Bonbon was glad that it wasn't too cold out. If it was, she didn't think any of them would have let her go out. But she didn't think she could stand to be alone in the house. Her heart still felt a bit rattled by the nightmare.
{BUt yOuR noT alOnE, hehE hehE...}《Sigh...not right now》{HEy! StO-stoP I'm nOt fiNishEd!}《For now you are》
"Hee hee, I guess now I can finally be able to talk to myself. I wonder if I should tell Flowey...gasp!" Bonbon reached for the top of her head and noticed that her little potted friend was not there. "Oops." Bonbon crossed her arms as she tried to remember where she had left him. "Hmm...river...river...nhmmm...something about a river-"
"O-oh uh, hey!" Bonbon turned around and saw that it was MK calling her. "I uh.." he cleared his throat, "I overheard you saying something about a river?"
"Yes! Do you know anything about a river and...um...a boat?"
"A boat. Yeah! That's the Riverperson, why?"
"I think I left something on their boat." MK started kicking his foot back and forth.
"Well, um...if you want we can go check it out...together," MK's face started to heat up, "uh! If you want that is!"
"Yes please!" MK smiled brightly. Walking side by side, MK could feel his soul slowly start to hum. "MK? Why is there a talking rock with a mustache?" MK was so distracted by the thought of walking with the human, that he didn't noticed that she was now standing over an angry rock monster. Which was clearly not pleased with the way she was trying to touch his mustache.
"Oh they're not rocks! There monsters!"
"Oh, hee hee, sorry mister!" Bonbon bowed her head before running off to MK. "There's alot of houses here!"
"I guess... but my sis says that there's TONS more in the city!"
"Really?!"
"Yeah, she goes there sometimes to meet a friend of hers, or they sometime meet at Waterfall."
"I bet the city is a fun place to live."
"Oh, yeah my family used to live there before I was born. Apparently it started getting crowded, so they decided to move here."
"Where's your house?"
"Oh, uhh...that one." MK looked over at a small house near where the rock kids were playing.
"Can I see!"
"Uhhh hh! W-wait!" But he was to late, Bonbon had started knocking on the door.
"Ahh, what a beautiful knock...!" Said a gruffy sounding monster from behind the door. "Maybe if I don't answer, I'll hear it again."
"Hee hee, wha?" MK could feel his embarrassment showing on his face.
"Ughh...it's my dad, he does this everytime someone tries to knock. Since everyone in my family don't have hands...or arms. He likes to poke fun at those who do."
"Oh.." Bonbon went over and knocked again.
"Ahh, my patience rewards me." Chuckled the gruffy monster.
"Please stop, he's embarrassing." But Bonbon ignored him and continued knocking.
"Ahh..." MK couldn't handle it anymore.
"Dad! It's me!"
"Ahh, I don't recall having a child with the beautiful ability to knock, surely you jest."
"Daad! You're embarrassing me in front of my friend!"
"Is it the one you kept talking about yesterday?"
"Ahhh! Forget it!" MK started walking off. Bonbon knocked once more before leaving, which rewarded her with one more 'Ahh...'. Running off, she manage to catch up to her new friend.
"That was fun!"
"Embarrassing more like.." Bonbon tripped a bit as she tried to match MK's stride. "Woah! Watch out!" He grabbed her hoodie with his teeth, and manage to stop her from face planting onto the snow.
"Hee hee, thank you!" Bonbon was so happy to have not have fallen down, she wasn't sure how many more washes her dress could handle before she couldn't wear it anymore. Pleased by his quickness, she gave him a large hug. "You're the best!"
{YOu'Re PaTHeTIc!}《Shush!...》
"Uhhh hh! Y-yeah?" Feeling his face burning again, he suggested that they should hurry along. But as they arrived at the river they saw that it was crowded by the Royal Guards.
"Hey punk! What are you doing here?" Undyne said as she pushed herself through the crowd.
"Undyne!"
"Sorry, but you gotta take your twerpy friend somewhere else. This place is blocked off for a bit."
"Okays!" Bonbon grabbed hold of MK's sweater and started walking away.
"B-but...what about that thing you said you left behind?"
"He'll be fine." Letting him go, she turned around to face him. "In the meantime is there anywhere fun to see in Snowdin?" MK blinked at her. Surprised that she still wanted to hang out with him.
"Yeah there is!" MK led Bonbon all the way to the end of Snowdin, "Look! I found this the other day, don't you think it's cool how big the door is! I think a ghostly women haunts it!" He said as to impress her.
"Wow! Really?"
"Yeah! Oh and if you're reeeeally quite you could hear her ghostly cries!" They both placed the side of their head onto the door as they waited to hear the ghostly wails.
"M-my ch-child...hic...please come hooooooome..."
"Creepy right!" MK said as he faced Bonbon. Who had her head tipped to the side.
"Hmm...sounds familiar..." curious, Bonbon took out her phone.
"Who you calling?"
"Papyrus!" MK let out a small gasp. After the first ring, Papyrus picked up.
"TINY HUMAN! WHAT'S UP!?"
"It's about the Ruins Door."
"RUINS DOOR?"
"Mhm, the door in the woods."
"HMMM...THE STRANGE DOOR IN THE WOODS. ACTUALLY MY BROTHER SPENDS ALOT OF TIME THERE...WELL HE USED TO ANY WAY. THANKS TO YOU, HE'S STARTING TO BE ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW!"
"You have his phone number!" exclaimed MK.
Bonbon placed her hand over the phone. "Mhm! He gave it to me."
"Cool!" Bonbon placed the phone back to her ear.
"ARE YOU STILL AROUND THAT DOOR?"
"Yes~"
"OH NO! MY BROTHER'S A BAD INFLUENCE!" Bonbon laughed as Papyrus hanged up.
"Hey hey! Do you wanna call Papy with me as we walk throughout Snowdin! He's so smart that he'd probably tell us all kinds of neat stuff!"
"Really?! But...isn't he busy?" Bonbon thought to herself for a bit.
"Maybe...but he's so kind that he probably wouldn't mind." MK wasn't to sure, but givin the chance that it meant spending more time with her, he agreed.
Throughout Snowdin forest, the two enjoyed the calls they made. Papyrus too enjoyed receiving them, more so that it seemed to impress the Royal guards. Definitely showed the dogs how popular he truly was. Until later Undyne noticed that he was on the phone. Grabbing it from him, she saw that it was Bonbon. "Oh hey it's you! Punk what are you doing calling Papyrus so much?"
"Undyne? Oh, sorry. I wanted to know more about Snowdin."
"Nah, it's cool. So where you at?"
"I'm at Snowed Inn."
"Hey, I always stay there when I come to Snowdin! I used to stay at Papyrus's, but his couch is like, lumpy and jangly? And his brother kept making 100's of midnight snacks"
"Hee hee, but you're staying with Papy now!"
"Well, of course I am! I didn't bring any money with me. And that owner only allows people to stay free if she feels sorry for them."
"Oh~"
"Don't you dare think of staying there! If I have to put up with sleeping on that couch, YOU better be here with me!"
"Okay!" Bonbon hanged up as she and MK waved goodbye to the owner. Leaving the inn, she suggested if they could go visit Grillby.
"I don't think I'm allowed to go in though? My parents said only grown-ups go there." Bonbon deflated at the thought of not being able to visit her firey friend. To make up for making her sad, he suggested if she wanted to go to the library instead.
"I can't read..."
"It's ok, I can read for you, if you turn the pages for me.."
"Team effort!" Bonbon spun around with her arms out. Excited by his idea, she skipped all the way to the library. Holding the door for MK, she gave a small bow," My lord."
"A comon, quit it." MK tried to hide the rising blush that started to creep on his face. Laughing it off, they both sat on the carpet floor near the back. Together they looked through the diffrent type of books till Bonbon's phone started to ring.
"Hello~"
"Hey punk, we kind of quit for the day since the noise went further down the river. So where you at?"
"Library."
"Really! I couldn't get enough books when I was a kid. I tore through all sorts of 'em! I ripped through tons of them! I kicked 'em all into shreds!" Bonbon placed her hand on top of her mouth, trying not to laugh to loud as to not disturb the other readers. "But now I think about it, reading's cool." Hanging up, she layed down near MK, whilst he sat and started helping him turn the pages. But mid way through the story, MK noticed that she stopped turning the pages.
"Bonbon?" Looking down, he saw that she had fallen asleep. "Guess you got tired of waking all day long." MK stared at her sleeping face, feeling himself blush once more. Looking around, he made sure no one was looking. He placed a small peck on her forehead before running all the way home.
After awhile, Bonbon started to stir in her sleep. Opening her eyes, she saw that she had fallen asleep. Wipingaway her droll, she sat and found that she was stillon the carpet floor in the library. Stretching out her arms, she brushed herself as she got up. Noticing that her new friend was no where in sight, she decided that she would take her chance to sneak into Grillby's Bar.
...
Cleaning off a glass cup with a rag, Grillby looked up as he heard the bell from his door ring.
It's the human child...what is she doing?
Bonbon had her head peaking out through the door. Her eyes were squinted as she kept looking back and forth. Giving a sharp nod, she crawled under one of the empty tables nearby. Grillby let out a small smile as he watched her try to sneak her way towards the bar. The closer she got, the more clearly he could hear her humming to herself.
Is she humming herself a theme song?
Trying to pretend that he didn't see her, Bonbon made her way behind the bar. Feeling a small tug on his pants, he took the liberty to look down. "Pstt, Grillby" He mearly lifted a brow, showing her that he sees her. Bonbon let out a small giggle as she raised her arms towards him. Grillby put away the glass and proceeded to lift her to the top of the counter of the bar. Which was a bit hard to do since she kept trying to hug him closer.
"Sorry, you're just so warm!"
"...Thanks...I suppose...what are you doing here...?... Where's Sans...?"
"He's working and I just wanted to come by and visit for a bit. Is...is that okay?" Grillby patted her head giving her a small nod."Yay! Can I help you with anything since I'm here?" His eyes widen for a bit before he started contemplating on what to say to her.
"...I...Guess you could...help me clear out the tables... If you're up to it...?" Bonbon nodded before she jumped off from the counter. Grillby went back to cleaning the glasses. Glancing from time to time to see Bonbon hadn't dropped anything. But to his surprise, even with her being so small, she didn't seem to have trouble climbing over the tables to retrieve the dishes. To be honest he thought she would have been more clumsy, not balancing a stack of plates and cups ontop of her head.
Wobbling by, Bonbon made her way towards the back of the bar counter. "Where do you want them, boss!" Taking them off her head, he placed them to the side, to clean later.
"Boss?" He said with an eyebrow raised.
"Just Grillby then?" Grillby patted her head, signaling that his name was just fine. "What now?"
"..Well...it's always quiet at this time of day...not much to do but wait and see..." Grillby set Bonbon back on the counter. Crossing his arms, he leaned his back on the back wall. "I'm...sorry...there's not much for you to do here..."
"I don't mind, I like it here. The soft sounds you make, makes it feel homey."
"...Sounds?"
"Mhm, the crackles of your flames and being here feels so warm and cozy. I bet that's why alot of people come here, huh?!" Grillby let out a small chuckle as he petted her again.
"... I ...suppose so..." Bonbon took Grillby's hand and started turning it around her own hands.
"My mommy used to say that people are attracted to places that felt safe and a warm place to rest. And that, usually people who create places such as those must mean that they too, are warm."
"...don't you mean they have a warm heart? Not that they were warm themselves?..."
"Nope! That's what she said...amongst other things."
"...What other things?..."
"That they were probably a tall sexy man of fire!" Grillby's flame let out a swift crackle. "I'm not sure what she ment by that, maybe she ment a guy who worked as a fireman?" Recovering, Grillby went to cleaning the pile of dishes. "Grillby?" He gave her a small glance. "You don't talk much do you?" He lowered the plate that was in his hand, as he tried to think on how he should respond. "It's okay. Reminds me of my mom, she doesn't say much either."
"...Do you...miss her?..."
"Sometimes. But she said that it's best not to think of the things that make you sad. That it's best to look at what's in front of you instead." Grillby smiled to himself, as he went back to cleaning.
"...But ...in some moments...it's best to share some of those sadness as to not let it...build up later on..."
"Do people share alot of things to you?"
"...Sometimes..."
"Like Sans?" Grillby paused as to glance at her. "I don't know, for some reason. He seems...like a sad guy sometimes."
"...I guess he's not hiding it as we'll as he used too..." Grillby went back to work, telling her that he used to stay late, but since she came, he hasn't.
"Oops, hee hee. I didn't take a valued customer did I?"
"...Heh...Hardly...the size of his tab is a force to be reckon with..." He said as he let out a sigh.
Throughout the rest of the day, Grillby enjoyed her company. Even when they said nothing, there was no awkwardness in the air. As customers started to pour in, Bonbon kept helping on clearing the tables for him. She even started entertaining them after awhile. Bystanders eventually started to enter the bar, interested to see what was causing the commotion. Singing small tunes here and there, she brought a smile to those around her. Grillby could feel his soul warm as he watched her. He could almost see his own daughter in her. His daughter wasn't as outgoing as Bonbon when she was little, but he could see that they were both very pure. Which only made him want to protect the pureness before him.
...
Sans let out a long yawn as he walked out of MTT Resort. He was pretty bored, since there wasn't much of an audience today. He was surprised he didn't receive any messages from Bonbon the whole day. Papyrus had told him that she was playing in Snowdin forest, early that morning. "wonder if she ate anything..." He let out a sigh as he placed his hands into his pocket. "...should've told paps to pack a lunch for her before he left." Taking a shortcut, he landed near his home.
"i'm home...munchkin? you sleeping?" He was confused as to why she wasn't there to greet him. Instead he was greeted by the sound of clattering pots and pans. Walking into the kitchen, he found Papyrus trying to stop Undyne from assaulting the vegetables on the kitchen counter.
"UNDYNE! YOU MUST RESIST! THE TINY HUMAN SAID-"
"GHAAAA! I don't care what she said! There's no spirit if you don't put more than 120% into every-"
"YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT YOU WERE NOT A GOOD COOK-"
"WHAT! When!"
"WHEN YOU BURNED DOWN...OH SANS! WELCOME HOME BROTHER!"
"heya paps, where's the kid?"
"The punk? Shes probably still running around Snowdin."
"don't you think it's a bit late for her?" Papyrus let go of Undyne as to check the time on his phone.
"OH! I DIDN'T NOTICE! WE WERE SO BUSY IN PREPARING HER AN EXTRA SPECIAL DINNER THAT I MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN."
"AH, don't worry about her.." Undyne rested her elbow on top of Sans head, "before we came home, Papyrus here made me tell the guards to keep a watchful eye on the kid. They were ecstatic, saying something about wanting to play with her again." Sans shoved her arm away and walked towards the front door.
"don't know how i feel about having a couple of dogs looking after her. they might mistake her for a chew toy."
"Hah, you're just salty that she hasn't called you once since she was too busy blasting away on Papyrus's phone all morning. Guess it's obvious who's her favorite, huh? Maybe she didn't have the 'stomach' for it to stand how lazy you are compared to Papyrus." Sans grip over the doorknob tighten.
" whale whale whale, what a 'fintastic' burn there, but you 'cod' do better if you want to 'kraken' me up that is. but if i was you....i would 'scale' back a bit before 'salmon' else adds a few more bruises on ya. so let me 'minnow' if you wanna 'finish' this sack of 'carp' your saying. but I have a 'reel'ly good feeling that you don't. so...paps?"
"WHAT IS IT SANS?" Said Papyrus with an annoyed look while Undyne was clinging behind him.
"i'll be back soon with the munchkin..."
"GREAT IDEA SANS, BUT YOU BETTER NOT THROW SO MANY OF YOUR INSUFFERABLE PUNS AROUND HER!" Sans mearly gave a lazy wave before heading out.
"Well! She probably thinks your puns SUCK TOO!"
"UNDYNE...HE'S GONE."
"SHUT IT Papyrus!" Undyne dislodged herself to glare at the front door while Papyrus went back to salvage of what was left of tonight's dinner. "Seriously, why does the small punk make skeletons so on... edge!?"
"DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT UNDYNE!"
...
Sans buried himself inside his jacket as he walked through the town. He asked every monster that walked by if they had seen her. Many of them said a couple of diffrent places, but most of them told him to head towards Grillby's. Opening the door of Grillby's Bar, he was about to ask if he'd had seen her, until he saw Grillby holding Bonbon at the side of his hip. Something about seeing her laughing so happily with him while he held her, irked him. Walking closer to the bar's counter, his eye lights began to disappear.
"heya grillby...sorry to cut this short, but seeing how it's late out. mind handing her over."
"Hi Sans~"
"comon' munchkin, time to go home." Instead of passing Bonbon to Sans outstretched hand, Grillby held her closer. "look old friend, if ya haven't notice...i'm kinda in a bad mood right now."
"Can I stay with Grillby for today?" Sans magic started to flare up. Only making Grillby's hold on Bonbon closer to him.
"no can do, paps will miss ya too much."
"...I don't believe the young lady has any obligation to ask you for your permission..."
"look here, buddy. it's late and i-"
"...she is not your child or related by you by any means...and she was not left in your care...am I right?..."
"no, she wasn't but-"
"...then there's no reason for her not to stay over..."
Something led to another and now Sans found himself levitating the fire bartender up in the air, trying to shake him into dropping Bonbon.
"comon' grillbz, just hurry up and let her go."
"...Don't... want... to..."
"Ha hahaha! T-this-s-s i-i-i-s f-fu-u-u-unn!"
"munchkin, you can hang out with grillby next time, but for now, paps wants you home."
"Okay~" Bonbon patted Grillby's arm, "Grillby, can I come back next time?" Grillby let out a sigh of defeat before giving her a small nod. Having won, Sans lowered them both down. Grillby then, reluctantly passed Bonbon over towards Sans' outstretched arms. The fiery bartender's shoulder hunched over as he watched Bonbon waving him goodbye before leaving the bar.
"Hey dad, I found some of my old dresses...dad?" Fuku had walked into the bar from the back holding a couple of dresses in her arms. She looked around and couldn't seem to find Grillby anywhere until she decided to look underneath the counter of the bar. "Dad? What are you doing?" Grillby was huddled underneath the counter with his flames dimly light.
"...She left..." Fuku gave him a sympathetic look before joining him.
"What! Really!?" Fuku stretched out one of the small dresses infront of her, "Aww, I kinda wanted to see how'd she would look..." she stopped as she heard her father's flame starting to dim even more then before. "Want me to close the place for the night?" Grillby didn't look at her only giving her a small nod. Fuku wrapped her arms over his hunched body. "There there...she'll be back."
...
Bonbon being out of the warmth of the bar and into the cold of the night, her body started to shiver in Sans arms.
"you're cold?"
"Mmmmmmmm...maybe a little..." Sans felt bad that he didn't think to bring something to warm her. Being a skeleton, he didn't really feel the cold. Holding her close, he pulled up the zipper of his jacket, covering her up in the process.
"better?" Sans could feel her curling herself closer to him and her shaking subsiding.
"Mhm...you're warm too..."
"did ya say something?"
"Hee hee nope~"
"heh, alright. time to head home." Sans walked along with his hands in his pockets with Bonbon safely tucked inside his jacket. On his way home, he could see the monsters hurrying there children home. Sans slowed his pace as he started to recall what Undyne and Grillby had told him.
"Sans?"
"hm?"
"Are you sad?" He stopped walking to look at her face that barely peeked out.
"no...why do you ask?"
"You look sad."
"don't worry about it, just thinking about things." Walking again, he felt Bonbon settling. "munchkin?"
"Hm?"
"do you like living with us?"
"Mhm...Sans?"
"hm?"
"I like you..." Sans stopped as his soul gave him a small tug.
"munchkin?" But she didn't respond, for she was already fast asleep. Sans patted her head softly.
"me too..." with a soft smile on his face, he continued to walk in the peaceful night of the town as snow gently started to fall.