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FRISK MISSES DDR

There were times where Frisk had remembered the games she played when she still lived on the surface: Pokemon generations 1-3, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, but most importantly, Dance Dance Revolution. That game was her everything. She suddenly felt this strong urge to play it again.

"Hey Sans! Does the underground have an arcade?" asked Frisk.

"Yeah, it's down in the heart of the Capital," replied Sans as he looked up from the newspaper.

Frisk's eyes gleamed with hope and wonder.

"Can we go?" asked Frisk in the cutest way possible.

Sans put the newspaper down and looked at Frisk. She was smiling so big and had a stance an excited 5 year old would do. He folded the newspaper neatly and chuckled.

"Sure. It'll be fun," smiled Sans.

Frisk started bouncing off the walls in excitement. She couldn't control herself. Sans nervously watched his girlfriend bounce off the walls, literally. Without seeing her coming, she landed on him in a huge hug.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" said Frisk.

Sans picked up his car keys, put on his jacket, and they locked the house and got in the car. Papyrus opened the window and shouted out,

"Where are you guys going?!"

Sans face palmed. He forgot all about his brother, and his insane love for video games. Frisk felt guilty for forgetting him.

"We're going to the arcade! If you're coming with, come on! Don't forget the re lock the door when you're out," said Frisk.

Sans turned on the radio to listen to some music. Weird music played through the radio. Both Sans and Frisk cringed at it.

"I got something better. There's this cool band called Bro On The Internet," said Frisk.

She put in the cd and suddenly it was like they were at a musical. The musical was about Frisk's journey underground, but they changed the ending to make it a happy surface ending. Soon, Papyrus was in the car. He still had some fortune left over that Mettaton graciously gave him as compensation for putting up with her for as long as he did. Sans, Papyrus, Frisk, Undyne, and Chara decided to let what happened stay between them. They didn't want it getting out to the public eye. So, needless to say, Papyrus was loaded to game for the next 100 years. Frisk was loaded as well since she still worked for Mettaton, but was also working at Grillby's again. As long as she never lost her jobs, she would be set for gaming for the rest of her life and then some. Sans didn't have the kind of money Frisk and Papyrus do. But he wasn't much of a gamer. He would much rather stick his nose hole in science, books, newspaper, and in Frisk's love. He was a simple skeleton when it came to meeting his needs. Papyrus was a bit more complicated, and Frisk was right in between the two on how complicated it is to meet her needs. But she's flexible enough to be satisfied, and Sans was flexible with Frisk as well. When they made it to the arcade, Papyrus and Frisk giggled like children. Sans locked the car and put it on child lock so he could talk to them first.

"Okay, so it's 8 in the morning right now. How long are we staying here? They close at 11, but I'm sure you guys don't want to miss dinner at least," asked Sans.

"How about we stay here until it's 8 in the afternoon? It's only a couple hours after dinner time. Plus, we could all eat out," said Frisk.

Frisk wasn't worried about splurging tonight since she helped Sans pay the monthly bills on the house, and she also already paid the monthly bill for the daycare built within the high school. So she was set on bills, as was Sans. Papyrus also helped contribute to the house bills since he has a fortune, so Sans and Frisk didn't have to pay as much as they usually do with Papyrus' help. Papyrus had a gloved hand on his chin and nodded.

"Yes, that is an excellent idea, Madame Frisk," said Papyrus in a goofy voice.

Frisk saluted Papyrus.

"Thank you, Sir Papyrus!"

After a second of silence, they both erupted in laughter. Sans lightly laughed along. It seemed ever since Frisk used Alphys' invention on Papyrus, he is almost back to his old self. Frisk seemed more or less okay around him, possibly because Sans is around. Frisk took out 100 gold and gave it to Sans.

"You want me to play games too?" asked Sans, confused.

"Yeah! I know you need the money you make from teaching, so allow me to splurg on behalf of us both. If you find you like gaming, just ask me for more. This is going to be fun!" squealed Frisk.

The big games were worth 5 gold each, the medium sized games were worth 3 gold each, and the rest of it was 2 to 1 gold each. Once inside, Frisk grabbed Sans' hand and took him to where Undyne was.

"Undyne?! This is even better!" said Frisk.

Undyne put down her smoothie and fist bumped Frisk.

"How you guys doing? Sans, this doesn't seem like the right kinda place for ya bud," laughed Undyne.

Sans felt embarrassed. He wants to have more in common with Frisk. The only thing they have in common is the fact they both remember resets and loads, and that they love and care for each other. Other than those things, he and Frisk are completely different. He wants to change that. Frisk has shown interest in the things he does, he should be able to do the same.

"Undyne, does this arcade have a dancing game?" asked Frisk.

"Ya mean DDR? Yeah. Wait, how good are you?" asked Undyne.

"You wanna find out? Show me the game!" replied Frisk.

Slurping the rest of her smoothie down, she crushed the cup, roared a "YEAAAHHH!" and showed Frisk to the game as Sans followed. They walked past a mirror, and Sans took a good look at himself.

"Yuck, I look...old!" Sans said to his reflection.

He was wearing a dark blue sweater, tucked into khaki pants, with a brown belt wrapped around.

"I seriously look my age. Frisk...how can she love an old man like me? She's so young and vibrant," thought Sans.

Sans looked over at his brother, who was having the time of his life playing Whack A Human Jr.

"I should try to be as vibrant as Papyrus. Yeah. I don't like how bland I am," thought Sans.

Little did he know, the way he was was perfect to Frisk. She loved how Sans was so studious compared to her. She often looked at herself in the mirror and wondered why Sans loved a spoiled brat who was so kiddish. She would often try to act mature for him, to get noticed. But she didn't know that Sans loved her the way she was. Sans made a short cut to a store for monster men in their early 20s. It was riddled with graphic tee shirts, graphic hoodies, skinny pants in mutiple different colors, different hats, piercings, fake tattoos, high tops, low tops, and regular sneakers, and gloves like Ash Ketchum's but in different colors.

"Hello, sir! How can I help you?" asked a teen employee.

After Sans made his purchases and changed into his new clothes, he short cut back, to see Frisk looking for him. Sans cleared his throat first.

"Yo!" Sans called out, and immediately cringed.

This was going to take some getting used to. Frisk looked over and saw Sans in clothing that some of her classmates wear. Her jaw nearly detached from her face. Frisk walked over to him.

"Sans? What are you wearing?" asked Frisk.

Sans blushed heavily. He felt so silly for wearing clothes that were for men younger than him, but still older than Frisk. He tipped his cap a bit.

"I decided to get some new threads. Today's a day to be chill with my girl," Sans said.

He put his arm around Frisk and smiled crookedly down at her. She knew this was some sort of phase, so she decided she would be supportive and smiled back.

"Okay. Well, Undyne and I are about to start DDR. We're gonna alternate between who plays winner. Does that sound good to you?" asked Frisk.

"Fo sho, dawg," Sans said.

His voice cracked on "dawg" due to his nervousness.

"Sans, is everything okay?" asked Frisk.

"Yeah, everything is the cream of the crop. Take me to DDR, sweet thang. I can't wait to see you work it and twerk it."

Frisk's face reddened. She was trying so hard not to laugh and slap Sans at the same time. She was so used to Sans acting like an adult that she wasn't used to this at all. She never really understood younger monster men anyway. They all acted like babies that needed a lot of hand holding. Frisk stood up on the platform, and selected Golden Sky song. It was her favorite. Undyne made a face, but selected her level of difficulty. Undyne could only do medium. Frisk smirked and selected expert mode, which made Sans and Undyne look at her like she's a wizard. The song started, and Frisk's legs moved everywhere at once in a blur whereas Undyne only had to move her legs here and there, but she was given time to get a good dancing rhythm going to the music. Next was Undyne's turn to pick. She picked a really buffed out manly song, which made Frisk inwardly cringe but outwardly smile like an idiot. She had never danced to any of the manly songs before, so it was her turn to select medium, and Undyne's turn to select expert. On the last song, Frisk knew of only one song that can ever break any tie breakers. So she selected it, and Undyne nodded in understanding. It was time. They both selected expert and pressed the ok button. Sans was in awe at their dancing and at the game. It seemed so wonderful to him.

"Why had I never gave at least this game a chance before? Probably because Papyrus never tried it," thought Sans.

After the game was over, Undyne and Frisk were breathing heavily.

"Heh, I guess we were destined to be tied," breathily laughed Frisk.

"Hey, I'll take a tie over being a loser any day. You are so good!" breathily answered Undyne as she chuckled.

Sans counted how much gold he had left since he spent most of it on his outfit. He had 10 gold left. He cringed.

"Why do clothes cost so much?" Sans thought to himself.

"Well Sans, I think we all know who you want to play against. I'll get us all drinks," said Undyne.

Sans clicked his tongue and shot her finger guns. He was trying to be sexy in the dorkiest way possible.

"Babe, ya killed! Ya killed. I'm really diggin yo vibes," said Sans.

He grabbed her around the waist and planted a big smooch on Frisk's mouth. Undyne came back with the drinks and nearly spilled them all over herself since she wasn't expecting them to just kiss in public. Well, not this passionately at least.

"It's ok, Frisk. Whatever phase he's going through can go on until we get home. You don't want to embarrass him in public. But he's embarrassing himself! … Let's not embarrass him any more than he already should be," thought Frisk as she talked back to her negative thoughts.

Naturally, Sans had a hard time with dancing on the game since he's never played it before. But he did decent for a first timer.

"Funky fresh, babe!"

Frisk lost it. She started laughing and she couldn't hold it back. During her laughing fit, Sans blushed until he looked like a blueberry monster. He mumbled he would be out in the car waiting for 8 o clock and left. When Frisk finally stopped laughing, as Undyne was finally done laughing as well, they both felt bad. Sans was in his car, looking at his cap in his hands, and felt so stupid.

"Of course I can't just act young! Maybe, there's a way I can de age myself?" thought Sans.

Suddenly it clicked in his mind. He turned on the car.

"Sans! Sans! Don't leave!" shouted Frisk as she ran out to his car in the parking lot.

He looked over at Frisk and blushed. She got in the passenger seat of the car.

"Where are you going?" asked Frisk.

"We're going to ' lab. I want to see if he can age me down to at least 25," said Sans.

"Why? What's wrong with the age you are now? Plus, won't you be shorter than me if you de age yourself?" asked Frisk.

"Not if he makes something that can make me physically grow," Sans laughed maniacally.

Frisk was seriously worried for Sans. They made it to the lab in almost no time. Before getting out of the car, Sans smooched Frisk in excitement. Then he ran out of the car in a way that Frisk and Papyrus had when they went to the arcade. Sans found and asked him to make the things that will de age him and make him grow physically. Alphys nodded and got to work.

"Sans, you really shouldn't do this. I know how you feel right now. You feel like you have to be young for my sake. I know this is how you feel because there are times where I feel I have to be older for your sake. But Sans, I love you for who you are. How you are now is perfect," said Frisk.

Sans looked over at her.

"Thanks for letting me know that, but I want to be younger for my sake too. I want to have more years with you. Because, I love you and can't stand that you're still a teen and I'm already old," said Sans.

"So, you're doing this to make yourself feel better? Not for anyone else?" asked Frisk.

"That's right."

"Then, I'll support you," said Frisk.

Sans gave her a heart warming smile. When he did, Frisk just now noticed the lines that creased under his eye sockets and on his forehead. He truly was a little bit old for her, she now realized. Making himself younger won't be such a bad thing. All it will mean is more years with senpai! Alphys came out of his lab with a new gadget that has a spin switch on it.

"You said you wanted to be how old?" asked Alphys.

"25!" proudly said Sans.

"Uh, if you really want to be closer to Frisk's age but still older than Papyrus, what about 22?" asked Alphys.

"No wonder you're a genius. 22 it is!" said Sans.

Alphys smiled, set the age on the machine, aimed it at Sans as Frisk backed away from him, and fired the gadget. Sans shrunk down to his old size.

"In order to be able to test what age you are, to see if it would be accurate, I also made a thermometer that tells me your age. So just put this under your tongue," said Alphys.

Sans stuck the age-mometer under his tongue. In a few seconds it dinged. Alphys took it out to look at it and had the hugest grin on his face.

"It was accurate! Sans, you are now 22! Now, to make you as tall as you were before I de aged you," said Alphys.

He changed the dial on the machine to "grow or shrink physically", and set it to grow. He shot at Sans, and Sans was as tall as he was before he was de aged.

"There you go. Now you're 22 and tall! You might grow taller than this since I de aged you, so if you do start growing taller again, come back to see me. Have fun being young again," said Alphys.

"Thanks, doctor," said Sans, almost tearing up.

Frisk smiled at Sans. He looked extremely happy.

"Frisk! Look! I'm young again! Time to put away my old man clothes and get me more of those young clothes!" said Sans.

He was acting like he had too many ketchup bottles. He and Frisk drove to the mall in the capital. Undyne was there with Papyrus.

"Thanks for texting me, Frisk. Sans! What's going on?" asked Undyne.

"I asked Alphys to make me younger. I'm 22 again!" said Sans.

Undyne didn't believe it and started laughing.

"I would believe you if you were as small as you used to be," chuckled Undyne.

Frisk looked up and decided to speak up.

"It's true. I witnessed not only make him younger, but he made Sans tall again without changing him back to his older age. This age-mometer will prove it," said Frisk.

She put the age-mometer under Sans' tongue again. It dinged, Undyne grabbed it, and read it. Curious, she wiped it off with a cleansing wipe, reset it, and put it under her tongue.

"Yep, 26. Wow! This thing is great! Frisk, have you tried it?" asked Undyne.

"It's just gonna tell me I'm 16. There's really no point," shrugged Frisk.

All monster men in their early 20s acted like buffoons. She was dreading Sans becoming one.

"We're about to get Sans younger clothes since he doesn't like his older man clothing. But Sans, you really should keep a couple outfits since you still need to look professional at school. You still are the teacher," said Frisk.

"I know, honey. It just feels great to be young again! A young, handsome monster gets the fetching, beautiful human. It sounds so...alluring," said Sans with stars in his eye sockets.

Frisk chuckled a bit. At least she could act childish sometimes without feeling embarrassed about it. Now, Sans was only 6 years older than her rather than 20 years. Papyrus stared at his much younger, still older brother.

"My brother is only 1 year older than me now? This is going to be weird. But, maybe that means we'll have more in common with each other?" thought Papyrus.

Sans and Frisk came out of a store carrying bags of new clothes for Sans. Sans pecked Frisk on her cheek, making her blush and smile.

"So precious," Sans said, admiring Frisk.

When they put all the bags in the car, they all noticed Frisk was looking sad.

"What's wrong?" asked Sans.

"Usually, on the surface, you can tell when the seasons change. Though you can't tell seasons apart down here, I can tell that on the surface it must be getting a bit warmer. Soon, it will be Summer," said Frisk, looking up at the last part of her sentence.

"Seasons? What are those?" asked Papyrus and Undyne.

Frisk smiled a bit sadly.

"Seasons. There are a total of four. Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring. Summer is during June through August, since those months are the warmest. Autumn is during September through November, since during those months, the leaves on the surface trees change from green to orange and fall off the trees. Winter is during December through February, since those months are the coldest. Spring is during March through May since during those months, the snow melts and allows for trees to regrow their leaves, and animals come our from hibernation. Every time a season changes, it feels magical. There's nothing quite like it," said Frisk.

They all looked upwards and tried to imagine it. Then they looked around them, and sighed at how boring the underground truly was. There was no sun for them, no moon, no oceans, and no seasonal changes within the weather. If you wanted to be cold, you went to Snowdin. If you wanted wetness, you went to Waterfall. If you liked it hot, you went to Hotland. But there was no where in the underground that resembled what Spring sounded like. It sounded heavenly.

"I wish we knew what Spring was like," sighed Papyrus.

"Yeah. We can pretty much guess the other seasons since we have what those feel like down here. But, we don't have an area that feels like Spring," said Undyne.

When Sans looked over at Frisk, his heart thumped, and his palms got sweaty.

"Ah. There goes my younger hormones. Gotta keep them in check," thought Sans.

They all got in the car and put on their seatbelts. Sans grabbed Frisk's chin gently to make her look at him.

"When I see you, I feel Spring happen in my heart," said Sans.

Frisk teared up and smiled at him. They made it to the house, and went inside to relax.