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Days and days went across the settlement specifically made for the newly encountered race of monsters. All types of magical and regular environments were designed and built for all the different variety of monsters. Humans have surprisingly accepted their new neighbors with open arms as well as a sort of curiosity for their new companion race. There was a sense of hope for all the monsters and the humans. A new awe-inspiring and magical future awaited the world.
All of this was possible by the child that goes by the name of Frisk.
All of her closest companions came to grow closer and closer to one another as the days go on in the settlement. However, a certain skeleton in a blue hoodie has managed to forge a close friendship and bond than any other with the child.
The laid back, child-sized skeleton went by the name of Sans.
He remembered the day he met the little girl. He could distinctly remember, with embarrassment, that he distrusted the girl as she was a human. He observed her while she went about, befriending monsters and forging bonds with her soon-to-be close friends like a creep. Another fact that he wasn't proud to admit, but she was a human after all.
Of course, the kid eventually managed to gain his trust, something of which that only a handful of people managed to accomplish. Something with the two of them simply clicked like a light switch. He found himself surprisingly becoming quickly attached to the human child and she has also become quite fond of the skeleton as well. They quickly became truly best friends and all the others knew it. Sans affectionately viewed her like a younger sibling somewhat.
Heh, it was absolutely unpredictable that he would befriend a time-warping human girl. But he wasn't complaining about his life. In fact, he has been the happiest that he ever was, a happiness he could have never achieved in the confines of the underground.
He owes that mostly to Frisk and his brother. Not to mention Undyne, Alphys, Toriel, and Asgore. He owes all these people his reason for not giving up.
He owes all these people his reason for not giving up. He was living the dream.
Months and months went by.
Human and monster relations were improving drastically and laws were quickly being churned out for the sake of the monsters. Despite the fact that monsters could very well move into the human cities, most of them stayed up on the safe haven that was Ebott.
The settlement, which was named, after a very long consideration, 'New New Home,' was currently where Sans and his group resided in.
All of his closest friends couldn't bear to be apart from each other. As a result, they built their homes directly next to one another, on the same street.
Undyne's place was at the end, which Alphys was living in with her. Not as if they had a relationship, both of them claimed, but as roommates.
Right. Sans and the others found that hard to believe.
His brother's and his house was right next to Undyne's scaly home. Unlike the others, their house was a direct replica of their home in the underground. Adorned with the same colorful lights, and the exact same snow coating their roof like whipped cream. The others have never failed to occasionally bring up the question of how they managed to keep the snow from not melting in the heat, but Sans enjoyed giving them vague answers. He found it humorous when they groaned at his answers.
Right next to the skelebros place, was the Royal Palace, or in other words, Toriel's cozy home. It wasn't huge, but it was decently sized for the nearly eight-foot tall royalties and a human child. Actually, Asgore was originally barred from even visiting the home, but after much persuasion from Frisk, she somehow managed to convince Toriel to let Asgore live with them. Sans has no clue how she managed to convince the stubborn goat mom.
Finally, the royal scientist's laboratory is located at the end of the street. Alphys usually tried to persuade Sans occasionally to work as a lab assistant for her, but he always declined, claiming that it was too much effort for him to even wear a lab coat properly.
Truth is, after the incident, Sans never wants to step foot in any kind of laboratory.
As time went on, Sans noticed something different about Frisk. Something that confused the skeleton somewhat. Frisk has been acting strangely around him.
Whenever they hug, she holds on to him a tad bit longer than the other times she hugs her other friends. The way her cheeks redden when they hold eye contact. The fact that she always goes next door to him in order to sleep next to him when she has a nightmare. The way she makes excuses to touch him. Plenty other things he observed from her that she doesn't act with the others in the group.
Now, Sans wasn't that oblivious. He had participated in enough cheesy anime marathons with Undyne and Alphys to know that Frisk has a crush on him. Or at least, was starting to form a crush on him.
He didn't know whether or not to be flattered. But the thing the puzzles him is the fact that she is a human, and he is a skeleton. He doesn't understand how that she holds any romantic attraction towards him. He is, after all, technically a deformed human with no meat on him. Something that should put her off. But no, and whats even more... interesting is that her affection is growing each day.
He decided that he found it adorable, but he knew that he should keep his best friend's feelings in consideration. But that's the thing, he never experienced with someone crushing on him. He was a real popular person, the life-of-the-party kind of dude, so to speak, but no one has shown any romantic interest towards him.
Well, that's a lie. There was that one time that one of the regulars, a drunken bunny, sloppily kissed him, and tried to inappropriately touch him but he gently rejected the bunny's advances. It was quite awkward for the both of them for a month as all the regulars in the bar watched it happen. He particularly was the laughing stock for the month in Grillby.
Though interestingly enough, when he told this story at the dinner table at Toriel's place, he noticed that Frisk had an interesting reaction to the story. She seemed withdrawn for the rest of the day, despite previously being open and bubbly as always. Her expression was indifferent, but Sans could read the expression as being jealous. She proceeded to barely speak to anyone for the rest of the day. Actually, a couple of days. Everyone was worried and confused, but she became herself again after awhile.
Today, there was also another interesting event that occurred, regarding Frisk's apparent crush on him. While the group was taking a hike, which was highly encouraged and brought up by Undyne, Frisk's shoulder was connecting with his at some point, and she didn't remove it until he had to point it out. Her excuse was that she 'hasn't noticed.'
After today's events, Sans decided to ask Toriel for some advice. Toriel seemed to be the type of person with excellent advice on how to deal with this sort of stuff. He was laying on his mattress, one of his arms crossed behind his head, with a phone in the other hand.
He was ready to call her on how to handle this kid's crushing on him.