A Fight and Some Fluff
5. (Anon request pt1) In which OC gets into a fight to protect their friends, even though they normally try not to fight, with a bit of plotty-type angst...
Asgore, the skeleton brothers, Undyne, and Rian were all just leaving Mcdonalds that night. Rian had taken a very late shift doing an extra thorough cleaning of the lobby as a favor to their boss, who was just finishing up inside the building, and the monsters didn’t want them to go home alone.
When the angry men had come up and started shoving, Papyrus’ and Sans’ first instincts were to grab hold of Undyne. Given Rian’s previous encounters that they had witnessed, grabbing them hadn’t crossed anyone’s mind. That is, until Rian’s elbow solidly connected with someone’s jaw. If the monster’s weren’t expecting Rian to be the one to get physical, then the humans definitely weren’t.
Precious seconds later, Asgore was picking up the teenager and physically removing them from the now-bleeding older human while the manager, David, stormed out of the building like a thundercloud, only to falter at the scene before him. He’d seen the men start picking a fight on the cameras, but hadn’t stayed to witness Rian’s reaction. Steeling himself, he glared at the handful of humans and held up his phone. “You’re being recorded by security cameras, and you just openly started a fight with my eighteen year old employee. I think you know your options, gentlemen.”
Silently, they left, dragging their bleeding friend with them, as the manager ushered the others back into the lobby of the restaurant. All of Rian’s monster friends had become regulars, especially the King, who had talked to David only a week or so ago about the likely possibility if backlash. The manager had been expecting grafiti or picketing, not a group of people his own age to physically go after one of his employees, one of his kids, as he thought of them. David himself had planned on chewing out Rian after he set more coffee to brew, but he could hear that one of the skeletons, the one that often came in with smiles and jokes who had teasingly taken Rian on a date, already had it covered, along with the fish woman.
“kid. what the fuck were you thinking?”
A mumbled response.
“Ya wanna repeat that, punk?!”
Mumbling, with a firmer tone.
“i don’t give Metaton’s shiny pink ass! ya don’t clock a guy just because he shoves one of us!”
“You saying WE couldn’t have handled it?!”
More mumbling.
“you think i give a fuck what body part you hit him with? Kiddo you can’t fight the whole world! what if they hadn’t been surprised? you coulda been hurt bad!”
Softer mumbling, and a sigh that could only have come from Asgore.
“My child, we know that you care. That is why we are worried for you as well. Has it not occured to you that they didn’t come for us, but for you? I saw the vehicles they went away in. They had been sitting there before we arrived, Rian.”
Silence.
David finished up with the different assortments of coffee- he knew all of them would pay him back some way even if he told them not to- and brought the drinks out to the long table where everyone sat. “Asgore’s right Rian. You’re heart was in the right place. It usually is. But you have to think about your own safety too. I know you don’t like hearing this, but you’re still a kid. Now I won’t tell the Sisters about this but... even though technically you have the day off, you should come in later this afternoon. I’ll have to report the... attempted assault to the police. They’ll want to talk to you and your friends.”
Sans was about to ask why Rian never mentioned they had siblings, but Asgore coughed. “We were actually going to take Rian back to the apartments where we live for the night. Frisk’s birthday is tomorrow... err... today. Rian was going to spend the weekend with us instead of home.”
Sans could be distracted, but not Papyrus. “HUMAN RIAN! YOU DID NOT MENTION YOUR SISTERS TO US. SHOULD WE INVITE THEM AS WELL?”
More silence. David glanced from Rian, to asgore, and then to the others. Rian’s manager had gotten the kid to tell Asgore about where they lived, but apparently the others didn’t know yet. Asgore gave Rian a look. Rian just shrugged and rested their head on the table. The kid was probably not only embarrassed, but worn out.
“Papyrus, our Rian lives in a place called a convent. It’s... not unlike an orphanage, in a way. They are being cared for by ‘sisters’, or nuns, until they are able to live on their own.”
It was Undyne who spoke first. “P- Rian, why didn’t ya say so? You know you can live with any of us!!!”
“YES HUMAN RIAN. I AM NOT GOING TO PRETEND I UNDERSTAND MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME WITH ANY OF US. YOU ARE AS MUCH OF A FAMILY MEMBER TO US AS FRISK IS. YOU ARE OVER OFTEN ENOUGH THAT YOU MAY AS WELL PAY RENT ANYWAY.”
“HAHA! Wow Paps, brutal!”
“I TRY, UNDYNE. YOUR HARSH TRAINING HAS TAUGHT ME WELL!!!”
Sans was silent as he drank his coffee, and Rian was just as quiet as they shrugged.
“Come now everyone, I am sure Rian is exhausted. David, thank you very much for the coffee and the assistance. You know my address, so please have the police come there to talk to us if they wish to.”
A firm handshake. “Of course, Asgore. It’s always nice to see you. I’ll try to keep them from interrupting Frisk’s party.”
“That would be very kind. Toriel is a patient woman, but I doubt she will appreciate half of her guests being interrogated...”
Rian, who was positive most of their friends would hate them now, was asleep before any more conversation could be heard.
6. (Anon request pt2, more angsty plot stuff)
Rian woke up in Asgore’s guest bedroom. He was still seperated from Toriel, and lived in a different appartment from her and Frisk. Undyne and Alphys lived on the same floor as Frisk and their mother, while Asgore, Sans, and Papyrus lived a floor above them. Conveniently, there were no other tenants on either floor, and they were the two top floors, so the group of monsters had the run of a large chunk of the building. Needing fresh air, Rian threw the covers off and tiptoed out to the balcony.
They had been out there for a few minutes before Sans spoke, nearly causing Rian to have a heart attack.
“hey kiddo.”
“Oh!!! Uh... hi Sans. I’m sorry. I was distracted...”
“nah. i teleported out here when I saw you.”
“Oh...”
A few moments of silence, before Sans coughed.
“i uh... i ain’t gonna pretend i ain’t sad you didn’t tell us yourself, but i get why.”
More silence.
“i practically raised Paps. you know that. so a part of me understands the embarrassment you probably feel when people find out. you don’t want anyone’s pity or charity. i get that. no one but you can take care of you, because no one bothered to care when you actually needed it. and now it just feels too late, deep down...”
Taking a deep breath, Rian slowly nodded. They didn’t trust their voice.
“i want you to know that no one blames you. our little family... everyone but Asgore and Tori basically... we all come from broken or nonexistant homes. even Frisk. so as alone as you probly feel, you’re not. we all understand what you’re goin’ through to some extent. ya don’t gotta tell us any details. not til you feel good and ready to tell us. okay kiddo?”
“Y... Yeah.”
“but i will say this. any one of us would be more than willin’ to take you in. stars kid, you practically spend half of any given week sleepin’ in Asgore’s place! the only reason he probly hasn’t asked you to live with him yet, is because he doesn’t wanna embarrass you or force your hand. i don’t know what kinda setup you got goin’ where you are now, but i think you and i both know that Asgore thinks of you as one of us, and you’d be much happier here than there.”
A few, long seconds of silence, and then Rian spoke with a shaking voice. “Hey Sans...”
“yeah kiddo?”
“Can I have a hug from my future bonefriend?”
The skelleton chuckled. “only if you promise not to tackle people twice your size anymore. ya nearly gave me a heart attack. i’m pretty sure i turned blue.”
Laughing softly, Rian wiped their eyes. “O-okay Sans.”
And suddenly, Sans had his arms around them. “shhh. it’s okay kid. i’m sorry i yelled earlier. you were bein’ brave. just... too brave. next time i’ll remember to hold you down.”
“A-a-alright!”
“sshhh... there ya go. everything’ll work out.”
“S-Sans?”
“yeah?”
“T-tomorrow I’ll ask Asgore i-if I can stay. I didn’t before b-because I thought he’d say no!”
Sans chuckled, patting the human. Man, the kid really was shorter than him. “how could anyone possibly say no to you? it’ll be fine kiddo. you’ll see.”
“Ye..yeah.”
“alright, pal. let’s get you back to bed... you haven’t been around for a few days and Frisk’ll be all over you tomorrow.”
“You-u too...”
“sure, sure.” sans sighed, holding Rian close as he short-cutted into the guest room- Rian’s room. “i’ll try, anyway.”
Rian blushed. “Thanks Sans... For everything.”
The skeleton grinned. “it’s nothin babe. just get some sleep. everything looks better when the sun’s up... i’ll see you in the morning.”
After tucking the human into bed, Sans cut back into his own room and flopped down. Secretly, he was actually very proud of Rian. The kid had stepped up to the plate against a group of adults that probably could have picked them up with one hand and thrown them through a window. They had guts. They cared. They had clicked together very well on their date together but... Rian was eighteen, and Sans was at the high end of his mid twenties.
Sans could wait. He was a patient man.