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Yesterday at dinner, Frisk came home from school with a sheet of paper.
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"What's this my child?" Toriel asked after Frisk slid the paper into the middle of the table for everyone to see.
"A FIREWORK FESTIVAL!! THAT SOUNDS CRAZY AWESOME!" Undyne roared in excitement.
Alphys studied the flier, "I-it even s-says that it's m-m-monster friendly!" It was a good thing, they could go in without the amount of problems they usually had to deal with.
Papyrus picked sans up from under his arms and waved him around. "WOWIE! SANS WE CAN GO SEE FIREWORKS!!! ISN'T THIS EXCITING!!" Papyrus spun in a circle, and stopped to look at the very dizzy Sans. "..... SANS... WHAT IS 'FIREWORKS'?"
Sans took a second to respond to gather himself.
"oh fireworks..? they're these colorful explosives that you send into the sky and they blow up, when they do, they're really colorful."
Papyrus jumped up in excitement, forgetting Sans was still in his arms. " THAT SOUNDS SO COOL!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!"
"please put me down before I accidentally die."
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Today was the day of the event! Everyone wore something warm other than Papyrus and sans (They aren't affected by 40 degrees due to their old living situation.) They were all very excited to see the fireworks, as they couldn't use them underground because the ceiling was too low. Once Toriel got the festival address, everyone lined up to go outside. But then they were stopped by a white pup Frisk has definitely seen before.
Papyrus gasped dramatically "IT'S THAT DOG!!!!" Annoying dog barked in response then walked past everyone until he got to sans.
"oh.. hi toby." Sans sounded.. guilty?
Undyne gaped "The thing has a name?!" Sans looked at her
"duh? what do you call him?"
Undyne's expression went blank. "uh...uh.. d-..dog?" She smiled after that, hoping that would help her situation.
Sans was about to tell her that she should've asked Toby for his name, but was interrupted by a small yip.
"oh.. yeah.." The dog gave sans a stern expression before going up the stairs.
"What's the- Toby.. doing up t-there?" Alphys wonders aloud.
The dog comes back down with a dog vest in his mouth. Sans looks like he was just caught stealing ice cream from the fridge. (Which he has done, and this is exactly what he looked like then.)
Toby sets it down in front of sans and sits down.
Sans looks around with his eyes and back to Toby "I'm gonna be fine, you're being dramatic."
Alphys must have gotten a better look at the strange vest. "W-wait... Sans? I-is T-Toby your e-emotional support?"
Everyone but Sans gasped, Sans cringed, even Toby gasped.
Sans gave Toby a death stare, and toby gave him a smug little look in return.
Toriel waited for everyone to calm down before talking, "Sans, if Toby is YOUR emotional support... Why hasn't he showed up before now?"
Sans sighed, "because i didn't want to bring him everywhere. i- i guess..." He looked at the ground and held his arm. " i guess i thought that if you knew i needed emotional support.. you'd think of me differently."
He noticed everyone wasn't talking after a while and looked up to several worried faces. His eyes widened and he looked around in a silly panic. "heh.. uh yeah.. uhm-" before he could even finish his sentence, Sans was suddenly being suffocated in a group hug.
"WE WOULDN'T THINK OF YOU ANY DIFFERENTLY BROTHER!!! WE DON'T THINK OF YOU ANY DIFFERENTLY NOW!" Papyrus yelled
"Yeah! You're always gonna' be our punny, lazy, also kinda messy, pal!!" Undyne shouted, backing up Papyrus.
"Yeah! I-I could n-never think of my s-science buddy any differently b-because he needs some support!" Alphys attempts sound like Undyne, but ends up sounding like Alphys, and his best friend's voice was even better.
Toriel takes her turn. "My friend, you are perfect with or without the dog.. We all love you so much."
Sans looks around at his friends, all this was enough to bring tears into his eyes. Frisk nods, confirming that they also care very much about Sans.
"i-...i..." Sans was speechless. Had he actually ever receive this much love... ever?
Before Sans can figure out his response, Toby walks to the door, (he somehow got his vest on himself?) , and sits down. He does this to signal that it was time to go. Everyone understands the dog and detaches from the hug.
Toriel laughs a bit, "I guess it is time to get going."
They all head out.
The family has a great time at the festival before the fireworks start. They eat, socialize, and play games.
When the first firework went off, sans covered his (or well where there would be,) ears. Before he could panic, The Annoying Dog comes to the rescue.
"heh... thanks toby."
"BARK!"