Day 9
Somewhere:
"Where have you been going every afternoon Sans? You've been disappearing for a little more than a week now. What are you up to?"
"Hmm... well, I've been keeping an eye-socket on someone. She's pretty fun to hang around."
"What?! There is a secret lady friend of yours and you haven't told me?! Who is she? What kind of being is she? Is she nice? Is she pretty? Well, of course she would have all good qualities because she is friends with you, and your brother is me, the Great Papyrus!"
"Heh. That's true bro. She is something special, and she's not an Embodiment or Element."
"Wowie! Can I meet her brother? Should I follow you, or would you bring her here?"
"Umm, how about you give me time to get to know her better, and then I'll see if you two should meet. Sounds fair?"
"Yes indeed! I shall be patient. I am quite thrilled that you have a lady friend that isn't someone we know. Maybe she won't be just your friend for long. Nyeh heh heh heh heh!"
"Heh. Heh. Yeah, not for long..."
Later:
Curtain finished up her work and was heading out of the store when she met Frisk.
"Hey Frisk, what's up? Where's Sans?" Curtain asked, looking around suspiciously.
"He's at work. You know, reaper work," Frisk said in a whisper.
"Oh... well, I guess we'll see him later. I just got a text from Rini. We're going to meet up and hang out all together," Curtain said, as she looked over her phone messages.
"All together?" Frisk asked.
"Well, there's me, Marisol, Rini, Hare, Joseph, and Karol. Caroline would usually be with us, but she left on a trip... hey, wait a minute, you can meet them! Come on Frisk, we're not too far," Curtain said, as she picked up Frisk and quickly headed to the exit.
"Um, okay. But I can walk on my own. I have legs," Frisk said, with a small smile, but Curtain insisted until they left the mall.
Near the harbor:
Curtain and Frisk found the others already waiting at the harbor.
"Hey! How is it you guys always get to places before me?" Curtain asked, as she greeted them.
"You'd be late even if we called you first," Hare said, with a small smirk, and Curtain slapped his shoulder.
"Anyway, since you're all here, I'd like to introduce my friend Frisk," Curtain said, as she led Frisk in front of her.
"Hello Curtain's friends. Hi Marisol, and Joseph," Frisk said with a smile and a wave.
"Well hi there Frisk! Looks like you're already acquainted with Marisol and Joseph too. I'm Karol," Karol shook hands with Frisk.
"Hey there Frisk. Nice to see ya again," Marisol waved.
"Hey kid. What's up?" Hare said, as he shook hands with her.
"What's up Frisk?" Joseph said, as he held his fist towards Frisk, while she nudged her fist onto his.
"Hello Frisk. It's a pleasure to meet you," Rini said with a soft smile, as they shook hands.
"Your fur is soft," Frisk said, as she touched the fur on the back of Rini's hand.
"Thank you. I take very good care of it," Rini said with a warmer smile.
"Well, now that we've all been introduced, what's the agenda for today guys?" Curtain asked.
"Let's find a place to eat and harass Kelvin on the phone," Joseph said, as he and Hare snickered.
"Yeah. Let's bother him. Right Curtain?" Marisol said with a smirk, as Curtain nodded and smirked with furrowed eyebrows.
As they were all walking together, with the guys walking ahead, Frisk asked Curtain, "Who's Kelvin?"
Curtain signed and replied, "He's just a dude who liked me, but I told him I wasn't interested. He's mostly Joseph and Hare's friend. They like annoying him ever since they found out he liked me, but they didn't think we were compatible either so..."
"Oh, okay," Frisk said, relieved by that fact.
"What?" Curtain asked.
"Well, I'm not sure how Sans would react to that, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind much since you don't like Kelvin," Frisk replied.
"Speaking of which, where is the stalk- I mean, where is Sans? Did he leave?" Marisol asked.
"He had business to take care of. I'm sure his job is keeping him occupied," Curtain replied with a half-hearted smile, as Marisol looked at her with widened eyes, remembering that Sans is a reaper.
"Ohhhh. Do I hear something related to someone having a crush on you Curtain?" Karol asked, with excitement in her eyes.
"Wha? No. Uh, maybe," Curtain said, as she was trying not to tell her because of her shipping tendencies.
"Oh, I think I heard something quite interesting here," Rini said, as her rabbit ears moved a bit while the girls looked towards her.
"It seems like that Sans the Skeleton may have a crush on Curtain. It seems as though Curta and Mari were hiding that fact from us," Rini said, with a small, smug smile.
"-Le Gasp!- Why would you hide this from us! We are practically family!" Karol yelled in her calm frenzy.
"Because your a shipper and I don't feel the same way he feels for me!" Curtain replied, in a louder voice that even Joseph and Hare heard.
"Oh snap! A crush! Who's the dude Curtain?" Joseph asked.
"It seems like the feeling might be mutual given Curtain's defensive pitch. But I'm guessing it's that skeleton guy, Sans," Hare said, with a smug smirk and a twitch of his ears.
"Oh-Ohhhh! So that's it huh? I knew it! But Curtain, he's pretty laid back and cool. I don't know, he might be your type," Joseph said, with his hand on his chin.
"Just because you have a girlfriend, doesn't make you a Matchmaker. Besides, Curtain doesn't like-like him," Marisol said, with one hand on her hip.
"Yeah, I don't like him like that. He's just a friend and that's all," Curtain said, with confidence.
"Alright Curtain. If you don't like-like him, then that's alright. If you need back up just in case if he gets a little crazy, then you let us know," Joseph said.
"I agree, but he's chill though. I don't think he'd be crazy enough to kidnap her," Hare said, as the others agreed, besides Marisol, Curtain, and Frisk.
"Yeah, sure," Curtain whispered, as Frisk heard her and covered her mouth from laughing outloud.
Later:
"Guys, stop calling me! I need to save my minutes!" Kelvin yelled over Hare's phone.
"You have an unlimited plan. I went with you to get it," Joseph said, as the others were chuckling.
"AHH! Stop bothering me bros and sistos!" Kelvin yelled again.
"Sistos?" Frisk whisper-questioned Curtain.
"He means us girls, but he says 'sistos' from sister, like 'bros,' from brother," Curtain whisper-replied, and Frisk nodded.
"Alright dude. We'll talk later when you come back," Hare said over the phone.
"Okay. Oh, one more thing, tell Curtain that she's still the prettiest lady in the world," Kelvin said, as Curtain rolled her eyes.
"Dude, she's right here rolling her eyes. Let her go bro," Joseph said.
"I've been trying to let go, but no woman I've met can match her greatness," Kelvin said.
"Then fix your eyes off of Curtain-mode and stop comparing other women to me! Plain and simple huh?" Curtain yelled out, as Hare and Joseph were holding back their laughs from Curtain's grumpy expression.
"Geez! Your voice almost broke my ear drums! Okay okay Curtain! I'll try. It's difficult alright?!" Kelvin said.
"Besides Kelvin, there's another guy who likes Curtain, and they seem compatible even though Curtain denies it," Karol said with a smile, as Curtain looked at her with furrowed eyebrows and half-lidded eyes.
"Oh the heartache! Another wishes to claim your heart! If only I was him! At least you guys seem to DEFEND him!" Kelvin said, as his voice grew louder.
"Dude, it's obvious you two aren't compatible even in another life," Joseph said.
"That's true," Kelvin said.
"Okay man. We gotta eat. We'll talk to you later," Hare said.
"Alright guys and gals. See ya later, and it was nice to meet you Frisk," Kelvin said, as everyone said goodbye to him.
After hanging up, the waitress in the cafe they were in served all of them their food. Everyone decided to chip in to pay for Frisk's food, which she appreciated. They all sat in a big booth, with Rini, Marisol and Curtain on one side, and Hare, Joseph, Karol, and Frisk on the other side.
Right when they were going to dig in, someone entered the cafe and walked over to them, as he held a white coffee cup in his hand. The group jolted in fright when he popped up next to their table, especially Curtain and Frisk since they were at the ends of the table.
"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late. Work was pretty killer today," Sans said, as he took a sip from his coffee.
"Sans, you almost gave us heart attacks!" Curtain said, as she looked at him with annoyance, while the others were breathing out or laughing from the jump scare.
"That wouldn't be so bad for you since I'm here~" Sans whispered as he sat down next to her while Curtain frowned.
"Well, I guess the gang is all here for now huh?" Joseph said.
"Do you want anything to eat Sans? We already got our food, but maybe you'd want something?" Karol asked in courtesy.
"Nah, I'm good. I had my fill before jolting up in here," Sans said, as the others laughed a bit from his pun, while the side of Curtain's lip tugged a bit.
After eating and hanging around town:
The group returned back to their homes, as Curtain brought Frisk and Sans with her to her house.
"So you reaped a couple hundred souls today?" Curtain asked Sans.
"Actually yes. My brother and I had to do a run together," Sans replied.
"Hm... how is your brother? Is he like you?" Curtain asked.
"Not really. He's nice, even to his enemies, and believes that everyone has good inside of them. He leads people to more peaceful deaths. He's really cool," Sans said, with a bit more enthusiasm.
"He does sound super cool, and sweet too," Curtain said.
"He is. He's the greatest," Sans said.
"So, how was the soul reaping in general? Did you have to fight a couple of them or something?" Curtain asked.
"It wasn't so hard. Not all of them are stubborn," Sans said, as he took a moment to stare at Curtain.
"What?" Curtain asked.
"Heh. Nothing," Sans said, as he turned away.
"What were you just implying Sans?" Curtain said, as she crossed her arms.
"Heh. Come on kid," Sans said, as he led Frisk to leave with his grin widening.
"Sans! Come back here! What were you- Sans! YOUR the stubborn one!" Curtain said, as Sans continued walking out the door with Frisk until they teleported away.
"Ugh! This guy," Curtain said, and she closed her door and locked it.
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