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You tell Toriel you have places to go.
You don't.
She looks at you almost sadly and leaves you to walk home alone. Except you don't walk home alone, because you don't have a home in the first place. At the bottom of the mountain, there is a bus stop. Your clothes from the days before you walked up the mountain are still there, and you use them as a blanket, before falling asleep.
You wonder if your parents ever came back to look for you when you were underground.
You doubt it.
The next day, you wake up to the sound of Alphys calling you.
"U-uh Frisk! We're over by the t-town hall, if y-y-you could c-come please!" She talks frantically into the phone, and after you tell her you'll get there as fast as you can, you hang up and walk to their location. Well, you run there, anyway. You sure that if you had walked you wouldn't have gotten there for at least a half an hour. As is, you make it in ten minutes. Everyone is there, along with the mayor and some policemen. Toriel brightens when she sees you.
"Frisk!" She exclaims, smiling, and you grin wide back. She looks around, as if searching for something, but does not say a word. The mayor walks up to you, and he's sweating buckets.
"Um...Frisk was it? Do you know these monsters?" he asks nervously, and you nod vehemently. You go on to explain you adventure, leaving out he fighting and science experiments. When you finish, he smiles, and turns to the others.
"Well, monsters," He says, opening his arms out wide. "Welcome to the Overworld!"
The entire monster nation cheers, and you wonder if you're the only one who would have been content to live in the Underground forever.
After all, you practically have, with the RESETS and LOADS and DETERMINATION.
Pushing the thoughts out of you head, you walk over to Sans, squeezing his hand. You wondered how something could be so tough yet gentle. He looked down at you, and smiled with a nervousness you rarely saw.
"hey kiddo. i hope you like this ending. wouldn't want to have to go through all that trouble to find a better one, huh? heh," He almost trembles at the thought. You shake your head. No more resets, you hope your eyes say. He smiles at you, eyes crinkling, and you wonder how he can make his face seem so elastic without skin.
*The fact that he trusts you just enough to believe you fills you with DETERMINATION.
SAVE
When the cheering stops and the president arrives to meet the monsters, Toriel and Asgore do most of the talking, with a bit of intervention from you or Papyrus. Toriel still didn't like being around her former husband, and Papyrus helped break the tension when that fact became more apparent. You stood and nodded along with what Toriel was saying, and you signed a bit of your story as well. Sans had wanted to translate, but the president preferred a human to translate instead. Despite the easy going nature of the monsters, there was still wariness in some humans, and he explained that having a human translate would give the public assurance that the truth was being told. With a smile, you recount your adventure, leaving out the fights, as to not worry anyone. In short, you lied through your teeth, or hands, about everything except the amount of love and friendship the monsters had given you.
After all, they came.
When you called out for help, they came.
When you finally finished talking, and negotiations were made, the monsters walked out to the empty apartment complex that had been given to them. Well, about 500g in total was given to compensate, so the owner of the building couldn't complain. You observed some of them as they settled in, before walking back towards the abandoned bus stop that was your home.
Toriel calls after you.
"Frisk! Do you think you could stay for dinner?" She asks politely, and you pretend to text your parents before nodding. Your own food supply is running low anyway. Maybe you can snag some pie for the road. The dinner is full of the friends you made, though Asgore seems to sit far away from you and keeps his head down whenever anyone looks his way. It's a sad sight, but Toriel's eyes always give him a hard stare if he lifts his head up, and he stops trying to make conversation.
As much as you love Toriel, you hate that she's doing this.
DETERMINATION filling your soul, you get off your chair and walk pointedly right next to the King of Monsters, eyes darting around to see if anyone dares object your decision. Toriel looks surprised, but doesn't comment. You smile up at Asgore, and he get up for a moment. When he comes back, there's a steaming cup of tea in his hand. The teacup looks too small for his big paws, and it almost makes you giggle.
You're such a sap.
You almost flinch at the voice, but elect to ignore Chara for now. Asgore sets the cup down in front of you innocently and fiddles with his fingers when he sits down again. The chair groans under his weight, and this time you actually giggle out loud. Sans and Papyrus make their way over, and you turn to smile at them in greeting.
"HUMA-ER-FRISK! IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE! UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO TASTE MY COOKING, AS FEMALE ASGORE HAS BARRED ME FROM THE KITCHEN!" The skeleton stomps his boot angrily as he tells you this and Sans chuckles at his little brother's antics.
"her name's toriel bro, c'mon. don't tell me i have to give you a lesson on how to remember names. you know i'm bad at tutoriels," he winks at you, and Papyrus groans.
Toriel comes in with three giant snail pies. Everyone takes a slice, but you slip your first one in your inventory. Taking another piece, you eat the pie slowly, savoring the taste. You never did get to try the snail pie before leaving. You've tried, but she never makes any. As you're eating, Undyne looks at you. She holding Alphys in her lap, occasionally feeding her pie. It's an adorable sight, and Alphys' cheeks are practically glowing.
"So, Frisk, I've been meaning to ask. Why'd ya go up the mountain anyway?" She asks, and you flinch, your fork clattering on the plate as you abruptly drop it.
The room goes dead silent.
Your hands just barely tremble, and you only think Asgore can see.
"I got lost on a camping trip with my parents, so I climbed up the mountain to get a better view of where I was, when I saw a huge hole. I was curious, so I walked over to look down and see what was down below, when I tripped on a vine and fell," You sign quickly, smiling and shrugging your shoulders.
And I thought I was a good liar. Meh, guess it's easier to fib when you don't have to speak.
Undyne smiles and laughs, saying that it would be just like you to be clumsy, but you wonder if she's just saying that to humor you.
After all, you had to dodge all her spears in order to beat her, didn't you?
When everyone's done with their food, Toriel brings in some butterscotch pie for dessert. Asgore looks at it with wide eyes, but he waits until you have a piece before taking his own. As withe the snail pie, you sneak one into your inventory before grabbing another piece. Most of your friends carry on their own conversations, so you simply listen in. When the dinner is over, you move to walk out the door, waving goodbye to everyone along the way. Toriel again looks at you with some emotion you can't place, but still says nothing.
You walk to the bus stop and fall asleep.
Your dreams aren't pleasant, but were they ever?