Babybones in a Flame's Home
Universe:
Undertale
Characters:
Gaster
Grillby
Kid!Sans- 9 years old
Kid!Papyrus- 6 years old
Summery:
Gaster is finally free of his experiment. He is finally going to be the father he should be. However, as he decide to take his now official sons to his best friend Grillby things go wrong. (change in backstory of characters) Babybones and Dad!Grillby. we don't own Undertale. -slow going hiatus-
Chapter 2: Grillby's
Papyrus woke up slowly. Seeing they were still in the cave filled with crystals he shook Sans. "Sans…. Sans… wake up we need to find the fire man." seeing that his brother wasn't going to wake up Papyrus decided that Sans needed more rest. Papyrus grunted as he picked up his brother and began carrying him. his legs shook at first but we was determined to help
Soon it began to feel colder. A shiver ran down Sans's spine. Cracking his sockets open he noticed the ground was moving under him. "Wha?" finally focusing on his brother's struggling form "pap?"
Pap looked up brightening "you're awake!" He said excitedly almost dropping him
Sans latched onto his brother afraid of falling before easing out of his hold. "yeah. sorry Pap. did you at least get a good one?"
"I got four!" He said and showed them "one for me, one for you, one for our new friend, And one for Gaster!" He said smiling. they were all very good crystals and they each glistened and shone delightful colors.
Sans blinked shocked before giving Papyrus an appreciative smile. Rubbing his skull Sans's voice catching slightly "thanks Pap i love it.. he would have loved it. I'm sure our new friend will love it too."
Papyrus nodded and smiled holding them happily.
Sans smiled giving the small skeleton a clank. "Well you want to keep going. It feels like it's getting colder so we might be close. I'm feeling better so i can carry you if you want."
"No let's walk! I wanna see the snow!" He said and rushed forward with him
Sans chuckled taking Papyrus's hand "well let's go see this snow."
"Yeah!" he said.
Soon there became a sharp chill in the air. Their breaths coming out in puffs of clouds. "It's getting pretty cold. Should be there soon." looking at the puddles, seeing icey designs in them Sans tugged on Papyrus's hand pointing to them "look Pap, think that's ice. It looks pretty."
Papyrus looked at it "huh?! It pretty!"
Sans chuckled "yeah." leaning down he poked the ice, his finger bone cracking it and dipping into the frigid water. "Gah it's really cold!"
Papyrus nodded and poked it too "ah!" He said
Sans chuckled grinning and prodding the ice again.
Papyrus did too happily "it's so cold!"
Sans nodded splashing the frigid water with small slivers of the floating ice. It felt almost like the was sinking little ice made boats.
Papyrus happily splashed in it before sneezing "ew"
Frowning Sans got up tugging his brother close and using his gown to wipe away the slime on Papyrus's face. "We should probably go. We can come back and play later."
Papyrus nodded "yeah let's go I'm hungry" he said
Sans nodded taking his hand and continuing down the path. It soon turned rocky and almost painful. Picking up Papyrus Sans cradled him to his chest. A bright white came from up ahead and Sans could tell that the wet cave area ended there. Walking out Sans had to blink, something wet landing in his socket. Patches of white was everywhere and growing. A white substance fell slowly down. "Snow?"
Papyrus whined at the rough ground and cuddled against his brother and gasped as the snow landed on them "oh! It's wet and cold!" He said and shivered
Sans nodded staring at the falling snow in awe. Slowly he continued down the path his gaze still locked onto the snow. "It's… beautiful..."
"Yeah..." Papyrus said even if it made him shiver.
Frowning Sans curled his brother closer and began looking around for the fire elemental. He shouldn't be hard to spot. Though as Sans walked into a town area there were more and more monsters, but he had never seen types like these before. Though he had only really seen Gaster and a few times Asgore. Monsters gave the two skeletons strange looks which made Sans become nervous and quickly continued walking and searching for the fire man. As more buildings began congregating together Sans looked at the words on top pausing to try and read them. When he saw a building that looked warm, inviting, and smelled delicious Sans stopped. "Gr-i-ll-by-s? Grillby's? Oh Pap it's Grillby the fire mans place!" quickly Sans walked inside.
Papyrus clung to his brother looking at everyone wide eyed and slightly afraid "there are so many monsters brother... But they don't look like us..." He said before looking up "it is! It is!" He said practically vibrating "we made it brother!"
Grillby had been feeling ill all day his flames a little lower than usual something in him felt like something dear was lost or that he had something important to do today but he couldn't remember what!
Sans frowned holding onto his brother tight. Making his way inside Sans at seeing so many monsters he quickly moved to the closest booth dragging his brother into it. Putting Papyrus next to the wall Sans looked around the bar nervously. "Pap i don't know about this. There are a lot of monsters. They could be dangerous. Lets… lets just wait it out and get warm okay?"
Papyrus frowned but nodded mumbling "Okay… do you see him though?"
Grillby heard the door opened and was going to look but had been called to a table and was serving it "I'll serve you in a moment" he called over his shoulder
Sans jolted at the call squeezing closer to Papyrus to hide them a little more in the booth. Peaking over the corner Sans gave a small relieved sigh seeing the other monsters not looking at them.
"Do you think they are mean?"
Sans jolted slightly turning to Papyrus. "No, no of course not Pap and if they are i'll beat them up or something."
Pap nodded and clung to his brother.
Soon Grillby finished with his current customers and came to see who showed up "how may i- oh dear stars!" He said seeing the shivering almost naked children "are you two alright?" He said concerned squatting in front of the booth. they didn't look okay at all and they were wearing gowns for crying out loud.
Sans jolted turning to the flame with scared wide eyes. Squeezing closer to Papyrus practically hiding the smaller skeletons form, Sans asked nervously "G-grillby?"
Grillby frowned and leaned back a little "yes, that's me... Who are you?" He asked worried
Sans let out a small breath of relief slowly easing forward. They finally found him, they found Gaster's friend. Everything would be okay now. "Don't you know? Maybe he didn't tell you. We are… friends? He's your friend and i guess we are his friends?"
Grillby frowned "who is?" He asked reaching forward "you two are cold may I warm you? You could get very sick" he said "I can even clothe you..."
Sans leaned away from his hand "G-gaster. H-he's your friend. He said he was going to bring us here to-to meet you. I-i fell off the ledge, b-but he caught me. He saved me. He saved me and-and I-i-i k-killed him!" Sans gave a small choked sob remembering that their one guardian was gone because of him.
Grillby frowned "Gaster?" He didn't know who he was but something made him think the boy was not a liar "was Gaster your father? It was an accident?"
Papyrus nodded "yeah! My brother would never hurt someone on purpose! He fell off a ledge and Gaster had to save him!"
Sans hiccuped turning and curling into his brother. "I'm sorry i-it's all my fault." He didn't want to be here anymore. He felt like everyone was staring at him. Sans just wanted to cry alone.
Grillby frowned and carefully picked them up and rushed them to the back to where he lived warming them as he went "it's okay little ones you are safe here..."
Sans gave a startled gasp struggling in Grillby's hold. "L-let me go!"
Papyrus gave a worried whine "Sans… what's wrong with Sans? What did you do to Sans! You made Sans sad!"
Grillby set them on the bed "he's in shock... I need your help to calm him down. can you help me?" Grillby asked
Papyrus frowned pulling Sans close "how do i know you're not a lier?"
Sans nuzzled into Papyrus's chest sniffling.
"Why would I lie?" he asked gently
Papyrus looked down perplexed "i-i don't know. I don't know you. He would lie to me and Sans sometimes so-so why wouldn't you? Y-you're supposed to be nice and friends. I-i got a pretty crystal for you! B-but you made Sans sad."
Grillby frowned "I'll be honest... I don't remember who this Gaster is you speak of but I've been alive a very long time and I don't think either of you are lying... I am assuming that you've both been through a very bad day... It's common to break down once you find a safe spot... I used to do it a lot."
Papyrus whimpered "b-but you you're friends. friends for a long time. Y-you told him to stop. You got him to stop. He quit his job. He was supposed to take us home. We-he was going to help people. Why don't you remember!"
Grillby burned lower and he held his head like something that wanted to rise to the surface was trying to beat its way to his conscience mind. "I..."
"H-he's your friend… why-why don't you remember him… h-he's real. I-i know he is." Papyrus gave a small sob burying his skull into his brother's shoulder.
Grillby leaned back "I'm sorry I just I don't know... Maybe I'm just sick. I have been feeling sick like I've lost someone all day, but I can't remember…"
Papyrus sniffled nodding. "Sick is bad. You need to get better Mr. Fire man." Sans gave a small snore having apparently fell asleep with his crying.
Grillby nodded "after I take care of you both. are you hungry?" He asked and pulled out some of his shirts "here wear these they will be warmer...and cleaner. Maybe you both can have a bath later."
Papyrus nodded untying their dirty gowns and setting aside his four crystals before struggling to pull a big blue shirt on to Sans.
Grillby reached over and helped him "those are pretty crystals are they from waterfall?" He asked.
Papyrus nodded tugging on his own large shirt "yup. Sans got them for me… i got one for each of us. Me, Sans, Gaster, and you."
Grillby blushed "thank you..." He said this was so bizarre "so... What did Gaster say about me?" he asked
"That you are friends for a long time. You told him to quit his job. That you are nice and you don't burn things. Me and Sans have never seen a fire man before so we weren't sure. Sans says that your hugs are probably like our blanket but warm. Oh and that you will love you us and you always wanted kids. Why don't you have any if you want them? Do you not know how to make them?"
Grillby listened and was disturbed he felt no lies, but in his mind he had no idea what they were talking about. he hummed at the second part before blushing "oh... Um I just... Never found a partner..." He said he looked at Papyrus seriously "did... You want to be my children? Is that why you came here?" He asked
Papyrus tilted his head "partner? Why do you need a partner? Do you mean like Gaster? Can you not make other monsters yourself? Gaster was able to do it himself. He made me and Sans. did you not have the stuff to make them? What do you mean your children? Me and Sans aren't yours, we are me and Sans."
Grillby frowned and took a deep breath "what I mean is do you want me to be your guardian? To take care of you and your brother be like a family" he said "if not I will ask the royal guard to take you they. They have places to help lost kids" he said
Papyrus gave a whine of confusion "guardian? Family? What is a Roy Al guard? Me and Sans aren't lost so we can't go to those places. We are where we meant to go. Gaster told us to go to the top floor, left door, snow place, fire man Grillby. He told us to come here. We came here! We aren't lost."
Grillby stared at him a moment, he stood and grabbed a pillow "I'll be right back" he said and went out shutting the door pressing it to his face and screaming into it color and emotions stabilizing after.
Papyrus stared after him muttering "he's strange." pulling a blanket close he wrapped it around both him and Sans pulling his brother close. "Mmm Pap." Papyrus smiled nuzzling Sans's skull "you're a sleepy head Nyeh heh heh silly Sans." pulling one of the crystals close Papyrus gave it a small clank mumbling to it as he fell asleep "don't worry Gaster me and Sans have each other. We will be okay. I won't forget you."
The crystal pulsed happily seemingly.
Grillby soon came back in and tucked the boys in he figured the would sleep for a while but he left some food on the nightstand for when they woke