"Shh, we mustn't disturbed Frisk. We have to make sure everything is perfect by the time she wakes up." Toriel and Asgore were hanging up streamers.
"Frisk is going to love this surprise!" Papyrus whispered in excitement. He blew some balloons up, tied up the ends and let them fall to the ground.
Undyne chuckled. She was also helping out with the balloons. "She sure will, punk! This will be her best birthday ever." She laughed triumphantly and blew another balloon.
Asgore chuckled. "I can't wait for her reaction to all this. This is going to be delightful!"
"I'm so excited!" Alphys squealed, clapping her hands together quietly.
The entire family had gathered at Frisk's house early in the morning to prepare the house for Frisk's birthday party. The place was already looking festive with the balloons and streamers everywhere. Meanwhile, Papyrus and Undyne were going to hang a banner and tape it to the wall, which read "Happy 12th Birthday, Frisk!"
Each of the family members had their own present for Frisk. They couldn't wait till Frisk woke up so that they could start the party.
Toriel started baking the cake, along with the help of Papyrus and Undyne and thankfully, they didn't end up bribing the whole place down. The chocolate cake turned out to be pretty good. After an hour, Asgore said he had to return home but promised he'll be there by the time Frisk wakes up. He left the house. Everyone else stayed.
"Sans, I can't wait for Frisk to see our presents for her!" Papyrus said excitedly. "She is going to love them!"
"Heh, of course she will. This is gonna be great."
"Ooh, boy! I can't wait!" Papyrus clapped his hands together.
Undyne put a finger to her lip. "Shhh! Don't wake Frisk up! Asgore is still absent, and we'll need him here, doofus!"
"Oops."
"Indeed," Toriel said.
It was 7:30 in the morning, and a weekend, no less. Sans didn't want to be up this early, and honestly who does, other than Papyrus. But today was Frisk's birthday, and he would do anything for her. They all would.
It was 8 am, and Asgore had returned.
"Where did you go?" Toriel asked.
"To retrieve Frisk's present," he replied.
"Oh?"
"It's a very special surprise."
"Oh, then I'm sure she'll love it."
"Indeed. Golly, I'm so excited."
Everyone suddenly stiffened when they heard a door open upstairs.
"That's her! Quick, hide!" Undyne ordered. Everyone retreated behind some sort of furniture. They all heard Frisk's footsteps go down the stairs.
"Moooom?" She called out, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. The house was silent. Frisk looked around. No one was there. "Uhhhh, Mom? Are you here?"
"Surprise!"
Everyone jumped out from their hiding spots. Undyne and Papyrus had horns on their mouth and gave it a blow, making Frisk jump up a little in surprise. She blushed.
"Oh, wow. What is this?"
"Happy Birthday, Frisk!" They all shouted.
Frisk blinked, as if shocked. "Wait... It's my birthday today?"
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Silly Human, how could you not remember the day of your own birthday?" Papyrus asked. Frisk rubbed her head. She was too tired for this. Today was her birthday?
"Huh, I guess I've been so busy with school I didn't even notice the day. Wow."
"In the meantime..." Undyne marched over and picked Frisk up, setting her on her shoulders. "Let's go celebrate!"
"Yeah!"
Her birthday was interesting, to say the least. Toriel, Papyrus, and Sans had prepared a feast for her. Spaghetti, pie, lasagna, hotdogs and hotcats, burgers, fries... How could this be considered breakfast? It might as well have been all three meals combined. Everyone started eating.
Later on in the day, Mettaton paid a visit with his present, some starfaits and steak in the shape of his face in hand.
"Happy Birthday, darling!" He cooed. "I hope my favourite Human has a spectacular day today."
"Wow, thanks Mettaton."
"Anything for my favourite Human. Ta-ta, darling."
Soon, her friends also paid a visit with their presents and stayed for cake. They left after spending some hours with Frisk.
Apparently all of Ebott were also celebrating her birthday. News reports on all channels acknowledging that today was her special day.
"Ugh, this is sooooo embarrassing!" Frisk groaned, making everyone laugh.
Soon, her family ended up giving them their presents for her. Some hand-knitted clothing from Toriel, a book on puzzles and cooking from Papyrus, manga from Alphys and a DVD set of said manga from Undyne.
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?" Frisk read out the title. On the front, was a picture of two buff looking dudes: one with blue hair, another one with blonde hair.
"Yeah!" Undyne chirped. "To date, there are 8 parts of the manga. In the anime, they made 5 parts of the manga. Alphys and I have watched parts one to four, so far. If you can catch up with us, we can watch part 5 together. How does that sound?"
"Pretty good," Frisk agreed. She read the back of the DVD. Part one was called Phantom Blood. Frisk examined the manga that Alphys got her.
"Read the manga first, okay?" Alphys told her.
"Sure."
After Frisk set down her presents, Asgore stood up.
"Frisk, it's time I give you my gift to you."
"...okay?" Frisk watched as Asgore stood up and exited the front door. "Uhh, does anyone know where Dad went?"
"You know, he has been acting all weird since this morning," Toriel remarked.
"Yes, he has been rather cryptic about your present, Human."
"Hmm..."
Their thoughts were interrupted when they all heard a small bark. Through the door, a small and familiar white dog entered the room and bounded towards Frisk.
Frisk screamed in delight. "YOU GOT ME A PUPPY?!" She laughed as the dog leapt into her arms and Frisk started petting it affectionately.
Asgore entered the house with a dorky smile on his face.
"Ah, so that's why you were so secretive about it," Toriel said with a small smile on her face. But she looked at the dog with suspicion. "But I believe I remember this dog eating my phone."
Papyrus screamed in horror. "SANS! It's that infernal canine that stole my special attack! Get rid of it this instance!" No wonder the dog looked so familiar, Frisk realized. She let out a laugh.
Sans shrugged. "Sorry, bro, no can do. It's Frisk's pet."
"That bothersome dog!" Papyrus shouted.
Frisk continued petting the small and fluffy dog. "I'll call you Toby! You look like a Toby. You're so cuuuuute! Yay!" Frisk was beyond happy. She rushed over to Asgore and almost tackled him in a bear hug. "Thank you, Dad!"
"You're most certainly welcome, my child."
Papyrus squinted his eyes at the dog. Toriel wasn't that bothered by it anymore.
Frisk opened the rest of her presents: another video game from her friends for the Switch. Super Mario Party. She decided that she would play it soon. The rest were money from her other friends. She can buy her own things with that money.
The party was done by the evening. Frisk excuses herself from the family and went upstairs, everyone watched as Toby followed her upstairs.
Frisk put all her presents away and grabbed the first issue of Phantom Blood. She was already captivated by it. Within a few hours, she was already about halfway through Battle Tendency. She decided she liked JoJo. Toby leapt onto her bed and cuddled next to her. Frisk had no homework, so she resumed reading the manga.
Finally, she heard someone knock at her door a few minutes later.
"Come on in!" Frisk watched as the door slowly opened and Sans entered her room. "Oh, hey Sans! What's up?"
"Nothing much." He walked up to her and sat beside her on her bed. "Watcha reading there?"
"The manga that Alphys got for me."
"Is it good?"
Frisk nodded. "Very."
"Well, you wouldn't mind if I took some of your time? I still have to give you my present," he said. That got Frisk's attention. She put the manga down and looked at the small box that Sans had in his hands.
"What's this?" She asked. In response, Sans handed her the box. Frisk solely opened it and inside of it, was a small bracelet with a silver chain, and three charms attached to it. Two white upside down hearts, and one right side up red heart.
"You've already got that locket of yours," Sans said, pointing at the golden locket around Frisk's neck. She automatically reached for it. On one side of the locket, was a picture of her with her family. On the other side, was a photo of her and Jess. "So I wanted to give you something else to... signify our friendship."
Frisk snorted. "A friendship bracelet?"
Sans looked genuinely confused by her reaction. Maybe even a little hurt. "You don't like it?"
"What? No, I didn't mean that. I love it!" She took it out of the box inspected it. "It's so pretty."
"Heh, I picked it out myself."
"Wow, really?"
"Yup."
Sans took the bracelet out and reached for Frisk's left wrist. She held it out for him and he took it in his hand, attaching the bracelet on and securing it. He seemed satisfied. Meanwhile, Toby was unusually quiet as he watched the whole thing.
"Hello Frisk, and Sans!" A voice said. Frisk looked to see Papyrus peeking his head through the door. She giggled.
"Come inside, Paps."
"Very well." He walked inside and was about to sit beside Frisk on her bed when his eyes went crazily wide and he contorted his face in comical anger. "That meddling canine! Begone!"
Toby barked and hopped off the bed. Papyrus reluctantly took a seat.
"I gave her my gift," Sans informed his brother.
Papyrus chuckled. "About time, brother."
"Wait..." The brothers turned their attention to Frisk. She looked at her bracelet which dangled from her wrist. "Since this is a friendship bracelet, don't you have your own?"
Sans looked happily that she finally addressed that matter. He nodded his skull. "Yup. Both Paps and I have our own."
"Wait, Paps too?!"
"Of course, Human. Why wouldn't I?" As proof, both he and Sans lifted their wrists and showed Frisk. Indeed, there was a bracelet with identical charms hanging from their wrists.
"Oh, so cool!" Frisk exclaimed. The brothers chuckled. She saw Sans rub his wrist self-consciously.
"You know, Frisk... You mean a lot to us. You mean a lot to the family, of course, but... You mean a lot to Papyrus, and especially me. You're very special, you know..."
Frisk beamed at him. "Aw, thanks! You're pretty sansational yourself."
The brothers froze before Sans burst out laughing while Papyrus yelled in protest.
Papyrus slapped Sans's arm. "Sans, you are a horrible influence on her! Don't corrupt my best friend!"
"Too late."
"SANS!"
"Anyway," Sans continued on. "You are very special to us, Frisk. Like, another sibling type of special. A little sister."
"I will be the best older brother!" Papyrus declared. It sounded more like a challenge, but Sans didn't mind. He shrugged.
"I'll do my best to keep up with Paps, but he is really great."
"You can be second best, then," Frisk told him.
"Heh, yeah."
Frisk sighed happily. She twisted the bracelet on her wrist. "I'll never take it off! I promise." The brothers nodded and also promised Frisk that they would never take it off either.
"Wait, but doesn't silver oxidizes in water?" Sans suddenly realized. He blinked. "Whoops, didn't think of that. My bad."
"Sans!"
"It's okay. I'll just take it off when I shower. No biggie."
"Phew, crisis averted."
Frisk sighed and hugged each of the brothers with one arm, hooking her arms behind their backs and pulling them close.
"This was the best birthday ever," she told them quietly. "Thank you."
"You're very welcome, Human."
"Yeah, kid. No sweat."
"Thank you," she repeated. She held back a laugh, and settled for some soft snickering. "This present is very... charming, Sans."
Papyrus took a deep breath. "OH MY GOD, SAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNSSSSSS!"
"Holy crap, kid." He burst into laughing. "Ayyyyy."
Toby hopped back onto the bed and settled on Frisk's lap. Today was a very good day.
