A/N: Frisk is surrounded by people that care about them. Chara was right. Of course they were. They're always right. Frisk should listen to them more.
Papyrus came home with a sigh of relief. He had a great day of jogging. He came into the living room where he saw Sans and Flowey talking to each other.
"Greetings Brother and Flower Friend!" Papyrus said in his usual jovial tone. "It is rare to see you two getting along this well." Papyrus said with that smile of his. "It's rare to see you two getting along well at all, actually." He added as an afterthought.
"We can get along when we want to!" Flowey said.
"Sure we can, weed." Sans chuckled.
Flowey groaned and rolled his eyes. Sans and Flowey shared a look, as if having a silent conversation with each other. They shared a small nod before looking back at Papyrus with serious expressions.
Papyrus's smile dropped a little upon seeing the looks on their faces. "Uh oh...You two look like you have bad news. What happened?" He asked.
"No no, Paps. Nothing happened." Sans said reassuringly.
"Ahah...well...That may not be true. The truth is, we don't know if something happened and that's the problem." Flowey told Papyrus.
Upon Papyrus's confused expression, Sans decided to clarify for his brother.
"It's Frisk, Paps. There's something bothering them, but they won't tell us." Sans said.
"Oh! Is that all?" Papyrus said with a relieved smile, confusing Flowey and Sans a little. "Worry not, Sans, Flowey! I, The Great Papyrus shall go and cheer the human up! Regardless of what the problem is! I shall show them that they have plenty of friends they can rely on to make them feel better! And that I am the Greatest of those friends! Nyeh Heh Heh!"
Sans and Flowey couldn't help but laugh with Papyrus. "Sure thing, bro. Maybe that's just what they need." Sans said with his own smile.
Papyrus smiled brightly at the two of them before marching up the stairs, laughing his trademark laugh the whole time.
Sans and Flowey looked at each other before sighing.
"This could go well..." Sans said.
"It could also go horribly." Flowey added.
"...We should go watch, just to be safe. Right, Weed?" Sans said.
"Of course Trash Bag!" Flowey said as he zoomed up in his pot. Sans headed up the stairs after him.
They stayed on the stairwell. They were out of sight and close enough so they could hear the conversation.
Frisk had taken their shirt off and was looking over their body. The many scars and bruises lining their back and chest. There was a nasty fresh one on their arm that was the source of their discomfort today. Frisk's train of thought was disrupted by an enthusiastic knock on their door.
"Human Frisk! Tis I, The Great Papyrus! May I come in?" The Skelebro said from outside Frisk's door.
The child quickly slipped their purple and blue striped sweater back on. "Mhm!" They answered. Yes and No were the only two words they were comfortable with saying. Because in some situations they had to. Like in this situation.
Papyrus opened the door and flipped inside, landing in a perfect pose. "Nyeh heh heh! Greetings Frisk! I have heard that you were having a bit of trouble today, so I, the great friend that I am, have come to cheer you up!" Papyrus announced in his usual over the top manner.
Frisk giggled at Papyrus's antics. They already felt much better just being in the jovial skeleton's presence. "I shall take you to the backyard where you and I can have lots of fun! Does that sound good, human Frisk?" Papyrus asked.
Frisk nodded excitedly and jumped into Papyrus's arms. The skeleton then jumped out of the window, which was on the top floor, laughing as usual. He did a front flip and landed safely, human child in his grasp.
Sans and Flowey watched as Frisk and Papyrus ran around the yard, laughing. They both gave relieved sighs.
"The kid's in good hands." Sans said as he and Flowey backed away from the window. "They'll be busy until everyone gets home. Should be a little while, still."
Flowey looked at his Switch that had just finished charging. "Hey. Wanna play me at Smash?" He asked.
Sans grinned. "Sure. Long as you don't whine when I kick your ass."
Flowey grinned back. "Now who's the one swearing?" He chuckled as he hooked it up to Frisk's tv.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone was finally home. Papyrus and Frisk were still outside playing in the backyard. Toriel was the last person to come home, which wasn't really all that rare of an occurrence. She found Alphys and Undyne watching an Anime that Undyne had wanted the Yellow Lizard to watch for a while.
"Hello, girls." Toriel greeted. "Do you know where everyone else is?" The goat mom asked.
"Yeah. Asgore is in his room dealing with some online business bs. The kid is outside playing with goober, while the lazybones is playing Smash bros with Flowey. Given how much Flowey is screaming, Sans is winning." Undyne told Toriel.
Toriel gave a soft motherly chuckle. "It's nice to see those two getting along. Give me a few minutes to relax and I'll get dinner started." Toriel said as she placed her bags down.
"Tori, you should just relax period. I'll make dinner tonight." Undyne said, getting up.
"Are you sure, Undyne?" Toriel asked. "I'd hate to be a bother."
"Yes I'm sure. And you're not a bother! Now go lay down or watch tv with Alphie. I'll make spaghetti and rice." Undyne said as she left to the kitchen, not leaving any room for argument.
Toriel sighed as she watched Undyne head into the kitchen. "Thank you Undyne!" She called after her before sitting down on the couch.
"Hello Alphys."
"Hi, Tori." Alphys said back.
About ten Minutes later Frisk and Papyrus come inside. Frisk walked towards the stairs before they noticed Toriel and Alphys. They ran over to the pair and waved eagerly at them.
"Hello to you too my child." Toriel said with a motherly giggle.
'Hi Mom! Hi Alphys! Is Everyone else home?' Frisk signed.
"Yes. I just got here. Seems like you sure had a lot of fun with your Uncle Papyrus." Toriel said with her warm smile.
"Yeah you do." Alphys commented with a chuckle.
Frisk nodded happily. 'I did! He used his magic on me while I went to the pool so I could skate on the water! It was awesome!' They signed.
"That definitely sounds like fun," Alphys said with a light chuckle.
'It was! Then we played hide and seek! Did you know there's a hole in the fence that leads to the forest? There were so many hiding spots!' Frisk signed.
"I'm glad you had fun my child." Toriel smiles, ruffling their hair.
Frisk giggled a bit and leaned into Toriel's paw. 'Why are you so warm all the time? I bet you don't need blankets!' They signed.
"Very rarely my child. Why don't you go wash up for dinner?" Toriel chuckled.
Frisk nodded and ran upstairs to their room. They waved to Flowey and Sans who were still playing Smash Bros and quickly signed
'Undyne's almost done with dinner, go get ready!' Before running into Their room's bathroom.
Sans turned off the switch, earning a hiss from Flowey.
"Come on. I doubt you wanna miss dinner, kid." Sans joked.
"Sans I'm not even a small goat anymore so that joke doesn't even make sense! Use your brain for once you dumbass!" "Wow. No need to get so...violet with me, weed."
"GAAAAAAAAH!" Flowey screeched.
Frisk turned on the faucet and began washing their hands. "Are you going to tell them during dinner or after?" Chara asked as Frisk they did.
Frisk looked into the mirror where Chara was after they finished. 'I don't know. During I Guess? If I don't tell them tonight I probably never will' They signed.
"Just know that I'm here for you if you need me. I'll always be here. You're never alone." Chara told Frisk reassuringly.
Frisk smiled slightly and signed a quick 'Thank You' to Chara.
They clapped their freshly washed hands and stretched. 'Welp! Better get downstairs!' They signed to Chara before leaving their room.
Undyne made plenty of Spaghetti and Rice for everybody. There would no doubt be left overs. Turns out, she really does know how to cook properly. She just thought that with more passion the food would come out better. Turns out that went badly so she stopped doing that.
Frisk came down and said hi to everybody before sitting next to Sans and Toriel. They ate together as their crazy family usually did. Everyone was talking about the day they had. Undyne had reported no suspicious activity at the school and broke her record for the amount of kids bench pressed during P.E. Alphys had a run in with Linda, and she said some pretty harsh things to her. But she got her back when she tried to 'correct' one of her math problems. With an incorrect answer. That every child in the room knew the correct answer to. Everyone shared a laugh at that.
"So how was your day Frisk? Did you do anything special?" The entire family looked and smiled at them, waiting for their answer.
Frisk looked around at all of their faces. Then they looked off to the side...Where Chara was standing. They gave them a patient smile and two thumbs up. Mouthing 'You can do it'.
Frisk looked down at their legs and clenched their hands. "I..." They started, catching everyone off guard. Frisk was speaking. "B-Bryan...beat me up."
Undyne immediately stood up, presumably to go beat the little shit, but Alphys held her arm, not letting her go, "Babe...don't...please..." "He deserves it! He's done some shitty things but this is the last straw!" Even as she said this, she made no move to pull away from the lizard.
"He...He was being mean to K-Kid...I told him I would tell his Mom if he didn't stop being a jerk...but I didn't know who his Mom was...He laughed at me and then said "I'll show you what my Mom thinks of you and your pathetic fake family" And did this to me." Frisk said as they pulled up their sweater to reveal a gash and several bruises on their arm. "There were more on my whole body...but Kid gave me their lunch to heal me..." Frisk said.
Frisk wasn't entirely sure what happened next, but they found themselves being almost smothered in a group hug. Chara floated above them all, grinning down at Frisk. "Told you so." They said before sending their own little soul hug Frisk's way.
Frisk began to sniffle and teared up. Before long, they began crying as they tried to wrap their arms around all of them.
Everyone seemed to take turns being at the center, ending with Toriel patting their back and healing their wounds, "There there my child...Mommy will take care of this."
Frisk clung to Toriel and continued crying their eyes out, burying their face into her chest. "Shh...shh...it's okay now my child..."
Frisk let everything that they had been bottling up all day out. And it was exhausting. They fell asleep in Toriel's warm embrace.
"I'm going to put them to bed." Toriel states, holding them gently and walking towards the stairs. Before she headed up to, she stopped.
"Undyne."
"What is it, Tori?" Undyne said, still trying to rein in her fury.
"Do not hurt that child." She said before ascending the stairs.
Undyne looked at her then at the chair of a certain skeleton that was currently not with them in the room. "...I'm not the one you have to worry about." She said to herself.
Toriel changed Frisk into their pajamas, tucking them into bed. When that was done, she just sat on the edge of the bed, not wanting to leave.
Sans popped into the room, furiously squeezing a stress ball. "Good news Tori! I found out who the little shit's Mother is!" Sans said, in a tone that was barely hiding his unquenchable fury and rage.
"Shh! They're sleeping." The Goat Mother chided.
"I know who Bryan's mother is." Sans repeated in a softer tone.
"So do I." Toriel said as she pushed the hair out of Frisk's face.
"Need one of these?" Sans said, his left hand twitching as he squeezed his stress ball.
"No...my rage is not so easily drawn out." She kissed Frisk's forehead, standing, "My wrath on the hand,"
"Good. Tell everyone we have a new Monster coming to school tomorrow. I'm going to bed." She said before walking off towards her room.
Sans went over to Frisk and pat their head. "Good night Frisk." He said before turning away and walking. He stopped at the doorway and turned his head slightly. "You too, Chara." He said before leaving.
When he came downstairs he found everyone sitting together, discussing what they could do to help Frisk. Sans walked over to the group, ready to spill the beans about the little brat. "Just so everyone knows. Bryan's mother is Linda."
This earned the skelebro a lot of groans from everyone. "Of course she is," Undyne said, face palming.
"I went ahead and set up a PTA meeting tomorrow." Sans said with a yawn.
"Now I'm gonna go take a nap for eight hours."
"Sans that's called sleeping." Alphys said.
"Yeah I know that's what I said. One more thing. There's a new kid coming to school tomorrow. A monster I think." Sans said before taking a shortcut to his room.
Papyrus groaned. "You Lazy Bones! Couldn't you have just walked! Your room is in this house! God!" He grumbled.
"I can't wait to see what this new kid's got. Hopefully He or she IS a Monster." Undyne said, already planning to put the new arrival through the wringer.
"I'm sure whoever they end up being they'll prove to be an excellent learner." Alphys said with a small smile.
"Hopefully they won't be another brat that throws toilet paper over my gardening." Asgore mumbled, getting a snicker from Undyne.
"We'll find out once the new day arrives, my friends! For now, The Great Papyrus shall get some rest!" Papyrus said before backflipping up the stairs.
They watched him go, chuckling a bit at his antics. "He Never fails to lift spirits." Undyne said.
The remaining three monsters all said goodnight to each other before going to their respective rooms. Tomorrow was most likely going to be exhausting, so they needed as much sleep as they could get.
A/N: Papyrus and Fun go hand and hand! That sure was a rather emotional dinner, don't you think?
Anywhosen! Thank you so much for reading! I hope everyone enjoyed it!
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