Our First (Human) Birthday

Chapter 4.

Here we go.


Outside in the backyard, Frisk and Asriel were swinging on their swing set, where Frisk somehow continued talking about his life at his old house.

"Okay, okay, so," Asriel inquired, trying to find a topic to latch onto, "you're saying that Mom's butterscotch cinnamon pie was the first pie you ever had?"

"Yep," Frisk said, "I had heard about it, seen it, even smelled it, but, it wasn't until I met Toriel I finally got to taste it."

"What about cake?" his adoptive brother added.

"If we're talking actual cake, like, big cake," Frisk affirmed, "same thing, not until I met Toriel, of course, we didn't have cake until we got to the surface, but, when I lived at my old house, sometime Dad would bring me home a snack cake or a cupcake he bought at the variety store across the street, they were cheap, but, good."

"What about at school," Asriel wondered, "didn't they serve dessert at lunch at your school?"

"They probably did," the human boy answered, "but, I didn't eat school lunch, you had to pay to eat it, and given that we could just pay enough to send me to school, school lunch wasn't in our budget."

He gave himself another push with his feet.

"I just took my own lunch school," Frisk continued, "Dad would get up extra early to make it for me before he had to go to work."

"How were the lunches he made?" Asriel asked.

"Simple, but, satisfactory," Frisk said, "usually a sandwich, a bag of chips or cheese puffs, maybe some peanuts, and a drink, usually a juice box or juice pouch."

They were both silent for a moment.

"Well, um..." the goat child said, "at least you got to eat."

"Oh yeah," Frisk assured, "I always had food, not the highest of quality food, but, it did its job, kept me alive."

"By the way," Asriel wondered, "what did your dad do for a living?"

The human boy thought about.

"I...don't know, actually," he explained, "he always talked about going to 'the warehouse', but, I don't know what he did actually, it must've been demanding, whatever it was, because, every time he came home, he'd be covered in bruises, sometimes he had a black eye, I'd try to ask what happened at work, but, he didn't like talking about it, he just tole me I didn't need to worry about it."

"But...you did worry," Asriel inquired, "didn't you?"

"Of course I did," Frisk responded, "wouldn't you worry if you saw Dad come home hurt every night?"

Asriel hummed quietly in return.

They swung in silence for a few minutes before Undyne found them in the backyard.

"Hey, kids," she called to them, "come to the basement, dinner's ready!"

They got off the swings.

"Dinner, in the basement, why?" Frisk replied confusedly.

"Because," Asriel said happily, "it's going to be really good."

He grabbed the human boy by the hand and started leading him toward the house.

"Come on," the goat child laughed, "let's go see!"


Down in the basement, Toriel and Asgore were finishing putting the candles on Frisk's cake, they ended up using both the number candle and the single candles.

"You're using both candles?" Undyne inquired curiously.

"We couldn't decide which ones to use." Asgore stated.

"So, Sans suggested that we simply use both kinds." Toriel added.

Undyne and Papyrus looked at Sans.

"They spent ten minutes discussing it," Sans said, "someone had to shut it down."

At that moment Gaster made it downstairs.

"Here he comes." he said quickly.

Quickly after, Asriel came to the bottom of the steps with Frisk in tow and, as soon as they saw him, the Monsters sprang their long planned surprise on him.

"SURPRISE!" everyone in the basement cried in unison.

"WAAAAAHHHHHH!" Frisk screamed in shock, planting a death grip for dear life on Asriel's arm.

His response brought dead silence to the basement.

"What," Frisk voiced jumpily, "what's happening?"

"Arm," Asriel mumbled, prying Frisk's little fingers off of his arm, "arm, ouch."

"It's a party, kiddo." Sans laughed.

"All for you!" Undyne added.

"See," Toriel said, pointing to the decorations above her head. "happy birthday, Frisk, darling!"

"Hold on," Gaster interjected, "one more thing."

He pushed the button on something in his hand and instantly a swarm of iridescent orbs materialized all around the basement.

"Okay," the skeleton man said, "now we're golden."

Frisk looked around at everything.

"This is for my birthday?" he inquired curiously.

"It sure is," Toriel affirmed, "we spent all day getting it ready for you."

It was then Asgore came over and picked both Frisk and Asriel up and brought then over to the table.

"All day?" Frisk questioned, "But, everyone was busy today, when did you do this?"

"Bud," Sans told him, "putting this together was what we were busy doing all day."

"So, you guys weren't ignoring my birthday?" the human child mused.

"Are you kidding?" Undyne retorted, "We've been prepping for it since you told us about it."

"But," Frisk replied, "I only mentioned it, like, once."

"Yeah," Papyrus said, "and as soon as you mentioned it, we marked it on our calendars, we couldn't forget it even if we wanted to, which of course we didn't."

"Ahem!" they suddenly heard.

They then saw Muffet standing at the bottom of the stairs with two large bags in hand.

"Are we on time?" the spider lady asked.

"Right on time." Asgore answered.

Muffet smiled and looked back at the top of the stairs.

"Hey, everyone," she called, "it's time."

After she cleared the bottom of the steps, more familiar faces made their way down, including a very excited Monster Kid.

"Frisk!" the armless monster child yelled, falling flat on his face as he ran forward, jumping back onto his face in front of the table. He had a strap around his neck, attached to something hanging on his back.

"Hey!" Frisk laughed.

"I brought a present!" Monster Kid announced and with a sudden whip of his neck, he spun the item on his back around to his font, revealing a wrapped gift, the strap appearing to have been crudely attached to make it easier to carry.

"All right, everyone, listen," Sans instructed, "gifts are to be placed against the wall over there," he pointed at the wall to his left and continued, "however, if it's something edible, put it right here on the table."

Muffet was the first one to put something on the table, an elegant-looking, rectangular box.

"I made these fresh at lunch time," she told Frisk, "best save them for later though, since I'm sure Toriel certainly made you something special for the big day."

"Hello, darling." Frisk heard.

He then noticed Mettaton standing with Napstablook and the Mad Dummy, Mettaton was holding a large, beautifully wrapped box in his hands.

"Oh, hi guys." the human child said happily.

"We were so tempted to come early," Mettaton said, "but, we had to contain ourselves when we heard it was a surprise."

"Okay, for clarification," the Mad Dummy asserted, "he was the one who wanted to come early, I'm not a party person, but, I wasn't given a choice in the matter."

"i'm not a party person either," Napstablook said meekly, "but, i was told that it would mean a lot to frisk if i came..."

Frisk looked around looking confused and concerned.

"What is it, Frisk?" Toriel wondered.

"Well, I've...never had a birthday party before," the human boy voiced, "what am I supposed to do?"

"Your job," Sans affirmed, "is to have fun."


After a good while of playing with friends and eating with them, Frisk was brought back to the table in the basement.

It was finally time for the cake, the Monsters sang "Happy Birthday" as Asgore brought the cake over, Toriel lit the candles with her fire magic.

"I hope you like it, Frisk," Toriel said, "I spent all day on it, including the frosting, it is buttercream."

"I picked out the candles," Asgore said, "but, I was not sure whether to use a number candle or regular ones, so we used both."

Frisk noted the "9" candle in the center of the cake surrounded by nine smaller candles.

"Thank you," the human child said and asked, "can I have a corner piece?"

"Of course." Toriel giggle.

Everyone gathered around as she cut the cake and handed out slices, naturally, serving Frisk and the other children first.

Of course, once the cake was eaten, it was time for presents and there plenty to go around, as everyone who came had brought one.

"Which one will you open first, Frisk?" Asgore asked the human child.

Before Frisk could make a decision, Monster Kid jumped up next to Frisk with his gift in his mouth.

"Me firss!" the reptile child urged, "please, Friss, open mine firss!"

Frisk obliged, he took the gift and quickly opened it to find a plastic bucket with plastic tools.

"They're sandbox toys," Monster Kid said, "you can bring them with you when we go to the park from now on!"

"Thank you." Frisk replied gladly, hugging his reptilian friend.

One by one, Frisk opened the presents in the pile by the wall; from Muffet he got a pack of two dozen fudge bars.

"I heard that humans can have allergies to nuts," Muffet voiced, "so I had to double check with Toriel before I added all the nuts."

"Thank you," Frisk responded, "how many different kinds of nuts are in these?"

"Three," the spider lady affirmed, "peanuts, walnuts, and pecans."

Frisk handed the box to Toriel.

"These will definitely have to be 'after dinner' treats." the goat woman said.

From Mettaton, Napstablook, and the Mad Dummy, Frisk got a portable media player.

"We thought you could have fun with this." Mettaton said.

"...i added some songs i heard you liked," Napstablook explained, "...and some i think you might like...sorry if you don't...but...i can always add more whenever you want."

Frisk thanked his ghost, robot, and dummy-inhabiting friends and hugged all of them, despite Mad Dummy's attempt to act unwilling to accept the affection.


Frisk continued opening presents, thanking and hugging his friends who brought them.

"Do not forget ours, now." Toriel said happily, placing a smile pile of gifts in front her adopted son.

"This pile is from all of us in the house." Sans stated.

"Except me, of course," Asriel affirmed, "because, I gave you mine this morning."

Frisk opened the gifts in the pile, from Toriel he got a new apron for helping in the kitchen, from Asgore he got a new pair of gardening gloves and his own trowel to help in the garden, from Undyne he got a new scooter and helmet, from Alphys he got a new pair of safety goggles, lab gloves, and a new lab coat to help in the lab, from Papyrus he got a shirt that said "Determined Boy", the letters were clearly added by Papyrus himself in a similar style of his "Cool Dude" shirt, and from Sans he got a telescope of his own, which Sans assured him had nothing sketchy on the eye lens.

In the end, Frisk had accumulated a generous amount of new toys, electronics, games, and edible treats.

By now, it was evening and everyone was settling down.

"So, Frisk," Undyne asked, "did you have fun today?"

"I did, I really did," Frisk expressed, "earlier today I thought for sure nobody was even thinking about my birthday, but, now I know better, I should've known you guys wouldn't just ignore for no reason."

"Yes, you know that everyone here loves you so much," Toriel assured him, "next year we will plan something out all together."

"Yeah," Asriel attested, hugging Frisk, "you'll never have a lonely birthday ever again, I promise!"


Whoo, got it done.

Sorry if the ending seems a bit rushed, I really did not want to put this off any longer than I have.

Hopefully I will be able to get some new stuff up in the near future.