Chapter 4
Baby showers and
Comedy
The building that the pregnancy class was held in was a small but humble community center. Sans carried my bag as I looped my arm with his before crossing the street.
"Do we have everything?" Sans mumbles.
"We should. They told us to only bring ourselves." I say gazing up at the building. A brightly colored sign above the door read "Mommy Monsters" with a fanged, smiling female monster holding a bundle.
"You sure this is the right place?" I joke as a few monsters ambled along the street. Mommy monsters was held in a primarily monster neighborhood for obvious reasons, making Sans much more comfortable bringing me here.
"Let's quit gawking and get inside. I'm frozen to the bone." Sans says tugging me slightly. I giggle and walk inside the door Sans opened for me. Sans whistles low as he walks in behind me.
The room had shelves and cubbies with lockers along one wall, with boxes of blankets and other baby necessities along another wall. Opposite of that was a few exercise machines with a mirror stretching the entire wall and a couch with a tv adjacent to it. The floor had yoga mats laid out which a few monsters sat at.
"What did we just get ourselves into." I say looking around the room.
"Princess! How wonderful of you to join us!" A bubbly fire monster says bouncing out of nowhere. Her fire crackled and popped as she spoke giving her an even more energetic feeling.
"There's no need to call me that." I say smiling before shaking her hand.
"I know. And hello um, Sans?" The fire monster says extending her hand to Sans.
"Sup." Sans says shaking her hand.
"It's lovely you joined us today! We were just about to start our new mommy class! Why don't you have a seat wherever you feel comfy." She says bouncing away. Sans looks at me before shrugging. I sit down carefully on a dull blue mat and Sans sits cross legged beside me.
The monsters closest to me looked at me in awe and one elbowed the monster with her. A quick sweep of the room showed that it wasn't unusual to bring your significant other with you. There was a small Froggit with her boyfriend, what looked to be a gaggle of Temmies, Dogressa and Dogamy, a bunny monster with her girlfriend and a few others I couldn't name.
"It is so good to see you Princess!" Dogamy says happily.
"I haven't seen you in ages! How far along are you?" I say embracing the dog monster.
"Around a month and a half, we just found out! How about you?" She says rubbing her stomach tenderly.
"Around two months." I say smiling.
"Oh so you're still getting morning sickness too?" She whispers. I nod and groan.
"Yes, and it's so annoying. I just suck on lemons suckers, what do you do?"
"Why I just eat my vomit of course!" Dogamy says with a laugh.
Eww. I lean back and almost gag from hearing it.
"Settle down ladies! Class is ready to start!" The fire monster says standing up. A large snowdrake shuffles into the room and sits heavily.
"Now I assume you are all here because you seek guidance on your newest arrivals?" The snowdrake clicks. We all nod.
"Good good. As of with most monsters, the first trimester is usually the most hectic. Your infant will be experimenting with their magic, your body may react to all the excess magic in your system in various ways as this period is crucial for development. Eat a regular Vegetoid supplied meal a day to insure your magic stays high." The snowdrake croaks out.
She coughs and covers her beak with her wing before swallowing and looking over her glasses at us.
"This is also when your mate will decide to stay or not from the magic being radiated from your body. If the magic is to low, they may leave." She says glancing over at a lone pyramid head monster. The monsters cheeks burn bright red and she avoids eye contact as the elderly monster clucks in disapproval.
"Your homework until next class is to try and find your child's magical wave length. Sync with it, tune into their every need so you will both have a smoother birth." The snowdrake says before standing up and exiting the room. The fire monster bounces on the balls of her feet and sits on a mat in front of us.
"Alright now that Strig has given you all her advice for the week, let's move on to some exercises!" She crackles happily.
"I am so glad that's over." I say as Sans and I walk out of the building. We had done breathing exercises, and a few exercises in how to help battle back pains.
"I felt it was egg-ucational." Sans says as a couple walks by pushing their egg in a stroller.
"Sans oh my god." I say snorting.
Sans grins and takes my hand as we cross the street to our car.
"I still don't understand why I had to sit and breath for ten minutes." I say as I open the car door.
"I think it's so you don't pass out from excitement." Sans says buckling his seat belt. I roll my eyes and buckle my own seat belt.
"To home?" I say putting my sunglasses on.
"To home thank god." Sans says looking over his shoulder before pulling out.
"I wonder what she meant by "magical wavelength"." I say doing air quotes.
"It's like your magic heartbeat, most monsters can't sense it. I'm guessing she said that to help you get more in touch with the baby? I dunno." Sans says driving through an intersection.
"Like a heartbeat?" I say putting my hand on my stomach. I frown and listen to the beat of my own heart for a moment before I heard the faint flutter. I concentrate on that quiet sound until it was roaring in my ears. I breathe evenly through my nose as I try and pinpoint it's location.
"Ah, so that's what she meant." I say smiling with my eyes closed.
"Did you find it?" Sans says.
"I think so, it's coming from my stomach so I assume it's his." I say running my hand over my abdomen.
"warm"
The word was said softly in the back of my mind making me jump.
"I think he just talked!" I say opening my eyes.
"What'd he say?" Sans says looking at me with wide eyes.
"He said warm when I rubbed him. He must really like it." I say laughing. I rub my tummy again and relish in his simple words.
"warm, safe"
He says in my mind.
"He has a limited vocabulary, I think it's only what he's feeling." I say as he flutters inside me.
"Huh, let me try." Sans says running his hand over me.
"protector"
Was said softly in my head.
"He called you his protector." I say looking at Sans.
Sans had his hand frozen on my abdomen in awe. He looks at me and gives me a watery smile.
"He called me that?" Sans says as his blue tears gather around the corners of his eyes.
"Yeah. He feels warm and safe and protected around you." I say kissing his cheek gently.
"Oh my god." Sans says as a few tears slide down his skull.
"Hey don't cry. He likes you." I say wiping a tear away.
"I'm not sad. I'm happy. I'm so fucking happy." Sans says rubbing his face on his arm while driving. I smile and tune back into my fluttering monsters mind.
"I wonder if he can understand me." I say. "Can you hear me little one?" I call out in my head. I wait patiently but get no answer.
"He must only be able to communicate his needs." I say slightly disappointed.
"Don't worry about it babe, at least you can hear him." Sans says patting my leg while looking right and left. Sans turns into our parking garage and parks.
"How long that take us, an hour?" Sans says glancing at his watch.
"Considering we left at two and it's nearly four yeah." I say chuckling.
*buzzbuzz*
"Shit where's my phone." I say rummaging through my purse.
"Aha!" I say finding the vibrating cell. "Hello?"
"Helloooooo darling, are you near home?" Mettaton's silken voice says from the phone.
"Who is it?" Sans says.
"Mettaton." I say covering the receiver. Sans rolls his eyes and takes my hand to help me cross the street.
"Yeah we're almost home. Why?" I say slightly confused.
"No reason darling, no reason." Mettaton says drawing out his words. He promptly hangs up leaving me staring at my phone in confusion.
"Wonder what that was about." I mumble as I punch in my number on the door.
"SURPRISE!" I squeal in shock after we open our apartment door. Mettaton, Alphys, Undyne, Papyrus, Toriel, Asgore, Nice Cream Guy, Muffet, the ex royal guards, and a rather confused Burgerpants were standing in our living room which was decorated with streamers and balloons.
"What! What's wrong!" Sans says throwing an arm in front of me letting his eye glow brightly as he summoned one of his blasters.
"Calm down dear, it's just us." Mettaton says coyly. Sans sees everyone in the room and quickly drops his arm but wraps it around me protectively.
"What's all this?" I say embracing Mettaton.
"Why your baby shower darling!" Mettaton says pulling away slightly. He wraps a robotic arm around my shoulders and leads me to everyone.
"Hey punk!"
"H….hi Frisk." Alphys and Undyne say while Undyne hands me a brightly wrapped package with a sparkly red bow on it. "
Sit down dearest, you'll need to." Mettaton says having me sit on the couch.
"You didn't need to do this you guys." I say smiling at everyone.
"But of course we did my child! It's not every day that the saviour of monsters has a child." Toriel says smiling warmly at me.
"Now quick everyone, we have presents to open!" Mettaton says with a great sweep of his arm.
"Open ours first punk!" Undyne says with her arm slung over Alphys shoulders.
"I didn't deserve all of this." I say slowly opening the gift. Nestled among the bright green wrapping paper was a one piece baby outfit with a package of pacifiers that looked like bows. The outfit looked like a mock version of Undyne's armor. When I lifted it out to admire it more a small spear fell out.
"I s...said no weapons!" Alphys says glaring at Undyne who was smiling sheepishly.
"But what if they get attacked!" Undyne says picking the small spear up.
"I don't think a baby needs a spear." Sans says leaning lazily on the couch. I giggle and turn back to the outfit.
"It's wonderful. I love it so much! Thank you guys." I say hugging Alphys.
"And thank you for giving them their first weapon Undyne. I'll make sure they learn how to use it." I say winking at Undyne. Undyne grins and puffs her chest out.
"OOH OOH! MY TURN!" Papyrus says waving his arms excitedly. Burgerpants quickly grabs the present off the table of gifts I had failed to see earlier.
The size of the presents is to intimidating to take on by myself.
Burgerpants hands the crudely wrapped gift to me before hopping back as Mettaton glares at him.
"Gee Paps, didn't know you were so presentable." Sans says.
"BROTHER! DO NOT INFECT MY MIND WITH YOUR MISUSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!" Papyrus shrieks. I chuckle and open the large box.
"Oh wow." I say pulling out the bright red scarf.
"I WANTED THE BABY TO MATCH THE GREATEST MONSTER IN ALL OF HISTORY! SO I LET HIM HAVE ONE OF MY OLD ONES!" Papyrus says proudly. The red scarf was frayed at the ends and had a few holes but it was made of surprisingly warm material.
"Thank you so much Papyrus." I say softly stroking the warm fabric. I look in the box again and pull out a few blankets, hats, little red socks, and finally a mini battle body.
"You gave him a battle buddy?" Sans says looking at the small armor set.
"WHY OF COURSE! SO THEY MAY DO THE "COSPLAY" THING WITH ME LATER!" Papyrus says grinning.
Papyrus never wore his battle body on the surface but still said he missed it.
"It's amazing Paps, thank you." I say pulling him down to kiss his cheek.
"NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR THE NEPHEW OF THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" Papyrus says making sparkles appear around his face as he grinned.
Napstablook phased into the room beside me and places a small box in my hands.
"this is my gift, i hope you like it." He says mournfully. I smile warmly at the shy ghost and unwrap the box. I pull out a cd of sleep music, a stuffed annoying dog, and a pair of designer headphones.
"is it bad? i'm so sorry, i messed up." Napstablook says phasing away slowly.
"No this is perfect! I wanted a sleep cd for when they get cranky! It's going to be even better since you made it Blooky!" I say hugging the annoying dog plushie.
"you like it? wow." Napstablook says blushing.
"I love it Napstablook, it's perfect." I say with a smile. Napstablook blushes even deeper and hovers by Mettaton.
"Alright us next." Royal guard one said stepping forward. Burgerpants grabbed a present off the leaning pile and handed it to me.
"Thank you." I say to Burgerpants.
"Don't mention it." He says looking away from Mettaton's glare.
"Let me open it." Sans says plopping down beside me. Sans ripped the wrapping paper off and reached inside.
"Huh? What's this?" Sans says holding up a mobile.
"It's something you put over the crib to help them sleep." I say taking the delicate machine. They had modified it so it spun with magic, not batteries. Tiny monsters hung from the strings with a bright red heart in the center.
"It's beautiful. Thank you guys so much!" I say happily as Sans fiddled with it.
"There we go." Sans says getting the mobile to spin. A tiny music box played making me freeze.
"That's…. Asriel's song." I say softly.
"I suggested they put it in since it always soothed a crying child." Toriel says. Tears gathered at my eyes and I wiped them away quickly.
"I'm sorry, I'm always emotional now." I say laughing as Muffet hands me a tissue.
"We're glad you like it." the ex royal guard pair says holding hands. They had given me a few outfits and some swaddling blankets.
"Ahuhuhu, are you ready for ours?" Muffet says dangling a spider from her hand. I take the giant spider and pet it gently making it purr.
"I'm ready." I say laughing slightly as Burgerpants hands me the elaborate gift.
"From us spiders to you deary. Free of charge this time" Muffet says with a giggle. I open the box to find a china tea set, a set of bibs woven from spider silk, and a toy spider.
"These are beautiful, thank you Muffet." I say smiling at the spider monster. I hand the purring tarantula back to Muffet and rub my stomach slightly.
"Alright darling, my turn!" Mettaton says. Burgerpants grabs several large boxes and stands by me.
"There will be more after these." He says scratching his head.
"Alright thank you." I say smiling again.
"You get that one, I got these." Sans says tackling the large box.
I carefully open a smaller gift and lift the bright pink dress.
"Oh how adorable! And you even gave me some cute shoes and a headband with it! thank you!" I say running my hand over the light pink lace. The other box held some more clothing with a ton of socks and hats.
"Wow a high chair, guess I won't have to get on their level." Sans says as the box falls open to show a high chair.
"Don't, we needed one." I say elbowing Sans in the ribs. Sans rolls his eyes but grins.
"There's more darlings!" Mettaton says gesturing to the table where there was still a full table. Sighing I stand up to go unwrap more.
After unwrapping all of Mettaton's gifts we had almost a complete nursery set. He had given us a rocking chair, a dresser, a cute crib and bassinet set, a bouncing seat, a changing table, a hanging seat, a set of lamps, and a genius diaper genie. When the garbage was thrown in it was teleported to the garbage dump underground.
"Whew, thank you so much Mettaton." I say sitting down gratefully.
"Don't mention it darling. Now it's Toriel's turn!" He says as Toriel steps forward. She hands me a small box and smiles patiently. I unwrap the present and gasp. Inside was a hand knitted blanket with matching hats.
"I also have a quilt made up in another box." Toriel says looking over at the noticeably smaller pile of presents.
"This is amazing mom." I say hugging her as tears threaten to spill over.
"Do not cry my child." Toriel says wiping my cheek.
"I'm sorry, it's just so much and I don't deserve your kindness." I say laughing shakily.
"You are more than worthy of this child." Toriel says gently. I nod and wipe my eyes.
"Here." Asgore says hastily giving me a package.
"Oh thank you." I say taking the present from him.
"Give me one moment though." I say sitting down wiping away my tears again. Sans gently wraps an arm around me and kisses my forehead.
"Thank you." I say kissing his cheek and giving him a watery smile.
"I'm sorry you guys, it's just… I never thought we'd make it." I say.
"You needn't worry child."
"Yeah punk, we're all here."
I look around the room and see everyone's smiling faces. I could feel their happiness radiating off, and it filled me with determination. I nod and wipe my face again before slowly opening Asgore's gift. Inside was a striped shirt and a straw hat with some overalls.
"I know it is rather big, but I wanted to get them something if they ever wanted to start gardening." Asgore says quietly.
"I'm sure he'd love to garden with you." I say hugging the tiny clothing to my chest.
"Guess it's my turn." The nice cream guy says laughing nervously. He hands Sans a package and gives me one as well.
"Oh wow, look at these little slipper!" I squeal holding up the tiny nice cream slippers. Everyone aww's and gushes over how small the socks were while Sans unwraps the other box.
"Wow, a hat with bunny ears. Clever." Sans says lifting the tiny hat with floppy ears.
"Ooh how adorable!" I say stroking the soft hat.
"Thanks." Sans says putting the hat back.
"All that's left now is clothes and a few blankets." Mettaton says helping me stand.
"Now it's time for some games!" He says clapping his hands. I hear Sans groan as Mettaton leads me to a table where he had a diaper bag.
"Is it a teething ring?" Toriel says with her eyes closed reaching in the bag.
"Correct again!" Mettaton sings handing Toriel a goody bag. She already had six under her chair and she giggled as she opened this one.
"Figured she'd be the best at this." Undyne grumbles crossing her legs in annoyance. The game was guess the baby item, and you reached inside a diaper bag and guessed what you were holding. Toriel was of course winning.
"Your turn Alphys dear." Mettaton said handing her the large bag. Alphys swallowed and closed her eyes before reaching inside.
"Uh… um… what?" She says holding up a rattle.
"Is it a bottle?"
"Nope!"
Alphys eyebrows scrunched together as she sniffed the object.
"Is it um, a braclet?" Alphys said.
"Wrong again darling! One last guess!" Mettaton sang hanging off of Papyrus.
I smiled as Alphys turned bright red and started sweating profusely.
"Ouch." I say rubbing my stomach with a frown.
"What was that for?" I grumble as he wiggles his magic inside me again.
"You alright?" Sans says at my side in an instant.
"I think so, he just made his magic jab me. Must be getting comfy." I say trying to hide my grimace with a smile.
"Remember that you can tune into his needs remember?" Sans says as Alphys finally guessed a rattle.
"Fuck I forgot that, thanks babe." I curse myself for being such a idiot sometimes. I close my eyes and focus on my wiggling baby's magic to try and guess what he wanted.
"...hungry….."
He finally says softly.
"Hungry huh? Should have known." I say opening my eyes.
"Your turn daddy dearest!" Mettaton says thrusting the bag into Sans arms. Sans looks down at the bag with surprised eyes but reaches in anyway.
"You have to close your eyes sweetheart." Mettaton says quietly. Sans glares at him but closes his eyes before plucking out a pacifier.
"It's a pacifier." He says opening his eyes after speaking.
"Amazing! A wonderful guess indeed! Here is your prize!" Mettaton says taking the bag back and giving Sans a goody bag.
"Your turn mommy!" Mettaton says to me.
"Oh I'm sorry, give me just a moment. I'm a little hungry." I say rubbing my stomach.
"But of course darling! Eat as much as you want then we shall continue!" Mettaton says with a dramatic sweep of his arms. Sans takes my hand and helps me stand. He takes my arm and leads me to the kitchen where he opens the fridge for a box of food.
"How's some meatballs sound?" Sans says opening the tupperware. I wrinkle my nose and sniff around.
"I'm not really in the mood for greasy meat, do we have some fruit?" I say hopefully.
"Yeah we got some apples and a few grapes. Want me to cut them up?" Sans says putting the meatballs back in exchange for the round fruit.
"You don't have to." I say but Sans had already taken a knife and was peeling several apples at once.
"Snack on the grapes until I finish with these babe so you don't get to hungry." Sans says expertly coring the fruit. I pop a few grapes in my mouth and hug Sans from behind.
"I'm so lucky to have you." I say burrowing my face into his warm but boney shoulders.
"I should be saying that. You keep me from being bonley." Sans says making me giggle.
"I HEARD THAT BROTHER! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ENGLISH SPEAKERS!" Papyrus hollers from the living room.
Sans chuckles and turns around with a plate of thinly sliced apples with a bit of whip cream on them.
"I love you, a whole skele-ton." I say nuzzling my nose on his rough cheek bone.
"Wow thats alot." Sans says sarcastically before kissing me gently.
"I love you too Frisk." Sans says softly. He places his hand on my cheek and runs his thumb over my skin.
"I'm the lucky one." He says gazing at me with warm eyes. I grin and nuzzle his hand before plucking an apple off the plate.
"Mmm' schtill hungry ya no?" I say around the apple. Sans laughs and takes my hand as we walk back in the living room.