Curtain got ready in the early morning to go to work. She drove to the mall on a quiet and peaceful ride, and then she went inside to work at the game store. Joe welcomed her in with a nod, as he did to his brother Joseph, who also works there. They went to work on preparing the register, and taking out the game stands and such. Then Joseph went to work on organizing the games that just came in packaged, while Curtain handled the register this time. About three hours in, Curtain was quite relaxed as only a few customers came in to deal with easy transactions, such as returning or borrowing more games.

As she sat on a stool behind the cash register and was checking the length of her nails, which were more like claws, Curtain didn't notice that someone was leaning over the counter while using their arm to prop their head up.

"Sup Curtain," Sans said, while keeping his head up and waving at her.

Curtain looked up with her eyes widened, but then she signed and said, "Don't pop in like that."

"What's the matter? You don't like me popping out? Well okay, I'll try to stop, but no pop-mises," Sans said, with half-lidded eye-sockets, and a smile that was holding back his chuckle.

Curtain looked at him unamused and with an eyebrow raised, but then she signed again, as she moved closer to him with her stool. She leaned on the counter-top with her arms besides Sans and said,

"So, what do you plan on doing now? As you can see, I'm working so there's no where for me to go with you."

"Heh. There's no where for you to go, so that just makes things easier for me~" Sans said, as he leaned closer to her, but Curtain pulled away.

"Don't worry Curtain. I'll respect your workplace of course. I'll wait until after your done to pick you up," Sans said, as he stood up.

"It's more likely that I'm picking you up since I have a car. But thank you for… popping up the offer," Curtain said, with a little smugness in her smile, as Sans chuckled a bit.

"I'll leave you to your work," Sans said as he teleported away, and Curtain signed in relief as she relaxed.

Then a jingle was heard from the doorbell, as Curtain turned towards the door to see a child enter. The kid was a human girl with short, wavy brown hair to her shoulders and bangs. Her eyes were closed, although she could see where she was going, and her clothes were a white shirt with blue horizontal stripes, and blue pants with white sandals.

She walked over to the register and looked at Curtain.

"Hey there kid. What can I do for you?" Curtain asked, as she stood up from her seat.

"I believe it's what can I do for you, Miss Curtain?" The child said, and Curtain looked at her in surprise.

"How do you know my name? And what do you mean, 'what can you do for me?'" Curtain asked.

"My name is Frisk. I am the Element of Mercy. I was sent by Toriel to keep an eye on you, and to keep Sans in check, just in case," Frisk said, and Curtain was even more surprised.

"Toriel, the Life embodiment… Well, she saved me once, so I'll accept any help she sends my way," Curtain said, with a nod, and Frisk nodded with a smile.

"Has he been here?" Frisk asked.

"Yes, he has, but he left. He's waiting for me to finish work," Curtain replied.

"Okay. Then I will accompany you two today, and tonight I will send Toriel a report," Frisk said.

"That's fine. Hey Frisk, is there a way I can meet Toriel face-to-face? I'd like to thank her for helping me," Curtain asked.

"Hmm… I will ask her. I'm very sure she will say yes, but we would have to set an appointed time. No other embodiment or element should know of this… situation," Frisk said, as her voice lowered to a whisper, and Curtain nodded in agreement with a thumbs up.

"So… if Sans comes too close to me, then would you intervene or something?" Curtain asked.

"That depends on the distance, but he definitely shouldn't be in your personal space," Frisk said, and Curtain nodded with a smirk.

"Heh heh, Sans. I'm not alone," Curtain said, as she rubbed her hands together with a smirk.

Frisk looked at her, and thought, 'Oh dear… she shouldn't do that face… Sans might become even more persistent…'

Later:

Curtain finished up work and just left the game store. She was checking her bag to make sure she remembered to bring her cell phone, when Sans appeared leaning against the wall she was leaning on.

"Hello Curtain~" Sans said, as Curtain jumped.

"Sans! I asked you to stop doing that," Curtain said, as she looked towards him.

"Well, with that pun you made, I thought you didn't mean it," Sans said, as he pulled himself off the wall to stand straight.

"Stop it," Curtain said, more serious, as she threw her bag on her shoulders.

"Alright, I'll try," Sans said, as he shrugged.

Curtain started walking, as Sans walked beside her and was moving closer to her. However, a small hand pushed him over, as Sans looked down and his eyes widened.

"You need to give her her personal space, Sans. Don't make her feel uncomfortable," Frisk said to Sans, as Curtain looked towards Sans with a smirk.

"What… Oh right. Toriel said she was going to send you to watch us…" Sans said, with slight irritation in his voice as he signed.

"Aww, what's the matter Sans? I'm sure Frisk won't be much trouble for you. I mean, your the Embodiment of Death. I'm certain you can find a way to make me love you while she is around~" Curtain said with a smug smirk, as she continued walking.

Sans looked at Curtain in awe, as Frisk lightly slapped the side of her face with her hand.

"Oh gosh," Frisk whispered.

Sans' gaze continued to follow Curtain, as he held a sly grin with an arched eyebrow and half-lidded eyes.

"She's so cute when she thinks she has the upper hand. Heh heh. But she'll find out who I really am…" Sans said, and he started walking, as Frisk followed him.

'Oh dear…' Frisk thought.

The trio headed to a pretzel store in the mall to eat some soft pretzel bits with cheese. Afterward, they headed outside.

As Curtain drove home, Frisk was seated in the back behind Sans, while Sans was seated in the passenger seat next to Curtain. Every time Curtain would stop at a red light, she would naturally look towards the passenger seat since someone was there, but she would regret it whenever Sans would wink at her each time. She would give him a stern and annoyed look, as Sans would start to laugh. Frisk observed them from her seat, and when she would notice Sans reaching towards Curtain's shoulder when she wasn't looking, Frisk would slap his hand away. Sans would grumble a bit after each hit, which made Frisk smile in triumph. However, after slapping Sans' hand again, Frisk sat back and looked through the window to see the rear-view mirror. Through the mirror, she saw Sans slightly chuckling as he looked at his hand. Frisk frowned with furrowed brows, realizing that he was doing that on purpose to bother her instead of Curtain.

After parking in front of her house, they all got out of the car, as Curtain brought her bag inside to trade with a smaller purple handbag. While she was inside, Sans turned to Frisk and said,

"You know, you don't have to follow us everywhere. Curtain is tough and smart. She won't be easy, and I have my restraints. You don't have to worry."

Frisk replied, "I wouldn't worry if it was anyone besides you."

The Skele-reaper's eyes narrowed and he said, "Ouch. That was kid of harsh... heh heh. Yeah your right. But I really care about her Frisk. I won't do anything to hurt her, or cheat this deal. I want her to love me because it's her choice. I'll be pretty sore inside if she doesn't, but I'm determined she will."

The child giggled a little from the puns, but she returned to being serious and said, "I see... I'm not sure what Curtain will decide, but I hope it will be the best for both of you. I just... don't want you to be sad if she doesn't choose you."

He signed and said, "Don't worry about me, kid. I'll be fine... either way..."

Sans patted Frisk on the head, as she smiled up at him. Curtain stepped outside after locking the door, and headed towards the two.

"Let's go. I've decided to walk around that wilderness for a while," Curtain said, gesturing towards the park not too far away.

"Isn't that a park?" Frisk asked.

"Yeah, but it's more wild to me, so I call it a wilderness," Curtain said, as she started walking while the other two followed.

Later:

After walking and climbing around, it was getting late, so Curtain headed home with Sans and Frisk. They stood outside her door, as she turned to them and said,

"That was a pretty fun venture. I should invite you to hang out more often Frisk," Curtain said with a smile, and Frisk nodded.

Then Curtain turned to Sans and said, "You know, I had fun hanging out with you too. It was very nice."

Sans slightly smirked and said, "Oh yeah?"

Curtain's smile slightly widened and she said, "Yeah, definitely. Your so much better being a friend than anything else. Goodnight."

She entered her house after waving goodbye, and locked the door. Frisk mouth was agape as she looked up at Sans, who's jaw was clenched and his eyes narrowed.

"Oh, so she wants to play the 'Friend-zone game' huh? We'll see how long she'll keep up that act..." Sans said, as he turned and teleported away.

Frisk signed and shook her head with a small smile.

'Well, I better report to Toriel,' Frisk thought and she left.

AH! I've had this chapter but I forgot to post it sooner!

Sorry peeps. I hope you enjoyed this one. Frisk has been introduced as the Element of Mercy.

See ya soon.