Frisk yawned softly as she pushed herself up from bed. She couldn't help but look out the window as she wondered what could be done today. There had been a lot that had happened in her life. Finding out that her friend could turn into some kind of a beast and of course that he had tried to hide the information from not just her but his own brother.
She knew that it had to have hurt Papyrus to say the least, though wasn't sure why it was hurting her more than she thought to be possible.
Though, Frisk at the same time could understand his reasoning. It was a frightening situation to find yourself in. To know that you turned into something that you didn't really understand, nor knew the reasoning for. Then learning the 'how' it had happened, well that was something that she knew that had to be done. But to hide something this huge from people who care about you?
Well, she wasn't sure what to really think about it. But, knew that she couldn't really be mad at Sans. He had already been through a lot and being mad at him wouldn't really solve anything to say the least. It would actually just make it so much worse than what it already was for the skeletal monster.
Letting out a soft sigh, the young woman pushed herself up from her bed and made her way over to her dresser. Pulling out her usual attire, Frisk quickly got herself dressed before she went to brushing her hair. Her hair reached just a little past her shoulders. Though she wondered if she should get her hair cut or just leave it for now. With it being winter, her hair could help protect against the wind.
Shrugging to herself, the young woman set her brush down and made her way to the kitchen once she had finished getting herself ready for the day ahead.
Though the moment she got to the kitchen, she saw that it was just her. Maybe her parents had gone out for the day to get things ready for some kind of meeting or gathering of other leaders. Or something along those lines, one way or another there was going to be something going on and if anything, Frisk would most likely have to attend in some way or another.
Looking over at the time, she saw that it was still pretty early in the morning. Sans would most likely be sleeping still due to being up all night due to the transformations.
"Transformations..." Frisk whispered softly to herself. Unsure as to what she was to expect about that. It made the young woman all the curious about how that works. How did the transformations work? Why did it happen? Then of course there was the fact that there was also the watch that he had on his wrist. As Sans never wore a watch before all of this in the first place. Then of course there was also the way it had beeped a few times while they were hanging out before he disappeared on her. That was another thing that confused her more than anything else.
Yet he had kept on claiming that it wasn't important and that was what bothered her.
Taking a deep breath, hoping to calm her thoughts down. There was still so much that she wanted to learn. Wanting to know what it was that Sans had gone through, why he had thought that hiding this instead of allowing anyone to give him emotional support. How he was able to stay sane during the whole thing. As if it was either her or even Papyrus, well there was no way that they would have been able to handle such a thing.
She knew, that she wouldn't have been able to handle it as it would scare her of hurting, or worse killing anyone that would have been in her path.
With Papyrus, with how sweet and kind he was and then of course with how protective he was over others, he wouldn't have been able to handle it if he had harmed someone. Even by accident. Unless, well, he was trying to protect someone to say the least.
In fact the thought itself, that Sans had to have gone through hell just trying to keep this all a secret? It made the young woman worry about him mentally. Thinking that this had to have had some kind of scar on his mind to say the least. Or even some kind of emotional scar that would reach his SOUL and that made her all the more worried about the skeleton.
Turning her gaze toward the window, the young woman wondered if Sans would even be home when he woke up. Or would he try to go somewhere before eating and to find a place that would keep him from other people? Honestly, she had no idea what she could do to help Sans. It just seemed that no matter what she could think of, that there was a problem with her plan in one way or another. Then of course, there was the fact that her friend could easily just teleport himself away to some form of safety.
Though at the same time, there had to be a means of keeping him from doing that. So that had to be some kind of idea right? Pulling out her phone, she sent a quick text to Papyrus asking if Sans was still home.
She got a text pretty much right away.
YES HUMAN! BROTHER IS HOME HE'S STILL ASLEEP. HE SHOULD BE AWAKE IN A FEW HOURS THOUGH, HE'S EXHAUSTED FROM CHANGING BACK. WHAT DO YOU PLAN FOR TODAY?
Frisk smiled a little at that one. So that meant that Sans was still home at least, and most likely would be for a while yet. Though she knew that she would have to think of something for Sans to do in the hopes of helping him to relax. Though that would be easier said than done. Then she smiles and gets an idea. I plan to take Sans somewhere, hoping to cheer him up a little. I just hope it'll be enough to cheer him up. she texted back.
I'M SURE HE'LL LOVE IT. I'LL MAKE SURE HE STAYS HOME.
She of course couldn't help but smile. Yeah, this was something that she could do to help her friend, though she had some planning to do to say the least.
***
Once she got to the skeleton brother's home, Frisk knocked on the door and wondered what it was that she should expect today. Would Sans still be kind of out of it? Tired? Exhausted? Or still nervous about both her and Papyrus knowing the truth? Sure he knew that they still cared about him a great deal. That he shouldn't be worried about them seeing him in a different light.
But, Frisk knew that he was still worried.
'That is something I'm hoping to change...' she thought to herself, hoping that her words would become the truth.
Soon, the door opened and there stood Papyrus. He had a big smile on his face as he moved aside. "GREETINGS HUMAN! SANS SHOULD BE IN THE KITCHEN, JUST WOKE UP!" He said with enthusiasm. Frisk couldn't help but smile in return, she just couldn't help it. It was his smile, it was contagious for sure. Though it made her wonder what was going on to have him this happy.
Sans had to be in a better mood.
"How is Sans?" asked Frisk as she walked inside.
Papyrus looked toward the kitchen for a moment before he looked back to the human before him. "He seems to be doing better. Eating and everything human Frisk." The skeleton leaned in as he spoke to the young woman before him. It seemed that he didn't want his brother to over hear him to say the least. Though, the young woman knew that he was just concerned over his brother. Sans had been through an ordeal, and for that knew that it would be a while till he was better...
'If at all...' Frisk thought to herself before nodding her head. At least he was still eating something even with the information out in the open. That had to say something right?
Taking a deep breath, the young woman smiled up at her friend before making her way over to the kitchen. She saw Sans sitting at the table, drinking straight out of a ketchup bottle before letting out a soft sigh. He almost looked as if he was exhausted. Not physically, but mentally. Even though she only had a side profile view of her friend, Frisk could easily see the dark circles under his sockets.
Frowning a little in concern, she made her way over to Sans and took a seat next to him. The skeleton looked over at her and gave the young woman a smile. Small as it may be, it was still a smile to say the least. Though, Frisk knew that she would have to get him to cheer up a little. So, thankfully she had managed to look into something that they could do. Though knew that Papyrus wouldn't want to go since he wouldn't have been interested to say the least.
"How are you Sans?" asked Frisk with a smile.
"Fine as can be." He said with that smile on his face, though Frisk could tell that it was forced. He was struggling a little that was obvious. Frowning a little, the young woman scooted her chair closer to her and hoped that he would listen to her. "Just tired though..."
Frisk reached over and patted Sans' shoulder. "I thought of something that we can do for today." She said with a smile. Sans looked over at her in confusion. It seemed that he wasn't sure what it was about, and was very curious it seemed. Though she just smiled at him all the more and hoped that it would be enough to cheer him up. Though just wasn't sure if it would be enough, but at the same time knew that it would have to be enough.
"Where are we going?" asked Sans, tilting his head at her in confusion. Frisk of course just smiled all the more. This was going to be a nice surprise for sure. Giggling a little, the young woman just shook her head. There was no way she was going to tell him what it was that she had in store for the two. "Come on please? I wanna know." He whined a little.
She of course just smiled all the more at the skeleton. Yeah, this was going to be a bit entertaining to say the least. "Nope, you won't find out till we get there. Assuming you want to go?" She leaned in and just smiled at the skeleton monster. A twinkle in her eye as she stared at the monster. He just stared at her for a moment, his eye lights staring deep into her soul before she lowered her gaze onto the table to avoid looking at him.
Mostly so she wouldn't cave in to tell him where they were going to go.
"I wanna know so... yeah I'll go." Sans said with a smile on his face.
Frisk looked over at Sans and had a big smile on her face that matched his own. Yeah, she could feel the happiness radiating from him. For that she couldn't help but feel grateful, hoping that he would be able to enjoy himself. With that, she calmly said "Finish your ketchup and we'll head on out okay?"
"Alrighty kid." Sans replied with a chuckle before he went to finish his food.
It hadn't taken him long to finish the bottle to say the least. Honestly, it had almost seemed as if he downed the bottle like a shot of whisky and he just had a big smile on his face. She couldn't fight the blush that stained her face for a moment before looking away. Hopefully she can cheer him up today.
***
As they walked, Frisk couldn't help but look over at Sans. He had his hands in his pockets and looked on ahead of him. He still looked nervous, but at the same time he also looked kind of excited. It seemed that he really needed this out right now. That, in itself made her happy to know that he really needed this to say the least.
Though at the same time she just hoped that it would be enough to cheer him up and forget about his problems for the time being. To allow himself to enjoy his time with friends and others that love him. Though, she just couldn't help but wonder what was going on in his head right now.
"So, how far are we from this place?" asked Sans with a tilt of his head as he looked up at her.
"Not far." She said with a smile.
"You sure we couldn't have just teleported there?" he asked with a frown.
"Yeah, because in order for that to work you need to know where we're going. Which, would ruin the surprise." Frisk calmly responded with a mock glare, only to smile all the more. He was still trying to figure out what it was that they were going. Though, she still wasn't going to tell him nothing till they got there.
The walk took a little while longer to say the least, though it hadn't taken longer than maybe another fifteen minutes. To say Sans was in shock, may have been a tad of an underestimate to say the least.
"You took me to a comedy club?!" Sans said in shock as his sockets, only to turn to stare at Frisk, it had seemed as if he hadn't expected for her to even take him to this club. Frisk of course just smiled all the more and she giggled a little. He couldn't help but then smile at her happily before hugging her. "Thank you!" He chuckled a little before walking inside with Frisk.
Once they were inside, Frisk couldn't help but look around. Wondering where they could sit, there were booths, as well as tables in the middle. All of the tables had what could be best described as little lantern lights and that made her smile a little. At least they had a form of light at their tables though she couldn't help but look over as she saw the stage.
Only thing on there was the mic stand, and a stool. Either for the comedian's water, or to sit on if they were tired and needed to sit. Turning her gaze to Sans, she asked "Where do you want to sit?"
"I personally like the booths myself. The chairs don't seem all that comfortable at the regular tables." Sans said with a chuckle before making his way to one of the many empty booths. Frisk of course smiled before following the skeleton and took a seat the moment they found a seat close enough to the stage so they could hear the comedian today.
She couldn't help but look around as she wondered what kind of act was going to be performing tonight. Though if it could make Sans smile, well she could be happy with the results in the long run.
When they were asked if they wanted some food by a waitress, Frisk just ordered something simple. Sans just asked for a burger and a bottle of ketchup. The young woman couldn't help but smile and laugh a little at that. He loved his ketchup for sure. She couldn't help but giggle a little at the confusion on the waitresses face before walking off with their orders.
With that, Frisk looked over at Sans as she wondered what was going on in his head right now. He was looking toward the stage, as if waiting for the act to come on out. Though she knew that it would take a while before the act would come out though she wouldn't complain to say the least. "So, what made you think about bringing me here?" asked Sans.
Looking over at the skeleton, the young woman couldn't help but frown a little at that. Though the frown turned into concern before she looked away. "I've been concerned about you. You looked so down because Paps and I know the truth about what's been going on around you. So, it had me concerned for what was happening." Biting her lower lip, she looked up and stared at the monster before her. "There are so many things that I feel like you haven't told me about, such as with the watch, why you would disappear before it would even become night..."
Sans looked away and took a deep breath. "The watch is an indicator, or at least a warning for me. If it beeps, it lets me know that my magic is getting worked up. Or, as Alphys calls it 'wild' and it is trying to get me to transform." He shrugged his shoulders before adding "But, there isn't much I can do once it reaches past a point. When that happens, I will transform."
"So, you were trying to keep me safe, not just from the information but from the worry you knew I'd feel right?" Frisk asked with a frown on her face. Seeing him nod his head, the skeleton turned his head away from her. Unable to look Frisk in the eye it seemed. That made her worry for the skeleton monster a little more.
Reaching out, she grabbed a hold of his hand as she responded gently. He looked at her hand as it held his own. "Sans, I'll always care about you. You're my best friend, next to Papyrus." He laughed a little at that one. At least he was laughing so that made her smile a little. "I care about you a great deal. It won't stop just because you are capable of transforming. You could see it as a means of protecting those you care about."
Sans let out a small scoff at that one. Though she just smiled and gently patted at his hand. "Sans, even I know how protective you are over those you care about. You would do everything to protect those around you." She smiled all the more as she added "I see this as just another side to you. But just know, that if you ever have trouble you have nothing to worry about." He was silent, and it made her wonder if he was okay.
Tilting her head a little to the side, Frisk added "You know that you can always trust me right? I will always be there for you. No matter what comes our way, I'll always be there for you Sans. Don't forget that okay?"
"I love you..."
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