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Chapter 7: PARTYING START!
As soon as they entered the ballroom Frisk´s eyes grew huge with awe. The decoration that surrounded them was absolutely beautiful. It seemed that Muffet hadn't forgotten a single detail. There were bright and colourful ornaments everywhere you looked, but they were subtle enough to avoid making the room look overloaded. In the middle of the dance hall there was a huge dance floor surrounded by plenty of lights and even lasers. A huge disco ball slowly rotated over everyone's heads, spreading crackled beams of light around the place.
At a side of the ballroom a large table full of delicious spider's food attracted the attention of not little amount of monsters and humans. But what startled the girl the most was how many people had gathered in the party to have a great time together.
Although monsters prevailed the number of humans was very high. Frisk's lips curled in a very proud smile, she knew that one day the differences between monsters and humans will be overpassed. Our little human ignored that not everybody thought the same…
"Sans, this is fantastic! Look at how many people have come! Have you seen anyone of our friends?"
"hmm, i know that papyrus is here because he came with me. i also met alphys and undyne, they were whispering to each other and looked form one place to another, it was kind of weird. i saw tori and Asgore- toriel was trying to stop the king from eating all the food over there"- The skeleton pointed at the large table to their right- "then i think i saw mettaton signing autographs as he posed over there… to sum up, nearly everyone's here"
"Cool! I'm going to see if I can find them! Would you like to come with me?"
"i would like to, but first i need to check how paps is doing"
"What do you mean? Are you worried about something?"
"uh.. it's no big deal, but he's never came to a party before, he is so excited… and you know what happens…"
Frisk nodded, she loved Papyrus with all her heart, but she knew that when the skeleton got too excited things could get a bit… explosive. It was something moderately acceptable that the skeleton managed to made his kitchen explode while cooking spaghetti, he was working with fire and stuff… but in one occasion he made a snow puff explode while they were in a snow war. How could he do that? Sans said that it was because his brother's personality was explosive, but Frisk still doubted.
"I think you are right, but I don't think he will have any problems today. I feel like this is going to be a great, smooth party!"
"hope you're right kiddo', see ya' later"
The girl watched the skeleton till he mixed with the crowd, quickly getting out of sight. "Well, time to find some friends in this crazy mess of people" Frisk started walking around, trying not to push anyone as she broke through the mass of dancing and chatting people.
After some time of wandering and not finding a single of her friends the girl decided to stop and squinted trying to find a known face from her spot. Suddenly, she felt something warm squeezing her hand and she immediately turned around in surprise.
"Frisk! I was so worried about you!"
"Nick?"- The girl looked at the consternation in the teen's face.
"I'm so sorry! I know I said I would pick you up, but you'll see my mother is way too ill and it wasn't easy to me to leave her alone..."-The boy purposely made a dramatic pause.
"Oh Nick! Why didn't you tell me before? I'm so sorry, I didn't know anything! There's no need to apologise at all! Did you left her alone? Is there something I can do to help?"
"Thank you for your offer Frisk, you are as sweet as I remembered, but no. Don't worry about that, I'm going to be out just a couple of hours, nothing bad will happen to her"
"Are you sure? There's no problem if you have to go, I'll go with you, seriously! Is her illness something severe?"
"I don't really want to talk about that, I'm very sensitive about all that and…"- Nick's pained expression suddenly disappeared as his gaze got stuck in the jacket the girl was wearing. Frisk looked confused at the boy's now blank expression and followed his gaze.
"I didn't know you liked wearing that loose clothing"- His voice sounded a bit hollow, but the girl didn't notice.
"What, this?"- Frisk softly pulled the light blue jacket with one hand and answered cheerfully "It's not mine, it's Sans'. He lent it to me when he picked me up. I was freezing so he helped me to keep myself warm"
"I see, that was something very nice of him"
Frisk looked up at Nick, puzzled. Something in the way he said those words didn't feel right. It was true that Sans' actions had been very nice, that's what the teen had said, but it felt like the boy's words and his face expression didn't match very well. The girl wonderings stopped when Nick spoke again, his voice still sounding a bit tense.
"But I'm afraid that here in the ballroom you are going to feel hot if you keep wearing that, you know, with all the dancing and so..."- Frisk looked at him, considering his words.
"Hmm.. I think you are right, I should return it to him"
"Let me bring it to him"- He hurried to say. When he noticed the slightly surprised look Frisk was giving him he quickly added: "I would like to thank him for picking you up and taking care of you, I'm very grateful for his actions"
"Aaaww, that's something very nice of you! Sans acts come right from his heart, he is very modest, but it would be very kind of you if you acknowledged him"- The girl took of the jacket and handed it to him- "The last time I saw him he was over there"- Frisk pointed to the left corner of the room.
"Thank you, I'll come back soon"
The teen walked towards the direction the girl had pointed out, his hand clenching with an iron grip the light blue clothing. It felt warm, what just made his anger grow. "Sans acts come right from his heart"- he scoffed in a low voice. In his way to find the skeleton he carelessly pushed the ones that crossed in front of him.
After some more of striding over the place and shoving like a dozen of people right to the floor he finally found the skeleton standing alone near some chairs that were arranged against a wall. Sans was absently looking at the dance floor and didn't notice Nick's approaching till he was right in front of him.
"hey, hi…"- But the skeleton's words were abruptly cut off by the furious teenager's.
"Don´t try to sound innocent you bastard! What the heck do you think you are doing?!"
"i think i what?!"- Sans looked in disbelief at the teen that was now angrily towering over him.
"This! You filthy monster!"- Nick shoved the skeleton's jacket hardly on his chest.
Sans looked down at his coat for an instant, understanding suddenly hitting him.
"what was i supposed to, huh?"- The skeleton's voice was now bitter and his expression, still smiling, seemed severe.
"You were supposed to stay away from her!"
"remember to pick her up next time, then"
"Don't you understand?"- Nick's voice was now a hoarse whisper that could be only heard by them - "Frisk is my girl now, and if you don't stay away from her I'll make you regret it"
"i dare you to try"- Sans voice was now filled with anger. His girl? Who did he think he was?!
"You can't imagine how much I want to beat the crap out of you, but I think this isn't the moment. You know, my girl is waiting over there for me, she must be missing me so much"- The teen's grin widened as he saw the skeleton's raging expression.
"You just can't tell me that you think that Frisk would actually take notice of you in that way, do you?"- He looked at Sans from head to toes in disgust before adding- "This is a party, you were supposed to be dressed more decently, you will just embarrass Frisk hanging around with her like that"
The skeleton looked down at his outfit: his fluffy pink slippers seemed to be highlighted by the surrounding lights. Nick however, was wearing a dapper, silky, jet black tuxedo, designer's shoes and a very trim purple tie. He felt a warm flushing over his face. Nick laughed naughtily and pointed at Sans contemptuously:
"If you know what is better for you and you actually have a bit of affection for Frisk keep your bony ass and your filthy jacket away from her, freak"
And without giving the skeleton a chance to reply the teen turned around and disappeared in the crowd.
Fisk had got tired of waiting for Nick and she had started walking to see if she could find anyone she knew. After wandering a bit she heard a familiar voice calling her name:
"Yo, Frisk! I didn't know you were going to come!"
"Monster Kid!"- The girl merrily hugged her friend- "I wasn't expecting to find you here either! Actually, I'm not finding anyone over here, you are the second known person I have encountered by now"
The monster laughed at his friend's confused expression and pointed with his tail to the centre of the dance floor.
"I saw many of our friends over there, but I'm not sure if they are still there"
Both of them looked in that direction, trying to figure out if their friends hadn't moved away. But as the monster and the human were very short they couldn't see anything.
" Yo! I've got an idea! Remember that time in Waterfall? Climb on my shoulders!"
"Are you sure? What if we fall?"
"We didn't fall that time, why would we fall now?"
Frisk looked at her friend's smiling face and sighed; trying to dismiss her fears of falling she took off her shoes and approached to Monster's kid. She couldn't help to think that last time the monster had had a wall to hold on to, and now he didn't.
Taking a deep breath she gently placed her feet over his friend's shoulders and let him lift her up. From where she was now she could see much more of the dancing floor and quickly recognized Papyrus' tall figure jutting over the crowd.
"There! I can see Papyrus! I think we can go to where he is without having to walk that much."
Monster Kid slowly lowered the tiny human and she jumped off his shoulders. She had to admit that she was impressed of his friend's stability. After seeing him fall that much, and always landing directly on his face she had come to think that he hadn't much balance.
"Yo' thank you! But I think I'll go grab something to eat, I'm starving!"
The monster happily scampered in the direction where the food was and tripped, falling face first on the floor. He squirmed to get up and shook his head slightly to recover his composure.
"I'm fine!"- He cheerfully exclaimed, looking back at Frisk. He knew that the girl always worried when he fell down. He quickly resumed his way to his destination scampering again.
Frisk giggled sweetly as she saw her little friend disappear. It seemed that although he was stable enough to lift a human on his shoulders without even trembling, walking without falling was still something too difficult for him.
The girl hurried to find her skeleton friend and soon succeeded. Papyrus was merrily dancing at the rhythm of a very cheesy and chirpy song. When he saw the tiny human delicately approaching through the crowd he launched himself in her direction and rapidly fished her from the mass of people.
"HUMAN! I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU! I SAW HOW SANS KEPT LOOKING AT THE CLOCK BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T COMING BUT THEN HE SENT ME TO THE DANCE FLOOR! AT FIRST I DIDN'T WANT TO CAME, I WANTED TO WAIT FOR YOU, BUT I KNEW THAT SANS WOULD BE LESS WORRIED IF HE THOUGHT THAT I WAS TOO DISTRACTED TO NOTICE YOUR ABSENCE!"
"THAT'S WHY I CAME! NEVER MAKE ME, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, THIS WORRIED AGAIN, HUMAN! IT WAS SOMETHING VERY STRESSING! - The skeleton hugged her tightly and Frisk felt her bones creak because of his embrace.
The girl shook her legs in the air in an attempt to free herself. Papyrus was holding her firmly against his chest, so he was lifting her a long stretch away from the floor. The skeleton's embrace loosened and the human gasped for air. Without putting her down he quickly looked at her, searching for any injuries.
"Wait…"- Frisk muttered remembering what his friend had just told her- "Did you say that you came here because you knew it would help your brother to calm down?"
"YEAH, WHAT ABOUT IT?"
The girl looked at her friend with amazement. Papyrus always seemed so innocent, so distracted, so unaware of the reality that she couldn't help to feel surprised about his statement. The skeleton noticed the girl's expression and clarified:
"HEY FRISK, I KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT ME, BUT I CAN ACTUALLY NOTICE SOME THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MY BROTHER. I KNOW HOW MUCH HE TRIES TO PROTECT ME AND TAKE CARE OF ME, AND HE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE. I KNOW HOW HE IS FEELING ALTOUGH HE SOMETIMES TRIES TO HIDE IT FROM ME SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. I AM VERY CONCIOUS ABOUT MANY THINGS, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE NO IDEA OF OTHERS."
"LIKE THAT TIME UNDYNE SAID THAT WORD THAT SANS TOLD ME I SHOULD NEVER REPEAT. WHAT WAS THAT WORD? F….F…. FLOCK? - He looked down at Frisk to notice that she was looking at him thoughtfully and misunderstood her- OH MY! IT WASN'T MY INTENTTION TO SAY IT OUT LOUD! I WAS JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH THE WORD WAS; I WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID IT TO OFFEND YOU, HUMAN! PLEASE FORGIVE MY UNFORGIVABLE MOUTH! PLEASE DON'T TELL SANS! I PROMISED THAT I WOULDN'T REPEAT IT! HE WILL BE SO DISSAPPOINTED OF ME AND…"
Papyrus' babbling stopped as he noticed that Frisk was crackling with laughter in his arms- "HUMAN THIS IS SERIOUS! SPENDING THAT MUCH TIME WITH MY BROTHER IS MAKING YOU LOSE YOUR SERIOUSNESS! MY UNACCEPTABLE ACTIONS MUST BE PUNISHED!"
The poor skeleton had to wait till Frisk could be able to speak again, which was a long time. The girl then looked up directly at his eyes and fondly smiled at him. It was her turn to hug the skeleton, and as she was till on his arms it was one of the few times that she could rest her head on his shoulder. Papyrus returned her warm hug, confused.
"AREN'T YOU ANGRY WITH ME, HUMAN?"
"Of course I'm not!"- The girl said amused, looking back at his eyes.
"AREN'T YOU TELLING SANS?"- His voice sounded like the one of a toddler that had been caught up breaking an expensive jar while playing inside the house.
"I'm not telling him this time, but you should never say that again!"- Frisk asseverated, trying to sound imposing.
Although his friend had missed the exact pronunciation of the word, she could clearly imagine which word he had heard from Undyne. She knew that Sans must have gotten very angry, he was very careful about his brother vocabulary, he didn't want him to curse.
She felt a bit of pity for Undyne, her slip up must have been very nagged by the shorter skeleton. She didn't want to put Papyrus to evidence with Sans, but she had to be sure that his friend's cares bared fruits.
"WOWIE FRISK! YOU ARE SO BENEVOLENT WITH ME! YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW GLAD I AM! I PROMISE I WILL NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN! YOU ARE THE BEST FRIEND EVER!"- The skeleton squeezed the human again to show his gratitude and the girl felt her ribs creak slightly because of the pressure.
"Pap-Papyrus.."- She said weakly.
"YES MY DEAR AND COOL FRIEND?"- The monster looked confused at the tiny human's struggles-"DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT YOU DOWN?"
Frisk desperately nodded and the skeleton softly put her on the floor. The girl kept panting for a few seconds before she was totally recovered from her friend's bony embrace.
"HEY, IF YOU WANTED SO MUCH TO BE PUT DOWN YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME SOONER!"
"Oh yeah…it just didn't…come to my mind…"- The truth was that she had tried to tell him but just couldn't. But she preferred to leave it like that.
"LISTEN! I KNOW THIS SONG, IT'S SO COOL! NOT AS COOL AS ME, BUT PRETTY COOL! LET'S SHAKE THE SKELETON, HUMAN! NYE HEH HEH!"
And without giving Frisk time to react Papyrus grabbed her hands and started dancing heartily. The girl found it difficult to follow his friend's cool dancing, and the fact that he was much taller than her wasn't helping very much.
The skeleton made her spin around quickly and she started giggling: she had never seen anyone dance like him. It looked like his dancing was four times more accelerated than everyone else's and he somehow he still managed to keep his movements graceful.
Trying to keep up with Papyrus, she lifted her arm as she would to make someone spin around, but her fully stretched arm only reached the skeleton's shoulder. She burst laughing. The monster suddenly understood what she was attempting to do and laughed as he spun several times. They kept laughing and spinning around till Frisk got too dizzy to continue.
"HUMAN! HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING TOO MUCH OF INNAPROPIATE BEVARAGES?"- The skeleton asked reproachfully as he saw the girl stagger around.
"Noo"- She laughed at his friend's accusation and tried to steady herself- "Spinning around so much made me dizzy, that's all. I think I should take a rest and stop dancing till I feel better"
"SPINNING AROUND MAKES YOU DIZZY? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE! LIKE THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU KEPT OPENING YOUR MOUTH, MAKING THAT WEIRD SOUND AND CLOSING YOUR EYES BECAUSE YOU WERE SLEEPY! HOW DO HUMANS EVEN WORK?!"
"Oh my Papyrus, I love you so much!"- The girl laughed as she hugged her friend.
"UH..YEAH SURE, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS LOVE YOU TOO! NYE HEH HEH! FEEL FREE TO CAME BACK TO DANCE ANY TIME!"
Frisk waved his friend goodbye, still giggling a bit, and walked to a calmer place in the dance floor. While she was leaning on a wall she saw Nick wandering around the crowd and called him.
"Nick! Over here!"
"Frisk, I have been looking for you"- The teen approached with a gallant smile.
"Sorry, I was dancing with a friend! Did you return the jacket to Sans?"
"Yeah, I did. We surely get on really well together"
"Really? Oh, I'm so happy! At first I thought that you didn't get on very well, but if you say so"- The girl smiled widely at him.
"Sure! He is such a cool dude…"- Frisk failed to notice the slight hint of irony in his voice- "By the way, you look absolutely beautiful today"- A cheeky smile appeared in his features as he said so.
"Th-thank you!- Frisk felt her cheeks burn- "Y-you look very handsome too!"
"I dressed like this just for you"- He sassily winked at her- "Would you like to dance, beauty?"
The girl giggled softly, flustered at the teen's compliments and accepted his hand to go to the dance floor. He graciously guided her around the ballroom and they started dancing at the rhythm of a cheerful but kind of slow song. She had to admit that Nick danced charmingly, his dance moves were gentle.
He made her spin and then he caught her in a soft embrace to then make her spin around again. From time to time he drew near to whisper cheesy compliments at her ear, which made her blush even worse. Nick seemed to be so lovely!
Sans was sitting on one of the chairs at the corner of the ballroom, looking grumpily at how Nick danced around with Frisk. He had to use all his willpower to remain seated as he saw the teen shamelessly flirting with her. "that well-dressed brat"- He mumbled to himself.
Suddenly he noticed that his pupils had vanished and blinked a few times to make them appear again. "this is ridiculous, i can't let that kid make me lose my temper. he's a stupid, it can't take frisk that long to figure it out, right?" In that moment Nick softly embraced Frisk and whispered something in her ear that made her blush fiercely as she giggled. Sans' pupils disappeared again. This time he didn't make any effort to bring them back.
After watching at the couple for a few minutes more he forced himself to look away. He knew that, if he didn't, the urge to punch the teen would be overwhelming. One thing was being jealous, he could handle that, but other completely different was having a dumbass that considered the girl "his" fluttering around her.
"although i would really like to put that kid into place i'm sure frisk wouldn't like that" The skeleton frowned and turned away, the last thing he wanted to do was spoiling Frisk's night. He knew how excited she had been about it, so he tried to distract himself.
From his spot he could see many familiar monsters dancing and chatting over the ballroom. He recognized many of the usual costumers of Grillby'z. Like that cool looking horse, who was shaking his black leather jacket in the air as the lasers reflected in his sunglasses. He saw that weird carnivore plant mercilessly eating everything that they found on the food table and the couple of dogs happily petting each other as they danced, wiggling their tails.
Toriel and Asgore were dancing discreetly as they talked in a carefree way. They looked happy. The skeleton glanced towards where the DJ was and saw Undyne and Alphys just a few metres away. The couple was dancing vaguely; they were more focused in whispering to each other, their eyes were locked in a particular pair of dancers. Sans followed their gaze and found that they were staring at Frisk and Nick. He felt surprised to notice that the couple's eyes were filled with antipathy. "it seems that i'm not the only one who doesn't like that teen"
"Hello Sans"- The skeleton looked up, it was Toriel.
"hi tori, how's it going?"
"Everything is okay, I wooden' have expected to have this fun, I'm stumped"- She smiled amused, looking at Asgore, who was chatting with Mettaton. The robot stroked a pose from time to time and then resumed their conversation like nothing had happened -"But I can't say the same about you, I have just made a pun and you haven't even noticed, what's wrong?"
"i wasn't paying attention, that's all"- he cut her short, but couldn't help to give a quick glance to where Frisk and Nick were dancing.
"Come on Sans, you know that you cannot fool my mother instincts that easyl…"- The skeleton's gaze didn't pass unnoticed and she followed it –"Ooohhh, so that was it.."- A shrewd and a little mischievous smile appeared on her lips.
"no, that was nothing"-He hurried to counter back.
"My dear Sans, you have just confirmed my suspicions. You never hurry to do anything, nor answer that quickly, you are too lazy for that!"- She looked at the couple again and then at the skeleton, giving him a meaningful and joyful smile.
" ok, i don't know what your suspicions are but keep them to yourself"
Toriel looked down at Sans for a few seconds before answering. His expression looked like a mix between anger, confusion and frustration. "Oh my, he doesn't even know what to do with his feelings, and Papyrus is supposed to the innocent one here…"
Her mother instincts told her to have a talk with him to help him out, but she understood that that wasn't the moment.
"As a pun lover to another…"- She gestured to be closing her lips with a zipper- "my lips are sealed"
"uh..thank you, i suppose"
Goat mom gave him a soothing smile and decided to leave him alone for a bit, he would probably want some space. As soon as the monster got out of sight Sans growled under his breath: "goddamn mother instincts". Luckily for him, he didn't watch in the direction where the aforementioned couple had just gone.
Unaware of these events Frisk kept dancing, giggling and blushing around with Nick; the teen had guided her around the entire dance floor, till they had went around it at least twice. The boy was now gradually taking her to a quieter place, where just a few people were dancing.
"Frisk… I have something for you"- They had now stopped dancing and were standing face to face-"I know this isn't much…but I hope you like it"
The girl looked astonished as Nick slowly took off, with a studied movement, a little gift box from his tuxedo's pocket. He extravagantly handed it to her.
"You shouldn't have bothered to do something like this…"- Frisk was blushing deeply- "Seriously, I mean, there was no need to…"
"Oh honey, don't be so modest! Please take it! It's a present I bought just for you"
The teen slowly reached to take the gift from his outstretched hand. The little box was black, with a fancy purple ribbon at the top. Frisk noticed that that little detail matched with the colour of Nick's tie. Had he made that on purpose? Did he really pay that much attention to details? She carefully removed the top of the box and gasped in disbelief.
"Oh Nick…you did not needed to do this…I…"
Resting at the bottom of the box, lying on a delicately folded purple silk, was a golden necklace. It had a pendant in the shape of a heart that had the initials "F&N" carved in an ornate pattern.
"Do you like it?"- The teen asked as he watched triumphantly at the girl's expression. She surely wasn't expecting that, he had actually surprised her and left her speechless.
"Of course I do! But.. I mean..look at it! It must have been very expensive and.."
"Say no more! If you like it that's all what matters! There's nothing too expensive if you are the one who's going to keep it, you deserve this and much more!"
Frisk's blush intensified and she didn't know how to react. The necklace was delightful and the implication of the initials that decorated it left her flustered. As Nick waited for the girl to react he gallantly offered to help her buckle the necklace, to which she responded with a shy nod. Our little human understood that there was no way of trying to convince Nick that the present was too expensive for her.
She was indeed a very modest person; she didn't like to make others spend too much money on a gift for her, and even more if they hadn't known each other for so long, like Nick and her. But she did also know that if she kept rejecting the present she would probably offend him.
"Thank you so much Nick, it's absolutely beautiful"- Her statement made the boy smile, pleased.
"And it looks even more beautiful if you are the one wearing it"
The teen's cheesy smile widened as he saw the girl blush again and decided to make his next move. He gently approached her, staring deeply at her brown eyes. The dim light was the perfect for the situation.
"Frisk"- He whispered sweetly.
"N-nick…"
The boy softly embraced her and slowly pulled her closer. They remained like that for a few seconds, staring at each other. Nick kept bringing the girl closer to him, his eyes locked on hers. Frisk seemed a bit surprised but she didn't pull back, which was a good sign. Nick started to half-close his eyes. Frisk felt her heart fiercely pounding in her chest; she knew what Nick was intending to do and she knew that her face was now deeply blushing "Oh my, I couldn't be more shy even if I tried to"
She softly started to close her eyes too, ignoring the burning sensation on her cheeks…she could feel the soft warm of his body…she could smell the teen's perfume… she could felt his breath very close to her face…and…
"Hey Nick, buddy!"
The after mentioned stiffened a bit at hearing his name, but tried to ignore it. Maybe if he acted like he hadn't listened his stupid friend would understand that he was a bit busy right now… but his dear friend didn't seem to notice as he called him again:
"Nick, over here! It's me Josh! Are you listening?"
If the teen did still intended to ignore his friend, his attempts got definitely frustrated when the tiny girl in his embrace spoke.
"That boy over there is calling for you, aren't you going to answer?"
"Yeah! I was just...uh… I don't want to leave you alone again"-He tried to excuse himself. He had been so close, maybe if he hadn't froze when he heard his friend…
"That's something very sweet of you! But what if it's something about your mother? Please go, take your time and don't worry about me"
Before Nick could say anything to stop her, the girl had already get rid of his embrace and walked away, giving him an encouraging smile. He helplessly watched her get lost in the crowd. "Gah, next time I have to think of a better excuse"- he growled.
The teen went stomping towards his friend; it'd better be something very important. But nope, Josh just wanted to ask if he was having fun. Josh decided not to ask that ever again.
Frisk quickly walked away, Nick was having a rough time with his mother and she didn't want to bother if his friend had to tell him anything about that topic. She preferred to give him some space to talk as long as he needed to. If Nick's friend hadn't interrupted them… her blush returned. She felt kind of guilty…but why? She wasn't doing anything bad, was she? And why couldn't she stop thinking about Sans?
She pushed her thoughts aside, she was starting to feel hungry, the girl hadn't eaten anything since she had arrived, so she decided to try some of the food Muffet and her spiders had cooked. When she was on her way to the table her lovable Goat mom intercepted her.
"Frisk, my child! Are you having fun, sweetie?"
"Sure mum! Nick is very nice with me, he did even gift me this"- The girl showed her mother the necklace.
"Oh, it's really beautiful! And it has a very nice decoration too…"- Toriel looked with a sly smile at the carefully craved "F&N".
"Y-yeah, I suppose"- Frisk's face flushed red. Her mom laughed warmly and hugged her.
"I knew you would forget to bring something warm so I brought your sweater, just in case"- Goat mom gave Frisk her favourite stripped sweater, which she accepted with a beaming smile and folded it, thereby she could put it in her purse–"I told you to put on something warm, and I repeated you not to forget about it like ten times!"
"I know, I know! I got distracted when Mettaton arrived, but it won't happen again!"- Toriel frowned a bit at her child's words- "I know I have said that many times… but this is the real one! Furthermore, Sans gave me his jacket when I came here, don't worry about that"
Toriel sighed, relieved. She had already lost the count of how many times Sans had helped the girl when she got herself in deep water. She tried to keep a straight face when she looked at her child, but she suddenly asked something the monster should have expected.
"And how is your date with dad going?"- Frisk's "I'm sorry" face turned into a mischievous smile as she made her question.
"I told you that it's not a date, Frisk! We are just spending some time together… but it could be said that we are having fun"- Toriel let a small smile to show on her features.
"Yeeeeesss!"- Frisk made a victory pose with her right arm extended and her hand extravagantly facing the ceiling- "Mettaton taught me this one"- She whispered and Toriel laughed amused- "Sooo… what have you been doing? I haven't seen you since I arrived"- The girl gave his mother a hopeful look.
"No, I know where you are going. We have just chatted."
"Ooooooooooooohhh"- Frisk winced disappointed- "Haven't you even danced?"
"Well, yes. We have danced"- The girl's face lit up with her words.
"Then, there's still a chance!"- She claimed victorious.
"Frisk, I already told you that I don't want you to get too excited about it… the situation is a bit difficult and…"- Goat mom left her sentence unfinished as she saw her child rolling her eyes. Toriel knew exactly what she meant and sighed in defeat-"Okay, okay… I have to admit that there might be a very small, little, tiny chance but…"
Her words were cut off before she could finish by Frisk's joy screams. The girl had resumed her victory dance and was giggling and hopping around.
"Oh my, what am I going to do with you?"- Toriel hid her face in her hands as the little human danced around her.
"Look! Dad is coming this way! I'm going to say hello and then I'll leave him all for you!"
And before Toriel could do anything to stop her Frisk rushed to Asgore and gave him a gushing hug, kissed him on the cheek and ran away. The king watched confused as the teen rushed away and then looked back at Toriel with a questioning look. She had to draw all her willpower not to laugh as she shrugged and gestured at him with her mouth: "Children".
After leaving her parents behind, Frisk walked towards one of the corners of the ballroom and she found someone very special silently sitting on one of the chairs that were arranged there.
"Sans!"- She called him as she approached. He looked up and she noticed that something in his expression wasn't okay, although his ever present smile widened as he saw her.
"hey kiddo' how's the party going?"
"Great! I have found many of our friends by now! I am having lots of fun"- She dropped herself on the chair next to the skeleton- "How about you?"
" i'm fine, paps is having fun and i have an excuse to be sitting around doing nothing"- The skeleton winked at her confidentially. It was back then when he first noticed the teen's new necklace-"hey nice necklace, did nick gifted it to you?- He tried very hard to make his voice sound natural, and he kind of managed it.
"Uh...yeah, I sort of…don't know how to react, you know?" - She grabbed the pendant of the necklace to have a closer look- "It's very beautiful but I think it's something way too expensive for me..."- She noticed that Sans expression had hardened. Did she somehow offend him? Why was he acting so weird?-"Sans? What are you thinking?"
"huh? oh…i think that if you like it… that's all what matters, isn't it?"
The truth was that the skeleton had barely listened to her. He hadn't noticed the carving on the pendant till Frisk had grabbed it, and when he did flashbacks of that stupid Nick rushed in his memory. He didn't even bother to pick her up, but he did get made a necklace with their initials carved on it.
That teen was superficial, hollow and a liar. Sans had to make his very effort not to tell Frisk what he thought about him right there. He knew that if he told her something like that she would probably get very disappointed and sad, and as she said that she was having lots of fun…who was him to spoil it for her?
He wanted to have a talk with the girl later, when the party had finished, just letting her know with who she was making friends. It was then when he saw the worried look Frisk was giving him. He noticed that his features had hardened and he praised the lord that his pupils hadn't disappeared. He consciously relaxed his expression and smiled at Frisk like nothing had happened. But of course, the tiny human wouldn't let it pass away.
"That's right, you are going to tell me what's going on and I'm not letting you relax in peace until you do"- She had turned completely to look at him, challenging him to try to escape from her determined gaze.
"it's nothing to worry about, kiddo. ya' know that parties make me tired…bone tired"- Frisk tried with all her might to keep a straight face, but the tiny shadow of a smile appeared on her lips- "i saw it! don't try to hide it! you are smiling, that means that i win!"
"No! I'm not!"- But as the skeleton looked at her with a childish, happy expression she couldn't help her smile to widen- "It isn't fair! You always do the same! You tell me a pun because you know I just cannot handle my laughter and you change the subject!"
"frisk..you make me feel like a picture…"
"Sans…"
"you have framed me!"
The girl crackled with laughter and covered her face with her hands
"I'm so pissed right now"- Her voice sounded muffled and she laughed between the words, which made her statement lose all its credibility.
"yeah, sure you are"- The skeleton softly bumped her shoulder- "why don't ya' stop trying to look threatening and have fun?"
"O-okay"- She was trying to recover her composure- "Truce then, but with one condition"- Sans gestured to her to say her terms- "I'm going to have fun, but if you came with me. I'm sure that you have been sitting here all the night, am I wrong?"
"uh.. i won't say that you're wrong but you 're not being completely accurate either…"
"Sans, have you even danced?"- The girl looked at him dead in the eye. Lying to her would be useless.
"no…"
"That's it, we are going to dance, bring your bony butt over here"- Frisk said decidedly.
"frisk…seriously i'm having fun here, there's no need to go to dance…"
"There's other reason isn't it?"- By the look Frisk was giving him he understood that no puns would save him this time.
The truth was that there was indeed other reason why he didn't want to dance. He knew that Nick was a hopeless stupid, but one thing he had told him had affected him. When he looked at Frisk, lovely dressed, with her intricate hairstyle and natty makeup he couldn't help to feel uncomfortable with his own clothing.
He had never cared about that kind of things, but the mere idea of embarrassing Frisk because of his outfit made him desire to have been keener about it. The girl was waiting for a response, se he decided to tell her the truth.
"well…it's like… you are so well dressed… so elegant… i thought that maybe, with my clothes, we would clash"- Frisk looked at him blankly for a few seconds.
"Sans, you have never cared about something trivial as clothing! You know that me neither! Why would you suddenly start worrying about it..?"- She sighed and looked resolved at her friend- "You know what? Never mind, I'll have a fashion discussion with you later; we agreed to have fun now, didn't we?"
Sans looked at Frisk in disbelief as she started to take off the tiny bobby pins that kept her hairstyle in place and put them into her purse. After removing nearly twenty of them, her hair was completely loose. She shook her head several times making it go back to his usual state, softly resting over her shoulders. She grabbed the little strand of hair that always got to her face and pulled it at the back of his right ear. The girl then proceeded to take off her high heels, which made her return to her normal height.
To finish she opened her purse again and carefully took out her loved stripped sweater and, after struggling a bit to find the hole for the head she put the clothing on, covering almost all the dress with it and hiding Nick's present.
"Tadaaaa!"- She posed as Mettaton had told her to do in those occasions- "Fixed it! Classic Frisk at your service!"
The skeleton watched at her silently for a moment before howling with laughter.
"c'mon kiddo! and i'm supposed to be the "quite of a character" over here!"- He kept laughing for a while before he could speak again- "but i'm afraid you forgot something, here"
When Frisk noticed that her friend wasn't planning to stand up she approached, and at his gesture she confusedly crouched in front of him. The skeleton then took the girl's face between his hands and gently rubbed his bony thumbs against her cheeks, removing the makeup that covered her tiny freckles.
"there you are. you can't call yourself a classic frisk without your distinctive freckles kiddo'"
Frisk giggled shyly at Sans' soft gesture, she had never expected him to be that sharp-eyed. She wouldn't have foreseen that he would notice that the little freckles that sprinkled her cheeks had disappeared. She decided to take advantage of the way Sans was holding her face and grabbed his hands with her own. Then she pulled him to stand up.
The skeleton was heavier than she thought, but as he was distracted she managed to make him stand up all the same. But when she tried to drag him to the dance floor his friend refused to move. It didn't matter how hard she pulled him, he didn't move a single millimetre.
"Oh come on Sans! You've got no excuses now! You can't complain that our outfits don't match!"- She placed her hands on her hips and frowned at him- "What is it now?"
Sans stirred, uncomfortable. There was something that troubled him more than the clothing, but he wasn't eager to say it out loud. He had always felt insecure about that topic… he wasn't sure exactly why, but he did. When he saw that Frisk didn't change her scolding pose and was starting to fret he sighed defeated.
"i… the truth is that…i…i…"-He drew up a deep breath- "i've never been good at dancing"- As he said those words he felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment.
"Ooow, is that all? I wouldn't have imagined that you were a shy dancer!"
"i'm not!"- But when he tried to counter back the light blue that tinted his cheeks intensified.
"Aaaaw! I had never seen you blush before! It's so adorable!"- Her face was full of endearment.
Sans grunted and pulled up his hoodie, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"That just makes you even cuter!"- She used all her might to supress another "Aaaaawww" as the skeleton slowly looked up at her grumpily- "Please, let me look at you!"- Frisk approached him a bit, but Sans kept holding his hoodie tightly- "You have seen me blush thousands of times! It isn't fair! Furthermore I have never seen someone whose blush is light blue, it looks so cool!"
The skeleton mumbled something unintelligible as he slowly took his bony hands off his hoodie and left his arms drop by his sides. The girl placed her hands on Sans' hoodie and slowly pulled it back, uncovering her friend's blushing face. She looked fascinated at the bright light-blue shade that tinted his cheeks and noticed that it glowed lightly. She tried to supress her curiosity, but failed, her words unintentionally slipping away from her lips.
"Is your magic what makes you blush? It glows a bit…- She frowned lightly when she understood that she had said those words out loud.
Sans chuckled a bit at her expression, he knew that the girl tried not to ask questions about how he functioned; she thought that she might offend him. But most of the times her curiosity won and her questions came stammering out of her mouth.
When she noticed she always frowned and remained silent. He loved the way she seemed to be having an inner argument with herself. It didn't matter how many times he told Frisk that she didn't bother him, she was stubborn and thought that she did.
"yeah, i think that's how my blushing works. that's why it's light-blue and shines a bit, my magic is exactly the same colour"
He watched amused at Frisk's enchanted expression. Seeing her get excited with those little things made him want to answer all the questions she wanted to ask him. It didn't matter how many they were or how much time it would take him. Frisk blinked a few times as she listened at the beginning of a very lively song.
"I love this song! Sans pleeeeease let's dance! You don't have to feel ashamed; you'll be dancing with me! Haven't you seen me dancing with Papyrus? I nearly falled on my butt like ten times when he made me spin around!"
Sans burst laughing, he clearly remembered seeing the tiny human desperately trying to keep up with his brother and leaving after a while, because she had got too dizzy to stand still. He then remembered that although she had got troubles when she had danced, she laughed all the time, even when Papyrus had to hold her to prevent her from falling. Sans felt some of the girl's determination flowing upon him and decided to accept Frisk's hand, letting her guide him to the centre of the dancing floor.
Frisk quickly noticed that Sans was indeed shy of dancing, so she confidently held both of his hands and started to move with the music. He slowly followed her dance steps, so she started with the easiest ones. After a few seconds, when he was starting to feel more comfortable, Frisk tried to show him some more movements, which he followed better than she had expected.
"Hey, you don't dance badly at all!"
"oh, c'mon kiddo'. i appreciate your compassion, though"
"I'm saying the truth!"- She giggled and friendly punched his shoulder- "You haven't stomped on my feet a single time!"- The skeleton chuckled at her comment.
The music changed suddenly, and a weird beat started to sound. Sans looked confused at Frisk, to see how the hell he was supposed to dance with that music, but the girl seemed as puzzled as him. They looked around and saw that nobody was dancing; they were just looking at each other disconcerted.
Frisk then decided to take action, if Sans was too shy in this topic to make anything funny, it was her turn to make him laugh. She improvised a new dance style, a very exotic one, in which she threw her hands in the air and wiggled her hips.
"frisk, what are you supposed to be doing?"- The skeleton looked at her with a mix of amusement and disbelief.
"I'm having fun!...and kind of improvising"- She then started spinning around- "I bet that you can't do this!"- She was obviously teasing him to join her, but the skeleton decided to play along.
Sans started to improvise too, spinning like her, but with a leg flexed, like a ballerina. They both started laughing as their movements become weirder and weirder.
"That's for beginners! Check this out!"- Frisk increased the speed of her spinning and added Mettaton's poses as she did.
A chore of cheers and energetic claps boomed in the ballroom. Frisk turned to look and recognized the sound effects of Mettaton's program. He was smiling proudly at her and clapping vigorously. The couple continued their outlandish dancing as they laughed joyfully at each other. At first the people surrounding them looked at them like they were crazy… but when they saw how much fun they seemed to be having and how much they laughed… they started to join them. Suddenly nearly everybody in the dance floor was doing something weird, from jumping up and down everywhere from singing whatever came to their minds.
After a while, when the music changed, some decided to dance normally again, but most of them didn't. Meanwhile, Frisk and Sans decided to mimic everything the lyrics of the songs said. "I'll gift you my heart…!" And they made the shape of a heart with their hands, "My darling, YOU…!" They dramatically pointed at each other, "With my beautiful hair…" Frisk exaggeratedly flipped her hair and Sans wildly gestured to look at her (He hadn't got any hair to flip) Frisk crackled laughing. "The tiny cat on the window…" They simulated to be scratching the air with imaginary claws, "Tall as a building…" They pointed at Papyrus, "She wore too makeup…" Sans pointed at the old lady that had called them criminals and Frisk had to muffle her laughter with her hands to avoid her from listening.
When the lyrics said "Just shake your skeleton!..." The tiny human posed whit her palms upright at her friend, who shook his booty. And the list goes on … It was when the lyrics said "and I howled like a lonely wolf!" and they started howling that they had to hold to each other not to fall to the floor because of the laughter.
They remained like that for a long moment, trying to calm their breathings and whipping away tears of joy. It was when they were finally ready to dance again that the music suddenly changed and the lights went slightly down. A very slow and romantic song started to play and, surprisingly, Alphys and Undyne left the cabin of the DJ. They were smiling broadly like they had accomplished the goal of their lives, but for some reason Undyne was holding a spear… and the DJ couldn't be seen anymore…had Undyne just…? Frisk was the first to understand what that kind of music implied and her face burnt with anticipation. Sans felt his smile widen, he couldn't miss this chance to turn the things around.
"who were you saying was the shy dancer?"
Frisk giggled in embarrassment as she covered her face with her hands.
"Let's call it a draw"- Sans chuckled at her statement
"is this a blushing competition then?"
"It's not fair! You know that I blush for anything! And…no, do you know what? I'll accept only if you dare to-"- Frisk was giving him a very defiant look, which amused the skeleton even more.
"of course i do!"
"But you haven't listened to the terms yet"
" this got serious. what're the terms kiddo'? try to be fair"
"Mhh… I know! If I win you'll do whatever I ask you to, without resistance. And if I lose, the other way round, you'll be able to ask me to do anything"
"ooh, are ya' sure you're going to be able to handle the consequences?"
"I am! But if you are scared…"- The skeleton understood that she was teasing him. He reached out to shake her extended hand.
"it's a deal!"
They stood looking at each other, the romantic song playing in the background meanwhile the couples around them danced in soft embraces. Sans understood that the roles had indeed changed dramatically. Frisk seemed to be too embarrassed to even move, so he decided to take over the situation. The tiny human had made the first move in her attempt to cheer him up, overpassing her shyness; it was his turn to do the same. He tried to lower the tension a bit with one of his usual puns.
"hey kiddo', we won't let this get under our skins, will we?"-He gave her a soothing wink.
His plan worked, the girl giggled and she seemed to be a bit more relaxed. An idea popped in his head, joking was his element…if he could mix it with dancing… he had nothing to lose. Sans bowed exaggeratedly at Frisk with a very intricate movement and, making his voice sound deep he politely asked:
"human, i would be absolutely glad if you'd be so kind to take some time to listen to a very interesting proposal i have for you"- The girl covered her mouth as she laughed, she gently nodded. With her approval to go on Sans continued- "would you, oh distinguished lady, offer me the pleasure of this dance?"
"Yes, I would. How could I reject the offer of a gentleman like you?"- Frisk played along, making her voice sound serious as she bowed at him, delicately holding the ends of her dress.
Sans approached her slowly, waiting for her to do the same. They kept approaching gradually, and when they were close enough the skeleton gently reached to place his hands on Frisk's hips. He wasn't very sure of what to do, he didn't want to make the girl feel uncomfortable… but this was how people danced at that kind of music wasn't it? The tiny human noticed his hesitation and smiled sweetly at him, showing him that it was all right. Sans then softly placed his hands on her hips and felt a warm ticking as Frisk placed her hands on his shoulders.
Frisk felt a fond smile forming on her lips as she finally understood that Sans was the most gentlemanly person she would ever encounter. He was not going to move a single millimetre closer if she didn't show him that she allowed it. The girl slowly slid her hands a bit upper on his shoulders, till they were hidden under the skeleton's hoodie. By doing that she pulled him a bit closer, and Sans slid his hands on her hips a bit more, to do the same. Frisk locked her eyes in his as she tightened their embrace lightly by finally wrapping her arms around him.
The skeleton stared spellbound at her huge beautiful eyes, they were sparkling in a way he had never seen before, and they seemed to emanate happiness. Encouraged by this, he gently slid his hands a bit more to encircle her in a soft embrace as they danced slowly.
Before he could even think of a good pun to tell her, Frisk did something that took him entirely by surprise. She slowly leaned closer and rested her head on his chest. By her position he couldn't see her face, but he could feel the soft warm of her body, her sweet scent, the determined pounding of her heart, he had never felt her that close to him before.
"It seems like someone is blushiiiing"- Frisk's singsong voice sounded amused.
Sans hadn't notice the colour on his cheek-bones till the girl mentioned it. And goddamn it, she was right. He wasn't just blushing, his cheeks were burning. The girl had caught him completely off guard. Trying to find his voice back he stammered to deny her statement.
"th-that's not true! by the way, how can you be sure? from your spot you can't see my face, you have no proofs!"- A triumphant smile crossed his face.
"I may not see your face, but I see the light of your blush on your jacket, genius"
The skeleton's sufficiency smile vanished. As his blush was a product of his magic, it certainly glowed, the deeper his blushing, the stronger it glowed. A soft light-blue tint bathed his jacket and the top of Frisk's head, and that hadn't passed unnoticed by the tiny human in his embrace. The girl laughed at his defeated silence, her sweet chuckles resonating inside the skeleton's chest.
"ok, ok, you win this challenge kiddo'"- He sighed- "i'm not a bad looser"
Sans looked down at Frisk when he heard a mischievous giggle. The girl slowly turned her face slightly up, allowing Sans to see her face. He gave her an outraged look when he noticed that her cheeks were blushing as much as his. She laughed at his expression and hid her face on his chest again, trying to muffle her laughter and conceal her blushing cheeks.
"that's cheating! i feel so betrayed right now! how could you dare?!"
"You know what it said, all is fair in love and war"- She looked up at him with a vengeful smile.
Sans laughed when he heard the same words he had said that time they had their "Soft war" a few days ago, when he threw Frisk's sweater down the street. He unconsciously hugged her a bit tighter with endearment. Her soft chuckles got mixed with his inside his ribcage, which caused their laughter sound with their voices overlapped. He remembered that Frisk had told him she would avenge… but if this was her idea of revenge… he decided that he should throw her sweater away more often.
OMG I just can't believe how much time this chapter took to write. It is twice as long as the other ones, but I have literally no excuses for this, I couldn't concentrate at all! When I started to write everything distracted me. It was like "OH HOLY MOTHER NATURE, IS THAT A FLY?! I'M GOING TO STARE AT IT FOR THE NEXT FIVE HOURS STRAIGHT!" I'm sooo sorry for making you wait! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, there is way more to come in the next update! Thank you for your support! And for your patience! (I'm very, very sorry, this won't happen again…I hope)
Updating soon!
