Sans, Frankie, and Papyrus were finally all moved into their new house. It was a really neat house. It had two stories- the downstairs had a huge kitchen for Papyrus to cook in, a really nice living room, and a cool entryway. Upstairs were the three bedrooms and two baths.
The best part, for Frankie, was the enormous yard. Riley knew Sans had already promised his son that he'd get him a play set.
It was Sunday, only one week before the wedding when Riley came over to their new house with a little 'welcome home' gift. She knew in the chaos of the wedding and the whole moving thing, Sans hadn't had hardly any time to unpack. So when she knocked on the door and it was opened to reveal boxes stacked up in the entryway, she wasn't at all surprised.
"Oh. Heya." Sans grinned. "W-what… uh… how are you?"
"Good." Riley smiled. "I brought you a little something as a 'Welcome to your new home' gift." She held out a rolled up rug. The secret, of course, was on the inside.
"Oh. Wow. Th-thanks. Why don't you come in?" He held the door open for her and she stepped inside. The house was pretty bare, since all of their things were still in boxes, but it was a nice, large house.
"You uhh…. You want something to drink?" Sans asked.
"Oh. I'm alright. I can't stay long anyways." She really wished she could. "I promised Alphys and Undyne I'd help pick out some wedding decorations and flowers and stuff."
"Oh."
"But… you should… you should unroll that. My favorite part is on the inside." She smiled. It was an entry-sized rug so he could easily unroll it and just hold it up in his hands. He unrolled it slowly, and she watched as his expression changed, while looking down at the rug. He grinned.
"You know me almost too well." She had seen the rug at a garage sale, and had instantly thought of him. The rug was blue, with the silhouettes of two birds. Underneath in darker blue were the words: Home tweet Home.
"I thought you might like that." She grinned. "You are, after all, the pun master." His cheeks turned a bright blue.
"Heh… yeah…"
"Anyways… I umm… I have to go to Undyne and Alphys' house. But… I'm sure I'll see you a lot this week."
"Y-yeah." He nodded.
"If you… um… if you ever need help unpacking or anything…" She said.
"Sure!"
"Well…" Oh god. Why is this always so awkward?!
"See you later. Thanks for this."
"Yeah… bye." When she leaves the house she breathes out a sigh of relief. Oh thank god.
It was Monday- six days before the wedding. Mettaton had arrived the night before, and was already excited about most everything. Their suits and dresses had arrived that morning, so after school they all headed over to Alphys and Undyne's house to try on their wedding clothes. Sans got into his suit first, black dress pants, shiny dress shoes. A white dress shirt, a cyan tie, and a black over coat. Then he knelt down to help Frankie.
"Alright, kiddo. Lets see. First we gotta get this white dress shirt on you, huh?" Sans held out the shirt and Frankie easily slipped his first arm into it. Then he looked over at his cast.
"This one's going to be hard."
"It's alright." Sans smiled. "I got you covered. Here." It took Sans a long while to work the sleeve up over the cast. It would be more comfortable for the kiddo if the sleeve just was rolled up above his cast. "See? Look at that. All done. Let me get you buttoned up." After a few more moments, Sans tucked the dress shirt into Frankie's pants and grinned. "There you are, kiddo. Just two more things."
"Weddings are hard already." Frankie sighed.
"It's going to be fun. I promise." Sans said as he picked up Frankie's little cyan tie. He flipped up Frankie's collar and quickly adjusted the tie.
"Is it harder to do a tie on yourself?" Frankie asked. It had taken Sans much longer to tie his own tie.
"I'm not very good at it." Sans said. "So yeah. If you get good at it, it's not that hard. Now for your jacket." Sans didn't have much trouble putting the jacket on over Frankie's cast. But it was one size too big, Maybe they should have done that with the shirt. Sans quickly buttoned up the jacket and spun Frankie around so he could look at himself in the mirror.
"WOW! I look just like you, Dad!"
"You look very nice." Sans grinned.
"But I look just like you!" Frankie gasped. "That's so… wow! Did you know dad, I want to be just like you when I grow up."
"Aw, kiddo. You could do a lot better than me."
"There's no one better than you, Dad." Frankie hugged his father quickly.
Next it was Papyrus' turn to get all dressed up. He wanted it all to be a surprise, so he closed his eyes while Sans put on his dress shirt, tie, and jacket.
"Alright, Papyrus. Open your eyes." There was a long moment before Papyrus obeyed Sans' order. Frankie held his breath in anticipation.
"OHMYGOD." Papyrus stared at his reflection. His eyes moving from his shiny black dress shoes, to his cyan tie. "OHMYGOD, SANS. I LOOK-"
"You look awesome, Uncle Paps!" Frankie cried. "You look like me and Dad! I love weddings!" Papyrus straightened his tie, and grinned at himself in the mirror. "ATTENTION, HUMAN!"
"uhh… what are you doing, bro?" Sans frowned.
"SANS, I'VE PRACTICED THOSE LINES IN THE MIRROR FOR YEARS. I CAN'T JUST QUIT A HABIT."
"May I remind you," Mettaton suddenly popped up next to Papyrus. "This is a FABULOUS wedding, not an arrest."
"I KNOW THAT!" Papyrus snapped. "I KNOW ALL MY LINES."
"You don't have any lines." Frankie frowned.
"I DO TOO. SANS, TELL YOUR SON-"
"Your brother is right, DEARIE!" Mettaton nodded.
"THANK YOU." Papyrus nodded at himself in the mirror.
"What lines does Papy have?" Sans asked Mettaton.
"Depending on what's IN there are lots of fanTASTic different traditions for a bestman to fulfill." Mettaton replied. "The most important is they've got to give an amaaaazing speech ."
"A SPEECH!" Papyrus said, "FOR UNDYNE."
"Right." Sans nodded.
"But also, Papyrus is going to have to learn to dance."
"Why?" Frankie asked.
"WELL, everyone loves this new tradition! It's totally IN for the bestman to have the first dance with the maid of honor!"
"WHAT?! I mean…" Sans coughed. "That's…"
"I'll teach you how to dance, Papyrus. Everyone's eyes will be on YOU. You'll be the STAR of the show! Besides the newlyweds, of COURSE! This wedding is going to be fabulous." Mettaton said. "You should learn from the best."
"THAT'S RIDICULOUS! I KNOW HOW TO DANCE! OF COURSE, I KNOW HOW TO DANCE! I AM THE GREATEST DANCER THERE IS."
Mettaton sighed, "If you say so, Darling."
"Can you teach me how to dance, Mettaton?" Frankie asked.
"OF COURSE! You'll be a SHINING STAR in no time!" Mettaton replied.
"WHAT?!" Papyrus turned away from the mirror and looked at Frankie in shock. "YOU'D RATHER AN ENTERTAINER TEACH YOU TO DANCE THAN YOU'RE GREATEST UNCLE?!" Frankie grinned.
"Mettaton's never been around before, Uncle Paps. I learn the greatest from you everyday. Maybe Mettaton can teach me something too."
"CERTAINLY NOT THE GREATE-"
"Excuse me, but you said that the Maid of Honor dances with the Bestman?" Sans interrupted.
"SAN-"
"I… did… why?" Mettaton frowned.
"No… reason in particular…" Sans frowned.
"Sans!" Riley came twirling around the corner just at that moment. Perfect timing. Frankie nearly burst out laughing. Sans' jaw dropped. "What do you think?"
"Darling!" Mettaton gasped. "Cyan is an aMAZing color on you! You should wear it more often!"
Riley was beautiful. She wore a gorgeous cyan silk dress that came down to her knees. It had three-quarter sleeves that came down a little past her elbows. With it, she wore little black flats. Her long red hair came down around her shoulders. Despite the fact that she was wearing a silky black scarf around her lower face, you could still see she was smiling in her green eyes.
"W-wow...uhhh…I… wow..." Sans stuttered, his whole face had turned blue. Frankie was giggling as he watched his dad stumble over his words.
"WOWIE!" Papyrus grinned, "YOUR DRESS IS THE SAME COLOR AS MY TIE!"
"I think what my dad and Uncle Paps are trying to say is you look really nice, Riley." Frankie said.
"Thank you, Frankie!" Riley gasped. She leaned over and kissed the top of Frankie's skull through her scarf. "I better go see what the other ladies are up to!" She hurried back down the hall. Frankie turned over to Sans and pointed at his skull, making a funny face. Sans glared, crossing his arms, his cheekbones still bright blue.
"Cyan is such a perfect color for this wedding." Mettaton groaned. "It's so in! I just can't even. I better go make sure Undyne is not destroying her suit. My god, that woman has rage issues." Mettaton drifted away from their group and Papyrus turned back to the mirror.
"IT'S SO WEIRD I HAVE TO DANCE WITH RILEY." He said. Sans glared again. "I MEAN, I'VE NEVER DANCED WITH ANYONE BEFORE! I WONDER IF RILEY'S AS GREAT OF A DANCER AS I AM!" While Papyrus was still in awe of how great the cyan tie looked on him, Frankie looked up to see Sans almost pouting. He tugged gently on his dad's sleeve.
"Dad." He whispered.
"Yup, kiddo?" Sans sighed.
"Don't worry," He said. "I'm sure Riley will dance with you too, if you ask." Sans only glared in response. Frankie couldn't hold in his laugh.
The Wedding was quickly approaching. That week was one of chaos, but much to everyone's relief things seemed to be running smoothly. Friday, the day before the wedding, was a ridiculously sunny day. Riley, along with Frankie, Sans, Papyrus, and Frisk, went to the beach to decorate the small sheltered gazebo the ceremony would be held in. The idea of being near Sans made her nervous. Going to his house the other day to deliver the gift had nearly killed her. God, she felt stupid. "He totally likes you, Riley." Alphys had said. No. It was impossible. She focused quickly on the flowers she was using to decorate the edges of the gazebo with, just then someone touches her shoulder.
"Uh… Ri… where did you want these ribbons?" Ri? She feels her cheeks burn as she stares at Sans. Ri?! She still feels his touch on her shoulder. "Riley?"
"Oh… Oh… umm… just set it here and I'll string it up after I'm done with these."
"You sure you… um… don't want me to do anything?" Sans frowned.
"Oh… You could help if you want." She tried to smile, but she was too nervous.
"Hey. You guys want some snacks?" Frankie held up a large bag of pretzels.
"Oh… Sure. Oh! That reminds me." She turns around and digs in her purse. "Toriel sent me with this." She hands Sans some papers, their hands brush together and she feels her face heat up.
"What's this…?"
"Frankie has a field trip this next week, and… well, this has the permission slip and Toriel's looking… for some help. Some parent volunteers to go on the field trip to help keep track of all the children."
"Oh." Sans frowned. "Where are you going, kiddo?"
"The science center!" Frankie grinned. "We're gonna see all sorts of cool stuff. My teacher says there are lots of different sections. We can learn about scientists and different kinds of sciences. It's gonna be really cool!"
"Wow." Sans nodded. "That sounds exciting. I'll have to sign these… soon as I have a pen…"
"Oh!" Riley spun around and dug in her purse again to find a pen.
"Dad, can you please be a parent volunteer." Frankie begged. "It would be soooo cool if you could come. It would make everything wayyy better."
"Er… I don't know about that, kiddo."
"Please, Dad. It would be so fun! And I know you like science!" Sans' cheekbones turned a light blue. Oh gosh. So cute. Shut up, Riley.
"Well… Alright, kid. I'll go."
"YES!"
"Those are these papers?" Sans frowned, pulling more papers from behind the permission slip.
"Y-yeah."
"You know who else is going, Dad?" Frankie grinned. "I mean as volunteers."
"Hm?" Sans asked, as he signed the papers and filled out the forms.
"Ella's mom is volunteering, and a couple other kids' moms and dads… and… Riley." Sans looked up quickly, her cheeks turning a darker blue.
"Oh." He stared at her for a long moment of embarrassing silence before quickly looking back down at his papers. Her face was burning hot, she could hardly breathe.
"So. How are we setting up these flowers?" Frankie asked.
"Oh… Here. I'll… I'll show y-you."
"Wedding's tomorrow." Frankie grinned as he crawled under the blankets of his dad's bed. Sans hadn't really unpacked any of his stuff. Frankie didn't know why- too busy this past week, maybe.
"Yup." Sans was already drifting off to sleep, his eyes closed.
"You gonna ask Riley to dance, Dad?" Sans groaned, looking over at Frankie with a frown.
"Don't want to talk about it."
"Daaaaddd! Dad has a crush." Frankie sang.
"Att some point you're gonna have to sleep in your own bed." Frankie's eyes widened.
"N-no… Dad… I can't…" Fear gripped his soul.
"Hey. I didn't mean now, alright?" Sans looked over worriedly at his son. "It's gonna be okay, Frankie. I won't let anything happen to you." Frankie sighed, relief filling him. He hugged Sans tightly. "Try and go to sleep, kiddo. We got a big day tomorrow."
"Alright. I love you, dad." Frankie murmured, slowly drifting off to sleep.
"I love you too, kid." Sans grinned.
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:
Ed's. Curious. Kitten: That was ADORABLE! Sans being double tamed by children! Oh the humanity! And monster-anity...? Oh well! Super cute! XD
Ah! I'm so glad you liked it! I hope this one was equally if not more adorable! :D
Midnightsalem: THE SHIP IS SAILING GUYS, CLIMB ABORD! JUST WATCHOUT FOR A FEELSBERG WE DON'T WANT TO HIT ONE OF THEM! All joking aside though, I love this story.
YES! SANSLEY! :D Awesome! So glad! :)
nadiahardar: THIS IS WHY I NEVER PLAY TRUTH OR DARE! :V
Like the first time I even heard of it as a kid I began walking over to the group with one finger pointing up like " Oh! can I play t-"
"Who do you have a crush on!?" One of the girls/boys askes another girl/boy.
Me : ... ( ' - ' ) ... ( ' - '')/ ...( ' ~ '') * turns around*. \(' ;' ')/ " fuck dis shit I'm out."
Hehe... yes, classic truth or dare. "Who do you have a crush on?" NO THANKS! :)
anthonyabc268: I totally knew it hehehe
heheh! ;)
Anonymous: WHY IS EVERYTHING YOU WRITE SO GOOD OMG! I hadn't even realized this had updated and I almost cried when I did. THIS BETTER HAVE SANS AND RILEY MARRIED BY THE END OF IT! DANG IT I REALLY LIKE IT NOW OMGGGG
Gosh! thanks so much! :D I am 100% not sorry for making you like it. Sansley is my OTP right now. It's so cute.
I guest as much: You need more butter because you're STILL on a roll. It is very Sans-Tastic that Sans and Riley have secret crushes on each other. (Sorry about the low pun count, I'm really tired)
Nice update! I was smiling through the whole thing. So now we have confessions from both sides and the most mischievous people are the ones that figured it out. Speaking of which, good on frisk and frankie for getting cake for a whole month, I guess Sans will be tree-ting them pretty well until the secret comes out. I can't wait for the next update!
Awesome! Feelings are increasing methinks, based on this chapter... and other things I know... *shhhh* Anyways! Thanks for the great reviews! They always make us smile.
Asreil Dreemurr: I WOULD FUCKING GO IF I WASNT A GODDAMN FLOWER WHAT THE FUCK SHIT DAMN PLUS I ONLY JUST DEVELOPED A SMALL SOUL AND MY MOM IS A FUCKING ASSHOLE SHE HAS NEARLY KILLED ME 8 TIMES NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS ADOPTED 8 FUCKING KIDS IN FRONT OF ME FUCK HER OH AND TELL HER FLOWEY, HER FUCKING SON, SHE HAS BEEN NEARLY KILLING WHILE THINING IM FUCKING DEAD, FUCK THIS SHIT IM OUT DDDDDDDIIICKK HOLES
Okay. Serious, I have no idea what to say to this. I am so sorry... about your mom... doing those things...?
GenuineGreenTea: One thing I love about this fic, is that I'm almost completely forgetting its undertale. the characters seem so original, and I love how you've written them. Also, I love the fact that Sans and Riley both like each other, but are afraid to confront one another.
I'm... trying to decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing... But at least you like it. And at least the characters feel real and are developing! I'm glad you like it. Yes... Sansley. Soon. Well... relatively soon?
Anonymous: I just realized, the girls could use FLOWEY at the wedding instead of regular flowers :D (but that would be awful)
That's terrifying. And hilarious. Now I can't stop imagining it. Please, send help.
Jerry: I've been sitting here and waiting for the next chapter since Frisk ditched me... Geez guys.
Hehe... sorry! I hope this helps! :D
WOW! I love all the reviews! It's soo great! Thanks so much for all the encouragement. (Note how I mentioned our little ship name for Sans and Riley. I think it's adorable. It just has to be used. :) )
See you on the next chapter!
-MH_C