This chapter's a bit short, but it's one of my favorites for sure! I hope you all enjoy.
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"Have fun, alright kiddo?" Sans smiled down at Frankie, who offered him a small smile in return. The kid was getting a lot better, but being away from Sans still made him a bit nervous. The older skeleton sent Frankie off to class and made his way down the hall to the janitor's closet where he began his long day of work.
After he had thoroughly swept the halls, he decided to pay Riley a visit. Sans walked down the empty hallway to the library, where he heard laughter. He steps inside, Iro and Riley were chatting in the far corner of the little library. Iro was leaning against a bookshelf, smiling widely. They both seemed unaware of Sans' presence.
"So, Riley, I was wondering if you wanted to catch a movie sometime?" Iro chuckles. Sans glares.
"Sure! That sounds great!" Riley laughs, probably smiling under her gray scarf, "What movie should we see?"
"Hmm. I dunno. Howabout a romance?" Iro wiggles his eyebrows, Riley punches his shoulder playfully.
"Pfffft. You're such a dork." She laughs. Sans clears his throat, Iro and Riley both jump,
"O-Oh! H-H-Hi Sans!" Riley stammers, pushing a lock of orange hair out of her face "D-Didn't see ya there" Sans forces a smile onto his face,
"Heya." He tries his best not to glare at Iro, but that is a battle he does not win. He just… really doesn't like him.
"Nice to see you again, Sans! I'm uh… sorry about what happened to Frankie… Riley told me about it…" Iro's bright yellow eyes reflect sympathy, but for some reason, Sans can't accept his sincerity. Sans gives him a curt nod, still fighting to keep the smile on his face.
"O-Oh! Uh… Would it be alright if Iro came for spaghetti night t-tomorrow? S-since he couldn't come before…?" For some reason, Sans couldn't bring himself to say no. He had no reason to say no, anyways.
"Sure, I guess." Sans shrugs, immediately regretting that decision.
"Great!" Riley grins, "Y-you'll get to m-meet everyone, Iro! It's going to be r-really fun!"
Yeah… really great. Sans glared.
"Hey, Wren!" Frankie waved at the younger girl who was just coming out of her class to head over to the cafeteria.
"Hi!" She smiled brightly.
"Check this out!" Frankie held out his arm for her to see his cast.
"Oh!" What happened?!" She looked worried, "Does it hurt?"
"Not anymore. It's… kind of a long story. But, it's fractured. My radius is broken in half… and… the doctor says it'll get better soon."
"Wow. I'm sorry, Frankie…." She bit her lip, looking down at her hands.
"You wanna sign it?" Frankie said, holding out an assortment of colored pens.
"Really?!"
"'Course! You're one of my best friends." She gingerly took a purple pen from his hand and signed her name carefully.
"I hope it's all better soon, Frankie." She smiled. He stored the pens back into his backpack and they made their way towards the cafeteria.
"Dad, and Uncle Paps, and I are moving." He informed her.
"What?" Her smile fell away. "Where?"
"Not far away. Just to a bigger house."
"Oh." She grinned. "That's neat."
"We're going to get one with a big backyard, Dad says. So you can come over, because I bet I can convince Dad to buy me a trampoline."
"That would be fun!" Wren nodded.
"Hey." Frankie said. "I like… your yellow ribbon." He pointed to the ribbon she wore in her curly, light brown hair. "It looks nice. My favorite color is yellow, you know."
"Wow…" Her cheeks turned pink. "Thanks, Frankie." They were silent for a moment. Then Wren took Frankie's hand. "I'm glad you're not moving away. We'll always be best friends, right Frankie?"
"Right." Frankie nodded firmly.
There was a knock at the door. Everyone else had already arrived for spaghetti night, and Sans was awaiting Riley… and Iro. Why did he say yes? He sighs as he opens the door, to be greeted by Riley, who wore a bright blue scarf, and Iro, who stood behind her.
"Heya." Sans plasters a grin on his face, and steps to the side to let them in.
"Nice place y'got here, Sans! I'm glad I can finally join you guys for spaghetti night!" Iro grins, Sans nods curtly,
"Yeah. Glad you could make it." Sans was good enough at acting that he made his enthusiasm sound convincing.
"HEY PUNK!" Undyne shouts from the dining room to Riley, who waves shyly in response. She'd gotten a lot more accustomed to the loud noises and shouting that often occurred during spaghetti night. Riley leads Iro over to the table and takes a seat next to him. For some reason, this makes an unknown emotion burn within Sans. What was that? He was…. Frustrated.
Sans takes a seat across from them. Once everyone was gathered around the table, Undyne stood, a little too aggressively tapping the side of her glass with her fork.
"QUIET EVERYONE!" Undyne grins, exposing her sharp off-white teeth. The table becomes silent, everyone's attention on Undyne. She clears her throat,
"Me and Alphys have an announcement to make!" Alphys stands, clearly nervous, but she was smiling.
"We're g-getting married!" The little yellow lizard monster says, proudly. The table bursts into cheers, Toriel clasps her hands together and gasps happily,
"Oh my! That is wonderful!" Asgore nods in agreement. Papyrus stared, wide eyed,
"MARRIED?! WOWIE! THAT IS GREAT NEWS!" Sans was still glaring at Iro, who was grinning widely. Why did he dislike him so much? Once the cheers and congratulations died down, and everyone moved to the living room to discuss the wedding, Sans decides to get started on the dishes.
"Sans… is there something wrong?" A sweet voice sounds behind him. Toriel. Sans turns around,
"...Something wrong?" He asks, raising an eyebrow.
"You seemed a little out of it today at dinner, and I was worried. Does it have to do with Iro?" Toriel asks sympathetically, "It seemed like you were glaring at him."
Was it really that noticeable…?
"...He gets on my nerves." Sans replies simply, not about to elaborate on that, because, well… he didn't really have a reason. Why don't I like Iro…? He's a funny guy. He's Riley's friend…
"Oh. I couldn't imagine why, but if that is how you feel…" Toriel seems confused, as she walks out of the kitchen, joining the laughter that was happening in the livingroom. Why don't I like Iro? Now it was bugging Sans. He had no reason. No reason to hate Iro, yet, whenever he looked at the dragon monster, he couldn't help but glare, a burning feeling in his nonexistent gut. Sans contemplates this for a while, and finally comes up with an answer,
"Holy hell…"
I like her.
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE:
Guest (for chapter twenty): I have a bad feeling frisk/chara might reset
I'm sorry I didn't see your review earlier when I posted chapter twenty one. For all of you: If I didn't post your review and reply to it it's because I didn't see it. There's two reasons for that, A) for some reason your review didn't show up on the review page when I posted the chapter , or B) I'm stupid and I totally skipped over it. Anyways...! The whole Frisk/Chara thing... I can't say.
Andyfire123: Will you stop making me cry! Please!
Well, for now I think your safe. Later however... who's to say?
MechaSniper51: What I just said in the last review is from half life
Ah! I am ashamed to admit that I haven't played Half Life. My cousin, who's writing Sans' parts in the story, has- probably. I *should* play that, though. I really really love Portal soo... yeah... I should probably play Half Life.
Eds . curious. Kitten: Yay! House hunting! Woot! Hang in there Frankie! You are surrounded by love, so let that comfort you!
Sorry I have to separate your name with spaces. I think last time I typed it in fanfiction thought it was a link. (in some ways I really hate this website)
Yas! House hunting! With Sans adopting Frankie I think things got much better. Frankie's going to do alright. 3
TheSoCoolWriter:
Wow! This chapter was great. Plus, I loved the emphasis that Frankie saved Sans from his voice in his head.
Me: *Looks at the review responses*
"On a bench, away from the rain,
After vows have been exchanged."
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Oh.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Awww! Thanks!
Me- *playing 'It's Raining Somewhere Else' at full volume*
No, come on, tell me what you think. That's not fair. (though I think this chapter shed some light on the whole ceremony and vows thing.)
UT Midnight Sky: And I'm back to review another perfect chapter of this fine story! So.. Uh... Want to apologize about the earlier review, you know, the one with my OC friend? Sorry if that was a little weird for you, it's kind of a repetitive thing. Anyway, loved the chapter, hope you keep them coming, and stay determined!
That's alright. It was entertaining. :D Thanks, we're so glad you like it!
Guest: In chapter twenty I was sorta hoping that when papyrus was crying, he'd idk be a bit more serious cause sans has been idkkkk avoiding him?
That does make sense. I think our excuse for Papyrus not being more serious, though, was that he didn't really realize Sans was avoiding him. He's so innocent. I think the excuses he made for his brother were that Sans is lazy. And he was worried in the beginning, but when he saw Sans come to spaghetti night, perfectly fine, that worry dropped instantly, and after that he never suspected that Sans had been trying to avoid him. I don't know. I think it's probably because he's such a forgiving and child-like character. But I see what you're saying.
Guest: I am so sorry I meant Sans I know what the voice in Sans's head is. :) At any rate WAITING FOR THE UPDATE IS EXCRUCIATING OMG! I can't wait for the next one! Thank you SO much for understanding my character development thing! It is tricky, and you've done well so far! You've developed Frankie and Sans's relationship so well! Once again I
Oh no! Your comment cut off. *sigh* Fanfiction... why? Oh well. Thank you so much. It's really great to hear that we're doing good on the whole character development thing. I hope you liked this chapter as well!
Anonymous: (Sorry my comment got cut off) I really congratulate you on not just throwing in some love interest. I love the relationships between family. This is my favorite fanfic! I scream everytime there's a new update. Keep up the good work. (Continued from the comment that doesn't have a name omg)
(That's okay. That seems to be happening a lot, for some reason) Thanks! Though, as you can see from this chapter a love interest is definitely being developed. I hope that doesn't change your view on the story. But, yes, the whole family relationship is always going to be our number one goal. I think... though we're definitely going to develop Sans and Riley's relationship.
Guest: "Ceremony," huh? Well, that could be quite a few things... It could be a WEDDING CEREMONY, and the vows would be the wedding vows between Sans and Riley, but I get the feeling that's not it.
Maybe the ceremony is some sort of messed up Red X ritual that Riley is a victim of in a later chapter. Sans comes to save her from Red X, and finally asks her about the scarf, and why Red X wanted her in THAT particular ceremony. Riley finally explains in the rain to Sans, the merciful waters from the sky attempting to hide her tears as she tells her tale. Sans, after hearing her story, vows to protect Riley from anyone who might hurt her. Riley then vows to either be honest with herself concerning her past, or vows to help Sans however she can (even listening and comforting Sans about the resets and assuring him that it wont happen) and protect Frankie.
Oh my gosh that would be so cool! I'd die on the spot! Anyway, good luck with the next chapter!
Wow! Those are some amazing ideas. But, I think this chapter shed light on the whole ceremony thing. It's simpler than most everyone probably thought based on my riddle.
A Person: Whoa this stories really good. You've got the characters nailed and I think you've perfectly shown how Sans would think (the voices and all that fluffy stuff).
As a question though it says there's been 4 resets, and Sans fine around Frisk so in those resets was there no killing or genocide? I can't tell cause Frisk seems real nice and Sans has never mentiond or even thought about Frisk that way. Yet she know he was "really strong" and Sans has that hallway nightmare.
Adding on to that does it also mean Sans dosent know its Frisk who resets? Or in this story is Frisk not the one resets.
This is an AMZING fic, a part of me though is terrified because that reset is kinda inevitable. Although this WAS the 4 reset sooooo Neutral Pacifist Genocide Pacifist which is normally how people leave it...
AHHH! Welp from the amount I've just written and how many questions I've asked you can tell I'm pretty hooked! But seriously this is incredible and I can't wait for the next update! :)
Those are some deep questions that in all honesty I don't think we've really thought about. There was a genocide route at some point, not sure where in the whole sequence. Sans is fine around Frisk, but that's a good point. Maybe he shouldn't be all the time. Thanks sooo much! We're so glad you like it.
OCs: Riolu: *Quickly puts duct tape over Moonbeam's Mouth* Hi! Great chapter!Oh yeah, question...Do you like waffles? (The song do you like waffles starts playing) THIS IS NOT A SIRIUS REVIEW!
(Sirius black from Harry Potter appears) WRONG SIRIUS!
Yeah I think I'm insane.
Thanks. And yes, I do like waffles. heheh. We're all insane in our own little ways, I think.
Frisks brother: Hey DOOD I luv this too much i neeeeeee more PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ I NEED MORE FRACTURE AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH * jumps out out window * * shouts* oh and yah I'm actually frisks brother by th way U mph... Ouch
I hope this gave you your fix. :P More soon to come. We try and post every three days!
Nice to meet you, Frisk's brother.
Guest: I loved this chapter. I nearly died when sans told his story. Can't wait for chapter 22!
P.S. I loved your Riddle. I like the mysteries.
Augh, yes. Dad!Sans is adorable. :)
Well, reading this chapter you've probably already discovered half the mystery is solved.
I guest as much: Another sweet update! It's nice to know Frankie is getting better, even if he isn't in the best state of mental health. I'm happy Frisk noticed that something was up with Riley and her scarf. The interactions between Frankie, Sans, and Grandpops really rose to the top for me, everything they said felt like something they wood actually say, and it all felt really nice. Overall, with Riley, Grandpops, and Frankie, you have a really nice "cast" of OCs!
You and your puns. holy crap. Thanks so much! I am so glad that the OCs and turning out great. :)
Guest1: Nice prophecy, I can't wait to see what happens next
Sans' realization! :D
THANKS ALL SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT REVIEWS! It's so awesome to hear from you and get your opinions- super encouraging! You're all fabulous!
See you on the next chapter! :D
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