family; but this fact was also well known to all the insects in town, so they stayed as far as possible from this house. That's why at night, the attic would go almost empty as spiders began their eternal journey for food and, frankly, a good sport.
A single wooden staircase led to the bottom floor; some spiders would often gather around and eavesdrop on downstairs whenever someone was there. Usually, there were two someones, and one of them was the house owner. She was the one who had an agreement with all the spiders upstairs that they should not be around „her" territory that much. She loved them all – it would be weird not to, since they were basically family – but humans sometimes misunderstood the spider kind, either being afraid of them or even killing them.
Miss Muffet, kind as she was, spent the last 7 years among humans, trying to convince them that spiders are helpful and mean no harm to them. But there were too many who just couldn't take a, let's face it, giant spider girl very seriously. What she did succeed in, however, was opening her bakery, and it even took her just a little bit under a long time to learn how to make food that is edible for humans – kudos to her best friend, Frisk, who spent quite some time teaching her what the human kind likes to eat and what not. Since then, the business wasn't exactly booming, but made just enough money to provide a moderate level of comfort for the spider house. As for Muffet and Frisk, the two bonded a loving younger-older sisters kind of relationship. It made sense since they basically grew up through their teenage years together – Muffet had just turned nineteen, and Frisk was three years younger than her.
Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Frisk was the most common guest in Miss Muffet's home. The bakery closed at 4, meaning that Muffet had more than enough time to go home and get everything ready for a daily 5 o'clock tea. She rarely ever drank it alone – Frisk was often around, and other frequent guests included Papyrus who's heart was just as pure and innocent as the two girls' so they all got along splendidly, Toriel who often brought everyone's favourite butterscotch pie, and Undyne with Alphys if they both were free at the same time and felt like going outside rather than watching anime at home. Sometimes Muffet would convince Asgore to come, but that was very hard to manage: he loved his tea, but unfortunately, he usually worked until evening, and if not, he had to make sure that Toriel won't be there in the first place. Besides, Asriel strictly refused to visit the tea parties at all, and if Asgore ever got an afternoon off, he often felt like he should spend more time with his son.
On this particular thursday afternoon, however, it was just Muffet and Frisk. They sat in the bedroom, Frisk on the pink blanket on her friend's bed, while Muffet had the chair by her computer turned at the human. The two friends had a jokingly dispute.
„For the millionth time, Muf," said Frisk, waving her right arm in the air while holding a big warm blue cup of tea in her other hand; „those shorts are an abomination. Like, it's one thing that you have to sew your own shirts and dresses, but they've got plenty of normal pants in the store already, so why would you stick with this... balloon design?"
Muffet took a quick peek down at her legs. Her thighs were, indeed, sealed inside a pair of shorts that could hide a basketball in each leg. She looked back at Frisk who was, by the way, wearing plain dark blue jeans.
„It's called 'style', dearie. Look it up in the dictionary since you obviously don't know what that is, ahuhuhu," she chuckled, and intentionally overly loudly sipped on her own cup.
„When's the last time you've seen other people?" Frisk replied. „Have you seen how many girls wear the same shorts as you, huh? Yeah, none of them."
„It's not my fault they don't know how to look pretty! Starting with you, F!"
Muffet shoot herself forward and forcefully pulled Frisk, who reacted with a cute squeak, up from the bed by her hand. By luck, no tea was spilled during that.
„I mean, look at yourself!" the monster exclaimed. „If i didn't know you and met you on the street, I wouldn't even notice you're there! You look just as casual as everyone out there!"
Frisk, with a great sense of caution, put her cup of tea on a drawer. „Really, Muf? Do you think you need a special kind of clothes to attract people's attention?"
„Well I know for a fact that if I put this thing on," said Muffet while poking on Frisk's leg, „I would feel like my pants are a jail for my legs, you know? I need to feel-" and she performed what might have been a move from a synchronised dance routine, „-totally freeeee!"
Fin, Muffet's pet that had been sleeping in his nest of empty bedsheets by the corner up to this point, was awakened by the sudden movements in the room. He rolled up and barked. Well, it was kind of like barking, but in reality, he was making sort of a „muf, muf" sound. He then crawled towards Frisk who sat down again, lifting Fin up into her lap where she started softly stroking his head-body. As the pet closed his eyes and purred in pure extasy, the human's eyes turned back towards Muffet.
„You know you can feel free and not have your legs look misshapen, right?" she asked her friend with a smile that assured her she doesn't mean anything she says. „Besides, there's no way anyone actually finds it attractive or cute at least."
„Oh really, dearie?" And Muffet sat down again while giggling in a way that Frisk has never heard her giggle before. The human's expression turned a tiny inch more serious than before.
„Muf, is there something you haven't told me?" she asked in an overly interested tone. „Someone asked you out, didn't they?"
Muffet wasn't the kind of girl who would lose her confidence easily, so aside from her face turning slightly red, she kept her composure as she slowly responded: „Do you remember that kid that I told you about?"
„The cute boy that comes to your shop every day?" Frisk remembered immediately, and suppressed the urge to squeal in excitement. „Dark beautiful eyes, wavy haircut and the cutest smile, that guy?"
„That would be the gentleman, yes," Muffet confirmed. „I mean, he didn't exactly ask me out, but he said he'll be hanging out in the club tomorrow and that it would be wonderful if I decided to swing by."
„Oooh, somebody has a wee little crush on my spider sister, how adorable!" Frisk proclaimed with a high pitched kiddie voice, pulling struggling and confused Fin in for a hug. „Oh, oh, can I come with? I mean, what if he wants to hurt you, I need to be there to protect you!"
Now Muffet laughed out loud. „I'd love it if I could take you with me! Buuut... the club is 21+..."
„Oh come on, you're nineteen and you're still going!"
„Dearie, last time I checked, these rules were made for humans. I'm a monster, I can do whatever I please!" Muffet chuckled once again before she winked at Frisk. „I'm just kidding, F. Of course we'll get you in, but if I see one glass of drink in your hand, I'm grabbing you by the ear and dragging you all the way to Toriel! And you know she doesn't like it when you don't act like a good little child!"
„I know, I know," said Frisk, her smile slightly descending. „We'll probably have to tell her we're just going to the park to feed the ducks or whatever."
„Ooh, you know she means well, dearie. She just can't stand the idea that you're growing up."
„No, she can't..." Frisk sighed, and lied down on her back, letting Fin lay on her belly. „Don't think I don't like coming here, drinking tea with friends. I love it, but... sometimes I wish mum would've let me do something more... exciting, you know? If Asgore lived with us, I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
Muffet smiled and looked up at the sky from the window. „But if Asgore lived with you and Toriel, wouldn't that make Asriel your brother as well?"
Frisk took a second before she replied: „I suppose so, why?"
„Wouldn't that make things weird between the two of you?"
„What do you mean?" the human casually asked, not willing to look at Muffet at the moment.
„Oh dearie, you two are soooo obvious! You want to be with him, I know it!" she heard her friend say, and she suddenly felt like her heart just wanted to break free from her chest. Frisk forced herself to look at Muffet and took a breath to tell her either that she's stupid or that it's not true – both of which, sadly, were dirty lies. Then she saw that the monster was blinking rapidly and grinning like she just overheard Sans perform an awfuly awesome knock knock joke – and then, Muffet laughed.
„You little-" Frisk reached for a pillow near her and threw it at Muffet's face. As a pillow fight, nay, a pillow war bursted out in the room, the human hoped that her friend was really just joking, that she didn't know how she, Frisk, felt about Asriel. One thing was true, they could be considered brother and sister – but the fact that she was adopted and also that Toriel and Asgore lived separately, both with one child in their care, helped her not think about it. But she still felt that she can't let anyone know the truth, not even Muffet, the girl with whom she shared all the secrets. This was something she intended to just let be; things were good the way they were right now between her and Asriel, and everything else could remain within her hopes and dreams.
