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THE TURNING POINT
It's been about 2 weeks. It was February the 13th. Fuku had had her baby a week before. Sans, Frisk, Fuku, and Naomi were decorating the restaurant. Once they finished decorating the restaurant part, they then decorated the living part of the house/restaurant. They all finished and were quite happy with how everything turned out. Frisk was still a little depressed, but hope welled within her, knowing she would be able to be herself around Sans again and hopefully he would be himself around her as well. Sans approached Frisk. Had he grown some more? He was now 5 inches taller! Frisk felt so small compared to him now. She remembered when they were the exact same height when she first fell down.
"So, uh, they know? And they're cool with it?" asked Sans.
Frisk didn't really know how to act around Sans when he was on guard. It reminded her too much of back then. But she did the best she could. Pushing hair out of her eyes, she responded:
"Uh, yeah. I confided in them about everything, knowing how they would most likely react, and they told me we can be ourselves here. Plus, with you going out with Vanessa once a week is sure to make our laying low successful," said Frisk.
Sans looked a little upset.
"Laying low? You call this laying low? We are planning to act like nothing has happened in someone else's home and you call that laying low. I've been going out on dates with a woman I don't love or even particularly care about, but it's okay because leading someone on is always fine if it means being able to live normally in the long run!" snapped Sans.
Frisk winced at the harshness in his tone of voice. Then Sans huffed and sat down. Frisk just stared at the floor. It only just hit her she pushed Sans to go on dates with another woman. What if that woman is bold and demands more from him? Sans will feel trapped and agree because he's so afraid of hurting someone. Frisk walked to the door, put on her coat from the coat rack, and opened the door.
"Frisk? Where are you going?" asked Fuku.
Frisk didn't say anything. She just walked out. She decided she needed a long walk. Then her heart felt a pang as she looked down to where Snowdin forest was.
"I'm always walking towards Waterfall and Hotland, yet I never retrace my steps by walking through good old Snowdin forest," thought Frisk.
The more she walked, the more her heart hurt, which caused her to become very aggressive feeling. She tried to shake the feeling away, but she couldn't and she didn't know what to do. Then she came to Sans' Snowdin post, and she felt herself trembling. She wanted to destroy his post, she wanted to do something to make him as upset as he had made her. Shaking violently, she destroyed the conveniently shaped lamp until it was shattered to pieces and her knuckles were bloody. Breathing and shaking heavily, she kept walking. She walked and walked and walked until she came to the door that lead to the Ruins. Queen Toriel was back in the underground, and her old house is in the Ruins, so the door has to be unlocked. She opened the door. She breathed relief because she kinda missed the old home. She suddenly missed being the 10 year old human child who fell underground and wanted to befriend everyone all over again. She wanted to go through those moments again. She could stop herself from being with Sans. She could take Asgore's soul and cross through the barrier if she killed Flowey on first sight. She could go through the barrier and become a legend among the humans. It could make her and her human family rich and they wouldn't be worried sick about her anymore. It would leave the monsters with pretty much the same fate of Toriel taking over as queen. Frisk just wouldn't be with the one she loves. Maybe it would be worth it since loving someone can hurt so much more than all the times he dunked her. But then, she thought, she wouldn't have ever known true love if she hadn't fallen underground. Then, she started to feel really depressed. So much, that she started laughing a bit.
"I couldn't have fallen in love with a dashing human man, but I end up falling in love with a skeleton monster. Wow, the irony!" laughed Frisk as she came to the end of the purple hallway.
She went up the stairs and saw that everything was relatively the same, which made her feel nostalgia.
"Maybe I could influence Sans and Toriel to get together so he and I could have a familial love for each other, rather than romantic love," Frisk wondered out loud.
"It wouldn't work, my child."
Frisk spun around and saw the Queen, her mother, standing there. Frisk's eyes started welling up with tears.
"Why? Why did I have to be the one who falls in love with him and why does he have to return my feelings? Wouldn't it have been better if it was one sided or none at all?" sobbed Frisk as she ran into her mother's arms.
Toriel soothingly shushed her as she sobbed and shook against her much bigger frame.
"My child, this was one of the reasons why it didn't work out between Sans and I, because of how he deals with problems. He lets problems upset him so much, that he forgets his partner's feelings and how he affects them. I did the exact same thing you're doing. I cried and cried and cried, until, I decided I didn't want to cry anymore. This, my child, is the turning point for you and Sans' relationship. What you decide to do here and now will determine the fate of your guys' relationship. If you decide to stay, you will subject yourself to so many loving memories, but will have to endure the hardships that are to come. But, if you leave, you will be sad for a while, but will regain your self confidence and self happiness as you surround yourself with friends and family, but will never experience true love ever again. As you see, each happiness has a price to pay. For every happy ending, you have to sacrifice something important. But what you decide to sacrifice will determine what kind of person you are," said Toriel.
Frisk looked up at her mother with puffy red eyes and tear stained cheeks. Toriel smiled lovingly at Frisk as she wiped her tears away with her paw.
"Whatever you decide, I'll be supportive of you," knelt down Toriel to look into Frisk's eyes.
"So, no matter what I decide, I'll be giving up something equally important to me. It's just a matter of what I really want," said Frisk.
Toriel smiled.
"That's right."
Frisk remembered the first time she ever met Undertale Sans. She thought how nice and laid back he looked compared to UF Sans, who looked sexy, but gruff and mean at the same time. But he was 18 when she fell down and she was 10. He didn't exactly feel romantic love for her at the time, but he definitely wanted to protect and take care of her. Something he never did with anyone other than his brother. Something he wouldn't really do for Toriel on a whim, but would have to since she's the Queen. Whatever Toriel says is law. So, the fact she is not telling Frisk to give up on Sans, means she sees something that not even Frisk can see at the moment. Frisk hugged Toriel again, making the big monster laugh.
"How about I make us some butterscotch cinnamon pie?" asked Toriel.
"I would love that," replied Frisk.
While the pie was in the oven, Frisk and Toriel sat near the fireplace, telling stories. After the oven dinged, they had to wait for the pie to cool off, so they colored coloring books together at the table and joked around. Once the pie cooled off, they both ate a slice. Toriel wrapped up the rest of the pie and gave it to Frisk.
"For your lovely friends, and Sans if you decide to stay with him through the thick and thin," said Toriel.
Frisk replied with a bear hug. Toriel pinched her cheek and Frisk determinedly walked away. Just like the first time she walked away. She remembered how afraid she was at first sight of Toriel. At first, she had only followed her through the Ruins to her home, because to the rest of the underground was through her home. But she had gotten to know this Toriel and came to love her like a mother. When Toriel tried to keep her from leaving the underground, she didn't want to hurt Toriel. So she spared and spared and spared until Toriel gave in and gave her blessing for Frisk to leave. From that point forward, Frisk was determined to break the barrier and free them all. She couldm't free them all, but she at least gave the underground somewhat of a happy ending. Flowey is no where to be seen ever since she beat him, which made everything all the better and sort of easier. Frisk made it back to Grillby's and walked in the door. She made such a powerful entrance that her friends and Sans turned to look at her. Sans stood up and slowly made his way over.
"H-hey kid. Listen, I'm sorry for snapping at ya earlier. The stress of everything got to me but I forgot in the moment to just love you. Ya think you can forgive me?" asked Sans.
Frisk's eyes almost welled up with tears again, but instead she took out the rest of the pie.
"Only if you eat some butterscotch cinnamon pie with me and my friends," sniffed Frisk.
Sans smiled warmly at her, almost the same way Toriel smiles at her. But this smile was slightly different from Toriel's gaze, since this gaze was a gaze of true love. Frisk hugged Sans and he hugged back, tighter.
"I'll stay with you. Through the thick and thin. Because I wouldn't want to give up this true love for anything. I love you," whispered Frisk.
Tears fell from Sans' closed eye sockets.
"I love you too," whispered Sans.
Fuku and Brent were so touched that they had a family hug with their baby in their arms. Naomi decided as long as Frisk was happy, that would be enough for her. So, for the first time, Naomi smiled at Sans and Frisk and tore up her fan art of her and Frisk. Instead, she got inspired to write a story about them. The gang gathered at the dining table and ate their slices of pie. It was a huge pie, so everyone got 3 slices each. Frisk didn't eat her extra 3 slices though. She saved them for just in case. Frisk never eats the pie unless she has to anyway. She had formed that habit when she was still learning about how to spare monsters in the underground. She remembers the first time she ate the pie, and she was up against a Snowdrake. When she realized it replenishes all her HP, she reset just to get the pie again and save it. Sans noticed she was saving her pie slices, and was curious.
"Why aren't you eating yours?" asked Sans.
"I always save food just in case. Yeah I know I can save, load, reset, and now regenerate, but it still sucks to die. I like to prevent my death as much as possible," said Frisk.
"Heh. Ya could've fooled me. Whenever you die, you die like a champ," chuckled Sans.
Frisk playfully punched Sans' arm, which made them both laugh even more.
"Careful, kid. I only got 1 defense," laughed Sans.
That made Frisk wonder. He had obviously grown physically, so did that mean he grew internally as well? Buttons in front of Frisk appeared which took everyone by surprise. She pressed ACT, which made Sans' soul appear. She then pressed check.
1 ATK, 10 DEF.
"Sans...your defense grew! You no longer die in one hit!" excitedly said Frisk.
"Wha? For real? I'm not a one hit wonder anymore? That's amazing!"
Frisk was a little weirded out about Sans being taller than her by a little bit more than last time, but she was sure he was done growing. Little did she know he would grow one last time, and it will be a doozy. Sans and Frisk spent the night at Fuku's, and they ended up falling asleep first. Fuku and Brent chuckled a little bit as they witnessed Sans and Frisk sleeping together on a blowup mattress. Sans and Frisk first faced away from each other, but at the same time turned to face each other, and Sans extended his arm around Frisk's waist to which Frisk responded by snuggling in closer and pressing her face in his collar bone.
"Aw, they're so cute together," said Fuku.
"It's kinda weird, cause we're all room mates, and he's our teacher. He's a 30 year old...I think. I can't remember his age. But I know he's not a teenager," said Brent.
In the morning, everyone woke up to the sound of an alarm clock.
"Wakey wakey! Time to get up and get ready for the party that will happen later!" announced Naomi.
Sans woke up first, seeing for the first time he was actually holding Frisk in bed. He reacted by freaking out a little bit, letting go of her immediately. That didn't stop her from keeping her hold on him, since when he moved away she was dragged with him. Fuku laughed at seeing that.
"Why'd you freak out? Didn't you guys sleep in the same bed before?" asked Brent, who was holding his baby.
"Yeah, but usually I slept facing away from her and she would be the one holding me," said Sans.
Naomi narrowed her eyes.
"That sounds like it must've been kinda lonely for Frisk. If you loved her, you should've cuddled with her. And don't say 'we don't have a physical relationship'. You don't have to have a physical relationship to cuddle in bed," said Naomi.
"Huh. I never thought of it like that," said Sans.
"But of course! Men are, for the most part, dense when it comes to love," chirped Fuku.
Brent laughed a bit and leaned in close to Sans.
"Sometimes, I'll think I'm doing something romantic and she'll get all turned off. If she didn't love me, she wouldn't keep me around. Just do your best at trying to understand Frisk. Although," Brent said in a louder voice at the last word, "it sure would help if women gave us a hint sometimes rather than thinking men are supposed to be mind readers!"
"Well then stop thinking you know me so well if you don't," winked Fuku.
Brent rolled his eyes.
"Women are crazy. They're all about emotions and what they need," whispered Brent.
"I heard that!" called Fuku.
"Oh, but you know it's true!" said Brent as he walked towards her in the kitchen.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Frisk told Sans to teleport somewhere other than the house. So Sans teleported to the restroom at the closed high school. Frisk went and got the door, and sure enough, there was Ben.
"Ben? Happy Valentine's Day. What're you doing here?" asked Frisk.
"Just thought I'd drop by and visit you and Sans. By the way, where is he?" asked Ben.
Frisk shrugged.
"He could be anywhere on his date with Vanessa," said Frisk.
Ben's eyes widened and he was no longer cheery.
"Tall, beautiful bunny woman?" asked Ben.
"Yeah. Do you know her?" asked Frisk.
Ben straightened up.
"Not personally. I mean, she delivered somethings to me before. That's how I knew who you were talking about," said Ben.
Frisk nodded.
"Okay."
"Can you come out here for a sec?" asked Ben.
Thinking nothing of it, Frisk closed the door behind her as she stepped out into the main restaurant with Ben.
"So what's up?" asked Frisk.
She had a feeling he would keep his watch going until the end of February, but to be on the safe side, her and Sans were going to lay low until the end of the school year. Ben grabbed Frisk's hands.
"I can't stop thinking about you, Frisk. I know I'm 25, an older man, but will you please be my girlfriend?" confessed Ben.
Frisk looked so weirded out but told herself this was another test.
"I don't know you, and I've been hurt by older men before. Also, I don't have any feelings for you," said Frisk.
"Oh. So, you won't ever consider it?" asked Ben.
Frisk slowly shook her head no.
"It's because you like your guardian, right?" accused Ben.
Frisk sighed. She knew it was a trap.
"No, that's not it. I was literally raped by Grillby and Mettaton NEO. I don't like older men," said Frisk.
"I'm not that much older! Besides, in two years you'll be 18," pleaded Ben.
"The fact that you can't seem to take no for an answer is bothering me. You need to leave," sternly warned Frisk.
"No!" shouted Ben.
He grabbed Frisk, and dragged her out into the snow. He pushed her on the ground and that was when Frisk started thrashing. She doesn't have anything but the 3 butterscotch cinnamon pie slices.
"Go out with me, Frisk!" yelled Ben.
"No! I don't like you! You're creepy!" shouted Frisk.
Tears started forming since she was having flashbacks. Ben punched her face hard, giving her a black eye.
"GO OUT WITH ME!"
"Hey buddy."
Ben looked up to get a blast to the face by Sans' Gaster Blaster. Frisk scrambled to her feet, suddenly having a crazed out smile on her face. The flashbacks triggered something in her. This was not Chara's smile, this was her own, and it was ten times more terrifying since it originated from painful experiences and rage. Frisk picked up a tree branch off the ground, and staggered towards Ben. She was feeling light headed from being punched in the face and from the adrenaline rush pulsating through her bloodstream. Sans leapt forward, successfully knocking the branch out of her hands.
"Kid, let me handle this," said Sans in a tone only parents have.
Ben was backed up against the wall, fearing his life.
"You piece of scum. How dare you hurt my kid! Now, you're going to pay!" threatened Sans.
"Fine! Kill me! It doesn't matter because I know for a fact you love her romantically!" yelled Ben.
"No I don't! She is my adopted daughter! I love this wonderful bunny woman named Vanessa," successfully lied Sans.
"And stop!" yelled a voice.
Suddenly a bunch of cops appeared from behind the trees with cameras and notepads and had weapons equipped.
"Good work, agent Ben. If you hadn't thought of this plan, we never would have known for sure if he was a creep or not. Looks like he's not," said Dogamy.
"Wait. Part of your plan was giving Frisk a black eye?!" shouted Sans, his magic eye glowing brighter.
Sans was taller than Ben, so he looked quite intimidating right now.
"I-I-I'm so sorry! But I had to make this all look real! If I hadn't done anything morally wrong, none of you would have believed my trick. The truth is, I'm not very good at lying. So I had to kinda blow this out of proportion," apologized Ben.
"Doesn't matter. I can kiss my job goodbye for a while. Now how am I supposed to help Sans pay bills for the house? Also, you gave me severe flashbacks. You're lucky I don't kill you where you stand," growled Frisk.
"Kid, don't talk like that. We're willing to give you a warning for now, but talk like that again and we will detain you," warned Dogeressa.
"Actually, you will do no such thing," said Toriel.
"Queen Toriel!" said a shocked Dogamy.
Everyone bowed, even Frisk.
"My child, how about I end all of this confusion. My word is law anyway, so they won't hurt you or Sans," said Toriel, smiling.
"Queen?" asked Dogamy.
"They shouldn't have had to lie to you all, but you gave them no choice. Sans and Frisk love each other, but their love is pure. The most they have done, which I know because I dated Sans, is kiss each other. But Sans is in no way a sicko. My daughter Frisk will be your Queen one day, as Sans will be your King. I suggest you all treat them well. If any of you tries to arrest Sans, I will have you banished," said Toriel.
"Thanks mom, but it kinda makes everything we did feel worthless now," laughed Frisk.
"It wasn't for nothing. You kept Sans out of jail long enough for me to hear about this debacle so that I could officially put an end to it. You both did well given the circumstance," said Toriel.
"Wait...so Sans, a 30 year old skeleton monster, is in love with a teenage human who happens to be your adopted daughter and will be our new Queen?" asked Ben.
"Yes, and you gave her flashbacks and punched her eye," smiled Toriel.
The blood left Ben's face as he turned white and collapsed.
"Is he going to be okay? I was only half serious when I said he was lucky I didn't kill him," said Frisk.
"Oh he'll be fine. Rest assured this only means he will leave you and Sans alone," said Toriel as she smoothed Frisk's hair. It was a little awkward for Sans to be in the presence of the woman he had dated since he is now dating her daughter.
"Uh, thanks Tori," said Sans.
"I didn't do this for you, Sans. I did this for Frisk. Don't make me regret it," said Toriel.
She didn't sound as cold as her words were though. She did it for Sans too, because they used to be friends.
"Maybe he and I can be good friends again," thought Toriel.
"By the way, how did you find out?" asked Frisk.
"My mother senses tingled," laughed Toriel.
"Hahaha! But no, really," laughed Frisk.
"I was being serious. When I know my children are in danger, my spine tingles. When I got here, I could tell what it was about," explained Toriel.
"It must've happened when he had me pinned on the ground," said Frisk.
"I'd say that's about right," smiled Toriel.
Ben was escorted to the hospital where he was diagnosed as in a shock coma. Frisk was also sent to the hospital to get her black eye looked at. The doctor prescribed some pain killers and told her to keep an ice pack on it. Sans and Frisk went back to Fuku's house where they celebrated being helped out by Queen Toriel so that they could openly date without cause for worry, and they went back home where they fell asleep together in Sans' room, cuddling like the cute couple they are.