Feed the Fay!
Fay blinked and looked at Pap with a blank face. Everyone else was still looking at the food is a sort of daze. Giving a nervous smile, Fay scratched her head.
"Um... Thanks? But I'm pretty sure food is meant to be eaten, not stared at... So... eat up guys..."
Papyrus looked back and forth between Fay and the spaghetti with puppy eyes. He was visibly conflicted about eating the pasta before him. Undyne however, had no problem with this and started shoving the food in her face. Frisk started to eat soon after, though they stopped after the first bite. A look of pure DETERMINATION overtook their face as they practically glowed and continued eating with a new found vigor. Papyrus joined in soon after and simply cried in joy as he ate. Fay face palmed at everyone's reactions and let out a slight groan under her breath. Slumping down into the seat between Frisk and Sans, Fay rested her head on the cold table.
"And this is why I stopped cooking..."
Turning to look at the only one to have not touched their food yet, Fay let her crimson eyes land on Sans. He stared back at her from the corner of his eye sockets, though his posture was as relaxed as ever. Having made eye contact, Sans smirked and quickly took a bite of food, as if to mock Fay with it. Narrowing her eyes, Fay found the skeleton's grin fall a bit as he redirected his gaze to the pasta before him.
"uh, wow. this is actually p good..."
"I AGREE BROTHER! THIS IS EXPERTLY COOKED! GOOD JOB HUMAN."
Fay sighs but smiles in thanks. Hearing a fork being placed down on the table, Fay looks over to Frisk to find them staring at her.
"Ya want seconds my stille kind?"
Frisk frowns and shakes their head. Looking slightly upset, they pushed their plate of food towards Fay and stared pointedly at Fay.
"You should eat..."
"I'm fine Frisk. What did I tell you about worrying about me, huh?"
Puffing up their cheeks and chest, Frisk shoved the plate closer to Fay's face in an attempt to get her to at least take a bite. Fay simply blocked the plate with her hand, making it clatter a bit. Doing this however quickly gained the others attention.
"what are ya up to kiddo?"
"Fay needs to eat."
"FAY HASN'T EATEN YET?! TALL HUMAN! THERE IS PLENTY OF SPAGHETTI TO GO AROUND! PLEASE EAT TOO!"
Papyrus and Frisk look down at Fay with worry. Blushing a bit, Fay pouted and sunk into her seat. Undyne seemed to catch on quickly and glared at the girl.
"Humans have to eat, punk! You made it, so eat some spaghetti!"
"Fairy... you should eat at least a little... it's been what, five days now?"
"HUMAN! I AM WORRI-"
Slamming her hands on the table, Fay shot up onto her feet and knocked over her chair.
"DON'T worry about me! Don't you DARE worry about the likes of me!"
"calm down Fairy, just take a few bites to humor us."
"...Fay..."
"SHUT UP! Take a damned hint and stop shoving that shit in my face!"
Scowling now, Fay darted her gaze between everyone at the table. Her outburst effectively silenced them, though now they were looking at her with obvious concern. Clenching her fists and closing her eyes tight, Fay spun on her heels and ran for the door. Sans was a step ahead and teleported in front of the door, effectively blocking Fay's path. With an almost feral hiss, Fay snapped her eyes open to show them glowing bright red. But before Sans could confirm what he saw, Fay ran towards the window and jumped out.
Sticking the landing, Fay wasted no time in running into the thick trees. The others were shocked by Fay's brash reaction, but quickly ran outside after her. Even with Undyne helping them, they quickly started to fall behind. The group soon lost sight of Fay and had to stop to catch their breath. Frisk started to shake and grabbed onto Sans' jacket. Looking down at the kid, Sans raised a brow and frowned when he noticed the child crying. Frisk was mumbling but all Sans could really make out was Fay's name and a handful of apologies. Narrowing his eyes, Sans patted the kids back and looked back into the trees. Undyne yelled out in frustration and kicked a nearby pile of snow. Papyrus was looking around meekly and lost his usual cheery demeanor.
"she tells us not to worry about her, then does this? common kid, let get you back inside. no need to catch a cold from Fairy's cold shoulder..."
Not even Papyrus groaned at Sans horrible pun as the small group started making their way back to the skelebro's house. Everyone held a somber expression, aside from sans who held his usual smile, though it was in anger. As everyone shuffled inside, they couldn't help but notice that everything was once again clean and that there were fresh helpings of spaghetti at the table. The chair Fay knocked over was upright and pushed in neatly. The window was miraculously fixed and there was no sign it was very broken. Papyrus walked over to the fresh steaming spaghetti with an odd look. Undyne looked at the seemingly untouched window in slight awe and poked it, half expecting it to shatter. Sans stood by the door, his eyes dark and smile slowly falling. But Frisk didn't notice any of this. No, their eyes were glued to a little plastic skeleton that was seated carefully on the table near the door. Walking over to the toy with shaky steps, Frisk reached out towards the toy. It was nothing more than a small plastic skeleton with a bow and top hat. It was stuck to a little pedestal with the word "spoopy" written in funny letters under it. As Frisk touched the toy, the skeleton did a little jig and started to light up, much like a night light.
A little note was partially hidden under the toys base. Frisk grabbed it with fumbling fingers and read a simple note. Their shaking calmed a bit, but their tears started falling faster.
"Sorry my stille kind. I'll be back soon. I left your buddy here to keep you company while I'm gone. I know you missed him. Don't blame yourself, okay? I'm the idiot that can't eat human food. - Fay"
Despite still crying, Frisk let out a strangled laugh and fell to their knees. Finding themself playing with their old toy, Frisk felt a presence behind them.
"what ya got there kiddo?"
Wiping their tears, Frisk grabbed the still dancing skeleton and turned to face Sans. With a smile, they showed Sans their favorite toy from back home. Back from the surface. It had no right to be here, but there it was, dancing for Frisk like an old friend trying to cheer them up.
"Mr. Harringtion!"