Upside-down

Sans punched the wall in the waiting room at the hospital. He was a huge fool. If he hadn't chased after the bunny, maybe Cherry wouldn't have been in the street and Frisk wouldn't have gotten hurt. He let himself fall on one of the chairs and put his hands through his hair. Papyrus put a hand on his back. He wanted to scream. Cherry was looking away. 

"This is...my fault i am so sorry..." She said looking away. Sans growled and mumbled under his breath, then sighed. 

"no...it's mine...i should have just declined this..." Cherry frowned. 

"But i didn't let you-...I'm sorry...But, why did she sacrifice herself for me...?" Papyrus chuckled awkwardly. 

"THAT I BELIEVE IS THE MOST UNSURPRISING THIS. FRISK IS THE MOST COMPASIONATE PERSON." Suddenly a doctor rushed past them. Sans raised from his seat and almost ran after the doctor. 

"how is she?! please tell me she's ok!!" The doctor looked at Sans and hissed looking away. 

"Oh boy...I don't know how to put this lightly. She's fucked up...She has a metal piece sticking our of her side and we are waiting to be able to rush her in the OR right now." Sans felt his soul drop. 

"w-what...?? h-how is she alive?" The doctor snorted. 

"That's a question we're all asking. SHE'S A GRYPHON! We thought they were a myth! Listen, i am pretty sure not a lot of things can take her down unless it's magic. Gryphons are way stronger than normal aerial and mammal monsters." Sans blinked in surprise. Papyrus and Cherry both were listening in as well. 

"s-so you think she's going to survive...??" Sans asked, anxiously dreading the question. 

"Looking through her file? I am more than 100% sure she will be fine...Unless she will have some kind of failure...Speaking of which i need to get my stuff. OUT OF MY WAY!!" The doctor yelled as he stormed off. The doctor however was wrong. There was a failure at some point that spiked huge panic in the three waiting for Frisk but they managed to get her in and do the surgery. In the middle of the night when Papyrus and Cherry were still asleep, Asriel and Chara rushed in. 

"We just got the message and rushed here. When the hell did this happen?!" Sans was sleep deprived at this point. He rubbed his eyes. 

"a few hours ago..." Chara frowned. 

"Fucking great...She's still getting the surgery done, isn't she??" He nodded, weakly. 

"Any complications? A failure or something??" Chara asked. Sans scoffed. 

"you know way more than i'm comfortable for you to know about this, you know?" Chara sighed and sat down next to him. 

"I probably do...i grew up between monsters at some point after all..." He nodded. Asriel sighed. 

"You should try to sleep, you know?" Asriel said crossing his arms. Sans frowned. 

"you aren't actually suggesting this as frisk is fucking dying--" Chara squeezed his shoulder. 

"He said sleep, you moron. Calm down. She's probably stable." Sans sighed. 

"fine! fine...i'll sleep." And so he did. 

The next day, Frisk was in her hospital bed, surgery successful and just waking up from her anesthetic. Sans woke up as well and went over to a doctor to ask if he and his friends, who were sleeping as well, could finally see her. 

"I am sorry, but only family can see her." Sans frowned. 

"she's an orphan!" The woman blinked in surprise and looked away, unsettled by the situation. 

"N-No guardian??" She asked. Sans growled as he was speaking now. 

"no guardian either. they practically threw her out when she was of age." The woman sighed and frowned at her computer. 

"I...I guess in a situation like this..." He let himself relax as the woman finally said he could go. He darted towards her room and practically threw the door open. Frisk blinked in surprise, her eyes changing color as he pulled her in a hug. 

"YOU BIG BIG FOOL!! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING, SWEETHEART?!" Sans said as he tightened his hug. Frisk chuckled, weakly. 

"I'm sorry..." She said, her voice still a bit horse. He sighed in relief and they both flushed as they were holding each other. He didn't let go. He just stood there, happy to see she was safe. Frisk giggled. 

"Are you going to let go??" He frowned. 

"at this point? no. YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK WOMAN...my poor bones can't take such thing...my knees were buckling the whole time." Frisk snorted. 

"I told Papyrus i would be fine if he called an ambulance." He groaned. 

"you just let yourself get hit by a fucking truck..." Frisk winked and stuck out her tongue, finger gunning him. 

"But i save two lives!....ow..." she said as she rubbed her arm from the sudden and fast move. She had a needle in that after all. Sans looked down and scrunched his nose up, wincing at the sigh. 

"y-you do this often...??" He asked, unsure. Frisk chuckled. 

"You could say that--" Suddenly all their friends entered the room. Frisk and Sans turned their heads towards the group. Chara and Asriel practically threw themselves on the hospital bed. 

"FRISKYYY~~ YOU ALMOST LEFT ME ALONE!!" Chara said pouting. Frisk patted her head and then looked at Asriel frowning. She patted his head as well. They both smiled pleased like some puppies. Cherry stepped shily in the room after Papyrus. Frisk smiled. 

"I hope you aren't hurt...I did hit a truck so you wouldn't get hurt after all...Hehe." She said awkwardly as she tried to make a joke about the situation. Cherry smiled warmly with a soft look on her face. 

"You truly didn't have too...after how i acted...I hope you can forgive me." Frisk smiled. 

"You know what they say: Forgive, but don't forget. It's all in the past, don't worry." Cherry smiled as she hugged Frisk. Papyrus then hugged the tiny gryphon as well, cautious not to hurt her this time. He was really keeping down his excitement. 

"YOU TRULY SCARED ME...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT 911 ON SPEED DIAL. THAT WAS VERY RECKLESS, MONSTER FRISK!" She giggled. 

"I am sorry, Papyrus...Man, how long have you all been here? You guys look exhausted. Really, I'm fine. Go back to the dorms." They all decided it was for the best and so they started leaving. They all left, apart from one person. Frisk smiled at Sans, her cheeks having a small taint of red. 

"Sooo~ I heard you have a crush on someone else rather than Cherry~? Who's that??" Frisk said smiling as her heart clutched. She wanted it to be her. So badly. She didn't know why. But she just did. Sans blushed. 

"o-oh...umm...a beautiful and intelligent woman..." Frisk nodded. Her heart starting to hurt. Why the hell did she even ask if it hurts so bad. 

"Oh really~?" She said as she knew it must have been Toriel. Or maybe some girl that caught his eye at the lectures. 

"umm...they're sometimes childish and have this INSANE wish to help everyone around them...overly kind but they aren't stupid as you may think." Frisk smiled as she tilted her head looking curious. She wanted to just cry her heart out right now and scream at the top of her lungs. First Cherry and now this unknown crush...He didn't even tell her. That's what hurt the most. 

"yeah...i think you actually know her..." That was even worse. 

"Really?? Is it Toriel~??" Sans frowned at her obliviousness. 

"who do you like?" He didn't deny it. 

"Hmmm...there is a boy..." Frisk said as she was playing with her claws. Extending them and shrinking them. Sans frowned. 

"oh really...??" Frisk smiled and nodded. 

"He's a huge doofus...He is also very smart even if he won't show it. He's silly but at the same time responsible..." Sans felt jealousy spike inside of him. That's when Chara scoffed from the door. 

"You both are circling around each other like dogs..." She said slurping her drink. Both of them spurted. 

"What?!" Chara snorted as she gestured to Sans. 

"By the way, we have to go. We have to get to our lectures and shit and she needs sleep." Frisk smiled as Sans reluctantly got up. Chara left and he looked at Frisk. He leaned down and kissed her cheek. 

"get better for me, ok sweetheart?" She flushed but smiled warmly at him. 

"Ok, starlight. Just for you..." He smiled at her and waved two fingers as he teleported away. Frisk looked out the window and sighed. She wasn't tired enough to sleep and she hated hospitals. 

He was pacing the room like a maniac. Papyrus was watching him in confusion. 

"WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM, BROTHER??" He asked. Sans frowned and grabbed him by the shoulders. 

"did frisk ever tell you that she likes anyone?!" Papyrus frowned in thought. 

"I DON'T BELIEVE SHE EVER DID." He snarled and turned around and started pacing when Papyrus gasped. 

"YOU LIKE MONSTER FRISK, BROTHER?! WOWIE! THESE ARE GREAT NEWS!!" Sans flushed. 

"k-keep your voice down, paps!" He blinked in surprise. Did he just...stutter...??

"OH MY GOD! YOU NEVER STUTTER! BROTHER THESE ARE HUGE NEWS!...BUT WHY DON'T YOU TELL HER...? BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES, OF COURSE!" Sans blinked in surprise. 

"b..before someone else...??" Papyrus nodded. 

"SOME BOYS FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM YOU ARE PLAYING ARE INTERESTED IN FRISK! IT HAPPENED LAST WEEK! THEY TRIED TO ASK HER OUT ON A DATE. SHE POLITELY REFUSED, OF COURSE. BUT IT WAS....AWKWARD." Sans frowned. His team-mates never told him that? fucking hell- 

"that's...uhh..."

"UNSETTLING, ISN'T IT?" He nodded. 

"...uhh...paps...what do you think-"

"Ask her out before someone else does, duhh." Chara said from the door. Sans jumped up. 

"when did you-" She shrugged. 

"No questions. Now then...I suggest you pay attention at what i'm going to tell you, ok? Because after Frisk is out of the hospital next week...we all know that there's a formal dance in a month. Ask her." Sans blinked in surprise. 

"y-you're serious...??" he said frowning as a blush crept on his face. Papyrus and Chara both nodded eagerly. 

"You're a hopeless case...Plus it's clear as hell you like her...The hell did you do to make her not realize you like her?" He rubbed his neck. 

"she's set on the idea i like toriel--" Sans froze. 

"OF FUCKING COURSE! HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID! when we were at the MTT resort i talked about her like-- UGHHH! I'M SUCH A NUMB-SKULL!!" Papyrus scoffed. 

"FINALLY, HE REALIZES...NOW THEN...YOU NEED TO MAKE HER REALIZE YOU LIKE HER...AND ALSO ASK HER OUT....AND TO THE DANCE, BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!" He frowned. 

"and how will i do that??" Chara smirked. 

"Let's talk, shall we?"