Work has kept her busy for almost the rest of the month. Everyone has been coming in for last minute pumpkins. Three days till Halloween and she still hasn't gotten the chance to get her costume ready. She sighs while rolling up a hose. The harsh ring of the bells over the front door signaled the arrival of a very missed fish wife. Girlfriend but the first nickname sounded better.
What she didn't expect was for the fish to wrap her in a hug and lift her up. "Holy fucking shit! George Clooney in a salooney! What the fuck duck Undyne?!" Krissa was dropped on the ground.
"Wow. I knew you had a mouth when you're scared but...That's a wicked bark!"
"Missed you too Undyne. Please don't suplex me." After she was set down, she brushed off her clothes. "So why visit me at work?"
"Because WE are going shopping! Bailey says you don't have a costume. We gotta fix that!"
Krissa rose a brow. "Monsters do Halloween?"
"Hell yeah! We do trick or treating in monster town. Now come oooon!"
The woman just sighs as she is dragged out of the shop. Her boss laughs while waving. "Have fun Ruby!" Traitor. Aren't employers supposed to keep their workers, well, working?
It didn't take long for her to be shoved into a car until they reached the mall. She can't exactly fight off a fish monster who was the captain of a royal guard. Reaching over, she turns on the radio. A song she didn't know just ended only to be followed with "Live Life by Jesse and Joy." One she heard in the Book of Life movie. She turns it all the way up as a grin grows on her face.
If you listen to the rhythm
Calling out in the dark
Can you hear it?
That's your spirit
Just follow your heart
So if you're feeling like dancing frequently
Just tune in the magic frequency
Don't worry about it 'cause we're gonna, gonna
Live life like it's a song
So turn it on and sing along
It's alright if it goes wrong
Just keep calm and carry on
On a C note
Do you wonder if the thunder
Is gonna knock at your door?
Are you waiting for the day in
All the lions will roar?
So if you're feeling like dancing frequently
Just tune in the magic frequency
Don't worry about it 'cause we're gonna, gonna
Live life like it's a song
So turn it on and sing along
It's alright if it goes wrong
Just keep calm and carry on
On a C note
Live life like it's a song
So turn it on and sing along
It's alright if it goes wrong
Just keep calm and carry on
On a C note
Live life!
"Woah. Didn't know you could sing Punk!"
Did she? Crap. Krissa blushed and and would bury herself in something but alas, Undyne kidnapped her before she could grab her coat or even her scarf. The mall came into view along with the rest of the city.
When she got out of the car once it was parked. It's been forever since she shopped for something other than groceries. Maybe she should buy some new clothes. Undyne locates the Halloween store rather quickly and drags her in. There wasn't many people around aside from those shopping last minute for things.
Undyne stops in an empty aisle before turning on her. "Spill."
"Huh?"
"Tori told me about what happened while I was gone. Nobody gets that upset. Not even over tea. That's only a trigger. You like the bonehead don't you?"
"I-I-I-I don't kn-"
"Bulshit!"
"Undyne please. There are children here too you know…"
"SO?! I want to know why my friend is crying!"
She looks around for anyone eavesdropping before muttering under her breath. "I do…." Triumphant, Undyne grins and heads off to the sexier costumes with a quiet 'can't wait to tell alphy'. No way was she wearing any of those. They're all so scandalous looking. She turns to the fairy costumes that happened to be in the aisle she was in.
Now that she thought about it, she'll be trick or treating with the monsters so wings will get in the way. There were many other cute costumes. Her nose crinkled at the red riding hoods and devils. Passing over those without a second thought, she finds witch and wizard costumes. She picks up a navy blue pointy hat with as light blue trim.
Krissa plunks it on top of her head and smiles. Maybe Bailey and her can both be witches. She takes off the hat in exchange of a velvet deep purple cloak before a duller renaissance styled witch dress of the same color. The traditional witch was always better thought the corset and room for more cleavage than she would like might bother her if she didn't get the hooded cape. Undyne returns with what looked like a lab coat and red glasses that had no lenses in her hands.
"You swapping with Alphys?"
"Yeah! Now let's go check out!" They do that and once they leave the store, Krissa walks across to one of the clothing boutiques. Specifically one for underwear. "You trying to impress someone?" The tall monster leers.
"No! I just need new clothes. I have only a coat and one out of the only two bras I had broke a latch…. And I need a new one anyway." She blushed and turned away.
Undyne grinned and wrapped her arm around her shoulder. "Leave it to me! We are going to make you irresistible! What are your sizes?"
Did she have to be so loud?! A few women nearby were giving sympathetic looks which did not help the ever darkening blush on her face. She murmurs her answer.
"What!"
"34E!" Oh shit, she yelled too. Krissa covers her face crouches down. A man in the store gave a long whistle. "Kill me. Make a magic spear and off me now…" She groans. Undyne has already started her mission on picking out underwear. She goes into the dressing room after telling the attendant to direct Undyne to her stall after
It didn't take long before she heard a knock on the door. "Let me in Punk!"
"Not on the gloss of your scaly chin chin!" She calls back. "Just toss over the door."
"Nope! I wanna see this on ya girly!"
Better open the door before she kicks it off the hinges. Once the door was opened, she was bombarded by lacy thin and padded garments alike. She forces Undyne to turn around because she was not going to give a strip show to one of her best friends.
She tries on a bra and underwear set that was pastel green with dark blue lacing around the top rim. It didn't cup her fully so nothing will peak out of low cut shirts. Not that she'd wear any. The fish wife turns around and grins wickedly. "That's hot."
The one comment ignites her face again. "Can you leave now?"
"What are ya afraid of? You look good!" She turns Krissa around to face the mirror. "The whole reason for this is to feel pretty on the inside. Of course monsters don't need help with that fuhaha!"
Krissa turns to the corner and switched out bras. This one was hot pink with black lace and the matching set of panties rested with the others. "Because all monsters are nice and don't care about how they look?"
"That and it's what we have inside that counts to us. Souls."
"I only heard about those in a vague sense on the news that first year. Embodiment of everything someone is and that humans have them too. That's all though." She looks down at the pile and raises a brow. She lifts an ensemble by the hanger.
Dangling from the handles was a silk satin pink nightie with a v-neck and hem lined with magenta lace. She gives her friend a look. "Why?... Just why?"
"Just try it? I hear it's really comfortable." And breezy. She much liked sleeping in the large collared shirts. She even sleeps in her t-shirts and shorts when she was too lazy to change. The smooth material material was nice to the touch but will do nothing for the cold. It was pretty though. Like a princess' nightgown.
"I'll take this one only and the two matching sets. Now shoo. I need to get dressed."
After shoving the monster out of the stall, she dresses quickly and picks up her desired items. She checks out with Undyne and heads to the next store. Shopping for normal winter clothes took longer than expected.
She bought a blue sweater with a white snowflake and stripe patterns, a dark green turtleneck and grown flowing skirt, two pairs of jeans, and then another sweater that was red with black stripes that fell to her lower thigh and might work as a dress. A really short dress. So she was going to wear black leggings for sure.
She was in the middle of putting her shirt back on when something flies over. Looking at it, She saw a classic and elegant cocktail dress with a V-neckline and a wide waistline. It was made of polyester material and the skirt was pleated. It looked to reach above her knees.
"Um. Why are you giving me this? It's too cold and I don't where frilly stuff."
"It's good to have at least one fancy item at your disposal. For parties especially."
She looked down at the dress. If she were to go to a party, it might not be fun. The last time she was at such an event…. She was laughed at. The demon girl going to the prom alone. How fitting they said. Dayna couldn't be her date to dance with since her car broke down.
There were no good memories for whenever she tried having fun with others. Maybe it will be different this time. She waited until things got better and now they were. Trying on the dress, she stepped out to show how it looked.
He watched them through the window of the coffee shop.
At first he thought he was seeing things but sure enough, there she was.
She was with that fish monster again. It seems that they were friends now.
He watched them go about the mall like normal people. The red eyed girl was so happy. And when she stepped out wearing that dress?
He wanted to ravish her right then and there. Claim her as his. Own those unique eyes.
He grins, chuckling to himself. "Soon."
Krissa was dropped off at the path leading home. She spent most of her time in the car transferring her things into the dimensional boxes of her phone. She still doesn't know how Alphys altered her own phone to do that.
Walking quietly, she got the strange tingling on her neck one would get when being watched. She walks a little faster but freezes when a branch snaps. Leaves crinkle and break under heavy feet. The birds and small animals were silent, making the forest still.
There was a certain someone she knew that could do that. With a faint smile, she turned around to greet him. Looking up, she saw the skeleton. He's wearing the Jamaican beanie today. Other than that, the same white sweater and blue hoodie look. Did he have multiple shirts like he had multiple jackets.
She crosses her arms and tilts her head to the side. "Sneaking up on a lady isn't very nice ."
"eh." He shrugs.
"I thought you teleport to my house. Not walk there."
"decided to stretch my legs for a bit." His pinpricks of light in the sockets shifted to the side. She shrugged it off and started walking.
Krissa hummed to fill the silence until the two of them got to her house. "Want to watch a movie?"
"sure. it's going to be another kid one right?"
"Family movie. Not kid." She corrects.
Once inside the house, she went to her room while Sans got comfortable on her couch. She pulls her new clothes out of her box and hung them up. On her bed and folded neatly wat the fur lined coat. She grabbed it and walked back out to the living room.
The news was playing. Scrolling words under the person speaking state that there was another attack on a monster. People were just so hateful. Sitting in the free space beside his feet. "Here. I washed it for you. No fur stuck together by my stupid fear tears anymore." She grabs the remote from his boney hands and switched over to netflix. Zootopia came out along with other movies that were new.
She picked the first and snuggled up into a fuzzy, grey, blanket wrapped ball. Sans sat up straight to change into his bigger coat, burrowing his skull into the white fur like a turtle. It was adorable. She chuckled.
Once again Sans was interested in the movie. "they kinda look like the furred monsters i always saw underground."
"Like Toriel and Asgore? I can see it. Though if they were goat characters, they would be proportionate to the animal they are instead of as big as that lion mayor." She says while the graduation scene.
"wow. that's a lot of bunnies." He gestures to Judy's family.
"Eeyup!"
Judy gets on the train. Cue timelapse song. She grins and scoots up on the couch. Shikira's song Try Anything comes on.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I messed up tonight, I lost another fight
I still mess up but I'll just start again
I keep falling down, I keep on hitting the ground
I always get up now to see what's next
Birds don't just fly, they fall down and get up
Nobody learns without getting it wrong
Krissa hops off the couch and bounces on her feet while pumping both of her fists.
I won't give up, no I won't give in
'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail
I won't give up, no I won't give in
'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail
Without realizing, she started singing along, swaying side to side.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Look how far you've come, you filled your heart with love
Baby you've done enough, take a deep breath
Don't beat yourself up, don't need to run so fast
Sometimes we come last, but we did our best
I won't give up, no I won't give in
'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail
I won't give up, no I won't give in
'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail
I'll keep on making those new mistakes
I'll keep on making them every day
Those new mistakes
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Try everything
"I'm Gazelle. Welcome to Zootopia." She claps her hands twice at the end of mimicking the animal singer. Sans was staring at her now. "Uh…. It's a good song." She flops down and rolls up into a burrito.
"yur pretty good."
"The dancing? Yeah. Learned from the best. Dad was good at the swing."
"nope. your singing."
She bit her lip, grumbling a thanks. The movie continues. Sans chuckles at the antics of the Fox and Bunny. He didn't like the prejudice of the different species and was practically glaring when Nicholas Wilde talked about his past.
Then the press conference happened. How Judy froze up and repeated what the scientist in charge of the savage mammals said about the biology. Nick was crushed. "that's just wrong."
"Yeah. It's sad. It gets worse before it gets better."
Sans looked thoughtful now. His eyelights grew when he made the connection alongside Judy about Nighthowlers. He also started smirking when Nick was helping judy while she was hurt. She gave him a questioning to which he only shrugs at.
Then Nick got shot. The whole fake savage act. "hah! called it."
"How!"
"one, nick kept the blueberries in his pocket. two, while he was wrapping her leg, the scene cut away and that gave enough time for a plan. three, the eyes are a tell. his eyes didn't change."
"Well aren't you smart."
At the end of the movie, he was laughing. All because the sloth was the street racer.
Krissa listens through the musical credits, bouncing her with the song, not wanting to get carried away with it. "You want to pick the movie next time?'
"next time?"
"I-I mean… well you come by a lot so I thought- Never mind. This doesn't have to be a thing…." Stupid stupid stupid! Don't make assumptions. You probably scared him off. She pulled the blanket over her head and curled up even more.
Sans watched the woman retreat into herself like an armadillo. He turned his body and pressed his slipper clad foot against her bare one that was poking out from under the grey mound of cloth. She peaks out. He chuckled. She looked cute when she was shy.
He saw the look that crossed her face a second ago. It reminded him a lot of Alphys when she realizes she was rambling about her shows. He didn't like it on his friend and he certainly didn't like it on her.
Reaching over, he pats rubs her head. "hey. never said no pal." She looks their feet. "because we're sole-mates now." He sends a week and a finger gun.
Krissa giggles. Her pale cheeks dust pink. She get up and tosses the blanket at him. "Nerd."
"hanging out with the bass a lot?"
"How about all day." She groans, stretching her arms and back. He heard faint popping. Oh that triggered a bone rattling shudder. He wasn't sure what makes that sound yet but it was an odd one. "Something wrong?"
"uh…" Might as well sate his curiosity. "how do you do that?"
"Hm?"
"the uh… popping."
"Oh. That's just gas being rapidly released between my joints." She shrugs and checks the time. "Yeesh. Shopping trip and a movie stole the whole day away. Dinner?"
"sure." He looked over the couch and into the kitchen. She tied her hair into a ponytail at the base of her skull. She wore a plain white waist apron like the one Grillbz wore at work. As she chopped up some up some cucumbers and carrots, he couldn't help but think that it felt so domestic and right. His soul thrummed behind his ribcage at the thoughts.
He liked her. But if he were to step over the border of friendship, she will eventually discover all the horrible things he was keeping inside. The truth would scare her off. He was content with just being in her presence. A sound reverberated through his chest, catching him by surprise.
Blue stained his face and he quickly looked away. He barely registers Krissa asking what the noise was. "nuthin' just my stomach growling…."
"How does that even work?"
"mmmmmagic."
Sweet Asgore Sans. Stay cool. You are a master at being calm remember? While the bright inverted heart inside was glowing bright, he forces on it to stop giving giddy flutters. Despite his soul's reaction, he still doubted what Tori had shown him. This wasn't like that... An artificial monster having a soulmate?
Yeah right.
But….. maybe he could hope.
It took a few more news stories before the food was done. He looked and saw it was seasoned cold vegetables and lettuce. He looked at her and she shrugs. "Haven't been shopping for a while. You're gonna have to make do with this."
He ate and chatted with Krissa. Most of the conversation was about Halloween and the movie they just watched together.
"hey." She looks up. "why didn't the vegetable respond to a prank?"
"Why?"
"he didn't carrot all."
She gets a look of concentration before her ruby eyes sparkle. "What did the carpenter build for the cabbage family?"
"what?"
"A vege-table!"
That one was actually pretty good. "thought you said you were bad at jokes."
"I'm am. I have to think of them and they won't pop up on the fly like you. But I guess you are just that great, aye comedian?"
He froze, just for a second, as his grin tightens. This is Krissa. Not the demon. She even said it in a fond tone and not a taunt. He shook his head before looking at the time on her microwave. "i better get going." She walks him to the door, a lovely gentle smile on her face.
"See you next time Sans."
Sans looked down at her for a long moment. Thinking back on his earlier brooding, he made up his mind. "hey. after halloween, do ya wanna… uh…...go somewhere?" He scratched the back of his neck vertebrae anxiously as ruby red eyes stared up at him.
They glittered and he knew the shade meant happy. "A-a-are you a-asking me out?" Krissa's voice squeaked at the end.
"i... guess i am…."
"Then yes. I would love to." She responds quietly in a mumble, cheeks flushed. "G-goodnight!" The door shuts in front of him quickly. His grin grows.
"g'night."