I could hear the footsteps approach the door, my soul was in my throat, as I did one last look over of the room, the table in the center was covered in a rose red table cloth, with two plates covered on either end, a candelabra between them. The sun was just starting to set behind the city's sky line, giving the room a romantic shadowed look. The sound of the door opening, grabbed my attention as I turned to face them. I watched as gaster an sans walk a goddess on earth into the room. She was dressed in a floor length blood red sleeveless dress, with ivory detailing that accented her bust, a ripple effect on the side of the dress started under the detailing. The top of her hair was done in one big curl on the left side of her head, the tail of which was pinned to the side of her head with a blue bellflower that blended into the rest of her hair which was done in tight victory curls, giving a sweeping look to the left side of her head. She had a simple kohl-lined smokey eye, that made her Carmine eyes even brighter, which contrasted nicely with the wine red lipstick she was wearing.
I felt gaster stop and turn towards me, "sans remove the veil. "he said as sans let go of my hand. I was still blinking my eyes trying to get my eye sight back, when they opened the door, ushering me into the room.
The first thing I saw when my sight adjusted, was red standing his back to the skyline, the shadow from the sun setting stretched to touch his black dress pant clad tibia, the matching jacket was open to reveal a blood red dress shirt, with a black tie. I watched in fascination as the smoke from the cigar he was smoking curled up towards the black fedora he was wearing, which cast his face in shadow, while the candle light glinted off his gold tooth turning his natural smirk predatory.
"have a good evening my dear. "gaster said as he left the room.
"yeah, what he said. "sans stated as he turned to shut the door on his way out, only stopping when the door was almost fully shut. "before I forget, don't do anything I wouldn't do. "he said, shutting the door the rest of he way, his laughter the only thing left of him in the room.
"welp, ain't cha as pretty as a picture. "Red said, after the room grew quite, crossing it in three strides, taking my hand in his before placing a kiss on my knuckles.
"ya don't look to shabby ya self. "I replied with a wink, causing him to let out a laugh as he walked me to the table.
He pulled one of the chairs out so I could sit, "milady. "he said with a sweeping bow.
"why thank you good sir. "I regally replied as he pushed me in.
"I hope you like what's on the menu for tonight's dinner. It's grilled steak with blistered beans and peppers. "he said as he removed the plate covering, revealing thinly sliced strips of rare steak, with grilled green and wax beans mixed with orange and yellow sweet peppers.
"looks absolutely delicious, did you make it?"I asked spearing a green bean with my fork.
"hehe, yeah. I used to cook fer grillby back home. "he answered a slight blush on his cheeks, as I took a bite of the been, groaning at the burst of flavor that hit my tongue.
"I take tha it's good?" he asked chuckling at my noise of happiness, before taking a bite of steak.
"good. Seriously you're teaching me how to make this. "I answered as we continued to eat in companionable silence.
"by the way how did you get fell to go along with this?"I asked taking a sip of my sparkling cider.
"heh, heh. He actually owed me one, back when he was younger, he wanted to join tha Royal guard an undyne said that tha only way we would ever become a guard is if he brought a soul to the king. "he started to say, before pausing to take a bite of peppers.
"well, anyway he found a kid short time latta, an let me tell ya tha ballet girl had him running around fer a bit, fore he asked me fer help. Told him I'd help, but he'd owe me. "he finished a smirk appearing on his face at the memory.
"and you sat on it all this time?"I asked a brow bone arched, as I placed my knife and fork on the plate.
"yep, an it was definitely worth it, too. "he replied putting his napkin on the table next to his plate.
Once that was done, he rose from his seat, and walked over to me.
"I wanna show ya somethin. "he said, his hand outstretched towards mine.
"okay. "I replied a little confused, as I placed my hand in his, allowing him to pull me to my feet. He then walked us out of the room, and back to the elevator. Once inside he pushed the button for our floor. "why are we going to our floor?"I asked
"cuz thas where wha I wanna show ya is. "he answered in a duh tone, as a secretive smirk formed on his lips. The elevator doors opened to show our living room, when we reached the floor. He walked us through the living room, and down the hallway that led to our bed room. He had us stop in front of a blank wall that was next to our room. "um, not that I'm complaining or anything, but why are you showing me a wall?"I skeptically asked.
"jus watch doll. "he said as he flared his magic a bit.
As if the wall knew what he was doing, I watched as a door appeared as if by magic. It looked like a normal bedroom door, except the color was a cyan and red swirl pattern. "what? how did you do that?"I asked never seeing anything like that before.
"ya dad helped me ta hide it. Turns out when he was stuck in tha void, he was able to make a room appear in waterfall every once an awhile. "he explained, opening the door.
The room was pitch black upon entering. "close ya eyes doll. "Red said as I felt a pulse of his magic, giving me enough time to shut my eyes. When I was able to open my eyes, the first thing I saw was a huge red heart painted in the middle of the back wall. I then took note of the contents of the room, there were two cribs on either side of the heart, both were simple in design, the one on the left had a smooth look and was painted cyan, whereas the one on the right had an edge look to it and was painted a deep red. A simple rustic rocking chair was between the cribs and bit towards the center of the room, across the room from the cribs were two dressers. The dressers matched the look of the crib it was facing, the only difference was that they were painted the opposite color of the crib it was facing.
"I wanted our children ta be surrounded by those tha love them. "he said as he pointed to the series of paintings, that were on both sides of the heart.
That's when I took a closer look at the walls, to the left of the heart was a painting of a classic gaster blaster, that was split down the middle with the right side having cracks throughout it, with a red eye. "classic and horrortale?"I asked as I stepped to take a good look at the painting.
"yeah, even though crooks and Aliza are from horrortale, we thought they should still be represented along with the rest of your family. "Red explained as I walked to the next painting on the left side of the room. This one was Captain America's shield from the 1940s. "Steve said it looked better than he one he uses now. "Red stated when I looked at him. The next one was a black circle with a blue glowing upside down triangle in the center. "You know I'm surprised Stark didn't suggest you put an actual arc reactor instead of a painting. "I commented
"that's why we didn't tell him about the room. "he replied causing me to laugh.
After those paintings was another gaster blaster, this one was still the basic shape, but with a pair of horns near the back of the skull, and a second set of spines coming off the lower jaw, and two curved lines going through each purple eye. "swap fell?"I asked
"yeah, nate heard what Steve and I were talking about, an suggested that we do the pixilated versions of the blasters. "he responded, as we moved to the next painting. This one was a black circle that had a purple outline, that matched the bow and arrow in the middle. The last painting on the left was a silver circle that turned gun metal grey in the center with a raised relief of mjolnir.
We then crossed the room to look at the next painting, this was a black tribal style painting in the shape of an eagle, with it forming a circle that wasn't there. "shield?"I asked looking at red.
"yeah Sharon said that she really didn't have a symbol like the rest of you so she picked that one. "he replied as we kept moving.
The one to the right was a white circle that had a red out line and matching hour glass in the center. To the right of that one was a soft glowing blaster that looked almost looked exactly like the classic blaster, the only difference was the second set of spines on the lower jaw, to the right of the blaster was a black circle with a smaller green circle on the inside that turned into a fist. "I bet Bruce was surprised that you wanted to include him. "I said
"a little bit, but when we told him the plan he agreed with it, saying us monsters have to stick together. "he replied as we moved to the next one. Which was red circle with black lines segmenting it with a red star in the middle of it. "Bucky?"I asked incredulously
"yeah, he made that symbol, so our kids would know that no matter what happens they can survive, just like you two did. "he replied as he hugged me, before we went to the last painting. This one was to the right of the heart, and was a blood red gaster blaster, that had four eyes with red pin pricks.
As I looked around I notice that there were no light fixtures on either the wall or ceiling. "Red how is there light if there are no fixtures?"I asked
"don't worry. I want you to wave your hand like your flicking a switch. "he replied waiting for me to do as he said. The room went dark as soon as my hand started to descend. "now watch this. "he said as the heart started to glow, followed by each picture glowing a different color. "what? How did you do this?"I asked as I looked at the soft colors that were acting like night lights.
"heh heh, me an tha other judges along wit ya dad, placed a small amount of everyone that is represented, soul traits into the paint. Ya already know frisks trait, then ya got Steve's which is the yellow soul of justice, Stark is the lapis soul of integrity, Black and mutt added some of their magic, along wit blue, stretch, me, boss, sans, crooks, and paps. "he said as he pointed to the soul traits.
"now let's see if I still know how to do this, Hawkeye is the sea green soul of clemency, Thor is the powder blue soul of humility. "I said giggling at Thor's trait.
"Sharon is the lavender soul of trust. "Red I interjected
"nat is chartreuse meaning fairness. "I stared cutting him off, a smile forming on my face.
"banner is magenta, that's dedication. "he responded enjoying our game.
"and Bucky is orange, which is bravery. "I said turning to red who, wrapped me in his arms, his forehead leaning against mine.
"I've been working on this since I got my soul back. "he said a small blush creeping up his cheeks.
"I love it, and I'm sure they'll love it to. "I said kissing one of his blushed cheeks, before resting my head on his chest.
We stayed that way for a little while, until Red pulled away, his hands sliding from my back to my hips. "The nigh ain't over yet doll. "he stated as he linked my arm in his and exited the nursery. We then headed to the elevator, which we took to the floor we ate dinner. When the doors opened the room was completely changed, the table was gone, and the walls had sconces in the shape of candelabras every few feet, giving the room a fairytale feel. Red walked us to the middle as the first notes of so this is love began to play.
"May I have this dance?"he asked bowing to me.
"I would be honored."I replied as I curtsied in return, before he place his right hand on my hip, then grasped my right hand with his left, I then lifted the right side of my dress so I could have a better range of motion.
He than led me in a waltz as the music continued playing. When the song started again, I stared to Sing as we danced, "so this is love, mmm
So this is love
So this is what
Makes life divine
I'm all aglow, mmm
And now I know
(and now I know )
The key to all heaven is mine. "I sang as red dipped, me before bring me closer to his chest.
"My heart has wings, mmm
And I can fly
I'll touch every star in the sky
So this is the miracle
That I've been dreaming of
Mmm, mmm
So, this is love. "I finished as he spun me out of his arms, his left hand still holding mine as he dropped to one knee, while the last notes of the song faded.
I watched in stunned silence, as he reached into one of his jacket pockets, before pulling a small black box out. "doll, ya know I'm not good wit words. But wha I know I'm good at is loving ya. An I wanna spend tha rest o my life wit ya, so sable serif will ya make me tha happiest bastard in tha World an mate me?"he asked opening the box, to reveal a silver band that twisted around a heart cut champagne diamond, with a round cut Garnet to the left of the diamond, and a round cut laboradoite to the right of the diamond. My free hand covered my mouth when he started talking, with tears in my eyes I nodded my head, till I was able to get my voice to work again.
"yes. Yes. A thousand time yes. "I cried as he got to his feet, pulling me to his chest. He was about to put the ring on my left hand when I stopped him, "right hand. "I replied to the confused look on his face.
"when I was younger and Hydra had me, I noticed a few women had engagement rings on their right hand. When I asked about it they told me that Russians wear their engagement and wedding rings on the right hand. "I explained as a understanding look came over his face.
"o course doll. "he responded as he place the ring on my right ring phalange.
"I love ya doll. "he said holding my right hand over his soul.
"I love you to red. "I replied giving him a kiss to the lips, before placing my head on his chest.
