Woo! Another story up! Time for Dancetale. I hope I did it justice. Enjoy!
Surrounded by echo flowers and vivid cyan-colored water, two figures decided to take a break from their trek through Waterfall. One was a child wearing a blue and pink striped long-sleeved shirt, a pink tutu over her blue pants, and brown pointe shoes that matched her short brown hair. The other was an older female with a purple, long-sleeved shirt that had black and purple bands on just the sleeves, black leggings with a blue skirt over it, and black pointe shoes. Her hair was black in a french braid on her head in a ponytail, with the ponytail having blue ends. They sat on the ground to rest for a while next to a lone echo flower.
"I see you've improved since we last danced in Snowdin. Nice job, Frisk," the older female complemented.
"Thank you, Curtain. But there is still so much that I have to learn," Frisk said.
"Eh, don't worry about it. You're doing fine. Just go at your own pace, no need to rush," Curtain said.
"So, have you found anything about who you're looking for?" Frisk asked.
"Not really. Not many monsters know of Aecans besides the older ones, but the ones I met don't know much," Curtain replied.
"Aecans? Is that who you are looking for?" Frisk asked.
"Yeah. They're the other half of me," Curtain replied.
"Other half… then what is the other other half? Did I ask that right?" Frisk asked.
"Heehee. One half is Aecan, a bird-wolf hybrid-like monster, and the other is human, like you. I'm sure you felt that when we danced before," Curtain replied with a smile.
"-Gasp!- I knew it! I knew you were like me when we danced, but I didn't realize it meant you were human too! But you're a monster too, so that's why you can dance so well, right?" Frisk asked with brightened eyes to this revelation.
Curtain snickered and replied, "Yeah, you're right."
As they continued talking, a certain skeleton was watching them from the shadows, but Curtain sensed that he was there with her sense of smell. Although she didn't reveal him, she wondered why he was watching them and not revealing himself.
"Do you want to head out soon, or stay a little while longer?" Curtain asked.
"Hmm, I think I'm good, but I would like to dance again as a warm up, if you don't mind?" Frisk asked, as she stood up.
"Ehhh, alright," Curtain replied as she also stood up.
Curtain first took a bow as Frisk did as well, and when Curtain reached her hand towards her, Frisk took it with her own.
Frisk began with a pirouette, as Curtain slowly walked around her with their hands still together above Frisk's head. When Frisk gradually slowed down to a stop, Curtain walked behind her and wrapped her arm around her waist as she lifted Frisk up and spun around. Curtain placed Frisk on her feet delicately as they released hands, and Curtain slowly descended to a split on the ground, as Frisk did a graceful spin and leapt away from Curtain at first. Then she turned back and ran gracefully as she leapt over Curtain while doing a split in midair, followed by a landing and straightening her stance to pointe. Curtain reached her arms over to the ground and while holding her weight on her forearms, she flipped her legs straight up into a handstand form.
Frisk spun slowly as she acted faint, and slowly began falling to her side, while Curtain bent her body and legs over her head so that she could flip forward. She laid on her back as she reached up with her hands and caught Frisk as she fell, and then Curtain pushed forward with one hand to assist Frisk in doing a cartwheel over her. Frisk landed on her feet, and as she slowly moved one of her legs outward to lift up in an arabesque form, Curtain held onto Frisk's foot that rose up so that she could slowly lift herself up as she followed Frisk in an arabesque position.
Frisk and Curtain both spun a few times while kicking one leg out, and then they both gracefully fell down on their knees with their arms reached over on the ground. Frisk slowly moved her arms up and over to reach towards Curtain, and Curtain lifted her legs up while on her forearms as she bent her leg so that Frisk could hold onto her ankle. As Curtain lifted her arms so that she was on her hands, Frisk lifted herself up since she was holding onto Curtain's ankle. As Frisk lifted her arms up in fifth position while on pointe, Curtain flipped her legs back with her body as if continuing a valdez and stood on her feet.
Then Curtain reached with her hands towards Frisk, as she grabbed her hand, and then they both took a bow.
"Excellent form, Frisk. You were graceful in movement and poise," Curtain said as she clapped her hands for her.
"Why thank you, Curtain. You danced wonderfully too," Frisk said with a smile, as she smiled back.
"So, you wanna move on?" Curtain asked, and Frisk nodded.
As the two started walking, Frisk happened to turn back once, and she thought she saw Sans standing next to the echo flower they danced near, but when she blinked he wasn't there.
After a while of traveling through Waterfall, Curtain and Frisk made it to an area full of echo flowers. The glowing blue flowers spoke softly, as Curtain and Frisk listened to a few conversations.
"You know, this place is really pretty, and the echo flowers make it even more so," Curtain commented.
"Oh yes, it's very pretty," Frisk said.
"Hmm, it reminds me of when I was teaching a few friends of mine to dance. I like dancing after the sun sets since the sky is so pretty at night, especially with the stars, so this kind of reminds me of that… Oh yeah, and one of my friends started calling me Tiva, then all of them started doing that," Curtain said with a pout.
"Tiva? What does that mean?" Frisk asked.
"Oh, it means dance, or I think… one who loves to dance? Well, basically dance," Tiva replied.
"Ahhh, that makes sense," Frisk said with a nod.
The two continued walking through the echo flowers and hearing them speak, as Frisk listened to one specific echo flower because she recognized who the voice was from. Upon following it's instructions, Frisk spoke to the flower to change what was being said, and then she approached Tiva.
"Hey Tiva, would you like to dance?" Frisk asked her.
"Hm? Oh you're going to call me Tiva too, ey? Well alright, but you want to dance again already?" Tiva asked.
"Oh, I'm not the one who is asking. I'm asking for the one who's asking," Frisk replied.
"Huh? Who's asking then?" Tiva asked, her curiosity rising.
"Well, see for yourself," Frisk replied with a smile as she pointed behind Tiva.
Upon turning around, Tiva's eye met with Sans' eyes, as his smile widened a bit when he noticed her surprise. He wore his usual blue sweater that was zipped up with his hood over his head, long black pants with white lines on both sides of his pants, and blue and white sneakers.
"Oh, Sans. It's been a while," Tiva said, relaxing her expression.
"Heh, yeah. Last time we talked was when we met at Grillby's, right?" Sans said.
"Mhm, apparently the little one was a little tuckered out from dancing with your brother," Tiva said with a smile.
"Yeah. I'm glad they had fun though," Sans said, looking towards Frisk, as she gave him a thumbs up and ran off ahead.
"Sooo, you want to dance?" Tiva asked, her eyes looking downward for a moment.
"… Well, since you're asking, I don't mind," Sans replied with a smirk, as Tiva looked at him with one eyebrow raised.
"Wait, didn't you ask me fi-" Tiva stopped speaking when Sans took a bow towards her.
He extended his hand towards her slowly, feeling the pressure of embarrassment creeping on him as he tried ignoring it so that he could keep his hand steady.
'... Was this a good idea? Should I have asked her to dance? I've only really danced with Papyrus, but after meeting her, I just felt like I wanted to… but what if she doesn't wa-' Sans' thoughts were cut short when he felt her hand in his.
Sans looked directly into her eyes, as she looked into his, and with a soft smile on her face, Tiva took a bow towards him. There was a pause for a moment, and then Sans smiled back at her the same way.
He slid one foot back, as she mirrored him by sliding one foot forward. He continued this movement with both feet in a moonwalk, as she followed along by stepping closer to him. Then he leaned back, as she leaned forward in a penche form while still holding hands. As she pulled her high leg down, he started popping to stand upright. Tiva spun around a few times as Sans guided her around himself, and then she returned to being in front of him, although her back was turned to him. They let go hands, as Tiva crossed her arms over her chest, and Sans wrapped his arms around her so that he broke her arms out of the cross formation. She placed her hands on his, as he led her in a locking arm wave across from the tip of one hand to the other. They released one hand, and as Tiva gracefully leaned her upper body away while stretching her free arm above her head, Sans held firmly to her hand as he slowly lowered her to the ground and walked besides her. With their hands still together and Tiva holding her arms straight up towards the ceiling, Sans lifted himself up on a single handstand on her hand, and then he moved his other hand on her other hand.
For a moment they looked at one another and could see a part of one another: Tiva saw that he was a shy dancer and had not danced in a while, and Sans saw that she loved to dance but she usually danced alone since no one could keep up with her.
Sans did a spin on his other hand, and then Tiva helped boast him a bit as he pushed up and landed on his feet. Tiva flipped over backwards as she laid on her forearms and had one leg stretched up in forty-five degrees while the other was bent. Sans laid his hands on the ground with the side of his head close to the ground while he faced her, and he moved one leg stretched out and the other bent like hers, as he was mirroring her position since their legs were aiming in opposite directions. Tiva looked towards him as she bent both legs and stretched them in different positions while Sans mirrored her movements almost the same time as she did, almost as if they rehearsed this before. Then they both flipped forward on a one handstand as Tiva moved her legs to plant her feet on the ground to stand up while Sans pushed himself up and landed on his feet.
Tiva gracefully ran towards him with a spin, and Sans wrapped his arms around her waist and spun twice, as Tiva held herself in a mid-leap position. When the spin was complete and Tiva placed her feet on the ground, Sans placed his hands on Tiva in such a way to make her do a cartwheel as she followed through without having to use her hands. Then Tiva stretched one of her hands downward as Sans followed her movement, and she stretched her other hand upward as Sans wrapped his arm around her waist. She lowered her hand down over his head so that her arm wrapped around his shoulder, and she slowly leaned back as Sans held her and slightly knelt forward in a dipping position.
As they made eye contact, they saw more about one another: Tiva saw that he had lost some of his joy in dancing for some reason which made him feel alone and not even want to dance, and Sans saw that she always felt alone especially since she experienced a lost that made her not want a dance partner ever.
Sans pulled Tiva up in a standing position, although the two never left each other's gaze or hold, as they slowly and gracefully walked around one another in what seemed to be a slow spin. As they slowed down, Sans moved his arm off of Tiva's waist and instead held her free hand in his, while he placed his other free hand on her waist, and Tiva intertwined her fingers on his hand that held her own, and she kept her other hand on his shoulder. They moved a little quicker in the form of a waltz as they danced graciously, while Sans led Tiva to spin a few times with his hand above her. After a final spin, they locked eyes again, as they continued to learn something new about each other, even though the whole dance itself was drawing them closer together. This time their movements slowed to a stop since they completed their dance, but their gazes stood fixed on one another because to them, no one and nothing else was there but each other.
Sans raised his hand as he gently rested it on Tiva's cheek, while Tiva smiled sweetly towards him and he towards her. Then Tiva moved closer to him as she planted a gentle kiss on his teeth, which made Sans feel his body freeze but his face heat up at the same time. Upon realizing what she had done, Tiva blushed and said,
"O-Oh, I'm sorry about that. I-"
Sans placed a finger to her lips as she stopped speaking, and he said, "Heh, don't waltz about it. It was… nice,"
Tiva smiled as he smiled back, and then she said, "Did… Did you just make a pun?"
"Hehehe. How'd you like it… Tiva?" Sans asked with a wink, as Tiva blushed a little brighter.
"S-So you heard our conversation?" Tiva asked, as Sans smirked.
"Hmph… well, you really know how to dance huh?" Tiva said with a smirk.
"Hehe. I guess so. I'm familiar with the steps," Sans said with a wink.
"… Then I'll allow you to call me Tiva, if I call you Steps. Fair enough?" Tiva asked with a cheeky smile, as Sans' eyes widened.
Then he smirked and said, "Alright, but only because I like you."
"After that dance, I'm not sure it's just like," Tiva said, as they started walking towards where Frisk went to earlier.
"… I could say the same to you," Steps said, as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and Tiva wrapped her arm around his waist.
Yee! Done! Now for the next story on the list which is... Reapertale.
Hmmm... let's see what I can do with this one.
See ya soon!