A New Life

6- Sans's Date

A few years passed since Roman and Serif joined the family. Roman and Papyrus were finally in middle school and having the time of their lives. Roman got along great with Papyrus's friends, especially Nappstablook. Serif took on a bit of Sans's personality when they got into high school, which gave him the charisma skills needed to get along with Sans's friends. He was a little scared of Undyne, but Undyne scared most people other than Alphys, so that was to be expected. Serif even helped Sans admit his crush on Grillby, so now he likes to take credit for them getting together. 

(With Papyrus and Roman) 

"Happ, Roman and I don't understand this at all..." Papyrus said, practically begging Happstablook for help on their math worksheet.

He chuckled, "Guys, the teacher just went over this."

"We were umm... making something for Sans," Roman said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Ooooo, I love crafts. Math can wait, what are we making?" Happstablook asked.

"Sans and Grillby are going on a date tonight, so we're making a bouquet of paper flowers for him to give to Grillby!" 

Nappstablook seemed to get curious, so he looked over. "Are those Tiger Lily's?" He asked.

Papyrus nodded, "Yup! Sans said that they're Grillby's favorite!"

"Genius. We so have to help Sans with this, more than flowers. No offense, guys, but Sans isn't exactly the fancy type," Happstablook said.

"We know, and Serif hasn't helped much either. Those two are almost exactly alike. So, we just want to help Sans make a good impression on his first date!" Roman said. 

"Makes sense. Okay, I have an idea! I can come over after school and help!" Happstablook said excitedly. "Want to come along, Blooky?" 

"No thanks, Happ, I have a new book at home I wanna start reading."

With that said, the other three boys started their elaborate plans.

(With Serif and Sans)

Serif and Sans sat next to each other in their physics class, finishing up with their worksheets. Sans especially didn't want any homework considering that he had a date tonight. 

"So, we both know that Pap and Ro are planning something, right?" Serif asked as he finished his last problem.

"Yup, knew it since this morning. I'm just hoping that whatever they're planning won't bother Grillbz too much," Sans said, packing away everything when he finished his worksheet as well. 

"It shouldn't be too bad, those two are incapable of doing anything bad," Serif said, "it'll probably be one of the sweetest things Grillby has ever seen." Serif could tell Sans was worried, even if nobody else could see it. Sans was always good at hiding stuff. "Don't worry, everything will be fine tonight." 

Sans smiled at his brother, "yeah, thanks Serif."

~☆~

"Oh hey, I didn't know Happstablook was coming over today," Sans said when he saw the familiar ghost following Roman and Papyrus. 

The two younger skeletons giggled and nodded, taking their older brothers' hands as they walked home. 

Gaster was still at work, so Sans and Serif had to make sure their brothers got everything done before their dad got home.

"Okay you three, why don't you go do some homework while Serif and I make your after-school snack?" Sans said. The three kids nodded and sat on the couch together.

It didn't take long for them to get their homework done, and they only needed a little bit of help from Sans and Serif. A big improvement from last year. After their snack, however, they just rushed upstairs to Sans and Papyrus's room and shut the door behind them.

"Should I be concerned about that?" Sans asked. Serif just shrugged. 

~☆~

Later that day, Sans and Serif went upstairs to Sans's room to get Sans ready for his date, but when they opened the door, they saw that the kids took care of that themselves. A pair of blue jeans, a light gray button-up short sleeve shirt, and his nicer pair of sneakers sat on his bed along with the flower bouquet Roman and Papyrus made.

"What the-" Sans started, Serif laughed.

"Looks like they didn't trust you to look nice for Grillby," Serif said.

"Gee, thanks," Sans responded, walking over to his two younger brothers and their ghost friend. "I'm guessing this is your doing?" The kids nodded. Sans chuckled and picked up the paper flower bouquet, smiling. He hugged the three kids. "Thanks. Now get out so I can change."

It didn't take Sans long to change, and when he was done, he stepped out of the room wearing everything the kids had picked out but added his own little touch. He was still wearing his signature blue jacket. 

"Saaaaans! We didn't want you to wear the jacket!" Papyrus whined.

"Hey, you picked most of it. Besides, I need to look like I had some choice in it," Sans responded. He gave everyone a quick hug before he went downstairs. "Anyway, Grillbz is gonna be here soon. I gotta go."

"Bye, Sans!" They kids shouted.

"Use protection!" Serif added.

"Fuck off, Serif!" Sans said, his face a bright blue as he opened the door and left into the snowy night.