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Chapter 14: Sleeping time
The sunrays seeped through the foliage of the bright-coloured trees, making their leaves glitter, and showering the tiny droplets that lied on the dark-purple grass with their soft warmth. Sans was walking under those pleasant rays with his eyes closed. He wasn't very sure why he was heading that way. He had mixed feelings about what had happened the last time he had been in that part of the forest. On the one hand, Frisk had showed him her soul, which had been one of the happiest and most meaningful moments in his life; but, on the other hand, exactly that situation that he considered so special had triggered something that he still couldn't seem to understand, but it managed to chill his blood (if you consider that he didn't even had blood to get chilled, he was certainly screwed).
After a long night of troubling and restless dreams the skeleton needed to clear his mind. Sans let out a deep sigh and opened his eyes slowly, admiring the sunlight. He kept walking silently for a bit more before finally coming to a halt. Resting his back on a tree, he let himself slip on its trunk till he ended up sitting on the grass.
"…what should i do?"- He murmured to himself as he rubbed his hands on his skull.
The nightmares had been pretty frequent that week, letting him rest even less than what he had got used to. And they had gotten even worse, with more vivid colours and emotions, making them feel more and more real every time. If they had already been unsettlingly realistic before, now they made him feel like he was actually living each dream as it was happening in real life. Was there any possible way to stop them? Sans had been asking himself the same question over and over, without finding any possible hint of an answer. Well… not an answer that he was willing to take.
The dreams weren't always the same, but there were some things that repeated themselves over the nightmares: a huge golden hall, sliver gleams, the bright colour of crimson… and her. Frisk appeared in every dream, with her beloved stripped sweater and her tiny figure. But something about her was wrong…terribly wrong.
Her usual kind and soft smile was replaced with an unsettling and cracked grimace and her eyes looked fierce, like the only thing that fueled her was pure determination. Her right hand was always tightening a huge kitchen knife, which she merrily showed him with a mischievous smirk before finally unleashing her attack. Most of the times the girl aimed at him with a speed and force that seemed unnatural, but other times…she attacked someone else. And every time that happened Sans could never get in time to save them. Every time it felt like she was taunting him: when he got painfully close to finally defeating her or saving someone he loved, everything he had fought so hard to get drifted away with a single cut of her knife.
Countless times he had already seen her HP got to 0…only to find her back, smiling in front of him with a huge grin, like nothing had happened, without a single scratch or wound and her bloodlust as strong as ever. It was like she entertained herself by seeing him suffer and struggling to defeat her, and when she finally got bored of playing with him, she gave her final attack. As it was a child's play, she wielded her knife with her merciless hand and ended everything as she cracked a high-pitched and piercing laugh. Sans always woke up with that blood-curdling laugh ringing in his ears and a hand firmly clutching his chest.
He definitely couldn't ignore those nightmares. He had to do something, that was a must, but he found himself in the same spot as always: What should he do? In the beginning, when the dreams had just started, he thought that ignoring them was the best way to get rid of them; they were just stupid dreams, right?
But although he did his best not to pay attention to these troubling nightmares they kept happening, and as time passed they started to get more frequent. If ignoring them didn't work he had to try other option: He tried to find any meaning to them. The skeleton remembered reading a book about dreams and that it said that if a dream repeated itself then it could be something in your subconscious that was trying to get out and make you pay attention to it.
But didn't matter how many times or how hard he thought about it, he couldn't find anything at all. The dreams only made him feel fury, hate, pain, despair… he may have many things he didn't know about his subconscious, but he was sure such nasty and negative emotions didn't belong there. Then what? Some kind of mystic and holy foresight of what was going to come? When he finally saw the human of his dreams arrive to the Underground he thought that must have been the answer… but he had been wrong again.
It didn't matter how much you looked at it, Frisk didn't ever do anything remotely similar to her actions in his nightmares. On the contrary, she behaved in an absolute different way. The personalities of the girl varied so much from the dreams to the reality that it felt even more shocking.
So? Not fading away with time, not a meaning, not a premonition…what the hell could he do? The only remaining possibility that had come to his mind was talking to the girl, but he had discarded it immediately. Frisk may appear in his dreams, but if he talked about it with her, what would she do? It wasn't like it was her fault. If you do something bad in someone's dream it's not your fault, I mean, you don't actually have anything to do with that.
After all, dreams are fabricated by the other person's subconscious, what can you do to help it? Maybe those dreams were just a crazy fabrication of his mind, and then the girl had absolutely nothing to do with them... but that situation had changed…
Although Frisk appeared in his nightmares there wasn't anything she had ever done or something that had ever happened to actually link her to them… till the time she had shown him her soul. In the moment the girl's soul had changed colour a horrible laughter had echoed in his mind… it had been the same laughter of his nightmares.
What did that laughter had to do with Frisk? Why was it triggered when the girl showed him her soul? Why had it changed colour in the first place? Those questions kept pounding inside Sans' mind, without letting him rest. The skeleton felt frustration washing over him and summoned a big Blaster in front of him. The creatures always managed to help him relax a bit. He absently stretched his hand and patted the huge Blaster's bony snout.
"…it's not that i can just go and ask her…"- He muttered to himself.
"i mean, what would i say? "oh, hello kiddo'! i've been wondering about a very peculiar thingy lately, it's been a while since i've been dreaming that you are an absolute and creepy psycho that goes around murdering people with a knife as you laugh like a maniac, have you got any idea of what that could mean?"
"because when you showed me your soul i heard the same laughter inside my head and i don't get what does that has to do with you. do you go on maniac laughing sprees at night or you practice before a mirror? because i just can't figure it out on my own! can you give me a hand?"
The Blaster before him blinked a few times, thoughtfully-"of course i can't say that! don't tell me that you were actually considering it!"
The creature lowered its skull lightly… it had actually sounded legit for it. Sans let out another sigh and let his outstretched hand drop by his side-"you still don't get what sarcasm is, right?"- He gave the Blaster a slightly amused and resigned look-"well, at least you understand puns, that's more than enough for me"
The Gaster Blaster looked up again, happily recognizing its master's praise.
"sorry for talking to you in that way, i shouldn't have turned on you like that. after all, you've got nothing to do with my bad humor. i can't go around reacting like this…"
The giant skull gently rubbed its snout against his shoulder, letting him know that everything was forgiven. It emitted a low and soft growl. Its master was worrying too much, he needed to calm down.
"ok, ok, i get it. i'll try to chill out"- Sans rubbed his hand on the Blaster's skull. The beast hummed, pleased by his caress. It seemed that Sans looked a bit calmer. Now that had been accomplished the Blaster finally started to look around, taking notice of their surroundings. Its eyes grew wide, noticing the magic flow in every tree, leave, grass. It had been a long time since it had been surrounded by so much magic. The giant skull looked in every direction, feeling on ease and willing to see what else this beautiful place could hold.
"you can go and explore a bit if you want to"- The skeleton allowed. The Blaster looked at him with big eyes and then looked back at the forest before it-"oh, c'mon i know by your expression that you are dying to go, don't try to look delicate, i'll be fine! you just go and enjoy it! you truly deserve it, my friend"
The creature beamed at the skeleton and left, not after fondly nuzzling him one more time. Sans looked as the Blaster vanished trough the bright-coloured trees and purple grass with an affectionate smile. Those creatures did mean a lot to him, they had always accompanied him in difficult times and he had to admit that most of the times he had summoned them he didn't need to fight at all, he only did it so he could hang out with them.
While other monsters would consider them only as weapons he had ended up being friends with them. Each Blaster would have their own personality, likes and dislikes and different ways of thinking and seeing the world. But if they had something in common it was that all of them loved their master and would always do their best to make him feel happy.
Sans slowly tilted his head back and rested it on the tree beneath him. With the sunrays softly bathing him with their warmth and being as sleepy as he was due to the lack of rest, it was a matter of time till he finally fell asleep. It was then when the skeleton heard a scream. He jolted up, abruptly waking up. He looked around trying to make out any unusual sound, but he could hear nothing. Maybe he had been dreaming or…? The skeleton could clearly hear the sound of his Blaster unleashing an attack as he felt his magic slightly draining away. It took him a split second to connect the dots and finally understand what was happening. He couldn't understand how he didn't notice before, there was no doubt who that scream had belonged to.
"frisk…"- The girl's name came out of his mouth in a hoarse and horrified whisper-"Frisk!"
The skeleton immediately got up and rushed into the forest at full speed. He didn't know the direction where her scream had come from, but he needed to find her. He had to find her. Acting by pure instincts he kept running, sprinting between the trees and bushes without a single pause. If the Blaster had accidentally found her in the forest and had related her with the nightmares it would have probably started to attack her. Considering the Blaster's size and power, that was something extremely dangerous. And by the sound he heard…
"no…no, she has to be fine. she has to" –He muttered desperately, pushing himself to keep forward. The skeleton was driven by pure intuition. Although he didn't have any possible way of knowing where the girl was he felt a baffling hunch that let him know where to go… since when had he been able to do that? No, that didn't matter right now.
He kept running with all his might till he finally arrived at a big clearing. Once there he abruptly stopped. Sans helplessly leaned his back on a nearby tree to avoid fainting at what he saw. The trees and grass of that part of the forest where completely scorched, till the point some of them were still sizzling with bluish-white, dancing flames. But that image faded completely into the background before the huge track of destruction that crossed in a straight line an extensive area of the forest and continued as far as the eye could see. The unquestionable result of one of his Gaster Blaster's attacks.
There, right where the line of destruction started laid the tiny figure he had been looking for. And what was happening before his bare eye-sockets was something he could never have even imagined: Frisk was giggling gently, resting her weight on the Blaster's snout and cuddling it heartily with deep endearment as she praised it:
"Who's a good, giant, skeletal dog? Who's the most beautiful floating skull ever? You are! You are! Yes,you aaare!"- The girl kept petting the creature some more before finally noticing Sans' presence- "Sans! I hadn't seen you!"- She said, straightening up- "I supposed you should be somewhere over here, but…Oh my, are you ok?"- Frisk stepped closer to him; worry taking over as she suddenly noticed her friend's expression.
Sans was panting profusely, his face was somehow paler than usual and his constant cheerful smile was now forced and wry. The skeleton's response kept her waiting for a little bit, but he finally managed to answer as he tried to catch his breath:
"i heard…you scream…"
The girl blinked a few times and turned to look at the huge Blaster behind her, then at the devastating trace of destruction before it and then back to Sans, realization finally striking her. The only possible reason that came to her mind that would lead to push Sans to run across the forest at full speed, like she thought he had just done, and leave him out of breath and leaning on a tree with such a gloomy expression was that he had thought that something terrible had happened to her.
And considering that the huge blast the Blaster had shot could have been easily heard from all the corners of the forest, then there was no doubt about which dreadful though had came to the skeleton's mind.
"Oh…oh! No, no, there's no need to worry! Sans, I'm fine! Perfectly fine! See?"- The girl spun around to show him that she did was Ok: "I´m fine, really! Sans, look at me"- She gently held the skeleton by his shoulders, leaving him no option except meeting her eyes-"I´m all right, my HP is intact, not a single HP less!"
Frisk lifted one hand from her friend's shoulder and made her inventory open in front of her. She tapped the options quickly and a black rectangle with bright white letters and edges appeared, showing her stats, equipment and her HP. It indeed was intact, with a 20/20 displayed by its side. Just then Sans finally closed his eye-sockets and let out a relieved sigh, his expression finally relaxing slightly.
"See? Everything´s perfectly fine, there's no need to sweat it"
Sans chuckled lightly and mid-opened his eye-sockets slowly-"how ironic, i never thought that someday i'd be told my own fav phrase"
Frisk giggled- "You should never look from above, even when you are lending a hand to someone, because you'll never know if one day you'll be in a similar situation"
"you are absolutely right"-The skeleton looked slightly up and something at the girl's inventory caught his eye… but he didn't know why. There wasn't anything wrong about it, right? Then…why did he felt this odd sensation...? But before he could think about it more thoroughly Frisk absently made her inventory vanish with a soft jingle.
"How did you find me?"-The girl asked curiously
"uh?"- Sans looked up at her, suddenly coming back to his senses –"well i…"-He made a pause, trying to remember. After a few seconds of thinking about it carefully and not being able to figure it out, he quietly admitted: "i…i dunno'"
Frisk tilted her head lightly-"Hmm…well you found me, that's all what matters!"- She smiled brightly at him.
"and what about you?"- Sans asked, puzzled-"you said you supposed i was near here, why was that?"
"Because of this beauty, of course!"-Frisk gestured at the giant skull behind them and embraced the Blaster's snout, nuzzling it sweetly- "I assumed that if this darling was here his owner must be close by"
"oh…"-The skeleton looked as the girl kept happily petting the creature when he suddenly realized something: "frisk…you had never seen one of my blasters before, right?"
"Mh-mh"-The girl hummed as she shook her head, her eyes still fixed on the giant skull.
"then…how did you know it was mine?"
The girl stiffened, nearly imperceptibly, her shoulders squaring lightly-"Ummm…well, his eye-sockets look a lot like yours! It's like I kind of assumed it" –Sans raised a non-existent eye brow quizzically at her not very convincing tone of voice- "…or maybe it was a sort of hunch, just like yours!"-She said, turning around to look at him with a smile.
The skeleton looked at her now careless and innocent expression and decided to simply let it slide; after all, he had something more important to take care of right now. Sans straightened up, standing at his full height, though that didn't made him much taller it certainly made him look way more intimidating. He stared at the Blaster´s eyes with an icy glance, looking outstandingly severe. The creature immediately recognized its master glance and lowered its head, whining lightly.
"Uh-?"-Frisk looked down at the Blaster.
"I´ve been very clear with you, with all of you. And you know it"-The giant skull whined a little more and recoiled slightly. Sans stepped forward, stone-faced.
"Hey! Hey! There´s no need to be so hard on him!"-Frisk tried to reason with him, stretching one of her tiny hands in front of the skeleton's chest.
"What is one of the few things you can't do when I let you explore by yourself?"-The Blaster looked like a little child that was caught red-handed and it was trying to hide behind Frisk's back. But considering the huge seize of the creature and the tiny frame of the girl… let´s just say that it wasn´t succeeding very much.
"Oh, c'mon Sans! I´m sure that it was an accident! And look! It's obvious that he is sorry about it!"- Frisk gestured at the creature's expression and the Blaster let out little whimper to support her words.
The skeleton gave both of them an icy glare. The Blaster couldn't hold its Master's gaze, but the human held his gaze with determination. But this time the girl´s efforts weren't going to be enough to persuade Sans to desist, and the stern tone of his voice was a proof of that.
"I always tell my Blasters that I will let them do as much as they want as long as they don´t do a certain couple of actions that we had already discussed. I may, sometimes, let some of the less important rules pass by if they occasionally and accidentally break them… but I can´t let it slide if they go against the most important rule of all: They should never even try to blast something, let alone someone, unless I tell them to specifically do so"
The Blaster lowered its gaze even more. Frisk finally understood why the creature looked so abashed and why Sans was so utterly pissed. She could easily put herself into the creature's position. It had clearly disobeyed its owner and now was receiving the pertinent scolding for its actions. With a mother like Toriel she had been in that situation a few times…and she had to admit that she could understand the Blaster's pouty expression.
"I won´t let you go out exploring on your own anymore"- The blaster let out another wail, knowing that if this was the punishment for its actions then it would be very difficult to convince Sans from changing his mind.
"Sans, please! Look at that pouty face!"- Frisk insisted- "I'm sure that this isn't going to happen again!"
"Of course it isn't!"
"Well, but there's no need to be so hard with him! The poor Blaster made a mistake, yes, but it isn't going to happen again and nothing bad actually happened!"
"Nothing bad?! Frisk, c'mon! Didn't you see that huge trail of a blast there? There's magic still flaming on the scorched grass!"
"I know! But nobody got hurt! Isn't that what matters?"
Sans suddenly straightened up, her words finally making him realize something: "Wait a minute..."- He looked back at the marks of destruction before him and then back at Frisk, who was completely unharmed-"...how...how didn't that blast hurt you? wasn't the blaster aiming to you?"
"Uhh...no! I think that he was actually aiming at...err...at..."- Frisk struggled to find an answer.
"Don't try to cover it up kiddo', it was aiming at you, wasn't it?"
"No! I-I think that maybe he saw something or someone in the trees! That's it! And-and that's why they tried to...umm...to kindly ask that someone to show themselves and have a nice chat and to do that it kind of...kind of...blasted in that someone's direction...?"- Sans stared at her and the girl held his gaze the best she could, trying to put on the most convincing expression she could muster. The skeleton dropped his shoulders lightly with a deep sigh and did a face-palm.
"you know that you still are terrible at lying, don't ya?"- He looked at her again to find that her cheeks were puffed and she seemed offended- "gimme' a break kiddo', we both know that was even one of your worst lies, which isn't small issue. i know that your intentions are good, but i do need to hear the truth"
Frisk's pouty expression changed to a defeated one. She knew that she would have to tell Sans the truth sooner or later, but she had had to give it a try. The girl lowered her gaze lightly -"I...yeah, I think it was aiming to me, but it's also true that I gave it a big scare! I would have probably reacted in a similar way if someone had started screaming like I did when I saw the poor creature! I am also to blame!"
"oh, no. don't you take all the blame on you, i won't accept that!"
"Ok, then we are both equally responsible! I shouldn't have sacred him, he shouldn't have attacked me, that's it! But it doesn't really matter! I mean, the blast failed anyways so-"
"frisk, don't try to play this do-"-Sans didn't finish his sentence and blinked in confusion-" wait...what did you just said?"
"Uh? I said that there's no need to worry about what happened anyway, the attack failed and everything is fine!"
The skeleton frowned lightly and muttered, mostly for himself: "it...failed?"
The girl looked at her friend's puzzled expression-"Ye-yeah"- She scratched the back of her head gently -"As soon as I saw the blast coming I dodged it, so it didn't hit me"
If Sans had been surprised before now he was perplexed-"frisk...are you still trying to cover my Blaster's acts or...?
"No! I do am telling the truth right now, I swear!"-The girl assured, not a single trace of doubt in her voice this time- "Is there something wrong?"
"no...it's just...never mind" – The monster waved his hand, trying to dismiss the matter. Frisk looked at him with slight concern, but didn't try asking again.
"...Soo, now that everything has been cleared I guess there's no need to...you know... keep scolding this little baby"- The girl slid her hand softly on the Blaster's snout, protectively. Sans looked up at the girl again to see huge puppy eyes and a pouty mouth, accompanied by huge puppy eye-sockets and a pouty snout and let out a resigned sigh.
"we'll leave this discussion here, yes..."- The couple's faces before him brightened- "... but i still have to talk some things with you"- He said to the Blaster, making the happiness of the creature and Frisk's faces fade away lightly.
"Ooh...sorry buddy, but I'm sure that everything will be fine! You must have the best owner ever, so there's no reason to worry! Don't you think?"- She hugged the creature warmly, giggling at the Blaster's soft purrs that meant that he agreed. The girl was so distracted that she failed to notice Sans' subtle blushing at her words.
"wait a sec..."-Sans suddenly realized "kiddo' weren't you supposed to go to my brother's slumber party today?"
"Of course! Papyrus invited Alphys, Undyne and I to spend all night at your house! We are going to play games, watch series and eat...eat..."-The excitement in the girl's voice faded till it died out.
"frisk?"
"OH MY GOD!"
"what!?"- Sans turned around, but there wasn't anything that could have done the girl scream-"how many times do i have to tell you not to do that?!"- He asked, annoyed.
"But-but-BUT...!"
"what is it?"
"I was the one who had to bring the snacks and the series to watch tonight! And I had totally forgotten about it!"- The girl whined, as she let her back slide lightly at the Blaster's skull side.
"nothing can be done about your forgetfulness, can it?"- The skeleton gently placed his hand on the girl's shoulder, chuckling lightly-"hadn't alphys added an app on your cell phone with an alarm or something like that to help you with that?...don't tell me that you forgot about setting up the alarm..."
"Ooooohh..."
"oohh? oh my, you really did it again?"
"I was going to set it up this time! I swear! But when I was going to do so a tiny puppy appeared! And I started petting it... it was so sweet! It was so fluffy and soft and adorable and-"- The girl's eyes brightened as she kept describing the little ball of fur till Sans interrupted her.
"frisk! you are getting off the topic again!"
"Oh? Oh! I still have to get the things! What time is it?"- The girl looked up at the sky- "Is the sun already there?! When did it get this late?!"
"calm down kiddo, you won't get anywhere by getting worked up about it. try to organize yourself a little bit"
"Yeah, that's right...it's fine... I'll fix this...somehow"- She took some steadying breaths- "What I have to do is get home like, really quick, pick up my pyjamas and other stuff and shove inside my backpack, pick up Flowey-"
"flowey?"- Sans gave the girl a cold glare.
"Don't worry, I'll bring him with me so he can have some fresh air and I'll keep an eye on him all the time, I told mum to pick him up at midnight anyways so that you wouldn't worry that much"- The skeleton grimaced, and seemed to be going to complain, but the girl cut him short- "I've already told both Flowey and Papyrus about this, and I won't let them down. Flowey didn't look very happy but your brother did, everything will be fine, trust me"- Although the skeleton didn't look very happy he stayed silent.
"...so, after picking Flowey up I'll go buy some snacks: I'll get some chips, sandwiches, cookies and-and some chocolate, yes that'll be fine. Then I have to get the movies...I still don't know which ones to pick, but I'll figure it out on my way there, and finally I have to arrive at your house on time! That doesn't sound thaaat complicated"- The girl tried to cheer herself up- "I only have to check the time to see what time is it exactly and so..."- The girl started patting her pockets searching for her phone- "Oh..."
"please, not "oh" again"
"Oh! Where's my cell phone?!"- Frisk kept rummaging in her pockets and clothing but the mobile was nowhere to be seen.
"don't tell me that you forgot that too?"-The girl cupped her head in her hands and nodded with a muffled whine- "you surely are unbelievable"- Sans couldn't hold back his laughter anymore.
"Don't laugh at this! This is serious!"- The girl said, looking up at her amused friend before her- "Now I even have to remember picking up my cell phone when I arrive home! There's no way I'll remember to do everything and do it on time!"- She threw her head back and let out a grumble.
"No! I won't let this defeat me! I'll have to do this! My friends are counting on me to bring food an entertainment! And that's exactly what I'm going to do!"- She stomped with her foot as if she was accepting a new challenge and her gaze got filled with determination- "I'll get there so quick that even I myself will not be able to believe it! And I'll repeat what I have to get in my way so I won't forget anything! That's it!"
The girl started to walk decidedly away, listing aloud "pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, movies, pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, movies, pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, movies"- When she had already walked several meters away from Sans she run into a huge and bright flower- "Oooh! How beautiful!"
"frisk, don't get distracted!"- Sans called her up as he suppressed his laughter, bringing her back to her senses
"Uh? Oh, right! Pyjamas, chips...sandwiches and... chocolate...and..."- The skeleton chuckled as he saw the girl walking away and picked up a huge tree leaf from the floor.
"hey, kid!"-He called, catching up with her-"here, take this"- He handed the leaf to her. Frisk looked at it confused for a few seconds, till she finally realized that Sans had written the list of things she had to do on the leaf using his distinctive light-blue magic.
"Thank you!" The girl held the leaf close against her chest like it was the most precious treasure in all the world- "I won't forget it now!"- She resumed her walk and started reading the list aloud as she waved at Sans- "pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, ketchup, movies, pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, ketchup, movies..."
Sans waved back at her and watched her go. She was nearly out of his sight when she heard her voice finally wondering aloud: "...ketchup?"- The skeleton burst out laughing and he heard Frisk's following laughter mirroring his at the distance. The monster kept laughing some more and he could hear that Frisk was doing the same as she made her way back to the city.
When he couldn't listen to the girl anymore Sans finally turned to look at the Blaster. The creature lowered its skull at its master's gaze, but it suddenly realized that the skeleton's expression was mostly tainted with confusion rather than anger. He took a deep breath and brought a bony hand to his forehead, trying to think.
"ok... we both know that what you did wasn't right, don't we?"- The giant skull nodded, vigorously- "i do not need to tell you that you should never, ever try to do that again, do i?"- The Blaster now shook its head firmly. Sans let out a sigh and placed his hands gently on the creature's snout-"we'll talk about this more thoroughly later, don't think you'll get off with this that easily"- A quiet whine let him know that the Blaster knew that very well.
"what i still can't understand is..."- Sans looked absently around-" ...well that seems to be the only way in which she could have been unharmed, and thank god that happened...but how?"
The blaster nuzzled gently at its owner's hand. Both of them knew what had let him so startled: His Blasters had never failed an attack. The idea seemed absolutely impossible; they were the most accurate creatures he had ever seen and the girl said she had...dodged it? There was only one person that had successfully dodged his Blasters... and he had only met them on his nightmares. Till that day he had done his best to convince himself that the girl of his dreams was awfully similar to Frisk in some ways: with her stripped sweater, her brown hair and tiny figure, but that it wasn't actually her. He tried to think that it had to be someone else... but this was making that task even harder.
"would you show me?"- Before he could even finish saying those words his Blaster had already straightened up and its eyes were glowing. Even at that moment Sans couldn't help to smile at how quick the creature was ready to act in order to help him understand a little better this whole mess- "thank you buddy, let's see if we can untangle some of this mystery together"
The skeleton placed his hands at both sides of the Blaster's skull and leaned his forehead against the creature's- "are you ready?"- A decided growl let Sans know that it was, and he finally closed his eye-sockets. Loads of colours and sounds surrounded him all of a sudden, images flickering before him at an incredible speed. He waited patiently as the sounds started to get quieter and the images more recognizable, till the point they finally formed a complete and coherent scene.
He had been transported to the Blaster's memories and now he was seeing the forest they were into from the Blaster's eyes. He saw himself telling the creature that it could explore the forest on its own for a bit and then how the forest itself unfolded before him as the Blaster happily made his way through the woods. Everything was fine till then, the giant skull wandered around, examining trees and flowers with curiosity, only a few little animals to be seen. The only sounds that surrounded the place where the ones of the birds and the soft rustling of the leaves. It was when the Blaster got closer to a clearing that an unusual sound came to scene. At the distance a soft voice echoed into the woods.
The creature started approaching the source of the sound and, as it got closer, it started to make out some words of what that voice was saying: "What should I do?...If I could only tell someone...I'm sure a second opinion would help me...or maybe I'll end up screwing it up even worse...and what if...?... Nah, that's silly... that's just what I needed!... talking to myself in the middle of the forest...now I do have lost it..."- Judging for the shadow that could be seen between the trees who had been talking seemed to be walking up and down in a clearing right before the Blaster's eyes.
Now that it had gotten so close there was no way it could turn back without having a look at the person who had been babbling so much. The creature slid by the woods cautiously till it finally arrived at the border of the clearing. There, just a few meters away, stood a tiny figure with their shoulders slumped and with their back turned to the Blaster's direction. The creature's eyes were examining the figure carefully till it noticed the sweater it was wearing. It knew that sweater, and instantly recognized where it had seen it before: That figure had to be the one of that person that appeared countless times in Sans' nightmares. Without even thinking about it its eyes flared blue and it let out a fierce growl.
The girl before it turned around, alerted by that threatening sound and as soon as her eyes landed on the Blaster she let out a horrified scream. Frisk started running away with all her might: "Nooooo!"-The giant skull started chasing her, its fierce growls being the evidence that it following her tracks.
"I don't understand!"- She panted, while she zigzagged between the woods- "There has to be a mistake!"- The creature charged in her direction, breaking branches in its way- "You must be mistaking me with someone else!"- The girl cried out, her legs were starting to burn because of the effort- "Please!"-She could only plead as she heard the creature getting closer and closer. Running through the trees was getting more and more complicated.
She was doing her best not to get hit by branches or trip with roots and she had been succeeding till that moment, but she suddenly realized that she could no longer hear the Blaster's growls and she tried to look back while she was entering a clearing. She had expected to see that she had finally managed to lose the creature, but when she turned around she only discovered that the Blaster was just a few metres away. It was probable that it had stayed silent on purpose to get her off-guard, and it actually succeeded. Frisk got so surprised that she tripped with her own feet while she was looking back and felled to the ground in the middle of the clearing.
The human struggled to turn around and she found herself sitting on the grass with the Blaster alarmingly close to her. The girl's face was absolutely pale, and her voice trembled - "Please, I don't know what you are thinking, but you are making a mistake, really! I haven't done anything wrong!"- The giant skull kept getting closer, its growls making her blood run cold.
"This can't be happening, I don't get it..."-She shook her head in disbelief, racking her brain to come up with a possible solution to her situation. The Blaster's eyes started blazing blue, its growls getting even more menacing- "I'm sure Sans won't be happy with this!"- She desperately recoiled, using her legs and arms clumsily to put some distance between her and the beast – "Wait...Sans! Where is he? I'm sure he can tell you that you are committing a mistake! I'm sure he won't be happy if you did this!"- The Blaster stopped its approach at her words as doubt took over it, but continued growling. The girl kept trying to reason with it- "Please, I'm his friend!"- She slowly rose to her feet- "Haven't he talked about me with you...?"
Unluckily for Frisk, that question only managed to trigger flashbacks of the nightmares that had been tormenting its master for so long, making the previous doubts vanish. The blaster opened its mouth and white-light blue light gathered in it forming a huge ball. The girl's soul appeared before her with a jingle and her pupils shrank with horror as the blinding light filled the clearing- "Wait, don't do it!"
What happened next occurred in a flash: The Blaster unleashed its attack aiming directly at the girl and she stared at it, suddenly every trace of fear or confusion in her expression vanished and was suddenly replaced with fierce determination. She threw herself to one side as fast as lighting, what made her soul dodge the attack only by a whisker. The blast continued its way in a straight line, leaving a trace of destruction where there used to be healthy growing trees. Frisk quickly stood up, recovering from the situation and turned to look at what the attack had just caused with astonishment and horror.
"Hey! Just look at what you have done!"- The girl's voice didn't tremble anymore; it was firm and full of anger-"Do you think that is OK?"- Frisk turned to look at the Blaster, and pointed at the huge trail of destroyed trees. The giant skull let out a low growl and approached her with a fierce expression.
"Oh no! Don't you dare mister! Those used to be living creatures, you know?!- The creature recoiled lightly and got silent. Although the human before it was incredibly tiny she did have an imposing presence with her hands on her hips and her demanding tone- "Many animals used to live there too, do you really think you can go around destroying things just because?! I understand that you were aiming for me, but that's no excuse!"
"You always have to weigh the consequences of your actions!"- The blaster lowered its skull lightly, it had not been given a scolding like this from anyone besides its master-"At least you recognize that what you did was wrong, and very dangerous too! What if someone had been passing by? Geez! I don't even want to think about it!"- The girl threw her arms on the air and then let them drop by her sides-"I hope that I least you do understand you shouldn't do that again, right?"
The Blaster looked at where the trees used to be with regret, the human did have a point there. Destroying things just cause wasn't something it could feel proud for, but it was also true that it couldn't just let the girl escape again. Even though it would prefer not to damage the forest anymore, there wasn't any other way. The giant skull straightened up and its eyes started blazing one more time.
"Wh-what? You are not planning to blast me again, a-are you?"- Frisk asked with disbelief, to which the creature answered with an unfriendly growl- "You can't do that! You'll end up destroying all the forest! "- The girl's voice got tainted with desperation- "You may think that you are doing something good, but you are making a mistake! Don't you understand? I just can't let you hit me, and if you keep trying to attack me then there won't be anything left!"
The giant skull knew that she was telling the truth and it would have liked to listen to her, but there was no way it could let someone as dangerous as the person of its master's dreams run away, even if it meant damaging the wildlife of the forest. With its huge eye-sockets fixed on the girl's bright red soul the Blaster started to gather its magic again. The human might have dodged it attack, but she wouldn't be able to do that forever.
"No! Please! "- The girl gave a last desperate glance at the growing forest behind her and then looked back at her soul. She had no other option. Without even thinking twice she did something completely opposite from what the creature could have expected: Instead of running away or stepping to a side she ran directly towards it and placed both of her tiny hands at the sides of its skull: "You have to trust me! You are making a mistake! Please! Stop the attack, its' me! I'm Sans' friend, really!"
The creature's growl only grew louder as the light of its magic bathed the tiny figure before it. "Please, look at me! Look at me!"- The girl stared intently at the Blaster's blazing eyes-"You can't do this, you cannot! You are making a mistake!"- The giant skull fixed its eye-sockets on the girl's now slightly teary eyes and saw its own eyes reflected on hers. It suddenly became extremely aware of the girl's soft hands resting at its sides and the deep warmth of her gaze. Memories about the happy moments she had lived with Sans came flashing before the Blaster's eye-sockets.
The attack was almost ready, the intensity of its brightness making it nearly impossible to distinguish the human's face anymore, which only left her bright red soul shining in the middle of the light-blue blinding light.
"Please..."- A silent tear rolled down the girl's cheek and landed on the creature's snout. At that instant the Blaster finally reacted and closed its mouth as quickly as it could, trying to hold back the magic of the attack. Frisk held the creature with all her might, in an attempt to lend it strength to stop the attack on time. A few tense seconds passed till the light of the attack started dying out and it finally disappeared.
The tiny human let out a relieved sigh and let herself slide on the Blaster's snout till she dropped on the grass, where she lied breathing heavily. The giant skull approached the girl shyly, gently brushing it's nuzzle against her hand with concern.
"Oh?"- The girl tilted her head to look at the creature- "Don't...worry- I'm-fi-fine"- She panted- "I ju-just though th-that...I w-was going to d-die, that's all"- She gave the Blaster tired smile- "Ju-just...gimme' a sec"
The creature waited patiently till the girl managed to catch her breath and she finally seemed to recover from the shock. Frisk still lied sprawled on the grass when she raised her hand to pet the skull's snout.
"You surely gave me a good scare, didn't you?"- The girl said, laughing gently. The creature noticed that the girl didn't look angry as it had expected to, she simply looked relieved that the bad situation had ended, and the Blaster had to admit that it felt the same way. It gently nuzzled her hand, trying to apologise.
"Well, I guess that I must have scared you too, or you wouldn't have reacted in that way, which means that we are even"- She sat down on the grass and gave the Blaster a warm smile. The creature let out a soft puff to show its agreement- "Hey, now that I can give you a closer look you don't seem so menacing! Mhh...It's also true that your eyes aren't blazing now, nor are you growling or charging attacks so that might change the perspective... but either way! You look very cute!"- She said, petting the creature happily what made the Blaster start to purr- "OH MY GOD! Are you purring?!"- The girl leaned her ear on the creature's skull to check it out- "I'm dying of love! You are the most adorable creature ever!"
The girl giggled and hugged the Blaster with endearment as it kept purring. The giant skull slowly floated up, helping Frisk to rise to her feet.
"Wait, now talking seriously..."- The girl straightened up lightly to have a better look at the Blaster's eye-sockets- "You have to promise that you are not going to do something so dangerous again, even if it is for the best motives. Someone could have gotten seriously injured!"- The creature lowered its head and nodded, looking at Frisk with huge puppy eyes- "Oh no! Not the puppy eyes! I don't like scolding you either, but you know I'm right!"
The Blaster let out a quiet and apologetic whine and the girl couldn't bare it anymore: She hugged it tightly- "It's fine, it's fine, you got it, that's all what matters! Don't cry my little baby!"- She said as she stroked its skull with endearment.
"You know? Now that I think about it I had always said that there was nothing better than puppies and skeletons, and now...look at you!"- She smiled brightly- "You are like a huge skeletal puppy! Which means you are the most cute and cuddly creature ever!"- The human giggled softly at the Blaster's following purrs and kept prising it till Sans finally arrived at the scene.
As he had actually lived the situation that followed there was no need to keep watching the Blaster's memories and Sans gently moved his forehead away from the creature's. The skeleton blinked a few times to readjust to his own vision, seeing the forest surrounding them.
Instead of helping him understand what was going on, his Blaster's memories only helped to make him more confused. It was obvious that the creature started attacking Frisk because it had thought she was the one who appeared in Sans' dreams, but why had it changed its mind when the girl talked to it? He turned to look at his Blaster with that question in mind, but the creature shook its head lightly.
"even you are not sure why?"- Sans asked, puzzled. His Blaster let out an apologetic purr- "never mind buddy, maybe you somehow realized that wasn't the right thing to do and you simply desisted. you've already helped me very much, you deserve to have some rest"
The giant skull purred, feeling grateful for having helped its master in any way. It nuzzled gently against Sans chest before finally straightening up, getting ready to receive the skeleton's order to finally take a rest. The monster's smile widened slightly as he petted the creature some more and then snapped his left hand fingers, making the Blaster vanish instantly.
Sans slid his hands into his pockets, trying to piece things up together. He looked up at the sky and tried to calculate the time. He was getting nowhere with this and was only managing to get a headache, furthermore if he didn't hurry he wouldn't get to where he intended to go on time. The skeleton let out a defeated sigh, promising to resume thinking about all what happened later and took one of his shortcuts.
The room was exactly as he remembered it, with all the colourful drawings and bookshelves on the walls and as messy as always. There was a little wardrobe against a wall and a bed right under the window of the opposite wall. At a corner of the room, close to the heading of the bed, laid a desk. There was only one thing that hadn't been there before: the flowerpot that rested on that said desk. On that flowerpot rested a flower with golden pellets, it had its head slightly tilted to one side and its petals mildly closed as it were sleeping.
Alerted by the light-blue light of Sans magic when he appeared in the room, the flower woke up and straightened up. Even if the lights of the room weren't turned on the half-opened window let enough light get into the room for Flowey to distinguish who had just arrived.
"Well, well, well, and I'm supposed to be the one bad-mannered here. I didn't know you had that kind of habits..."- The flower tilted its head to one side and gave Sans a mischievous look- "Sneaking into girl's bedrooms like that is something too low, even for someone like you"
"is that some kind of compliment?"- Sans approached the flower, letting the sunlight illuminate his features- "i knew the kid wasn't home, i wouldn't have done this if i didn't"
"You knew she wasn't home and you decided to come in either way? I really don't know which is worse!"
"don't play dumb with me, you know that if i'm here is because i need to have a word with you"
"With me? Howdy, I really feel flattered right now"- Flowey put on his most innocent smile- "May I know what you'd wish to talk about?"
"you know perfectly well what it is"- Sans stood by the desk and placed a hand by the side of Flowey's pot, his pupils vanishing-" frisk told me she is bringing you to my house tonight, don't you dare to do something or you'll regret it"
"Golly, we sure are getting to the brass tracks today! You never were of the ones who beat around the bush, huh?"- The flower gave Sans a twisted grin- "That's something we've got in common"
"listen up, flower. we both know that if it were for me you'll still be down at the underground. and i won't think about if twice if i have to leave you there again. i don't even think there's a reason good enough to let you stay here"
"And then why did you agree?"- Flowey's grin got even more wicked "Maybe when she took you to the ruins Frisk did something special to convince you?"- After saying those words it cracked out laughing.
Sans stared at the flower with an overwhelming desire to punch it, and right when he was going to do so he noticed a pink sprayer lying on the desk with a happy face, a monocle and a moustache drawn in it with marker. A little note hung from it and the words: "Mister Sprayer" written with Frisk's distinct handwriting could be easily read. Without giving it a second thought the skeleton grabbed "Mister Sprayer" and sprayed Flowey with it.
The poor creature didn't see that coming and as it had been laughing the water got into his mouth and it started coughing. Looking from the pink sprayer with the friendly moustache to the now coughing flower before him Sans couldn't hold back a grin. He felt grateful he had decided not to punch it, this was a hundred times better.
"How the hell-cough cough- did you know -cough- about the fucking sprayer?! That brat told me-cough- she wouldn't tell anybody!"- Flowey sputtered, rabid.
"oh, she didn't tell me anything. i just saw it there and figured it out"- He shook Mister sprayer gently on his hand while the flower looked daggers at him- "what i was telling you was something you should perfectly know by now"
"And then why bothering me with it if I already know it?"-The flower grunted without making any efforts to hide his anger, water dripping from his pellets.
"i only wanted to make sure"- The skeleton leaned closer to the flower, staring intently into its eyes- "frisk may be someone really kind and patient, she is probably willing to be as kind as she can muster with you, but that doesn't apply to me. you know that if you decided to do something stupid i wouldn't doubt blasting the hell out of you. so you'll better behave and don't make me have to get to the root of the problem, understood?"
Flowey's expression shrank with disgust at the pun- "I'd prefer to get sprayed with Mister Sprayer than hearing to your stupid jokes"
"fine"- Sans resolutely sprayed the flower on the face again.
"Aaaagh! You have no idea of how fucking much I hate you!"-The flower shouted angrily, soaking wet.
"that's something we've got in common"- Sans commented with a grin- "you still haven't answered my question"-He rested the hand in which he held Mister Sprayer against his chin and stared down at the flower.
"Yeah, I frigging understood!"
"you know, that's a bit of a pity, cause if you didn't..."- Sans left the sprayer on the desk where he had found it with a last amused grin and walked away till he reached the window, where he turned his back to the flower- "...i' would have been able to have an excuse to spray you some more"- He heard Flowey's furious scream getting left behind as his magic surrounded him while he took another shortcut. Even though he tried, he couldn't stop smiling.
"Pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, movies, ketchup, cell phone, pyjamas, backpack, Flowey, chips, sandwiches, cookies, chocolate, movies, ketchup, cell phone. Got it"- Frisk was now running down the streets of New Snowdin, doing her best to arrive home as fast as she could. When she finally got there she opened the door and rushed upstairs. She knew that Toriel wouldn't be home, so she didn't bother to look for her.
The girl opened the door of her bedroom with a yank and started gathering the things of her list: "Pyjamas...pyjamas where did I put them?"- The girl started rummaging inside her wardrobe- "There they are! Now the backpack! I think I left it somewhere here"- She crawled under her desk, trying to find her loyal blue backpack- "Hey Flowey, how's been your day doing?"- She asked from the floor-"I know I should have got here earlier! But I totally lost track of time! We still have to get all the snacks and the movies for today so we'll have to hurry if we want to get to Papyrus' house on time! I hope you don't..."- The girl rose to her feet with her backpack hanging from her shoulder and finally looked at Flowey- "Hey... you are soaked wet!"
"Oh really? I haven't noticed!"- The flower's voice was full of sarcasm, which was an indicator of how pissed he was, but Frisk hadn't time for that now.
"Well, let me tell you that you are!"- She picked up a towel from the floor and shoved it to the flower- "We don't have time, c'mon wipe yourself up!"
"That's all what you are going to say?!"- The flower stuck his head from under the towel to look at her angrily.
"I'm sorry Flowey! But I need to find my cell phone and we have to go! Now!"
The monster let out an annoyed sigh, but started wiping the water out of his pellets the best he could. "Uhh...I don't know where it is! Flowey, haven't you seen my cell- "
"No"
Frisk jolted up to look at the flower- "You didn't even let me finish the question"
"Oh...really? I thought you had finished"- Flowey avoided the girl's gaze. He suddenly seemed to be too busy getting dried.
"Flowey"- The girl approached her friend with a severe look- "Where's my cell phone?"
"Why should I know?!"
"Because just by looking at you I know that you've done something bad! Do you think that I don't already know that expression?"
"Which expression?! This is the only face I have!"
"Flowey, please! I already know you have done something! It's no use in trying to hide it! Let's just finish with this quick! Where's my cell phone?"- The Flower stirred uncomfortably- "Flowey"
"Aaagh! It just kept ringing and ringing and it wouldn't shut up! I only wanted to sleep! And that stupid thing wouldn't let me! I thought that if I left it ringing for a while it would stop... but it frigging didn't! It was then when I tried answering, if whoever was calling knew that you had forgotten your stupid cell-phone they must stop pestering around! I didn't actually know how the hell I was supposed to answer, but I touched everything with my vines till it finally worked. It was then when that stupid skeleton's voice started coming off of the mobile"
"I thought that when I told him that you weren't home he would simply hang up, but he didn't! He kept talking and talking, no matter what I said he wouldn't shut up! I tried to hang up the stupid call myself, but it didn't work, and I had no option than listening to that goofy monster's babbling about how great he was, how beautiful friendship could be and I don't know what other bullshit! It was then when I tried turning the phone off, but I didn't understand a shit and didn't know how to do so! I had already lost my nerve so I found my own way of turning it off!"
"...your own way?"- Frisk stepped closer to him, getting pale.
"Yeah..."
"What did you do?"- The girl asked with a demanding tone.
"Well... I might have...thrown a little...friendliness pellet to it..."
"Flowey!"- The girl rushed to the desk to find her precious cell phone cut in half.
"I managed to turn it off!"
"That's not how you turn of a cell-phone! You slid it in half! It won't turn on back again like this!"
"And how was I supposed to know?! I am a frigging flower! I don't even have arms! Why in the world would I need to know how those stupid devices work!?"
Frisk held both pieces of her mobile in her hand and let out an anguished whine- "Maybe Alphys can fix it...somehow"- The girl closed her eyes, keeping her hopes high on the scientist's talents. She took a deep breath and tucked her now two-pieced cell phone inside her backpack- "...well, that was all we had to pick up from here, let's go!"
"Didn't you want me to wipe myself?!"- The girl turned to look at the still wet flower.
"Let me help you!"
"No! I don't want your-"But before Flowey could finish talking the human had already grabbed the towel and was quickly dying him.
"That's it!"- Frisk left the towel on the desk and picked Flowey's flowerpot-"We have to get to the store and then rent some series or something; we don't have time to lose!"- Without leaving the monster time to complain the tiny human rushed downstairs and locked the front door. As soon as she arrived at the street she started running again.
"Have you gone insane?!"- The flower screamed while they went down the streets at full speed.
"Just enjoy the ride and stop complaining!"-The girl laughed.
They arrived at a supermarket in no time and Frisk approached the nearest salesman- "Excuse me! I need a shopping cart!"
"Good afternoon"-The monster said politely- "Here, I'll bring you one"
"Wait! Could it be one with those seats for little children?"
"Sure!"- The salesman gave Flowey a tender smile and walked away.
"...you are not pretending to-?"
"Thank you!"- Frisk accepted the shopping cart the salesman offered her with a huge smile and placed Flowey on the little seat.
"How much are you planning to humiliate me, human?! You say you only want to be kind with me, but I bet you only do it because you enjoy making me suffer with things like these! Get me out of this ridiculous chair!"-Flowey wiggled in his flowerpot furiously.
"I don't do this to humiliate you! But I can't pick many things up if I carry you in my arms! Furthermore, you did actually ask for this! I tried leaving you with the salesman the last time, don't you remember?"
The flower stopped wiggling- "Uhh...no?"
"Of course you remember! You scared the poor man so much that he started crying! This is what you deserve for doing something like that!"-The monster frowned, unhappily, but stayed silent.
Frisk quickly walked around the supermarket shelves picking up the snacks and reading her list aloud: "chips: ready, sandwiches: ready, cookies: ready...chocolate"- She stood before the shelf where the chocolates used to be to discover that there was only one bar left at the top shelf- "Oh, please! You have to be joking!"- She stretched her hand as much as she could but it was still too high for her to reach- "Hey, Flowey! Would you mind reaching that chocolate bar for me?"
The flower looked up at her: "...chocolate?"
"Yes! The one over there, it's too far away for me to reach it, can you help me?"- Flowey gave the girl an odd expression and nodded slowly. Frisk picked him up and lifted him as high as she could. The monster looked at the chocolate bar for a few seconds before finally stretching out one of its vines to pick it up. Frisk took the candy and placed it inside the shopping cart. The lack of resistance when she asked for the favour seemed fairly odd, but she thanked him anyways –"Thank you!"- Frisk said with a smile as she left the Flower back on his set.
"You're welcome"
This time the girl turned her head to look at her friend with disbelief. It had certainly been him the one who had just talked, that was a must, but that wasn't something she had ever heard him say before. But Flowey hadn't noticed that the girl was now staring at him, he was facing straightforward, lost in his own thoughts.
The human felt that he needed some space, so she finished her shopping in silence, thanked the salesman again for his kindness and left the supermarket. They stayed without talking all the way till they got to rent the movies and all the way back, but the girl kept the monster's pot very close to her chest. Frisk looked down at the Flower, slightly concerned. He was not the kind who would simply stay silent on a walk, he always liked arguing and even shouting things at the people who passed by, which caused many arguments between them. But now he hadn't said a single word in a long time. When they finally arrived at Papyrus house the girl cleaned her feet at the entrance and raised her friend's pot to look at him.
"Let's have some fun. I'm counting on you not to be up with your old tricks, OK?"
Flowey blinked a few times before finally fixing his gaze on hers and giving her a malicious grin- "Good luck with that"
Frisk frowned lightly, but she had to admit that she felt kind of relieved to see that her friend seemed to be back to normal. She knocked on the door and the response was nearly immediate: "WHO'S THERE?"
"Don't you dare"- Flowey muttered through clenched teeth
The girl held back her laughter and decided not to pick on the flower today- "Frisk!"-She shook Flowey's pot lightly till he finally answered too.
"...and Flowey"- The excitement of his voice was palpable...(yeah, it actually wasn't)
"WOWIE! YOU'VE FINALLY ARRIVED!"- Papyrus greeted them with a huge smile and let them in with exaggerated gestures- "I WAS STARTING TO GET WORRIED YOU WOULDN'T ARRIVE, BUT THEN I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ASUMED YOU WERE ARRIVING LATE. UNDYNE AND APHYS ARE ALREADY HERE"
"Hello there, punk!"
"He-hello" – The couple greeted from the sofa.
"Hello everybody! Sorry we are late! I forgot to set up the alarm and then I forgot my cell phone, and then I forgot that I had to buy the snacks and get the movies! So we did all of that in a rush and here we are!"- The girl left the bags with groceries on the floor and carefully placed Flowey on one arm of the couch.
"Yeah, we imagined something like that would happen that's why we had been phoning you!"
"..About that...Flowey was trying to sleep and it didn't stop ringing and he didn't know how to turn it off so..."-Frisk pulled out her slid-in-half mobile from her pocket-"... he sort of created his own way of doing so"- The girl gave Flowey a scolding glance.
"Well... it looks turned off to me"
"Undyne!"
"See? That's what I told her!"- Flowey pointed out- "But she went all "nooooes that's not how you turn off a cell phone! How was I supposed to know?!"
"Oh, I totally understand you, punk! These stupid phones of today, they are too complicated! Alphys always ends up having to repair them for me because I end up losing my temper and shoving spears at it!"
The royal scientist softly took Frisk's cell phone and pulled up her glasses to give it a closer look- "I-I think I can f-fix it. Wow... even th-though the metal is made of is really strong y-you managed a c-clean cut"
"I'm good at breaking things"- Flowey smiled proudly.
"I don't really think that's something to be proud of"- Frisk said making a face.
"Of course it's something to be proud of!"- Undyne claimed, tilting her head back and laughing- "One thing is breaking things, and other totally different is being good at doing so!"
"Ok...I'm not quite sure who is the bad influence here"
"Of course I am!"- Flowey and Undyne stated at unison. They then turned to look at each other in disbelief.
"I am the bad influence here! I always have been!"- Undyne stood up angrily.
"Yeah, but I have done terrible things and people get worried when I am around! I am a worse influence than you are!"
"That might be true, but I bet you can't suplex boulders like I do!"
"You can't look creepier than I do!"- The flower said, putting on his most wicked expression.
"You can't throw spears with so much style as I do!"
"My laughter is way better than yours!"- Flowey cracked up laughing.
"So that's how things are going to be?! I'll make you take back what you just said or I'm not the leader of the Royal Guard!" – Undyne threw her head back and roared with laughter too.
"I w-wouldn't have expected t-they'll get on so well"- Alphys commented to Frisk. The girl turned to look at her and they held gazes for a while before bursting laughing. Papyrus looked around, slightly confused, but as everybody was laughing he simply decided to join them.
"I'll get these to the kitchen"-Frisk held some of bags with groceries, still giggling slightly- "Would you like to help me Papyrus?"
"OF COURSE, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL HELP YOU WITH SUCH A DIFFICULT TASK!"- The skeleton picked up the remaining bags and ran with them heroically to the kitchen. Frisk smiled warmly and followed her friend, leaving Flowey's and Undyne's loud battle of laughter behind.
"Do you have some bowls and plates to put the snacks in?"- The girl emptied the bags on the table as the skeleton did the same.
"SURE!"
The human grabbed the chips and opened the bag- "Fine, if you tell me where they are I can place the snacks on them and take to the living room while you place the other stuff in the fridge and you can start unpacking the movies, they are on the yellow bag that I left next to the couch, what do you think?"
"HMM...YOU KNOW I DON'T USUALLY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS WITH YOUR TASK DIVISIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS REALLY COOL AND STUFF, BUT... I THINK IN THIS OCASSION WE SHOULD BETTER MAKE AN EXCHANGE OF CHOIRS"
"Huh? It's OK if you wish, but why?"- Papyrus scratched the back of his head uncomfortably- "What is it? C'mon Paps, you know you can tell me! I won't get angry or anything!"
"WELL...I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK YOU CAN…REACH WHERE THE BOWLS AND PLATES ARE..."- He stared cautiously at the girl. The tiny human held his gaze for a little while before finally understanding what he had meant and crossed her arms, puffing her cheeks. –"YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T GET ANGRY!"- The skeleton complained at the girl's expression.
"How can you be so sure that I won't reach them?"- Frisk placed her arms on her hips, with defiant eyes- "Maybe I surprise you! Why not?"
The monster looked at the challenging little human before him and let out a sigh. He walked towards one of the highest cupboards on the kitchen wall and opened it. Frisk looked up at the colourful plates and bowls that rested in it, at the height of Papyrus head.
"That's not fair"- She mumbled.
Papyrus looked at the frowning human and smiled, placing a hand on her shoulder- "IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, SANS DOESN'T REACH THIS CUPBOARD EITHER AND HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY AFFECTED BY IT. ALSO, SHORTER PEOPLE ARE MORE HUGGABLE!"-The skeleton picked her up and hugged her tightly in a way of confirming his statement. The girl giggled at his words and hugged him back.
"At least I'm not the only one"- She smiled with defeat at Papyrus- "I guess I'll get putting the things in the fridge then"
"THAT'S VERY GOOD HUMAN! BEING SHORT ISN'T SOMETHING BAD AT ALL! YOU MAY NOT REACH SOME HIGH PLACES, BUT IT HAS LOTS OF ADVANTAGES TOO!"
The slim skeleton made his way to the living room with bowls and plates full of chips, sandwiches and cookies while Frisk arranged the remaining groceries in the fridge and went to pick up the bag with the movies. When she got back to where Alphys, Undyne and Flowey were, the last mentioned were out of breath, still chuckling weakly.
"Are they still going on with that?"- The girl asked, slightly concerned, as she sat down by the yellow bag.
"Y-yes, I told them to stop but they d-didn't want to listen"- Aphys explained- "I think they'll continue till one of them is out of breath"
"...Ok"- The tiny human started unpacking the movies- "Here are the movies, we can start deciding which series we can watch tonight"
"Let's watch anime!"- The scientist exclaimed, full of excitement.
"Yeah, I think the movies I brought are mostly anime, they have the episode list in the menu"
Alphys' expression lit up and she rushed to Frisk's side on the floor. Undyne's and Flowey's laughter finally died out and they were left panting, trying to catch their breath. They exchanged defiant glances before mentally reassuring themselves "My laughter is better" and the weird fight was over. The exhausted couple recovered for a while longer before joining the other two on the most difficult task of the night: deciding what to watch. With everybody sitting on the floor, Papyrus included and Flowey in his pot, they started rummaging through the huge pile of movies scattered before them.
"Wow, these certainly are lots of movies"- Undyne smiled widely, her eyes sparkling.
"Y-you might have spent a lot of m-money renting them, t-tell us how much it was and we can d-divide"- Aphys said, examining the cover of one of them.
"I don't think she spent that much, Alph"- Undyne nudged the scientist with her elbow and gave Frisk a mischievous grin-"I'm sure our girl used some or her charm on that guy at the movie shop..."
"Th-that's not true!"-Frisk stammered, her face burning red-"I didn't do anything! Flowey was with m-me, he saw that I didn't!"
"Oh, did I?"- The flower tilted his back to one side, smiling naughtily.
"Flowy!"- The girl turned to look at him with disbelief.
"FUHUHUHUHUH!"- Undyne burst laughing and patted Frisk's back so hard that she left her out of breath- "We know that you don't do that kind of stuff, punk! I was just teasing you! But we do also know that poor guy is mad about you! I bet he was the one who gave you all this precious movie material"
"I*cough*don't think he's mad*cough* about me!"- The girl managed to say, catching her breath.
"Soo...wasn't it him who gave you all the movies?"- Aphys asked, leaning closer to her with an amused grin.
"Well...yeah, it was him..."
Undyne and Alphys roared with laughter- "See? We are experts with these romantic things! It is obvious that boy likes you! He is more or less your age too. Our girl is all a heartbreaker!"- They hugged each other, wiping away tears of pride.
"D-don't say that!"
"C'mon F-Frisk, tell us what happened!"
The tiny human looked at both of her friend's fully excited expressions and knew they were not going to accept a "no". She let out a sigh- "But it wasn't anything speci-"- Undyne and Alphys cheered, full of enthusiasm, encouraging her to tell it anyways- "OK, ok! I'll tell, I'll tell!"- Frisk took a deep breath- "Flowey and I were already arriving late so we rushed to the movie shop and when we got there we found out that it was closing and-"
"-and then she used her charms to get that boy to open the shop for us"
"Flowey, that's not true!"
"So what happened? You got the movies anyway, right?"-Undyne inquired, smiling knowingly at the girl.
"Well...I-I... I didn't use any charms! I only asked him politely if he could open the shop for a little while longer so we could get the movies!"
"...and he agreed"- Aplhys and Undyne kept smiling mischievously at her.
"Yes, he did!"- Frisk placed her hands on her hips and look defiantly at them. Her friends made their best to hide their smiles, knowing by the girl's actual expression that they shouldn't pick her much more or she'd stop talking.
"He told me that there wouldn´t be any problems if he let us in. As I was holding Flowey in one hand and the groceries in the other, I wasn't able to search through the movies properly, and I didn't have the time either. So I asked him if he could simply give me the best anime he had, to which he obviously answered: "We both know there isn't a bestanime"- Undyne and Alphys nodded approvingly-.
"Then I asked him if he could give me the best animes, and when he finally came back his arms were filled with all of these. I told him that they were too many of them and that I didn't have the money to rent them, but he said that if I brought them for tomorrow morning then there wasn't any problem and I could pay them as a single one..."
"A SINGLE ONE?"- Undyne looked back at the pile of movies- "YOU DO ARE LUCKY KID!"
"I suppose so, but I left some extra money on the counter before I left when he wasn't looking. I insisted that I didn't want to get him in any trouble, but he said that it was fine, put them all in a bag and now here they are"
"Long story short, we've got free movies, can we pick a series now?"- Flowey asked, slightly annoyed by Undyne and Alphys cheesy expressions.
"I AGREE WITH MY BELOVED FRIEND FLOWEY, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'LL BE WATCHING TONIGHT!"
The flower looked daggers at him, but only managed to make Papyrus smile more brightly at him. The friends continued looking through the movies till Alphys pulled out one with a screech:
"OH MY! It's the newest movie of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie! Iheardthatinthismovieshegetstomeetaverystrongboyandtheyfallinlovebutshedoesn'twanttoadmitwhatshefeelsand-"-Undyne clasped her hand on the scientist mouth, muffling her hurried speech.
"Alphys, we promised to keep these meetings spoiler free!"-The dinosaur did her best trying to stop her rushed mumbling till she finally managed to get silent.
"Gomen ne"- She apologized, still having Undyne's hand against her mouth.
"Don't worry, Alphys! We know that you can't help it"- Frisk smiled warmly at her and picked up a random movie and read out loud-" Ansatsu Kyoshitsu, or Assassination Classroom, this one looks pretty interesting. I like the colours, especially the one of this huge octopus over here"- She smiled at the broadly smiling yellow octopus on the cover.
"That's a really good one!"-Undyne commented, finally releasing Alphys- "It has great messages about friendship and all that stuff...and many weapons too!"- She pointed at the other characters that appeared on the cover- "These kids have to kill their teacher, this octopus, during their school year because if they don't he'll end up destroying the Earth! But then they find out that he is one of the best teachers they have ever had! And the plot begins! It has tons of humour too!"
"That certainly is a must-watch!"- Alphys added, measuring her words with extreme caution. Listening to her friend's advices Frisk put it aside, where the planned to watch anime of that night were going to be placed.
"WOWIE! LOOK AT THIS ONE! IT HAS A HUMAN GIRL WITH A PRETTY RED EYE ON IT!"- Papyrus handed the box to Frisk- "WHAT DO YOU THINK HUMAN, WHY DON'T WE START WATCHING THIS ONE TOO?"
The girl took the movie from her friend's huge gloved hands and read out loud: "Another"
"HELL NO"-Undyne snatched the movie from the girl's hands.
"Why not?"
"Way too much blood for some softies like you"
"Blood? Great! I want to watch it!"- Flowey exclaimed, suddenly filled with excitement.
"I said HELL NO, end of the discussion"- Undyne stated firmly. The flower grimaced, but the fish woman's expression didn´t let any complaints to take place.
"What about this one? It's called Kobato and it has a picture of a cute girl with a blue plushie"- Aplhys commented- "Oh, it was animated by Madhouse studios! I love their animations!"
"I loved that series! It is very beautiful, with lots of meaningful moments and its story is very touching! I kept crying all the time, some times because some bad things happened, others due to happiness... but I'm not a very good reference with that, I cry with almost everything"-Frisk admitted with an honest smile, as she scratched the back of her head.
"To the planned to watch pile it goes!"- The scientist sang as she placed it with the other.
Flowey reached out to pick one movie with his vines: "What about this one? It has this huge wall over here and these guys with white, tight clothing... what a weird look. Hey look! There's this big dude peeking over the wall like a pervert..."
"Is that Attack on Titan?"- Undyne said, jolting up.
"Yeah, why do you-"
"Nope"
"HEY!"- The flower complained when Frisk stole the box from his vines- "What is it now? Too much blood again? You are leaving out all the interesting ones!"
"Do you want Sans to kill us?"- Undyne stared down at the flower- "It doesn't only have blood, but it is a huge rollercoaster of emotions! It's way too rough! We won't make Papyrus watch this! He's way too adorable and innocent! He'll end up scarred for life!"- Flowey rolled his eyes and growled in frustration.
"Wow! Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood! I remember watching this one! It has such an amazing plot! It may have some strong scenes, but maybe if we skip up the first episode and simply explain it to Papyrus and then skip some of the rougher scenes..."- Frisk looked up, thoughtfully- "It's been a while since I watched it, did it have many rough scenes?"
"Kid, don't tell me you don't remember!"- Undyne stared at her, surprised.
"No, was it really that b-?"
"Chimera"
"Oh...oh!"- Frisk's expression suddenly got gloomy and she slowly placed the movie down.
"Undyne! You didn't have to deliver such a low blow!"- Aplhys scolded her.
"But she was asking!"- The royal's guard leader defended herself.
"HUMAN, ARE YOU OK?"- The tall skeleton looked concerned at the girl- "YOU GOT ALL SAD LOOKING! DO YOU WISH TO BE GIVEN A GREAT, COMFORTING HUG, FROM THE GREAT PAPYRUS?"- The tiny human nodded silently and stretched her arms in his direction.
Papyrus picked her up and hugged her warmly. The girl hugged him back, tightly- "EVERYTHING IS FINE, LITTLE HUMAN. I'M HERE TO PROTECT YOU"-The skeleton comforted her, patting her back with affection.
"Oh, c'mon it mustn't be that bad!"- Flowey complained.
"You don't know what you are saying"- Undyne answered with a low voice. The flower stared at the now serious expressions of the other two with disbelief. He certainly did not know what he was saying.
Getting tired of the gloomy silence Flowey picked up another movie: "Mirai Nikki, what about this one?"
"That's it, you're not choosing more movies"- Undyne stated and placed his pot on the arm of the couch again.
"Why not?!"- I was just picking random series like the rest of you!"
"Yes, but you are terrible at making random choices!"- The fish woman complained- "So terrible that it is even surprising you didn't know what you were picking! If you end up watching them one day you'll understand that I'm not exaggerating!"- Flowey was about to start arguing when Frisk interrupted him.
"Hey! Isn't that one Death Note?"- She said pointing to the move next to Papyru's feet.
"That one goes directly to the plan to watch pile! It has such amazing plot twists! You'll see, surprisinglyattheenditturnsoutthat-"- Undyne muffled her with her hand at the speed of lightning.
"Geez, that was a close one!" - The red-haired monster exclaimed with a sigh.
"Why don't we add Hataraku Maou Sama too?"-Alphys proposed as soon as she was released from Undyne's grip- "It's a comedy in which the king of the Demons ends up working in a Mc's Ronald"- Frisk burst laughing at that description.
"It's bizarre enough for me"- She said cheerfully.
"I think those are enough series for one night! We might watch a couple of episodes of each and then continue the next time we meet"- Undyne said, looking proudly at the pile they had gathered- "OH, THIS NIGHT WILL BE SO FANTASTIC!"
"Yes! I'm really ex-excited about it too!"- The scientist agreed.
"WHY DON'T WE START ARRANGING THE MATTRESSES HERE? THEN WE CAN LIE AROUND, PUT OUR PYJAMAS ON AND START EATING THE SNACKS!"
The friends then proceeded to lay the mattresses in which they'll sleep that night on the floor of the living room and placed the bed-sheets and blankets around. Let's consider that everyone did so in their own way, which involved Undyne using rough force and spears; Alphys stammering around and struggling to unfold her cubic bed; Papyrus heroically bringing his night-story of PEEK-A-BOO With Fluffy Bunny and adjusting the couch so he could sleep on it; and Frisk doing her best to move mattresses that were way too big for her, but doing so with determination.
When they had finally finished their preparations they put on their pyjamas and sprawled on the mattresses, bringing the snacks with them and starting to eat and chat animatedly. Papyrus was laying on the couch wearing a bright-orange loose t-shirt with the words "Sleeping time" written on it. He had his head slightly dangling from the edge of the couch and was looking at his other friends on the floor. There, Undyne and Alphys were lying on their backs side by side. The red-haired monster had a black, short-sleeved pyjama with red little fish on it and Alphys had a pink one with a full coloured pattern of her favourite show, Mew Mew Kissy Cutie.
Frisk was sitting on the mattress before them with a simple light-blue dress that reached her knees, its only details being a little ribbon in the middle of its neckline and a pattern of Annoying dogs bordering its hem. After some struggling and hard teamwork they managed to attach a tiny sleeping hat with a fluffy pompon in the end to Flowey's head.
"Why the hell do I need to wear this ridiculous thing?! I'm not even going to sleep here!"
"You are not officially participating in a pyjama party if you don't wear a pyjama, daah"- Undyne stated as it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"And who told you that I frigging wanted to participate in your stupid party!?"
"WE ALL KNOW YOU WANT TO, BUT YOUR PRIDE DOESN'T LET YOU SAY IT OUTLOUD"- Papyrus pointed out. The flower looked at him dumbfounded- "BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY! THERE'S NO NEED TO SAY ANYTHING! THIS IS WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR, ANYWAYS!"
"Great! What can we do now?"- Frisk hurried to ask as she placed a hand on Flowey's head, preventing him from starting saying anything but "beauty" to Papyrus.
"I know! Wh-why don't we polish our nails?"- Alphys suggested.
"You have to be kidding me"-Flowey muttered to himself.
"That's a great idea!"- Undyne agreed, patting the scientist gently on her back, making her blush.
"Here, I've b-brought all the colours I have"- The dinosaur opened a little backpack and emptied countless nail polishes on the floor.
"Wow! You have lots of them! Did Mettaton gift them to you?"- Frisk asked, picking up a blue one.
"Y-yeah, did you notice by the brand?"
The tiny human nodded, giggling. Only Mettaton could buy nail polishes with the brand "Glamorous sparkling beauties" written all over them. Undyne started painting Alphy's nails bright red and Frisk kept looking around the other polishes, but she decided to stick with the blue one.
"WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH THE BONDING PROCEDURE OF PAINTING YOUR NAILS, HUMAN?"- Papyrus offered.
"It would be a pleasure"- The girl answered laughing and offering him her hand. After a few moments Undyne and Aplhys switched places and Papyrus finished with Frisk's nails- "Wow, you managed to paint them extremely neatly, I thought you'd have problems because of your gloves"- She complimented him, surprised.
"MY GLOVES HAVE BECAME LIKE AN EXTENSION OF MY BODY, THERE'S NO WAY THE'LL GET IN THE GREAT PAPYRUS' WAY!"- He answered, proudly- "HEY HUMAN... DO YOU THINK I...COULD GET MY NAILS POLISHED TOO?"
"Are you serious?"- Flowey stared at him. It was incredible how much these people managed to surprise him with their idiocy.
"I don't see why not!"- Frisk smiled brightly, leaving the flower even more stunned- "Mhh... but I don't think you have nails, do you?"
"OOHH..."-Papyrus looked down, disappointed- "IS THAT EXTREMELY NECESSARY?"
"Well, if you are having your nails polished I guess that a very important requirement is, at least, having nails to be painted"- Flowey stated, surprisingly feeling the most coherent being in the room.
"But I can try painting the top tip of his fingers, the last phalanges! I don't think it'd change that much!"
"WOWIE! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, FRISK! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!"- Papyrus expression lit up with admiration.
"Don't worry! We'll make this work somehow!"- The tiny human gave her friend a determined and reassuring smile and started rummaging through the numerous nail polishes before her. She looked for a cheerful and bright colour to reflect the skeleton's lively personality- "Oh, look! This one is really beautiful and it matches your pyjamas!" – Frisk showed the skeleton a bright orange bottle.
"I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE! HOW DID YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE IT?"- The monster asked, full of excitement and surprise.
"Maybe because you are always wearing at least one orange thing?"- Flowey commented with frustration.
"That helped a bit"-Frisk pointed, giggling- "But I thought this colour was very cheerful and happy, like you are!"- Papyrus stretched his arms and embraced the amused human warmly, claiming how great and impressive her friendship skills were and who knows what other absolutely adorable stuff. Flowey rolled his eyes and grumbled at the sight. When the girl was finally released she opened the polish and asked Papyrus to stretch his hand.
"I need you to take off your gloves"
"OKAY!"- He agreed happily, pulling off his beloved orange gloves.
"Woah! I've never seen your hands without them before!"- Frisk realized, holding one of his skeletal hands- "They are even bigger than I imagined! Your bones are so long and slim!"- The girl gently flexed his friend's hand with curiosity and placed her own hand at the top of it, the huge difference in size making her laugh.
"ARE THEY THAT BIG?'"-Papyrus looked at his other hand, tilting his head.
"The only other skeleton's hand I've seen are Sans' and yours are certainly at least twice bigger!"
"WOWIE! REALLY? I HADN'T NOTICED THAT BEFORE!"
Frisk giggled at the monster's surprised expression- "Yeah, there are lots of different shapes when it comes to hands! For example, Sans' hands are more or less like mines, just a little bigger"- She showed Papyrus her tiny hands- "See? The palms of my hands are not very long, nor are my fingers. Sans' fingers are more slim than mines, maybe it's because the lack of skin, but I'm not very sure"- The girl looked up thoughtfully for a few seconds before brushing that matter away- "And then we have your hands! You don't only have long palms, but also long fingers, which means your hands are very big and extremely cool too!"- The skeleton smiled brightly at her words and she smiled back.
"It seems you know a lot about skeleton's hands, right Frisk?"- Undyne asked her with a mischievous grin while the girl painted Papyrus' bones.
"I suppose"-She was highly focused on making her painting tidy .Without nails to paint on she didn't have any lines to take as a reference.
"Maybe it's because you have been paying lots of attention to them..."-Alphys commented too.
"Yeah"- The girl's eyes were still fixed on Papyrus hands.
"...you may have had lots of opportunities to do so, didn't you?"- The shipper girls were staring intently at the innocent girl, with huge amused smiles on their faces.
"Yeah...wait what?"- Frisk finally turned to look at them, confused.
"Nothing! Nothing!"- They exclaimed at the same time, making exaggerated gestures with their hands. The tiny human stayed there, in confusion, for a few more seconds before resuming her work and Alphys and Undyne let out a relieved sigh.
"...are you two-?"- Flowey started, but was suddenly surrounded by the girls, who took advantage of Frisk's distraction.
"Don't dare you say a single word! The kid mustn't discover our plot!"- They hushed in a voice that only the flower could listen.
"Your...plot?"
"Listen, punk..."- Undyne pointed at him, severely- "It's obvious that the kid's destiny is to be with Sans. It's as obvious as the destiny of boulders is to be wrestled! And we are ready to do whatever it takes to accompany the facts of their fate! We have been working very hard on this, trying to make things run smoother for them, which is not an easy task! That's why we won't allow someone like you to ruin our ship, got it?!"
"Shi...? What does a boat have to do with this?!"- Flowey asked, even more confused than before.
"It's not a boat is a- AAGH NEVERMIND! The thing is, if we want to keep going with this, we must do it in secret, or everything will be ruined! So, whatever conclusion you were going to make about our comments is something you must keep to yourself, understood?!"
"What you want me to do is to stay silent while you try getting information about her situation with that other idiot, without her noticing?"
Alphys and Undyne exchanged glances- "Yeah, that's more or less the idea"
"And what would I gain by doing that?"- Flowey gave them a nasty, amused grin.
"You'll survive"- Undyne deadpanned.
The flower looked at them slightly surprised. He was absolutely used to be threatened with death, but the girl's motives and determination surely was something new. A sudden wicked smile spread on his face when he got an idea- "That thing about the surviving thing is a little bit wore out, you won't convince me only with that, the price of my silence is a bit... higher"
"Go to the point, what else do you want?"- The red- haired monster cut him short.
"Oh, don't react in that way! I mean, you are the ones that are taking advantage of Frisk's huge innocence and are trying to get as much information as you can, for your own purposes"- The flower scolded them with a fake, disappointed expression.
"I wouldn't s-say it in that way"- Aplhys complied, uncomfortably.
"C'mon don't act like you want to do the good thing right now, just spit it out, plant"
"Golly! You sure are short-tempered!"-He laughed softly- "You'll see... now that I am not at the Underground anymore and I am not supposed to do any more "bad" stuff, I don't have much to entertain myself. One of the only things I can still do is pick on people, and my favourite topic for picking on Frisk is this specific pitiful skeleton. If you could pass me some of the information you gather you'll give me more ideas to bother her, which would settle our little business"
The girls exchanged glances and turned their back to Flowey, deliberating between whispers. After a few seconds they turned back at him with serious expressions -"That'll have an extra prize"
"What prize?"
"As you are living with Frisk then you can also gather information. If you tell us something we don't know we'll do the same in exchange. In that way we'll keep our ship safe and be more productive."
"Mhh..."- The flower weighted his options- "Fine, you can count on me for your boat, ship, yatch, or whatever you want to call it"
"OK, but if you want to pick on her you have to do it in an extremely dissimulated way, or everything will get ruined. Understood?"
"Please! Who do you think you are talking to?"- He answered with self-importance.
"It's a deal then"- Undyne and Alphys stretched their hands and shook the flower's vines.
"UNDYNE LOOK! THEY LOOK AS GREAT AS ME!"- Papyrus claimed happily, showing his friend his now carefully polished phalanges.
"You'll have to wait to put your gloves on till they are completely dry, ok?"- Frisk advised him, closing the nail polish.
"SURE! I'LL WAIT TILL YOU TELL ME I CAN DO IT!"
"But if you put your gloves on then that stupid thing you have there won't be seen"- Flowey pointed wearily.
"YES, BUT I'LL STILL KNOW IT'S THERE! THAT'S ALL WHAT MATTERS!"-Papyrus answered, smiling brightly.
The poor, golden flower stared at him for a few seconds before finally stating: - "That's it; I'm done with all of you. Neither of you makes any sense, I won't say anything else and wait till that woman picks me up"
"Ohhh, Flowey! Don't say that!"- Frisk approached him- "You know what they say, if you can't beat them, join them up!"
"Don't start with that crappy friendship speaks again! I just can't stand them!"- He grumbled.
"I know what can cheer you up!"- Frisk grabbed a bright-pink nail polish from the pile.
"Oh, no! Don't dare you! Get away with that disgusting thing!"
But the girl had already put Flowey by her side on the mattress and lay down on her belly to have a better view of him. She plopped the polish open and looked at her friend, thoughtfully
"HA! You can't use that garbage on me! I'm a freaking flower, if you paint on me it won't last much!"
Frisk frowned lightly, he was right. Painting on his pellets or stem didn't seem as the best option. She stared at him with determination, trying to figure out a way. It didn't take long for her expression to lighten up.
"Quit that expression! What the hell are you going to do?!"- Flowey screeched. The girl smiled brightly and started drawing with the polisher on his pot- "DON'T DO THAT! THIS IS THE ONLY POT I HAVE! I CAN'T CHANGE IT LATER!"
Frisk stopped drawing and looked at him- "That's why I'm doing it"- She said, her smile broadening.
"THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, HUMAN!"- Papyrus picked the orange polisher and lay down by the girl's side, joining her.
"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS AWAY FROM ME!"-Flowey howled, wiggling angrily on his flowerpot, but it didn't cause much effect. Despite his fierce screams and insults, Alphys and Undyne quickly followed, nail polish in hand, and started scribbling on his pot.
"Here! I wrote you BFF!"- Undyne held her blue polish proudly. Papyrus peeked at her writing.
"BEST FRIEN...?"
"BESTIAL FLOWER FRIEND!"- She smiled broadly.
"I-I drew you my favourite cha-character of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie"- Alphys stammered, looking pleased at her job.
"I WROTE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HAVING YOU AS A FRIEND AND HOW COOL IT IS TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU! I ALSO WROTE ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN WE ARE HAVING TOGHETHER AND...-"
Frisk took a look at Papyrus writing to find out that it occupied the whole back of the flowerpot and suppressed a giggle- "I drew you a big pink heart, because even though you don't want to admit it I know you have one"
"You have absolutely no...idea... of how much I hate you"- Flowey growled, full of rage.
"C'mon, we know that deep inside you love us!"- Frisk laughed, patting him gently.
"Yes! Deeeeep, deep inside!"- Undyne agreed.
"I would say that now our friendship has really started to blosso-"
"DON'T!"- Flowey and Papyrus cut the girl short.
"Ooooohhh, but that was a really good one!"- Frisk complained at her friend's annoyed expressions. She tilted her head back with defeat and grumbled.
"I bet Sans would have liked it..."- The human blinked a few times, suddenly realizing something- "Hey, where's Sans? I haven't seen him since we arrived"
"MY BROTHER SAID HE HAD SOME THINGS TO DO AND THEN HE WOULD MAKE A VISIT TO GRLLBY. HE LEFT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE YOU ARRIVED AND SAID THAT HE'D BE LATE, SO IT WAS NO USE FOR US TO WAIT FOR HIM AWAKE"
"Oh..."- Frisk couldn't hide the slight disappointment in her voice.
"Golly, how sad for you! Your expression really looks disillusioned! You must be missing him so badly"-Flowey gave her a huge mischievous knowing smile- "Correct me if wrong, but I assume you were waiting to have a really enjoyable night with h-"- A soft pillow landed on the flower's face, making him shut down.
Everyone turned around to look at who had just made Flowey shut up with a flying cushion. Frisk was frowning slightly, but as soon as she realized everybody was looking at her expression brightened with a sudden idea: "Pillow fight!"
Her friends instantly picked up their weapons at her words and all of a sudden they saw themselves involved in a fierce soft war. If somebody had entered the house in that moment they would have certainly got seriously confused at the sight. While Frisk and Papyrus were actually doing a "traditional pillow fight", gently smashing each other with the cushions and laughing merrily, it could be said that the other ones had a more... original way of fighting. Alphys had taken a tiny robot in the shape of Mettaton's fist form from nowhere and was using its remote control to fight a poor pillow with all the fashion and glamour only a Mettaton figure could achieve. Undyne was wrestling a cushion with all her might, suplex-ing it and even shoving spears at it as she laughed manically. Flowey looked around for a few instants, confused, but as soon as he realized he seemed to have a valid excuse to use violence he quickly picked up a pillow and started throwing pellets at it with a huge grin as he laughed.
A few minutes passed till all the "pillow warriors" finally got tired and, one by one, they started dropping their weapons back on the mattresses. The ones who endured the fight longer were, obviously, Flowey and Undyne, who ended panting when they had finished venting their emotions smashing the pillows.
"I've g-got an idea!"- Alphys called out- "Why d-don't we play truth or dare?"
"YEAH!"-Undyne agreed and gave the scientist a knowing wink- "That's a great idea!"
"Truth or what?"- Flowey asked.
"Truth or dare!"-Frisk picked him up and sat cross-legged on a mattress, leaving him on her lap- "It's a game in which you have to pick between saying the truth to one of whichever question you are asked, or daring to do something you are told to do in exchange. Once you accept the terms of the game and start playing you can't back down."
"That sounds boring"-He grumbled.
"Ehehe...ehehehe... Aha! Ahahaha! Ha! Ha! Oh, Flowey. You have no idea"- Alphys stated. The flower looked at her, confused and a little bit scared too.
"CAN I START?"- Papyrus asked, bouncing with excitement. As nobody had any objections he continued- "MHHHH...I'LL PICK YOU UNDYNE! TRUTH OR DARE?"
"Mhhh... dare!"
"I DARE YOU TO GO GRAB A BROOM AND DO YOUR BEST TANGO!"
"TO WHAT?!"-
"C'mon Undyne, we want to see you shake that booty!"-Frisk cheered her, being quickly followed by the others.
The red- haired woman had no option than getting the broom and dancing. But she did so in her own very personal style, which somehow involved some fighting stances and occasional flying spears. Everyone laughed and cheered at her till she finished the piece and sat back down.
"Ok... I choose you, Frisk! Truth or dare?"
"Truth!"
"Is there someone who you are...romantically interested in?"
"Oooooohhhh!"- Their friends boomed as the girl's face got bright red.
"Well..."
"You know lying is against the rules! You have just explained them clearly to Flowey, just a few moments ago!"
"Yes, th-there is"- She smiled shyly as her friends kept making loud and amused noises.
"May we know who that person is?"- Undyne and Alphys smiled mischievously at her.
"Maybe, but you can only ask one question!"- The girl answered with a bright smile.
"Ooohhh"- The others complained disappointed.
"It's my turn! I pick you, Papyrus, truth or dare?"
"DARE!"
"I dare you to go to the neighbour's house and ask for a banana!"
Everyone roared laughing as they saw the skeleton leave and heard the doorbell of the following house. Flowey looked at the monsters and human before him with confusion. It seemed that making the others do ridiculous things and laughing about it in this particular occasion wasn't considered as rude.
He could clearly imagine Frisk's cheesy speak about the matter on his mind: "That's because we are not laughing at the other, we are laughing with them!" He grimaced and shook his head when he realized what he had thought and pushed it away from his mind. A few moments passed till Papyrus entered the house back, holding the precious banana, and the laughter intensified.
"MY TURN AGAIN! I PICK YOU FLOWEY, TRUTH OR DARE?"
"...dare"-The flower answered, looking at him defiantly.
"OH DON'T WORRY, IT WON'T BE THAT BAD! I DARE YOU TO EAT A PLATE OF MY SPAGETTI...BUT THE DARING PART IS...THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT SMILING!" – Everyone roared a huge "Oooooohhh" and waited for Flowey's response. He looked so angry that it seemed he was about to break, but after looking at the other's expectant glances he wouldn't back away now.
"What about those stupid expressions? Do you think I can't bare it? BRING IT!"- The other's voices roared again with claims like: "That's how you do it!", "You are getting the hang of this!" and more and more "Wooooooah!"s. It took Flowey a while and loads of effort, but he finally managed to finish the dish with a forceful and tense smile as his friends kept cheering his name.
"THERE YOU HAVE IT!"- The flower claimed proudly- "It's my frigging turn right now! I'll spice things up here! You, the dinosaur! Truth or dare?"
"Huh..? I-I... dare"
"I dare you to kiss Undyne!"- The group of friends started cheering so loudly that it muffled Aplhys embarrassed stammering as she shyly approached Undyne. They both blushed intently as the scientist gently kissed her lips. It took some moments till the atmosphere got quiet enough for Alphys to choose the next one.
"O-Ok...Frisk, I choose you! Truth or dare?"
"Ha! Dare!"- The girl answered, smiling. She wasn't planning to answer the second question Undyne had made, but unlike she had expected, Aplhys expression lit up even more.
"I dare you to write a note telling Sans how special he is for you and how much you are missing him today... and leave it in his bedroom!"
The neighbours probably thought that something really shady was occurring in the skeletons' house, because the screeches could be heard from the entire block. Frisk blushed deeply, hiding her face between her hands. She gathered all her strength and determination and went to the kitchen to grab a piece of paper and a pen. She sat down with them on the cushions and started writing.
"Ah-ah-ah"- Undyne scolded her, shaking her finger- "Get a little closer so we make sure you aren't cheating!"- The girl puffed her cheeks and sat very close to her friends, but without letting they see what she was scribbling. Then she stood up, still blushing gently and went upstairs. She held the piece of paper before her, pointing it to the others who were looking from the living room and then slid it under Sans bedroom door. The chorus of "Oooohhhh"s continued till she finally sat down again. The girl cleared her throat and looked at the monsters gathered before her.
"I choose you, Flowey. Truth or dare?"
"Truth"
"If you ever liked someone in a special way, can you tell us about them?"- The usual cheers followed and the flower blushed gently. He stirred uncomfortably at the other's expectant and smiling expressions and started.
"Well...she had...blond curly hair..."- He fixed his gaze on the floor as his friends encouraged him to continue- "...She always wore an orange dress...she had light-blue eyes...she was very kind with me..."- His blushing intensified-"...we held hands once... what else do you want to know?!"
"That's fine!"- Frisk patted him, smiling broadly.
"Holding hands?"-Undyne asked confused-"Didn't you try to say vines?"
"Vines, hands whatever"- He brushed the matter away.
"HEY, NOW THAT I REMEMBER THERE IS SOME PIE IN THE FRIDGE, DOES ANYBODY WANT SOME?"
"I'm already full"- Frisk patted her stomach- "But, thank you anyways!"
"OH, WHAT A PITY, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FAVOURITE: BUTTERSCROTCH CINNAMON" –The girl's eyes lit up.
"B-but it's not mum's, is it?"
"YEAH! TORIEL BROUGHT IT SOME DAYS AGO! WHO WANTS A SLICE?"- Everybody excepting Frisk immediately raised their hands- "ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT ANY, HUMAN?"
"Uh...yeah. If I had known before I wouldn't have eaten so many chips... but don't worry!"- She smiled sadly at him.
"OK, IF YOU SAY SO, BUT DON'T FEEL SAD! IF YOU GET HUNGRY LATER TELL ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME, WHAT ABOUT THAT?"- The girl's expression brightened again and she nodded vigorously.
Once Papyrus had finished giving away the slices of cake and everybody was again on their respective positions they turned off the lights and put on the first series. They started with some episodes of Death Note and had to make their very efforts to switch to other series and not watch it all in one night. Flowey was the least pleased, because the next option was Hataraku Maou-Sama and he wasn't looking forward a comedy at all.
"I told you he'd like Death Note"-Frisk giggled as she nudged Undyne's shoulder- "But I think he'll like the action parts of Hataraku too"
"HUMAN, I'VE GOT A QUESTION!"-The girl turned to look at Papyrus- "I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU REFER TO FLOWEY YOU ALWAYS CALL HIM A "HE", WHY IS THAT?"
"Huh?"-Frisk blinked in surprise and Flowey froze.
"WELL, I'VE HEARD HIM BEING CALLED DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I CALL HIM FLOWEY, SANS CALLS HIM AN "IT" AND YOU A "HE", WHY IS THAT? I MEAN, WHY "HE" AND NOT "IT", "SHE" OR "THEM"?"- Papyrus tilted his head innocently at her and Alphys and Undyne looked at her too, with expectation.
"Yeah, I've wondered about that too"- The red-haired monster added.
"Ehh...I never liked calling him an "it", it felt kind of rude for me. And calling him Flowey all the time was tiring too, so one day I...I tried asking him what pronoun he preferred and he answered that he...he felt more comfortable being referred as a "he""- The girl answered tensely.
"OH, WOWIE! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! IF YOU LIKE THEN I'LL START CALLING YOU A "HE" TOO!"- The skeleton offered.
"Sure! If that's how you prefer it so do I!"- Undyne added and Aplhys joined her.
"...yeah, it's...fine"-Flowey answered quietly, repressing a sigh. He had to admit that the human had saved him this time. He had no idea how she had come up with what she had just said, but if the others had believed her then it was fine. As soon as the first episode started and everybody else was distracted Frisk winked at him and gestured her relief. The flower looked at her and nodded to acknowledge her actions. Some episodes passed by before the doorbell rang.
"It must be mum!"- Frisk stood up and picked Flowey up-"Say goodbye to everyone!"
"...bye"-The flower mumbled without enthusiasm.
"GOODBYE, MY FRIEND! WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH YOU; I HOPE YOU VISIT US MORE OFTEN SINCE NOW!"
"Yeah! You rock it, punk! See ya' next time!"
"S-see you next time!"-Alphys waved at him.
Frisk removed the tiny sleeping hat from his head, stuffed it in her backpack and smiled- "Altough you looked adorable with it I knew you wouldn't like to go out wearing it"- The flower rolled his eyes, but stayed silent- "You behaved even better than I expected, it wasn't that bad, was it?"
"Meh...It could have been worse"
Frisk's smile widened, she knew that coming from Flowey that was a whole compliment. She peeked through the lock to check if Toriel was the one out and opened the door.
"Hello, sweetie"- Toriel smiled at them- "Are you ready to go?"
"Hi mum!"- Frisk carefully handed her the flowerpot- "He behaved really well and we had a great time!"
"I'm very glad to hear that!"- Toriel said, picking the flower up and trying to hide her huge relief at the girl's words- "You are coming home tomorrow morning, aren't you?"
"Yes! I'll call you tomorrow!"- Frisk stood on her tippy toes and kissed her goat mom's cheek.
"Goodnight for you and everyone else in there!"- Toriel said merrily and the other monsters answered with their goodbyes from the living room. The girl waved at her mother and closed the door. She sprawled again on the mattresses and continued watching series and laughing with her friends.
It was very late when they finally started getting too sleepy to continue chatting and entertaining themselves with the series, so they took their places to go to sleep. As there wasn't much space for all of them and they had made a mess with the mattresses during the night, Frisk ended up lying by Papyrus' side on the couch and Alphys and Undyne occupied the cushions on the floor. It didn't take much time before the four friends were fast asleep. After all, they had had one of the best slumber parties ever.
It was nearly 2 AM when Sans finally arrived home. He had been clearing his mind and having some time to think about everything that had happened in those days. He had needed some time on his own and, although he hadn't actually come up with anything, he felt a little better. The skeleton opened the front door very slowly to avoid waking up the monsters that were sprawled on the living room. He smiled gently at his brother's calm expression and started going upstairs. It was when he was in the middle of his way up that he noticed something odd. His brother was sleeping on the couch, Alphys and Undyne were sleeping on the mattresses on the floor...but Frisk was nowhere to be seen.
Was it possible that she had been so late that she had decided not to come? That didn't sound as something the girl would do. He went down the stairs and stood before his sleeping friends. Next to the couch he suddenly recognized the girl's blue backpack, which meant she had to be there. He was staring at the human's backpack, as it was going to tell him where its owner was, when he heard a sound. He immediately turned around to look at the direction it came from. There was no doubt: it had come from the kitchen. Sans felt a chill running down his spine and made his way to the kitchen at an unbelievable speed.
When he got at the doorway he froze with horror. There, at the dim light, was Frisk's unmistakable silhouette, but what had chilled the skeleton to the bone was the huge kitchen knife she was holding on her right hand.
Without a single moment's hesitation, Sans' left eye was blazing with magic. As soon as he saw the girl's bright-red soul appearing before her chest, he turned it blue and threw her abruptly against the wall with a single and unwavering movement. The sound of the knife clanging on the floor reverberated in the room.
Cliff-hanger? Where?
Hello my sweeties! I'm back! I don't want to bore you about my personal stuff, but as this chapter was the most delayed one I wanted to apologise! In the past months I graduated from high school, which meant looking for a dress, shoes and all that formal stuff you are supposed to wear; trying to decide what to study; enrolling for that; being in a rollercoaster of emotions between happiness, sadness, fear, excitement and whoever knows what else for finishing school; saying goodbye to my beloved classmates and trying not to panic while doing so :D Now that all that happened I took the time to finish this chapter and let me tell you that there are more to come!
As my classmates and I used to say, "Don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened", that's why, my beloved sweethearts: Don't cry because this chapter took forever, smile because it's here and it's the longest I've written so far XD
Love you all, we'll get to the end of this story together! You can take this as a Christmas gift especially for you! :3
PD: Special thanks to the marvellous anime participating in this chapter and their exceptional writers!
Anstasy Kyoshitsu was written by Yūsei Matsui, Death note by Tsugumi Ōba, Hataraku Maou-Sama by Satoshi Wagahara, Another by Ayatsuji Yukito, Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama, Mirai Nikki by Sakae Esuno, Kobato by the CLAMP group and FullMetal Alchemist byHiromu Arakawa, please support the official release!
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