Alphys and Undyne wanted to get married as soon as possible. Toriel had managed to talk them up to a month preparation, but they wouldn't go any longer.
"A month?! Are you crazy?!" Riley had gasped. "That's so little time! What about suits and dresses, and… vows… and…." Alphys and Undyne assured her that it was going to be fine, (Alphys was definitely way less sure than Undyne).
"Speaking of the w-wedding" Alphys smiled. "I was w-wondering if you would l-like to be my M-maid of Honor."
"Me?!" Riley nearly choked on her tea. "Seriously?"
"Y-yeah…" Alphys nodded enthusiastically. "It's just… Y-your my best friend, besides Undyne of c-course. I've n-never really had a g-good friend like you, Riley."
"Wow… I…" Riley couldn't help but smile. The idea of being invited to be someone's Maid of Honor was amazing. She had never thought she'd have good friends like that. Then an image of her wearing a beautiful dress struck her. Bridesmaid dresses were always more revealing. She couldn't have that much skin showing! And… what about her scarf?! But… she couldn't let Alphys down. I'll have to find a way to cover up my… shoulders… and neck… and… legs. EVERYTHING. Why did this have to be her?
"Riley?"
"Huh? Oh, Sorry, Alphys! I would love to be your Maid of Honor!" Dammit, Riley. No. This was good. This was fine. She could figure something out. It was later that she learned about the rest of the small wedding party. Papyrus was going to be Undyne's best man, and apparently Mettaton was coming into town to officiate the ceremony. Riley, of course, had heard of Mettaton. He was quite a star in the monster community. But she had never met him. She was a bit worried about it. And of course, to top it all off- like a big red cherry on the whipped cream top of her lovely, nerve-wrecking sundae, her childish crush hadn't dissipated. If anything, it had grown, and she was furious.
Being around Sans gave her butterflies. She couldn't talk, she couldn't focus. She was always, always nervous. But, god, he made her laugh and smile. He made her so happy. And yet…. She knew it wasn't meant to be. She didn't deserve to be this happy. This will pass… and I'll be alone again. Sans- wonderful Sans. He would find someone, but not her. He didn't deserve her, with all the baggage she carried. He deserved someone who was free. He deserved someone who was beautiful. She was neither of those things.
"Riley?! Are you alright?"
"Wha-? Oh… sorry. I'm just tired. That's all." She shrugged her shoulders, looking up to see Alphys and Undyne frowning. She had come over to try and help them plan some of the wedding stuff. They had three weeks until the big event. So far that evening they had finally decided on an accent color- cyan, and a location- beach! The menu was lacking, so she supposed that would be the next step.
"I know what we need!" Undyne shouted.
"What?" Alphys frowned.
"We need a game to wake us up."
"Oh? What did you have in mi-" Riley began.
"LISTEN UP, NERDS!" Undyne suddenly leaps up from the table and is screaming. Riley leans away, a little in shock. "WE'RE GONNA PLAY TRUTH OR DARE!"
"Oh n-no…" Alphys groaned. This has happened before? Riley stared.
"I'LL BE GENEROUS TODAY AND LET ONE OF YOU GO FIRST! SO GO AHEAD AND FIGHT FOR THE SEAT OF HONOR!"
"Err…" Riley was still staring at Undyne when Alphys said, "H-how about you g-go first, Riley, since y-you're the guest?"
"What?!" Riley spun around to look at Alphys. "I mean! Uh… Truth?"
"Ooh! Can I ask the question, Undyne?" Alphys cried.
"Fine…" Undyne falls back into her seat, defeated.
"Ooh.. hmm… w-what should I… hmm…" Alphys looks over at Riley with narrowed eyes. Riley fidgets in her seat. Oh no. What if they ask about my scarf? What if they ask about my past? What if… what if they ask…?
"Ooh!" Alphys gasps. "Mmm. W-who do you have a crush on?" WHAT?!
"Lame!" Undyne cries. "Everyone always asks that question." Oh god. Oh god…
"I mean… errr…. Dare?" Riley whispers. Undyne's curiosity was suddenly piqued.
"Ooh…" Alphys grinned.
"IN THAT CASE, I DARE YOU TO TELL US WHO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON!" Undyne screams.
"Oh…" Oh no. Oh… She had to come up with something fast if she was going to avoid any sort of teasing. But apparently a few seconds wasn't fast enough for Undyne.
"Come on, nerd! Tell us! Who is it? You totally have a crush on someone!"
"Yeah! Tell us so I can ship you two!" Alphys said.
"I-"
"You can't lie! I know a lie when I see one!" Undyne cried.
"ALRIGHT! IT'S SANS OKAY?!" Silence..
"Oh. My GOD! I SHIP IT!" Alphys screams. Then she turns to Undyne and with perfectly clarity says, "You owe me money."
"What?!" Riley gasps.
"Fiinnneee." Undye slaps a ten dollar bill on the table and Alphys takes it eagerly.
"W-what?!" Riley frowns.
"BUT I'm going to win that money back! I bet twenty bucks Sans asks her out first." What?
"My m-money's still on R-riley." Alphys says. "Twenty more dollars for me? Yes please."
"It's ON!" Undyne and Alphys shake hands.
"You'll ask him out first, r-right, Riley?"
"Uhh.. What?! This is r-ridiculous, I don't even know if… if he likes me!"
"So?! Sometimes you have to just take the-" Undyne trails off and looks over at Alphys. "I mean. No, you definitely don't want to risk it. Not this time. Nope."
"The first p-part of what Undyne s-said is right. You just gotta d-do it, go out there and-"
"And sometimes, it's better to wait and see what happens." Undyne said.
"I waited, Riley." Alphys said. "I waited and n-nothing happened."
"That's not true, I wrote you a letter."
"Which n-never would have g-gotten to me if Frisk hadn't b-been there."
"That's not true. I would have had Papyrus deliver it!"
"Stop it! Both of you!" Riley finally gasped. "I have a crush on S-sans. It's just a silly crush. It's not… I don't… He probably doesn't like me back."
"He totally does-"
"She's right, Alphys, she needs to observe a little bit longer… you know? See what happens. I… umm… I've gotta go… make a phone call…" Undyne stood up.
"No! Undyne!" Riley and Alphys stood up at the same time.
"It's… work related." Undyne said, with a grin.
"No! You can't- you can't t-tell him!" Riley's whole face was red.
"Undyne!" Alphys called and then she directed her attention to Riley, "Y-you have to call him before she does."
"N-no! I'm not… I'm not calling anyone. This is stupid and em-embarrassing!"
"Oh. Riley… we-we're sorry. You're right." Alphys nodded after a long pause. Undyne sighed.
"Alright fiinee… But after this whole wedding thing is over, you better be ready, because I'm not going to stop until you're a happy couple."
"That's not going to-" Riley began. Alphys cleared her throat.
"What was that about… food for this party?" Undyne frowned.
As the wedding quickly approached spaghetti night became more of a thing for each evening rather than just Tuesdays. There was a lot of planning to do, and throughout all the chaos Asgore had finally found a nice house for Frankie and his new family to move into. Three bedrooms. Sans had said there was one for Papyrus, one for Frankie, and one for him. But Frankie hadn't slept alone since the Red X incident. He had nightmares far too often. He knew that inevitably, despite having a space to call his own, he'd end up sleeping in Sans' room more often than not. So, besides all the wedding chaos, Frankie, Sans, and Papyrus were packing all their things and getting ready to move into the larger house.
It was a Wednesday evening when they all gathered at Frisk's house. It was a nice day out, so they were spending it outside in their backyard. Asgore was grilling kabobs, (Papyrus was not pleased), and Toriel had made dessert. The adults were sitting on the deck discussing clothes and decorations for the wedding. Frankie was excited for what sounded like an enormous party, but the whole planning thing was just boring. He and Frisk sat in Frisk's tree house. They played a couple games, and Frisk shared some candy they'd convinced Asgore to buy for them. But after a while they were bored, so they watched the adults from afar.
Sans was sitting across from Riley, Alphys, and Toriel. Alphys and Riley were discussing the color Undyne and Alphys had picked out, (something about cyan?). Toriel was knitting a scarf or something, and pretending not to be a part of the conversation, but was listening quietly to what everyone said around her. Sans, however, was completely silent. There was a strange smile on his face, and he seemed… odd. Frisk pointed at the skeleton with a frown, and shrugged their shoulders. Frankie frowned as well, watching closely.
"Sans." Riley said quite suddenly, and Sans nearly jumped out of his chair.
"heh… yeah?" He was blushing now, blue. This was definitely a new development. It was something Frankie had never seen before. His dad was… flustered?
"Do you see that?" Frankie whispered. Frisk nodded, they were trying to suppress a laugh. "Have you ever seen that before?" The young human shook their head slowly. "Why do you suppose he's acting that way around her?"
I think… Frisk signed, then they paused for dramatics.
"What?" Frankie sighed.
I think he likes her.
"We all like her."
No, not like that. I think he like, likes her.
Frankie looked back over at the two adults with an open jaw. What? Seeing both Riley and Sans acting so nervous, and blushing, and smiling made him grin. And then, when he looked over at Frisk, he couldn't help but laugh. Soon both of them were laughing hysterically. Yet, despite the amusement, Frankie couldn't help but think it was perfect.
"I have an idea." He said, after both he and Frisk were able to finally quit laughing.
What? Frisk signed.
"Follow me." He scrambled down the ladder to the grass below (a tedious task, especially with his giant blue cast), and Frisk followed. They made their way up to the porch. There Frankie grabbed Sans' sleeve.
"Dad?"
"Yup?" Sans looked up at his son with a grin.
"Come with us, we want to show you something in Frisk's treehouse."
"In the treehouse?" Sans looked up at the tree. "I don't know about that, kiddo…"
"Pleasee! Dad, pleaaase!" Frankie begged.
"Oh… well… I guess so." Sans stood up, following the two kids back to the treehouse. Frisk led the way up the ladder, and then went Frankie, Sans came up behind Frankie- nervously. About half-way up Frankie almost lost his grip on one of the rails and he slipped.
"Woah! Frank. You alright?"
"Yeah…" He was shaken, but he grinned down at his dad, who had reached up instinctively to hold on to his leg.
"You gotta be careful, Frankie. I don't want you getting hurt."
"I'm alright, dad. I promise. Now come on!" Once they all made it to the top Sans heaved a sigh of relief.
"Alright. What's this you want to show me?"
"Look!" Frankie pointed out of the open side of the treehouse. "You can see everyone really well. Look, there's Riley." Just as Frankie suspected, the moment he mentioned the young woman's name Sans' cheekbones turned a light blue. Frankie looked over at Frisk with a grin and the young human covered their laugh with their hand.
"Yeah… heh… That's really neat."
"Dad? Is… Riley coming to the next… dinner too?" Frankie asked.
"...Riley?" The blue on Sans' cheekbones darkened a shade. "uh, sure. Yeah. She's… um… one of the wedding party… so she's a part of the planning..."
"We should have her over some time." Frankie said. "She's really nice." Frisk nodded in agreement.
"Uh… yeah, sounds like a great plan, kiddo."
"Dad?"
"Yup?" Sans looked up from where he's looking down at the other adults.
Are you having fun talking to R-I-L-E-Y today? Frisk signed.
"uhh… what's this all about?" Sans asked.
Frankie looked over at Frisk, who nodded again, and Frankie burst out, "Do you like Riley, Dad?! Do you have a crush on her?!" Sans' cheekbones turned a dark blue, and he quickly looked down at his hands.
"uh… what? heh… no. I mean, she's… I'm… No."
Sans has a crush! Frisk signed excitedly.
"I knew it!"
"I…"
"Are you gonna tell her? Are you gonna ask her out? Will you guys get married or something some day? Would she be my mom? She's nice. I like her. You should ask her out. What are you gonna say to her? Are you just gonna tell her or are you gonna kiss her or, are you gonna-"
"I-"
"...call her? Or maybe-"
You should buy her a present, or get her flowers or something. Frisk signed.
"Hey-"
"Yeah! I bet Riley would like flowers. You should. Or you could write her a letter. You could tell her in a letter."
Sans doesn't write.
"Hey!"
He should just talk to her.
"Yeah. Frisk is right. You should tell her. Dad, are you gonna tell her?" Frankie and Frisk looked up at Sans expectantly. Sans' whole face was blue now. He stared at them with an open jaw and then shook his head.
"I… I don't like… I don't have a crush on Riley."
"Yes you do! I saw you talking to her!" Frankie cried.
Yeah! you like her a lot. Frisk signed. I saw it too! Both kids began laughing, watching Sans unable to find a way to answer. Frisk grabbed Frankie's arm and pointed down at where the adults were sitting and signed quickly. CALL. Frankie grinned, and stuck his head over the railing.
"HEY! RILEY!" Everyone looked up quickly. Sans' eyes widened, grabbing his son's arm, he hissed,
"No!"
Look at S-A-N-S! He's all the way up here! Riley frowned, but gave them all a thumbs up. As soon as her attention was turned back to the adult conversation Sans grabbed Frankie.
"Look, kiddo. No matter what you think… you can't tell Riley anything. Okay? Promise?"
"Okay…" Frankie sighed. "But… only if you tell her. Because, I can't keep secrets for very long. They just kind of slip out. Right, Frisk?" Frisk nodded firmly.
My hands just won't stop moving, S-A-N-S.
Sans sighed. "I have to get back down there. Alright? You promise not to tell, kiddo?"
"Mmm… Only if I get to have…"
Cake for breakfast, whole next month. Frisk signed.
"Yeah." Frankie nodded.
Sans narrowed his eyes. "Alright, fine. You win. Cake. Only one month."
"Yes!" Frankie gave Frisk a high five. Then he turned back to his dad who was climbing down the ladder already. "I love you, dad." Sans looked up, and despite the whole exchange only moments ago he can't help but look at Frankie with fondness.
"I love you too, kiddo." Once Sans was gone Frankie looked over at Frisk.
"Are you going over to Ella's tomorrow to work on our science project?"
Of course. It's gonna be fun. Is your Dad helping?
"Dad's gotta work on packing."
That week Undyne and Alphys asked Frankie and Frisk if one of them would be the ring-bearer and the other the "flower-person". Both of them took one glance at the other and immediately shouted out (or signed) "DIBS ON RINGS".
"Looks like it's a tie." Sans grinned. "Well, you have two rings anyways. Each of them could carry one."
"But who w-will do the f-flowers?" Alphys asked. That was when Frankie had a brilliant idea- after all, what was a party without his other two friends?
"You remember my friends Ella and Wren, Alphys? They could be the flower girls." He knew Alphys and Undyne didn't know Ella and Wren very personally, but that they had met the girls and liked them.
"That m-might work." Alphys smiled.
So, much to Frankie's excitement, Ella and Wren were invited to all the planning nights as well. The four of them; Frankie, Wren, Ella, and Frisk; always had fun playing board games and sometimes make believe. They were all sitting up in Frisk's treehouse, eating snacks, on a Thursday afternoon (One and a half weeks before the wedding), when they heard the adults talking about dresses and suits.
"W-we ordered them t-today. They should b-be here first thing n-next week." Alphys said.
"Ooh. The cyan looks nice!" Riley gasped. Frankie looked over the railing of the treehouse to see she looked rather nervous. Something about the dress probably.
"Yes." Even Undyne looked excited.
"Undyne is refusing to wear a dress." Alphys said. "So… we d-decided to put her in a suit."
"And you ordered Frankie's coat one size too big?" Sans asked.
"That will look a little silly."
"It's not going to fit over his arm any other way." Sans replied. "That cast is huge."
"Right. Don't worry." Alphys nodded. "I d-did."
"Everyone's going to wear cyan?" Riley asked. "Wow. It's such a pretty color."
"The boys… and ME will all get cyan Ties!" Undyne grinned. "And You all get to wear cyan dresses."
"WHO CARES ABOUT THE CLOTHES! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PARTY! LOTS OF SPAGHETTI!"
"What's cyan?" Wren murmured. "I'll be wearing cyan? I don't know what that is."
"It's like…" Ella frowned. "It's like a bluish-green. I think. But a really light, bright color. Right?"
"Yeah." Frankie nodded. He looked over at Frisk. "Like my dad's blush." Frisk laughed.
But Your dad's blush gets darker too.
"Yeah." Frankie grinned.
"What's up with your dad, anyways?" Ella asked.
"Oh… he has a crush on a girl."
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:
Ed's. curious. kitten: So awesome! (And, yeah, my name does that a lot. It's kind of funny now!) SHOW IRO WHAT FOR, SANS!
Heheh. YOU GO SANS! :D
HourglassMadness: Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! I thought it was just a silly hope that the ceremony you were talking about was a wedding ceremony! :D
I'm literally shaking with happiness! Omg I wonder how Sans will confess that he likes her? Maybe he'll confide in Papyrus first, and then Papyrus gets all excited and tells Sans that he would like to go somewhere to celebrate, and Papyrus secretly tells Riley to meet him at the same place! And then, Papyrus doesn't show up, and Sans and Riley have to go on a surprise date with each other! And the truth is that Papyrus is actually watching from afar with Undyne, Mettaton, and Alphys (Undyne and Alphys noticed that Papyrus seemed unusually chipper and followed him there, and Mettaton followed Alphys)! And then all of a sudden, either Undyne or Mettaton pops out of their hiding spot and are all like, "Would ya just kiss/smooch already?!"
Good grief... I'm starting to write sorta fanfiction out of fanficton...
Anyway, really, really, really excited for the next chapter!
Holy shit. And I'm just not allowed to say anything about this. You're going to have to wait and see. *shhhhh! secrets!*
coolPastagal: Your story is so amazing it's not even real! From the first chapter I already fell in love with it. Keep it up! :'
Awww! Thanks! And I really like your picture. It made me laugh. :D
Autumn R Rivers: This story is sooo good! I just beinge-read every chapter and I'm still hungry for more! Some parts had me laughing and grinning so widely that my family was giving me weird looks, others had me literally squealing with joy (SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS OMG), and still other parts had me expressing unexpressable emotions with increasingly strange noises. Few fics on this site are this well-written, and yourse is one of the even fewer that properly expresses just what goes on in sans' head. I will say though, all those voices have me worried. That doesn't sound like conflicting emotions to me...dare I say the c word? Anyway, just wanted you to know that I'm enjoying this, and to never stop writing!
Awww! That's awesome! I'm so glad you like it! :D I can't say stuff about the voice in Sans' head. It's a little simpler than that though...
MechaSniper51: I never played portal before,I have no money,the only half life game I ever played is half life:op4 non-steam,anyway what sans is experiencing is jealousy ; )
*ps Im not Aaron
Portal is awesome. But, yeah. Heh. I know that feel.
Yess... I think so too. *singing* Sans is jealous! Sans is jealous!
Frisks brother: Damn where is asreil in this ( PLZ don't tell frisk that I cursed she will have my head ) I mean I know chara is in this but where the actual hell is asreil and or flowey. If he is with chara( I think he is ) than can he PLZ at least be good because I love asreil
I really hate to disappoint, but I don't think any of them will be in this story. :( I'm sorry.
Asreil dreemurr: Hey guys have y'all seen my mom I haven't found her yet I've litteraly been looking for like 7 hours where the actual ling long is my fricken mom. O btw frisk if you here this I need MY PASTA NIGHT. ITS GETTING PRETTY DAMN LONLY HERE SITTING HERE CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP EVERY DAY AND GUESS WHAT no one came... Any ways have you found mom?
I'm sorry. I don't think I have seen your mom, but I bet she'll be at Spaghetti night, and you're definitely welcome to come! :D
Riolu: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *I'm falling for some reason* This chapter did not have enough fluff. Also is Iro gonna have a bad time, from Sans or maybe even Frankie?I hope so...there's something weird about Iro I think...I just can't figure out what...
Fluff is my life, so trust me, there will be more fluff. This one had some fluff, I think. :)
As for Iro. He doesn't need to have a bad time. You'll see why later.
Guest: may the love triangle commence
Hehee...
I guest as much: ANOTHER great update! Here's some butter, because you're on a roll. So, Frankie seems to have a romantic interest now, and we have some color consistency as well with the yellow bow. It's nice to see that Sans finally realized that he likes Riley, if a little Iro-nic that he realized thanks to a rival. Even so, I'm happy you didn't keep dragon this out to long, it feels really well paced so far!
Yellow is Frankie's favorite color! Yes! you go, Sans! Anyways... thanks so much. I'm glad you like it!
Doce: The shipping is beyond real in this chapter. I screamed a little on the inside when Undyne said that her and Alphys were getting married. Also, I could but think in my head the entire chapter: Sans, you like Riley, you are feeling jealous. SHIP SHIP SHIP SHIP.
yasssss. Sans and Riley! SHIP! :D And it's just gonna get better.
Anonymous: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES IRO I FREAKIN LOVE THE LOVE INTEREST NOW GOSH DARN IT STOP MAKING ME LIKE THINGS I WANT TO HATE *insert crazed hysterical laughter here*
No! Don't ever hate it! *see above comment!* SHIPPPPP.
ANYWAYS! Thank you all so much for the great and amazing comments. It's soooo awesome to hear from you all! :D See you on the next chapter!