Day five

Curtain went to work as usual and greeted Ciara and Joseph, and then all three went to work. Curtain was placing the stands up, while Ciara was at the register and asked,

"So Curtain, how did it go yesterday, with Death?"

"Eh, it was fine. We played video games and then they left," Curtain replied.

"They?" Ciara asked, with her eyes widening in interest.

"Yeah, it was me, Sans, and our little friend Frisk," Curtain replied.

"Oh," Ciara said, as she continued working on the register.

"Remember Curtain, I'm here to help you if you need the extra support," Ciara said, and Curtain responded with,

"I know. Thanks."

After work, Curtain left the game shop, as she saw Sans and Frisk standing outside.

"Hey guys. Your both here today?" Curtain said with a small smile.

"Yeah. Today I'm taking you out on a date, and Frisk is our chaperone," Sans said, and one of Curtain's eyebrows raised while the other lowered.

"There wasn't much of a choice. I couldn't leave the kid alone or that would be negligence," Sans said with a shrug, as Frisk looked at him with puffed up cheeks.

"I don't mind Frisk coming, it's just your approach of asking me on a date was a bit... what's the word... forceful," Curtain said, as she placed one hand on her hip.

"Nah. It would be forceful if I had my scythe," Sans said.

Curtain firmly pressed her lips together, and then she said,

"Sans. When you ask someone on a date, your actually supposed to ASK."

"You would say no," Sans simply said.

"What! Ask me then. Go ahead," Curtain said, with a slight puffing out of her chest.

"Alright... Curtain, would you like to go on a date with me?" Sans asked.

"No," Curtain said bluntly, and Sans' shoulders slumped as his eye sockets were half-closed, while Frisk was holding back a laugh.

"However, since Frisk is coming with us... okay," Curtain added, while holding back a smirk from Sans' earlier expression.

Sans relaxed his expression to normal, as he extended a hand towards her and said,

"Alright. Let's go."

Curtain looked at his hand skeptically, and asked,

"Are you trying to make me grab your hand so that I can die and you can take my soul?"

Sans lowered his hand with a tilt of his head and replied,

"No! I'm not going to cheat this deal Curtain. I can't do it anyway, the Strings of Completion make you immune to me even if I was in my actual form, for the sake of the deal."

Curtain looked towards Frisk for clarity, and Frisk nodded in agreement with Sans.

"Well, alright then," Curtain said, as she stood next to Sans, and then he turned to lead her onward.

Their hands stood separate, as Frisk followed behind them.

They went to a nice restaurant and sat in a round booth, as they ordered their food and waited for it to be served.

"Huh. Nice place," Curtain said, as she took a sip of water.

"I've been looking around for places to take ya, but I didn't want to get too fancy so soon," Sans said.

"Not bad, not bad at all. I don't feel like a bum in my work clothes," Curtain said, gesturing towards her plain black shirt and black jeans.

"It does feel comfy," Frisk said, as she slouched back in her seat.

"How many dates have you chaperoned Frisk?" Curtain asked, as Frisk smiled and replied,

"This one."

Curtain snickered, as she watched Frisk sit up and take a drink of her soda. She turned towards Sans, as she noticed that he was looking at her but then turned away when she looked directly at him.

"So Sans, why don't you tell me more about you. I'm curious," Curtain said, as she took another sip of her drink.

"Well, I'm not sure what you would like to know first," Sans said, as he brought out a ketchup bottle from the inner pocket of his jacket.

"Alright then. So, you have a brother, and do you have any other family members?" Curtain asked.

"Any other family... There's me and Papyrus, and I guess you can say Gaster since he did prompted our soul to manifest a physical form with his own powers... you can kind-of say he's our... what mortals call... father," Sans said, and he took a gulp of ketchup.

"Oh interesting. So, where do you guys come from, and do you all like live together, like in a city or something?" Curtain asked.

"Good question. Well, we live in another realm that's pretty close connected to this one. It's not as large as this world, but it grows when a new Embodiment is born so that they can have a home of their own with some land and stuff. It's pretty fun to morph your own land into whatever. Of course, if you want to replenish some energy, you can go to the neutral lands, which is just land that exist and has no Embodiment as a host. That's directly where Elements go to when visiting. My brother and I share a land, and it's a little larger since there are two of us," Sans explained, and then he took another drink of ketchup.

"That's pretty cool. Wait, so Elements aren't from that realm?" Curtain asked.

"Nah. Elements are born in this world, while Embodiments are born in Cosmos, which is the name of our realm by the way," Sans replied.

"How many Embodiments are there?" Curtain asked.

"Hm... me, Papyrus, Gaster, Toriel, Grillby... There's a good amount," Sans replied.

"How do you know Toriel, and who's Grillby?" Curtain asked.

"Well, Grillby is my friend who owns a cafe in Cosmos, and Toriel is our friend. My bro and I met her and the other Embodiments when we were first born, but considering that we're opposites and that we were still learning how to use our powers... she kept watch over us. Gaster too..." Sans said, as he trailed off a bit and looked away.

Curtain noticed his odd behavior, as she looked towards Frisk, who just shrugged. The food arrived as they all began to enjoy their meal. Afterward, Sans and Frisk brought Curtain home as they were talking about when they were playing the game yesterday. After bringing Curtain home, Sans walked a little bit with Frisk and said,

"If she asks you anything about me from before... -Sign-… then tell her. But only if she asks."

Sans disappeared, but Frisk knew what he was talking about. She then left to report to Toriel, but to exclude what Sans had asked since that was between them.