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Over the past two days Riley came over after school to help Frankie with his history homework and Frankie was already improving. Riley made history fun. She described scenarios like stories, she made them exciting and Frankie loved her.
"I'm all done. I answered all the questions!" Frankie gasped. Riley looked away from Sans and took the paper from him.
"Aw! Frankie, these answers are awesome! Good job!" Frankie grinned.
"Thanks."
"You're gonna be great at this in no time."
"It's your stories, Riley. They're really fun." Frankie shrugged.
"Thanks, Frankie, I'm glad you like them."
"You're all done with your homework, kiddo?" Sans grinned.
"Yeah." Frankie nodded.
"Alright. Well, what if we did something fun now?" Sans frowned.
"We could play monopolop!" Frankie gasped.
"Hehe… haven't you gotten tired of that game yet, kiddo?"
"Never!" Frankie grinned. He dashed off quickly to find the game, leaving Sans and Riley alone, which he was sure they were perfectly fine with. He found the game in the closet in his 'room'- not that he ever slept in his room. He always slept in Sans' bed, because if he didn't he had horrible nightmares. He didn't want to think about it. He happily grabbed the game and hurried back into the dining room. Riley and Sans were sitting next to each other, holding hands, and basically staring at one another- which was one of their new things. Staring deeply into each other's eyes. Frankie thought it sounded rather boring. He set the game down happily on the table and began to set it up.
"Which pieces do you two wanna be?" Frankie grinned.
"I'll be… the thimble?" Riley smiled. "If no one else wants to be it."
"I'll be the boot. The boot's my good luck charm. I always win." Sans grinned.
"Whatever, dad." Frankie groaned.
"Is that a challenge?" Riley raised an eyebrow. Frankie handed them both their pieces.
"Damn straight." Sans chuckled.
"You only win because you always cheat." Riley scoffed. Frankie laughed.
"Pfft. Excuses. Watch, as I destroy you." Sans grinned.
"Okay! We roll to see who goes first!" Frankie said, holding out the die.
"You go ahead, kiddo." Sans grinned. Frankie rolled the die and frowned.
"Three…" He sighed. "Your turn, Riley." Riley rolled the die and gave Sans a smug grin.
"Five. Beat that, bonehead." She handed him the die.
"No problem." Sans rolled. "W h a t." He looked down at his roll in horror and Frankie laughed at his expression. Sans had rolled a one.
"Lucky boot, huh?" Riley grinned, leaning over to kiss him on the cheekbone quickly. "Don't worry, Sans. The game's just started. Maybe the lucky boot hasn't… started yet."
"Whatever." Sans glared. "Lets get this game started." He handed Riley the die. She rolled and Frankie laughed when he saw the six.
"Would you look at that." Riley leaned towards Sans tauntingly as she moved her piece.
"Go ahead, Frankie." Sans frowned. The game continued. Frankie bought a few properties, but Sans and Riley didn't. Frankie knew Sans' strategy was to buy Boardwalk- the most expensive property on the game and cover it in hotels and get a ton of money just from that little monopoly. But why Riley wasn't buying properties, Frankie didn't know. Riley was way ahead of both Sans and Frankie, but Frankie noticed it was like Sans and Riley were racing.
"Six! Eat it, Riley!" Sans grinned. Riley pretended to look offended.
"Okay… It's still early on, sweetheart." She teased.
"Sweetheart?" Sans grinned. "We doing nicknames now? Alright, babe. Two can play this game." Frankie watched as Riley's cheeks turned a bright red. This was actually rather entertaining. Frankie took his turn and then passes the dice to Sans.
"Four. Beat that, honey." He winked at Riley. Frankie grinned.
"If you say so, darling." She rolled the dice- six. "I think the lucky boot… is turning into the lucky thimble." Ahhh… they're both trying to get to boardwalk first. Oh well… this is pretty funny. Frankie grinned.
Sans scoffed. "You wish, pumpkin. That was lucky, sure, but I'm goin u." He rolled the die, and voila! Frankie laughed out loud, seeing the two.
"Wait! Shh! What's that?" Riley gasped, leaning towards Sans. "Do you hear that? I think...shhh… I think that's uh… your shoe crying." She sits up straight quickly, and grabs the die. "Oh would you look at that! A four! A chance card? For me?! Awww! Babe, look! 150 dollars! All for me!" She held the card up for Sans to see and then grabbed her money.
The game continued, and for a few minutes it was pretty close, and then Riley rolled the three.
"DO YOU SEE THAT?!" She grinned at Sans, grabbing her thimble, "WATCH THIS!" She moved her piece onto Boardwalk. Sans stared in shock.
"N-no."
Riley slowly pulled out her money. "Are you okay? Is this… a problem?" She grabbed the deed in slow motion, all while Frankie laughed hysterically. "I got Boardwalk! I got Boardwalk!" she sang.
"I… how dare you." Sans choked.
"What was that?" She placed the deed next to her money and then patted his hand. "It's gonna be okay, Sans." He let out a hissing breath, staring at the game board.
"The lucky boot has failed me."
"It's just a game." Frankie sighed.
"Well… I think Riley has us beat." Sans chuckled.
"I guess so."
"I challenge you to a rematch, darling. Someday." Sans grinned, and then he pressed a kiss to Riley's cheek.
"You're on. And me an' my lucky thimble are totally gonna destroy you." Riley laughed. Frankie grinned. He loved seeing his dad so happy, and wow. Riley made him so happy.
"Nah. I'm gonna destroy you both. I'll have the most money, the most monopolies. It's gonna be amazing."
"Is that so?" Sans chuckled.
"Yup." Frankie nodded.
Riley took Sans' hand in her own, grinning. "I bet he will…. I bet he will."
As Papyrus dished out the spaghetti, Sans took a seat next to Riley at the table. Alphys and Undyne were staring directly at them, whispering things to each other. We're together already… I guess they don't know yet. That makes Sans laugh internally. That is just perfect. Riley looked a little nervous so Sans gently took her hand under the table. She smiled up at him and Alphys and Undyne noticed the look. They both whispered even more furiously. They knew something was up, though maybe they weren't a hundred percent sure what it was.
"This looks to be an amazing batch of spaghetti, Papyrus." Toriel smiled.
"WHY THANK YOU, LADY ASGORE!" The tall skeleton beams. Sans chuckles,
"It's Toriel, Paps. Remember?"
"OH! RIGHT! THANK YOU, TORIEL!"
"S-so… umm…" Alphys looked pretty nervous- more than usual. "Undyne and I… h-have an announcement to m-make." She smiled.
"Can you pass the parmesan?" Riley whispered to Sans. As he did their hands brushed and they froze for a moment longer than they should have. Undyne definitely noticed. The aggressive fish woman slams a fist on the table,
"THAT DOES IT! WILL YOU TWO JUST- KISS ALREADY?!" Sans looks over at Undyne, and then over to Riley. He shrugs, Sure, why not? And then he leans in, pressing a kiss to Riley's scarf, where her lips should be. Undyne's yellow eye widens, surprised. Everyone's jaws drop. Riley was tense at first, but then loosened up, pressing a hand to his cheek bone, and wrapping her other arm around his shoulder. Frankie cheered.
"SANS! NO KISSING AT THE TABLE! THAT IS COMPLETELY UNSANITARY!" Papyrus looks greatly offended.
"FINALLY!" Undyne manages to choke out, her lips curled into a smile, exposing her off-white fangs. Riley pulled away, looking up at Sans with bright green eyes full of happiness.
"W-what?!" Alphys choked. "Are you t-two…?! D-did you two…?! Undyne! Sansley is real!"
"They're boyfriend and girlfriend now!" Frankie said proudly. Sans chuckles,
"Yup." Asgore laughs deeply,
"Congratulations, you two."
"Th-thank you!" Riley grinned.
"B-but wait… who… who f-finally confessed?" Alphys gasped.
"That would be Sans." Riley nodded.
"Wh-what?! Riley!" Alphys cried.
"HAH! YES! IN YOUR ADORABLE FACE, ALPHYS!" Undyne screams, banging her fist against the table, causing nearly every drink to slosh out of its container. Sans chuckles,
"Err, anyways, Alphys. You said Undyne and you have somethin' to say?"
"Oh… uhh…. Yeah… umm… y-yeah… heheh…." Alphys straightened her shirt nervously. "Umm… w-well… Undyne and I h-have been thinking… about… well… t-talking about…"
"WE WANNA ADOPT A KID!" Undyne shouts, grinning wildly. Sans chokes on his drink.
"Wow! Really?" Riley gasped. Frankie looked over at Sans, confused.
"Y-yeah… th-that! We w-want to… adopt…! W-we've been talking about it f-for a l-little while… wh-what do you all th-think?"
"That's amazing!" Riley cried.
"I think it sounds like a lovely idea." Toriel smiled.
"Yeah. wow. Congratulations, you two." Sans grins, he wasn't expecting that at all.
"Ah! How wonderful!" Asgore exclaims with a smile. Frisk was signing frantically next to Frankie, and the poor kid was trying to translate what they were seeing- but Frisk was moving way too fast.
"Uhh… I don't know… I don't know what you're saying… slow down." The young human was obviously very excited about the prospect of Alphys and Undyne adopting.
"Uhh… they say they can't wait to meet Alphys and Undyne's kid, when they finally do adopt." Sans frowned.
"I'm confused." Frankie said. "You'll be adopting a kid like me?"
"Y-yeah!" Alphys nodded. "Well, w-we're hoping to find someone a little y-younger than you. The toddler y-years are so adorable."
"Wow! I can't wait to meet them either!" Frankie gasped. "This is exciting."
Sans chuckled. "Well, congrats again."
"Yeah!" Riley grinned. "Good luck on the whole process, I'm sure you'll find the perfect match soon!"
"G'nite, kiddo." Sans whispers over to Frankie, who was already fast asleep, totally worn out from playing with Frisk after dinner. The older skeleton settles in under the covers next to his son, closing his eyes. It takes him just a few minutes to drift off to sleep…
Sans sits up, the room was cold, an eerie silence hung in the air. He looks over to where Frankie should be, but the little skeleton was nowhere to be seen. Sans gets out of bed in a hurry,
"Frankie?!" A noise sounds from the living room, Sans runs downstairs, his skull pounding with fear. In the middle of the living room stood Papyrus, Frankie and… Riley? What was she doing here?
Sans glances out the window to where everyone was looking. Dark figures stood there, banging on the window with force, yelling and screaming, trying to get in. As Sans focuses on them, he sees the Red X emblazoned on their dark bodies. No! No! Stay away from them!
Sans tries to run in between Red X and his friends, but his feet are seemingly glued to the spot in which he stood.
"Frankie! Papyrus! Riley! Get outta there!" They don't seem to hear him, instead, huddle together as Red X breaks through the glass barrier that divides them.
"No! Leave them alone!" I have to protect them! I have to! Sans struggles to move once more, and freezes when he sees what appears to be the leader draw a pistol, pointing it directly at Riley. She's terrified, her green eyes wide. She tries to make a run for it, but two figures grab her arms, holding her there. Riley struggles as the muzzle of the gun is pressed roughly, forcefully against her forehead.
"RILEY!" Sans' vision is blurred, unable to comprehend what was going on, fear taking hold of him.
"PAPYRUS! FRANKIE!" The two skeletons were being held too, though no gun was pointed at them. They're next… That's why… As soon as Riley's gone… They're next… Sans feels numb, and then the first shot fires, and all he can do is scream as Riley falls to the floor, lifeless, limp. The next shot fires. Papyrus falls into dust. And finally, one last shot echoes through the house. And there's nothing Sans can do about it.
Sans wakes up with a gasp, beads of sweat had formed on top of his skull. Frankie! Papyrus! Riley! His left eye flashes brightly, illuminating the dark room in yellow and blue light. He looks frantically around a moment, before his eyes find Frankie, and he lets out a breath of relief. Papyrus… He carefully gets out of bed so as not to awaken his son, heading down the hall to where Papyrus slept peacefully. Relief floods his soul and then he freezes. Riley… He fumbles for his phone. I just need to hear her voice. Just to be sure.
Something loud woke Riley, and it wasn't her alarm. Wha…? Phone…? Mmm…. She leaned over and flicked on her light, her clock read… "3AM?! WHAT?! Who the hell is calling at…? Sans…?" She tapped the answer button quickly.
"Sans?" There was a long silence before a response.
"Thank god." He sounded funny- scared, maybe?
"Thank god…? Sans, it's three in the morning… what's going on?" Another long silence. "Sans? Are you there?"
"Y-yeah… yeah…I'm..."
"What's wrong? Are you alright?" She frowned, worried.
"N-no. No!" Is he…? He was crying, she could hear it in his voice, there was a tremble in it.
"Sans…. Shhh…. It's alright...what happened?"
"I… it's s-stupid." He muttered. "Everything's f-fine."
"It doesn't sound that way to me." She said, sitting up and leaning against her pillow. He didn't sound like he was okay. He sounded terrified, shaken. Something bad had happened.
"I… I… I had a nightmare." He murmured. "I just w-wanted… I just wanted to make sure you w-were alright…"
"I'm fine… your… your nightmare had to do with me?"
"I c-can't lose you, Ri… I can't…. And they… th-they, Oh god, Riley… they took you away from me."
"Sans… shhh… it was just a dream."
"But what if it… what if it comes true?!" Sans cried.
"Shhh…. Do you want to talk about it?"
"What if they kill you?!" He sobbed. "I can't…. I can't lose you, Riley…!"
"Sans. It's alright… it's just a dream…." He was sobbing uncontrollably now, "Would it help… would it help if you came to see me or I came there?"
"I c-can…. I c-can come?" Sans whispered.
"Yeah, Sans, of course-" Before she could even finish Sans burst through her bedroom door. He looked terrified, tears streaming down his cheekbones.
"Ri- Riley!" He fell to his knees at the edge of her bed, pulling her into his arms, sobbing. "Ri-Riley!"
"Shh…" She hugged him gently, rubbing her hand in circles on his shoulder blade. "I'm alright. It was just a dream."
"It was…. It w-was so real…" He whispered, holding onto to her tightly. She pulled herself out of bed so she was kneeling in front of him, and she gently pressed her hand to his cheekbone.
"It's not. See? I'm fine."
"What if… What if I can't protect you? What if they find you? What if they…"
"Who?" She frowned.
"Re-red X." He choked. "In my dream… they…."
"No… no, Sans. Nothing's going to happen. I'm safe. I'm safe!" She hugged him gently. "Red X can't do anything to me. Okay?"
"They-"
"No, Sans. Nothing's going to happen. I know you will keep Frankie and Papyrus safe. And I'm a human. Red X wouldn't dare touch me." She smiled.
"N-no, Riley… No… they've already…."
"Sans… It's not going to happen." She shook her head, and then kissed the top of his skull.
"Riley!" He choked. "Riley, I… I can't lose you, ever."
"You're not going to, I promise. Shhh… Come here." She pulled him to his feet and led him to her bed, they laid down together, and she wrapped him tightly in her arms. "It was just a dream… just a dream…"
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE:
rosejojo: *COUGHCOUGHSANSLEYISREALCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH*
I fangirled so much oh my gosh
SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS
Sincerely
-Wierd ass RoseJojo
Fangirl, away my friend. My cousin and I just... ahhh Sansley is perfection. A totally accident- beautiful- perfection.
Mr. Indigo: Poor Sans, he is slowly tearing himself apart inside. I'm willing to bet that if he doesn't get some closure on the whole "reset" thing soon, he's going to have a mental breakdown and pretty much traumatize everyone, especially Feankie, who will think that his dad may be dieing.
Closure on the reset thing. Interesting wording. Especially considering how goddam AUish the resets are in this fic. Guess you all will have to see. It seems to me this fic is going to be pretty long.
Ed's. Curious. Kitten: I still feel bad about it.
Anyway, awesome chapter! I can understand where Frankie is coming from. I still hate studying history (I was oddly good at it for whatever reason, though). Hang in there Frankie! I believe I you!
I looooveeee history. But given what we think Frankie's career choice might be we figured that was the best subject for him to not like. I dunno... I guess math would work too.
meladi1: You know... I'm really beginning to think that the voice inside Sans' head isn't his own but certain someone.. I could be wrong though, and he really is just talking to himself, but I'm beginning to doubt it xD
Oh man, the Sansley is so cute... And Frank, I understand you, History is boring as fuck, but that's no excuse for being disruptive
Tell meeeee! I want to know what you think, because I know exactly what the voice is, and I want to knowwwwwww what you think! D: And history is awesome, how dare you. lol :P
iamdaraptor: I'm smiling so much it hurts. Like oh my god. Just...*inhales deeply* GOOD SHIT GOOD SHIT THAT'S SOME GOOD SHIT RIGHT THERE! MMMMMWWHOOOOOOO! ⁽⁽٩(๑̶͈̀ ᗨ ̶͈́)۶⁾⁾ and I'm smiling so hard it hurts.
"my girl"
"MY GIRL"
OH MY GOD YES. HELL YES
and My face tho (just remove the spaces):
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and My face tho (remove the exclamation points parenthesis and spaces)
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The only difference is that I don't cry.
Oh my goodness. I guess you really like Sansley. lol! Yeah, when my cousin wrote that "Dame" and "My girl" part I just about died. yes please. A+. such gold. Heheh!
nadiahardar: Poor Memelord ;(
The voice is gettin' to him
I'm just waiting for the emotional breakdown he's gonna have one day. (Probably.)
Scarfmom is so gonna catch on to him.
The Bonechild is gonna have more nightmares, and in the end they're gonna come true. The Red X is gonna ruin everything pretty soon I reckon. Spearmom and Nerdmom are gonna get dunked on.
Does that cover everything?
Oh!
And Skelechild is gonna get kidnapped, Memelord comes to rescue the day but...
"ITS A TRAP!"
So umm yeah.
I think none of these are gonna be correct, but STILL.
Holy moly macaroni I can't wait for the next chapter!
Scarf mom is definitely going to catch on to him. Poor babies. Ah well. Spearmom and Nerdmom are actually literally going to be moms- that's what's gonna happen. hehe.
Ehh... I guess you'll have to see what happens next. :)
Anonymous: EEEP they're so cute! I really liked this chapter! It's also interesting to see Frankie get into some level of trouble, it adds more weight to his relationship with Sans. This voice in Sans's head is most definitely Flowey. Thanks for helping me get through finals :3
Yay! I'm glad you liked it. I definitely think it's important to not make things too perfect. Frankie can't be acing all his subjects! And... you'll just have to see about the voice in Sans' head. *secrets secrets* :) You're welcome! :D
Thanks all, so much for the reviews!
BTW! ANON! You didn't review this time, but I wanted to let you know, me and my cousin got your ask on tumblr and my cousin's offered to draw the draw you requested! She gave me a little preview and so far it's adorable! So we'll get that up as soon as it's ready. (and yes, the cats are included too! 3)
If anyone has any art requests, find us on tumblr: fractured-tale. tumblr. com (just get rid of the spaces)
-MH_C