With Sans out of the house (Papyrus had insisted that he had to get ready a bit longer and that no one should wait up for him), Frankie decided to invite his friends over to play. Frisk, Ella, and Wren were all more than happy to come over. Frankie showed all his friends to his room where they got out his monopoly board and played a game.
"I can't believe you have your own room, Frankie. I have to share with my little sister." Ella sighed.
"I don't have a little sister or brother." Frankie shrugged. The thought of Sans having another kid made Frankie laugh, though the idea of having a little brother or sister was exciting. He had always wanted to be a big brother.
"I don't have any siblings either." Wren said.
I had a brother. Frisk signed.
"You did?!" Frankie gasped.
Yeah. He… well… it's a long story. Frisk shrugged.
"We should go play outside! You have a nice yard, Frankie!" Ella said.
"Sure!" Frankie nodded.
Let's go! Frisk grinned, leaping to their feet. They rushed out the door and Ella followed. Frankie frowned, seeing Wren didn't move to get up.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I promised my Daddy I'd get my homework done." She sighed.
"Well, I can help you." Frankie offered. "That way, if we work on it together, we can get it done faster."
"Really?" Wren smiled. "You don't have to."
"I'd like to." Frankie replied. "What do you have?"
"Just math."
"Oh, math isn't so hard. Here. Let's work on it together." Frankie said.
"Oh you're so nice, Frankie." Wren sighed. "I'm so glad you're my friend."
Sans arrives at the restaurant before everyone else, it had seemed. He takes a seat at the table and awaits the others. It was 7:05… shouldn't everyone else be here by now…? He stands to check the door, confused. He was at the right restaurant, he was sure of it, and the reservation under 'SR' was correct…
He huffs. Maybe it was just Undyne playing a prank or something… but why would she go through the trouble of setting up a reservation…? Sans was confused, and then he sees her. Riley walks in the door, and says something to the hostess, who leads her over to him. His cheekbones burn blue. Undyne set this up… She's going to have a bad time…
Riley looks confused for a second, then she realizes what's going on as well and freezes.
"Uh… Heya." Sans says with a frown as Riley awkwardly takes the seat across from him.
"Hi…" She frowns. There's a moment of silence between them before he speaks up,
"So uh… heh. Uh. Did Undyne set this up…?" He chuckles weakly,
"I think A-Alphys had a part in it too…" She smiles under her scarf. He nods,
"So I uh… I… Guess this is… a date, then?" He says, awkwardly tapping a rhythm on the table, his face blue.
"I… g-guess so…?" She laughs. God, I love her laugh… I should just tell her. I should tell her…
"So uh… Riley….?"
"Y-yeah?"
"Hello and welcome to Le Château!" Sans looks up in horror to see a waitress interrupting. Dammit! Dammit! He lets out a sigh, so does Riley. This is getting ridiculous...
"Would you like some wine to get the evening started?" The waitress grins.
"God, yes." Riley replies before Sans can even take a breath.
"For our special today we have a Pinot Noir-"
"That's great. We'll have a bottle of that." She says, almost hastily.
The waitress hurries away with a nod, setting down some menus for them. There's an awkward silence. Come on, Sans… Say something.
"What does a skeleton order at a restaurant?" Wow. Amazing, Sans. A joke. Really clever. Riley shrugs,
"I-I dunno, what?"
"Spare ribs…" He chuckles weakly. That's not even a good one! nnnnnngh….
She laughs a little,
"You're pretty humerus, you know that, bonehead?" Sans' cheekbones turn a darker blue. She just made a pun… holy hell.
"H-heh. I try, tibia honest." She laughed,
Sans grinned, "Er… wanna hear a joke?"
"Yes!"
"Heh… okay… umm. Why couldn't the skeleton ask out the girl he liked." Sans' cheekbones turned a bright blue.
Riley blinked, staring at him for a long moment. "Umm… I dunno. Why couldn't he?"
"Because he didn't have the guts!" Sans laughed, but it sounded forced. She laughed a little.
"Umm… did you… I mean…"
"Did I… umm… did I what?" He frowned.
"NOTHING. I mean…" Her cheeks were burning. "It was a good joke…"
"Y-yeah…" He laughed nervously. "A good joke."
"It… It was a joke… right?"
There was a long pause. "Yeah…! Of- of course it was! It… it was a joke. Pfft." He laughed.
"O-oh…" She mumbled. Sans groaned inwardly and looked down at his hands.
When Riley had seen the table and Sans standing over it in confusion she had just about died. They set us up. They. Set. Us. Up. And god, it couldn't have gotten much more awkward. 'SR'- Sans and Riley. I'm gonna kill them.
Never had anything been as awkward as their dinner was. He tried to tell some jokes, she tried to laugh (they were pretty good- most of them). But they couldn't figure out what to talk about. They finished their food quickly- all while she tried desperately to avoid eye contact.
"So… uh… heh…" Sans frowned. "Anyways."
"Yeah…" God she wanted to tell him so badly. So badly. But… there was still something holding her back. You're worthless, useless! It's your fault Ally's dead! Her father's biting words ached within her. No wonder no one ever loved you. Ally loved me! You killed Ally! You killed the only person who will ever love you.
Sans could never love her. That was a fact- sure he hadn't run away when she had shown him her scars. But that meant nothing. It was certainly an odd occurrence how he looked at her like she was actually a person. When others found out about her scars all they could do was stare at her like she was a... a freak. Sans… for some reason he wasn't like everyone else. It almost scared her. It had been so long… so long since she'd met anyone like him and his friends.
So, why do you hesitate, Riley? Why do you hesitate to tell him that you have feelings for him?
"Sir, would you like your bill?"
"Yes!" Sans gasped. "Thank you." He quickly handed the waiter his card and breathed a sigh of relief. "Heh…So… this was…."
"Awkward." Riley gasped. Sans chuckled.
"Well… I guess I'll see you at spaghetti Dinner night?"
"Y-yeah!" She nodded quickly.
"H-hey… you just live a couple blocks down, right? Did you walk here?" Sans frowned.
"Y-yeah… it's not too far…"
"I could take you home."
"Are you sure? It's not-"
"'Course. It's no problem."
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT:
Ed's. Curious. Kitten: SR, huh? Seems legit! Hang in there Sans! Or maybe Romney should confess? It would really boost Sans' self worth and confidence, I think! I'm up for whatever you decide! Stay awesome!
'Romney' hehe. Autocorrect! *shakes fist* I think they both need a boost of self worth and confidence. So yeah, either one. You'll have to wait and see.
Mr. Indigo: I was just reading some of the reviews to your story and I couldn't happen to start thinking about Alphys setting up a kiss cam in her and Undyne's house that activates whenever Sans and Riley are together...
That's beautiful.
sonicxjones: Hey Sans, does fear got your COAT?
coatally.
StarBee24: uh oh...SR totally stands for Sans and Riley...THEY TOTALLY SET THEM UP ON A DATE! sneaky sneaky friends :3 and I wish I had friends like that...
Yeah... I think I would just be mortified. Which is exactly what they are. :D
HourglassMadness:
Oh my gosh.
OH MY GOSH!
Is this what I think it is?!
THEYRE GETTING SET UP! OMG I SAW THIS COMING CHAPTERS AGO BUT IM SO EXCITEE! This is going to be EPIC!
Wait.
Nooooo.
NOOOOOOO.
RED X ISNT GOING TO CRASH IT ARE THEY?! I'm so scared now. Or maybe Frankie tags along because Sans doesnt know not to bring him or he tags along to see the date, but Red X kidnaps him?!
I AM SERIOUSLY TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW.
Well... it wasn't that bad, but it was really awkward. Fear not- it shall be amazing soon!
Ringmaster118: Oh my god XD I see what they're planning. *Slow clap* way to set them up, Alphys and Undyne.
Yeah, didn't work too well though...
anthonyabc268: Huh short chapter but I have a prediction SR stands for sans and Riley oh and the jackit was a pretty sweet
You predicted correctly! :D
AceLegends: Lmao...after what Undyne did, I'm surprised Sans, being as intelligent as he is, didn't pick up on what 'SR' stands for. Loving this story so far.
Sometimes people who are in love are oblivious to the feelings being mutual. (and even more oblivious that their friends know). :)
meladi1:
Awe, kiss kiss fall in love~ already damn it!
You know, if Sans is so worried about resets he should confront Frisk about it, damn it. It might be a touchy subject but it's driving the poor skeleton crazy
Maybe Sans has done that already... maybe he has reason to believe that it's not Frisk at all.
BlackHeart303: Is it a bad thing that I hope Sans goes Gaster-Blaster-Master on Red X? Also, THIS SHIP IS ADORABLE! Also, when is Frisk going to tell sans that there will be no reset (unless they die of course).
No, that's not a bad thing! Yesss Sansley forever! And... see above... shhh secrets.
Anon: *The thought of Frankie and Sans having matching jackets in their favourite colours fills you with DETERMINATION.
The jacket idea rocks! Also, I look forward to the Sansley confession... :)
Awww yes. It's soo cute. :)
And Sansley shall be realized soon!
SilerofWorlds: Oh thank god. I needed a new chapter like a man in a desert needs water. All of my normal authors stopped updating for a week, leaving me with nothing to read!
I'm sorry it was so late! We hope to stay on our regular schedule now! ;)
Thank you all so much for the reviews! See ya next time!
-MH_C