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Chapter 20: Presents!

Duska

"Waaake uuup!!"

"COME ON HYBRID!!"

"Duska! Wake up my child!"

I tried to ignore all the yelling but the sudden cannon ball performed by Frisk makes me get up quickly, tickling the cannon baller seconds later. I slowly realise that my bed is surrounded by monsters and even giggling underneath my bed. I roll my eyes and bellyflop to the floor, smiling at the young girl and the overly excited fish fighter.

"What are you two doing?"

"You have monsters under your bed!"

Rolling my eyes yet again I pull Chara out and begin tickling her as well, her laugh is pretty cute when it's not about an incredibly morbid joke. Undyne tackles me out of my tickling and begins wrestling with me, I quickly teleport behind her and jump onto her back. She grabs hold of my legs and starts running downstairs.

"Undyne!!"

"You got yourself into this punk!!"

She throws me onto the couch and sits down beside me, calling up to everyone to hurry up and meet us downstairs. Wait... why is everyone even here? 

"Undy-"

"Shh!!"

Since Undyne is one of the few people who actually scare me I decide to do as she says and stay quiet. Once everyone walks downstairs they excitedly look between each other while avoiding my gaze.

"What is happening? Why is everyone here?"

They all stop looking towards each other and turn their gaze towards me, now i'm just scared.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"

Their sudden outburst makes me jump but what really frightens me are the words I thought I just heard. Happy birthday? How...

"I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY! I'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK!"

The tall skeleton pulls me off the couch and into a tight hug. Within seconds my face is buried into his scarf with tears falling into it, tears he sees once he pulls away.

"OH NO! I DIDN'T HURT YOU DID I!?!"

"No! No Papyrus! Thank you..."

I wipe my tears away just before having a large box thrusted onto my by Undyne, along with her teeth showing smile.

"Open my present first!"

"P... Present!?!"

I stand shocked for a moment but I take the box from her hands and lay it on the ground before quickly pulling it open. My hands dig into a white sea of packing peanuts and feel something covered in bubble wrap. I pull it out and instantly realise what it is, a nicely carved knife no longer then my forearm.

"Undyne... this looks awesome... Thank you!"

Gently putting aside I wrap Undyne into my own hug, sadly it's nothing compared to her bone crushing ones but her laughter says that she's happy. For the next few hours I get presents handed to me, each with a smile and some involving a very cross flower.  Toriel gave me a cookbook with a hundred recipes inside, a book full of chemical reactions from Alphys and a nicely carved tea set from Asgore. Frisk, Chara and Flowey all gave me different hair accesories which mostly involve skulls, bones, a few Egyptian hieroglyphics and fire.

"MY TURN MY TURN!!"

The excited skeleton drops two presents in front of my feet as I sit cross legged on the floor. A blue present sits beneath an orange one so I guess Paps brought Sans' present as well. I look over at the skeleton who's sitting on the couch casually drinking a bottle of ketchup.

"Wait, another present Sans?"

"i like to spoil."

"What!?! He already got you a present!?! What was it!?!"

I shake my head and take out the necklace from beneath my top, eyes all widen at the sight of it. Sans gains a slight blue blush but he tries to hide it from everyone by drinking more ketchup.

"W-Wow Sans! How'd you f-find that!?!"

"uh... made it."

"You couldn't of made that!! It's too well done and your too lazy!!"

He shrugs and gives me a smile before motioning towards the presents on the ground. 

"you gonna open them or am i gonna keep 'em?"

I poke my tongue out at him before unwrapping the smaller orange present first. A picture frame made of bones shows Papyrus, Sans and I all beside some snowmen we made a while ago, well two snowmen and a lump with ketchup on it beside them.

"Wow Paps... this is beautiful..."

"THANK YOU!! I AM GLAD YOU LIKE THEM!"

"Wait, them?"

He moves aside the wrapping which drops a ball of fabric onto the ground. Picking it up I realise that it's actually a scarf, it's so white it could be mistaken for snow. I quickly wrap it around my neck and hug into it, it's made of the same material as Paps' scarf.

"Wow. This so warm!"

"NYEH HEH HEH! IT IS THE SAME TYPE OF SCARF AS THE GREAT PAPYRUS'! SO OF COURSE!"

I jump up to my feet and wrap my arms around Papyrus, hugging him tightly. He spins me around several times before putting me back onto my feet as he smiles.

"Thanks Pap!"

"come on kiddo. one left."

I roll my eyes as I sit back down, dragging the larger blue present towards me. I start unwrapping it, knowing that whatever's inside is soft and large. I swear if it's just fried snow again...

"A... jacket..."

A  jacket sits in my hands, one that looks surprisingly a lot like Sans' yet dark blue instead of it's light blue and it looks a dozen years newer. I quickly pull my arms through it and zip it up, letting the scarf come out over the top of it, and throw on the hoodie. 

"Okay... Yep. Warm."

"you expecting a freezer in there?"

"Yes. I was expecting my arms to turn into ice as soon as I put this on. Heh... thanks Sans."

After throwing on that pile of sarcasm Toriel helps clean up before bringing out the cake, chocolate cake is delicious. Everyone sings 'Happy Birthday' to me before Chara tells me to make a wish. A wish... I wish to know what happened to my Dad. I blow out the candles and smile at the applauding friends, although I feel like i'm forcing my smile. Toriel calls me into the kitchen as she brings the cake with her, she may want some help or something.

"My child... you seemed unhappy after you blew out your candles."

Welp. Someone saw.

"U-Uh... yeah... I just..."

"You can tell me, I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to."

She puts a paw onto my shoulder and smiles sweetly at me, the perfect image of kindness. Sighing I gather my words and look into her eyes.

"I want to know what happened to my Dad. I... want to go to the Surface and find him."

Her eyes gather sadness and I instantly regret saying those words.

"Toriel I didn't mean I want to leave-"

"I know. Your worried and that's completely normal."

She sits down and motions for me to sit across from her. Her expression is of both worry yet kindness, it's sort of confusing.

"I remember your Father. He was a kind man and a great scientist, best friends with the Royal Scientist. Um... according to Sans... When Sylin realised that you were gone I suspect that he went searching for you, possibly for years. He wouldn't of stayed home for very long with you missing."

"I know where your heading Toriel. That there's a chance that I won't find him..."

I lean in on the table and look right at her, trying to show her how... I guess the word is 'Determined' I am about this. 

"But I have to know if he's even alive still. For all I know he was attacked before I was kidnapped and there's a pile of dust lying in the basement. I have to know Tori."

She sighs and walks over to me, pulling me into a tight hug. She's the closest person to a Mother that i've ever had so seeing her worrying like this is almost making me cry. Someone calls her from the loungeroom so she releases me from the hug and begins walking off.

"Tori... I won't go for a fortnight or so. And I won't go without saying goodbye."

She nods with a sad smile and walks back into the loungeroom to rejoin the others. I bang my head against the table and sigh, conflicting feelings swarming through my head.

"hey kid!! we're gonna eat all your cake if ya don't get in here!!"

Letting out a small chuckle I lift my head and walk out of the kitchen back into the gaggle of celebrating friends. I really don't want to go anywhere but I have to know what happened. I have to find some clue of my Dad. But for now... I have to stop Sans from putting ketchup on the chocolate cake.

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