Frisk watched silently as Alex walked away from her, what he said still echoing in her mind. He's still in the orphanage? He's a nice guy, why wouldn't someone want to adopt him? These were the thoughts that ran through Frisk's mind. She was broken from her thoughts when she heard a loud bang coming from the direction Alex headed in. She looked up to see Alex walking away from a fallen garbage can, a sizable dent in the side of it. This made Frisk feel even worse about bringing that subject up. As she was looking towards Alex's direction, she didn't notice someone coming up behind her.
"My child, it is time for us to go." Toriel said, causing Frisk to turn around.
"Oh, okay." She said quietly, following Toriel to the bus stop. Toriel hummed quietly to herself as they both waited for the bus to arrive, Frisk being quieter than she usually was. Toriel tried to make up some small talk to pass the time.
"Who was that boy you were talking to?" Toriel asked Frisk, who took a moment before answering.
"That was Alex. I knew him before I fell into the underground. He lives in the orphanage." Frisk explained to her, who nodded her head.
"He's waiting for a family?" Toriel asked curiously, wanting to know about the boy Frisk was with. Frisk, responding to her question, nodded in reply.
"I came there about a year ago, and he said he'd been there for six, probably seven years by now. He said he's the only one there now." Frisk said, looking at the ground.
"Oh, that's terrible." Toriel muttered, worrying about Alex.
"That's why he left, because I brought it up." Frisk looked up at Toriel, a guilty expression in her features.
"Don't worry too much about it, my child. You didn't know it would upset him." Toriel assured her, and Frisk nodded in agreement.
"I didn't mean to..." She trailed off, only to have Toriel wrap her in a hug.
"I know." Toriel said to her quietly. At that moment, the bus arrived at the stop. The two broke the hug and proceeded to enter the bus, a quiet ride home ahead of them.
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The bus's wheels squealed to a stop, signaling Frisk and Toriel that they were almost home. The two stood up from their seats in the back of the bus and proceeded to the exit, stepping out onto the concrete sidewalk. While they walked down the sidewalk towards their home, an idea popped into Frisk's mind.
"Hey mom?" Frisk asked, trying to get Toriel's attention.
"Yes, my child?" Toriel responded, curious on what Frisk wanted.
"If no one wants to adopt Alex, why don't we adopt him?" Frisk asked, and Toriel looked at her with a surprised look.
"My child, I don't think we could fit another person in our home. We already have so many." Toriel told Frisk, but Frisk had a plan.
"But Alex could sleep in Mettaton's room. Mettaton is always on tour anyway. Please?" Frisk reasoned. Toriel thought about for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
"I suppose you are right. We will have to talk to the others though." Toriel agreed to the idea, but Frisk was worried how the others would react. Toriel and Frisk after about a couple of minutes reached their home, which was significantly larger than the other houses in the neighborhood, considering that 8 people lived there and needed their own rooms. The two of them walked through the front door to hear Papyrus yelling.
"AH! THERE IS SPAGHETTI EVERYWHERE!" Papyrus squealed as pots and pans could be heard crashing to the floor.
"That's what's supposed to happen Papyrus! Stop being a baby!" Undyne's rough voice rang out from the kitchen as well. While all of this insanity was happening, Sans was just sitting on the couch quietly watching tv.
"Heya," Sans waved to Frisk and Toriel, trying to act like the current situation in the kitchen wasn't happening.
"Hey, can you get everyone gathered for a second?" Frisk asked Sans.
"I would, but I'm bone tired right now." Sans smiled lazily as Frisk glared back at him.
"Sans, please?" Toriel asked, giving him a hopeful smile. Sans sighed and stood up, stretching his bones.
"Alright." Sans groaned, but still had his usual lazy grin. He walked off to the kitchen to get Papyrus and Undyne, who came into the living room and sat on the couch. Then Asgore and Alphys were gathered in the living room as well, all of them squishing onto the couch. Once everyone was in the living room, Frisk decided to start to ask the question.
"Okay, the reason we had Sans gather all of you now is that we have a question. You see, I have a friend named Alex, and he's an orphan. I met him when I was sent to the orphanage before I fell, and he's been waiting for seven years for someone to adopt him. He's the only kid left in the entire orphanage. So I figured, why don't we adopt him?" Frisk finally said, taking a deep breath. Everyone was silent for a moment until Papyrus literally exploded in joy.
"WOWIE! ANOTHER HUMAN? THIS WILL BE GREAT! I CAN TEACH THEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PASTA AND HOW TO COOK SPAGHETTI AND HOW TO SOLVE PUZZLES AND..." Everyone started to block Papyrus's rambling out at that point.
"A-another human? C-can we even f-fit another one here?" Alphys asked curiously. Toriel nodded.
"Frisk has made a suggestion to me earlier. Alex could sleep in Mettaton's room, since he is always on tour." Toriel added.
"Cool! It'll be awesome to have another punk to train!" Undyne smiled a toothy grin.
"If we will be helping a poor child, than I am okay with it." Asgore said, smiling gently.
"IT IS AN ABSOLUTE YES FROM ME!" Papyrus squealed in happiness. Frisk started getting anxious, really wanting everyone to say yes.
"Yeah, it'll be awesome!" Undyne boomed, earning a laugh from Alphys.
"I-If it's fine w-with you guys...I-it's fine with me." Alphys agreed. Frisk started smiling, but there was one person who hadn't said anything. The room went silent, everyone turned to look at Sans. He was silent for a moment, and everyone anticipated his answer. But then everyone heard snoring, Sans was sleeping.
"SANS!" Everyone yelled, making the blue hoodie wearing skeleton jump awake.
"I'm up, I'm up. What?" Sans said groggily, rubbing his eye sockets.
"Can we adopt Alex or not?!" Frisk said, slightly irritated.
"Sure, yeah." Sans finally agreed, and Frisk smiled the largest smile ever.
"Yes! Alex is going to be so happy!" Frisk said excitedly. "Let's go!" Frisk said, grabbing Toriel's hand.
"My child, please calm yourself. Alex is not going anywhere. There is no need to rush." Toriel said, attempting to calm Frisk down. Frisk almost immediately stopped and blushed in embarrassment.
"Heheh, right...right." Frisk smiled.
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Alex was sitting on his bed, still groggy from the nap he took. A sketchbook was laid down in front of him, a pencil in his hand. He looked at the sketch he was drawing, tapping his chin with the pencil, trying to think on what to add. While he was thinking, Mrs. Fischer rushed into the room, almost breaking down the door in the process.
"Alex! A family wants to adopt you!" She said excitedly, which caused Alex's eyes to light up, an unnaturally large smile forming on his face.
"Really?!" Alex said practically jumping up from his sitting position.
"Yes! They're waiting at the front desk. All of the paper work has been dealt with. You have a home!" Mrs. Fischer said, not as near as excited as Alex was.
"Oh my god, this is amazing!" Alex practically oozed happiness.
"Well c'mon, get your stuff together and come to the front desk when you're ready." Mrs. Fischer left Alex to gather his belongings, which basically consisted of his sketchbook and pencil, a toothbrush, and four different outfits. It's not a lot but Alex never complained. He went under his bed to retrieve a black backpack, which he bought with the hopes of being adopted about four years ago. Now, after all these years, he'll finally be able to use it. He stuffed all of his things into the bag. He slung the bag over his shoulder, taking one last glance around the room. Although Alex had always wanted to be adopted, he was going to miss this place. He grew up in this room. He met many friends here, lost many friends, even had his first crush on a girl a couple months ago. He had many horrible memories too, especially when everyone started getting adopted besides him. But now he could forget all of those memories and move on. Alex took a deep breath, adjusting the bag on his shoulder. He walked outside of his room for the last time and headed towards the front desk. Once he did, he couldn't believe who he saw.
"Frisk?" Alex asked unbelievingly. Frisk was standing there with Toriel, who was still talking with Mrs. Fischer.
"Alex, hey!" Frisk approached him.
"You're adopting me?" Alex asked, complete and utter shock the only thing he felt. Frisk nodded in reply, giving him a smile. When Toriel noticed Alex's presence, she walked up to the two of them.
"Hello, you must be Alex. I am Toriel." She introduced herself with a warm smile, holding out her hand. Alex couldn't help but smile back and shake her hand.
"It's nice to meet you." Alex said, trying to act as polite as possible. Toriel then looked back over to Mrs. Fischer.
"He is a polite child like you said." Toriel said quietly to Mrs. Fischer, but he could still manage to hear the compliment, which caused him to blush a little. Mrs. Fischer, who's eyes were starting to get watery, approached Alex.
"Well, I guess this is it for you here." Mrs. Fischer said, looking down at Alex. She was obviously trying to hold back tears, which made Alex start to tear up a little as well.
"Don't worry, I'll come visit when I can. Okay?" Alex told her, and she nodded, opening her arms for a hug. Alex accepted the gesture and gave Mrs. Fischer a hug, who almost crushed him in the embrace. She let go and let him go with his new found family. The trio of two humans and one monster walked out of the door, Mrs. Fischer waving out to them.
"Good luck!" She said, Alex waving back at her. They all walked down the sidewalk towards the bus stop, Frisk and Toriel asking Alex questions and vice versa. The topics of their conversation varied from how long Frisk and Alex known each other and how Alex felt about having a group as monsters as family.
"Honestly, I just wanted a group of people who loved me and cared for me, no matter what they looked like." Alex said, not able to keep the smile off of his face. Toriel couldn't help but smile at his answer, happy that he didn't care if his family was human or monster. The bus ride home was the same, the trio talking about random things from their pasts, mostly Alex talking about his. Once they reached their home, Alex looked at Frisk and Toriel.
"Everyone will like me, right?" Alex asked, afraid of what his new family would think of him.
"Alex, I think it's impossible for someone to hate you." Frisk assured him, and he nodded in response. Once the three entered the house, they were greeted by the sound of Undyne yelling and everyone trying to calm her down. Right as Alex walked through the door, Undyne's blue spear flew across the room. Alex had to duck so the spear didn't hit him in the head. Everyone got silent, looking at Alex in utter fear, even Undyne. Alex got back up, dusting his pants off. He took a double take at the spear, which was currently lodged into the wall.
"Woah." Was the only thing Alex could get out.
"Alex, are you okay?!" Frisk asked, fear evident in her voice.
"Okay, I know I almost got my face smashed in, but that was awesome!" Alex said, taking the spear out of the wall. Everyone looked at him like he was insane, but Undyne seemed to be ecstatic. Alex looked back over to them and saw their expressions.
"Oh, heh, I had a phase where I really liked melee weapons." Alex said, twirling the spear with his hands. Undyne walked up to Alex, who gave her spear back.
"I like this kid already!" Undyne said, laughing. Alex laughed along with her, everyone else laughed nervously.
"Anyways, I'm Alex. That was a real good first impression." Alex laughed and introduced himself. In no time, he got to meet all of the members of his new family, and Alex was...happy.
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~hey guys, thanks for reading the 2nd chapter of this story. I hope you enjoyed. I'd appreciate it if you guys could leave some feedback, so I know to continue this story. Thanks!
