Chapter 1

“Hey, Grillby.”

Grillby looked over at his girlfriend Piper, who was leaning over the bar and watching him fix a few drinks. “Yes…?”

“We never got to go on that date, did we?”

He stopped and looked at her. “What date…?”

“Ya know, the date we promised to have once barrier was down.” She raised an eyebrow. “Did ya forget?”

“Things have been busy, what with Asgore moving into your place and everything after that.” He went back to fixing the drink. “ What about our date?”

“Well, why don’t we have it this week?”

He almost dropped the drink in his surprise. “W-What?!”

“You heard me. We could have it this Thursday. Neither of us are busy then, and I won’t have to worry about Asgore then. Undyne and Alphys have invited him for their anime night.”

“Don’t you usually go…?”

“Only for the real gorey ones. They’re watching some fluffy stufftonight to make up for last week when we watched the Neon Genesis Evangelion movie. They were crying like babies.” She held his hand. “How about it? We could go to Don Juan’s restaurant.”

“You mean one of the old men tha Sans is friends with from the Días de Los Muertos festival?”

“Yeah. He owns a restaurant called La Rosa Vieja. I can drive us there.”

He nodded. “That sounds nice…”

“Pick ya up at eight?”

“Sure…”

Piper grinned and kissed his cheek. “Then I’ll see ya on Thursday, bonito~” She hopped off the bar and headed back to her table.

Two of his best employees, Craig the cat and a human named Emile, came up and grinned. “Alright, boss! Finally goin’ on that date!”

“I’m going to screw this up…”

“Why would you think that?” Craig asked.

“I’ve never been on a date…”

The pair winced. “Jeez… Dunno what to tell ya, boss,” Emile muttered.

“I’m going to screw up, and she will dump me, and I will die…”

Craig rolled his eyes. “You’re not going to die.”

“I will. She will kill me with her bare hands….” He leaned against the bar. “I will leave the restaurant to you two… please keep the name the same…”

“Dude, yer not gonna die.” Emile pat his shoulder. “Talk to a monster who’s dated a human before! It’ll be easy!”

Grillby hesitantly nodded. “I think I know someone…”