Original writting prompt: *bursts through door excitedly* I HEARD U WANTED WRITING PROMPTS? How about Papyrus and Sans take Frisk to a giant toy store in the city (they like to spoil the lil noodle) and somehow Sans gets pinned under a GIGANTIC teddy bear and needs Papyrus to pull him out from underneath. But not before Frisk and Pap have a good laugh about it.
"Wowie" , said Papyrus.
"woah", agreed Sans.
Frisk was practically vibrating with excitement between them, their little hands gripping a hand from each of them with such force, that there was the very real threat of each losing an arm.
They stood inside of a big toy store that featured a giant sitting plush bear in its lobby. It looked very soft and cuddly, and judging by the cables coming out of his upper body to secure it to the upper second floor balcony, also very heavy.
"HUMANS SURE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR TOYS" commented Papyrus "I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW SOMEONE WOULD CARRY THIS HOME"
"i'm sure it's not for… " Sans was yanked forward "sale, bro. besides, it looks like the kid wants to go find something more portable (ok …ok!) inside!"
Papyrus laughed as he was being yanked as well. "OK! LEAD ON FRISK!"
They let go of Frisk and they ran inside. Papyrus kept pace with them. Sans sauntered behind them knowing that they had plenty of time before the party started.
A couple of months before, they found out that Frisk's birth had been in the early Spring. Unfortunately, they had been unable to find the exact date. Toriel had decided then to make March 21st their birthday, as it was the First Day of Spring in the human world. Once a date had been set, the monsters had began plans on what to do for their birthday.
Papyrus and Sans had decided to save up money and take Frisk a big toy store a couple of towns away that prided itself on having "Every toy in the world" as stores do. Not only it would be a bit of a road trip, this gave Toriel and Frisk's other monsters friends a chance to set up for a surprise party. It wasn't like Frisk already knew about the party since in the days leading up to it, Toriel had been constantly asking them about their preferences in decorations, balloon colors and cake shapes. Frisk was excited about it all regardless.
The store certainly lived up to its hype. Everything and anything was on display to admire and in some cases, play with. They spent a good deal of time admiring all the rare Mettaton action figures on display. Frisk introduced Papyrus to chess and he loved it. Sans was more of a fan of Chinese checkers. They admired all the beautiful dolls and doll houses and played races with other kids in the store.
Frisk introduced Sans to the toy planetariums and the science kits. It had taken a couple of store employees to convince him to not set up every single one of them. He was good about it and only set up a couple with the promise he would put them back. He didn't.
A couple of hours went by and Sans went looking for his brother and Frisk. He found them having a very involved tea party with two other kids. He didn't want to interrupt and they had at least another hour before they absolutely had to get back home. He decided that a nap was in order. He looked around for a good place until he remembered the giant bear in the entrance. It was surrounded by a colorful cardboard fence about kid height, maybe to keep kids from climbing the bear. It was just tall enough to give a sleeping skeleton some privacy.
Unfortunately, what Sans and none of you reading this story knew because I'm only mentioning it until now, is that Bob was the one responsible for making sure that the giant teddy bear was secure. If you knew Bob, you would immediately be scrunching your faces in worry or gasping in surprise that such an important job had been given to him. But you don't know Bob, so I'm going to give you a quick summary of him, he was one of those easily distracted people, but moreover, and had not gotten more than 4 hour of sleep in the three previous days because of Finals. That's all you really need to know about Bob. I'm sure Bob is a great guy otherwise, he probably rescues kittens off trees, but a good person to assign to make sure those cables were secure to the top heavy toy, he was definitely not.
So Bob had done a piss poor job, so when an innocent skeleton teleported to its base and leaned against it, the whole thing came down with a big "WHOMP"
Luckily for everybody else, the lobby had been empty at the time. Unluckily for Sans, nobody had seen him get crushed by the giant pile of fluff and plush.
Store employees did a good job of calming down customers and making other exits available to them. Comments about Bob's poor job and non existing future with the store were heard. For those curious, Bob wasn't at the store at the time, he was home sleeping Finals off (which he passed, so yay Bob)
Papyrus and Frisk went looking for Sans as soon as they heard the commotion in front of the store going on. After they searched for awhile with no luck, Papyrus brought out his cell phone and called him. The first time the phone rang but didn't get a response, the same with the second time. Exasperated, he called a third time with the intention of leaving a voicemail, but this time Sans picked up.
"hey" He sounded very muffled.
"SANS! WHERE ARE YOU? FRISK AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE!" he smiled at Frisk relieved to let him know that Sans was ok.
"i rather … not say"
Huh, maybe the smile had been premature. "WHY NOT?"
There was a long pause filled with a lot of internal debating "i'm … stuck"
"STUCK?" exclaimed Papyrus a little louder than usual. Heads started to turn in the direction of the tall skeleton and Frisk.
Another long pause filled with pros and cons consideration, followed with a long resigned sigh. "i'm stuck under the bear"
"YOU'RE STUCK UNDER THE BEAR?!" repeated Papyrus. All the heads of people and monsters in their immediate radius were now turned in their direction. "WHAT BEAR?!"
Frisk's attention snapped to the front of the store and let go of Papyru's hand and rushed in that direction. "FRISK! I'M TRYING TO FIND WHAT BEAR SANS IS STUCK UNDER!"
"geez bro, even I can hear you from in here" complained Sans on the other side of the line.
Papyrus chased after the child and caught to them as they stopped right besides the giant lobby bear.
"OH, THAT BEAR" declared Papyrus finally understanding. "WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING UNDER THERE?!"
Nearby employees and security people heard Papyrus. Whispers spread like wildfire among the growing crowd.
"right now? oh, just being pinned down. really nice tile work on the lobby. didn't notice it before"
"SANS! ARE YOU HURT?"
"i'm fine. i'm sure crushing embarrassment is a curable condition"
"SANS…" Papyrus heard his brother grunt but he sounded ok otherwise. It was unusual to hear him be THAT sarcastic but he also knew that was just how Sans dealt with frustration. "YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT ! YOU ARE LUCKY YOU ARE THE GREAT PAPYRUS BROTHER! I SHALL HAVE YOU OUT OF THERE SHORTLY!"
"Papyrus…"
Papyrus handed his phone over to a female employee. "COULD YOU PLEASE HOLD MY PHONE MY GOOD HUMAN?, I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY HANG UP ON HIM AND MAKE HIM LOSE HOPE!"
The female employee heard a loud groan come out of the phone and from under the teddy bear. Papyrus marched over to the bear and grabbed a big chunk of fur from near its belly. He crouched and pulled up with a big "OOOOOMMMPPPPHHHHH"
The teddy bear didn't move an inch. Not even half an inch. Papyrus tried again with a bigger "OOOOOOMMMMPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" but the bear stayed where it was. "HM. FRISK COULD YOU GIVE A HAND?"
The child nodded and went to stand besides the skeleton. After several joint "OMPPHHHS" and "LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS!" they were no closer to freeing Sans than before.
While they were trying, the female employee brought the phone to her ear. "Uh … sir? … I'm sorry, they are trying to lift the bear but it's too heavy for them"
"I know… what's your name?"
"Erika"
"thank you Erika. I'm sorry for the trouble"
Another employee came over and whispered something into Erika's ear. "Sir, I was just told that they are bringing a crane over but it may take a couple of hours"
There was a mumbled string of words that Erika could swear were not very nice words but she wasn't sure. Eventually there was a sigh. "i'm sorry, if I could move my left arm this wouldn't be a problem"
"Your left arm?" asked Erika confused.
"yeah, it's kind of my strong arm. my magic is keeping the weight from crushing me but i can only move things with my left arm"
"Oh…" Of course, it made sense that the person trapped under there was another monster, a skeleton like the tall one trying to rescue him.
"HUMAN, MAY I HAVE MY PHONE BACK?" Asked Papyrus walking up to her. The female nodded and handed the cell back to the tall skeleton. "I'M SORRY BROTHER, THE TOY IS SIGNIFICANTLY HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED"
"it's ok… Erika told me that they are bringing over a crane in a couple of hours"
"A COUPLE OF HOURS? WHO'S ERIKA?"
"That's me Sir" said Erika motioning to herself. "I'm sorry for the wait, but the crane company is not local and its going to take some time for them to get here"
"NICE TO MEET YOU ERIKA" said Papyrus shaking her hand politely then returned his attention to the phone 'WE CAN'T WAIT A COUPLE OF HOURS! WE'LL BE LATE!"
"i know"
Papyrus could hear the self reproach and disappointment dripping off Sans' voice. He looked over to Frisk who was still next to the teddy bear, a sad and worried expression on their face. Papyrus looked at the floor then lifted his head when an idea came to him.
"I'M SORRY ERIKA HAD TO BE BEARER OF BAD NEWS" he said.
"what?" asked both Sans and Erika
"IT'S A GOOD THING YOU HAVE US HERE, OR THIS ENTIRE SITUATION WOULD BE UNBEARABLE!" he laughed and winked at Erika. Who did a "ooooh" face in response.
"oh god"
"I'm amazed that you can bear all that weight" ventured Erika looking at Papyrus. He gave her thumbs up "Otherwise it would have been a GRIZZLY situation!" She covered her nose and mouth with her hands to stifle what she felt may be an inappropriate giggle, but Papyrus and Frisk started laughing harder.
On the other side of the line, Sans started laughing too. "I can't believe you guys are joking at a time like this. I'm bearly holding on!"
"JUST BEAR WITH US!"
Soon everyone in the crowd within ear shot of their conversation was laughing. Their combined laughter gave Papyrus another idea. "HEY WHAT IF WE CAN GET A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND MONSTERS TO PUSH THIS THING OVER? WE MAY NOT NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE CRANE IS HERE!"
People and monsters around him murmured and agreed. It didn't take long for Papyrus to organize the large group and soon they were braced against the left side of the teddy bear.
"OK, ON THE COUNT OF THREE!" announced Papyrus "ONE, TWO, THREE!" Everyone pushed with all their might. It took a couple of tries but soon they were able to push the bear over high enough for Papyrus to be able to reach in and pull his brother out.
"SANS!" Papyrus pulled his brother into a hug and were joined by Frisk as the bear whomped back down behind them. Everyone cheered.
Erika came over. "Well that was one bear of a situation!" She said. The three of them stared at her and she suddenly realized that maybe there was such a thing as too many puns, when they burst out laughing, she decided that no, there wasn't.
"you're ok" Said Sans getting up and shaking her hand. "name is Sans"
"Nice to meet you Sans" said Erika.
"again, i'm sorry about the mess" he said pointing a thumb to the bear and the crushed fence "I can at least …"
"oh no, no, no!" interrupted Erika "We're sorry! That bear was supposed to be secured by cables to the balcony! I have no idea how it came loose!"
"Bob was in charge of it" said another employee from across the room to her. She gasped. "Oh great, Bob"
"i guess Bob is going to get a talking to, huh?" Sans winked at Erika.
"AT THE VERY LEAST!" said Papyrus "VERY POOR WORK ETHIC!"
"welp, i can at least help you with the bear" said Sans and before Erika could ask what he meant, he lifted his left arm and the bear was covered in blue flame. It shifted from its prone position back to a sitting position. The security cables snapped back into place and double coiled themselves back into their proper place.
"there we go" he said. Erika turned to face him just in time to see a glow of blue fading from his left eye.
"Thank you!" she said.
"least I could do" he said shrugging. Frisk hugged him. "oh, we need to go!"
"THAT'S RIGHT!" agreed Papyrus "DID YOU EVER PICK OUT YOU PRESENTS FRISK?" The child nodded.
"Oh, please!" said Erika "Let the store pay for them, it's the least we could do"
After a bit of a polite argument, the skeleton brothers decided to let Frisk pick two presents. One was paid for by the store and they paid for the other one. On top of that, Sans got a planetarium for his room and Papyrus got his own chess set. Goodbyes were said and soon they were back in Papyrus convertible on their way back to Toriel's home.
"WELL THAT WAS QUITE THE ADVENTURE!" said Papyrus once they were on the road. He looked over to Sans lounging in the back seat using the rear view mirror.
"yeah, it was furstastic" said Sans with a tired voice. Frisk giggled hugging their brand new tea set. At their feet in the front of the car, they playfully poked their brand new teddy bear with their feet.
"WEL I HOPE YOU LEARNED A LESSON ABOUT SLEEPING IN STRANGE PLACES!" continued Papyrus.
"I'll be beary careful from now on" Sans yawned.
Papyrus groaned but he also smiled. "JUST BE CAREFUL, OK?"
Sans grunted in agreement.
"OR I'M GOING TO GO BEARZECK ON YOU!"
They laughed all the way home.