First Beach Day of the Year!
The weekend had past, Shadow turned in her homework online and started taking her finals for her classes. It was almost summer and Shadow was excited for a break from school and beach days on the weekend. She came into work humming a happy tune on Monday morning.
"Why good morning Shadow, I see you're in a happy mood", Grillby said with a smile.
"That I am!" Shadow chirped, "I just finished all my finals today and I'm totally excited to have my first beach day this summer!"
"I see you wanna have a beach day? Being a fire elemental I stay away from water. I do know a fun group of people that'd love to join you for a beach day."
"Oh you do? My parents never wanted me to go to the beach alone cause I got lost out there once. I have to have a water buddy with me." Shadow said with a smile.
"I can see that. How about since you've done such good work as of late I'll get the group together for you. Be free Saturday at twelve. They'll pick you up then." Grillby winked and smiled at her.
"You got it boss! Thank you." Shadow then started getting to work.
The week went by smoothly, however, she didn't hear from Sans at all. That made her a little sad but she figured he was busy. They might be dating but he wasn't her boyfriend. Friday came around and Sans strolled into Grillby's.
"Heya Shad", he greeted hugging her from behind.
Shadow who was cleaning the tables was startled by his sudden entrance. "Here for your weekly drink?"
"I was just gonna get dinner tonight. I have things to do tomorrow."
"Ah so do I. I'm going to have my first beach day of the year tomorrow." Shadow said excitedly.
"You like the beach huh?" Sans asked.
"That I do, I just love watching the waves and dancing in them." Shadow said with a dreamy look in her eyes.
Sans laughed a bit and led them both to the bar, "Two orders of burg Grillbs."
Shadow giggled at the way he said that and kept going on about the beach. Sans kept dropping puns about the ocean and soon enough it was later into the night.
"Before I wave goodbye", Shadow chuckled at his pun, "Let me walk you home.
With that Shadow and Sans linked arms and they were on their way to her house. It was a quiet walk, the two didn't seem to have much to say to each other. Their arms were linked together and Shadow leaned into Sans slightly. A small blush was coating her cheeks as she glanced at him from time to time out of the corner of her eyes.
They were almost there when Shadow finally said something, "What are you doing tomorrow anyways? You never told me."
"Maybe if you're lucky you'll find out." Sans winked.
"Oh really now?" Shadow smiled.
"Yes, really, now I believe this is your stop." Sans gestured to her apartment door.
"Why yes, it is", she smiled and pecked his cheek, "Goodnight Sans."
"Goodnight Shadow", with that he disappeared.
Shadow sighed and opened her door and got herself ready for bed. The next morning she was rudely awakened by a phone call.
"HUMAN! I HAVE STOLEN SANS' PHONE SO I CAN WAKE YOU UP AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY!" Papyrus yelled from the phone.
"Why's that Paps?" Shadow asked.
"BECAUSE IT'S OUR BEACH DAY!"
"Paps you weren't supposed to tell her", Sans voice chimed from the background.
Shadow giggled at the two, "I'll see you soon boys."
She hung up and started getting ready. She tied her hair up into a ponytail and got on her bikini. It was a black bikini top with a black skirt. She spun around in the mirror and gathered her things. Right then her house was filled with noise.
"HELLO SHADY!"
"Hey punk!"
"H-hello Shadow."
"Heya Shad."
Shadow turned around to be greeted by Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys. "Hello everyone!"
Shadow grinned at the group and glomped Sans, "To the beach?"
Sans smiled and nodded at her and everyone held on to Sans. Soon enough he teleported everyone to the beach. Shadow immediately dropped her things threw on some sunblock and ran straight to the water. Everyone watched her go. Papyrus soon ran in after as did Undyne. Sans and Alphys simply watched from the shore.
"S-shadow seems to really like the ocean huh?" Alphys looked at Sans.
Sans' face was slightly blue as he stared at Shadow. Alphys raised an eyebrow then realization struck her.
"So, what's going on with y-you and Shadow?" She asked with a smile.
"We've been on a few dates." Sans replied.
"You've what?! So you do like her?" Alphys looked dumbfounded.
"I mean if I didn't I wouldn't have taken her to waterfall." Sans raised an eyebrow at her.
"You took her to waterfall?!" Alphys shouted in shock.
"Alf, I just said that. I realize I'm the bone head but at least pay attention", Sans smirked.
Alphys frowned at the man and went to watching her love romp around in the water. She wasn't quite sure where that beach ball they were playing with came from though.
"Hey punk!" Undyne yelled to Shadow, "Catch!"
Undyne threw the beach ball and it smacked Shdow right in the head. She fell backwards into the water. She quickly reappeared moments later with the beach ball in hand.
"That was dirty Undyne, you aimed for my face!" Shadow grinned playfully as she aimed for Undyne's face and threw the ball. It bounced off her face and landed in her hands.
"Oh punk you shouldn't have thrown that at my face!" Undyne started laughing as she threw it at Shadow again. Shadow quickly dodged the ball and tossed it back at her.
Sans and Alphys watched as they played beach dodgeball with Papyrus on the sidelines cheering for both girls.
"Bro pick one to cheer for!" Sans shouted out to Papyrus.
"BUT I WANT THEM BOTH TO WIN!" Papyrus shouted.
"Paps that's not how it works!"
"WELL I'LL CHEER FOR UNDYNE AND YOU CHEER FOR SHADOW THEN!"
"Alright Paps!" Sans smiled and followed that up with, "Win Shad!"
Shadow turned and looked at Sans and got hit upside the head with the beach ball sending her flying a little and straight into the water. As comical as that was it was enough for Sans to take of his white shirt and charge in there with his blue wave swim trunks. Once he got to Shadow she got up and rubbed her head, "That's not playing fair!"
"Then don't stop and drool at your boyfriend!" Undyne yelled.
Shadow flushed red and threw the ball hard enough to knock her down, "We're just dating! He's not my boyfriend yet!"
Sans flushed blue when she said yet. He was glad she wanted things to go that way though. "Hey Shad mine if Paps and I join? Paps and I versus you and Undyne?"
Shadow looked at Undyne and Papyrus. After they shrugged and got into to the proper placement Shadow guessed the answer was yes. Before the game started though Undyne high fived Shadow, "Nice throw punk, let's beat them up!"
Shadow smirked and nodded getting ready with the beach ball, she immediately threw it as hard as she could at Papyrus. She watched him fall with delight but Sans got the ball and used this blue magic to throw it back at Shadow. After getting hit really hard in the face she fell over. It was pretty clear that he got her good. She sat up rubbing her head and glared at him.
"Don't use magic! That's cheating for those who can't use it!" She shouted and Undyne nodded with agreeance.
"You have Undyne on your team!" Sans retorted.
"So? You're both male, which means your both stronger than me." Shadow glared.
"SHADY HAS A POINT BROTHER!" Papyrus chimed in.
"Fine… No magic." Sans huffed.
Shadow smiled and aimed for Sans' face and threw it as hard as she could. She watched happily as he fell over. Shadow wasn't super strong but she was determined to knock him over. Sans got back up and threw the ball at Undyne, she actually caught it and threw it at Papyrus. This went back and forth for quite a while. The four were laughing well Alphys watched them all play with a smile as she just enjoyed the view and the sun.
Soon it was getting late and their beach day drew to a close. Everyone was laughing as how much fun they had. "Hey who wants to go to Grillby's after we shower and change?"
"A-actually we can't, Mettaton is going to be having another function next weekend and we're helping plan it tomorrow." Alphys said with a frown.
"Awww okay, who's invited to it?" Shadow asked.
"Everyone of course, I hope you have another dress punk!" Undyne said.
Shadow paled a little when she said another dress, "Looks like I'm going dress shopping at Goodwill!"
"Why do you shop there? There's better places to get dresses." Alphys said.
"I like it."
"Punk, Mettaton can totally hook you up with a dress if you'd like." Undyne winked.
"Really? When should I go over?" Shadow asked excitedly.
"Tomorrow?" Alphys suggested.
"But you're planning the party."
"Punk, the dresses are apart of the party!"
Shadow was taken aback from Undyne's willingness to wear a dress but didn't question it.
"I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow at…?"
"Eight", both Alphys and Undyne said together.
Shadow nodded and looked to Sans to take them home. Sans for some reason took her home last, "I wanted to ask you something really quick."
"Oh, what is it?"
"Wanna go together to the party?" Sans flushed blue.
Shadow's face started to match her hait as she shyly nodded, " Sure."
Sans smiled at her and gave her a peck on the cheek before vanishing.
"Why isn't he my boyfriend yet?" Shadow wondered out loud.
With that Shadow made herself dinner and started drawing out some characters and scenery for a game she wanted to make. It was to be set on another planet. She didn't know what to call it yet but had two characters down, a dragon spirit named Ryuu and a albino bear spirit named Lucas. Shadow spent a lot of time doing that before going to bed.