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Adagio and Arius smiled up at Zack, wondering what he had in store for them.
Zack smiled. “Do you guys want some lunch or do you want to go out and play?” he asked, glancing at Grillby a little bit. He had planned on showing Grillby some new recipes but his niece and nephew were there and they were priority.
Grillby seemed okay with that, he kind of liked the way Zack loved his sibling and niece and nephew so much.
“Lunch…then play…” Arius said a little timidly but was smiling up at Zack. He wore a red striped hoodie that was similar to his dad’s. He went to sit on one of the chairs.
Zack smiled and nodded. “You got it,” he said with a grin and went to make some food. He had a slight limp from when his leg was broken but he wasn’t in pain so he didn’t really care. He looked as Grillby came in to help and smiled more.
The twins giggled a bit. “Uncle Zack and Grillby Sitting in a tree,” Adagio sang.
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G~” Arius giggled.
Zack watched Grillby’s flames grow redder with some blue mixed in and he was sure his face was pretty red too. “Who taught you two that song?” he asked, trying to keep calm.
“Uncle Chara and Aunt Frisk,” The twins said in unison. They, like everyone else, weren’t sure what gender Chara and Frisk were so they would alternate who was the aunt and who was the uncle all the time. They called all of their parents either aunt or uncle with the exception of Toriel and Asgore who they called Grandma and Grandpa.
“Why does that not surprise me?” Zack said quietly as he went to prep the food. He smiled a bit and began to cook, showing Grillby some recipes as well.
“You like each other~” Adagio teased and Arius giggled.
Zack nearly dropped what he was working on. “Remind me to talk to those two about what their teaching the twins…” he mumbled, blushing.
Grillby chuckled quietly and thought of something that might get the twins to stop their teasing. He lifted Zack’s head and kissed him.
“Ew…don’t get all mushy now!” Adagio groaned and the two hid their faces.
Zack blushed a bit but chuckled and finished making the lunch and giving it to the twins to eat. He sat down and rubbed his leg a bit, for the most part it was fine but every now and then it would ache. He waited until the twins finished eating and the four of them left Zack’s place, walking towards the park. He looked around at the kids playing and gently urged Arius forward who was hiding behind him.
Arius was nervous, holding his sister’s hand as the two walked towards some of the slides and swings.
Some kids stopped playing and looked at the twins oddly. A couple whispering to one another and one coming over to them. He was a big kid and started to pull on the skull parts of their faces. “Halloween ain’t here freaks!” he yelled.
“Ow! How dare you hurt the Amazing Adagio and her brother!” Adagio growled, one eye closed from pain.
Arius whimpered from pain. “Please…stop…” he managed to say.
Zack was about to intervene when someone threw a rock at the kid.
“Leave em alone you jerk!” A boy said. He had, what looked like, violet eyes. He had long enough hair to put in a small ponytail and a band aid over one cheek.
The kid cringed and looked at the boy but just clicked his tongue and left.
Adagio rubbed where the skull part of her face was pulled and looked at the boy a little suspiciously.
Arius kind of hid behind Adagio, tears in his eyes.
“You guys look so cool!” The boy said as he went to them with a huge smile that reminded them a little of their dad’s typical smile.
The twins looked at one another a little. “Um…Thanks I think?” Adagio said, adjusting her blue scarf in confusion. She looked at Arius to make sure he was okay. “I’m the Amazing Adagio and this is my brother Arius…What’s your name?” she asked.
“I’m Liam!” The kid said smiling. He didn’t seem like a bad kid and he did help them so Adagio slowly relaxed her shoulders and smiled a bit. “It’s nice to meet you,” she said and looked at Arius. “Are you okay,” she asked, a bit worried.
Arius nodded a tiny bit. “It hurt though…” he said quietly, hesitantly coming out from hiding behind his sister.
“Those guys are jerks!” Liam said and gave a kind smile to Arius to put him at ease. “I’ll play with you two if you don’t mind?” he added as he held his hand out to them.
Adagio seemed puzzled, she didn’t know other humans that were nice other than Zack and You. She slowly shook Liam’s hand though. “Sure,” she said and the three of them went off to play.
Zack relaxed a little and smiled as he watched the kids play until it was time for them to return to their parents. “Come on you two!” he called with a smile.
Arius gave a shy wave to Liam and the two of them left with Zack, walking with him towards their home. They waited while Zack knocked and looked up with smiles.
You smiled and knelt down to them. “Were you two good to your Uncle Zack?” you asked gently.
“Yes~” The twins said with big grins and you looked at Zack.
“Chara and Frisk need to quit teaching them things…but they were good,” Zack said with a smile. “So did you two enjoy your alone time?” he asked.
You nodded a little bit and smiled at the twins. “Dad’s making something for you two. Why don’t you go see what it is,” you said gently.
The twins nodded and left and you smiled. You loved your family so much and felt so happy for the first time. “It’s so hard to believe this isn’t a dream,” you said softly.
“It isn’t sib…it’s all real and you deserve this happiness,” Zack said with a kind smile.
You nodded a little bit. “Thank you for looking after them Zack…I know you and Grillby are close so I hope I didn’t disrupt any previous plans,” you said quietly.
“Not at all…I love looking after them,” Zack said with a smile. The two of you talked for a bit before Zack left and you walked into the living room, blinking when you didn’t see the twins and walked to their room and smiled in the doorway as you watched Sans read a story to the sleeping children.
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Flowey popped out of the ground, grumbling. His plan didn’t work out and he needed a new one. He looked around an alley and disappeared when a shadowy figure began to walk down the alley.
“What an Idiot…” Flowey said with a smirk and popped out in front of the person.
“Howdy! I’m Flowey!” He said with a smile. He quickly went under before the person stomped on him and popped back up. “Hey that isn’t very friendly” he said, trying to sound hurt.
The figure tried to stomp on the rotten flower again but once more it went under and popped up again.
“My you are very grumpy…don’t worry…I’ll fix that,” Flowey’s face turned nightmarish and vines began to pierce through the figure. He watched the life leave them and slowly the vines slowly made their way around their body.
Flowey smirked and slowly made the body move. “This should do…” he said. “I’ll show them what it really means to go against me,” he made the figure walk as the coat covered Flowey himself from being seen.